Paris

The richly illustrated first edition.
Publisher's full white cloth bindings, smooth spines, covers illustrated with a drawing by Pablo Picasso, complete with their cellophane dust jackets which show, for some, minor corner losses of no significance.
A handsome complete set in five volumes.

First edition, one of 42 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy with full margins.

[PHOTOGRAPH] Photographic portrait of Ivan Tourgueniev

Alphonse Giroux, Paris s.d. (circa 1855), 6.2 x 9.7cm, one photograph

Exceptionally rare original albumen print photograph, in visiting card format, mounted on card, showing Ivan Tourgueniev.
We have only been able to find one single copy of this photograph in the Hulton Archive collection.

Edition original sur papier courant.
spine légèrement insolé, une petite tache sur le premier plat.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Pierre Morhange à son ami le poète Charles Dobzynski se terminant en vers : "Que voulez-vous la ville était cernée / Que voulez-vous nous nous sommes aimés."

Gallimard | Paris 1934 | 12 x 19 cm | bound
First edition, one of 77 numbered copies on esparto, ours is one the 27 hors commerce copies, only large paper after 45 pure wire.
Bound in half red morocco, spine in five compartments, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, wrappers and sun exposed spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Montecot.

Precious handwritten presentation signed by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle: “à Roland Dorgelès qui connait la question. Drieu La Rochelle.” “To Roland Dorgelès who has knowledge of the matter. Drieu La Rochelle.”
A story of a WWI French soldier given to a WWI French soldier by a WWI French soldier.
A beautiful copy, pleasantly set.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Nice copy.