Paris (France)

The rare first edition.
Elegant late 19thC half brown morocco-grained shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments, bands with gilt fillets and double gilt compartments richly decorated with gilt decorative motifs, dates gilt to foot of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Ex libris of Alexis Martin, engraved by Aglaüs Bouvenne to pastedowns.
Marginal repair to foot of several leaves; the index of the second volume has been cut out and laid down on a piece of vergé paper.
A very good copy in a nice binding of this novel, which presents one of the finest portraits of the lady of the Divine Comedy.

First edition, published under the pseudonym of Horace de Saint-Aubin.
Elegant Romantic pastiche binding from the second half of the 19th-century in half tan calf over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt and blindruled fillets, gilt friezes to head and foot of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
A little light spotting and light dampstains (not serious), lacking the advertising leaf at the end the second volume.
In a pretty, near-contemporary pastiche binding.

First edition in French, translated by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Elegant half black morocco over marbled paper boards by Bernasconi, spine in six compartments with double gilt frames, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (five marginal repairs to covers and spine), top edge gilt.
Printed ex libris to title, occasional spotting, not serious.
A very good copy in a nice binding.

First Edition for which there is no mention of major papers.
Bound in half brown grief, back with five nerves set with double black lines, traces of friction on the back, when golden tail, flat marbled paper, and guards contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded head, binding time.
Signed autograph from the author to poet John Ott Rosati.

First edition of the French translation of the current paper, false entry of the eleventh edition.
Binding to bradel open cardboard way vellum, smooth spine, guards and contreplats green paper covers and spine preserved, gilded head, contemporary binding.
Very rare autograph dedication signed and dated by the author Jacqueline and Francis Sommer: "... this imperfect book, written in youth and Acknowledged on 01/07/57 from Ernest Hemingway Their friend Paris from 1924 to 1957..."
François Sommer was an industrialist and a French resistance, he was also a great hunter very invested in hunting legislation. It certainly met Hemingway on safari in Africa in the 1930s, they were both fond of leisure. Ernest Hemingway also prefaced a book by Francis Sommer, Hunting and game in Africa, published in 1951.
Precious sending the author on the French translation of one of his most important works.

Original, one of 12 numbered copies on Japan justified and initialed by the author, drawing head Edition.
Bound in half black morocco, spine with five nerves, when golden tail, flat marbled paper, and guards contreplats of handmade paper, covers preserved, red head, nice bookplate engraved by Felix Bracquemond glued on contreplat elegant modern binding.
Autograph signed and dated by the author to his friend, the engraver and lithographer Aglaüs Bouvenne.
Book decorated with illustrations of the author whose coverage.
Nice copy, with all margins, perfectly prepared and enriched with a beautiful engraved bookplate by Félix Bracquemond.

Original edition for which he was not drawn large papers.
Signed autograph of the author Marianne Lozi-Herold.
Exemplary in terms of the poor quality of the post-war paper, small marginal tears on the dishes enjoyable.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Marcel Cerdan "For the nice girls of Mr. Lazareff Michelle and Nina with my good memory."
These are the respective daughters of Hélène and Pierre Lazareff.
Iconography, beautiful copy.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription signed and dated by Emil Michel Cioran to Geneviève Dormann : "... je suis hélas au régime!"

Original edition for which he was not drawn large paper, one copy of the press.
Autograph signed and dated by the author to Yvette Bessis "... kind mentor ..."
Insolated back, complete copy of the prayer insert.
Prefatory letter Pierre Mendes-France.

Original, one of 50 numbered copies on pure Lafuma only major paper yarn Edition.
Signed autograph of the author of Carl Leroq Kerland.
Guard slightly and marginally shaded harmless, nice copy with all margins.

First edition, one copy of the press.
Autograph signed by the author to the publisher Bernard de Fallois.
Light bites marginal minor on the first course.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête.
Upper cover marginally wrinkled, spine and covers very slightly and marginally sunned, not serious, a copy with good margins.

First Edition of The Merchant of Venice.
Half olive calf, uniformly brown back past 4 nerves decorated with gold threads and cold, golden double net coaching dishes percaline green shagreen, covers slightly soiled and kept doubling back, lined with green shagreen case, binding of Vincent.
Invaluable sent to Sainte-Beuve, "to Mr. Ste-Beuve, his friend Alfred de Vigny, May 2, 1840".
Alfred de Vigny adapted this play by Shakespeare in 1829, but had to abandon it represented mainly for administrative reasons. He, however, published in the sixth volume of his complete works published from 1837 to 1839 and in Delloye Lecou. In the nineteenth century, innovative young people who are the future pillars of Romanticism rediscovered the works of Shakespeare and especially the theater through many translations and especially the first performances at the French Comedy. He became the spokesman for all the Romantic generation, particularly because of his refusal spatiotemporal rules. Adaptations of Alfred de Vigny is therefore placed perfectly in the nineteenth century admiration for the works of Shakespeare.
In 1827 Victor Hugo published a sensational preface to his drama Cromwell, who imposed it as a leader in the eyes of future romantic. With Sainte-Beuve, who had become his friend, he founded a "coterie" whose meetings were held in his apartment, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs. Around Hugo and Sainte-Beuve regrouped the brightest of their generation writers Alfred de Musset, Theophile Gautier, Prosper Mérimée, Gerard de Nerval, Alexandre Dumas and especially Alfred de Vigny, which will bind with the two founders. Now, in the Cenacle Hugo and Sainte-Beuve is preparing a romantic struggle that found its apotheosis in the Battle of Hernani. However, shortly after the triumph of the battle, members found more reason to their meetings and the Cenacle broke up. Besides the relationship between Sainte-Beuve, and Alfred de Vigny were not always friendly. Indeed, although the criticism has always defended the poetry of Vigny, the two men did not share the same vision of a "poet". Vigny saw a public figure invested with a sacred mission, an idea that Sainte-Beuve was superficial and silly and he did not hesitate to denounce his critics, and wounding the pride of his friend. However, this package shows that despite their difference of opinion both men felt.
Bifeuillet bearing the sending seems to have been reassembled.
Source: Library Leon Roy, with his bookplate.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on Montval, tirage de tête.
A good copy with good margins.

Original, one of 2050 numbered copies on offset printing with only 150 pure wireless Edition.
Signed autograph of the author Denise Decourdemanche (sister of Jacques Decour which was resistant under the name Daniel Decourdemanche) which is not named pais who wrote his name at the top of the first guard as an ex- libris: "It was in nineteen hundred and seventeen / and we keep the intelligence of our deliverance / Paul Eluard".
Illustrated book of 29 original lithographs by Pablo Picasso.
Two tiny tears in the back and head first course exmplaire nice.

First edition with covers and title dated 1859, printed in Blois by Lecesne, but certain copies with the same collation have come to our attention dated 1858.
Modern half mint-green shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with fleurons and gilt fillets, black morocco-effect shagreen title and volume labels, gilt friezes to head and foot of spine, gilt initials of a collector to spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers (slightly soiled) preserved.
Occasional spotting.

First Edition of current paper.
Bound in marbled sheepskin half back with five nerves decorated with golden jewels, golden heads and tails in strips, part of title grief burgundy back with traces of friction, flat cardboard lemon with traces of a working worm without interference with the text, and guards contreplats of handmade paper, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of the author, full-page, doctor Laplane.

New edition in the original part because of unprecedented increased preface on current paper.
Bound in marbled sheepskin half back with five nerves decorated with golden jewels, golden heads and tails in strips, part of title grief burgundy upper caps slightly rubbed minor, flat cardboard lemon guards and contreplats paper to tank cover and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of the author, almost full page, Dr. Laplane.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

New edition printed on vergé.
A good copy.