Roger CAILLOIS

First French edition, translation by Roger Caillois and René L.F. Durand, one of 33 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.

Rare and very fine copy.

First edition printed in 140 numbered copies on Arches vellum.
Work illustrated with 20 original lithographs by Apel·les Fenosa.
At the beginning of the work, manuscript signatures, in pencil, by Roger Caillois & Apel·les Fenosa.
Some light foxing stains on the first cover of the slipcase, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure laid paper.
Contributions by Octavio Paz "Courant alternatif", Maurice Blanchot "Rêver, écrire", Roger Caillois "Pilate", Norge "Les quatre vérités", Jean Dutourd "Du journal en général"...
Handsome copy.

First edition of these selected texts presented under the direction of Gaëtan Picon, one of 36 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours one of 6 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Gaëtan Picon to René Bertelé: "Pour René Bertelé ce triomphe de notre commune persévérance et en souvenir d'affectueuse amitié." ["For René Bertelé this triumph of our common perseverance and in memory of affectionate friendship."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Inscribed by Roger Caillois to his friend René Etiemble: "... avec l'estime et la réelle amitié de votre acolyte." ["... with the esteem and real friendship of your acolyte."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Inscribed by Roger Caillois to his friend René Etiemble: "Pour Etiemble avec la fidèle amitié de Roger Caillois" ["For Etiemble with the faithful friendship of Roger Caillois"]

Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Arnost Budik; one page written in black ink on a sheet of tissue paper. Envelope included.
Some punch holes in the margin of the letter and envelope, not affecting the text, as well as some folds inherent to the folding of the missive.
Roger Caillois thanks the Czech writer for the "issues of Gravida that [he] was kind enough to send [him]". Arnost Budik was indeed part of the editorial committee of this Belgian surrealist magazine and seems to have solicited a contribution from Caillois: "Please find enclosed a text that I have just completed." Caillois was alongside the surrealists only very briefly from 1932 to 1935 and here seems to apologize for this distancing: "Surrealism never much appreciated descriptive-meditative poetry where I believed, later, to find my path. So, if the text does not suit you, have no qualms about returning it to me quite simply. I would understand very well."

Autograph letter signed by Roger Caillois addressed to Dominique Aury; one page on a leaf written in blue ballpoint pen.
Interesting letter concerning the article "Mémoire interlope" which would appear in issue 185 of the sixteenth year (May 1968) of the Nouvelle Revue Française. At this time, Marcel Arland and Jean Paulhan were both directors of the review which they had revived from its ashes in 1953. Roger Caillois's correspondent, Dominique Aury (also known under the pseudonym Pauline Réage) sat on the Reading Committee of the famous Revue.
This letter concerns a "note" that Roger Caillois asks Dominique Aury not to publish: "Pour la note, comme je l'avais dit à Arland je renonce à la publier. Notre ami la prendrait surement comme une sorte de coup de poignard dans le dos, une trahison d'autant plus délibérée que je n'écris pour ainsi dire jamais de note. Elle n'en vaut pas la peine." ["Regarding the note, as I had told Arland, I'm giving up publishing it. Our friend would surely take it as a sort of stab in the back, a betrayal all the more deliberate since I practically never write notes. It's not worth it."] We could find no trace of this enigmatic note, which Roger Caillois is impatient to recover: "Retournez-la moi, voulez-vous. J'en ferai peut-être le noyau d'une étude plus étendue où j'essaierai qu'apparaissent moins irritants que dans ce condensé les rapprochements litigieux." ["Return it to me, would you. I might perhaps make it the core of a more extended study where I will try to make the contentious connections appear less irritating than in this condensed version."]

First edition, one of 51 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

Collective first edition.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Roger Caillois to Alain Bosquet: "... these obliques that I would like closer to the acute than the obtuse ..."

Collective first edition.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Roger Caillois to Alice Raillard.

First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Light worming to joints and foot of boards.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vélin pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vélin pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
First free endpaper slightly and faded all over.
A very good copy.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois in his May Professor Georges Blin: "... this add Sisyphus ..."
Yellowed paper, back slightly insolated.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois to his friend Professor Georges Blin: "... in which I believe all the qualities this book condemns defects ..."
Back slightly and marginally insolated boards.

Original Ediiton on current paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Roger Caillois Pierre Leiris.
Two small tears stuck back in the top and bottom of the back.

First edition, one of 14 numbered copies on pur fil, tirage de tête.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Covers and spine lightly and marginally sunned as usual, not serious, internally good.
Rare.

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A rare and very good copy.

Edition first in part on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin supérieur, tirage de tête.
A handsome autograph inscription from Roger Caillois to Georges Hugnet : "... ce vocabulaire esthétique où je fais pénitence..."
A good copy.

Autograph letter dated and signed, one page by Roger Caillois addressed to Thierry Maulnier (19 lines in black ink on a leaf) from his Parisian residence.
Central folds inherent to postal folding.
Roger Caillois expresses his joy at meeting Thierry Maulnier soon according to his arrangements: "Je vous dois la visite traditionnelle... Je crois qu'entre nous les sujets de conversation ne manqueront pas... Aussi sentez-vous tout à fait libre d'agir à votre guise... Un simple coup de téléphone suffira éventuellement pour me fixer rendez-vous." (I owe you the traditional visit... I believe that between us subjects of conversation will not be lacking... So feel quite free to act as you please... A simple phone call will suffice eventually to arrange an appointment with me.)

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph dedication signed by Roger Caillois to Gaston de Pawlowski.
The pages of the first notebook having undergone in their internal margins a fading of the orange cover.

New edition partly original because revised and corrected.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Roger Caillois to Stéphane Dubout.
Insolated back, handwritten annotation, probably from the dedicatee, at the foot of the finished page to print.

First edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Roger Caillois to Mag Chevret.

first edition illustrated with an original lithograph by André Goezu which he signed and numbered , one of the 200 copies numbered on Arches paper vellum, single print.
Backs and boards slightly and marginally discolored without gravity and as usually, otherwise pleasant copy.

first edition, one of the review copies service.
Autographed by Roger Caillois to Pierre Dumayet.
Stained back, a small spot on the first board.

first edition of which he was not drawn large paper, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois Gabriel Marcel.

first edition on the current paper.
Precious autograph signed by Roger Caillois to Valentine Hugo "... who fixed the dreams as the ink is spreading gold dust ..."
Back slightly and marginally insolated boards.

Edition volume and for which n "has not drawn large paper, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois Professor Georges Blin: "... asking his forgiveness for these teenage pages - with the same admiration for the rigor of his thinking and his writing ..."
Nice copy.

first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois Professor Georges Blin.
A small spot on the first flat, nice interior state.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois Professor Georges Blin.
Back slightly discolored.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois to his friend Professor Georges Blin "in French prose ... exercise ..."
Tiny marginal minor bites on the boards.

first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois to his friend Professor Georges Blin: "... that tastes duration and perfection ..."
Iconography.
Back slightly and marginally insolated boards.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois to his friend Professor Georges Blin.
Back slightly insolated with a small clear wetting.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
A marginal dampstain to lower cover, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Caillois Professor Georges Blin: "... with an admiration that can not be denied ..."
Nice copy.

Edition of wich no leading copies exists, review copy.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Roger Caillois the immortal Jean Bernard.
Nice copy.

The definitive edition printed on vergé teinté.
A good copy.

First edition of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper.
A very good and rare copy.