Oscar WILDE

First edition, printed on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Albert Savine.
Handsome copy.

First edition, printed on laid paper, of the French translation established by Arnelle.
Spine sunned with two small lacks at foot.
Handsome interior condition, service de presse stamp at foot of rear board.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.

First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Albert Savine.
Printed stamp at head of an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, printed on ordinary paper.
Two small stains on the first cover, handsome copy.

L'Anniversaire de l'infante
[The Birthday of the Infanta]Edition illustrated with paged and unpaged drawings by Alastair with 110 printed copies, ours is one of 100 copies printed on Holland Van Gelder Zone, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies after 10 Japan Imperial. Scattered foxing, most noticeable at the beginning and end of the volume.

First edition of the French translation by Hugues Rebell, one of 30 numbered copies on Japon, the tirage de tête.
Full morocco, cover and spine preserved, all edges gilt, chemise in half morocco, slipcase lined with morocco, elegant contemporary binding signed Huser.
Illustrated, as frontispiece, with a photographic portrait of Oscar Wilde.
Provenance : from the library of Henri Thuile with his ex-libris pasted to head of a pastedown.
A very nice copy elegantly bound by Huser in lined morocco.

Poems in Prose First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon paper, the only grands papiers (deluxe) copies.
Burgundy morocco binding, spine in five compartments set with black fillets, gilt heraldic eagle at the bottom, heraldic coat of arms stamped in the centre of the boards, endpapers with geometric motifs, bordered with a burgundy morocco strip on the inner covers, gilt top edge, contemporary binding signed by Creuzevault.
Some small foxing on the endpapers and some very fine tears in the margin of the final endpapers.
Beautiful copy...

La Ballade de la geôle de Reading. – L'Artiste en prison [The Ballad of Reading Gaol]New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and the first edition of Albert Camus' famous preface. One of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, tirage de tête.
A fine autograph inscription from Albert Camus: “à Michel Simon grand artiste avec les voeux chaleureux d'un de ses vieux admirateurs [For Michel Simon, a great artist, with warmest wishes from an old fan],” and an autograph inscription from the translator Jacques Bour: “à Michel Simon qui ferait crouler tous les murs!...

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.

First edition of the French translation prepared by Georges Bazile, one of the review copies service.
A very small stain at the bottom of the first board, otherwise a pleasant example.
Autograph signed by Georges Bazile to his son Pierre.

New edition of the french translation by Jacques Bour and first edition of the famous foreword by Albert Camus, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin Madagascar paper, the tirage de tête.
Rare and nice copy.

New edition of the French translation by Jacques Bour and first edition of the famous preface by Albert Camus, one of the numbered copies on Alfa paper mousse.
Slight bites on the guards and slices of some leaflets.
Autograph signed by Albert Camus: "To Henri Petit, to thank him for his solidarity and tell him my faithful and friendly thought."

First edition of the French translation, one of 7 numbered copies on Japan paper, the tirage de tête after 3 on China paper.
Elegant half dark red morocco over marbled paper boards by Maylander, spine in six compartments, gilt fillets around raised bands, richly decorated double gilt compartments, gilt fillets to covers, marbled endpaper and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
With two portraits of Oscar Wilde.
Provenance : from the library of Charles Hayoit with his ex libris pasted to top of pastedown.
A fine copy in a handsome binding.

First printing of the frontispiece, ornamentation and woodcut vignettes by Louis Jou, a 1050 numbered copies on Rives wove.
Bound in full black morocco embossed, flat spine decorated with two gold decorative motifs depicting allegories of dance back with a restored head tear dishes struck at their centers with a golden representation of Salome performing a dance, and the guards of contreplats handmade paper, covers and spine preserved, gold, elegant contemporary binding signed by René Kieffer head.
Copy exceptional supplemented with 10 beautiful original watercolors signed by color Isayev.
Original single well established in a beautiful decorative binding René...

New edition on ordinary paper.