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Book Bindings by Mary Reynolds:
A Selection SUSAN GLOVER GODLEWSKI
Boston, Massachusetts
 
Ubu Roi: drame en cinq actes
(King Ubu: Play in Five Acts) Mary Reynolds (American, 1891–1950; lived and worked in France starting in 1919, and in the U.S. 1943–44) and Marcel Duchamp (American [born France], 1887–1968; worked in France, except in the United States 1915–23; settled in New York 1942, became U.S. citizen 1955)
Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquele, 1921 Binding: morocco, levant, and niger (goatskins) with silk and glassine endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 253
Gestes et opinions du Docteur Faustroll, pataphysicien
(The Exploits and Opinions of Doctor Faustroll, Pataphysician)
by Alfred Jarry Mary Reynolds and Marcel Duchamp Paris: Librairie Stock, 1923 Binding: brown leather stamped in herringbone pattern, black morocco (goatskin), copper sheeting, and green glassine endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 248
Rrose Sélavy
by Marcel Duchamp Mary Reynolds and Marcel Duchamp Paris: GLM, 1939 Inscription on half-title page: Cher Mary / Marcel (Dear Mary / Marcel). Binding: sienna, pink, and beige morocco (goatskins), gray cardboard, string, and painted endpapers with insects drawn in India ink, probably by Reynolds Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 246
Maison de santé
(Mental Hospital)
by Jean Cocteau Mary Reynolds Paris: Editions Briant-Robert, [1926] One of five hundred copies on Rives paper printed, numbered, and signed by the artist/author Binding: full vellum (untanned calfskin), black threads, and maroon endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 231
La Machine a écrire
(The Typewriter)
by Jean Cocteau Mary Reynolds Paris: Gallimard, 1941 Binding: vellum (untanned calfskin) and typewriter paper Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 229
Saint Glinglin
by Raymond Queneau Mary Reynolds Paris: Gallimard, 1948 Binding: green and tan morocco (goatskin), pottery cup handle in the shape of a serpent, and French marbled endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 267
La Science de dieu ou la création de l'homme
(The Knowledge of God or the Creation of Man)
by Jean-Pierre Brisset Mary Reynolds Paris: Chamuel, Editeur, 1900 Binding: green and black calfskin, full Bufo toad skins, and printed and glassine endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 431
Odile
by Raymond Queneau Mary Reynolds Paris: Gallimard, 1937 Inscribed on half-title: à Mary Reynolds / avec ma bien / vive sympathie / Queneau (to Mary Reynolds / with my enthusiastic friendship / Queneau) Binding: black calfskin, vellum (untanned calfskin), India ink, and Japan paper Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 264
Un Rude hiver
(A Harsh Winter)
by Raymond Queneau Mary Reynolds Paris: Gallimard, 1939 First edition; one of thirty copies on Lafume-Navarro paper Binding: full gray morocco (goatskin), broken thermometer, and morocco doublures (inside linings of cover) Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 266
Secrets de la jungle
(Jungle Ways)
by William Seabrook; translated by Suzanne Flour Mary Reynolds Paris: Editions Jacques Haumont, 1931 Inscribed on the original paper cover: For Mary Reynolds / God bless her. / Hommage de / l'auteur / W. / B. / Seabrook Binding: green morocco (goatskin), boa constrictor, and brown paper Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 273
Le Vrai visage du Marquis de Sade
(The True Face of the Marquis de Sade)
by Jean Desbordes Mary Reynolds Paris: Edition de la Nouvelle Revue Critique, 1939 Inscription on half-title: A Mary Reynolds / si bienfaisante, que / j'aime tendrement et / respectueusement / Jean Desbordes (To Mary Reynolds / so gracious, whom / I love tenderly and / respectfully / Jean Desbordes) Binding: red morocco (goatskin), black calfskin, and gold stamping Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 245
Le Surmâle
(Superman)
by Alfred Jarry Mary Reynolds Paris: Faquelle Editeurs, 1945 Binding: black leather, brown morocco (goatskin), corset stay, and printed endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 250
Les Yeux fertiles
(The Fertile Eyes)
by Paul Éluard, with a potrait and four illustrations by Pablo Picasso. Mary Reynolds Paris: G.L.M., 1936 Inscribed in red ink: à Georges Hugnet, un des rares poètes que j'aime et bein, Paul Éluard Binding: ostrich leather, calfskin, and printed endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 485
Les Mains libres
(The Free Hands)
Drawings by Man Ray, illustrated by the poems of Paul Éluard. Mary Reynolds Paris: Editions Jeanne Bucher, 1937 One of 675 copies printed; inscribed on half-title: à Mary Reynolds / affectionately / Man Ray / Dec. 24 1937 / Paul Éluard Binding: tan morocco (goatskin), kid glove slit open, pink sponge rubber doublures (inside linings of cover), and silk endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 270
Le Rouge et le blanc (Lucien Leuwen): roman posthume (1834–1836)
by Stendahl [Marie-Henri Beyle] Mary Reynolds Paris: Editions Bossard, 1929 Binding: red morocco (goatskin), and vellum (untanned calf) Mary Reynolds Collection MR 275
Ubu Cocu, restitué en son intégrité tel qu'il a été représenté par les marionettes du Théâtre des Phynances
(Ubu cocu, restored to its integrity as it was presented by the puppets of the Théâtre des Phynances)
by Alfred Jarry Mary Reynolds Paris-Genéva: Editions des Trois Collines, [1944] Binding: brown calf and morocco (goatskin) in various colors Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 251
Hebdomeros
by Giorgio de Chirico Mary Reynolds and Marcel Duchamp Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 1929 One of 263 copies printed on Pannekock Dutch paper Binding: unidentified leather, calf, niger (goatskin) doublures (inside linings of cover), and silk endpapers Mary Reynolds Collection, MR 217
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