Paris (France)

First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête after 9 Vieux Japon and 11 Japon impérial.
Spine slightly cracked to head, nice copy.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Colette : "A monsieur L. Gosset en souvenir du pire trac de ma vie."

First Edition, one of 1595 numbered copies on vellum swamp crèvecoeur, ours one of the 15 hors commerce.
Illustrated book of a frontispiece engraved on wood by Demetrius Galanis as well as several in-text woods.
Beautiful copy despite the back slightly dug in the lead and foot.
Very nice autograph dedication signed by Henri Bosco enriched with an inscription in Greek: "For Alice Comte and Georges Raillard this table of Amalières where beneficial Megremut live and love, with the hope that to love and live - really live - is In July 1949, in Lourmarin, to show my affection and my pleasure at seeing a union formed which was not out of our mind ... Henri Bosco. "

First edition published anonymously, mention of second edition.
Tears and angular deficiencies on the back and the boards, pleasant interior state.
Rare.
Autograph signed by P. Baudin to Monsieur Dorigny at the head of the first board.
Our copy is enriched, on the guards at the beginning and end of volume, three pages of biographical notes and biographical scathing, sharp and unattractive, probably the dedicatee, about the author of this rare pamphlet, calling him cynical and vile master-singer and crook.

SALIS Rodolphe & HEMARD Joseph
Contes du chat noir
Les arts et le livre, Paris 1927, 15 x 19.5 cm, 281pp. and 278pp., 2 bound volumes
This edition was illustrated with the first printing of 180 compositions by Hémard, coloured in stencils. One of 1,100 copies on velin de Rives paper, after the tirage de tête on annam, composed of 65 copies.
Part of the Mirror of Mores (Miroir des Mœurs) collection.
Contemporary grey shagreen, spine with two large painted and varnished images, one of a stylised black cat, the other a naked woman in black, grey and white, author and title gilt, covers in mosaic vellum with a similar theme, original covers preserved. Slipcase in grey, black and gilt marbled paper, foxing to endpapers, spines lightly and uniformly sunned.
A fine copy in a handsome, unique, unsigned binding.

First edition, one of 250 copies hors commerce numbered copies on alfa paper and reserved for advance distribution.
A nice copy with a photographic frontispiece "L'inconnue de la Seine".
Exceptional and handsome autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline to Eugène Dabit to whom he dedicated, in 1937, "Bagatelles for un massacre" : "A. E. Dabit. Mon vieux j'attends de vos nouvelles. J'espère que les Baléares se sont bien terminées. Comme vous voyez la saison reprend. Tous les cons sont à bord. Je distribue les prix. Votre ami. Céline."

First edition for each volume, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper for "Avant l'exil", one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper for "En exil", each one of the 10 hors commerce, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Spine of the first volume sunned, otherwise nice set.
Illustrated with photographs.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Prince Félix Youssoupoff to Gérard Mainguet on the first volume.

First edition of which it was not drawn of great papers.
Nice copy.
Cover illustrated by Piem, incomplete copy of his flying sheet "Sketch of a classification of songs".
Beautiful signed autograph of Boris Vian: "To you Françoise Prévost who dries the tears of the least graminagrobées this book of initiation completely true and my friendship ..."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine very slightly sunned.
Humorous autograph inscription signed by Antoine Blondin : "Pour Claude Aubry qui se brule (sic) les doigts avec une belle constance et conscience professionnelles. Avec amitié. Antoine Blondin."

New edition, thousand mention.
Back slightly insolated with small gaps in the head and foot stings on the boards.
Signed autograph of Jerome Tharaud who also signed for Jean to Monsieur Girardin.

First edition, one of 50 copies on Japon, this one not included in the justification, the tirage de tête.
Spine and covers marginally sunned as usual, otherwise nice copy with edges preserved.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
A precious autograph signed by Paul Morand: "To André Malraux, in memory of his visit to the Saigon Hospital (October 1925), thinking that it would be nice for Lazare to be resuscitated as immortal, very faithfully Paul Morand".

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on Alfa paper, ours one of 14 out of trade, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Preface by Emmanuel Berl.
A beautiful autograph dedication dated and signed by Pascal Jardin to Monsieur Bos: "... who, like at the Quai des Brumes, finally knows the hidden things behind the things." The war at the age of nine, because it's him, because it's is me, Pascal. "

First edition, one of numbered copies on roto blanc for each copy.
One trace of folding to lower cover of the first volume.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Charles De Gaulle to Michel Hacq : "en souvenir de ces grandes épreuves..."
A nice copy with a moving autograph inscription signed.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil paper, this copy one of 12 hors commerce, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Slight traces of sunning, not serious, on the spine.
Nice and rare copy.

First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on vergé blanc de Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Half shagreen, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
A nice copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Jean d'Ormesson to a friend named Bertrand: "A little beauty my dear Bertrand (pity it's not me!) To tell you both my very faithful affection, to which I tell you my warm wishes, I kiss you one and the other, Jean. "

Illustrated edition of 40 original etchings by Jacques Touchet stained with stencil, one of 290 numbered copies on vellum Lana, ours one of the first 10 with an original watercolor Jacques Touchet he signed and a suite in black illustrations on Malacca.
Some friction on the case and the back of the shirt.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Insolated back.
Signed autograph of Jerome Tharaud who also signed for Jean Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back insolated, yellowed pigeon.
Autograph dedication signed by Alexandre Zévaès to Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition, on current paper, of the French translation prepared by Madame Marcel Girette.
Insolated back with a tear with missing head, paper yellowed, some marginal gaps on the boards.
Rare autograph dedication signed Israel Zangwill Maurice Martin Gard.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours unjustified.
Slightly insolated back with a tear with a tiny lack in mind.
Autograph dedication signed by Francis Jammes to Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Philippe Léotard to a couple named Thomas and Marylène.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
A small spot at the head of a guard, nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Alphonse Boudard to Raymond Mary.

First Edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum Rives pure cloth, head print.
Pleasant copy despite a slight sunshine in the margin of the first board.
Handwritten signature of Fernando Arrabal to the colophon.

Collective first edition, one of 1200 numbered copies on vellum Plutarch, only leading copies after 20 Arches paper.
Back and flat slightly and marginally discolored as usual.
Illustrated book of 4 drawings by André Masson.
Autograph signed by Michel Leiris to François Maspéro.

First edition on current paper.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Autograph signed by Gabriel Matzneff to Colette Chérot.

First Edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, only draw after 6 Japan.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Ivan Goll to Jean-Daniel Maublanc.

First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies after 13 Hollande paper.
Publisher's paper boards with an original design by Mario Prassinos.
Two folding traces, not serious, to foot of lower cover, two tiny tears not touching text on top edge.
Autograph inscription signed by Albert Camus to Max-Philippe Delatte : "A Max Delatte, prince des livres, chaleureusement. Albert Camus"

First edition, on current paper, of the French translation.
Pleasant full copy of his jacket iluustrée.
Handwritten signature dated Milan Kundera on the fake title page.

First edition on current paper.
Nice full copy of his trailer.
Autograph dedication dated and signed from Milan Kundera to Jacques Duchâteau.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by René Fallet to Henri Krakovitch: "... with the best musical memories of Paris in August and those of René Fallet in December 64."

First edition, on current paper, of the French translation prepared by Maurice Betz.
Insolated back with a tear in the foot.
Autograph signed Maurice Betz Maurice Martin du Gard: "... in testimony of mpa keen sympathy for the New Writings"

First edition, on current paper.
Slightly insolated back with a small tear in the foot.
Autograph signed by Leo Larguier Maurice Martin du Gard.

First edition and first print of the insert illustrations, full page and in colour by Albert Robida.
Publisher's binding in full grey glazed calico, first board illustrated with a polychrome composition by Albert Robida, the Paris coat of arms gold stamped on the second board, blue-grey endpapers, gilt edges.
Two blunted corners, first board slightly soiled.
Pleasant copy.

Illustrated programme-booklet of the film “La roue”
Paris 1922, 27.6 x 22.6 cm, stapled
Rare first edition of the Abel Gance screenplay for the film “La Roue,” illustrated with drawings and photographs from the film. Elegant printing in black and red by Ducros, Lefèvre & Colas.
A missing corner at the top of the first board, the first two letters of the name Pathé are missing, another at the top of the spine, a stain on the second board.

Rare invitation card to attend the exhibition of tunics created by Raymond Duncan, in the theater-gallery he founded at 34, rue du Colisée, from April 25 to June 1, 1922.
Beautiful and rare copy.
Raymond Duncan, brother of the famous dancer Isadora Duncan, installed in 1911 in Paris an academy on the model of Plato: "Raymond Duncan was fascinated by ancient Greece since childhood: the aesthetics and the way of life that he promoted to the Akademia were imbued with this influence. The press of the time glossed over the clothes worn by Raymond Duncan and his followers: "Greek-style" tunics that he / she made themselves. Behind the supposed ridiculousness of this accoutrement, these unisex tunics were a way of abolishing the differences of sexes and social classes. Raymond Duncan would have adopted this outfit after his coachman was denied access to a beach because of his livery that betrayed his social status. The life of the Akademia was organized around many activities: dance, music, weaving, gymnastics, crafts, spinning, Orphic singing, Greek language and philosophy. These courses included outside students - who paid according to their abilities - and members of the community living within its walls for a few days, months or years. Housed and nurtured - according to the vegetarian diet promoted by Duncan - the latter, in return, participated in the community economy by making sandals, spinning wool, weaving tunics on primitive crafts. These artefacts were then sold - at high prices - in the Akademia shop located rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. (Journal of the Akademia exhibition : Performing Life at Villa Vassilieff, 2018)

First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Beautiful copy despite the back very slightly insolated which has a tiny tear in the foot.

First Edition, one of 25 non-business copies literati on vellum superior, ours printed specially for Jean-Marc Campagne.
Beautiful copy despite a small tear glued back foot.
Illustrated book of watercolors by André Dignimont.
Autograph signed by Sacha Guitry below the justification of the draw.

Jules LEVY
Invitation program to the Bal des Incohérents, 11 March 1885
A. Stelmans | Paris 11 March 1885 | 15.2 x 22 cm | one leaf
Rare first edition of the invitation to the very first “Bal des incohérents” given on 11 March 1885 “at 11.30pm in the former Liberal Arts premises, 49 Rue Vivienne.”
The laid paper invitation, in a perfectly preserved state, is printed in elegant red letters and illustrated with a magnificent dry-point engraving by Henry Somm (pseudonym of François Clément Sommier).
The “Arts incohérents” was born in Paris, under Jules Lévy's initiative, writer, actor and ex-Hydropath, who organises a series of seven Parisian exhibitions between 1882 and 1893, bringing together, among others, the painters Henri Pille, Antonio de La Gandara, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Caran d'Ache, alongside hydropathic writers and journalists. His exhibition venue in the Galerie Vivienne was, during his two short – and crazy – years of existence, also the scene of memorable costumed balls, which are referenced in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
During this first ball, “The walls were adorned with signs sententiously announcing “Melancoly may not enter,” or even, “Please do not spit on the ceiling.” The ball ended with the proclamation of the Incoherents' order: a rosette of every color must never be worn, attributed to all guests. If we are to believe the descriptions and the contemporary engravings, the costumes were extravagant: artichoke men, an academic with a turkey's head, a missionary eaten by savages covered in bacon and watercress with a spit through the body, a Morris column, etc.” (Philippe Villemin).
The movement is famous for its luxurious publications, accompanied by high quality engraved reproductions, of which this ephemeral document is a rare testimony.

Rare original prospectus of the play "Impressions of Africa", adapted for the theater by its author Raymond Roussel. It was performed during three evenings at the Théâtre Antoine in the spring of 1912, and counted among its spectators the artists Guillaume Apollinaire, Francis Picabia, Gabrielle Buffet and Marcel Duchamp.
The flyer printed in black and red contains two reproductions of posters of the play on the first and the last dish. Inside, we find its complete distribution and the title of the main scenes, including "The one-legged Lelgoualch playing the flute on his own tibia", "the evocative wall of a priest" ...
"Will the theatrical performance of the Impressions of Africa at the Antoine Theater, May 11, 1912, be hooted, whistled, as they say?" But it had at least two spectators on whom the session has produced a major influence: Michel Leiris, a child of eleven, who because of this piece will become an ethnologist in Africa, and Marcel Duchamp, a cubist painter, who because of this piece will kick off the whole twentieth aesthetic century. " (Anne Larue, "Africa at the time of Raymond Roussel", 2014)

Very rare first edition of the pamphlet "Hungary, rising sun", printed on blood red paper and written following the crushing of the Hungarian revolution, in November 1956.
Two traces of vertical and horizontal fold.
The leaflet was co-signed by Yves Elléouët, Elie-Charles Flamand, Georges Goldfayn, Louis Janover, Nora Mitrani, Jacques Sautès, Jean Schuster, Jean-Claude Silbermann, Jacques Sénelier, Robert Benayoun, Andre Breton, Jean-Louis Bédouin, Adrien Dax, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Jose Pierre, André Pieyre of Mandiargues and Benjamin Péret.

Banknote from the
«Banque des soirées fantastiques»
[«Bank of fantastic evenings»]
Paris [1845-1852]
| 23.8 x 14.6 cm | one leaf
Extremely rare invitation to the «fantastic evenings,» of the famous illusionist and magician Robert-Houdin, which were held in his theatre on Rue de Valois between 1845 and 1852. The document entitled «Bank of fantastic evenings: come and see us five hundred times» is lithographed on silk paper and has adhesive remains on the back of the four corners.
The invitation is magnificently framed by a decorative frieze of dancing playing cards and imps; two humorous notes are written on the drums: «the law punishes forced labor, any individual will be sentenced to the galleys,» «any counterfeit of this note will only be accepted as long as it is not the same thing.»

Rare first edition of the double invitation programme to a "Groupe des Six" concert on June 19, 1920, and to the second "Jeune Peinture française" exhibition from June 17 to July 4, 1920 at the Galerie Manzi-Joyant et Cie.
This document combines a musical event (with works by Francis Poulenc, Louis Durey, Arnold Schoenberg, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Germaine Tailleferre) with a paintings exhibition by Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Félix Vallotton, Paul Sérusier and Paul Signac, among others, as well as sculptures by Aristide Maillol and Antoine Bourdelle.
The program announces the avant-garde concert of the "Groupe des Six" formed the same year by poet Jean Cocteau. It was part of a long series of memorable performances organized since 1917 by the young pianist-composers of the "Groupe des Six", where music was played and poems declaimed (this program also mentions the reading of Guillaume Apollinaire's Bestiaire and four poems by Paul Claudel).
On the reverse is an invitation for four people to the second exhibition of the "Jeune Peinture Française" group presided by Pierre Bonnard and Auguste Renoir.