VIVIEN (Renée). Exceptional set of 15 books -... - Lot 687 - Kâ-Mondo

VIVIEN (Renée). Exceptional set of 15 books - Etudes et préludes. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1901. In-12, [3] f., 157 p., [1] f., purple half-chagrin with corners, five-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, gilt head [Atelier Laurenchet]. First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p. 61). - Cendres et poussières. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1902. In-12, [4] f., 120 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, author and title gilt, date on tail, cover preserved (spine faded to violet). First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.67). - Du vert au violet. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1903. In-12, [4] f., 148 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, covers and spine preserved (spine faded brown). First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p. 87). Autograph signed letter from the author to "Madame Parrhisia", pseudonym of Blanche Cremnitz (1848-1918), author of historical novels. - Sapho, new translation with Greek text. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1903. In-12, [2] f., XII-146 p., [3] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, author and title gilt, date on tail, cover preserved (spine faded to violet). First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p. 83). With a visiting card from Charles-Brun, agrégé de lettres. - Evocations. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1903. In-12, [3] f., 164 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, covers and spine preserved. First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.77). - Sapho and eight Greek poetesses. Texts and translations. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1904. In-12, [2] f., 210 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, author and title gilt, date on tail, cover preserved. First edition of the last work published by René Vivien before his death. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.141). - La dame à la louve. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1904. In-12, [2] f., 224 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, 5-rib spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, cover and spine preserved (spine faded to violet, margins yellowed). First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.101). - La dame à la louve. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1904. In-12, [2] f., 224 p., [1] f., midnight blue half-chagrin, post-corners, 5-rib spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, covers and spine preserved. Reissued with a new, unillustrated cover (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.103). - Une femme m'apparut. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1905. In-12, [4] f., 226 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, cover and spine preserved (spine a little faded, slight bumping to nerves). Renée Vivien's first novel. New edition in the text differs greatly from the original edition published in 1904 (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.107). - Evocations. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1905. In-12, [3] f., 164 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, author and title gilt, date on tail, cover illustrated by Lévy Dhurmer and spine preserved (spine faded to violet). First edition of this collection of poems. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.77). - À l'heure des mains jointes. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1906. In-12, [4] f., 163 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, illustrated cover and spine preserved. First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.113). - À l'heure des mains jointes. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1906. In-12, [4] f., 163 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, illustrated cover and spine preserved (spine faded to violet). First edition. Copy with illustrated cover addressed to Sansot, not mentioned by C. Bac (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.113). - Chansons pour mon ombre. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1907. In-12, [2] f., 94 p., [1] f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, covers and spine preserved. First edition published under Renée Vivien's birth name: Pauline M. Tarn. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p. 117). - Le Christ, Aphrodite et M. Pépin. Paris, Sansot, 1907. In-12, [1] bl. f., 80 p., [2] bl. f., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-rib spine, author and title gilt, date on tail, cover and spine preserved (minor flaws at corners; light russeting). First edition. (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.127). - Vagabondages. Paris, Sansot, [1919]. In-12, 104 p., midnight-blue half-chagrin with post-corners, four-ribbed spine, gilt author and title, date on tail, cover and spine preserved. First edition printed in 270 copies: one of 200 on laid paper (n°89). (C. Bac, Inventaire, 2003, p.169). A leaflet announcing the book is inserted.