Joseph AUDE
Vie privée du comte de Buffon, suivie d'un Recueil de poésies, dont quelques Pièces sont relatives à ce grand homme[Private Life of the Count of Buffon, followed by a Collection of Poems, some of which relate to that great man]
Sans nom d'éditeur|Lausanne 1788|12.8 x 20.7 cm|Relié
First edition of this important account of Buffon, providing insights into his private life, his character, and his relationships with those around him; it also contains numerous references to his scientific work (cf. Quérard I, 119: "Lyon, Grabit, 1788"; Dureau, "Notice sur Joseph Aude," p. 15).
Half vellum binding, smooth spine with a red morocco title label in vertical layout, marbled paper boards, slightly rubbed corners, sprinkled edges.
Stains in the margins of the title page and final leaf.
The memoirs proper end on page 55.
The following pages contain the poems announced in the title.
The rarity of this volume was already noted by Dureau in 1868...
€700
Francis PONGE (inscribed to Henri CALET)
Le carnet du bois de pins - Exemplaire d'Henri Calet[The Pinewood Notebook – Henri Calet’s Copy]
Mermod|Lausanne 1947|15.7 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition, one of the review copies.
Slight sunning at head and foot of spine, without seriousness.
Precious signed presentation from Francis Ponge: "Pour Marthe et Henri Calet leur ami. Francis Ponge."
€400
Géa AUGSBOURG, Jacques AUDIBERTI (Pref.)
Mes Amériques
Editions Vineta|Basel • Paris • Lausanne 1951|17.2 x 22.5 cm|Broché
First trade edition, issued after just 50 deluxe copies.
A pleasant copy illustrated with drawings by the author.

€170
Jean PAULHAN
Le Guerrier appliqué - Jacob Cow le pirate
Editions Rencontre|Lausanne 1962|12 x 18.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Full cream cardboard binding, smooth spine, publisher's gilt monogram frieze on front cover and spine.
Some minor foxing.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Jean Paulhan to the graphic designer, typographer, illustrator, layout artist, and writer Robert Massin known as Massin: "Jai beau m'appliquer au cours d'une vie déjà longue, je ne suis pas encore parvenu à dégager le détail essentiel qui doit séparer l'état de guerre de l'état de paix (Tchouang-Tseu VI.) Pour monsieur Massin, amicalement. Jean Paulhan." (Despite applying myself throughout an already long life, I have not yet managed to identify the essential detail that must separate the state of wa
€100
COLLECTIF
Mémorial Jean Cocteau - In La revue les belles lettres N°1 & 2
La revue les belles lettres|Lausanne 1969|19.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the deluxe issue with 50 unnumbered laid paper copies hors commerce.
Iconography.
Handsome copy despite a shadow in the left margin of the first endpaper.
Contributions by Paul Morand, Albert Béguin, Antoine Livio, Paul Vallotton, Elie Gagnebin, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Scialom, Freddy Buache...

€200
(Pablo PICASSO) Klaus GALLWITZ
Picasso laureatus. Son oeuvre depuis 1945[Picasso Laureatus. His Work Since 1945]
Bibliothèque des Arts • Club français du livre|Paris • Lausanne 1971|25.4 x 34 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
Deluxe edition specially produced for members of the Club français du livre and printed in 1,000 numbered copies.

Publisher's special binding in full red cloth, smooth spine, housed in a black slipcase bearing at the foot of the upper cover the gilt statement : "cette édition de luxe a été spécialement réalisée pour les adhérents du Club français du livre".

Richly illustrated, with an essay by José Bergamin and the French translation prepared by Elisabeth Servan-Schreiber.

Nice copy.
€300
Michel CIRY, Benjamin CONSTANT
Adolphe
Editions du Grand-Chêne|Lausanne 1950|13.50 x 21 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 21 original compositions by Michel Ciry, one of 260 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only issue after 15 Japan copies and a few hors commerce.
Chemise spine sunned.
Handsome copy.

€100
Georges MATHIEU
Désormais seul en face de dieu
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1998|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, with gift inscription in blue ink to upper right corner of front endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Mathieu to Pierre Troillard.
€250
Milos CRNJANSKI
Journal de Carnojevic
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1970|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 17 hand-numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€170
Pierre GRIPARI
Nouvelles Pièces enfantines
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1986|14 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Gripari to Serge Marion: "... avec le bonjour de Quilp..." ["... with greetings from Quilp..."]

€50
E.A. NAVILLE
Louis XVII en Suisse. Son ami Frédéric Leschot de Genève - In Bibliothèque Universelle & Revue Suisse N°109
Bibliothèque Universelle & Revue Suisse|Lausanne • & Paris Janvier 1905|14 x 22.50 cm|2 fascicules reliés en 1
First edition published in two instalments (we have not been able to determine the publication date of the second part nor the number of the journal in which it was printed).
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt garlands and gilt fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot, wood-effect paper boards, front cover of the first fascicle preserved, sea-green paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, contemporary binding signed F. Vanzeghbroeck.
Library stamp in upper right corner of the first text page.
€80
Georges SIMENON
Carte de visite de Georges Simenon sur laquelle il a adressé ses voeux de bonne année 1986 à son ami Paul Guth
S. n.|Lausanne 1986|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Printed visiting card of Georges Simenon at his Lausanne address presenting his best wishes for the year 1986 to his friend Paul Guth.
Pleasant copy.
"Avec mes voeux bien amicaux, mon cher Paul Guth. / Georges Simenon. 1986" ["With my friendly wishes, my dear Paul Guth. / Georges Simenon. 1986"].
€300
Hafid KERAMANE
La pacification. Livre noir de six années de guerre en Algérie
La cité|Lausanne 1960|14 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€50
Pierre GRIPARI
Le conte de Paris
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1980|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine faded, small lacks to the plastic film covering the boards.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Gripari to the great Céline scholar Pierre Monnier: "Pour Pierre Monnier, avec tous mes voeux pour la publicité de Ferdinand Furieux et pour beaucoup, beaucoup de livres édités à la suite." ["For Pierre Monnier, with all my wishes for the publicity of Ferdinand Furieux and for many, many books to be published afterwards."]

€80
François-Louis SCHMIED, Joseph-Charles MARDRUS
Le livre des rois - L'avènement de Salomon[The Book of Kings - The Accession of Solomon]
Gonin & Cie|Lausanne 1930|19.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Le Livre des rois. L'Avènement de Salomon
Gonin & C^ie | Lausanne 1930 | 19.5 x 25.5 cm | Bradel binding

Edition translated from Semitic texts by Joseph-Charles Mardrus and printed with 195 numbered copies on Arches, ours is one of the 20 hors commerce copies comprising a double set of illustrations in black and in colour.
Bradel binding in half olive green morocco, spine decorated with a set of gilt squares of different sizes, one of them with a piece of pink mosaic morocco in the centre, gilt fillet frame on the snake skin paper boards, olive green endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Illu
€5,000
(Louis-Ferdinand CELINE) Pierre MONNIER
Ferdinand Furieux. Avec 313 lettres inédites de Louis-Ferdinand Céline
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1979|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Photographic cover.
Very handsome copy despite a small tear at the foot of the back cover.
Rare.
€1,200
Henri TROYAT
Le front dans les nuages
Flammarion • Editions ex-libris|Paris • & Lausanne 1959|14.50 x 20 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full blue boards, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
Small stains to edges, otherwise handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Henri Troyat to Madame André Morice, several times minister and former mayor of Nantes.
€30
Ventura GASSOL
Dolorosa
Marguerat|Lausanne 1944|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition of the adaptation and French translation established by Ventura Gassol printed in 1100 numbered copies on cream laid paper.
Handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Ventura Gassol to Marcel Herrand.
€50
Louis MONIER, Jean DUTOURD
Paris la ballade
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1997|18 x 24 cm|broché
first edition illustrated with photographs of Louis Monier.
Preface by Jean Dutourd, comments by Alain Paucard.
Pleasant copy.
autograph dedication of the author auotgraphe dated and signed by Louis Monier to Charles Dobzynski.
€40
Charles Ferdinand RAMUZ
Lettres 1900-1918
Clairefontaine|Lausanne 1956|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Pleasant copy.
€30
Jacques MONNIER, Jacques PAJAK
Pavot plein rouge
Maurice Bridel|Lausanne 1959|17 x 25 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
first edition printed in 60 numbered copies on Arches paper vellum.
Illustrated book of 8 original drypoints by Jacques Pajak.
Signatures of Jacques Monnier and Jacques Pajak at the justification of the draw.
Shirt flat slightly and marginally insolated without gravity, a small trace of ballpoint pen on the case.
Pleasant copy.
€450
Grisélidis RÉAL, COLLECTIF
Claude Aubert
Editions Bertil Galland|Lausanne 1974|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of this collective tribute to the poet Claude Aubert.
Iconography.
Unpublished texts and poems by Claude Aubert followed by a tribute by Grisélidis Réal, Georges Borgeaud, Lorenzo Pestelli, Jean-Georges Lossier, Albert Py and Marcel Raymond.
Grisélidis Real, writer, painter and prostitute, is a great romantic figure of the late twentieth century. A lover, militant, fighter and poet, she upset the customs of Geneva society. She is now buried in the Cemetery of the Kings in Geneva between Jean Calvin and Jorge Luis Borgès.
Nice copy.
Rare autograph dedication dated and signed by Grisélidis Réal: "To Madame Mélamet with my friendship Gris
€250
Michel BUTOR
Explorations
Editions de l'Aire|Lausanne 1981|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on "bouffant" paper, only draw after 26 Ingres.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed and dated by Michel Butor to his friends Georges and Alice Raillard.
€80
COLLECTIF
Mémorial Jean Cocteau - In La revue les belles lettres N°1 & 2
La revue les belles lettres|Lausanne 1969|19.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the deluxe issue with 50 unnumbered hors commerce copies on laid paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Paul Morand, Albert Béguin, Antoine Livio, Paul Vallotton, Elie Gagnebin, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Scialom, Freddy Buache...

€200
Alain PAUCARD
La crétinisation par la culture
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1998|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Alain Paucard: "To Claude who resists cretinization by culture."
€30
MAUBERT DE GOUVEST
Testament politique du cardinal Alberoni
Chez Marc-Michel Bousquet|à Lausanne 1754|10 x 16.80 cm|2 parties en un volume relié
First edition.
Full marbled brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label. Head cap worn away. Rubbing. One corner slightly bumped.
Apocryphal testament of Cardinal Alberoni (1664-1752). Joseph-Marie Durey de Morsan gathered various documents relating to the cardinal in Madrid, he showed them to Maubert de Gouvest who bought the collection from him to recast it into a single narrative. It contains historical and political chapters on Spain under Charles VI, on the affairs of France and Spain, chapters dealing with diverse subjects such as agriculture, the navy, and the balance of power in Europe.

€200
Jacques CHESSEX
Myriam
Pierre-Alain Pingoud|Lausanne 2011|18.50 x 17 cm|broché
First Edition printed 157 copies numbered on Ingres.
Signed autograph of Jacques Chessex to Charles Dobzynski.
Pleasant copy despite the back and boards very slightly and marginally discolored without gravity.
€300
Paul-Philippe GUDIN DE LA BRENELLERIE
Aux manes de Louis XV, et des grands hommes qui ont vêcu sous son règne. Essai sur les progrès des arts & de l'esprit humain, sous le règne de Louis XV
S. n.|à Lausanne 1777|10 x 17 cm|relié
New edition, following the first published in 1776.
Contemporary blonde sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Green morocco title-label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Head worn down. One crack at foot. Joints cracked at head. 2 worm tracks on spine and 2 holes. 2 corners bumped. Generally rubbed. Faint dampstain to corners of the first 10 leaves.
Abridgment of the events of Louis XV's reign, particularly in arts and sciences, but also voyages (with multiple references to American colonies), roads and urban planning...
€180
Charles Ferdinand RAMUZ
La guérison des maladies
Les cahiers vaudois|Lausanne 1917|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally lightened as usual, worming to the final leaves, the first endpaper and the back cover.
€80
Pierre GRIPARI
Les derniers jours de l'éternel
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1990|14 x 21 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Pierre Gripari Patrick Rizzi.
pleasant copy
€50
Pierre BISE
Le cauchemar allemand
Editions Civis|Paris • & Lausanne • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Pierre Bise to Henri Béraud: "... ce vibrant appel d'un neutre à la vigilance de la France gardienne de la civilisation méditerranéenne..." ["...this vibrant appeal from a neutral to the vigilance of France, guardian of Mediterranean civilization..."]
Illustrated cover.
Spine and back cover lightly and marginally sunned.
Provenance: from the Ré Island library of Henri Béraud.
€80
Charles Ferdinand RAMUZ
Raison d'être[Reason for being]
Editions du Verseau|Lausanne 1926|19 x 27 cm|broché
First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête after 12 Japon.
Signed by the author on an endpaper.
Endpaper and some edges marginally faded, a good copy with good margins.
€600
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Morts sans sépulture
Marguerat|Lausanne 1946|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, tirage de tête.
Two small marginal traces of fol to foot of spine and first cover, otherwise a very good copy.
€1,200
Pierre GRIPARI
Les chants du nomade
Editions L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1982|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches, the only large paper copies.
A rare and good copy.
€350
COLLECTIF
L'architecture du XXème siècle
Julliard • Imprimeries réunies|Paris • & Lausanne 1964|24.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding over paper boards, illustrated covers.
Richly illustrated.
A good copy.
€60
Hans BRINGOLF
Un aventurier suisse sous les drapeaux de l'étranger
Imp. Held|Lausanne s. d. [1943]|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription covering almost a full page by the author, reproducing an article dedicated to him by the daily newspaper "Le Soir".
A marginal restoration using adhesive paper on the first endpaper affecting the autograph inscription.
€80
Louis MONTCHAL
Les fables de Léon Riffard
Imp. Jaunin frères|Lausanne 1885|11 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies.
Foxing to the covers.
€50
Étienne BARBAZAN
L'ordene de chevalerie, avec une dissertation sur l'origine de la langue françoise. Un essai sur les étimologies. Quelques contes anciens. Et un glossaire pour en faciliter l'intelligence
Chez Chaubert • Claude Herissant|Lauzanne [Lausanne] • (Lausanne) • & se trouve à Paris 1759|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition. Uncommon.
Half glacé calf with corners, 19th century, signed Petit succ de Simier. Raised spine decorated in compartments. Fillets on covers.
Etienne Barbazan (1694-1770) was a philologist specializing in medieval manuscripts, notably contributing to bringing forgotten texts back to memory and rehabilitating the Middle Ages in the field of research. L'ordene de chevalerie is a 13th-century text on the rules and ceremonies of chivalry, of which Barbazan would have had a manuscript in his hands. The work contains other 13th-century texts and a glossary.
€300
Edouard TAVAN
La coupe d'onyx
Payot & Cie|Lausanne 1903|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt botanical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, orange top edge, contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the collection of French-speaking Swiss poets assembled by Albert Natural from the 1920s onwards.
€80
Emilia CUCHET ALBARET
Les fuseaux d'ivoire
Payot|Lausanne 1909|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half sand morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments, date at foot, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, bookplate pasted on endpaper, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed Semet & Plumelle.
Rare and very handsome copy perfectly bound.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of Swiss Romand poets which he assembled from the twenties onwards.
€300
Armand-Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre LASSAY
Recueil de differentes choses par le Marquis de Lassay
Chez Marc Michel Bousquet|à Lausanne 1756|10 x 17 cm|quatre volumes reliés
New edition after the original of 1726 published in a very small print run on the château presses in quarto format.
Bound in full glazed marbled blonde calf. Raised band spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Broken and missing corner to the upper board of volume I. Head caps partly worn on volumes I and II. Tail cap worn on volume II.
Armand de Madaillan de Lesparre (28 May 1652 - 21 February 1738) is better known under one of his titles, marquis de Lassay. Aide-de-camp to the great Condé in 1672, man of letters, friend of the libertines of the 17th and 18th centuries, he became acquainted with madame de Maintenon during the salons held by her husband, the poet Scarron. Close t
€400
Pierre-Jean GROSLEY
Londres
S. n.|à Lausanne 1774|10 x 17 cm|quatre volumes reliés
Second edition with some parts in first edition, after the original edition of 1770, which contained only 3 volumes. A large folding map in volume I of London and the cities and suburbs of London and Westminster.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title labels. Some surface wear and tears with losses, but good overall condition, decorative.
Travel account, departing from Boulogne and continuing to London with a detailed study of customs, habits and all aspects of society: the poor, jurisprudence, the clergy, the arts, the navy, horse racing, commerce 371pp. (...and particular chapters on melancholy, considered as a characteristic of
€600
T. COMBE
Croquis montagnards, trois nouvelles
Georges Bridel|Lausanne 1882|12 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in yellow half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, pasted classification label, black morocco title-label slightly scratched, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription on the half-title page.
Rare.
€60
Claude ROY
Les bestiaires des amants
Ides et Calendes|Lausanne 1946|19.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on marais paper, the tirage de tête.
A very good copy.
€70
Blaise CENDRARS
Vol à voiles
Payot & Cie|Lausanne • & Genève [Geneva] 1932|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on alfa, the only printing with 35 Hollande.
A very good copy.
€400
Albert CAMUS, René CHAR
La postérité du soleil[The Posterity of the Sun]
Engelberts • Editions de l'Aire|Lausanne 1986|24.7 x 32.5 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
First trade edition of Albert Camus’s texts and René Char’s postface.

Publisher’s binding in full green cloth, smooth spine, a handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.

Illustrated with photographs by Henriette Grindat.
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Henry Alfred KISSINGER
Bristol portant la signature manuscrite de Kissinger au feutre noir
S. n.|Lausanne 30 Avril 1982|12.50 x 7.50 cm|une feuille
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Georges SIMENON
Bristol tapé à la machine à écrire et signé par Georges Simenon adressée à Frédéric Brion le remerciant de l'envoi de l'ouvrage "Autoportrait" d'Hans Hartung
S. n.|Lausanne 30 Avril 1982|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
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Georges SIMENON
Courrier administratif tapé à la machine par Joyce Aitken comportant un envoi autographe signé de Georges Simenon à Frédéric Brion
S. n.|Lausanne 29 Novembre 1983|21 x 27 cm|deux feuilles agrafées
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Jacques CHESSEX, Pietro SARTO
Une Chouette vue à l'Aube
Chabloz|Lausanne 2001|21.50 x 22.50 cm|broché sous étui
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Georges SIMENON
Bristol tapé à la machine à écrire et signé par Georges Simenon adressée à Frédéric Brion le remerciant de ses voeux pour l'année 1983 et lui présentant les siens
S. n.|Lausanne 1983|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
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Nathalie GONTCHAROVA, Émile VUILLERMOZ
Clotilde et Alexandre Sakharoff
Editions centrales|Lausanne 1933|21 x 27.50 cm|broché
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Jean-Marie TURPIN
Le Chevalier Céline ou la première Marche de l'Atlantide
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1990|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
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André MALRAUX
La métamorphose des dieux
La guilde du livre|Lausanne 1957|18 x 22.50 cm|reliure souple de l'éditeur
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Georges SIMENON
Bristol dactylographié et signé par Georges Simenon adressé à Bruno Avanian
S. n.|Lausanne 16 Juillet 1986|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
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Georges SIMENON
Bristol dactylographié et signé par Georges Simenon
S. n.|Lausanne 6 Avril 1983|15 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
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Geneviève LANFRANCHI
Paul Valéry et l'expérience du Moi pur
Mermod|Lausanne 1958|12.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
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Pierre GRIPARI
Nouvelles Pièces enfantines
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1986|14 x 21 cm|broché
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Pierre GRIPARI
Moi, Mitounet joli
L'âge d'homme • Julliard|Lausanne • & Paris 1982|13 x 20 cm|broché
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(Louis-Ferdinand CELINE) Pierre MONNIER
Ferdinand Furieux. Avec 313 lettres inédites de Louis-Ferdinand Céline
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1979|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
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Paul ÉLUARD, Théodore GÉRICAULT
Léda
Mermod|Lausanne 1949|12.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
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Jean TORTEL
Elémentaires
Mermod|Lausanne 1961|12 x 17 cm|broché
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BARTABAS [Clément MARTY]
Zingaro des chevaux et des hommes
Caracole|Lausanne 1989|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
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Jacques PRÉVERT
Tour de chant
Editions Clairefontaine|Lausanne 1953|22 x 28 cm|broché
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[Ali Ahmed Said] ADONIS
Cheminement du désir dans la géographie de la matière
Pierre-Alain Pingoud|Lausanne 1989|18.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, on current paper, of the French translation.
Pleasant copy illustrated with a frontispiece by Siron.
Autograph dedication signed by Adonis to Charles Dobzynski: "... to celebrate his journey in poetry ..." enriched with an autograph dedication signed by the translator Anne Wade Minkowski.
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Giovanni LISTA
Futurisme. Manifestes - Documents - Proclamations
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1973|17 x 24 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Giovanni Lista to Pierre Abraham.
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Charles Ferdinand RAMUZ
Six cahiers
Mermod|Lausanne s. d. [1928]|17.50 x 23 cm|6 volumes brochés
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Jean MULLER
Histoire des Suisses - histoire de la confédération helvétique
Chez J. Mourer|à Lausanne 1795 - 1801|12 x 20 cm|11 volumes reliés
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Jacques BENOIST-MÉCHIN
Arabie carrefour des siècles
La guilde du livre|Lausanne 1961|22.50 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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Marguerite BURNAT-PROVINS
Le livre pour toi
Editions Spes|Lausanne 1940|12.50 x 15.50 cm|relié
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Pierre MONNIER
Ferdinand furieux. Avec 313 lettres inédites de Louis-Ferdinand Céline
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1979|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
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Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Catalogue exposition Céline
Edita S.A.|Lausanne 1977|15 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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Georges SIMENON
Carte autographe signée de Georges Simenon
Lausanne 4 janvier 1982|14.70 x 10.50 cm|une carte
Autographed acknowledgments signed by Georges Simenon on a letterhead with his name and address: "with my heartfelt thanks My best wishes Georges Simenon 4-1-82"
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Georges SIMENON
Carte autographe signée de Georges Simenon adressée à Monsieur Handwerk
Lausanne 1978|14.70 x 10.50 cm|une carte
Signed autograph card of Georges Simenon on a letterhead with his name and address: "Dear Mr. Handwerk, I thank you very much for your wishes, but I feel a bit overwhelmed by your comparison to the three of my great masters. just do what I can! Sincerely, Georges Simenon 1978 "
A small trace of adhesive in the left margin of the map.
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Alain ROBBE-GRILLET, René MAGRITTE
La belle captive
La bibliothèque des arts|Paris • & Lausanne 1974|22.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers and illustrated with 76 reproductions of works of Rene Magritte.
Binding of the editor in full cardboard white, smooth back with two accidents and tears in the head and foot.
We enclose an invitation to the screening of "The beautiful captive" emanating from Argos films.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet to his friend Georges Raillard: "... this little illustrated suite of the adventures of the criminal doctor, with my faithful friendship."
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Robert FERNIER
La vie et l'oeuvre de Gustave Courbet. Catalogue raisonné. Tome I : 1819-1865 peintures. - Tome II : Peintures 1866-1877, dessins, sculptures
Fondation Wildenstein • Bibliothèque des Arts|Lausanne • & Paris 1977|28.50 x 38.50 cm|2 volumes en reliure de l'éditeur sous étuis souples
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Denis ROUART, Daniel WILDENSTEIN
Manet. Catalogue raisonné. Tome I : Peintures. - Tome II : Pastels, aquarelles et dessins
Fondation Wildenstein • Bibliothèque des Arts|Lausanne • & Paris 1975|28.50 x 38.50 cm|2 volumes en reliure de l'éditeur sous étuis souples
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COLLECTIF
Histoire des decouvertes faites par divers savans voyageurs dans plusieurs contrées de la Russie & de la Perse
Chez J. P. Heubach|à Lausanne 1781 - 1787|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
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Henry de MONTHERLANT
Malatesta
Marguerat|Lausanne 1946|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy despite two small tears in the back of the head.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant to Gilbert-Claude Crutel.
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Germaine Baronne de STAEL-HOLSTEIN
De l'influence des passions sur le bonheur des individus et des nations
Jean Mourer • Hignou|Lausanne 1796|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
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Dominique GILBERT-LAPORTE
Laure ou la prosopopée du ciel
Furor|s. l. • [Lausanne] 1982|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Back and flat slightly and marginally insolated without gravity.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Dominique Gilbert-Laporte to a friend named Fabienne.
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Dominique GILBERT-LAPORTE
L'étron de la nuit (prosopopée)
Argo|Lausanne 1978|14.50 x 21 cm|agrafé
first edition on current paper.
Back and flat slightly and marginally insolated without gravity.
Full copy of the publisher's catalog.
Signed autograph dedication of Dominique Gilbert-Laporte to a friend named Fabienne: "... because we can not be faithful to one and the other ... Very, very, very, Dominique."
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Devi TUSZYNSKI
Feuille de limba
Co-édition sud • Les cahiers de l'Odon|Lausanne 1982|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
first edition illustrated with drawings by the author.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph dedication of Devi Tuszynski to a friend named Marianne enriched with a small drawing of a dove with a feather in his mouth.
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Charles-Albert CINGRIA
Impressions d'un passant à Lausanne
Mermod|Lausanne 1932|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
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GILLES [Jean VILLARD-GILLES]
Chansons que tout cela
Editions Rencontre|Lausanne 1966|18.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Three spots on the back and at the top of the first board.
Cover illustrated by Géa Augsbourg.
Autograph dedication signed by Gilles to a couple of his friends.
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Pierre GRIPARI
Le solilesse, poèmes en vers
Editions L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1975|20.50 x 32 cm|broché
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Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Catalogue exposition Céline
Edita S.A.|Lausanne 1977|15 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Catalogue exposition Céline
Edita S.A.|Lausanne 1977|15 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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Alain PAUCARD
La crétinisation par la culture
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1998|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Autograph signed by Alain Paucard: "A Brigitte Level who leads the fight against cretinization by culture, asking him to read page 124 ..."
Nice copy.
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Thomas MANN
Etudes. Goethe - Nietzsche - Joseph et ses frères
Mermod|Lausanne 1949|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
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