BLOY (Léon). [Correspondances]. Set of 5 works of correspondence: - BLOY (Léon). Lettres à l'abbé Cornuau et au frère Dacien. Paris: Le Divan, 1926. - In-8, half red basane, smooth spine, untrimmed (period binding). First edition. One of 1250 copies on alfa bouffant, enriched with a typed copy of two unpublished letters from Léon Bloy. Spine faded, some wear. - BLOY (Léon). Lettres... à Jean de La Laurencie et à Frédéric Brou. Preface by Jacques Debout. Paris: Librairie Bloud et Gay, 1927. - In-16, dark green half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Esparon). First edition, of which no large paper was made. Copy enriched with an autograph letter signed by the author's wife, addressed to the poet Charles Grolleau: "To Monsieur Charles Grolleau // to whom this publication is due // with the gratitude of // the wife of his Friend // Jeanne Léon Bloy." Copy enriched with a card from the Bloud & Gay bookshop, and two copies of the prière d'insérer, one volant, the second bound at the end. Spine faded. Some foxing to endpapers. Provenance: Charles Grolleau, with consignment from Jeanne Bloy. - BLOY (Léon). Lettres à Pierre Termier 1906-1917. Followed by Lettres à Jeanne Termier (Madame Jean Boussac) et à son Mari. Avertissement de Pierre Termier, de l'Institut. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1927. - In-12, black half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Esparon). First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. ONE OF THE FIRST 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON PUR FIL DU MARAIS. A good copy. Some foxing on endpapers. - BLOY (Léon). Lettres à Georges Khnopff. Liège: Éditions du Balancier, 1929. - In-8, havana half-percaline à la Bradel, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (period binding). First edition. The first letter is dated March 1, 1882, and the last January 17, 1889. "This is, in Léon Bloy's work, the time of full maturity, between La Désespéré and La Femme pauvre, to which these letters could serve as a preface" (p. 9). Edition of 330 numbered copies on Pannekoek Hollande paper, this one enriched with a publication prospectus and an in-4 leaflet containing a typed text by Pierre Arrou on the work. - BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). Lettres... à Léon Bloy. Paris: Mercure de France, 1902. - In-12, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, untrimmed, cover preserved (modern binding). Second edition illustrated with a portrait of Barbey d'Aurevilly and including a facsimile of one of his letters. Copy on publisher's paper. Two bookshop notices have been pasted to the verso of the fifth leaf.
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BLOY (Léon).
[Correspondances].
Set of 5 works of correspondence:
- BLOY (Léon). Lettres à l'abbé Cornuau et au frère Dacien. Paris: Le Divan, 1926. - In-8, half red basane, smooth spine, untrimmed (period binding).
First edition. One of 1250 copies on alfa bouffant, enriched with a typed copy of two unpublished letters from Léon Bloy.
Spine faded, some wear.
- BLOY (Léon). Lettres... à Jean de La Laurencie et à Frédéric Brou. Preface by Jacques Debout. Paris: Librairie Bloud et Gay, 1927. - In-16, dark green half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Esparon).
First edition, of which no large paper was made.
Copy enriched with an autograph letter signed by the author's wife, addressed to the poet Charles Grolleau: "To Monsieur Charles Grolleau // to whom this publication is due // with the gratitude of // the wife of his Friend // Jeanne Léon Bloy."
Copy enriched with a card from the Bloud & Gay bookshop, and two copies of the prière d'insérer, one volant, the second bound at the end.
Spine faded. Some foxing to endpapers.
Provenance: Charles Grolleau, with consignment from Jeanne Bloy.
- BLOY (Léon). Lettres à Pierre Termier 1906-1917. Followed by Lettres à Jeanne Termier (Madame Jean Boussac) et à son Mari. Avertissement de Pierre Termier, de l'Institut. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1927. - In-12, black half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Esparon).
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author.
ONE OF THE FIRST 50 NUMBERED COPIES ON PUR FIL DU MARAIS.
A good copy. Some foxing on endpapers.
- BLOY (Léon). Lettres à Georges Khnopff. Liège: Éditions du Balancier, 1929. - In-8, havana half-percaline à la Bradel, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (period binding).
First edition.
The first letter is dated March 1, 1882, and the last January 17, 1889. "This is, in Léon Bloy's work, the time of full maturity, between La Désespéré and La Femme pauvre, to which these letters could serve as a preface" (p. 9).
Edition of 330 numbered copies on Pannekoek Hollande paper, this one enriched with a publication prospectus and an in-4 leaflet containing a typed text by Pierre Arrou on the work.
- BARBEY D'AUREVILLY (Jules). Lettres... à Léon Bloy. Paris: Mercure de France, 1902. - In-12, red half-chagrin, spine ribbed, untrimmed, cover preserved (modern binding).
Second edition illustrated with a portrait of Barbey d'Aurevilly and including a facsimile of one of his letters.
Copy on publisher's paper. Two bookshop notices have been pasted to the verso of the fifth leaf.
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