Paris (France)

Published by L. Aimé-Martin.
Superb red Russia, spine in six compartments with gilt fillets and double gilt compartments with gilt fleurons to centre, dates to foot of spine, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, tiny insignificant scratches to a few spines, triple gilt fillet frame to covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle frame to pastedowns, gilt fillets to edges of covers, all edges gilt.
With a portrait of Molière engraved by Taurel as frontispiece of first volume, as well as 18 illustrations by Desenne engraved by various artists.
A fine set in a superb uniform morocco binding.

Complete Edition.
Binders half red shagreen with corners, back with five nerves set with gold threads adorned with triple gilded boxes decorated in angles of black romantic arabesques, dates and golden friezes tails, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, three blankets and spine preserved (four courses with small marginal gaps), an upper corner of the third volume blunt, golden head.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph note signed by Victor Hugo Mery, brother of novelist Joseph Mery: "Dear Mery, thank your brother I will write it after reading it, but before I speak to the minister as I tell you.. Luther to Melanchthon: frater tuus frater meus, you Victor Hugo Friday 29. "..
The autograph ticket is mounted on tab and placed at the head of the third volume and accompanied by a bookseller description tag mounted on the ticket foot tab.
Pleasant copy established in uniform binding.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
With an autograph inscription from François Mitterrand to Madame Le Guen.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 75 reserved to the "Club de l'édition originale", the only large paper copies.
Signed by Marguerite Duras on the on the half title.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 75 reserved for the "Club de l'édition originale", the only large paper copies.
Signed by the author Marguerite Duras on half-title page.
A fine copy.

First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on pur-fil paper, the only large paper copies.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies after 90 on Hollande paper.
A slight scratching, not serious, to head of upper cover, otherwise a very good copy.

First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies after 90 Hollande.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A good and well-margined copy.

First edition, one of 508 numbered copies on pur fil.
Autograph inscription from Julien Green to the "intendant général" Faigue.
A very good copy with good margins.

first edition.
Binding of the editor in full sand canvas, smooth back, first shown a flat reproduction of work by Fernand Léger.
Signed autograph of Peter escargues enriched the autograph signing Albert N. Léger Michaut.
Bookplate designed by Jean Cocteau pasted on a contreplat.
Iconography.
Nice copy.

First edition in-12, published the same year as the original in-4, although its complete table of contents that was sold separately.
Copy the arms stamped on covers of Count de Broc (Britain), Lord of the Mill and Jumelière, Azure, a chevron, accompanied of three crescents, all gold.
Binders full mottled calf blond at the time. back smooth decorated with parts of title and volume number of red morocco and Havana, as well as boxes and gilded florets. boards to arms. Cuts and caps highlighted with golden threads. All marbled. A threadbare tail cap, a weakly broken tail. Some very tiny worm work on the joints. Nice copy.
. Rare edition in four volumes of this book traces the sensational trial of Robert-François Damiens, quartered last of France, condemned for his assassination attempt on Louis XV After the sentence, Damiens would have this famously laconic " the day will be tough. " History has it that the sentence is executed in atrocious conditions: more than two hours and a quarter ordeal during which the executioners had to take it to some sixty times because we were not allowed to cut the joints, as well as it was customary. This veritable torture scene is described by Voltaire in his History of the Parliament of Paris, but also by Casanova in his famous memoirs: "We had the constancy to stay four whole hours in this horrible spectacle. I will say nothing, because I would be too long, and besides, it is known to everyone. It is not known if Damiens was a fanatic who tried to kill Louis XV, or a father wanting to punish the king of having abused his daughter and thinking do a good work. We think he did not try to kill but to injure him with a knife, but the King bled a lot and thought his last hour. This people to their torment called hell monster vomited to assassinate the best of kings he believed to worship, and he called the Beloved. [...] The people of France, said M. de Voltaire even, is the most abominable of all peoples. Chameleon who takes all colors, and capable of everything a chef wants him to do good or bad. "
The book, a series of interrogative and negative issues of guilt evidence testifies to the judicial proceedings of the time; guilt is proved, sought to extort a confession by any rhetorical means; trial led him naturally to the performance that we know, demonstrating that once launched the judicial machine, we can not stop it, while Louis XV himself was eager to spare his life.

Edition, press service of punch foot in the second flat.
Signed autograph of Alain Robbe-Grillet in pataphysician Maurice Saillet.
complete book of his please insert and its trailer.
Three clear wetness on the back, and back slightly and marginally insolated boards.

First edition.
With black and white and colored reproductions of Henri Michaux's works in color.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan, the only major paper.
Bound in full marbled sheepskin, back smoothes decorated with arabesques and gold theater masks, gilded wheels on the caps, golden motto of Sarah Bernhardt "Still" topped the first board, a scratch on the sidelines of the first flat, and guards contreplats of handmade paper, frame with golden lace on contreplats, gold piping on the cuts, gilded head, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph Sarah Bernhardt Madame Hernalsteen for which it was connected the book and she should offer him.
Book decorated with many illustrations including several colors.

First edition, printed specially for ours jean prouvost.
Binding to the editor bradel full polychrome cartonnage, smooth back, first shown a photograph, slightly rubbed caps without gravity.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Jean Eparvier to jean prouvost: "... this book that I would not have known if I had not worked in his house with the expression of my respectful and loyal friendship.."
Rich photographic illustration.

Edition illustrated with 57 drawings and collages of the author, one of the review copies service.
Signed autograph of Jacques Prévert Elsa Zaudrer enriched a small tri-color drawing of a flower.
Nice copy.

first edition on the current paper.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Jacques Prévert Elsa Zaudrer.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved for the press.
Signed autograph Andre Suares Charles Laval.
bibliophile cold buffer on the half-title page.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of René Barjavel to Francis Ambrière.
Some small bites are not serious about meals and guards.

Edition on current paper
Precious autograph signed by Franc-Nohain Felix Fénéon: "... with sympathy and all respect ..."
A transverse fold marks on the front cover, without missing a small tear at the top of the first guard.

Edition in large part original, the last two volumes contain first edition: "The Council", "The Exchange", "The Duty of a Woman", "The Honeymooners," "The beginning of the Woman of Thirty" "Rendezvous", "the Finger of God", "the two meetings", "atonement" (five chapters, unrelated, form the first draft of the Woman of thirty years).
Binders half navy sheepskin, back with four false nerves decorated with dots and gold jewels, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, sprinkled edges, slightly posterior bindings dating from the second half of the nineteenth.
donos pen heads of the guards of the first two volumes.
Some foxing mainly affecting the end of the fourth and final volume.
Very rare and enigmatic autograph signed by Honoré de Balzac: Le Duc, the author of Balzac. "

Autographs erasures on the courtesy title and the dedicatee's name indicate that Balzac has resumed shipment.
Thus the author address initially in his book "Mr. Delmar" German banker and brother of Ms. Couturier St. Clair (in which Balzac read his play The School for households in March 1839) before strike his name, in a gesture indicative of his stormy relationship with the world of finance and its representatives.
The author then dedicated his book "Le Duc" with no other indication, indicating a real familiarity with the dedicatee which however included in any of Balzac's biographies.
It could therefore be the character "Duke" of the part played by Jemma Vautrin at Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in 1840, before the play, written in hopes to repay the debts of Balzac, is prohibited.

It would hardly be surprising that Balzac, who was fond of nicknames, and has dedicated these scenes of private life - including a new original story recounts a silver perverting the judgment of an artist - to one of the unfortunate players who undergoes with the wrath of critics and censorship.
With this dedication palimpsest, Balzac seems to assert the supremacy of the art on the financial vain inclinations.

Edition illustrated with 7 original etchings by Jean-Emile Laboureur, one of 300 numbered copies on vélin blanc à la cuve B.F.K. de Rives.
A tiny tear, not serious, to head of the spine, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on vélin, the only printing along with 50 alfa.
Illustrated, as frontispiece, with an original etching signed in the plate by Pablo Picasso.
Preface by Paul Eluard, collages by Valentine Penrose.
A slight trace of sunning and small tears to foot of the spine.

French Edition.
Publishers'binding with full cream canvas, smooth back, full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Signed autograph of Sarane Alexandrian Francoise Giroud: "... this exegesis of the work that dominates modern art and anti-art ..."
Iconography, print buffer bibliophile as an bookplate.
Nice copy.

First edition of the French translation.
Binding of the editor in full gray fabric, smooth back, first shown flat, complete copy of his illustrated jacket and his rhodoïd.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Marc Chagall Alex Grall.
Book illustrated with 4 color lithographs text-off driven by Mourlot, iconography.
Nice copy.

First edition of the French translation.
Binding of the editor in full blue fabric, smooth back, full copy of his illustrated jacket.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Victor Vasarely Françoise Giroud.
Iconography.
bibliophile print buffer as an bookplate, nice copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly sunned as usual.

first edition.
Binding to bradel full gray cardboard, smooth back, first shown flat.
Signed autograph of Robert Doisneau Pierre Brouard.
Illustrated book of photographs by Robert Doisneau.
A small acroc minor Length of the first flat,

Collective Edition with a biographical, literary and explanatory notes by Georges Pompidou.
Signed autograph tribute to Georges Pompidou.

first edition on the current paper.
Bel autograph signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet his friend Alex Grall: "The left leg part of my man's body being located right at eighteen centimeters Bianca, I said to my friendship Lex Alain . "

first edition on the current paper.
Binding half brown shagreen with corners, back with four nerves decorated with a caramel morocco mosaic piece depicting a stylized owl, small traces of rubbing on the back, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded head, Contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Lucien Descaves Charles Léger: "Do not you think, Charles Léger, dear colleague and friend, Gustave Courbet had well illustrated this book if it had appeared during his lifetime ...?"
Book decorated with illustrations of Steinlen.

First editions of the first six volumes of the "Original News" published in 1947 by Editions de Minuit and printed in 1000 copies on vellum, our series unjustified.
On "Words" of Vercors, autograph dedication of the author autograph signed it to Claude Aveline: "... with whom friendship is not playing on words, his loving John." enriched with a handwritten correction Vercors margins of page 38.
The back of a green funk is discolored.
Nice together.

ERNST Max. Journal d'un astronaute millénaire [From the Diary of a 1,000 Year Old Astronaut]
Alexandre Iolas, Paris 1969, 25 x 22 cm, original wrappers
First edition, printed in 1,215 copies on vélin d'Arches paper, one of the 55 first copies numbered and justified by the publisher.
This copy, as stipulated in the justification, retains its 2 frontispiece original lithographs by Max Ernst, signed by the artist.
With 50 reproductions of works by Max Ernst.
Printed ex-libris to head of one endpaper.
A fine copy.

First edition blue piublisher's plain paper cover.
Spine repaired, a very good copy, softcover as issued.

First edition.
Spine cracked to head and foot, traces of folding and small marginal lacks to covers, occasional foxing.

First edition.
A good copy, softcover as issued.

First edition.
In its original wrappers.
Occasional foxing.

A l'aube de mon destin, sept ans aux Ballets Russes First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vélin de Rives paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Publisher's binding in full grey skyvertex, the endpagpers and pastedowns in decorative marbled paper.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author as a frontispiece by Jean Cocteau.
A nice copy.

First edition of this special issue of La Plume devoted entirely to Alfons Mucha.
Binding to bradel full paper floral, smooth back room as olive green morocco, wrappers preserved and bound in, elegant binding pastiche signed Thomas Boichot.
Number adorned with 127 illustrations by Alfons Mucha and a portrait-charge of the artist Whidhopff.
literary contributions of Y. Rambosson, F. Jordan W. Ritter, S. Bernhardt, C. Seignobos ...
Rare autograph signed Alfons Mucha at the top of his photographic portrait to Mr. Duval.
We enclose a butterfly of the magazine, glue on a contreplat, warning Alfons Mucha of the impending expiry of the subscription in La Plume.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of the 75 copies on pure numéotés wire only leading copies.
Signed autograph of Marc Chadourne to Delaroche-Vernet.
spine and marginally insolated boards, nice interior state.
copy wide-margined.

First edition of the French translation, one of the 40 copys numbered on "pur-fil" paper, deluxe edition.
Signed autograph Virgil Gheorghiu Robert Delaroche-Vernet.
Nice copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of the 40 copys numbered on "pur-fil" paper, deluxe edition.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Virgil Gheorghiu Robert Delaroche-Vernet.
A trombone trace on the first guard, otherwise fine copy.

first edition.
Binding to the full paper bradel, smooth back, as part of morocco, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, signed binding ...
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Léon-Paul Fargue to Abreu Lilita "... Listen to the very sweet song that cries to please you (Paul Verlaine)."
Nice copy pleasantly established.