Edité par Avalon Press, Inc., 1945
Vendeur : Ebeth & Abayjay Books, Lima, OH, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Bubu of Montparnasse, In a New Redaction was written by Charles-Louis Philippe and has a Preface by T. S. Eliot. The book was published by Avalon Press, Inc. in 1945 and appears to be a First American Edition though it's not specifically stated as such. It's not an ex-library copy and is in good condition with yellowing pages and a spine that has been taped. That taping appears to have been a good thing since this was a wartime publication and the quality of the boards and paper was a bit suspect. The book is 5 1/4" by 8 1/8" with 158 pages. The novel is set in a 1910 Paris. Thank you!.
Edité par Shakespeare House, 1951
Vendeur : Ann Becker, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches.
Edité par Crosby Continental Editions. Paris, 1932
Vendeur : Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Fair. Softcover. Printed paper wraps. Faded with chips to the paper spine. Cover printed in blue, with distinctive Crosby Continental Editions emblem on the front cover. Rear cover detached. Front cover held on by a tape repair at the front gutter. 218 pages. Slight discoloration (perhaps from water) to the bottom half inch of the final few dozen pages, never escaping the margin. Text block clean and tight. This is an early Imprint in the series. On the back cover says, "Not to be introduced into the British Empire or USA." The Crosby Continental Editions was a project undertaken by Caresse and Henry Crosby, who were the founders of the Black Sun Press (which they were running at the same time as the CCE imprint). The CCE editions did not sell well and she closed the business in 1933. This copy is housed in a folding chemise, to keep it together.
Couverture souple. Etat : Bon. Paris . Crosby Continental Editions . March 1932 . Premiere édition anglaise , edition originale de la préface . Broché in-12 de 218 pages . Une date au faux titre , discrete mouillure pâle sur la couverture .
Edité par Crosby Continental Editions, Paris, 1932
Vendeur : Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
First English Language Edition. 12mo (16cm). Printed thick paper wrappers; 218pp. Spine faded and toned, as usual, with just a faint remnant of title and publisher's logo visible. Otherwise, a quite attractive copy: there is a faint, shallow dampstain to upper 1/16" of margin of rear wrappe, else just light external soil, fresh and unmarked within. Easily Very Good, and better than usually seen. Preface by T.S. Eliot. In the publisher's series "Modern Masterpieces in English." Philippe's best-known work, a novel of the Paris demimonde, originally published (in French) in 1900. In his Preface, Eliot writes: "There have been many novels of low life, of metropolitan vice and degradation. Novels of sentimentality, novels of satire, novels of indignation, novels of social reform, novels of prurience. Bubu de Montparnasse succeeds in being none of these.Philippe.is both compassionate and dispassionate; in his book we blame no one, we blame not even a 'social system'; and even the most virtuous, in reading it, may feel: I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed.".