Paris

The collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription by the author.
Worming to boards, complete with publisher's wraparound band.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed autograph inscription from the author to Matthieu Galey.
Foxing to spine, covers and edges

New edition, after the original published in 1769.
Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Raised spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. Head of all 6 volumes worn. Headcaps of volumes III and IV split. Rubbing. Corners very bumped.
The Histoire de Charles-Quint is undoubtedly one of the great historical classics of the 18th century, whose model would inspire many imitators, the author seeking to grasp, beyond simple factual history, the historical march of a civilization and its singular spirit. A tableau of the progress of society in Europe, from the destruction of the Roman empire to the beginning of the sixteenth century. The introduction is a précis of the history of the early Christian centuries.

First edition.
Contributions by A. Robbe-Grillet "La défaite des Reichenfels", M. Jouhandeau, P. Jaccottet, A. Vialatte "Henri Pourrat ou Les grands jardins"...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by M. Jouhandeau, A. Bosquet, F. Nourissier...
A good copy.

First edition.
Contributions from M. Butor about Michel Leiris, J.J. Mayoux, J. Gernet, J.D. Rey...
Small spots to upper cover.

First edition of 3000 copies.
A rare and good comple tecopy of 7 issues.

First edition.
Half mint green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with fleurons and double gilt and black fillets, marbled paper boards, front cover with marginal discoloration mark along its full height, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor harmless scuffs to corners and edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Mathilde de Toscane as frontispiece.
Handsome interior condition.

New edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed autograph inscription from François Raynal to Maurice Blanchot.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full cream cloth, smooth spine, lacking dust jacket.

First edition.
Contributions by M. Jouhandeau "Journaliers", M. Yourcenar "Agrippa d'Aubigné", P.J. Jouve, Saint-John Perse on R. Tagore, M. Eliade "Note pour un humanisme"...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by R. Nimier "Le gros consul", E.M. Cioran "L'avant-garde de la solitude", R. Caillois, J.L. Borgès, G. Lambrichs...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions by T. Mann, B. Groethuysen, A. Gide "Goethe", A. Suarès, C.F. Ramuz, A. Rolland de Réneville, J. Prévost...
A lack to head of spine.

First edition.
Contributions from J.M.G. Le Clézio, M. Deguy, E. Yoyo, G. Perrost...
Slight stains to covers.

First edition.
Contributions by M. Blanchot "L'oeuvre et la communication", C.F. Ramuz, L. Pauwels about Gurdjieff, E.M. Cioran "La fin du roman"...
Two stains on first cover.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands elaborately gilt in compartments with gilt typographical motif, covers triple-ruled in blind on black paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns marginally soiled, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with numerous wood-engraved vignettes by Joliet, Thomas, Lacoste, Dupeyron, Ecosse and drawings by Yan' Dargent.
Some minor foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

New edition of the French translation and first printing of the illustrations by T. Johannot and Jacque.
Binding in half long-grain navy blue morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers (lined and with corner lacks) and spine preserved, top edge gilt, romantic pastiche binding signed by Ratry.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 170 text vignettes and 11 hors-texte compositions engraved on wood and printed on China paper.
Some minor foxing.
A handsome copy.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half sky blue cloth, smooth spine lightly sunned decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, cherry red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Octave Mirbeau to Jean Ajalbert on the half-title page.
Our copy is expanded with a four-page autograph letter dated and signed by H.G. Ibels in which he shares with his correspondent his momentary financial troubles, the poor circumstances that led him to this situation and finally the solicitations from wealthy bibliophiles who covet his important collection of 18th-century manuscripts on the Convulsionnaires...
Large marginal discoloration affecting the front cover as well as much more lightly the half-title page without touching the autograph inscription.
Provenance: Jean Ajalbert library with his Japonist ex-libris in the Nabis style wood-engraved in a very small number, signed with a monogram, probably that of Félicien Rops.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates.
A central fold mark on the parchment covers, marginal dampstaining to the final leaves.
Rare.

First edition, one of 25 lettered copies on pur fil paper, this one with letter A, the tirage de tête.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription by Gérard Mourgue.
Work illustrated with drawings by Wifredo Lam.
Scratches to joints, small tear at foot of front board, handsome interior condition.

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.

First collected edition.
Half olive calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic decorative motifs, small tear at head of spine, marbled paper boards, lower corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Some foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, dark green shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on endpaper leaving a shadow opposite, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain to his friend Fernand Le Grand, a prominent figure of Fécamp society, on the half-title page which bears a printed bibliophile stamp and some foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Fernand Le Grand with his bookplate.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate-colored cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, dark green shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on endpaper, contemporary binding.
Preface by Mermeix.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate percale, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 130 drawings by Bombled as well as a portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Preface by Alexandre Dumas fils.
Minor scattered foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate percale, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, green shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on endpaper, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy despite light foxing.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription by Camille Miot.
Illustrated with 18 engravings in the text and complete with its 4 chromolithograph plates.
Publisher's catalogue at rear.
Some minor foxing of no consequence, one repaired tear at head of second cover, two tiny marginal tears on first cover and at foot of spine.
Rare.

First edition of the French translation established by Guy Lévis-Mano and Josep Palau, one of 1000 numbered copies on vellum paper, the only printing along with 25 on Marais paper.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on vélin de Renage paper, the only printing along with 100 copies on green vellum.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded and corners turned, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 455 numbered copies on Renage laid paper, the only printing with 20 copies on blue laid paper.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Contributions by F. Ponge "La chèvre", A. Pieyre de Mandiargues, M. Jouhandeau, M. Butor, J. Joyce "Les veilles de Finnegans", J. Audiberti...
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine slightly faded.
Work illustrated with 507 photographic illustrations in text and full-page.
Handsome copy.

Fourth edition.
Half black cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

First edition.
Contributions by L. Hautecoeur, P. Francastel, J. Guitton, V. Marrero, E. Berl...
One joint rubbed at head, a library classification sticker pasted at head of first cover.

First edition, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
A good copy.

Definitive edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pierre Hamp to Maurice Blanchot: "... Bon appétit".
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
A small marginal tear to the middle of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Precious signed autograph inscription from the translator to Maurice Blanchot.
A slight angular lack at the foot of the second cover, spine with a clear dampstain at foot.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Marcel Guersant to Maurice Blanchot: "... critique éminent devant lequel l'auteur ne se présente qu'avec crainte et tremblement. / J'ose offrir ce livre, où - dans un silence profond - la grâce se fraye la voie d'une âme" ["... eminent critic before whom the author presents himself only with fear and trembling. / I dare offer this book, where - in profound silence - grace carves the path of a soul"]
Worming to spine and covers, complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, an advance copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Luce Amy to Maurice Blanchot.
Marginal worming to head and front cover, one joint slightly cracked at foot.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Guillaume Wodli to Maurice Blanchot.
Minor marginal tears to spine and covers, light scratches of no consequence at foot of second cover.

First collected edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Elegant half green morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (sunned) preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome autograph inscription from Henri Michaux to Maurice Blanchot.
A very good copy in a perfectly suited binding.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Denis Marion to Maurice Blanchot: "... ce faux-pas romantique".
Two small stains on the front cover.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Lucienne Favre to Maurice Blanchot.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Gabriel d'Aubarède to Maurice Blanchot.
Two tears to the spine which also has a lack at foot.

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond Buchet to Maurice Blanchot.
Small tears with minimal lacks to the first cover, joints cracked at head and foot.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Mauclère to Maurice Blanchot.
Joints slightly cracked at head and foot.

First edition, false statement of third edition, Service de Presse stamp.
Precious signed autograph inscription from the author to his friend Maurice Blanchot: "... à qui je ne veux rien dire de ce livre si plein de douleur, mais qui, j'en suis sûr, comprendra" ["... to whom I want to say nothing about this book so full of sorrow, but who, I am sure, will understand"].
From 1933, Blanchot was the principal editor of the newspapers founded by Paul Lévy, "Le Rempart" and "aux Ecoutes", with clearly patriotic, anti-democratic, anti-parliamentary, anti-capitalist orientations while simultaneously focused on denouncing Hitlerism and anti-Jewish persecutions. The friendship between the two men, along with that of Lévinas, would contribute to Blanchot's political reversal as he progressively refused the anti-Semitic drift and fascist radicalization that threatened him. In 1940, he "officially" took over the direction of Paul Lévy's newspaper and in November saved him by warning him of his imminent arrest. Paul Lévy fled to Morocco. It was during this exile that he wrote 'Le chemin de la Mosquée', a novel inspired by his political engagement of the 1920s-30s and questioning their consequences. A painful text that Blanchot could indeed "understand".
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to Maurice Blanchot.
Lower cover soiled, final free endpaper spotted.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches, the only large paper copies.
A rare and good copy of the first critical essay and second book of Maurice Blanchot after Thomas l'Obscur.
Provenance : Maurice Blanchot's library.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Philippe de Félice to Maurice Blanchot.
A small tear at head of spine which also shows minimal worming.
Complete with publisher's slip.

New edition, illustrated with 9 lovely hand-colored sepia lithographs hors-texte.
Publisher's polychrome dark blue boards. Large decorative plate on the upper cover in red, gold, blue and cream. Smooth spine decorated with two polychrome plates. A polychrome central medallion stamped on the lower cover. Spine lightened. A pale dampstain in the upper margin; some scattered foxing on well-white paper. Handsome copy.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Francis Jeanson to Maurice Blanchot.
Iconography.
A stain at foot of first cover, otherwise handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Sternberg to Maurice Blanchot.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Rai de Roth to Maurice Blanchot.
Iconography.
One stain at foot of front board, otherwise handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Robert André to Maurice Blanchot.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip. Worming to front board.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Jean Chatenet to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from André Billy to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jacques Chastenet to (Maurice) Blanchot.
Minor worming of no consequence to spine and boards.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Precious full-page signed autograph inscription from the author to Maurice Blanchot: "... qui approfondit chaque jour davantage les mystérieux rapports de la vie et du langage..." ["... who deepens each day the mysterious relationships between life and language..."]
Iconography.
Small tear to head of front cover.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Jean Husson to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by George Meredith to Maurice Blanchot.
Two tears at head and foot of spine, marginal worming to first cover, one angular stain to front endpaper.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Small marginal tears without loss to first cover.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Armand Lanoux to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Madeleine Chapsal to Maurice Blanchot.
A small tear at head of first cover, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription from Claude Digeon to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Patrick Waldberg to Maurice Blanchot.
Three small stains at head of first cover.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Robert Kemp to Maurice Blanchot.
First cover as well as pages of first gathering creased at head, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Pierre Daninos to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Etiemble to Maurice Blanchot: "... en vive estime (et jalousie)" ["with deep esteem (and jealousy)"].
A small tear at head of first cover, slight foxing to spine.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Pierre Francescat to Maurice Blanchot.
A small tear on the first cover, spine slightly warped.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Marie-Hélène Camus to Maurice Blanchot.
Photographs by Daniel Camus.
Handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Anne-Marie de Vilaine to Maurice Blanchot.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Georges Bonnamy to Maurice Blanchot.
A small tear re-glued at the foot of the spine, foxing on the top edge.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Colette Yver to Maurice Blanchot.
Two tears repaired at head and foot of spine, worming on top edge.

New edition, rare, following the first French edition published in 1786. Translation by De La Marre of the English novel: the Recess, or a tale of other time (1785).
Contemporary half brown sheep binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Havana morocco title label. Head slightly worn. Foot largely missing. A crack at foot. Corners slightly bumped. Split to upper joint at head. Modest binding.
Like Walpole's Castle of Otranto, The Recess is one of the first Gothic novels, not yet inhabited by the formulas and stereotypes that would exhaust the genre itself, but it already contains all the ingredients that would make it successful: spleen, melancholy, terror, settings of ruined castles and abbeys, secrets surrounding an obscure birth. This novel above all marks the superiority of English fiction, with a plot and narrative writing much more mature and developed than The Castle of Otranto. Two sisters live in the underground chambers of a castle, and the novel gradually unfolds the discovery of this strange situation. We read in the Historical, Literary and Anecdotal Memoirs drawn from the correspondence of Grimm and Diderot: "it is the story of a daughter of Mary Stuart and the Duke of Norfolk, a tissue of romantic incidents, sad, implausible, but whose sequence has nevertheless I know not what charm that can engage readers who love this kind of work."

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Marcel Arland to Maurice Blanchot.
Two tears at head and foot of spine, light crease mark at head of second cover.

New edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from the translator.
Provenance: from the library of Maurice Blanchot.
Minor stains of no consequence to the covers.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean Blanzat to Maurice Blanchot.
Two small insignificant stains on the spine and front cover.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Preface by Raymond Queneau.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Harry Mathews in French to Maurice Blanchot "... avec toute ma gratitude pour l"'Arrêt de mort', pour ne pas nommer tous les autres accomplis et à venir" ["... with all my gratitude for 'Death Sentence', not to mention all the others accomplished and to come"].
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Constantin de Grunwald to Maurice Blanchot.
Iconography.
Two tears at head and foot of spine.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean-Paul Weber to Maurice Blanchot.
Spine slightly sunned without consequence, a small lack to the pages of the first gathering which were poorly cut.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Bernard Savoy to Maurice Blanchot.
Spine slightly sunned, minimal foxing on covers.
Complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Annette Vaillant to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Marcel Jouhandeau to Maurice Blanchot.
Spine slightly and insignificantly sunned.

First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau to Maurice Blanchot.
Spine wrinkled, small stains on the first cover.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Marcel Jouhandeau to Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Marie-Emilie Rey to Maurice Blanchot.
A small tear at the foot of the spine, slight worming on the second cover.
Complete with publisher's slip.

Illustrated edition with 20 original etchings by André Jacquemin, one of 225 copies on Rives paper.
Publisher's full black leather binding in morocco style, spine with four raised bands showing light rubbing of no consequence, boards decorated with gilt fillets forming a geometric composition, green paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, light traces of rubbing to slipcase.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.