BOOKS by Paul Valery

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1	Monsieur Teste more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist The famous opening line of Monsieur Teste -- "Stupidity is not my strong suit" -- is typical of Monsieur Teste, and of Valery as well. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, the book is profoundly personal. Valery said he could not imagine the existence of the novel, vet he could not resist the character living in his mind. On the one ... see all copies from $8.05! new only from $15.80! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The art of poetry more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist All of Valery's major meditations on the theory and practice of poetry are included in this volume. T.S. Eliot writes in his introduction that Valery "invented, and was to impose on his age ...a new conception of the poet." In Valery's own words, the poet is characterized as a "cool scientist, almost an algebraist, in the service of a subtle ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $40.79! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Selected Writings of Paul Valery more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $6.92! new only from $9.97! \| first editions
4	Sea Shells CL more books like this by Paul Valery, Ralph Manheim (Translator), Henri Mondor (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is the question posed by the French poet-philosopher Paul Valery in his engaging meditation on the aesthetics of the seashell. As any beachcomber will attest, seashells are an endless source of fascination and delight, and Valery's 1936 essay glows, as Gaston Bachelard says, with his sense of nature's "transcendental geometry". Wondering at ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $35.98!
5	Poésies more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
6	The collected works of Paul Valéry. more books like this by Paul Valéry add to wishlist Valery's dialogues are his most important works of imagination in prose. Many consider the prose masterpieces Eupalinos and Dance and the Soul as the fullest and most characteristic expression of his genius. The dialogue form, "the most supple of the forms of expression, " was natural to Valery. "I found I was talking to myself in two voices, and ... see all copies from $6.89! first editions
7	Dialogues more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist Valery's dialogues are his most important works of imagination in prose. Many consider the prose masterpieces Eupalinos and Dance and the Soul as the fullest and most characteristic expression of his genius. The dialogue form, "the most supple of the forms of expression, " was natural to Valery. "I found I was talking to myself in two voices, and ... see all copies from $6.06! new only from $24.27! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Degas,Manet,Morisot more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist Valery spent his mature life as much among painters writers -- in a house filled with the memory and the works of Berthe Morisot and her friends Degas, Manet, Renoir, and where Degas and Renoir were still familiar guests. Degas cherished him as a friend, and Valery was one of the few who remained faithful to the old man through his troubled last ... see all copies from $14.80! new only from $82.93! \| first editions
9	An Homage to Jerome: Patron Saint of Translators more books like this by Valery Larbaud, Jean-Paul De Chezet (Translator), Jean-Paul de Chezet (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Outlook for Intelligence more books like this by Paul Valery, Jackson Mathews (Translator), Denise Folliot (Translator) add to wishlist Paul Valery felt a deep interest in politics and developed an active involvement in international affairs. A spokesperson for the League of Nations, he was the French representative to the Committee on Intellectual Co-operation and the Permanent Committee on Arts and Letters, both organs of the League. This volume includes twelve essays ... see all copies from $8.59! new only from $26.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Regards Sur Le Monde Actuel more books like this by Paul Valery, Paul Valbery add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $35.03!
12	Paul Valéry : an anthology more books like this by Paul Valéry, James R. Lawler add to wishlist see all copies from $10.00! new only from $90.52! \| first editions
13	Ideé fixe more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $20.70! first editions
14	Degas, Danse, Dessin more books like this by Paul Valery, Paul Valbery add to wishlist see all copies from $6.00!
15	An Anthology more books like this by Paul Valery, James R Lawler (Introduction by), Jackson Mathews (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $24.00! new only from $42.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16	History and politics by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $14.99! first editions
17	Charmes (Commentes Par Alain) by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
18	Charmes, Ou, Poemes more books like this by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $18.17! first editions
19	Occasions more books like this by Paul Valéry, Roger Shattuck, Frederick Brown add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
20	El Cementerio Marino by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $13.59! new only from $13.59!
21	Mon Faust by Paul Valery, Paul Valbery add to wishlist see all copies from $15.59! new only from $40.38! \| first editions
22	Melange by Paul Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $12.44!
23 view cover	Feliz Cumpleanos Winnie! / Happy Birthday Winnie! (La Bruja Winnie) (Spanish Edition) by Korky; Thomas Paul, Valery add to wishlist see all copies from $10.33! new only from $10.33!
24 view cover	La Jeune Parque more books like this by Paul Valery, Paul Valbery add to wishlist see all copies from $13.32! new only from $48.94!
25	Oeuvres, Tome I by Paul Valery, Rouart-Valery (Designed by), Hytier (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $52.00! new only from $151.75!

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