Paris: Au Cercle du livre précieux [Claude Tchou], 1959. 8vo. xxii+199 pp. Presente par Henry Muller. No. 2904 of 3500 copies. Includes work by Rousseau, Piron, Nerciat, Saint-Just, Theis, Nogaret, &c. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the front pastedown..... More
Paris: Au Cercle du livre précieux [Claude Tchou], 1959. xiv + 265pp., with 9 b/w plates. Preface by de Roger Vailland. A handsome reprint of one of the most extraordinary French erotic works of the 18th century, which has been ascribed to both Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon and a ‘tax..... More
Paris: Au Cercle du Livre Precieux [Claude Tchou], 1963. 12mo. xxii+344 pp. Silk boards, gilt, in clear acetate wrappers and card slipcase, as issued. Part of the collection 'Les Bijoux Indiscrets.' Limited to 1500 numbered copies, this being no. 1080. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small..... More
Paris: Au Cercle du livre précieux [Claude Tchou], 1960. 8vo. 198 + xxiipp. A reprint of an erotic novel first published at Bruxelles in 1868 by Auguste Poulet-Malassis. The book has been ascribed to both its original publisher and to Gustave Droz. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with..... More
Paris: Au Cercle du Livre Precieux [Claude Tchou], 1963. 12mo. pp. xxii+222. Silk boards, gilt, in clear acetate wrappers and card slipcase, as issued. With a Preface, unsigned, but generally considered to be by Louis Aragon. Vol. 1 of the collection 'Les Bijoux Indiscrets.' Limited to 2500 numbered copies, this..... More
Paris: Au Cercle du livre précieux [Claude Tchou], 1959. 8vo. lix+203pp. No. 341 of 3500 copies. From the library of Patrick J. Kearney, with his small name sticker at the bottom of the front pastedown. More
Paris: Au Cercle du livre précieux [Claude Tchou], 1962. 8vo. Three volumes in one, pp. 163, 173. (The paginations of vols. 2 & 3 are continuous.) Out of sequence of 2,500 numbered copies. A nicely got-up reprint of these two celebrated 18th century erotic novels. Although both are here ascribed..... More