First edition

Honoré de BALZAC

Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau

Chez L'éditeur, Paris 1838, 14x22,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

first edition.
Binders half morocco Russian red, back smooth decorated with gilded irons romantic and black arabesques, golden monograms tails back, gilt fillets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers and having met angular gaps and restorations, [...]

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Tristan CORBIERE

Les amours jaunes

Glady frères, Paris 1873, 12,5x19,5cm, relié sous étui.

first edition printed in 490 copies, ours one of 481 Holland paper and unjustified.
Bound in full morocco lemon, back with five nerves set with ornate golden triple net gilded boxes and brown, golden tail date on castors golden headdresses, framing a set of quadruple gold striping and a brown [...]

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André MALRAUX

La voie royale

Grasset, Paris 1930, 11,5x18,5cm, relié.

First edition of 62 numbered copies on Madagascar, the tirage de tête.
Contemporary half blue morocco over marbled paper boards by Robinson, gilt date to spine, gilt fillet frame to covers, endpapers and pastedowns of light green paper, double covers and double spines preserved, top edge [...]

4 500 €

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First edition, Signed book

Thomas Stearns ELIOT

The family reunion

Faber & Faber, London 1939, 14,5x22,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

ELIOT Thomas Stearns. The Family Reunion
Faber & Faber, London 1939, 14,5 x 22,5 cm, publisher's binding
First edition.
Grey cloth Bradel binding, dj (three tiny holes and an insignificant tear to upper cover).
With an autograph [...]

3 000 €

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Paul GAVARNI

Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue ...

Hetzel, Paris 1845-1847, 19x26cm, 4 tomes reliés en 1.

The first edition and first printing of the engravings. 
Contributions from Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym of P.-J. Stahl, among others.
Contemporary Romantic green shagreen, spine richly gilt with Rocaille tools and [...]

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Samuel BECKETT

Molloy - Malone meurt - L'innommable

Les Editions de Minuit, Paris 1951-1953, 12x19cm, 3 volumes brochés.

BECKETT Samuel
Molloy – Malone meurt – L’Innommable [Molloy – Malone Dies – The Unnamable]
Les éditions de minuit, Paris 1951-1953, 12 x 19 cm, 3 volumes, original wrappers
Each the first edition on ordinary paper.
The first two volumes inscribed by [...]

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Pierre CORNEILLE

Théâtre, avec des commentaires, et autres morceaux intéressans

S.n. [Rottmann], Genève [Berlin] 1774, in-4 (19,5x26cm), (12) 572pp. et (2) 526pp. et (2) 536pp. et (2) 581pp. et (2)

An attractive edition with a frontispiece illustration of a sculpted bust of Corneille engraved by Watelet after Pierre, and 34 figures hors texte etched after Gravelot within Louis XVth-style ornamental frames, also by the same artist.
Contemporary marbled brown calf, spine in six compartments [...]

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Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de BOURRIENNE

Mémoires sur Napoléon, le Directoire, Le Consulat, L'Empire et la Restauration

Ladvocat, Paris 1829-1830, 13x21,5cm, 10 volumes reliés.

First edition.
Elegant contemporary light brown calf in the english Romantic style, spine richly gilt with blindstamped friezes, gilt friezes to head and foot of the spine, upper cover richly ornamented with blindstamped decorative motifs, plats frappés en leurs centres d'un grand cartouche en [...]

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