Octave AUBRYSainte-HélèneFlammarion|Paris 1935|13 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliésfirst edition on the current paper. Binders half red morocco, spine raised on four bands thinned set with black nets, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded heads, binders of the time. Signed autograph Octave Aubry Georges Marin: "... this book where I spotted showing a man without lowering a hero ..." Pleasant copy.Sold
Benjamin RABIERLes animaux en libertéGarnier frères|Paris 1910|30.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
Robert CAZELes motsS. n.|Paris 1886|9.50 x 14 cm|brochéEdition out trade and 45 copies printed on rod. Signed autograph Louise Caze, the widow of the author, Mr. Tausserat. spine cracked, brittle parchment covers with three minor losses. Rare.Sold
COLLECTIFCompagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat : catalogue spécial de pièces diverses taillées pour 1916Cristalleries de Baccarat|Paris 1916|25.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
COLLECTIFCompagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat : catalogue de garnitures de toilette et articles divers de toilette pour 1916Cristalleries de Baccarat|Paris 1916|24.50 x 33 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
COLLECTIFCompagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat : catalogue d'articles d'éclairage pour 1916Cristalleries de Baccarat|Paris 1916|25.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
Albert CAMUSEssaisGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1981|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Paul-Louis COURIEROeuvres complètesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1940|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
René CHAROeuvres complètesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1983|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Paul CLAUDELOeuvres poétiqueGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1977|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Marcel PROUSTContre Sainte-Beuve précédé de Pastiches et mélanges et suivi de Essais et articlesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Léon TOLSTOILa guerre et la paixGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1952|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRYOeuvresGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1982|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Paul VERLAINEOeuvres poétiques complètesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1981|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
François RABELAISOeuvres complètesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1990|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Marguerite YOURCENAROeuvres romanesquesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1982|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Émile ZOLAContes et nouvellesGallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1976|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étuiSold
Jean de LA FONTAINEFables choisies, quatrième partieChez Denys Thierry • Claude Barbin|à Paris 1679|9 x 16 cm|reliéSold
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d' ANVILLEMémoires sur l'Egypte ancienne et moderne, suivis d'une description du Golfe Arabique ou de la Mer RougeImprimerie Royale|à Paris 1766|19.50 x 25.50 cm|reliéSold
THOMAS A KEMPISDe l'Imitation de Jésus ChristChez Antoine Dezallier|Paris 1706|9.50 x 16.50 cm|reliéWith a frontispiece illustration showing Jesus carrying the cross as well as four plates signed N. Pilau.Contemporary dark blue morocco, high quality and attributable to Luc-Antoine Boyet. Spine in six compartments richly gilt with compartments and fleurons, as well as purple title label. Covers with large dentelle frame and gilt fillets. Large gilt dentelle frame to red morocco endpapers. Gilt points and dashes to head- and tail-pieces and edges of covers. All edges gilt. One tear without lack to lower margin of page 61. Less than skillful repairs to joints.A superb copy in contemporary lined morocco of a rare color.Sold
Tony Henri Auguste, Vicomte de REISETLes enfants du duc de BerryEmile-Paul|Paris 1905|13.50 x 20.50 cm|reliéfirst edition. Binding half navy blue morocco, spine raised on five bands with small traces of rubbing, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, a slightly blunted bottom corner, gilded head. Signed autograph of Viscount Reiset the Countess G. Lurcy. Book illustrated with a portrait frontispiece gravure. Pleasant copy set in a charming binding.Sold
Henry de MONFREIDCombatGrasset|Paris 1963|14 x 19 cm|brochéfirst edition on the current paper.Signed autograph Henry Monfreid to Mr. Guerard.Tiny bites without gravity on the first board.Sold
Pierre DAC, Maurice VAN MOPPÈSIci Londres Pierre Dac vous parlePierre Trémois|Paris 1945|13 x 17 cm|brochéSold
Isidore ISOUJe vous apprendrai l'amour suivi de l'érotologie mathématique et infinitésimaleLe terrain vague|Paris 1957|14 x 19.50 cm|brochéSold
NADAR [Félix TOURNACHON]Photographies. - Dessins et écritsArthur Hubschmid|Paris 1979|14 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeurSold
PECQUERIAUX [Laszlo FIRCSA] CAMICirculez!Denoël & Steele|Paris 1930|14 x 18.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
Gaultier GARGUILLE, Anatole CLAUDINLes chansons folastres et récréatives de Gaultier Garguille comesdien ordinaire de l'hostel de BourgongneA. Claudin|Paris 1858|13.50 x 18.50 cm|reliéEdit "newly revised, corrected and augmented oultre previous prints," one of the 200 copies printed on rod.Bound in half red morocco, back with five nerves set with black fillets decorated with double black boxes, roller cold on the caps, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, bookplates Augustus Chicken-Malassis pasted on a contreplat, elegant binding of the signed era Lortic, the bookbinder favored by Charles Baudelaire.Precious signed autograph Editor Anatole Claudin "A-Auguste Poullet Malassis (sic) honor of the publisher."Book illustrated frontispiece of "true pourtraict workforce Garguille Gaultier".Beautiful copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding signed Marcellin Lortic.Sold
SULLY PRUDHOMMELe bonheurAlphonse Lemerre|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|reliéfirst edition.Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle blue, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title navy blue shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in , contemporary binding.Signed autograph of Sully Prudhomme Edouard Grenier on the half-title page.Handwritten date problablement written by dedicatee upon receipt of the autograph dedication of the author at red paper pencil, located below the autograph; the dedicatee who also put his signature on the first plate cover, always in red pencil.Copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding.Sold
SULLY PRUDHOMMELe prisme. - Les vaines tendressesAlphonse Lemerre|Paris 1886-1875|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1Edition for each volume.Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle blue, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part shagreen as navy blue with a small hitch with marginal Lanque, marbled paper boards of guards and contreplats handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.Shipments signed autographs Sully Prudhomme Edouard Grenier on the pages of half-title of two volumes.Handwritten date problablement written by dedicatee upon receipt of the autograph dedication of the author at red paper pencil, located below the autograph; the dedicatee who also put his signature on the first plate cover, always in red pencil.Copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding.Sold
Olivier BASSELIN, Jean LE HOUXVaux-de-Vire d'Olivier Basselin et Jean Le Houx suivis d'un choix d'anciens Vaux-de-Vire et d'anciennes chansons normandes tirés des manuscrits et des imprimés Adolphe Delahays|Paris 1858|11.50 x 18.50 cm|reliéNew edition revised and published by the bibliophile Paul-Louis. Binding to bradel half red morocco, back with five nerves set with black nets black nets decorated with double, tiny minor scratches on the back, boards, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, bookplates Charles Asselineau sized head of a contreplat, contemporary binding signed Lortic, the bookbinder favored by Charles Baudelaire. Work enriched with a preliminary information form, philological notes by A. Asselin, L. Dubois, Pluquet Julien Travers and Charles Nodier. Provenance: Library of Charles Asselineau with his bookplate engraved and glued on a contreplat. Copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding signed Marcellin Lortic.Sold
Clément SERVEAU, Jean-Louis, Docteur FAUREL'âme du chirurgienAux dépens de Philippe Ortiz|Paris 1927|13 x 17 cm|reliure de l'éditeurNew edition, not for sale, printed in 200 numbered copies on Holland paper and illustrated with drawn ornament and engraved on wood by Clement Serveau.Publishers'binding "cartonnage" vellum flexible way, dumb smooth back, boards covered with parchment paper.Signed autograph of Philip Ortiz editor Pierre Charron below the justification of the draw.Light bites are not serious on parchment covers.Sold
Léon BAKST, Serge de DIAGHILEWProgramme officiel de la septième saison des Ballets Russes, Mai-Juin 1912Théâtre du Châtelet|Paris 1912|25 x 32 cm|agraféSold
Gustave JUNDT, Pierre-Jules HETZELL'école buissonnièreJ. Hetzel & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|18 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
Louis Laurent SIMONINLes pierres, esquisses minéralogiquesHachette & Cie|Paris 1869|17.50 x 27 cm|reliéSold
Jean Axel de FERSENLe comte de Fersen et la cour de France. Extraits des papiers du grand maréchal de Suède, comte Jean Axel de Fersen publiés par son petit-neveu le baron R.M. de Klinckowström, colonel suédoisFirmin-Didot & Cie|Paris 1878|16 x 25 cm|2 volumes brochésSold
Robert POULETMon ami Bardamu. Entretiens familiers avec L.F. Céline suivis d'un chapitre inédit de Casse-PipePlon|Paris 1971|13.50 x 20 cm|reliéFirst edition for which there were no large paper copies.A small trace of an angular fold to foot of upper cover, a good copy.Sold
Georges DUHAMELCivilisation française Hachette|Paris 1944|12.50 x 19 cm|brochéfirst edition on the current paper.Signed autograph of Georges Duhamel Georges Dr. Breton and his wife.Sold
Abel HERMANTConfession d'un homme d'aujourd'huiPaul Ollendorff|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|reliéfirst edition on the current paper. Binding to bradel half percaline pink, smooth back thinned with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, as piece of black shagreen with marginal scratches, blankets kept contemporary binding. Signed autograph Abel Hermant Henri Roujon. Sold
René JEANNELAu seuil de l'Antarctique, croisière du "Bougainville" aux îles des manchots et des éléphants de merEditions du Museum|Paris 1941|16.50 x 25 cm|brochéSold
André, Docteur ADNESShakespeare et la folie, étude médico-psychologiqueLibrairie Maloine|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition of which there were no large paper copies.A good copy.Sold
Casimir-Léon MAISTRELa mission Congo-Niger (1892-1893). Ses origines - son but - ses conséquencesSociété d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales|Paris 1933|20.50 x 26.50 cm|brochéSold
Kees VAN DONGEN, Edna L. NICOLLA travers l'Exposition ColonialeS. n.|Paris 1931|21.50 x 27.50 cm|brochéSold
Alphonse Marie de NEUVILLE, QUATRELLES [Ernest L'EPINE]A coups de fusilCharpentier|Paris 1877|21 x 29 cm|reliéSold
Gustave DORE, Hippolyte Adolphe TAINEVoyage aux PyrénéesHachette & Cie|Paris 1889|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurSold
Franck DELAGEOradour ville martyreMellottée|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, a 1000 numbered copies on bulk. Precious autograph signed Franck Delage enriched the handwritten signature of the editor P. Mellottée: "A Maurice Schumann, sympathetic deference tribute of the author and the publisher ..." Iconography. Pleasant copy.Sold
Alphonse JUINJe suis soldatEditions du Conquistador|Paris 1960|14 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeurEdition of wich no leading copies exists. Publishers'binding with full mouse gray canvas, dumb smooth back. Signed autograph Madame du Maréchal Juin Rombaldi "... these testimonies on training ..." Pleasant full copy of his illustrated jacket which has very slight marginal tear without gravity.Sold
Marguerite YOURCENARL'oeuvre au noirGallimard|Paris 1968|14 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, review copy.Very nice autograph signed by Marguerite Yourcenar Mary Storer: "... in a friendly tribute / No Fatae sed fata / Marguerite Yourcenar." Whom she apologizes, saying: "... (excuse the that lacks. one of its false title, but I have not received a lot of copies of the second edition, and the first, there is only one. 12 Sept. 1968. I wish it reaches you Beloit, and decides to send it to you) "Pleasant copy.Sold
Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Victor BARRUCANDLe chariot de terre cuiteAlbert Savine|Paris 1895|12 x 19 cm|brochéSold
Louis ARAGONLa Diane française suivie de En étrange pays dans mon pays lui-mêmeSeghers|Paris 1963|13.50 x 16 cm|brochéCollective Edition of wich no leading copies exists.Signed autograph of Louis Aragon Geneviève Perrault.A tiny tear without gravity head back, otherwise nice copy.Sold
Victor HUGORuy Blas. - Le roi s'amuseH. Delloye • & Brockhaus et Avenarius (first volume) • & Eugène Renduel (second volume)|& Leipzigpour le premier volume • & Parispour le second 1838 & 1832|12.50 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1First edition of both volumesRed half shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in five compartments with double gilt fillets and double blindruled compartments as well as gilt spots, double gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edgesAutograph inscription signed by Victor Hugo to head of half title of first volume: “..à mon excellent ami Léon Masson...[to my excellent friend Léon Masson]." "Le Roi s'amuse" retains its frontispiece by Tony Johannot on China paperA little light spotting, a good copy.Sold
Émile ZOLALe roman expérimentalCharpentier|Paris 1880|12 x 18.50 cm|reliéfirst edition.Binding to bradel in full red calico, smooth lightened spine with a gold central floral pattern, double thread and dates in golden tail piece as black shagreen, marginally discolored boards with small scratches, bookplate Adolphe Racot pasted on a contreplat, contemporary binding signed cold Pierson.Signed autograph Emile Zola Adolphe Racot "... devoted his colleague ..."Some minor foxing.Sold
Guy de MAUPASSANTSur l'eau Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1888]|11 x 18 cm|reliéFirst edition. Half black morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.Autograph inscription from Guy de Maupassant to Monsieur Regnoul.With illustrations by Gaston Riou.Sold
Romain ROLLANDEmpédocle d'AgrigenteMaison française • Imprimerie Reggiani|Paris • & Genève [Geneva] 1918|13 x 20 cm|brochéEdition of wich no leading copies exists. Precious autograph signed by Romain Rolland, dated 1924, Henri de Montherlant "... in hostile harmony" enriched this quote Heraclitus Greek translation which reads: "We get the most beautiful harmony of things that differ . " Reading marks traced in black ink in the margins of some pages, probably by Henry de Montherlant. Small tears with light gaps heads and feet flat, which is inevitable in view of the extreme fragility of this laid paper of poor quality. Sold
Etienne Adrien DRIAN, Pierre-Augustin Caron de BEAUMARCHAISLe mariage de FigaroSociété du livre d'art|Paris 1951|23 x 31 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étuiSold
Paul BOURGETSensations d'Italie (Toscane - Ombrie - Grande-Grèce)Alphonse Lemerre|Paris s. d. [1891]|12 x 18.50 cm|reliéSold
Léon LAURENT-PICHATGastonHachette & Cie|Paris 1860|11 x 17.50 cm|reliéFirst edition, one of the few copies on China which it is no mention. Binding in full tan shagreen, back with five nerves set with black fillets decorated with double black boxes, on castors golden headdresses, framing of double black nets on the boards, nets gilded on the cuts, framing a golden lace on contreplats , guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilt edges, elegant contemporary binding signed Simier. Touching autograph dated and signed Leon Laurent-Pichat: "To my sister Rosine Beaujean ..." Rare and very nice copy perfectly established in a full contemporary binding signed Simier.Sold
Adolphe MICHELLouvois et les ProtestantsLibrairie de Charles Meyrueis|Paris s. d. (1870)|11.50 x 18.50 cm|reliéfirst edition.Binding half red shagreen, back with five nerves set with black fillets, topped with a gilded figure allegory golden tail back, small traces of black wax on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , preserved cover, contemporary binding.Signed autograph Adolphe Michel won the first kept the baron cover flat Fernand Schiekler president "of Protestantism Historical Society."Rare copy and pleasant.Sold
Léon LAURENT-PICHATLes poètes de combatJung-Treuttel & Hetzel|Paris 1862|13.50 x 19.50 cm|reliéFirst edition, one of the few copies on Rives which he is no mention.Binding havana half shagreen, spine browned on four bands set with black fillets decorated with double black boxes, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, contemporary binding.Precious autograph signed by the author to his mother.About Victor Hugo, Alfred de Musset, Pierre Jean Beranger, Auguste Barbier, poetic utopias ...Rare.Sold
Ferdinand FABREMa vocationAlphonse Lemerre|Paris 1889|12.50 x 19 cm|reliéfirst edition. Binding in full navy blue morocco, spine raised on five bands set with black fillets decorated with double black boxes, a figure topped by a gilded golden allegory tail back repeated spandrels on the boards, a split Length joints golden wheels on caps, frame triple black nets on the boards, coaching a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper the tank top corners lightly bumped, nets gilded on the cuts, gilded head, stunning unsigned binding. Signed autograph of Ferdinand Baron Fernand Fabre Schiekler president of the "Protestant History Society": "... I offer the painful story of my religious vocation ..." Pleasant copy established in a beautifully bound in full morocco.Sold
Xavier MARMIERLettres sur l'Islande, et poésiesDelloye • Garnier frères|Paris 1844|11 x 18 cm|reliéSold
Émile ZOLAThérèse RaquinLibrairie internationale Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Leipzig • & Livourne [Livorno] 1868|11 x 18 cm|reliéSold
Hippolyte BABOULes payens innocentsPoulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1858|12 x 19 cm|reliéfirst edition.Binding half green shagreen fir, flat spine decorated with gilt and black thread, small scratches on the joints, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, contemporary binding signed Galette.Signed autograph of Hippolyte Babou Gardet.Pleasant copy.Sold