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  4. Les oeuvres
    François RABELAIS

    Les oeuvres

    [ Elzevier]|s. l. 1663|7.50 x 13.70 cm|2 volumes reliés
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  7. Le petit Lauriston
    Boris VIAN

    Le petit Lauriston

    Collège de Pataphysique|s. l. • [Paris] An LXXXIII (1955)|16 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
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  11. Bronze du crâne du divin marquis
    Donatien Alphonse François de SADE

    Bronze du crâne du divin marquisBronze Cast of the Marquis de Sade's Skull

    S. n.|s. l. 2012|20 x 13.50 cm|autre
    Bronze Cast of the Marquis de Sade's Skull
    2012 | 20 x 13.5 x 15 cm | bronze
    Bronze cast of the Marquis de Sade's skull by the master founder Avangini. One of a unique numbered edition of 99 bearing a reproduction of Sade's signature.
    Also included is a certificate of authenticity signed by the Comtesse de Sade, with the family's wax seal.

    Provenance: family archives.

    On Friday 2nd December 1814, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade died at the Charenton asylum, at the age of 74.
    Despite his final wishes, the Marquis had a religious burial in the cemetery at Charenton. In an ironic twist of fate, Sade would not stay...
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  17. Bateau ivre
    Madeleine SMETS-LEFRANCQ, Arthur RIMBAUD

    Bateau ivre

    Ateliers du vieux tilleul|s. l. s. d. [circa 1954]|33 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles
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  18. La guerre d'Algérie
    Henri ALLEG, COLLECTIF

    La guerre d'Algérie

    Temps actuels|s. l. 1981|17 x 23.50 cm|3 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
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  19. Suite pour l'Apocalypse
    Madeleine SMETS-LEFRANCQ, Bonaventure FIEULLIEN

    Suite pour l'Apocalypse

    Ateliers du vieux tilleul|s. l. s. d. [circa 1953]|33 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    first edition printed in 21 numbered and justified copies on Arches paper by Bonaventure Fieullien, ours printed for André Bocquetin with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
    Rare punctures affecting margins and without gravity certain engravings.
    The back of the shirt is split at the top and bottom, two light spots at the top of the second cover of the case.
    This suite of 32 linocuts for the Apocalypse calligraphed, engraved and printed on his hand presses by Bonaventure Fieullien (Franciscan monk who studied at the Academy of Brussels under the direction of the Belgian painter Oswald Poreau and who worked in sculpture, stained glass and...
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  23. Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de Cervantès
    Prosper MERIMEE

    Notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de Cervantès

    S. n. • [ Sautelet & Cie]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1826]|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this reprint on vellum intended for the edition of Don Quixote by Sautelet and reproduced in 1874, in Portraits histoirques et littéraires.
    It is the second writing by the young Prosper Mérimée after Clara Glazul's Theater published the previous year without an author's name and with an epigraph borrowed from Miguel de Cervantès.
    Binding in half morocco long grain mint with corners, back with five fine nerves decorated with double golden threads with a slight snag, framing of golden threads on the plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of blue paper, golden head, binding of the 'time.
    Rare autograph copy of Prosper...
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  24. Le musée Grévin
    [Louis ARAGON as] François LA COLERE

    Le musée Grévin

    S. n. • [ Les Editions de Minuit • La Bibliothèque Française]|s. l. • [Paris • & Saint-Flour] s. d. [1943]|21 x 27.50 cm|une feuille rempliée & un cahier agrafé
    n. n. [Les éditions de minuit & La Bibliothèque Française] | n. p. [Paris & Saint-Flour] n. d. [1943]
    | 21 x 28 cm & 13,5 x 20,5 cm | one folding leaf & one stapled booklet
    Rare double first edition of this masterpiece of the literature of the Resistance, probably published simultaneously in the northern and southern zone by the two most important underground publishers of the Resistance.

    The six-page fold-out cupboard produced in the Parisian cellar of Editions de Minuit is echoed by the equally modest brochure printed on the active resistant presses of Saint-Flour by René Amarger under a yellow cover “falling from wallpaper”. It...
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  27. Napoléon le Petit
    Victor HUGO

    Napoléon le Petit

    S. n.|s. l. • [Bruxelles] [Brussels] 1853|8 x 12.50 cm|relié
    First edition in deluxe copies ("grands papiers"), one of 16 numbered copies on fine Holland paper, only print after 6 China, the first edition published a year earlier does not include a print in deluxe copies.
    Nice copy.
    Binding in half red morocco, top edge gilt.
    Very rare and beautiful deluxe copy of this famous pamphlet against Napoleon III (see Clouzot).
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  28. La bête noire n°5
    COLLECTIF, Maurice RAYNAL

    La bête noire n°5

    S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1er octobre 1935|32 x 48 cm|un numéro
    First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
    An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his financial support.
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  29. La bête noire n°7
    COLLECTIF, Maurice RAYNAL

    La bête noire n°7

    S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1er décembre 1935|32 x 48 cm|un numéro
    First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
    An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his financial support.
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  30. La bête noire n°4
    COLLECTIF, Maurice RAYNAL

    La bête noire n°4

    S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1er juillet 1935|32 x 48 cm|un numéro
    First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
    Marginal tears.
    An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his...
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  31. La bête noire n°3
    COLLECTIF, Maurice RAYNAL

    La bête noire n°3

    S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1er juin 1935|32.50 x 46 cm|un numéro
    First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
    Marginal tears.
    An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his...
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  32. La bête noire n°2
    COLLECTIF, Maurice RAYNAL

    La bête noire n°2

    S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1er mai 1935|28 x 38 cm|un numéro
    First edition of this review edited by Maurice Raynal and Efstrathios Tériade, and in particular illustrated by Georges Braque, Balthus, Roger Vitrac published between April 1935 and February 1936.
    Marginal tears.
    An artistic and literary review created by the writers Maurice Raynal and Michel Leiris, La Bête noire was conceived as an attempt at an intellectual counter-attack to the rise of fascism in France, awakened by the Parisian demonstrations of February 1934 . The review was baptized by the wealthy banker Marcel Moré, a friend of Max Jacob, Antonin Artaud, and Georges Bataille - and will also benefit from his...
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  36. Querelle de Brest
    Jean GENET, Jean COCTEAU

    Querelle de Brest

    S. n. • [ Paul Morihien]|s. l. • [Paris] 1947|23.50 x 31.50 cm|broché sous chemise à lacets
    GENET Jean & COCTEAU Jean
    Querelle de Brest
    No printer (Paul Morihien), n.p. (but Paris) 1947, 23.5 x 31.5 cm, paper covers and chemise with ties.
    First edition, hors commerce, of 525 numbered copies, this one of the 460 numbered copies on vélin à la forme paper.
    This copy has its card chemise with ties, repairs to joints.
    Lacking the advertising leaf.
    With 29 original lithographs by Jean Cocteau, including a frontispiece and 28 others hors texte.
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  37. Anachroniques
    Fernand BOTTI

    Anachroniques

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1950]|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 copies numbered on Alfa paper, only large papers.
    Handwritten thought of a previous owner on the cover page.
    We are enclosing three typescripts of poems by Fernand Botti with three handwritten corrections, two handwritten corrections by the author page 24.
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  38. Lettre autographe signée de deux pages
    Gabriele D'ANNUNZIO

    Lettre autographe signée de deux pages

    S. n.|s. l. 25 Décembre 1913|17.50 x 23 cm|une feuille avec enveloppe
    Autograph letter dated December 25 (1913, postmarked) and signed two pages by Gabriele d'Annunzio thanking his correspondent Mrs. L. Boulenger for the gift she sent him and praising her generosity.
    "Dear Madam, I received the tube before your ticket, but I guessed without hesitation that the gift came from you. I know your delicate kindness: it touches me deeply, once again. Thank you. I will think of you , over there, in the moor, warming my frozen hands, during my morning walks. Goodbye, see you next Sunday. Accept my most affectionate wishes, dear madam, and believe in my deep devotion. Gabriele d'Annunzio. December 25th."
    Envelope attached.
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  39. Lettre autographe signée d'une page
    André GIDE

    Lettre autographe signée d'une page

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 18 Février 1910|16.50 x 22 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter dated February 18, 1910 and signed with a page by André Gide in which he offers his correspondent two choices of meeting because he is again Parisian, having returned from his Norman property in Cuverville.
    "My dear friend, yes I would see you with pleasure; here I am back from Cuverville where time has not allowed me to rest as much as I would have liked - because I was quite tired. Can you without Is it worth coming to Auteuil on Sunday morning? If not, it would be me who would pass AV de Saxe one of the first days of next week at the time you want to tell me. Affectionately yours. André Gide "."
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  40. [Manuscrit] Poème autographe intitulé "Le totem"
    Léopold Sédar SENGHOR

    [Manuscrit] Poème autographe intitulé "Le totem"[Manuscript] Autograph Poem Entitled "Le totem"

    S. n.|s. l. 1984|21 x 21 cm|une feuille plus deux autres
    Very beautiful manuscript poem by Léopold Sédar Senghor entitled "The totem" comprising seven stanzas:
    "The totem.
    I must hide it from the innermost of my veins /
    The storm-skinned ancestor streaked with lightning and lightning /
    My guardian animal, I must hide it /
    Let me not break the barrage of scandals /
    It is my faithful blood that requires fidelity /
    Protecting my naked pride from /
    Myself and the superb of happy breeds.
    Senghor. "
    We enclose a typed letter signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor, dated December 5, 1984, and sent from Dakar, in which he requests to find with this present the handwritten copy of his poem "The...
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  41. Humoristique dessin original sur calque signé et légendé de Sacha Guitry sur le thème de la photographie
    Sacha GUITRY

    Humoristique dessin original sur calque signé et légendé de Sacha Guitry sur le thème de la photographie

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1930]|23.50 x 15.50 cm|une feuille sous Marie-Louise et encadrée
    Funny original drawing, on tracing paper, on the theme of the photography of Sacha guitry that he captioned and signed.
    The drawing represents a photographer ready to set in motion the mechanism of his camera to immortalize, by photographing her, an imposing countess little reassured by this new technology to which she does not seem yet broken.
    Below his humorous drawing, Sacha Guitry added these few words: "The photographer. - Do not be afraid countess, he is not loaded!"
    The drawing is presented under Marie-Louise and in a frame.
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  43. Lettre autographe signée d'une page
    COLETTE

    Lettre autographe signée d'une page

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1950]|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Funny autograph letter signed by a page of Colette apologizing for refusing, arguing of her great age, the proposal that she was made to participate in conferences.
    "My dear President, do you think I still have my brilliant fiftieth birthday? I will be 77 in three months, and I cannot think of speaking by train and path. I assure you of all my sympathy, and my regret . "
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  44. Lettre autographe signée d'une page
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Lettre autographe signée d'une page

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1960]|21.50 x 27 cm|une feuille
    Autograph letter signed by a page of Simone de Beauvoir about a draft article concerning her and that her correspondent wants to write.
    "Dear madam, I wrote to you
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  45. Enveloppe adressée par Emmanuel Lévinas à Emmanuel Moses enrichie d'un mot autographe
    Emmanuel LEVINAS

    Enveloppe adressée par Emmanuel Lévinas à Emmanuel Moses enrichie d'un mot autographe

    S. n.|s. l. 13 Octobre 1989|13.50 x 22 cm|une enveloppe
    Handwritten envelope addressed by Emmanuel Lévinas to Emmanuel Moses containing this autograph word "with my heartfelt thoughts" accompanying a photocopy of an article by Emmanuel Lévinas published in the Figaro of April 14, 1986 concerning the Shoah and entitled "The mystery of Israel ".
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  46. L'automne
    Éphraïm MIKHAËL

    L'automne

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1886|16 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper.
    Braid binding in half blue cloth, smooth back, marbled paper plates.
    Beautiful and rare copy.
    Our copy is enriched by the two-page manuscript poem entitled "Autumn", which includes some corrections by Ephraim Mikhael, and which inuagure this very rare collection of poems.
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  50. Penser la littérature aujourd'hui
    Jean RICARDOU

    Penser la littérature aujourd'hui

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1972]|16 x 24.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition printed to a small number of this reprint reprinted and extending various indications proposed in "Problems of the New Roman" and "For a theory of the New Roman".
    Signed autograph of Jean Ricardou to Georges Raillard: "These few elements, dear Georges Raillard, to thank you for your" Nausea "(and especially to have mentioned this beginning where I was involved) and because I can thus say again my friendship."
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  52. Louis Jourdan
    Léon DESHAIRS

    Louis Jourdan

    S. n.|s. l. 1951|25 x 33 cm|broché
    First Edition printed in 300 numbered copies.
    Pleasant illustrated copy of reproductions of works of Louis Jourdan.
    Preface by Léon Deshairs.
    Autograph signed by Léon Deshairs to his godson.
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  54. Yves Alix
    Jean CASSOU

    Yves Alix

    Editions Elzevir|s. l. 1946|17.50 x 23 cm|agrafé
    First Edition, one of the first 60 copies featuring an original unseen lithograph Yves Alix he signed and numbered .
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of 12 reproductions of Yves Alix's works.
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  57. Fragment manuscrit de "L'oblat"
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS

    Fragment manuscrit de "L'oblat"

    S. n.|s. l. 1903|21.50 x 31.50 cm|une page
    Preparatory manuscript fragment of the novel " The Oblate" written in black ink on 35 lines, part of the second chapter of the book.
    Some erasures and corrections of the hand of Joris-Karl Huysmans.
    A trace of central fold inherent in the enveloping, a marginal tear at the fold.
    The manuscript fragment is a variant of Chapter II of "The Oblate" and seems not to have been used by Joris-Karl Huysmans for the final drafting of this text.
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  58. Huit pages de croquis
    Francisque POULBOT

    Huit pages de croquis

    Les belles éditions|s. l. s. d. [circa 1918]|27 x 37 cm|en feuilles sous chemise cartonnée
    First edition of this portfolio containing 8 original lithographs in colors of Francisque Poulbot that he numbered and signed , one of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only print after 50 Japan.
    Pleasant copy of these lithographs made after drawings of Poulbot representing children during the First World War.
    The portfolio is presented under a blue half-percaline shirt, marbled paper plates, inner flaps of white paper.
    Handwritten justification and signature of Francisque Poulbot on the first cover plate.
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  59. Le quartier aux échelles. Un atelier de poésie à la maison d'arrêt de Fresnes
    André D. LAHAYE

    Le quartier aux échelles. Un atelier de poésie à la maison d'arrêt de Fresnes

    S. n.|s. l. 1978-1980|21 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition copied.
    Two pale wettings at the bottom of the first board and at the head of the second board.
    Autograph dedication signed by André Lahaye to a friend whom he calls Momo: "A Momo who - I know - is at the heart of sad songs from beyond the walls."
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  60. La porte de l'âne
    ANONYME, SCHEM [Raoul SERRES]

    La porte de l'âne

    Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophile pour quelques bibliophiles avertis|s. l. s. d. [circa 1940]|13 x 16.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
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  61. Photographie originale représentant André Breton attablé
    (André BRETON)

    Photographie originale représentant André Breton attablé

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1940]|5.80 x 8.30 cm|une photographie
    Original black and white photograph
    of André Breton seated over a drink
    [ca 1940] | 5,8 x 8,3 cm | one photograph
    Original black and white photograph of André Breton seated, smoking a cigarette and drinking wine. Contemporary print probably unique.
    Provenance : Destribats collection.
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  77. Brasillach
    Jean MADIRAN

    Brasillach

    Club du Luxembourg|s. l. 1958|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First Edition, one of the 150 non-commercial copies numbered in Roman numerals.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph of Jean Madiran to the publisher Bernard de Fallois.
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  88. Carte postale signée de Mistinguett et Max Dearly
    Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, dite MISTINGUETT, Max DEARLY [Lucien Paul Marie-Joseph ROLLAND]

    Carte postale signée de Mistinguett et Max Dearly

    S. n.|s. l. 1912|13.50 x 8.50 cm|une feuille verso
    Postcard depicting Mistinguett and Max Dearly in a scene from the play "Happiness under the hand" created in 1912 at the Théâtre des Variétés.
    Signed autograph dedication of Mistinguett, at the foot of his portrait, to Mr. Humbert Oberlé enriched by the signature of Max Dearly.
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  89. Carte à jouer érotique à secret - Roi de trèfle
    ANONYME

    Carte à jouer érotique à secret - Roi de trèfleSecret erotic playing cards - King of Clubs

    s. l. • [France] s. d. [circa 1860]|5.50 x 8.60 cm|une carte à jouer
    Secret erotic playing cards - King of Clubs
    [France] s.d(circa 1860), 5.5 x 8.6 cm, one playing card
    Secret erotic playing card, unknown manufacturer, produced in France around the 1860s. Lithograph coloured by stencil, white verso.
    In the light, the transparent card reveals an erotic scene: a lady, kneeling at the feet of the King, performs an acupuncture procedure on his erect member.
    A curiosity!
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  90. Carte à jouer érotique à secret - Roi de carreau
    ANONYME

    Carte à jouer érotique à secret - Roi de carreauSecret erotic playing cards - King of Diamonds

    s. l. • [France] s. d. [circa 1860]|5.50 x 8.60 cm|une carte à jouer
    Secret erotic playing cards – King of Diamonds

    [France] [ca 1860] | 5.5 x 8.6 cm | one playing card

    Secret erotic playing card, unknown manufacturer, produced in France around the 1860s. Lithograph coloured by stencil, white verso.
    In the light, the transparent card reveals an erotic scene: the King's virile attributes are visible.
    A real curio!
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