Georges BERNANOS

First edition, one of the review copies.
A pleasant copy.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Roger Nimier to Jean Paulhan: "Pour Jean Paulhan, il aimait Bernanos, Roger Nimier les admire et les aime tous les deux."

First edition, one of the copies on alfa, ours unnumbered.
A small tear at the foot of the spine, two stains at the head of the front cover, spine very slightly faded as usual, some foxing on the half-title and on the margins of certain leaves.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Bernanos to Monsieur Brun.

First edition, one of 1000 copies on Arches laid paper, ours unnumbered.
Spine and boards faded as usual, endpapers very lightly and partially shadowed without severity, some small foxing affecting certain leaves at their right margins.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Bernanos to Robert Lejeune.

First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 hollande and 66 pur fil.
Binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a very small number on pure rag paper.
A vertical shadow in the right margin of the second cover.
Rare and handsome copy of this offprint.
Provenance: from the library of the great bibliophile Lucien Graux with his bookplate pasted on the verso of the first cover.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
A tiny tear at the foot of the spine, some light foxing to the margins of certain leaves.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Georges Bernanos to Monsieur Bouvier.

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
A transverse fold at head of front cover, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos: "Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre", Max Jacob: "Renoncer à toute richesse" & "Jeunesse lacustre" & "Angoisses et autres", Henri Massis: "Charles Maurras et le sentiment de la mort" & "Paul Valéry et sa pensée", Nicolas Berdiaeff "Le destin de la culture", Jean Cocteau: "Daisy en France", Daisy Ashford: "Les jeunes visiteurs ou le plan de Mr Salteena", Julien Green: "La traversée inutile"...

First edition, one of 790 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Fine copy.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue is partly devoted to Georges Bernanos who had died five months earlier with Albert Béguin "Bernanos n'appartient à personne", Georges Bernanos "J'ai mené une vie de chien", Bertanrd d'Astorg "Mort au champ de son honneur".
Other contributions by Paul Ricoeur "Dimension d'une recherche commune", Marius Gandilhon "Derrière le silence de l'Espagne", Jacques Ayencourt "Ils ont voté Roosevelt"...
Occasional foxing mainly marginal.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos "Frère Martin", Adrien Dansette "L'Eglise et l'Action Française, (II)", Louis Casamayor "A propos de l'aveu", Ahmed Boumendjel "L'Algérie unanime", Francis Jeanson "Le tournant algérien"...
Occasional foxing mainly marginal, copy slightly warped.

New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a repaired tear at foot of spine.
Rare publisher's wraparound band included: "Bernanos. Petit livre. Grand texte. Pour comprendre. Pour juger."

First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on deluxe paper, only the first volume being justified.
Handsome copies, unbound, presented in double chemises and red skyvertex slipcases.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, after 17 on Japan and 40 on Holland paper.
A significant shadow affects pages 24-25, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan, head print.
Binding half morocco anthracite corners, smooth back adorned with cold boxes, golden date tail, guards and contreplats of marbled paper, guards and eggplant paper tidbits, covers and back preserved, gilded head witnesses, elegant binding signed Honnelitre .
Rare and beautiful copy of all perfectly established margins of this novel which was adapted to the cinema, in 1967, by Robert Bresson.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon, the tirage de tête.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded and sunned as usual.
Rare and nice copy with edges preserved.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon, the tirage de tête.
A very nice copy with edges preserved.

Edition first in part, one of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the tirage de tête.
A nice copy with edges preserved.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Some foxing to the first cover, a shadow on the second cover, some light foxing.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos "Lettres à Amoroso Lima", André Bazin "Le cinéma soviétique et le mythe de Staline", the Korean War...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Names of the contributors of articles in this issue inscribed in black ink on the spine, handsome interior condition.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos "Si vous cessiez de vous haïr", Robert Marteau "Manessier revient d'Espagne", Aline Fialkowski "Structuralisme et herméneutique", Claire Manasta-Rubattel "Le poblème noir aux U.S.A." ...

First edition, one of 790 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, not serious.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
With an autograph inscription from Georges Bernanos to José Vincent.
Tiny foxings, not serious, on the spine, copy retaining its advertising slip.

First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded as usual, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies.
Illustrated with a photographic portrait of the author as a frontispiece.
A very minor scuff at the foot of the front cover, two vertical creases to the front free endpaper, a few small spots.
Georges Bernanos’s handwritten signature beneath the colophon.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Alfa paper.

Posterior edition of two months to the first edition, mention of 42nd edition.
Two restorations at the head and at the foot of the back using discrete adhesive pieces.
Beautiful autograph signed by Georges Bernanos to Genoud Prachet.

First edition, one of 300 copies on Alfa paper reserved for the press service.
A small tear in the foot of the back, a slight spot in the margin of the page on which the autograph is sent, otherwise nice copy, freckle, back and boards not discolored as generally.
Autograph signed by Georges Bernanos to Monsieur Auriol.

First edition, one of 300 copies on Alfa paper reserved for the press service.
Beautiful copy, freckle-free, back and boards not discolored as generally.
Signed autograph of Georges Bernanos to Jean Morienval.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved for the press service.
Back slightly insolated with a little lack in the foot, some spots in the margin of the first board.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Georges Bernanos to Georges Gaillard: "... this book that has shed the tears of a hundred thousand chaisières and prohibits me, temporarily at least, any hope of promotion advantageous to the Vatican Academy as to the French Academy..."

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies.
Handwritten signature of Georges Bernanos under the justification.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
A very slight tear, not serious, to foot of upper cover, two traces of folding on first free endpaper, a few spots.

first edition on plain paper.
Signed autograph signed by Georges Bernanos to R (ené) Trintzius.
Handwritten mention of reading probably by the hand of René Trintzius 26/3/36 Palma de Mallorca.
Paper yellowed as generally, wrinkled back featuring a slight lack in the head, a small lack of paper from the first guard.

First edition, one of the 60 copies on Alfa paper reserved to the press service.
Binding to bradel half percaline almond green with corners, smooth spine piece of black shagreen platsde marbled paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, elegant non-binding signed.
Precious autograph signed by Georges Bernanos P (aul) Nizan: "... this society novel, this lesson of love in a park ... with the expression of my deep gratitude and faithful to his article in the Humanity"
Small bites without gravity margins of the page where the autograph dedication of the author.
The prayer to insert and press clippings about the book and Paul Nizan were glued on the white guards of the binding.

First edition.

Two small tears to head of spine and to edge of lower cover.

First edition, one of 1160 numbered copies on Alfa paper, ours one of 60 reserved to the press service.
Small traces of minor folds on upper cover.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on papier de luxe, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 662 numbered copies on vélin aravis, the only large paper copies.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press service.
Binding half lemon shagreen, smooth back, paper boards to the tank and moiré, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head.
Signed autograph author Dr. Henri Drouin.

first edition on the current paper.
Binding half morocco with black bands, back with five nerves, gilded nets coaching marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats red paper, blankets and back (back with restorations) preserved, gilded head
Precious autograph signed Geroges Bernanos Pierre Mac Orlan.
Nice copy pleasantly established.

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies.
Manuscript signature of Georges Bernanos under the justification.
With a photographic frontispiece portrait of the author.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 300 copies on Alfa paper reserved to the press service.
Precious autograph signed by Georges Bernanos the first warning: "To Charles Maurras, in testimony of admiration, gratitude and loyalty."
Back slightly discolored as usually, a little lack marginal top of the first flat, some spots without gravity.
Our copy is presented in open shirt and gray-green cardboard case, with "Ex Charles Maurras" written in red in front of the shirt.

First edition, one of 300 copies literati off trade Alfa paper and reserved to the press service.
Signed autograph of the author (Robert) Garric: "... in viva and fraternal sympathy ..."
Three minor losses on the back slightly thinned as usual.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on Japan paper, the tirage de tête
A very good and rare, well-margined copy.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vergé gothique paper.
First leaves almost detached, otherwise a good copy.

First edition of this choice of letters established Jorge Lima among those addressed him Georges Bernanos, one of 500 numbered and signed by the Brazilian writer, one draw.
Signed autograph of Jorge Lima Brazilian Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the   founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him   in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench"   "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "

first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of the author Robert Garric, director of the literary magazine "The review of youth": "... deep in the heart of gratitude ..."

First edition, one of 150 lettered copie hors commerce on alfa, advance (service de presse) copies .
With an autograph inscription from Georges Bernanos to (Robert) Garric : "... son diffamateur and son ami..."
Spine slightly sunned, a joint cracked and glued on foot.

First edition, one of 300 copies literati off trade Alfa paper and reserved to the press service.
Signed autograph of the author (Robert) Garric: "... in viva and fraternal sympathy ..."
Three minor losses on the back slightly thinned as usual.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa and reserved to the press service.
Signed autograph from the author to Gonzague Truc "... I see so rarely but dear me friendship is so safe and so faithful, wholeheartedly ..."
Minute minor gaps in the top and bottom of the back.

Original edition on the current paper.
Binding to bradel half percaline almond corners, smooth back, as piece of black grief, paper dishes decorative, preserved covers and backs, gilded head.
Signed autograph of the author John Heir.
Annotations and notes the dedicatee about this book on the colophon page and its reverse.
In addition, two press cuttings relating to the publication of "Sham" were glued on the following guards.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa.
Binding to bradel half percaline almond corners, smooth back, as piece of black grief, paper dishes decorative, preserved covers and backs, gilded head.
Bel autograph signed by the author G. Lacalmette: "... this sorry story of the" Joy "that Father Henri Bremond just bless ..."
A newspaper clipping on the allocation of the Prix Femina for "Joy" was glued on the front guards.

First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on Holland ours one of the few trade off.
Binding to bradel half percaline almond corners, smooth back, as piece of black grief, paper dishes decorative, preserved covers and backs, gilded head.
Bel autograph signed and dated by the author to Madame Alphonse Daudet "... testimony of admiration, respectful gratitude and friendship for his son Lucien Daudet who generously served Sham" ... "
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête after 50 on Japon.
Superb maroon morocco studded with gilt dots by Madeleine Gras, repair to foot of one joint, covers with design of spiral fillets to centre, red velour endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt; slipcase edged in maroon morocco, lined in brown felt, wood-patterned paper boards.
Slight marginal worming to blank endpapers.
A very good copy in a handsome binding.