First edition

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Bel-ami

Victor-Havard, Paris 1885, 13x19,5cm, relié.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper, tirage de tête.
3/4 green morocco Bradel binding, spine with inlays and tooling in gilt, wrappers, spine and untrimmed edges preserved, contemporary binding signed by Aussourd.
Rare copy of Guy de Maupassant's [...]

10 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Manuscrit autographe à la Comtesse Potocka : « Vous prenez un chien enragé que vous faites ...

s.l. s.d. [juillet-août 1885], 9,6x15,5cm, une feuille.

Autograph manuscript by Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 36 lines in ink on one page. Horizontal fold at center. Published in Philippe Dahhan, "Guy de Maupassant et les femmes : essai", Bertout, 1996.
Unusual manuscript by Maupassant, giving a false rabies vaccine formula he calls [...]

3 800 €

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First edition

Guy de MAUPASSANT

La paix du ménage

Paul Ollendorff, Paris 1893, 12x19cm, relié.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japon, the tirage de tête after 5 Chine.
Half morocco, covers preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
A nice copy elegantly bound.
 

3 500 €

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Guy de MAUPASSANT, Félicien ROPS

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Société des bibliophiles contemporains, Paris 1891, 18x27,5cm, 10 volumes reliés.

Illustrated edition of 110 original compositions by Edouard Toudouze, one of 75 numbered copies on Japan containing an additional state of the illustrations, only leading copies after 25 China.
Binding half turquoise percalin with corners, smooth back decorated with a floral golden pattern, [...]

3 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Lettre autographe signée à la Comtesse Potocka : « Dites, Madame, voulez-vous un fétiche ? ...

Paris s.d. [début janvier 1884], 10,2x13 cm, 4 pages sur un feuillet double.

Signed autograph letter from Guy de Maupassant to the Countess Potocka, 67 lines in black ink on a letterhead "GM 83, rue Dulong", envelope attached.
This long letter begins with a commission that was made to Maupassant: " I immediately pay for a commission for which I [...]

5 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Lettre autographe signée à la Comtesse Potocka : « vous m'en voudrez un peu pendant ...

Triel s.d. [8 juillet 1889], 9,9x15,2 cm, 3 pages sur un feuillet rempliée.

Long autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant to the Countess Potocka, 38 lines in black ink.

5 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Lettre autographe signée à la Comtesse Potocka : « Maupassant prêtre libre »

Paris s.d. [16 janvier 1884], 10,1x13cm, 2 pages sur un feuillet rempliée.

Signed autograph letter of Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 26 lines in black ink on a sheet of laid paper headed "GM 83 Dulong Street".
Maupassant evokes the episode that marks his entry into familiarity with the countess: the famous story of dolls. Following a lost bet, [...]

5 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Carte-lettre autographe signée à la Comtesse Potocka : « Je dois vous prévenir que je suis ...

s.l. [Paris] s.d. [circa juillet 1884-décembre 1889], 11, 7x 9,1cm, 2 pages sur une carte-lettre.

Autographed letter-card from Maupassant to the Countess Potocka, 13 lines in black ink, with the heading "GM 10, rue Montchanin".

1 500 €

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