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PATRICK DE HERIZ. LA BELLE O'MORPHI ; A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY. THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS, 1947.

Price: US$19.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8VO . 1ST ED 1947 , RED AND BLUE CLOTH , 36 PAGES , FINE PLATES BY FRANCOIS BOUCHER , LIMITED EDITION NO 178 . VERY GOOD .

Seller: clifford milne books pbfa, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Heriz, Patrick De (Francois Boucher, Illus. ). La Belle O'Morphi, a Brief Biography. Golden Cockerel, London, 1947.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Description: Red cloth over blue boards with gilt stamping, #328 of 750 copies, near fine with very slight dusting to front board and f.e.p. .; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

De Heriz, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi: A Brief Biography. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$23.40 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardback, red and blue cloth with gilt title to spine. 35pp. Frontis. Title vignette. Illus. No. 634 of a limited edition of only 750 copies. Slightest wear. A very decent copy. (q22)

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

de Heriz, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrations by Francois Boucher. Limited to 750 copies. Very Good. Red and blue cloth on the boards, rubbed at the edges and joints, gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, gilt top edge, former owner's bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise.

Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.

De Heriz, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi: A Brief Biography. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1947.

Price: US$26.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited edition, no.107/750. Small Octavo. 35pp. Illustrated. Publisher's cloth, gilt titles. A 'Very Good' copy.

Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom

De Heriz, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi: A Brief Biography. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$29.90 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardback, red and blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 21.5cm x 12cm. 35pp. Illustrated by Francois Boucher. No. 415 of a limited edition of only 750 copies. Binding a little worn. A pleasing copy. (ac12)

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

Heriz, Patrick De. BELLE O'MORPHI.|LA. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1947.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Description: small 8vo. half blue cloth over crimson cloth covered boards, plain paper dust jacket. 35+(1) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies of which this is one of 650 copies. (Cockalorum 173). Philip C. Duschnes bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. A fine copy in publisher's dust jacket. A brief biography of Marie Louise O'Morphi, who fascinated Louis XV, and was a model to the painter Francois Boucher. Includes collotype reproductions of illustrations by Boucher. The text is in "Garamond" type (with the title in Fournier) on Arnold's mould-made paper. half blue cloth over crimson cloth covered boards, plain paper dust jacket

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

DE HERIZ, PATRICK. La Belle O'Morphi. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1947.

Price: US$34.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Limited to 750 numbered copies, this is no. 497. Bound in red and blue cloth with gilt lettered spine and Golden Cockerel Press logo on front cover. Cloth and little scuffed at edges but a good clean copy.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

[Golden Cockerel Press]. [O'MURPHY, Marie-Louise] De HERIZ, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi. A Brief Biography. Golden Cockerel Press, [London], 1947.

Price: US$50.33 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: [London], Golden Cockerel Press, [1947]. Octavo, 36 pages with 12 illustrations by Francois Boucher (4 full-page). Gilt-decorated contrasting cloth slightly rubbed; endpapers lightly discoloured; an excellent copy. Number 506 of 750 copies (of which numbers 1-100 were specially bound); With the pencilled ownership signature of [Professor] Heinz Kent. A colour postcard depicting a painting of 'La Belle O'Morphi' (Marie-Louise O'Murphy, 1737-1814) by Boucher is loosely inserted.

Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Heriz [Patrick de]. La Belle O'Morphi. Golden Cockerel Press, Berkshire, 1947.

Price: US$65.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited Edition. Hardcover. "A biography of the Irish imp who fascinated Louis XV, and was model to the painter, Boucher" [Cockalorum, 173]. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, red cloth spine, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, teg. 8vo. 36pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 601 of 750.

Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.

Heriz, Patrick De. La Belle O'Morphi. Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1947.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: 36 pages. 21.5 x 12.3 cm. Collotype reproductions of pictures by Francois Boucher. Limited edition, copy 618 of 750. COCKALORUM 173. "A biography of the Irish imp (Marie Louise O'Morphi [died 1814], mistress to the king) who fascinated Louis XV, and was a model to the painter Boucher." A biography of and model for the painter Boucher. Orig. two-toned cloth. Teg. Fine

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Patrick de Heriz. La Belle o'Morphi. The Golden Cockerel Press, Great Britain, 1947.

Price: US$84.51 + shipping

Description: A smart limited edition of this biography of the lover of King Louis XV of France. Marie-Louise O'Murphy (173701814) was one of King Louise XV's many mistresses, and possibly the subject of Francois Boucher's painting.A limited edition of 750 numbered copies, this being No. 180.Written by Patrick de Heriz.Illustrated by Francois Boucher.Undated; dated from copies on Jisc.A lovely copy of this fascinating biography. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, with just some slight rubbing to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Heriz, Patrick. La Belle O'Morphi; A Brief Biography. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo., 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (210 x120 mm), 36 pp. Garamond 11 pt type with Fournier titling, with 12 collotype illustrations after François Boucher, who used O'Morphi often as a model. This is copy 144 of 750 numbered copies, bound in blue and pink cloth, with gilt golden cockerel logo on the front board and gilt lettering on spine. Spine and corners lightly rubbed, internally bright and tightly bound. Small postcard of a classical nude loosely inserted with illegible writing on verso. [Cockalorum 173]. "A biography of the Irish imp who fascinated Louis XV, and was model to the painter Boucher. That dyspeptic reviewer who fulminates in the columns of a certain literary weekly - I call him 'Mr Small' described this little délice as 'pompous!' Readers of this bibliography will no doubt concede that I am captiously critical of most of my 'cockerels', but I admit that I can find no fault with this little 'coquette'. (Cockalorum would be incomplete without one villain - 'Mr Small'!)" The GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS was founded by Harold Midgely Taylor in 1920 with the object of publishing new works of literary significance by young authors and to print and publish fine editions of books of established worth. When Mr. Taylor retired in 1924, it was purchased by Robert Gibbings, known as an illustrator and woodcutter (Tomkinson, p .93) "Golden Cockerel books are amongst the most popular and desirable private press items." (Ransom p. 106).

Seller: Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC, Middletown, NY, U.S.A.

(Golden Cockerel Press) De Heriz (Patrick).. La Belle O'Morphi. A Brief Biography. With Illustrations by Francois Boucher.. Crown 8vo, 21cm, pp.36, London, 1947., 1947.

Price: US$156.02 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Set in Garamond type with Fournier titling. Number 37 of 100 (750) copies specially bound and signed by the author. Illustrated with collotype reproductions of pictures by Boucher. Blue half morocco with crimson buckram boards titled and stamped in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. Cloth slipcase. Bookplate. A fine copy. (Cockalorum 173) 'A biography of the Irish imp who fascinated Louis XV, and was model to the painter Boucher.'

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

Patrick De Heriz. La Belle O'Morphi: A Brief Biography. Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$179.95 + shipping

Description: Golden Cockerel Press. Used; Very Good. Golden Cockerel Press 1947., 1947. Special Issue. Striking half blue morocco over crimson buckram lettered & decorated in gilt. . Hardcover, UNNUMBERED copy. No Jacket, as Issued. A biography of Marie Louise O'Morphi [died 1814], Irish mistress to Luois XV and model for the painter Boucher. . 1947. HARDCOVER.

Seller: Fleur Fine Books, Port Neches, TX, U.S.A.

HERIZ, Patrick de. La Belle O'Morphi: A Brief Biography. Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition thus. Thin octavo. 12 collotype illustrations after Francois Boucher. Original gilt stamped half blue morocco over red cloth, uncut by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Fine. Publisher’s light blue cloth slipcase. No bookplates. Number 59 of 100 numbered copies, specially bound and signed by de Heriz on limitation page. Cockalorum 173.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Heriz, Patrick De. La Belle O'Morphi. The Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham Saint Lawrence, 1947.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of 100 specially bound copies, of which this is number 65. Signed by author. Original light blue slipcase is a bit soiled. Blue morocco binding is bright and clean. The half crimson cloth appears a bit tired in comparison. Pages are very clean. Some yellowing on endpapers with former owner's name written on ffep. Gilt on the spine and boards is quite bright. Garamond type on mould-made paper. Illustrated abundantly. A pleasing copy; The brief biography of Marie-Louise O’Murphy, the model of the celebrated artist, François Boucher, and minor mistress of King Louis XV. Her exciting life began as the impoverished daughter of Irish immigrants, included her time as Boucher’s muse, her rise and fall at Versailles, three marriages, and her travails during the Reign of Terror; 8vo; 36 pages; Signed by Author

Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.

Heriz, Patrick de. LA BELLE O'MORPHI. The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1947.

Price: US$201.34 + shipping

Description: A brief biography. Pp. 36, l2 collotype reproductions after paintings by Francois Boucher; roy. l2mo; half dark blue morocco and crimson buckram boards, lettered and decorated in gilt; t.e.g., others uncut; within pale blue/grey cloth slipcase, which is faintly soiled and a trifle rubbed at edges; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, The Golden Cockerel Press, London, n.d.[1947]. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies on mould-made paper, this being one of 100 copies specially bound, and signed by the author. Cockalorum l73: 'A biography of the Irish imp who fascinated Louis XV, and was model to the painter Boucher. . . .'.

Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS : O'Morphi : Patrick de Heriz : Francois Boucher.. La Belle O'Morphi : a brief biography by Patrick de Heriz. With illustrations by Francois Boucher.. Golden Cockerel Press 1947., 1947.

Price: US$201.53 + shipping

Description: Special Issue.* Striking half blue morocco over crimson buckram lettered & decorated in gilt. C.pp36 t.e.g., others uncut, elegant calligraphic booklabel on endpaper, an excellent copy. With 12 collotype illustrations after paintings by Boucher. 100 Special Copies bound by Sangorski [and 650 Ordinary copies]. A biography of Marie Louise O'Morphi [died 1814], Irish mistress to Luois XV and model for the painter Boucher. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question.

Seller: Adam Mills Rare Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom

HERIZ Patrick de. La Belle O'Morphi. A Brief Biography. With Illustrations by Francois Boucher. [De Luxe edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.] 100 COPIES IN SANGORSKI BINDING. Golden Cockerel Press, [1947], 1947.

Price: US$234.03 + shipping

Description: 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; some light offsetting from front paste-down to front free endpaper; red buckram, boards blocked in gilt, blue crushed morocco lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 95). With the morocco bookplate of G.E.G. Tooth mounted on front paste-down. A further 650 copies were issued in a standard binding. Cockolorum 173.

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

. La Belle O'Morphi. Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Price: US$325.04 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A brief biography by Patrick de Heriz. With illustrations by Francois Boucher. Half red cloth, half blue morocco. Small bookplate. Fine in slipcase. One of 100 numbered, specially bound copies signed by the author. An interesting tale of the mistress of Louis XV who was also one of Boucher's principal models.

Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom