Books and manuscripts

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Pablo Neruda. Documentary set consisting of three black and white photographs, three handwritten letter, two typed poems, and four books (three first editions and one second edition). Black and white photographs: Clos…

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García Maroto, Gabriel. "Almanaque de las artes y las letras para 1928". (Writers and artists almanac 1928). 1st edition, Madrid: Published by Biblioteca Acción, 1928. 219 pages 21x15 cm. On page 132, in the month of Jun…

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Neruda, Pablo. "Residencia en la tierra". (Residence on Earth). 2nd edition. Buenos Aires: Published by Losada, 1966. 136 pages 19x12 cm. There is a dedication handwritten in orangey ink by Pablo Neruda: “1968, A María L…

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Neruda, Pablo. "Die Hóhen von Macchu Picchu" (The Heights of Macchu Picchu). 1st edition, in German. Copy number CXXIX. 1st edition, Hamburg: Published by Hoffmann und Campe (printed by stamperia Valdonega Verona), 1965.…

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Lot of 3 documents: 1. Dust cover cut from a book published by Editorial Nascimento. The work by Pablo Neruda Veinte poemas y Una canción desesperada is marked “P” in green ink. On the back, “Querido Juvencio, aquí tien…

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Lot of documents: Rokha, Pablo de. Tercetos dantescos a Casiano Basualto (in the green album). Very rare copy. 14 pages full of verses by Pablo de Rokha discrediting and insulting Pablo Neruda in very harsh language. T…

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“Aurora” Nº1 1st July 1954. Magazine. With texts by Pablo Neruda, Ilya Erenburg, Juan Marinello, etc. 8º, the cover is worn. With a handwritten dedication in green ink on the fly leaf: Felicidad, Flores y Frutos en este …

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”Caballo verde para la poesía” Neruda, Pablo [director]., n° 1 4. 1st edition, Madrid: Published by Concha Méndez and Manuel Altolaguirre, 1935 1936. 30x23 cm. This copy is extremely rare. The four editions are together,…

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Neruda, Pablo. "Tentativa del hombre infinito". 1st edition, Santiago de Chile: Published by Nascimento, 1926. 25 pages 20x20 cm. Signed dedication by Pablo Neruda in black ink: “Para Alfredo Condon con decidida simpatía…

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"El aviso de escarmentados del año que acaba y escarmiento de avisados para el que empieza de 1935". (Almanac). 1st edition, Madrid: Published by Cruz y Raya, 1935. This book was printed in Madrid at Silverio Aguirre pri…

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Neruda, Pablo. "Canto general" (General song). Mexico: Published by Océano, 1952. 597 pages, 18x12 cm. There is a dedication handwritten by Pablo Neruda in green ink, which says: “A Víctor Torres su amigo Pablo Neruda, 2…

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Neruda, Pablo. "Canto general" (General song). 1st edition, Mexico: Published by Océano, 1950. 567 pages 36x24 cm. Autographed by Pablo Neruda, Siqueiros and Diego Rivera. Dedication handwritten in green ink. First editi…

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Lot of: Galley proofs. 10 h. 32x21 cm. 9 of the 10 pages are signed “Neruda” by Pablo Neruda in green ink. There are corrections in green in Neruda’s handwriting and his autograph is on nine of the ten sheets. These ar…

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Neruda, Pablo. " El lago". Handwritten poem. 1966. 31x20 cm. Original version of a poem included in the La Barcarola, published in 1967 and later revised for the Obras Completas Losada 1973 (In the Complete Works by Loyo…

*MAO ZEDONG (1893 1976). [Quotations from Chairman Mao]. S.L. (Beijing), [General Policy Department of the People's Liberation Army], n.D. 1964]; in 16 (13.8 x 10 cm), paperback with white cover and red vinyl shirt with …

*Charles Marchal, known as MARCHAL DE CALVI (1815 1873) doctor. ALBUM partly autograph, signed "Charles", 26 January 1851; 24 pages in 4 plus ff. Blank, black chagrin binding with cold binding fillets and the initials "M…

*Jean TINGUELY (1925 1991) Swiss sculptor. L.A.S., [1977], to the art critic Dorothea SALZMANN, Duisburg; on the back of a postcard illustrated with a photograph of the facade of the Centre Pompidou, address, mint stamp;…

*Paul GAUGUIN (1848 1903). Autograph MANUSCRIPT, Messieurs les Juges, Messieurs les Jurés, [1899]; in fol. 7 page notebook with cover marked "n° 4"; modern red morocco binding, gilt fillet frame on covers, title in gilt …

* [Alphonse de LAMARTINE]. MANUSCRIPT, Pensées, Descriptions et Portraits, from the Voyage en Orient, by Alphonse de Lamartine; 53 pages in 8, rel. Of the Havana Russian leather period, plates decorated with a decorative…

*PERIGORD. Important set of archives on the town and the abbey of TERRASSON (Dordogne), and the BOUQUIER family, from the 15th to the 19th century, all filling an old trunk. Important set of great interest on the history…

*John Singer SARGENT. L.A.S., Chelsea January 16, 1904, to a printer binder; 2 pages in 8 at his address; in English. He agrees to go up to 3 guineas per volume. He hopes that it will not be too much of a hindrance to hi…

*Adolphe Goupil Etienne Carjat Félix Nadar Pierre Petit Eugène Pirou and various Contemporary Gallery of French illustrations. Paul de Lacroix, Publisher, Paris, n.D. (c. 1890). Victor Hugo. Gioachino Rossini. Juliette L…

*Josef Sudek (1896 1976) The Last Rose, 1956. Silver print (c. 1960) signed intaglio in the lower right margin. Image: 29.5 x 23.5 cm Sheet: 39.5 x 29.5 cm Bibliography: Masterpieces of the J. P. Getty Museum : Photograp…

*Paul ÉLUARD. RECUEIL de 23 MANUSCRITS autographes, dont 4 signés, et une P.A.S., 1934 1946 ; 31 feuillets la plupart in 4 ou in fol. Montés sur des feuillets de papier vélin fort, reliés en un volume in fol. Maroquin ja…

DOLGORUKOV A. (1813? 1869?) Mesmerism. Practice of animal magnetism and history of the development of the technique in Russia. St. Petersburg, ed. M. Khane, 1860. XVIII, 354 pp., IV, with 3 pp. Of tables. In 12. Period …

TO THE ARMS OF THE DUKE OF RICHELIEU [SCHLEUSING G.A.] The ancient and modern religion of the Muscovites. Amsterdam, ed. Louis de Lorme, 1698. 1 vol. In 12. 154 pp. Bound in contemporary brown full calf leather, spine …

NÉE DE LA ROCHELLE, Jean François Czar Demetrius, Moscow history (First False Dimitri, Tsar of Russia (1582 1606)). In The Hague at the Brothers van Dole, Paris, 1716. Second edition. In 12°, 427 pp., contemporary ful…

The False Peter III or the Life and Adventures of the Rebel Jemeljan Pugatschew. Based on the Russian original by Mr. F. S. G. W. D. B. In London, at C. H. Seyffert's house, 1775. In 8, 296 pp., contemporary binding i…

JEAN DE CRONSTADT (Jean Sergiev) (1829 1908) The truth about God, the world and man. According to the diaries of John of Kronstadt from the years 1894 1899. St. Petersburg, ed. V. Erofeev, 1900. 206 pp., in 8. Original …

VERNADSKI G. The History of Eurasia. From the 6th century to the present day. Ed. The Eurasians. Berlin. 1934. 187 pp., in 12. Binding of the edition (traces of rubbing, slight soiling, slight tears on the spine). A.B.E…

SOLOJOFF Daniel (1908 1994) Baudelaire Charles Spleen and ideal. Ed. Vialetay. Paris. 1959. Work illustrated with 35 gouaches painted and signed by Dan Solojoff. A large volume in 4, in sheets, under folded cover, in s…

TOLSTOÏ Léon (1828 1910) Anna Karenina. Novel in eight parts and 3 vols. Moscow, ed. T.Ris. 1878. Vol I 369 pp.; Vol II 493 pp.; Vol III 413 pp.; in 8. Period half leather binding. Accompanied by a later box set. B.E. (…

IOUSSOUPOV Felix (1887 1967) End of Rasputin. My memories. Paris, éd. De la typographie Imp. L. Beresniak. 1927. 246 pp., in 12. Original binding (restored spine, strong traces of rubbing, dirt on the pages). As is. Sta…

BRYANTCHININOV N. (1874–1943) – Autographe Souvenirs de l’existence. Recueil d’articles. Paris, éd. Nationale, 1907. . X, 347 pp. Édité en 300 exemplaires (exemplaires 1 100 numérotées de la main de l’auteur ; 101 – 300…

Moscow University between 1755 1930. Ed. Current Notices. Paris. 1930. 667 pp., large in 8. Publisher's binding (spine missing, dirt, folds). As is. Rare. Московскiй университетъ 1755 1930. Юбилейный сборникъ. Изд. Со…

BOUNINE I. (1870 1953) Sunburn. Ed. The source. Paris. 1927. 165 pp., in 8. Binding of the publisher (tear on the spine, light stains). A.B.E. БУНИН И. (1870 – 1953) Солнечный удар. Изд. Родник. Париж. 1927 г. 165 с…

ZABELIN Ivan (1820 1908) The Russian people in their daily life in the 16th and 17th centuries. Second edition with additions, Gratchev & Co. Ed., 1872 Vol II. Russian tzarines in their daily lives in the 16th and 17th …

[WAR AND PEACE] TOLSTOÏ Léon (1828 1910) War and peace. Historical novel translated with the author's permission by a Russian woman. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1879. Printed in St. Petersburg by Trenké & Fussot.…

LUBIMOV Leon Mystery of Emperor Alexander I. Paris, "La Renaissance", 1938. 218 pp. In 12. Publisher's binder (light staining, spine peels off). A.B.E. ЛЮБИМОВ Лев Тайна императора императора Александра I. Париж, из…

[DOBOUJINSKY Mstislav] LIFAR Serge (1905 1986) Serge de Diagilev and life with him. Ed. House of Books. Paris 1939. 500 pp., grand in 8. Bookbinding of the publisher illustrated by Mstislav Dobuzhinski (the cover is de…

LIFAR Serge (1904 1986) HOFMANN Modest (1887 1959) Letters from Alexander Pushkin to Natalia Goncharova. Commemorative edition 1837 1937. Paris, ed. By Serge Lifar. 1936. 158 pp., 4 pp. Of illustrations, faс similes of…

GOGOL Nicolas (1809 1852) Dead souls. St. Petersburg, ed. A.F. Marks, 1900. VIII, 572 pp., 36,5х29 cm. 10 ill. In rotogravure technique from drawings by V. Andreev, A. Afanasiev, N. Bazhin, S. Solomko, N. Khokhryakov,…

Russian Orders: Historical abstract, extract from the statutes. Written under the auspices of the Grand Chancellor of the Russian Orders Aide de Camp of General Baron Fredericksz. Ed. V. Quadri and O. Konarjevsky. St.…

BEZSONOV 26 prisons and the Solovki escape. Ed. Of Navarre. Paris. 1928. 228 pp., grand in 8. Binding of the publisher (slight staining, slight tear on the spine). A.B.E. БЕЗСОНОВЪ Двадцать шесть тюремъ и побъгъ из …

TOUROVEROFF Nicolas (1899 1972) Poems. Ed. By N.A. Kovalevsky. Paris. 1939. 44 pp., in 12. Published in 550 copies, among them 50 copies are on vellum paper and numbered. Our copy is N10. Publisher's binding. T.B.E. Pr…

MANUSCRIPT BIBLE from the 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Arras or Cambrai circa 1250 1275, 270 x 180 mm. Justification 173 x 100 mm. Manuscript on parchment of 325 ff. With several initials painted in burnished gold, b…

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Royal labyrinth of the Gallic Hercules triumphing over the subject of fortunes, battles etc. Avignon, Bramereau, 1600, in 4, 13 ff. 244 pp., wove vellum, label on the back, trace of laces (rel. Of the period). With a tit…

ORDER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. The statutes of the Order of the Holy Spirit are established by Henry III. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1788, in 4, 2 ff. 399 pp., red morocco, roulette fleurdelysée, spandrels with the dove of the…

PATIN (Charles)

Introduction to the knowledge of medals. Second edition revised and expanded. De l'impression d'Elzevier, se vendre à Paris, chez Jean du Bray, 1667, in 12, maroquin rouge, triple filets encadr. Les plats, décor à la Du …

SALES (François de)

Letters from François de Sales, bishop and prince of Geneva, teacher of the order of visitation. New edition. Paris, Hérissant 1758, 6 vol. In 12, red morocco, arms cold stamped in the center, smooth back, gold tr., the …