Devauchelle: Rare and antiquarian books, inscribed books and letters, and manuscripts

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Maurice GENEVOIX
Raboliot
Grasset|Paris 1925|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 13 copies on imperial Japan paper, the head of the print run after 7 on China.
Full caramel morocco, spine with five raised bands highlighted with black fillets, gilt date at foot, turn-ins and endpapers of full meadow-green morocco, upper cover preserved in two states, lower cover blank in one state, and spine in two states preserved, gilt top edge, all edges gilt, slipcase trimmed in caramel morocco with marbled paper sides and brown felt lining, an elegant binding signed Devauchelle.
A very fine copy, perfectly bound, of this work awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1925.
€4,800
Jean GIRAUDOUX
Siegfried
Grasset|Paris 1928|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Half dark blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, cat's-eye paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Devauchelle.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
€3,500
Jean GIRAUDOUX
Amphytrion 38
Grasset|Paris 1929|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on laid paper.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Half bottle-green morocco binding, smooth spine lightly faded, gilt date at foot, abstract patterned paper boards, green paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.

€120
Surprising inscription to the editor-in-chief of L'Opinion
Surprising inscription to the editor-in-chief of L'Opinion
ALAIN-FOURNIER
Le grand Meaulnes
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|relié

First edition with all the features of first issue copies, one of 300 first issue copies on alfa satiné paper, numbered at the press and reserved for the author.

3/4 half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed in black, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by Devauchelle.

Rare inscribed copy by...
€15,000
Jacques DEVAL
Marie galante
Albin Michel|Paris 1931|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Holland paper.
Half dark blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, elegant signed binding by Devauchelle.
Handsome copy beautifully bound of this work which was adapted for cinema in 1934 by Henry King with Spencer Tracy in the lead role.
€120
Paul VALÉRY
Rhumbs
Paris 1926|11.8 x 18 cm|Relié sous étui
First edition, one of 15 lettered copies on Imperial Japan paper, the deluxe issue.
Full red morocco, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, very minor rubbing to the bands, gilt date at foot, gilt rolls to the spine ends, boards framed with triple gilt fillets, sand-coloured polished calf endleaves and doublures, wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase edged in red morocco and covered with decorated paper sides, an elegant binding signed by Devauchelle.
A fine copy superbly bound in full morocco by Devauchelle.
€1,700
William FAULKNER, Albert CAMUS
Requiem pour une nonne[Requiem for a Nun]
Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First French edition, one of 77 numbered copies on pur fil, only deluxe issue.

Preface by Albert Camus.

Nice copy housed under a chemise and slipcase by Devauchelle.
€1,000
André GIDE, Henri MATISSE
Le récit de Michel
Ides et Calendes|Neuchâtel • & Paris 1972|14.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with a vignette by Henri Matisse on the cover.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands lightly faded, gilt date at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.
Handsomely bound copy.
€170
André GIDE
Geneviève ou la confidence inachevée
Nrf|Paris 1936|11 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours one of 30 hors commerce copies, the deluxe issue after 60 reimposed copies.
Minor traces of wear to one joint.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, gilt date at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, blue covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Devauchelle.
A handsomely bound copy.
€150
Blaise CENDRARS, Robert DOISNEAU
Le lotissement du ciel
Denoël|Paris 1949|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
Bound in half fawn morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Blaise Cendrars by Robert Doisneau.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.

€5,000
Philotée O'NEDDY, Célestin NANTEUIL
Feu et Flamme
Dondey-Dupré|Paris 1833|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
Very rare and sought-after first edition, according to Clouzot, printed in only 300 copies.

Half red morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and lined, elegant pastiche romantic binding signed by Devauchelle.

Fine copy of one of the rarest "Romantics", complete with the frontispiece on China paper, drawn and engraved by Célestin Nanteuil.

€6,000
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
L'homme couvert de femmes["The Man Covered with Women]
Nrf|Paris 1925|16.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Half caramel morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, printed bookplates on endpapers, binding signed Devauchelle.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.
€1,200
Paul VERLAINE, Louis ANQUETIN
Confessions
Publication du "Fin de siècle"|Paris 1895|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Hollande, only deluxe copies issued.
Bound in cornered red morocco, spine with compartments tooled in black, gilt date at the foot of the spine, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, binding signed Devauchelle.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Louis Anquetin bearing the autograph signature of Paul Verlaine on the lower part.
Provenance: Charles Hayoit library (bookplate on the pastedown endpaper).
€4,500
Roger VAILLAND
La Truite
Gallimard|Paris 1964|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, one of 31 numbered copies on Holland van Gelder laid paper, deluxe copy.
Half camel morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with two series of quintuple red and gilt fillets continuing onto the paste paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, binding signed by Devauchelle.
A very handsome copy.
€450
Louis PAUWELS, Jacques BERGIER
Le matin des magiciens[The Morning of the Magicians]
Gallimard|Paris 1960|15 x 21 cm|relié
First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on vélin pur fil, this N°1, the only large paper copies
Grained sharkskin-effect leather by Alain Devauchelle (dated 2004), various shades of pink with glittering effect, no title to spine, a triangle of mother of pearl applied to centre of upper cover, maroon suede pastedowns and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, half maroon calf chemise with flaps, author and title in palladium, maroon suede lining, the slipcase edged with maroon calf and lined with grey felt
A fine copy in an important artist's binding evoking the esoteric nature of the book.
€3,500
Ferdinand FABRE (inscribed to Ferdinand de LESSEPS)
L'abbé Tigrane candidat à la papauté[Abbé Tigrane, Candidate for the Papacy]
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1873|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
first edition of the author's masterpiece.
Binding half morocco navy with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gilded nets set with double ornate gilded coffered typographical motifs, golden tail date coaching gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , gilded head, wrappers and back preserved and bound in (slightly dated back), gilded head, perfect binding signed Devauchelle.
Precious and exceptional autograph signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps to Fabre: "To the French, Ferdinand de Lesseps, testimony of profound respect, Ferdinand Fabre".
Provenance: the Gryse Georges library with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
€600
Alméry LOBEL-RICHE, Francis CARCO
Les malheurs de Fernande
A l'édition|Paris 1918|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches paper, the deluxe issue after 6 on Japan paper.
Half anthracite morocco binding with bands, smooth spine enhanced at the head with a mosaic piece of red and brown morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on the front pastedown, elegant binding signed by Devauchelle.
Attractive cover illustrated by Lobel-Riche.
A handsome copy perfectly executed of this sequel to Jésus-la-Caille.
€750
Albert CAMUS
Le minotaure ou la halte d'Oran
Charlot|Paris 1950|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition in part, one of 17 numbered copies on China paper, tirage de tête.
Half maroon morocco Bradel binding by Devauchelle over Japan paper, the spine with two mosaiced lozenges of cream-colored morocco, date and publisher at foot of spine, top edge gilt, an elegant binding.
Provenance : the library of Raoul Simonson with his ex libris pasted in.
A fine copy in a lovely binding.
€6,800
Louis PERGAUD
Le roman de Miraut, chien de chasse
Mercure de France|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 19 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
Elegant light brown morocco Jansenist binding by Devauchelle, spine in six compartments, date at foot of spine, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, green morocco endpapers, pastedowns of green calf, gilt fillet to edges of covers, covers and spine (spine slightly sunned) preserved, all edges gilt ; chemise (with flaps) of light brown half morocco, lined with light brown suede ; slipcase trimmed with light brown morocco, lined with light brown suede.
Handsome autograph inscription from Louis Pergaud to Alfred Machard : "...au romancier nerveux, sobre et puissant que j'admire et que...
€6,800
Jehan RICTUS
Cantilènes du malheur
P. Sevin & E. Rey|Paris s. d. [1902]|16 x 24 cm|relié
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, J. Laurent's bookplate pasted to verso of front board, binding signed by Devauchelle.
Our copy includes the original Steinlen drypoint in two states.
The work is enhanced with a recto-verso autograph note from the author addressed to one of his friends.
Fine copy perfectly established.
€750
Paul VALÉRY
L'idée fixe ou deux hommes à la mer[The Fixed Idea, or Two Men at Sea]
Laboratoires Martinet|Paris 1932|14.2 x 20.3 cm|Relié
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
Bound in half mouse-grey morocco, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant signed binding by Devauchelle.
A handsome copy, attractively bound.
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ANONYME
[THEATRE CHINOIS] Zeit-naz-Bé, ou Les Jeux en action, drame historico-fantastique en cinq actes et quinze tableaux. Traduit du chinois par M. D. S. F.[CHINESE THEATRE] Zeit-naz-Bé, or Games in Action, a historico-fantastic drama in five acts and fifteen scenes. Translated from the Chinese by M. D. S. F.]
J.N. Barna • Delaunay • Le Doyen • Le Dentu • Gosselin • Joseph Chaumerot|Paris • Lyon • Bordeaux 1837|16.3 x 25 cm|Broché sous chemise et étui
First edition of the French translation.

Our copy is issued in its original state, preserved in a blue paper temporary wrapper and housed within a double chemise and slipcase in navy half-shagreen, smooth spine, marbled-paper boards; a modern binding signed by Devauchelle.

A rare and appealing copy.

Recorded in the CCF only at the BnF.

Sole edition of this theatrical jeu d’esprit, which bears little relation to China despite the purported setting of the action: "La scène se passe à Pé-King, l’an du monde 100, 857, et de Con-Fou-Tsée 6550". In reality, it is a play about the destructive nature of gambling, for which there was no real need to summon China as a...
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The first edition of the 1914 Prix Goncourt, inscribed by the author
The first edition of the 1914 Prix Goncourt, inscribed by the author
Adrien BERTRAND
L'appel du sol[The Call of the Soil]
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1916|11.8 x 18.5 cm|Relié
First edition, printed on ordinary paper, of the 1914 Prix Goncourt, awarded in 1916.
Bound in burgundy half morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands highlighted by black fillets, date gilt-stamped at foot, covers in marbled 'oeil-de-chat' paper, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine — slightly faded — preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Devauchelle.
A handsome copy in an elegant binding.
Rare signed presentation inscription from Adrien Bertrand to Saint Georges de Bouhélier.
A patriotic pacifist, Adrien Bertrand was wounded by shell splinters in the chest at Hemamesnil in Lorraine at the end of...
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André GIDE, Démétrios GALANIS
Oedipe
Editions de La Pléiade|Paris 1931|17.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
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André GIDE
Perséphone
Nrf|Paris 1934|14 x 17.50 cm|relié
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