chez Duchesne • chez la Satyre • chez Ballard • S. n....|à Paris; • à Criticomanie; [Fictional Place] • à Nancy; • à Genève; [Geneva] • à Berlin... 1757-1760|10 x 17 cm|2 vol. reliés
Jeheber|Paris • & Genève [Geneva] 1958|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin surfin, the only large paper copies. Foreword by Jean Cocteau. Small marginal spots, not serious, to lower cover, otherwise a good copy. Rare.
S. n.|Londres [London] • [Genève] [Geneva] S.d (1791)|20 x 13 cm|broché
Second edition after a first of 1790 which is rarely found. Original wrappers, greyish paper. Various minor accidents to covers. Mounier remained a monarchist deputy and thought that only a constitutional monarchy, following the model of England, could spread liberty and happiness to the people. In the aftermath of the revolutionary events of October 5 and 6, 1789 when the king was brought back from Versailles to Paris amid numerous pillaging, Mounier pressed for the assembly of the third estate so that it might finally give a constitution to France. Under threat, he took refuge in Geneva and had this work printed against the report of the constituent assembly president Chabroud regarding these events. Mounier re-examines all the facts, including the accusation and defense of the Duke of Orléans and the participation of the Count of Mirabeau in this affair. He shows fine impartiality or very subtle rhetoric.
L'éventail|Genève [Geneva] 15 Avril 1918|19 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by A. Spire, Willy, G. Hoffmann... Issue illustrated by Emile Bressler. Spine faded, first cover detached, corner loss at head of entire magazine body caused by rodent damage, foxing to covers.
L'éventail|Genève [Geneva] 15 Mai 1918|19 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by P. Fort, C. Chinet, F. Fosca... Issue illustrated with 2 reproductions of canvases by Edgar Degas and unpublished drawings by André Rouveyre and Georges Le Traz. Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, one joint slightly cracked at foot, worming to boards.
Présence|Genève [Geneva] Avril 1935|18 x 25 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by D. de Rougemont "Contre Nietzsche", R. Vittoz, C.F. Ramuz, H. Perrochon, A. Béguin... Issue illustrated with 2 reproductions by P.R. Perrin and M. Bariatinsky. Light foxing to covers, handsome copy.
Slatkine reprints|Genève [Geneva] 1974|15.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Second edition with some parts of the text in first edition as completely revised. Publisher's binding in full green boards, smooth spine. Handsome copy.
J.J. Paschoud|Genève [Geneva] 1799|13 x 21 cm|5 volumes reliés
First edition. Half brown sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt and blind fillets, spines of volumes 3 and 4 with three lacks at head and foot, spine of volume 1 missing, paper boards covered with marbled paper, significant paper lacks to most boards. Clear dampstains affecting endpapers and following pages diminishing throughout all volumes (except volume 5). Rare but in poor condition!
Pierre Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1951|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1120 numbered copies on Chapelle paper, the only issue with 10 on laid paper. Signed and inscribed by Alphonse Métérié to a couple of his friends, expanded with three regular Haiku. Small angular lack at foot of front cover, covers lightly and marginally sunned, pleasant interior condition.
L'éventail|Genève [Geneva] 15 Octobre 1919|19 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition of this review printed on laid paper. Signed autograph inscription from André Rouveyre to Jacques-Emile Blanche on the front cover. Other contributions by P.L. Matthey, Albert-Jean, F. Divoire, H. Martineau. Issue illustrated with 4 plates by A. Rouveyre. Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, worming and slight marginal tears to covers.
Albert Skira|Genève [Geneva] 1965|24.50 x 30.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition. Publisher's full beige skyvertex binding, complete with dust jacket, acetate cover and slipcase with slight split at head. A handsome copy.
Victor Palmé|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Genève [Geneva] 1890|16 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Revue du Monde catholique. Manuscript gift inscription on the first endpaper, an angular lack at the head of the second cover. Rare.
C. Eggimann & Cie|Genève [Geneva] 1904|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed. Inscribed by Henry Spiess. Spine very slightly sunned, a descriptive bookseller's label pasted in margin of the endpaper which also bears a bookplate. Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of French-Swiss poets which he formed from the nineteen twenties.
A. Kundig|Genève [Geneva] 1929|16.50 x 29 cm|agrafé
First edition published in a small number of copies. Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, angular tears with losses to covers, handsome interior condition. Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of Swiss Romandy poets that he built up from the 1920s onwards.
A. Jullien|Genève [Geneva] 1906|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a numbered edition of 350 copies on Holland paper. Spine slightly faded and warped, small stains on the first cover, one endpaper slightly and partially shadowed, otherwise handsome interior condition. Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of Swiss Romandy poets that he built up from the 1920s onwards.
Albert Kundig|Genève [Geneva] 1928|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy with 10 on Japan paper. Handsome copy. Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of French-speaking Swiss poets which he formed from the 1920s onwards.
J.J. Paschoud|Genève [Geneva] An XIII (1804)|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
First edition. Half morocco binding in fir green, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, gilt coat of arms and initials at foot, small lack to upper headcap, marbled paper boards. Handsome interior condition.
Jeffs|Londres [London] • & Genève [Geneva] 1871|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition. Pamphlet illustrated with a portrait of Napoleon III in perfect harmony with the title and subject that the work intends to denounce. Violent anti-Badinguet pamphlet. Light tears with small corner losses to covers, some minor foxing, a small loss at foot of pages 15 and 16 not affecting text.
Tip. del R.I. de'Sordo-Muti|Genova [Geneva] 1842|17 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by Lorenzo Costa, poems as funeral eulogies by G.C. Di Negro, G. Ponta, J. Sanvitale, P. Parodi, G. Chiappe... Spine split with some loss, boards marginally spotted and soiled, handsome interior condition. Copy presented in its original wrappers under plain covers.
Editions du milieu du monde|Genève [Geneva] 1942|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition with no mention of deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy. Superb full-page autograph inscription by the author, spine sunned.
First edition. Autograph inscription by Danielle Gallet-Guerne, iconography at end. Xenophon's treatise rendered into French from Poggio's Latin version. Handsome copy in full red cloth binding.
Imprimerie A. Kundig|Genève [Geneva] 1930|16 x 23.50 cm|agrafé
Reprint enhanced with an introduction by L.C. Jones. Autograph inscription from the latter. A tiny marginal chip to the front board, otherwise a handsome copy.