Paris (France)

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy with beautiful illustrated cover.

Edition illustrated with 10 hors-texte etchings by Marcel Gromaire, one of 225 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only issue after 1 unique copy, 32 on Japan paper and a few hors commerce copies on vélin d'Arches.
Endpapers partially shaded, first endpaper with small stains of no consequence, handsome copy with unfaded covers.

First duodecimo edition and first separate edition, with a revised version, after the original of 1834. The first edition appeared in Les scènes de la vie privée, the novel was integrated into the Etudes philosophiques in 1845. This version is different from the first. About the Charpentier editions, which form a sort of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A set of very great interest because for all texts, it presents a revised version, and often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) very affordable." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
Contemporary half glazed red calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large mirror tool inlaid in red and black in the Restoration style. Series of fillets, monastic rolls at head and foot. Moiré and glazed red paper on boards. Traces of rubbing, notably on boards, corners and edges. Scattered light foxing.
Handsome copy, for this edition which is very rarely found well bound.

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First edition in French.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Ralph Steadman.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed, in French and English, by Ralph Steadman to a friend named Cédric wishing him a happy birthday and accompanied by an original multicolored drawing representing him in his manner: "Happy birthday 91 sincerely. Voilà comment je te vois Cédric. Ralph Steadman."

First edition consisting of 12 plates each illustrated with a drawing by Georges Beuville.
Plate 7 concerning cap collectors is shaded.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise with flaps.

First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
Preface by Henry Bataille.
Bradel binding in blue-green half-cloth, smooth spine, blue sheep title-label, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved.

First edition for the most part.
Bradel binding in brown half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, floral paper endpapers and pastedowns, stained covers preserved.
Copy free from foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine cover illustrated by Rapeno.
Handsome copy with unfaded covers, notably discussing Jack the Ripper.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half-brown shagreen binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated covers by Sem preserved (three corner losses to boards), contemporary binding.

Edition illustrated with 10 original Cubist illustrations by Albert Gleizes, one of 800 numbered copies on laid Arches paper.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine decorated with black undulating vertical fillets and red horizontal fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Endpapers entirely shaded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, spine faded, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, copy slightly trimmed.
Some foxing.

First duodecimo edition, with a revised version, following the 1833 original. Regarding the Charpentier editions, which form a kind of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all texts, it presents a revised version, and often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) very reasonably priced." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
Contemporary half red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large mosaic mirror tool in red and black in the Restoration style. Series of fillets, monastic rolls at head and foot. Moiré and glazed red paper on boards. Signs of rubbing, particularly on boards, corners and edges. Scattered browning.
A handsome copy of this edition which is very rarely found well bound.

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

First duodecimo edition, with a revised version, following the 1833 original. Regarding the Charpentier editions, which form a kind of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all texts, it presents a revised version, and often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) very reasonably priced." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
Contemporary half red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large mosaic mirror tool in red and black in the Restoration style. Series of fillets, monastic rolls at head and foot. Moiré and glazed red paper on boards. Signs of rubbing, particularly on boards, corners and edges. Scattered pale foxing.
A handsome copy of this edition which is very rarely found well bound.

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

Edition of the same year as the first, false statement of twelfth edition.
Some tears repaired to spine, occasional light foxing.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri de Montherlant to Captain Leburaux: "... ces pages un peu plus sérieuses que celles de la Petite Infante..." (...these pages somewhat more serious than those of the Little Infanta...)

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
With the dust jacket which has numerous corner losses as well as tears and repairs with adhesive pieces, handsome interior condition.
Fine autograph inscription signed by André Brunel to publisher René Julliard: "... ces nouvelles souvenir d'une campagne parmi les Kurdes, au service de la France. En attendant les collines hostiles de Corée..." (...these stories, memories of a campaign among the Kurds, in service of France. Awaiting the hostile hills of Korea...)

First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on alfa, after only 8 japon, 24 arches and 70 pur fil.
Some light foxing to the boards.
Handsome copy of this novel magnificently adapted for cinema by Marcel Pagnol in 1937 with Fernandel, Orane Demazis and Robert Le Vigan among others.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this novel which describes, hour by hour, the day of March 22, 1968 at the University of Nanterre.

Edition illustrated with 1 frontispiece in colors, 2 figures hors-texte, 1 title vignette, 50 head-pieces, 50 initials and 50 tailpieces finely engraved on wood after drawings by Maurice Achener, one of 946 numbered copies on deckle-edged paper.
Endpapers very lightly and partially shadowed without any significance.
Handsome copy of this work adapted for cinema by Georges Franju in 1970 with, in the main roles, Francis Huster, Gillian Hills and Lucien Barjon.

First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

Edition decorated with original color illustrations by George Barbier, one of 921 numbered copies on Rives.
A fine copy.

Edition illustrated with original woodcuts by Fernand Siméon, one of 895 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed on laid paper.
Half-red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets and decorated with gilt floral motifs, some rubbing to the joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated front wrapper by Manuel Orazi preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Rare work illustrated with 25 compositions by Manuel Orazi.

First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half-black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, cat's-eye paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.

First edition in 12mo, with some parts of the text in first edition featuring text revised by the author, with a new dedication dated June 1839: "A Madame Joséphine Delonnoy".
Half-green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five smooth raised bands decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped.
Foxing, lacks to the table of contents page (not touching text) which is also soiled.
A rightly sought-after edition, like most of Charpentier's first editions.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Robert Lee.
Half-shagreen brown binding, smooth spine highlighted with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, spine rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Some light foxing.
Our copy is complete with its folding map of Virginia at the end of the volume.

Edition with colour illustrations by Georges Beuville and printed in 1000 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy with a light dampstain to the head of the first leaves.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Beuville to Rose and Henri Bourillon.

First duodecimo edition and first separate edition, with a revised version, after the original of 1834, which appeared in volume I of Scènes de la vie de province. Concerning the Charpentier editions, which form a sort of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all the texts, it presents a revised version, often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) at a very affordable price." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
Half vermillion red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large rocaille tool in mirror. 2 black calf title labels. Fillets at head and tail. Light rubbing. Very fresh copy, free from foxing, with bright white paper.
Handsome copy of this edition which is very rarely found well bound.

First duodecimo edition in a revised version, after the original of 1834. Concerning the Charpentier editions, which form a sort of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all the texts, it presents a revised version, often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) at a very affordable price." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
Half vermillion red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large rocaille tool in mirror. 2 black calf title labels. Fillets at head and tail. Light rubbing. Very fresh copy, free from foxing, with bright white paper, except for pale foxing on the first 3 leaves.
Handsome copy of this edition which is very rarely found well bound.
Volume I: Les célibataires, la femme abandonnés, Illusions perdues. Volume 2: La vieille fille, la grenadière, Message, La grande bretèche, L'illustre Gaudissart.

Edition illustrated with compositions and drawings by Léon Lhermitte, one of 525 copies on laid paper.
Occasional light foxing.
Half-red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands outlined in black fillets, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, lower corners rubbed.

Edition illustrated with 105 pen drawings by Albert Robida
Half-green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands outlined in black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, green paper boards, stamped in blind at center of first cover: "Université de France Lycée Condorcet", marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.

Illustrated edition with 12 plates of cubist illustrations by Edouard Garcia Benito.
Text by Jean Cocteau.
Work also illustrated with sketches of Capelle's aircraft.
Publisher's full paper boards, smooth spine without lettering showing rubbing, illustrated covers, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper for each volume.
Half-red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, pebbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, color illustrated covers by Adolphe Willette and Auguste Roedel preserved, speckled edges.
Poetry by Emile Goudeau, George Auriol, Léon Durocher, Prosper Marius, Victor Meusy, Albert Tinchant, Maurice Vaucaire for the first volume; poetry by Henri Bernard, Maurice Boukay, Théodore Botrel, René Dubreuil, Emile Goudeau, Victor Meusy and Raoul Gineste for the second.
Work illustrated with 17 original lithographs hors-texte by Adolphe Willette for the first volume, and 15 original lithographs by Auguste Roedel for the second.
Some rubbing at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil van gelder, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
One joint lightly rubbed.
Rare copy, beautiful illustrated cover.

Edition illustrated with 31 original black lithographs by Berthold-Mahn, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 10 on Japan paper.
Adhesive paper residue at head and foot of endpapers, two small lacks at head and foot of first cover, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Some foxing to the chemise and slipcase.
Handsome copy presented with double wrappers and cream white slipcase.

Edition, un des 100 exemplaires numérotés sur hollande, seul tirage avec 100 japon.
Reliure en demi basane bleu marine, dos assombri à cinq nerfs soulignés de filets noirs, plats de papier à la cuve, gardes et contreplats de papier marbré, tête dorée, reliure de l'époque.
Ouvrage illustré de 80 dessins et 8 hors-texte d' Auguste Roubille.
Signatures manuscrites de Louis Feuillâtre, des éditeurs François Bernouard et Gaston Chéreau et de l'illustrateur Auguste Roubille enrichi d'un petit autoportrait de son visage en dessous de la justification du tirage.
Il a été relié en tête de l'ouvrage, un éloge funèbre de Louis Feuillâtre, tombé au champ d'honneur le 21 septembre 1914 au combat de Lironville lors de la première victoire des troupes françaises de la terrible bataille de la Marne.

First edition consisting of 100 satirical drawings by Jean-Louis Forain dealing with the Panama Canal scandal.
Copy slightly warped, first cover yellowed, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this issue entirely devoted to Alfons Mucha.
Two tears and a lack to spine, a light dampstain at head of first cover, small stains at head of second.
Numerous literary contributions including those by Léon Deschamps, Frantz Jourdain, Sarah Bernhardt, Paul Redonnel, Yvanoé Rambosson, Charles Chincholle...
Issue decorated with 127 illustrations by Alfons Mucha, including the cover, and a portrait of the latter by David Ossipovitch Whidhopff.

Second edition, published the same year as the first but by the printer Cosson.
Some minor foxing.
Full green cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners slightly bumped, modest contemporary binding.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Luc Dardenne to journalist Barbara Théate.

First edition, one of 150 copies on China paper, deluxe copies.
Half-burgundy red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
Work illustrated with 1 frontispiece and 52 etchings engraved by Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic depicting the most famous artists of the time in song and dance, several represented in stage costume.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on japan paper, deluxe copy.
Covers soiled, handsome interior.
A full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper containing a triple state of Jules Chéret's etchings, the most limited deluxe paper issue after 20 on vellum.
Work illustrated with 10 etchings by Jules Chéret.
Spine and boards uniformly yellowed, handsome interior condition despite endpapers slightly and partially shaded.
An autograph inscription has been skillfully erased below the printed title on the half-title page.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a fourth state, in colors and on a loose sheet, of the frontispiece.

First edition, one of 400 service de presse copies.
A lack at foot of spine, boards slightly and marginally sunned, reading marks in black ink, probably made by the dedicatee in margins of certain psalms.
Autograph inscription signed by Patrice de La Tour du Pin: "A Jean Ballart en toute poësie."

Illustrated edition with 20 hors-texte plates as well as numerous drawings in the text by Cham.
Half-green morocco-grained shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, six gilt fillets at head and tail of spine, spine with some rubbing, green cardboard boards with epidermures, endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper, corners slightly bumped, contemporary romantic binding.
Foxing.

Illustrated edition with 34 hors-texte plates as well as 236 illustrations in the text.
Half-cherry red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands highlighted with black fillets, some black stains on the spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to Jean-Marie Paepegaey: "Bons voyages aux sources ! E. Orsenna" (Good travels to the sources! E. Orsenna)

First edition printed on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen binding in black, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, boards slightly and marginally lightened, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, stained covers preserved, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Lorrain to the writer and playwright Georges Grisier: "... qui aime mieux les pièces à femmes..." (who prefers plays with women...)

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie Darrieussecq to Michel Contat.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie Darrieussecq to Michel Contat.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue historique.
A lack to the foot of the spine, tears to the head and foot of the joints, a small lack to the lower left corner of the back board.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Marc Bloch to his student, the French historian and Alsace specialist Paul Leuilliot, at the head of the front board.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, light rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Filadelf Gorilla is the pseudonym of Alexandros Themistokles Philadelpheus (1866-1954), director of the Acropolis of Athens and its museum until 1920.

First edition dedicated to the Duchess of Rohan, one of the rare nominative copies printed on Holland paper, this one for the poetess Marie Marguerite Herminie Henriette Auguste de la Brousse de Verteillac de la Tour Blanche, Duchess of Rohan.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
First endpaper and last text page entirely foxed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Auguste Germain to the Duchess of Rohan enhanced with the manuscript signature of Robert Trébor: "A l'exquise poétesse de Laude Fleurie à madame la Duchesse de Rohan marraine de Fred avec notre profonde reconnaissance Auguste Germain. R. Trébor."

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Bradel binding in half navy blue sheep, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved and marginally soiled, bookplate pasted on pastedown, modest contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Anna de Noailles to Doctor Robin.

First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only issue after 24 pearlescent Japan and 25 light green.
Spine and boards marginally faded as usual, spine split then reglued at head, handsome interior condition.

First edition of most parts.
Half blue morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date and place gilt in the middle of the spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, binding signed Lemardeley.
Handsome copy perfectly executed.

First duodecimo edition.
Work preceded by a notice on the life and works of Beyle by his literary executor Romain Colomb followed by a literary study on Beyle by Honoré de Balzac.
Spine restored, small losses and marginal tears to boards, foxing.
Rare copy in original wrappers as issued.

First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard.
Preface by Henry Bataille.
Spine cracked with small losses, four marginal losses to boards, handsome interior condition despite light foxing to endpapers.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Charles Huard to Jean Richepin.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half grey cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt initials and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label showing traces of rubbing and lacks, bookplate pasted on pastedown, top edge gilt.
Numerous contributions including those by Paul Verlaine "Le Parnasse contemporain" "Notes jetées en chemin de fer" "La Pendule" "Mon Hameau", Joris-Karl Huysmans "L'Emblème" "Le nouvel album d'Odilon Redon", Stéphane Mallarmé "Prose pour des Esseintes" "Sonnets", André Lefèvre "L'Intelligence" "Le fond des Religions", "Lettres inédites de Jules Vallès à M. Emile Gautier", Jules and Edmond de Goncourt "Un Daumier", "Documents sur la marquis de Sade", Emile Hennequin "M. Victor Hugo", Charles Morice "La Mort des Papillons"...
Handsome copy despite light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

Edition illustrated with 35 original woodcuts in two tones by André Deslignières, one of 895 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Small tears to head of spine and to margins of covers which also show slight corner lacks without consequence, foxing to endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Abbé Relave to Madame la Générale Dupuis.

First edition in French.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt and blind fillets, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First collected edition on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition.
A tear in the middle of the spine, paper yellowed and marginally brittle as usual.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain to the theater man Edouard de Max: "A de Max, ce théâtre dont il sut si bien incarné le prince Rotherik de la Mandragore et le Morald d'Ennoïa en souvenir de Béziers et de Prométhée. Jean Lorrain. Nice 1906." (To de Max, this theater of which he knew so well how to embody Prince Rotherik of the Mandragore and Morald of Ennoïa in memory of Béziers and Prometheus. Jean Lorrain. Nice 1906.)

Illustrated edition with 450 vignettes by Gustave Doré, Myles Birket Foster...
Half-green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt quadruple compartments, gilt dots at head and foot of spine, blind-ruled frame on green cardboard boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Light discoloration on the boards.
Handsome copy despite some minor foxing.

Illustrated edition with 109 engravings including 8 etchings and one original lithograph by Jean Puy, one of 315 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only issue after 30 on old Japan and 30 on Imperial Japan.
Half-red shagreen binding with bands, smooth spine, gilt friezes at head and foot, vellum-style paper boards, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (spine in poor condition) preserved, slipcase with black shagreen borders, red cardboard boards.
The front cover has three small tears.
Handsome copy.
Both binding boards are enhanced with two original black ink drawings by Jean Puy depicting scenes from the work.

First edition.
Contemporary half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, some stains to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some marginal rubbing to boards, contemporary binding.
Marginal lack affecting 3 letters on pp. 467-469, some reading marks by the dedicatee in pencil in margins of certain paragraphs.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Jean Jaurès: "Au citoyen Mauranges. Jean Jaurès."
Georges Mauranges (1884-1975), lawyer at the Parliament of Paris and member of the Socialist Party from 1905 (identified with the "right wing" of the movement). He was a member of the 11th SFIO section of Paris and would run in the 1919 legislative elections.

Edition illustrated in black and color by François Cormon, Jean-Paul Laurens, Antonio de La Gandara, Gaston Latouche and Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet.
Half-green shagreen binding, spine lightened with five raised bands bordered by black fillets, marbled paper boards, boards marginally lightened, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners very slightly bumped.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with an original watercolor, mounted on a stub before the title page, depicting a portrait of l'Aiglon crossed by an imperial seal.
Autograph inscription signed by Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet to Henry Marcel at the top of the original drawing.

First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on hemp paper.
Printed bookplate on the first endpaper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 5 drawings by Luc-Albert Moreau.

First edition, one of 940 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reissued.
Spine sunned with a small tear at foot.
Dated autograph inscription signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Peinture d'un monde à la veille d'une guerre faite au lendemain de cette guerre signée pour mon cher Robert de Wotrenge au long - si long - d'une autre guerre. Ah ! la belle époque ! Mais la poésie n'a pas d'âge. A vous, de toute mon amitié. André Salmon Paris / II / 1949" ("Painting of a world on the eve of a war made in the aftermath of this war signed for my dear Robert de Wotrenge during the long - so long - course of another war. Ah! the beautiful era! But poetry has no age. To you, with all my friendship. André Salmon Paris / II / 1949").

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light adhesive tape marks at head and foot of endpapers.
Iconography.
With the illustrated dust jacket and complete with publisher's slip.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes to Lucie Faure.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine warped, boards soiled, a blue ink stain on the fore edge.
Rare dated and signed autograph inscription from Edouard Garcia Benito to the Uruguayan painter Pablo Mané and his wife.

First collected edition complete of the works of Marivaux. A portrait by Saint Aubin in a frame by Marillier as frontispiece.
Publisher's bindings in full contemporary blonde marbled calf. Spines with raised bands decorated in gilt compartments, gilt rolls at foot. Title and volume labels in tawny morocco. Triple gilt rule framing the boards. In the first volume, the tissue guard has caused browning to the first third of the title page opposite and to the second leaf. Lower joint of volume 1 narrowly split at head and foot, small lack at foot. Volume II: lack to lower joint at head, lack at foot. Volume III: joints split at head. Volume IV: lacks at head and foot. Volume VII: small split to upper joint at head, and a lack at head. Volume IX: lack at head. Volume X: small split to upper joint at head. Volume XII: small lack at foot. Evidence of rubbing, particularly to corners, and some corners slightly bumped, but overall fine set with relatively fresh paper, with some signatures slightly more yellowed.
The only early edition bringing together the theatrical and narrative works. As indicated by Tchemerzine (VII, 437-438), the 1825-1830 edition is less complete, only one other text by Marivaux not included in this edition will be published as supplement, in 1922: La Provinciale; moreover, the 1825 edition does not reproduce all the works contained in the 12th volume. This edition brings together rare fictional works: Les Effets surprenants de la sympathie, Le Spectateur françois, L'Indigent philosophe, Le Cabinet du philosophe, Homère travesti, Le Don Quichotte moderne, L'Éducation d'un prince, Le Miroir, La Voiture embourbée, Le Télémaque travesti... The edition brings together 51 texts by the author, including the entirety of his theatrical works.

Edition illustrated with 75 annotated drawings by Chas Laborde, one of 524 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue after 1 on Japan paper and 75 on Annam paper.
A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half-shagreen binding in burgundy, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black fillets, some rubbing to the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

First posthumous edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full brick-red percale, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy despite some minor stains on boards.
Deferential and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Georges Clarétie, the author's son, to Raymond Poincaré: "... en souvenir de son père qui aimait tant vous rencontrer à ces dîners dont vous étiez pour lui un des charmes." (in memory of his father who so loved to meet you at those dinners where you were for him one of the charms.)

Complete edition
Half-caramel sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif and bearing small traces of rubbing without gravity, gilt fillet at foot, navy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, modest contemporary binding.
Small marginal lacks to first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Edouard Dujardin.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, some light interior foxing.
Handsome copy presented in original wrappers as issued.
Literary contributions by André Ibels, Georges d'Esparbès, Georges Montorgueil.
Work illustrated by Henri-Gabriel Ibels who also illustrated the cover.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade paper with deckle edges.
Handsome copy despite two tiny lacks at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reimposed.
Spine sunned with two small lacks, dampstain to lower right corner of final leaves.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Cher Robert de Wotrenge, vous me demandez de vous signer, à l'instant de votre départ, hélas, ce livre que je n'ai pu vous offrir dans l'instant heureux de votre arrivée. Que ce roman de jeunesse vous montre ce qui survit aux écroulements, nous nous retrouvons ! A bientôt, de tout coeur. André Salmon Paris / II / 1943" (Dear Robert de Wotrenge, you ask me to sign for you, at the moment of your departure, alas, this book that I could not offer you in the happy moment of your arrival. May this novel of youth show you what survives the collapses, we shall meet again! See you soon, wholeheartedly. André Salmon Paris / II / 1943).

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half yellow cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title label with scratches, combed paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
A library shelf label pasted at upper corner of one pastedown, bookseller's description label pasted on one endpaper.

First edition printed on ordinary paper for each of the volumes.
Works illustrated with black in-text drawings by Albert Robida.
Small tears at head and foot of spine of the first volume which also has a repaired tear, some light foxing.

First edition of some parts, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Brief praise of anarchy by the author of 'Reflections on Anarchy'.
Two blue marks on the second cover.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A library shelf label glued to the head of the spine, three small stains on the first cover.
Handsome copy without statement of edition.

New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full flexible navy blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, sky blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Mathieu: "Pour SAR monseigneur le comte de Paris avec les pensées déférentes et sensibles de Mathieu. 80." (For His Royal Highness Monseigneur the Count of Paris with the deferential and heartfelt thoughts of Mathieu. 80.)

Edition illustrated with numerous facsimile autographs.
Half-shagreen bindings in red, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons and black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Minor insignificant nicks to leading edges, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing and attractively bound.

First edition on ordinary paper.
The genealogical table is lacking in our copy.
Half-red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt name at foot, blind-ruled frame on red paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

New illustrated edition with a color frontispiece as well as plates and in-text drawings in black.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with richly ornamented double compartments, triple-ruled frame on brown paper boards, front cover stamped with the gilt arms of the city of Paris enhanced with the gilt inscription "Prix municipal de dessin", white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners very lightly rubbed, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Prize book label pasted on one pastedown.
Handsome copy free from foxing and attractively bound with the arms of the city of Paris.