DESBORDES-VALMORE, Marceline Félicité Josèphe. Poésies, 1842, half plum straight-grained morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., orig. wrappers bound in, by A. & R. MAYLANDER. Bookplate of Henri Burton--DUMAS, ALEXANDRE fils. Péchés de jeunesse, 1847, red morocco, covers panelled, spine and turn-ins richly gilt, g.e., by LORTIC, folding chemise and quarter morocco gilt slipcase (scratched), joints and extremities slightly rubbed, FIRST EDITION--JEANNIOT, GEORGES, artist. ZOLA, ÉMILE. La Curée, 1894, brown morocco, onlaid and embossed polychrome morocco design of a man pulling aside a curtain in lower right corner of upper cover, signed R. Raparlier, turn-ins gilt, g.e., quarter morocco chemise and morocco-edged slipcase (splitting), small scratch to upper cover, very light rubbing to lower cover, no. 18 of 130 copies on Chine from the edition of 691, numerous etched plates and wood-engraved text illustrations after Jeanniot, WITH 2 EXTRA SUITES OF THE PLATES, THE FIRST IN AN EARLIER STATE, BOTH WITH REMARQUES, PLUS AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS; both the Robert Hoe copies, with his bookplates--RENAN, ERNEST. Feuilles détachées, faisant suite aux Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse, 1892, Jansenist maroon morocco, blue-green morocco doublures panelled with multiple gilt fillets, maroon faille silk liners, g.e., by EMILE MAYLANDER, morocco-edged slipcase, FIRST EDITION, no. 14 of a limited issue of 15 copies on Japon. Bookplate of Henri Burton--CARUCHET, HENRI, artist. LOUYS, PIERRE. Byblis, 1901, tan morocco, covers with outer gilt Greek key border around inner gilt and onlaid green and red morocco flowering plant border, smooth spine similarly gilt and onlaid, green morocco lettering-pieces, turn-ins gilt, t.e.g., by Pierson, no. 4, on Japon, of 100 copies on Japon or vélin d'Arches from the edition of 300, hand-colored line block pictorial text borders by Caruchet, WITH AN EXTRA UNCOLORED SUITE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON CHINE--LEBÈGUE, LÉON, artist. BOCCACCIO. La Fiancée du Roy de Garbe. Traduction de Anthoine Le Maçon, 1903, crimson morocco, covers with wide frame consisting of swirling gilt rose stems on a gilt-dotted background, the roses in onlaid maroon morocco, two flowering tendrils overlapping into the central compartment, otherwise blank, spine and turn-ins similarly decorated, red silk doublures and liners, t.e.g., others untrimmed, by ZAEHNSDORF, binders' gilt-stamped signature on upper turn-in dated 1904, joints cracking, morocco edged slipcase, worn, no. 43 of 102 copies on Arches with an extra uncolored suite of the illustrations on Chine, from the edition of 189 copies (including 60 copies hors commerce), stencil-colored line block frontispiece, text illustrations (some full-page), ornamental borders and initials. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST TO JOHN MORGAN, WITH THE LATTER'S BOOKPLATE; all Paris, together 6 vols., 8vo and 4to, all but the second with original wrappers preserved, all but the first two from LIMITED EDITIONS. (5)

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DESBORDES-VALMORE, Marceline Félicité Josèphe. Poésies, 1842, half plum straight-grained morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., orig. wrappers bound in, by A. & R. MAYLANDER. Bookplate of Henri Burton--DUMAS, ALEXANDRE fils. Péchés de jeunesse, 1847, red morocco, covers panelled, spine and turn-ins richly gilt, g.e., by LORTIC, folding chemise and quarter morocco gilt slipcase (scratched), joints and extremities slightly rubbed, FIRST EDITION--JEANNIOT, GEORGES, artist. ZOLA, ÉMILE. La Curée, 1894, brown morocco, onlaid and embossed polychrome morocco design of a man pulling aside a curtain in lower right corner of upper cover, signed R. Raparlier, turn-ins gilt, g.e., quarter morocco chemise and morocco-edged slipcase (splitting), small scratch to upper cover, very light rubbing to lower cover, no. 18 of 130 copies on Chine from the edition of 691, numerous etched plates and wood-engraved text illustrations after Jeanniot, WITH 2 EXTRA SUITES OF THE PLATES, THE FIRST IN AN EARLIER STATE, BOTH WITH REMARQUES, PLUS AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE WOOD ENGRAVINGS; both the Robert Hoe copies, with his bookplates--RENAN, ERNEST. Feuilles détachées, faisant suite aux Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse, 1892, Jansenist maroon morocco, blue-green morocco doublures panelled with multiple gilt fillets, maroon faille silk liners, g.e., by EMILE MAYLANDER, morocco-edged slipcase, FIRST EDITION, no. 14 of a limited issue of 15 copies on Japon. Bookplate of Henri Burton--CARUCHET, HENRI, artist. LOUYS, PIERRE. Byblis, 1901, tan morocco, covers with outer gilt Greek key border around inner gilt and onlaid green and red morocco flowering plant border, smooth spine similarly gilt and onlaid, green morocco lettering-pieces, turn-ins gilt, t.e.g., by Pierson, no. 4, on Japon, of 100 copies on Japon or vélin d'Arches from the edition of 300, hand-colored line block pictorial text borders by Caruchet, WITH AN EXTRA UNCOLORED SUITE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON CHINE--LEBÈGUE, LÉON, artist. BOCCACCIO. La Fiancée du Roy de Garbe. Traduction de Anthoine Le Maçon, 1903, crimson morocco, covers with wide frame consisting of swirling gilt rose stems on a gilt-dotted background, the roses in onlaid maroon morocco, two flowering tendrils overlapping into the central compartment, otherwise blank, spine and turn-ins similarly decorated, red silk doublures and liners, t.e.g., others untrimmed, by ZAEHNSDORF, binders' gilt-stamped signature on upper turn-in dated 1904, joints cracking, morocco edged slipcase, worn, no. 43 of 102 copies on Arches with an extra uncolored suite of the illustrations on Chine, from the edition of 189 copies (including 60 copies hors commerce), stencil-colored line block frontispiece, text illustrations (some full-page), ornamental borders and initials. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE ARTIST TO JOHN MORGAN, WITH THE LATTER'S BOOKPLATE; all Paris, together 6 vols., 8vo and 4to, all but the second with original wrappers preserved, all but the first two from LIMITED EDITIONS. (5)