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The art of cinema
Marion Boyars
1992
A collection of Cocteau's writings on film. Loosely inserted review slip.
A call to order: written between the years 1918 and 1926 and including Cock and harlequin, Professional secrets, and other critical essays
Faber and Gwyer
1926
A collection of essays by one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements.
Le cap de bonne espérance: poème
Éditions de la Serene
1919
One of Cocteau's earliest collections of poetry. Number 242 of a limited edition of 500.
Carte blanche
Mermod
1953
A collection of twenty articles by Cocteau published in Paris-Midi between 31 March and 11 August 1919. Number 905 of a limited edition of 1600.
Children of the game
Harvill Press
1955
Two siblings, Elisabeth and Paul, isolate themselves from the world as they grow up, an isolation which is shattered by the stresses of their adolescence.
Cock and harlequin: notes concerning music
Egoist Press
1921
A collection of statements and proposals with an appendix on Stravinsky's 'Le sacre du printemps'.
Le coq et Arlequin: notes autour de la musique
Éditions de la Serene
1918
A collection of statements and proposals with an appendix on Stravinsky's 'Le sacre du printemps'.
La difficulté d'être
Paul Morihien
1947
With a gift inscription to 'Collin' and drawing by Cocteau puzzlingly dated New York, 1946.
The eagle has two heads
Vision
1958
A play based on the strange death of Louis II of Bavaria.
Entretiens autour du cinématographie
Éditions André Bonne
1951
A transcript of an interview. Loosely inserted erratum slip.
Journals of Jean Cocteau
Museum Press
1957
The life of Cocteau as reflected through his journals.
Le livre blanc
Peter Owen
1969
Cocteau's semi-autobiographical narrative making a plea for homosexuality to be accepted without censure.
My journey round the world
Peter Owen Limited
1968
An account of Cocteau's impulse decision to travel around the world in eighty days with his friend Marcel Khill.
Le mystère laïc (Giorgio de Chirico): essay d'étude indirect
Éditions de Quatre Chemins
1928
Illustrated in etchings in style of 'pintura metaphysical' which were created during de Chirico's second Paris period. Number 254 of a limited edition of 2875.
Oedipe-roi; Romeo et Juliette
Librairie Plon
1928
Cocteau's renderings of two classic plays. Number 1569 of a limited edition of 4,400
Opium: the diary of a cure
Peter Owen Limited
1957
Cocteau's confessions of an opium-eater and the challenges of tackling addiction.
Poèmes écrits en Allemand
Le Lapin et le Chat
1944
The first separate publication of these poems, published earlier in magazine 'Die Sammlung'. A limited edition of 200.
Le Potomak 1913-1914 précédé d'un prospectus 1916 et suave des Eugènes de la guerre 1915
Société Littéraire de France
1919
A collection of prose, verse and humorous drawings. Number 932 of the first limited edition.
Le sang d'un poète : film
Robert Marin
1948
The book of Cocteau's surrealist film. Number 1462 of a limited edition of 2900.
Two screenplays: The blood of a poet ; and, The testament of Orpheus
Calder & Boyars
1970
Two film scripts of Cocteau's surrealist work.
The typewriter: a play in three acts
Dennis Dobson
1947
Over a framework of something in the nature of a thriller, Cocteau has draped a study of provincial France, with all its sordid vices and hypocrisy.
