Paris (France)

First edition in French, of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Italo Calvino in French to the famous director Henri-Georges Clouzot.
Spine lightly and insignificantly sunned.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vergé paper, the only large paper copies with 20 on Arches paper and 50 on alfa paper.
Tiny spots, not serious, to the covers, a good copy.

First edition, one of 250 hors commerce copies lettered in Roman characters on alfa paper
Half black morocco over marbled paper boards by Andréas, spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt
Handsome autograph inscription from Louis-Ferdinand Céline to Jean de Bosschère
With a photographic frontispiece
A little light small spotting (not serious)
A very good copy in a good binding.

VERLAINE Paul. Hombres (Hommes)
Imprimé sous le manteau, Ne se vend nulle part [Paris] 1903, 11,5 x 19 cm, full morocco with custom slipcase
The first edition, one of 525 copies “imprimée sous le manteau” (“printed under the table”), this one of 25 on Japon paper, of the leading copies.
A first impression copy, with pages 44, 45 and 46 mis-numbered 46, 47, 48 and corrected in ink.
Elegant full red morocco by Noulhac dated 1917, spine in five compartments, gilt roulettes on head- and tail-pieces, edges of boards ruled in gilt, gilt filet frame inside covers, pastedowns lined with dark green morocco, matching silk endpapers, further endpapers marbled, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, slipcase edged in red morocco and lined in dark green felt.
Very light traces of a little rubbing to slipcase.
Frontispiece portrait in red of Verlaine by Frédéric-Auguste Cazals.
A rare and attractive copy in a perfectly matched binding by Noulhac.

New edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Japon nacré.
Illustrated title and 12 coloured erotical engravings in and hors-texte.
A rare and very good copy.

Later edition, the original apparently published in 1755; with a frontispiece by Gazot engraved by Maniere, and 34 folding plates at end, engraved by Meunier, as well as a large folding map of France drawn by Bonne.
Contemporary marbled calf, decorated spine in compartments, red morocco title piece. Three corners bumped, a good copy.
Without doubt one of the best general treatises on sundials, perfectly illustrated and executed under the patronage of the Academy of Sciences by the learned and wise Benedictine monk François de Bedos de Celles (1709 - 1779). The great strength of this work is in its clarity of exposition and practice, which make it easy to apply its teaching both easily and precisely.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Precious autograph signed by André Malraux to Georges Simenon and his wife.
Back slightly pleated head and tail, nice copy.