BOOKS by Jean Cocteau

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1	Opium more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (Translator) add to wishlist In this classic study Cocteau vividly describes his extraordinary experiences while taking opium, the drug to which he owed his 'perfect hours' but which, inevitably, exacted its price. It also contains reminiscences of some of Cocteau's closet friends, including Nijinsky and Marcel Proust, and provides revealing insights into the creation of such ... see all copies from $8.96! new only from $20.61! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Holy Terrors/Les Enfants Terribles more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Rosamond Lehmann (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.15! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Infernal Machine more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Five plays. more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! first editions
5	Les enfants terribles more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist "Terrors they are, these lads of the Lycee Condorcet, and no mistake - the terrors of the Fifth...where the tenebrous instincts of childhood still predominate..." At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre ... see all copies from $2.49! new only from $4.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Round the World Again in 80 Days: Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours (Mon Premier Voyage) more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Simon Callow (Introduction by) add to wishlist This translation of Cocteau's 1936 travelogue accurately reflects his journey into the cities he visited during his trip around the world in emulation of Verne's Phileas Fogg. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
7	Les Parents Terribles more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Diary of an Unknown more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.21! \| first editions
9	The Art of Cinema more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Robin Buss (Translator), Claude Gauteur (Illustrator) add to wishlist For more than thirty years, poet, writer and artist Jean Cocteau maintained a lasting and passionate affair with the moving image. To him, film was a visionary, dream-like form, a glimpse of the phantoms that haunted the poet throughout his life. see all copies from $9.44! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The White Book (Le Livre Blanc) more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Margaret Crosland (Translator) add to wishlist "Le Livre Blanc, " attributed to Jean Cocteau, has a twofold interest: first because of its appeal to bibliophiles as a collector's item, and second because of its assumed authorship. Cocteau never formally acknowledged the book, except in so far as he allowed it to appear in the 'authorized' bibliography drawn up in connection with his see all copies from $59.22! new only from $82.00!
11	Souvenir portraits : Paris in the Belle Epoque more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist Cocteau, the renowned French poet, filmmaker and painter recalls his childhood in lyrical fashion. Includes humorous sketches of personalities like Isadora Duncan, Picasso, Marlena Dietrich and Greta Garbo. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.31! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Thomas L'Imposteur: Roman by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! new only from $36.33! \| first editions
13 view cover	Thomas the Imposter more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist Written in 1923 with 22WWl as background, an excellent example of Cocteau's verve, urbanity, and stylistic brilliance. Here, imaginative sixteen-year-old Thomas 'borrows' an illustrious ancestry which both a widowed Princess and her young daughter find irresistible. see all copies from $11.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Orphee more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $3.32! new only from $32.50! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Cocteau Diaries more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Richard Howard (Translator), Mr. Ned Rorem (Introduction by) add to wishlist Jean Cocteau delighted in shocking the world. In pubic, at least, the image he presented was one of great daring -- a man eager to defy, willing to experiment, ready to challenge. Cocteau's achievements in almost every artistic medium -- including poetry, film, illustration, criticism, and ballet -- rightfully earned him a reputation for radical ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.29! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The miscreant more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist Now in paper, this is Jean Cocteau's first novel (1921). Jacques Forestier is a parasite who responds readily to both sexes. He comes to Paris to study but ends up indulging himself in a life of dissipation, culminating in a doomed love affair with a chorus girl. A sparkling evocation of the Parisian scene, the novel is also a study of loneliness ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $14.95! \| first editions
17	Professional secrets : an autobiography of Jean Cocteau more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Robert Phelps, Richard Howard add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! first editions
18 view cover	Erotica: Drawings more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $19.26! new only from $19.26! \| SVS
19	Past\Tense, the Cocteau Diaries: The Cocteau Diaries, Volume II more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Richard Howard (Translator) add to wishlist Poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and artist, Cocteau thrilled, outraged, and moved audiences. In this sequel to the acclaimed first volume, the private Cocteau can be clearly glimpsed. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20	Past Tense: Diaries more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.33! \| first editions
21	Conversations in the Dresden Gallery more books like this by Louis Aragon, Francis Scarfe (Translator), Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	The difficulty of being more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist Perhaps Cocteau's most highly regarded work of non-fiction, these essays are as broad and as deep as the title implies. Topics include autobiographical explanations of his eclectic artistic life, an essay on the art of reading (books should reflect back on the reader), on writing (a transfusion of spirit with the reader), several essays on death ... see all copies from $7.00! first editions \| SVS
23	Past tense : diaries. Vol.2 more books like this by Jean Cocteau add to wishlist The second volume of diaries, published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Cocteau's death, covers the year 1953 and unveils Cocteau's flagrant and destructuve addiction to opium and his dazzling artistic exploits in the all-male brothels of Touilon. Always renowned for his flamboyant public image, this book reveals the other very human side ... see all copies from $4.91! new only from $75.51! \| first editions
24	Jean Cocteau and Andre Gide: An Abrasive Friendship more books like this by Arthur K. Peters, Andre Gide, Jean Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $2.57! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25	Cocteau on the film more books like this by Cocteau add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS

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