Marguerite DURAS

Le square [The Square], Gallimard, Paris 1955, 12x19cm, original soft cover.
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
"[...] Le Square (1955) [...] shows her desire to create, an exploratory practice of sensuality and language, revealing the author's talent. The novelist adopts certain positions of the Nouveau Roman, whereby language plays an important role. The constant in her aesthetic is a willingness to experiment to find a better way of expressing what she feels, a compulsion to verbalize that runs throughout her work. Experimentation explains the evolution of her technique up to the excellence of her masterpieces (Moderato cantabile, Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein [The Ravishing of Lol Stein], Le Vice-consul [The Vice-Consul], India Song, L'Amant [The Lover], Écrire [Writing]), where she endeavors to modify the components of her texts, through a process of elimination and improvement, to communicate the major theme of her works: passion". (Anna Ledwina, L'écriture durassienne: mise en scène de l'ellipse et de l'innommable)
A rare and beautiful copy of this novel-dialogue, adapted for the stage a year after publication.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine and rare copy of this work which was adapted for cinema in 1967 by Tony Richardson, assisted by Christian de Chalonge and Norman J. Warren, starring Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles, Ian Bannen and Vanessa Redgrave.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on laid paper, ours one of the 75 copies reserved for the Club de l'édition originale, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First English edition established by Barbara Bray.
Publisher's full grey board binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Barbara Bray.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite boards imperceptibly sunned at margins.

First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A fine copy of this novel, winner of the 1984 Prix Goncourt.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this issue.
Copy slightly warped at the head of the first cover.
Contributions by Marguerite Duras "Hiroshima on amour" and "Resnais travaille comme un romancier", Robert Pinget "Simultanément", Georges Limbour "Les arts", Louis Massignon "La guerre sainte de l'Islam"...

L'amant de la Chine du nord [The North China Lover], Gallimard, Paris 1991, 15x21,5cm, original wrappers.
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Rives, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A copy in perfectly mint condition of this novel hailed by the French critics as a return to “the Duras of the great books and the great days,” giving a mature and complex outlook on the dramatic experiences of Duras's adolescence.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Our copy is presented in a slipcase and chemise in full paper in the colors of Editions de Minuit.
Handsome copy of this work adapted for cinema in 1960 by Peter Brook with Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Paul Belmondo in the leading roles.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Spine lightly sunned.
Rare signed autograph inscription, on this text, from Marguerite Duras to Philippe Bernheim.
This work was adapted for cinema two years later by Peter Brook with, in the leading roles, Jeanne Moreau and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on pur fil paper, this copy one of 75 copies reserved for Club de l'Edition originale, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A nice copy despite the spine very slightly sunned.

First edition on ordinary paper.

A good copy retaining its advertising band.
Handsome autograph inscription from Marguerite Duras to Claude Simon.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers.
Binding in red half box, smooth back, boards covered with red nubuk illustrated with Chinese calligraphy, guards and backsplashes of red paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, shirt with flaps in red half box with bands, interior of red felt, case bordered by red boxes, flat shirt and red paper case, elegant Chinese binding signed Leroux.
Handwritten signature of Marguerite Duras on the half-title page.
Very beautiful copy perfectly established by one of the most talented and prestigious bookbinders of the very end of the 20th century.

Thanks signed by Marguerite Duras to the choreographer Maurice Béjart, concerning a national popular theatre brochure, dating from winter 1969-1970. She addresses the warm thanks: "Béjart, vous avez ouvert un continent de danse. Fabuleux merci” “Béjart you have opened a dance continent. Spectacular thanks.”

In January 1970, Maurice Béjart had brought the ballets “A la recherche de...,” “Ni fleurs ni couronnes,” “Le voyage,” and “Messe pour le temps présent,” to the heights of the national popular theatre - today the Théâtre du Palais de Chaillot. Marguerite Duras addresses her thanks to him regarding a prospectus of national theatre, in which she stands alongside Béjart for her play Amante anglaise, which premiered in November of the previous year.
Beautiful, very visual, handwritten piece.

Provenance: Maurice Béjart's personal archives.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Marguerite Duras to Monsieur Touzot.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 75 resreved to the "Club de l'édition originale", the only large paper copies.
Autograph inscription by Marguerite Duras to Monsieur Regnier.
A fine copy.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 75 reserved to the "Club de l'édition originale", the only large paper copies.
Signed by Marguerite Duras on the on the half title.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 75 reserved for the "Club de l'édition originale", the only large paper copies.
Signed by the author Marguerite Duras on half-title page.
A fine copy.

first edition.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Marguerite Duras journalist Jean-Claude Lamy who collaborated notably France-evening.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Signed by the author on half-title page.
A fine copy.

New edition.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Signed by the author on half-title page.
Very lightly faded spine, a good copy.

First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on vélin supérieur paper, the only large paper copies.
Richly illustrated.
A fine copy.