Paris

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 Mérimée in English to his friend Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, the famous Swiss watchmaker, with whom Mérimée stayed during his first stay in London.
Three ex-libris pasted on the back of the first binding cover.
Some minor bites without gravity.

Critical edition established by Pierre Mollier.
Illustrations, preface by Alain Bauer.
Pleasant copy.
Beautiful autograph shipment "dated masonic" and signed by Pierre Mollier to a Freemason sister named Annie: "To my TCS (the three Masonic points delimiting each TCS initial for very dear sister) who now knows the real (illegible word) discovered in the mists of the North! This invitation to travel to the sources of our Masonic tradition for the work done together and the projects to come ... "

First edition, one of the few non-commercial copies justified by the author.
Pleasant and rare copy despite a tiny lack at the top of the back and a small trace of fold at the top of the first cover.
Printed library stamps on the table of contents page and on the back cover.
Autograph tribute dated and signed by Maurice Francis Nouveau-Piobb

first edition .
Pleasant copy, silent back.
Autograph dated and signed by Aristide Bochot to a friend named Corbelletto: "Let us suppress the gods and there will be no more tyrants. Thought dedicated to my excellent friend Corbelletto."

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
Back very slightly exposed, otherwise fine copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph signed by Georges Hugnet to Albert Béguin.
Illustrated book with a cover by Pablo Picasso.
Beautiful copy despite a tiny marginal tear on the front cover.

first edition.
Binding in full ocher canvas, smooth back, piece of navy sheepskin, preserved covers with small angular gaps mostly filled.
Rare autograph shipment signed by Jules Tellier to Gaston Prunier.
Freckles, flying cover page.

first edition on current paper.
Binding in half shagreen burgundy, smooth back decorated with triple cold fillets at the head and tail, back with slight scratches without gravity, marbled paper plates, blunt upper corners badly reinforced with adhesive pieces, guards and counterplates of marbled paper, preserved covers and back, Contemporary binding.
Autograph signed by Jean Ajalbert to Armand Charpentier.
Our copy is complete with the amusing leaflet beginning thus: "the author absent from Paris came back there expressly for this 'press service'. Old habit of a man of letters, over sixty years old, who still grant some charm to a dedication, and do not reserve their signature to the passer-by in search of an autograph at a fixed price ... "to which Jean Ajalbert added a few words.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies reserved for "Good sheets".
Binding in half shagreen, slightly back with four nerves, date in the tail, moiré paper plates, guards and counterplates of marbled paper, golden head, binding from the contemporary signed Saulnier.
Autograph dedication signed by Joseph Delteil to Jean-Jacques Brousson on the front cover.

first edition on current paper.
Small marginal tears on the front cover and the back.
Autograph dedication signed by René Benjamin to Félix Billot and André Lair.

New edition for which it was not printed from large papers.
Binding to the bradel in full red fabric of the editor, smooth back, complete copy of his rodhoïd as well as his trailer.
Autograph signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor to Jean-Paul Grand president of the Maison pour tous.
Pleasant copy.

First collective edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers.
Pleasant copy.

First edition.
Half burgundy shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, gilt date at foot.
Fine copy free from foxing.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print with 75 Japon.
Pleasant copy.

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Pleasant copy.

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Binding in half red morocco, spine with five nerves, plates, guards and counterplates of marbled paper, preserved covers, golden head.
Rare autograph signed by J. Joachim Nin, in Spanish, to Armand Godoy.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the margins.

first edition on current paper.
Beautiful autograph signed by Hector Bianciotti to Nathalie (Sarraute).

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful copy.
Autograph signed by Beatrix Beckà Nathalie (Sarraute).

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Beatriw Beck to Nathalie (Sarraute).

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful copy.
Autograph signed by Beatrix Beck to Nathalie (Sarraute).

First collective edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Autograph signed by Beatrix Beck to Nathalie (Sarraute).

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph dedication signed by Jean Freustié to Jean-Louis Curtis.

first edition on current paper.
Publisher's binding in full black canvas, smooth back.
Beautiful complete copy of his illustrated jacket.
Autograph signed by Emmanuel d'Astier to Georges Simenon.

First edition, one of 1200 numbered copies on vellum, only print with 18 Japan.

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers, one of the review copies service.
Covers illustrated with drawings by P. Picasso, Victor Hugo, F. Léger, A. Giacometti, A. Masson and J. Dubuffet.
Autograph signed by Gaëtan Picon to Nathalie Sarraute.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
Beautiful copy wide-margined.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice autograph signed by Claude Aveline to his friends Max (Philippe Delatte) and to his wife Geneviève.

First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on 'ordinary paper', single edition with 10 Japan, 15 China and 75 Holland paper.
Our copy, printed as a 'special copy', includes a page from the manuscript of the book pasted opposite the title page and is enriched with the author's signature.
Beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 245 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only deluxe copies ("grand papier") after 60 vergé d'Arches paper.
Pleasant copy.

first edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by André Malraux to Jean Sicurani.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper of the Marais, only large papers.
Autograph signed by Georges Conchon to Roland Bailly.
Beautiful copy.