Paris (France)

Fifth edition.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph dedication of Frank Margerin to a named Denis enriched with a drawing representing his fetish hero Lucien, leaning on the zinc of a counter, smoking his cigarette, the spirit lost in his glass of beer.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Precious autograph dedication dated and signed by Gilles Deleuze to the philosopher Jean Beaufret: "... in testimony of friendship and deep homage."
Our copy is enriched, on the margins of some sheets, annotations and handwritten references of Jean Beaufret.

Jules VERNE
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers [Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]
Jules Hetzel | Paris 1879 | 18.5 x 28 cm | publisher's binding
New edition. 111 drawings by De Neuville and Riou.
So called “Aux deux éléphants” (“To two elephants”) red publisher’s boards (plate signed “Souze, Lenègre binder” at the bottom). Lenègre b style second board, with octagonal blind tooled button. These boards coexisted alongside similar boards in 1879, but were bound by Engel. Beautiful first plate, very fresh, with shiny golds. Good spine. Good second plate with some tiny stains. The spine-ends are in position and are barely sunken. Corners straight and pointed. Scattered foxing. Very beautiful copy.
One of the legendary titles of Jules Verne’s production. Here the author has created a complex evil figure, that of Captain Némo. Of all of the author’s novels, this one took one of the longest periods to write; it will generate a great number of cinema adaptations, the first of which was by Méliès in 1907, and the most famous was in 1954 by Richard Fleisher.

First French edition, translated from English by Moulinié. Preface by Carl Vogt. 76 woodcuts in-text. In fine in volume I, 24 pages of catalogue of the Reinwald bookshop.
Publisher's green grained percaline boards, signed at the back by Lenègre. Smooth spine with roulette at head and tail. Cold framing on the boards. Rubbing on the headpieces and on the spines, as well as on the boards and corners. In volume II, the spine between the two inside endpapers with paper torn off, but not significant for the general condition of the book, even if there is some play between the body of the book and the binding. Paper untrimmed, quite white, with some foxing in the first volume. A good copy in its original binding.
"The Descent of Man" is a major turning point in 19th century biology, building a solid bridge between biology, social sciences and humanities. It is one of the first works on the theory of evolution, overturning the conceptions on the origin of man. It was only 13 years after "On the Origin of Species" that he demonstrated in this seminal work the descendance of pre-existing species, by developing the theory of sexual selection, a factor in the evolution of species and their differentiation.

Edition adorned with original illustrations by Jean Palayer.
Binding of the editor in full cardboard white, smooth back slightly insolated.
Emotion and beautiful autograph signed by Henri Bosco to his godson Henri Raillard, son of his friends George and Alice raillard: "To Henri Raillard For my dear godson Henri Bosco offers this book - because he and I love donkeys, and this one on the occasion can make a good walk in your hills Henri Bosco, Lourmarin on September 20th, 1967 "

First edition on current paper of this book dedicated to Jackson Pollock.
Nice copy despite the back very slightly insolated without gravity.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend the art critic and specialist of the New Roman Georges Raillard.

Rare first edition of the first book of the author for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Back restored with tears and gaps, angular gaps on the boards, nice interior state.
Book adorned with 27 inset reproductions and many illustrations in the text.

First edition.
The film pelicullé of the back having a tendency to detach and having caused misses, pleasant interior state.
Signed autograph dedication of Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges (Raillard), great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies, and his wife Alice: "... with the greatest esteem ..."
Our copy includes, on the margins of some sheets, reading marks (a blue ball pen reading mark) and a hand-written correction (page 95) by Georges Raillard in pencil.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Deferent autograph signed by François Cheng Georges Raillard.

New edition, a few months after the original.
A small tear stuck at the foot of the first flat, back slightly insolated with small black stitches in the foot.
Autograph dedication signed by Albert Camus to Madame Vauthier.

First edition in paperback format.
Three small gaps and marginal folds on the boards
Numerous contributors for this symposium devoted to Claude Simon and his work: Claude Simon, Jean Ricardou, Georges Raillard, Gerard Roubichou, Jean-Pierre Vidal, Jacques Leenhardt ...
Autograph signed by Claude Simon and Jean Ricardou to their friend Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper.
Back slightly wrinkled, some scratches on the bit.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy Claude Ernoult.

First edition, one of the review copies service, ours one of the 13 justified and numbered by Michel Butor to be enriched, next to the page of justification of the draw, an origami monkey directed by Michel Butor .
Pleasant copy despite small paper dumps adhsif heads and feet of the guards.
Affectionate autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard underneath the printed dedication "For my Georges": "You especially dear Georges Raillard Michel Butor, Paris, March 20, 1967."

First edition on current paper, mention of third edition.
Braid binding in full glossy marbled paper, back with false nerves adorned with boxes, some rubbing on the caps, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved.
Autograph signed by Henri de Regnier to Professor Léon Binet.
Provenance: from the library of Eugene Reveney with his ex-libris engraved on China.
Our copy is enriched, on the margins of some leaflets, 16 original preparatory drawings, in pencil or blue ink, the painter Gaston La Touche for an illustrated edition of "The winged sandal" as well as This is explained in a note written by Eugène Reveney and pasted on a guard.

First edition in the trade, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by André Suarès to Monsieur Fabre.

First Edition, one of the 620 ex numbered on vellum, only draw with 16 Japan.
Frontispiece, a portrait of the author by Borès engraved on wood by G. Aubert.
Small tears and gaps in the head and foot of the back. Little black stings on the first guard.
Signed autograph of Jules Supervielle Georges Duhamel.

First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on China, head print.
Back very slightly insolated without gravity.
Our copy is enriched with a business card on which Edouard Herriot added a few words as a thank you (two spots on the business card) .

First edition of the French translation by Georges Pillement, one of 106 numbered copies on laid Rives, after only 7 Madagascar and 25 Holland paper.
Insolated back and with a spot in the middle, guards very slightly shaded, copy at all margins.
Autograph signed by Georges Pillement Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition printed in 10 copies of this reprint from the bulletin of the Historical Society of the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Illustrated book of 11 plates inset.
Braided bradel binding in vellum-like flaps, smooth back decorated with medieval calligraphy decorations, boards decorated with the same calligraphy, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets and back in poor condition preserved, binding from the time signed AF Thiébaut.
Pleasant copy in spite of small tear without gravity at the head of the first leaflets.
Signed autograph from Paul Fromageot to Monsieur Bernard.

New edition of the French translation, this one prepared by Jean Camp.
Back insolated, a small tear in the foot of the second board.
Inset illustrations, foreword by René Bouvier.
Signed autograph of Jean Camp Maurice Martin du Gard: "... this bucolic painting of a time cousin of ours ..."

First edition one of the numbered copies on including well, in frontispiece, the original dry-point of Hans Bellmer.
Back insolated, a small tear in the foot of the second board.
Illustrated book, in-fine, a cul-de-lamp Hans Bellmer.
Signed autograph of Maurice Raphael Carmen Tessier enriched with a heart crossed by an arrow and the mention PLV (For Life).

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy, annotations of the dedicatee in pencil on the last guard.
Signed autograph of Jean d'Ormesson to Pierre (Moinot): "My dear Pierre, my dear Madeleine, I kiss you both Jean."