Paris (France)

First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy, for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
Rare autograph inscription from Francis Poictevin to Louise Read.
A good and rare copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies, one of copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 6 China paper.
A good and rare copy.

First edition.
A small lack to foot of spine, occasional foxing.

New edition.
A small stain, not serious, to the lower cover.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies, the only printing with 25 copies of the tirage de tête and some hors commerce.
A very good copy retaining its dust jacket.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
One small stain to upper cover,small glued tears in the margins and slight angular lacks repaired to the covers, internally good.

First edition of these famous tales.
Contributions from G. de Maupassant, A. Daudet, P. Arène, C. Mendès, A. Villiers de L'Isle Adam, T. de Banville, L. Cladel, P. Bourget, Leconte de Lisle, E. de Goncourt, J. Barbey d'Aurevilly, E. Zola, C. Monselet, L. Halévy, A. France...
With 10 handsome frontispiece portrait etchings by Abot of the most important authors and 10 woodcuts hors texte by Mesplès, Vogel and Fraipont, vignettes and culs-de-lampe by Besnier.
Very good copies.

Second edition, first in part, published under the name of Verfèle, printed in a small number of copies on vergé paper.
A rare and good copy.

First edition of the French translation.
A rare and good copy.

De l'humour noir [Black Humor]
G. L. M. | Paris 1937 | 15x19 cm | original wrappers
First edition, one of 15 copies on Hollande, the tirage de tête, with blue covers illustrated by Yves Tanguy.
This copy includes the text by Sade and the reproduction of Breton's collage on the masters of black humor with the names of the figures illustrated on the back.
An outstandingly rare and exceptionally fresh copy.

First editions.
Plain paper cover. Rare.