Paris (France)

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 Japan, 20 Holland and 20 Alfa.
Work illustrated with 5 portraits.
Handsome copy.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small tears of no consequence at head and foot of spine.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Isabelle Autissier to a couple of friends named Manon and Guillaume.
Navigator Isabelle Autissier is the first woman to have completed a solo round-the-world race in a competition in 1991

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red sheep binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, front wrapper preserved, modest binding.
Brief but fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Leautaud: "A Louis Mandin"drial esclave", son camarade d'esclavage. P. Léautaud."

First edition, one of 212 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe copy.
Last gathering coming loose, final endpaper partially creased, light foxing on first endpaper and some deckled edges.
Handsome copy with full margins.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie Darrieussecq to English poet Ian Monk with a small drawing of a baby bottle: "... amitiés et bon courage. Marie Dq."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Freustié to Pascal Jardin.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Full-page autograph inscription signed by Daniel Picouly to a friend named André: "André vous avez un fils qui fait de très belles images. Moi je me débrouille a essayer avec les mots. Daniel." (André, you have a son who makes very beautiful images. I manage to try with words. Daniel.)

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, final endpaper and facing page partially shaded.
The only general of the Second World War to have been elevated to the dignity of marshal during his lifetime, Alphonse Juin was one of the great leaders of the Liberation Army in 1944-1945 and distinguished himself throughout the Italian campaign at the head of the French expeditionary corps, notably at the Battle of Garigliano in May 1944, opening the gates of Rome to the Allies who had been bogged down before Monte Cassino.

First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Spine uniformly sunned. Scattered foxing.
Armorial bookplate, Comte Coustant d'Yanville, Daniel de Grangues.
The first work by Poe translated by Baudelaire, with his preface Sa vie, son oeuvre, first link in Baudelaire's conquest of his literary prose double, destined to definitively establish the name of Charles Baudelaire alongside Poe.

Illustrated edition with black hors-texte engravings heightened in white or in colors by Mariette Lydis, one of 800 numbered copies on laid paper.
Preface by Octave Mirbeau.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half-sheep dark green binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped.
Ink name serving as bookplate at head of title page.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half-shagreen brown binding, spine slightly sunned with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed David.
Pale dampstain at foot of leaves.

First edition on ordinary paper with a beautiful illustrated cover.
A minute lack at foot of spine, slight corner losses to first endpaper which also bears a numbered annotation in pink ink.
Handsome copy in original wrappers, as issued.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with three raised bands decorated with gilt dots and adorned with brown morocco pieces depicting cannonballs cutting through the air and red morocco pieces representing the colors of two crossed flags, rubbing to the bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed by Caulet, Toulouse bookbinder.

Edition illustrated with 23 watercolors by Pierre Brissaud colored with pochoir and printed in 512 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with full-page drawings by Jean Effel (the first in colors, the others in black), one of 430 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe issue.
One tear re-glued at head of spine.
A handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with 15 in-text vignettes watercolored by Pierre Laprade, one of 325 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 25 copies on Japan paper variously enhanced.
Some minor foxing.
A handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with 104 illustrations by Louise Hervieu including 20 plates, one of 350 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only issue after 16 Japan and 35 Holland copies.
Unlettered spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, boards marginally sunned.
This collection of poems contains the famous "Strophes pour se souvenir", a poem paying tribute to the members of the F.T.P. - M.O.I. of Missak Manouchian shot at Mont Valérien on February 21, 1944. This moving poem would be set to music and performed in 1959 by Léo Ferré under the title "L'affiche rouge" referring to the ignominious red poster displayed by the Vichy regime depicting the F.T.P.-M.O.I. as vulgar and criminal foreign terrorists.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Jean Ballard who was the director of the literary review Les Cahiers du Sud.

First edition printed in 1100 copies on ordinary paper, the only printing with 22 on Holland paper.
Small lack to head of spine, one fold to upper left corner of back board, some foxing.

Illustrated edition with 10 hors-texte etchings (including a frontispiece) by painter and engraver James Tissot, stamped with the artist's red seal, one of 450 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands adorned with gilt garlands and decorated with gilt motifs enriched with two red mosaic morocco pieces depicting petals, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Illustrated edition with 21 black and white figures printed on China paper by Célestin Nanteuil and Henri Baron as well as numerous in-text engravings.
Text augmented with a description of Jerusalem by Alphonse de Lamartine.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments ornamented at their centers with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, combed edges.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition, very rare. Not listed in Carteret (illustrated Romantic books). 8 hand-colored engravings, including a frontispiece, all published by Gabriel de Gonet, and several lithographs placed as headpieces. Printed on heavy laid paper.
A manuscript on a loose leaf occupying 2 pages, written in brown ink and dated 1845: Le renard et la cigogne, signed L. Fortoul, text which appears in the collection on p.33. Other texts by the same author are found in the work. Louis Fortoul was an author of tales and works for young people.
Full burgundy morocco binding signed at bottom of front pastedown Quinet. Spine with raised bands, compartments richly decorated and inlaid with brown morocco quatrefoils. Boards decorated in the Du Seuil style, with fleurons in the corners. Wide inner dentelle. All edges gilt. Slight traces of rubbing, notably on the lower board.
Superb copy.
This collection lists all the well-known nursery rhymes and songs still sung to children today: Nous n'irons plus aux bois, Il court... le furet, Il était une bergère, Gentil coquelicot, La mère Michel, Cadet-Rouselle, etc... One finds numerous tales that became popular set to music like Le petit chaperon rouge, Le petit poucet, and some adapted from La Fontaine's fables.

Edition illustrated with 8 color plates and black figures in text by Job.
Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with large colored vignette, endpapers and pastedowns of beige paper.
Light foxing on endpapers and edges.
Handsome copy.

First edition, very rare. One frontispiece and one figure in lithography hand-colored within a polychrome and gilt lithographic frame.
Copy as issued, in its original wrappers, with its rare illustrated covers. At the center of the upper cover, Saint Michael slaying the dragon, at the bottom of the medallion, various alchemical instruments, the whole framed by dragons and at the top the devil. Spine cracked with lacks at head and tail and lower joint. Small lacks to covers at edges and to lower joint at tail and head. Trace of pale yellow dampstaining in the middle at bottom of page in margin up to p. 131, gradually fading. Fresh throughout with some pale foxing.
The work records 42 legends on the devil's relations with man, including the story of Faust, the whole told with erudition and undeniable narrative talent by Collin de Plancy.

First editions of these three works by Madame Campan uniformly bound. One portrait frontispiece to the memoirs and a second to the Journal. This journal, called anecdotal, is composed of recollections from numerous conversations with Henriette Campan (Napoleon frequently appears) and unpublished correspondence with her son. In her book on the education of young girls, the treatise is followed by several exemplary theatrical pieces, modeled on those of Madame de Genlis.
Half red Russia leather binding with long grain. Smooth spine decorated with 3 fleurons, thick fillets and a roulette at tail. Red paper boards with long grain. Traces of rubbing. Skinning along the lower joint of volume 1. 10 corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing. Handsome set.
Appointed lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie-Antoinette, after having been reader to the daughters of Louis XV, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan passed into posterity for her Memoirs, which remain historical testimony on the court in the time of Louis XVI. Close to the queen, her confidante, she allows us to penetrate in a singular manner into her intimacy, notably regarding the famous affair of the queen's necklace. She remained at Versailles for more than two decades. Narrowly escaping the Terror during the French Revolution, she founded in 1794 an institution for young girls that would become famous in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where the daughters of high nobility would pass through. In 1807, Napoleon placed her by imperial decree at the head of the educational establishment of the Legion of Honor at Ecouen, where she devoted herself to training future teachers, with the wish to make Ecouen a university for women.
Rare set of Madame Campan's works in uniform binding.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours unnumbered as it is hors commerce and printed specially for the author, the only issue with 10 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with 7 original wood engravings by Frans Masereel.
Three small lacks to spine, handsome interior condition.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Humbourg to a friend named Laurence: "A Laurence ce vieux petit livre où passe un peu de la tristesse du monde, ces paysages où ne fleurirent pas les roses... le boy de sa majesté n'est ni gai, ni encourageant c'est en somme un brave garçon aussi mystérieux que tout le monde. Il lui sera beaucoup pardonné, puisqu'il n'a jamais pu beaucoup aimer. Tendrement et fraternellement Pierre." (To Laurence this old little book through which passes some of the world's sadness, these landscapes where the roses did not bloom... the boy of her majesty is neither cheerful nor encouraging, he is in sum a good fellow as mysterious as everyone else. Much will be forgiven him, since he has never been able to love much. Tenderly and fraternally Pierre.)

First edition.
Spine cracked with small lacks at head and foot, occasional foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to the historian of the Revolution and First Empire, man of letters and journalist Henri Welschinger.

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on imitation Holland paper.
Work decorated with original illustrations by the author.
Front cover soiled, discreet printed bookseller's stamp on verso of front cover, some foxing.

Illustrated edition with 62 original compositions by Daniel Vierge, one of 278 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Front cover slightly and marginally shaded, minor spotting without consequence on the final endpaper, handsome interior condition.

Illustrated edition with 41 original compositions by Luc-Olivier Merson, one of 200 numbered copies on vellum.
First cover slightly and partially shadowed, endpapers marginally shadowed, handsome interior condition.

First edition superbly illustrated by Gavarni with 83 hors-texte plates as well as 600 in-text vignettes.
Between pages 254-255 of the third volume, our copy is complete with the folding map showing the Progressive March of Cholera Morbus in Asia and Europe from 1817 to 1832.
Half-brown shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some foxing as usual.
Le juif errant is one of the greatest bestsellers of the 19th century, published just after Les mystères de Paris. To the narrative qualities of Les mystères de Paris, Le juif errant adds the intervention of the supernatural and the fantastic, represented by the legendary vagabond who gives his name to the book. Preceded by cholera, which inspired Eugène Sue to write anthology pages, the legendary Jew returns from beyond the seas and beyond the centuries to prevent the Society of Jesus from seizing a fabulous fortune by eliminating its heirs one by one. Le juif errant being an adventure novel taking place in the four corners of the world. It triggered an anti-Jesuit movement in France.
If Eugène Sue is more or less forgotten today, he was not only one of the most famous novelists of the 19th century but the most read in Europe, and even Dostoevsky was a regular reader of his work.
Few writers of this era benefited from the editorial qualities demonstrated by Les mystères de Paris and Le juif errant, abundantly and superbly illustrated. He was Dumas's main competitor, and the latter thought he would even outlive him.

Edition illustrated with in-text and full-page engravings by Tony Johannot.
Publisher's binding in full navy blue cloth, smooth spine richly decorated with a gilt allegory, blind-ruled frames on boards, front board ornamented with large gilt decoration, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns marginally soiled, all edges gilt.
Some light foxing, some light discoloration stains to board margins.
Handsome copy in its decorated romantic publisher's binding.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in brown half cloth, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label, combed paper boards, small discoloration stains to board margins, illustrated covers by Félix Vallotton preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Cover illustrated by Félix Vallotton.

First edition decorated with a double frontispiece (the second bearing the printed mention "Joco-Seria" as on the half-title), as well as 48 plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text.
Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and lined with small restorations.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy complete with its covers.

Illustrated edition with color watercolor plates by Raymond Brenot, one of 134 copies on tinted Renage vellum.
Publisher's full caramel sky binding, smooth spine very lightly discolored, first cover decorated with a gilt illustration, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with a duplicate suite of the illustrations in sanguine.

Variorum edition incorporating all the remarks, notes and variants from previous editions (Le Duchat, La Monnoye, Gueullette, Voltaire, Marsy, etc.).
Contemporary half calf bindings with brown corners signed Pivoteau at the foot of volume I. Smooth spine decorated with 2 large mirror tools at head and foot, within frames. Cold-rolled borders on boards and corners. Wave-pattern paper boards. Marbled edges. Scattered foxing. Fine copy in Restoration binding.
Headcap of first volume very slightly damaged with small loss, some stains on lower spine of the last three volumes. Foxing not affecting the plates.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 9 hors-texte plates by Devéria, as well as 120 grotesque figures hors-texte engraved on wood by Thompson at the end of volume 9.
Handsome copy in a signed contemporary binding.

New edition, first edition in part as completed with the account of the 1953 expedition, limited to one thousand copies.
Preface by Félix Trombe, work illustrated with 46 heliogravures.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small tears at head of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Haroun Tazieff to Jean Libbe.

Edition illustrated with original color illustrations by George Barbier, one of 53 numbered copies on japon impérial.
Half almond-green morocco binding with corners, faded spine with three raised bands, gilt date at foot, boards marginally faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed F. Hauttecoeur.
Handsome copy.

First edition. The illustration consists of very numerous in-text drawings and approximately 45 plates. The work has a thoroughly satirical and humorous design characteristic of the author, even though the text contains solid information on the practice of sports in Paris at the end of the 19th century, notably the new sports.
Publisher's periwinkle blue cloth binding with special decoration for the edition. Smooth spine decorated with a fleuron. Light soiling. Headcaps rubbed with small cuts. Corners slightly turned and rubbed. Paper very fresh except for some rare and pale foxing.
The sports are classified into 3 groups: natural sports (walking, boxing, racing...), mechanical sports (court tennis, lawn-tennis, cane, croquet...), sports involving the use of animals (polo, coaching, riding

Illustrated edition with 22 watercolors by Guy Arnoux and printed in 550 numbered copies on laid paper.
Spine and covers slightly and uniformly yellowed, handsome interior condition.

Edition illustrated with pochoir-colored illustrations by Joseph Hémard, one of 940 numbered copies on handmade vellum, the only issue after 60 imperial Japan copies variously enriched.
Spine and boards marginally yellowed as often, small adhesive paper marks at head and foot of endpapers, pleasant interior condition.

First edition.
Illustrated with 42 compositions including 7 plates.
Boards partially and very lightly shaded, otherwise a handsome copy.

Second edition on ordinary paper printed immediately after the first edition in which appear the three chapters on Balzac that caused scandal.
Half morocco-grained shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Lavaux.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Foxing to endpapers and throughout all leaves in their margins.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne: "A André Fraigneau bien sympathiquement. Jacques Chardonne."

First edition, one of 44 numbered copies on Japan paper, the most limited deluxe issue after the 40 copies on papier vert lumière.
Small stains on both covers of the cream dust wrapper.
Handsome copy presented under double covers.

First edition, one of 144 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 copies on Japan paper.
Some light foxing affecting mainly certain leaves at their margins.
As frontispiece, work illustrated by Don with a portrait of Tristan Bernard.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Bernard to Paul Bouju.

Edition illustrated by Georges Beuville, one of 3000 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Text followed by "Portrait de Cecil Beaton" by Violette Trefusis.
Preface by Christian Dior, illustrations by Cecil Beaton.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half sky-blue cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label with scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.

Second edition with some parts in first edition.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted to head of one endpaper.
Work illustrated with engravings in text and plates.
Copy without foxing.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on laid paper pur fil Lafuma Navarre and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine slightly sunned, a stain to upper left margin of one endpaper and to half-title and title pages, occasional light worming to interior.

Illustrated edition with 70 drawings by Joseph Hémard, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum with illustrations hand-colored by pochoir.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 178 drawings by Louis Morin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt floral motif, brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary signed binding
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Morin to Léon Hennique: "A mon cher maître Léon Hennique de tout coeur..." with an original pencil drawing.
Provenance: from the library of Léon Hennique with his bookplate pasted at head of pastedown.

First edition illustrated with drawings in and out of text by the author.
Half black morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with gilt animal motif, light scratches of no consequence to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Félicien Rops.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with drawings by the author.
Beautiful illustrated cover by the same.
Handsome copy.

Second complete edition, with some parts in first edition, expanded with a second volume, in the translation by Ramond de Carbonnières, annotated and augmented with his observations. 8 pages of catalogue at rear.
Contemporary full brown marbled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label, green morocco volume label. Headcap of volume I worn down, joints cracked at foot. On volume 2, upper joint cracked at foot. Rubbing. 4 corners slightly bumped. Some foxing in margins.
Coxe made 2 journeys (in 1766 and 1779) through the Swiss cantons, his letters abound with picturesque descriptions, augmented by the translator's remarks who also made a journey to Switzerland. A second volume would appear the following year.

Edition illustrated with 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker. Catalogue AI at rear for 1880.
Publisher's binding known as "à la bannière", royal blue on red ground. Beveled boards of type 7. Lower board of type Lenègre 3 in blind. Plate signed Souze, binding signed Lenègre at foot.
Fine upper plate. Traces of rubbing in the blue cartouche. Spine sunned but with gilding well preserved. Corners rubbed. Rubbing to headcaps. Second board good. Edges perfect. Some scattered foxing, notably on the first leaves and the last, but overall rather clean on good white paper. Handsome copy.
One of the author's great classics, 2 children searching for their shipwrecked father, which takes the reader from Scotland to New Zealand via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of Magellan, the Andes cordillera, the Argentine pampas, the Cape of Good Hope, Amsterdam Island, and Australia.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Hubert Reeves to a woman named Anne-Florence.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some reading marks and annotations in black ballpoint pen on certain pages.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline on the half-title page accompanied, opposite, by a drawing of a flower.

Edition illustrated with wood engravings by Paul-Emile Colin and printed in 150 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 96 hors-texte plates.
Handsome copy despite inevitable light foxing inherent to the quality of China paper, light traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers.
Our copy, as stipulated in the print justification, is indeed complete, at the end, with the 10 additional wood engravings distributed across 8 plates.

First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland.
Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
Fine copy lacking its slipcase.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to journalist Maurice Noël.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Fernando Arrabal to Robert Kanters: "A Robert Kanters, je vous déteste, Fernando Arrabal ayant rayé ce dernier mot et le remplacer par "aime", Arrabal.

First edition in French, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
A handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jabès to the Bulletin du livre.

First edition consisting of nine plates of characters caricatured by Sacha Guitry to whom he gave animal names, one of the few copies on johannot montgolfier d'Annonay paper.
Blind stamp in the lower right margin of the last caricature "La poule" (The hen).
Rare and fine copy of the author's second work.

New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Dekobra to Madame Xhignesse: "... ce roman écrit en Californie..." (this novel written in California)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite two small tears at head of spine.
Work illustrated with in-text illustrations by Felician Myrbach, Luigi Rossi, Louis Montégut...

The rare first edition of this early novel by the author, overshadowed by the Rougon-Macquart series, but which prefigures naturalism and whose story is based on a news item. The novel is followed by Esquisses parisiennes, a collection of 4 short stories. The second edition would not appear until 1889 with Charpentier.
Contemporary half-brown shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with black fillets. Signs of rubbing and corners slightly bumped.

First edition, one of 100 hors commerce copies on deluxe vellum, deluxe copy.
Minor tears without damage to margins of boards.
Handsome copy with full margins.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Sylvain Bonmariage to publisher Edouard Aubanel: "A monsieur Edouard Aubanel, homme sérieux, car l'amour s'amuse encore, l'histoire, et souvent le lecteur. L'histoire est le plus beau des romans et les bons romans sont de l'histoire pure et vraie, les romanciers n'étant pas des historiens. C'est une absurdité que de prétendre faire de l'histoire un jugement moral des faits qu'elle altère et ne devrait que relater, Sylvain Bonmariage." (To Mister Edouard Aubanel, serious man, for love still amuses itself, history, and often the reader. History is the most beautiful of novels and good novels are pure and true history, novelists not being historians. It is an absurdity to claim to make history a moral judgment of the facts it alters and should only relate, Sylvain Bonmariage.)

First edition, one of 40 numbered suralfa copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Maurice Denis.
Manuscript signature of Jacques-Emile Blanche below the justification page.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography, preface by Louis Barthou.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Nicolas Serban to Madame and Monsieur Paul Labbé.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa vellum, the only deluxe copies after 90 on Arches vellum.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by Françoise Sagan to François Orsini.

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy.
In 1926, Albert Londres, who had already traveled to numerous countries in his capacity as a reporter, settled in the Phocaean city. Marseille porte du Sud, an account consisting of twelve articles, is a true documentary and above all a tribute to this cosmopolitan city.

First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on japon impérial, deluxe issue.
Spine slightly sunned with minor lacks at foot.

New edition of the French translation established by Laurent Tailhade, one of the numbered copies on vellum.
Work illustrated with original pochoir illustrations by Georges Lepape.

Edition illustrated with 16 original illustrations in and out of text by Georges Leonnec as well as head- and tailpieces, initial letters and culs-de-lampe, one of the numbered copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned.
The translation was done by Jacques Amyot and largely revised by Paul-Louis Courier.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Catulle Mendès to Paul Foucher in pencil on the front endpaper.

Edition illustrated with 22 original woodcuts by Raoul Dufy, 21 of which hand-colored by Jeanne Rosoy and L. Petitbarat, one of 320 numbered copies on natural raffia, the only issue after 15 Japan and 35 Holland.
Scattered foxing.

The rare first edition.
20th-century binding in the spirit of a period binding, in half red shagreen. Raised spine, blind fillets. Author and title gilt. Green wrappers preserved. Superb condition. Paper very fresh, except for the wrappers which have some darker areas.
Gilding as well as electrolytic silvering is a technique specific to the House of Christofle. Gold is present in the bath in the form of aurocyanide, silver in the form of shot. The piece, carefully polished and cleaned, is immersed in an electrolytic bath and connected to the negative pole. At the positive pole is placed the aurocyanide. Charles Christofle purchased the patents for electrolytic silvering and gilding in 1842 from Elkington. The work traces the technical aspects of the electrolysis process and relates the opposition from a certain Ruolz who contested the Christofle house's patent and claimed to have fathered it, but it turned out that his technique was different and did not achieve the same results. For 15 years, Christofle was the only one in France to produce objects silvered or gilded by this process, and permanently established the company in the world of goldsmithing and jewelry.

First collected edition in French translation by Baron Prosper Brugière de Barante. One lithographed portrait as frontispiece. Lengthy biographical notice on the life and writings of the author. This translation enterprise was the first to aim at being exhaustive of Schiller's theatre. It was decisive for knowledge of the writer in France, which did not see a new complete translation of his theatre until 2005.
Contemporary half black glazed calf binding with corners signed Bibolet at the foot of the first volume (famous binder of the Restoration and binder to Talleyrand). Raised spine decorated with compartments, fillets and rolls at head and foot. Traces of rubbing, particularly on boards and corners. Gilding somewhat faded, but handsome copy. Some pale scattered foxing.
Contains: The Robbers, The Conspiracy of Fiesco, Intrigue and Love, The Maid of Orleans, Mary Stuart, Wallenstein's Camp, The Piccolomini, The Death of Wallenstein, The Bride of Messina, William Tell, Homage of the Arts, The Misanthrope, Don Carlos, Demetrius. Notes, fragments, prefaces...

Edition illustrated with 47 unpublished drawings by Léonard Foujita.
Minor foxing to boards and a slight scratch to head of first board.
A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate brown morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, elegant contemporary binding signed by Durvand
A handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine enriched with a vertical fillet of old rose mosaicked morocco, minor rubbing traces on joints, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to the fencer, writer, art critic, collector and journalist Adolphe Tavernier.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
A handsome copy beautifully executed.