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Voyage autour de ma Chambre – Xavier de Maistre – Beautifully Illustrated by Maggy Monier

Published by Nilsson, Paris the “Collection Emeraude [Emerald]” c 1930 with twelve aquarelles (watercolours) by Maggy Monier tipped in at front and throughout. A striking and delightful production.

The author Xavier de Maistre (1763-1852) wrote this work in 1790 and it was published in 1794 when he was under arrest in Turin as a result of a duel.

Voyage autour de ma chambre is a parody set in the tradition of the grand travel narrative. An autobiographical account of how a young official, imprisoned in his room for six weeks, looks at the furniture, engravings, etc., as if they were scenes from a voyage in a strange land. He praises this voyage because it does not cost anything, for and he recommends it to the poor, the infirm, and the lazy. “When I travel through my room,” he writes, “I rarely follow a straight line: I go from the table towards a picture hanging in a corner; from there, I set out obliquely towards the door; but even though, when I begin, it really is my intention to go there, if I happen to meet my armchair en route, I don’t think twice about it, and settle down in it without further ado.” Later, proceeding North, he encounters his bed, and in this way he light heartedly continues his “Voyage”.

It was later quoted or referenced by Somerset Maugham, D H Lawrence. Jorge Luis Borges and other literary greats.

Another beautiful french illustrated book

$120.00

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Candide – Voltaire – With Beautiful Full Page Pochoir Illustrations

Voltaire wrote Candide in three days in 1759. It is hilarious and must have inspired many comedic scribes. Martin Seymour-Smith regarded Candide as one of “The 100 Most influential Books Ever Written”.

This beautiful edition from the 1920’s published in Paris on the Champs-Elysees. It contains six unusual and striking aquarelles (watercolours) by Robert Polack.

Candide Beautifully Illustrated- French

$140.00

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Winter in the Sun – David Burnham – First Edition 1937

First edition and very good … in beautiful condition with a stiking gold coloured dust jacket

The hot sun is in Arizona and a couple from the East find themselves living on a small ranch on the Mexican border. It gets complicated.

Beautiful book in every aspect

$60.00

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The Damon Runyon Omnibus – 1944

The man behind Guy’s and Dolls and much more on Broadway here are three of his first published in this form -including the aforementioned all-time hit.

“When you see a sport and his cash has run short
Make a bet that he’s banking it with some doll
When a guy wears tails with front gleaming white
Who the hell do you think he’s tickling pink
… on Saturday night?”

A rarity that takes you back

$50.00

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The Pallid Giant – Pierrepont B. Noyes – 1927 Science Fiction

A second edition of the highly sought sfter science fiction classic from the 1920’s.

Advanced civilisations destroy themselves, two survivors mate with sub-humans to produce modern man

1927 – early science fiction … stunning dust jacket

$60.00

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Wild Geese – Martha Orstenso – 1926

A very good 1926 edition of the Wild Geese first published 1925.

This is a special edition with images from the silent movie made from this book directed by Phil Stone and released in 1927. An Epic of the Northern Frontier and packed with living character. Superb dust jacket and beneath that pictorial boards to die for.

A special book of the era

$60.00

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