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Critical edition established by Pierre Mollier.
Illustrations, preface by Alain Bauer.
Pleasant copy.
Beautiful autograph shipment "dated masonic" and signed by Pierre Mollier to a Freemason sister named Annie: "To my TCS (the three Masonic points delimiting each TCS initial for very dear sister) who now knows the real (illegible word) discovered in the mists of the North! This invitation to travel to the sources of our Masonic tradition for the work done together and the projects to come ... "

First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his financial support.

First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his financial support.

First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
Marginal tears.
An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his...

First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
Marginal tears.
An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his...

First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
Marginal tears.
An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his...

Edition with numerous illustrations in and out of text.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, front board stamped with the gilt arms of Imperial Russia, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns with some light foxing, top edge gilt.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the fore edges.

New edition illuminated by Jean-Luc Leguay.
Publisher's binding in full navy cardboard, smooth back, decorated boards, a tiny hitch without gravity in the foot of the first board.
Signed autograph of Jean-Luc Leguay accompanied by a large black felt pen depicting a scene from the Apocalypse.

Le Diable à Paris [Devil in Paris]
J. Hetzel | Paris 1845 & 1846 | 18.5 x 27 cm
| contemporary romantic shagreen
First edition and first printing of the 207 plates by Gavarni and 4 plates by Bertall. Many vignette illustrations.
Contemporary Romantic binding of half red shagreen over red paper boards, spines with gilt Romantic arabesques, gilt name of a previous owner to foot, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Contributions from George Sand, Charles Nodier, Honoré de Balzac, Gérard de Nerval, Théophile Gautier, Alfred de Musset, Léon Gozlan and others.
This copy without any trace of foxing. A few pale and tiny dampstains to margins of some leaves.

Origines et développement de l’art
international indépendant
[Origins and Developments of Independent International Art]
Musée du Jeu de Paume | Paris 1937 | 16 x 25 cm | stapled
Rare first edition of the catalogue for this exhibition that took place at the Jeu de Paume from 30 July to 31 October 1937 at the initiative of a committee composed of Georges Braque, Jean Cassou, Mme Cuttoli, André Dezarrois, Paul Eluard, Henri Laugier, Fernand Léger, Louis Marcoussis, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Maurice Raynal, Georges-Henri Rivière and Christian Zervos.
Small sections of sun-exposure and marks on the margins of the boards.
This exhibition intends to embrace...

First edition.
Contributions by E. Tériade "Oeuvres récentes de Léger. Les objets dans l'espace", Christian Zervos "Idéalisme et naturalisme dans la peinture moderne : Henri Matisse" & "Un hôtel de tourisme sur la Méditérannée", "Jacques Lipchitz", Jacques Brillouin "Avenir de la musique automatique", René Schwob "Les fables de La Fontaine par Chagall", Tristan Tzara "A propos de l'art précolombien", Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes "Sima", "Architectures musulmanes aux Indes", "Un projet de centre mondial à Genève".
Issue illustrated with reproductions of works by Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Jacques Lipchitz, Marc Chagall, Joseph Sima, reproductions of pre-Columbian sculptures and...

Collection of Anti-Dreyfusards and Dreyfusards paper games

[ca 1898] | various formats
Collection of four original documents published at the end of the 19th century, when the Dreyfus Affair was in full swing:
– Game of the Dreyfus goose, in colour and bearing the title «L'Affaire Dreyfus et de la Vérité» «The Dreyfus Affair and the Truth,» Seal printed by E. Charaire in 1898 (64.7 x 47.8 cm). It was a bonus offered with the Aurore newspaper.
– Game of the anti-Dreyfus goose lithographed in colour and entitled «Jeu des 36 têtes» «Game of 36 heads» printed by L'Anti-Juif, antisemitic weekly magazine by Jules Guérin (no date [12 February...

First edition illustrated with 172 photographic reproductions in and off-text, a photographic frontispiece and 3 in-thin flyers.
Covers and back uniformly insolated as generally, a little lack in foot of the back.
Pleasant interior state despite tiny foxing margins of some leaflets.
Signed autograph of a member of the scientist misson Léon Bérard, then Minister of Education.

First edition in paperback format.
Three small gaps and marginal folds on the boards
Numerous contributors for this symposium devoted to Claude Simon and his work: Claude Simon, Jean Ricardou, Georges Raillard, Gerard Roubichou, Jean-Pierre Vidal, Jacques Leenhardt ...
Autograph signed by Claude Simon and Jean Ricardou to their friend Georges Raillard.