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First edition of the French translation, one of 45 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large-paper copies.

Preface by Joseph Kessel.

A rare and very fine copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the deluxe issue, preceded only by a single unique copy on Japon impérial reserved for General de Gaulle.
A fine copy, complete with its chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vélin pur fil paper, the deluxe issue.

A rare and attractive copy, illustrated with drawings on plates.

First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on alfama marais paper, the only large-paper copies.

Preface by André Maurois.

A vertical crease mark to the lower cover, a few faint and insignificant spots to the edges; a rare and attractive copy.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre laid paper, reimposed in quarto tellière format, forming the deluxe issue (tirage de tête).

Half aubergine morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands outlined with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt. Binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.

An attractive and handsomely bound copy of this work, awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1926.

First edition of Le Parnasse contemporain, a rare complete set of all three series, published in 1866, 1869-1871 and 1876, featuring works by some one hundred poets, most of them previously unpublished.

The first series includes the first printing of several poems from Charles Baudelaire's Nouvelles fleurs du mal, in the fifth instalment, which is devoted entirely to him: Epigraphe pour un livre condamné - Madrigal triste - L'avertisseur - Le rebelle - Bien loin d'ici - Recueillement - Le gouffre - Les plaintes d'un Icare, together with some of the poems published in the...

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half navy blue shagreen with corners, spine with five raised bands (slightly faded), moiré-effect paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Caffin, binder in rue Saint-Lazare, Paris.

Some light foxing, mainly affecting the edges.

First edition, illustrated with drawings by Pierre Joubert.

Spine lightly sunned, with minor rubbing to the joints.

Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Joubert to Henri Le Roy, enhanced with an original blue ballpoint pen drawing of a smiling scout's face.

First edition, one of 103 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large-paper copies apart from 6 hors commerce copies on Holland paper.
Preface by Henri Pourrat.

A monogrammed roundel pasted to the upper right corner of an endpaper, serving as a bookplate.
A fine and rare copy.

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the deluxe issue after a single copy on Japon.

A pleasant copy.

New issue of the 1539 Wechel edition of this celebrated grammar, first published in Louvain in 1529.

Contemporary full parchment binding, traces of ties, darkened boards, contemporary manuscript vellum endleaf guard showing on the front pastedown; waterstaining up to p. 85, occasionally affecting the pen annotations.  

A precious copy of the Hebrew grammar by the humanist Nicolas Clénard. The great majority of its pages are extensively annotated in Latin by a most studious contemporary owner.

The didactic clarity of this grammar secured its wide popularity: the Tabula...

New edition, printed in 1,020 numbered copies on châtaignier.

Copy slightly warped, the spine a little sunned, as is often the case.

Publisher's binding after the original design by Mario Prassinos.

First edition, edited by Frédéric Masson, illustrated with a portrait of Cardinal de Bernis as frontispiece to the first volume and a facsimile of a letter as frontispiece to the second.

Contemporary Bradel bindings in full sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets, black sheepskin title labels.

A pleasant copy.

New edition published a few months after the first, with a “9ème édition” statement.

Some foxing to covers, two small tears at head and foot of spine, which also shows a light, pale dampstain.

Signed and inscribed by Samuel Beckett to Daniela Munieri and dated November 1953.

Inscriptions contemporary to the book’s publication and the play’s first staging in 1953 are of the utmost rarity. We have traced only seven such copies ever to have appeared on the market (inscribed to Maurice Nadeau, Philippe Bernstein, Henri and Josette Hayden, Robert Carlier, Leventhal, Geer van Velde and Louise Barbier).

First edition, with no copies printed on large paper, one of the review copies.

Spine faded, as is usually the case.

A rare copy.

First edition, with no copies printed on large paper.

Spine slightly creased, a stain to the top edge extending into the margins of several leaves.

Complete with the original publisher's insert.

Rare and important dated and signed autograph inscription from Tchicaya U Tam'si to Jacques Duchateau.

Provenance: from the library of Claude Mozis, with his African-themed bookplate on the verso of the front wrapper.

Third edition of Benjamin Laroche's French translation.

Contemporary half polished tan calf over speckled paper boards, spines with four raised bands, decorated with gilt and blind-tooled fillets, tawny calf title and volume-number labels, marbled pastedowns, speckled edges. Some rubbing to the bindings, minor surface wear to the leather, occasional foxing, and a small area of paper loss, not affecting the text, on page 503 of the first volume.

Stamp of Bourdery, an attorney practising in Aubusson, on the half-title of each volume. This former owner can in all likelihood be identified with Judge Bourdery, a magistrate at the Aubusson court...

First edition of the French translation.

Creasing to the spine, a few crease marks to the wrappers.

Section of photographic illustrations at the end of the volume.

Full-page autograph inscription signed by Yehudi Menuhin to the Caron family.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Bradel binding in bottle-green half morocco, smooth spine darkened and showing signs of rubbing, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved.

First edition, one of the press copies.

Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine slightly faded, caramel shagreen title label, covers and spine preserved.

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on Holland paper.

Light foxing to the endpapers.
A fine copy, the blue wrappers unfaded.

First edition, one of only 6 copies numbered in Roman numerals on Holland paper, this copy being No. I, the only deluxe copies issued.

Endpapers partially darkened.

A rare and attractive copy.

First edition, limited to 195 numbered copies on pur fil paper, each printed with the name of its recipient.

A rare and attractive copy.

First edition, illustrated with a photographic reproduction of Mistinguett alongside the writer Maurice Verne.
Publisher's original boards, somewhat soiled, spine missing.

Signed autograph inscription from Mistinguett to Jean Henri Guilhaumet, in purple ink, on the half-title page: "A Jean Henri Guilhaumet ma sympathie Mistinguett".

First edition, one of the numbered copies printed on alfa paper.
A very good copy.

Edition edited and annotated by Drs Gabriel Legué and Georges Gilles de la Tourette.

Preface by Dr Jean-Martin Charcot.

Contemporary Bradel binding in blue half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleur-on, double gilt rule at foot, brown morocco-grain leather title label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, corners bumped.

Complete with the folding facsimile of a letter by Jeanne des Anges at the end of the volume.

First edition, one of an unspecified number of copies printed on China paper, not mentioned in the limitation statement.

Contemporary Bradel-style binding in brown straight-grain half morocco, smooth spine with a few minor scuffs and an incorrect date gilt-stamped at the foot (1895 instead of 1890), comb-marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped.

Some inevitable foxing to the edges, owing to the nature of the China paper.

First edition, one of the review copies.

Spine slightly faded.
Signed and inscribed by the author to Françoise Giroud.

First edition, one of the copies printed on Japanese paper.

Small tears and minor losses to the corners of the wrappers, which are partially faded along the edges; a tear at the foot of the spine.

Internally in very good condition.

First collected edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A very good copy.

New edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies printed on alfa paper.
Publisher's original illustrated boards designed by Paul Bonet.
A fine copy.

First edition of this issue of the richly illustrated review, reproducing the wash drawings Marc Chagall had created to illustrate Boccaccio's Decameron tales, alongside paintings on the same theme from the Manuscript of the Dukes of Burgundy.

Publisher's full boards, complete with the dust jacket illustrated with a drawing by Marc Chagall.

Small tears with minute losses at the head and foot of the dust jacket spine, otherwise a fine copy.

Inscribed, dated and signed by Marc Chagall to Dr Rodolphe Wiel.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the deluxe issue after 10 copies on Japan paper.

A rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this exhibition catalogue, printed in an edition of 1,000 copies on wove paper, accompanying an exhibition of works by Raoul Dufy held at the Galerie Louis Carré in July and September 1953.

Published in aid of the preservation of the Palace of Versailles, the catalogue is illustrated with five plates, including three double-page lithographs, one of which appears on the wrappers.

Includes numerous contributions by writers and artists, among them Roland Dorgelès, André Warnod, Jean-Louis Barrault, Fernand Léger, Moïse Kisling, André Lanskoy and Hans Hartung.

A very good copy.

First edition of this catalogue, printed in 750 numbered copies on Arches wove paper for the exhibition of Léger's works held at the Galerie Louis Carré from 19 November to 31 December 1954, though the catalogue itself was not published until two years after the retrospective.
Illustrated with original lithographs by Fernand Léger: 6 colour plates, including two double-page spreads, 5 black-and-white plates, and 10 lithographs in the text.
A fine copy.

First edition, one of 170 numbered copies printed on pur fil paper.

A very small, unobtrusive tear without loss to the spine of the outer wrapper, which also shows two small areas of sunning at the head and foot.

An attractive copy retaining its double wrappers.

First trade edition, with a new preface, one of 550 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe issue.
Contemporary-style binding in half brown morocco, spine with three broad raised bands, decorated with double gilt-ruled compartments and gilt dotted tooling, very slight rubbing to the joints, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

An attractively bound copy.

First edition, containing previously unpublished material, one of 20 numbered copies on Lana wove paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A fine copy.

First edition, one of 262 numbered copies printed on pur fil paper in a larger format.
A very good copy.

Published in the same year as the first edition, with an edition statement.

Two small blue ink stains on the wrappers, two minor tears at the head and foot of the spine, and small tears to the upper edges of the leaves in the final gathering, caused by careless cutting.

Signed autograph inscription from Joseph Kessel to Dr Wiel.

First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the deluxe issue in this format.
Contemporary English binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, one of the most celebrated and distinguished London bookbinding firms of the early twentieth century, in olive-green half morocco, uniformly faded smooth spine decorated with gilt dotted lines, rules and floral ornaments, together with black rules, olive-green cloth-effect boards, original green wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, retaining the original deckle edges.

First edition thus, enlarged with previously unpublished posthumous poems and prose writings. One of 45 numbered copies on pur fil paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A very good copy.

Introduction and appendix by Yves-Gérard Le Dantec.

First edition on ordinary paper, issued after the destruction of the 1923 printing following a dispute between Tzara and the publisher.

A rare and fine copy, complete with its publisher's insert.

Housed in a black half-morocco chemise, smooth spine lettered in palladium, boards covered with paper decorated with abstract motifs, blue paper endleaves; matching slipcase edged in black morocco and covered with paper decorated with abstract motifs. Both by the Boichot bindery.
Double autograph inscription, signed and dated by Tristan Tzara, first to Paul Éluard – « à Paul Éluard. Tristan Tzara. Juillet 1929 » – then, after striking through this initial dedication, to...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, as often.

First edition of the French translation by Bernard Faÿ, for which no deluxe copies were printed. One of the review copies.

Dated and signed autograph inscription from Bernard Faÿ to the Duke Pozzo di Borgo.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 45 on pur fil paper.

Minor foxing, chiefly affecting the endpapers and edges.

First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe issue after 40 copies also on pur fil paper.
A rare and attractive copy.

First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies on coated paper, illustrated with 11 collages by Max Ernst.

Spine and edges of boards slightly faded, as often.

A rare and attractive copy of the first book illustrated by Max Ernst in collaboration with the Paris group.

First edition, one of the first-issue copies numbered by the printer.

Minor tears to the joints and foot of the spine.

Rare dated autograph inscription by Georges Duhamel, signed with his real surname: \"Au docteur Weissenbach souvenir de nos études, son affectueux GDuhamel.\"

Manuscript presentation inscription by the recipient at the head of the front wrapper.

First edition, one of the review copies.

A very good copy, with only slight, inconsequential sunning to the spine.

Signed presentation inscription from Paul Morand to Maurice Clavel: \"... son lecteur très attentif et hebdomadaire...\"

New edition published a few months after the first, with an edition statement.
A pleasing copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Louis Aragon to Jean-Pierre Monarque.

New edition.
A very good copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Louis Aragon to Jean-Pierre Monarque.

First edition of the French translation and introduction by Pierre Klossowski, one of 43 numbered copies printed on pur fil paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

Contemporary-style binding in black half morocco-grain leather over corner pieces, spine with five raised bands showing slight rubbing, date gilt at foot, boards also showing minor rubbing along the edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

First edition, one of 80 numbered copies printed on Hollande paper.

Spine and edges of boards slightly faded and sunned, as is generally the case.

Illustrated with 5 full-page engravings by Marc Chagall.

First edition of the French translation, one of 46 numbered copies printed on vélin pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies issued.

A pleasing copy.

First illustrated edition, one of 400 numbered copies on mould-made wove paper, this copy with an additional suite of all the illustrations in a second state on China paper.

Front and rear endpapers heavily foxed throughout, occasional light foxing elsewhere.

Illustrated with 55 compositions, comprising one on the wrapper, a title-page vignette, a portrait plate, a dedication vignette, five vignettes (one for each act), five full-page plates, and 41 illustrations within or surrounding the text.

Each act is illustrated by a different artist: François Thévenot designed the wrapper and frontispiece; Adrien Moreau illustrated Act I, Charles Léandre Act II, Albert Laurens Act...

First edition, with no mention of a deluxe issue.

Contemporary Bradel binding in half almond-green cloth, smooth spine with a gilt ornament and a red morocco title label showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, original front wrapper preserved. Corners slightly bumped.

Signed autograph inscription from Maurice Leblanc to the theatre director Paul Strozzi.

First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, constituting the sole deluxe issue.

A fine copy, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.

First Gallimard edition, one of 750 numbered copies on vélin labeur paper, the only deluxe issue.
Publisher's illustrated boards designed by Paul Bonet.
Copy slightly warped along the edges of the text block.

First edition, one of 1,040 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe issue apart from 30 copies on pur fil paper.
Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos.
Notes by Michel Leiris.

Headcaps slightly rubbed and split, with no serious damage.

First illustrated edition, known as the Keepsake edition, published a few months after the scarcer single-volume octavo edition issued by the same publisher (there is also a two-volume edition dated 1836); illustrated with an engraved title-page and 11 steel-engraved plates printed on heavy wove paper, after Johannot, Boulanger, Raffet, Rogier & Rouargue, engraved by Finden, Staines, and others. Clouzot (Guide du bibliophile français) notes that it is normal for this edition to lack the plate entitled "de l'utilité des fenêtres". Handsomely printed in spacious typography with generous margins, and closely following the original edition of 1831. This three-volume edition has more...

First edition.
Contemporary red half morocco. Spine with raised bands, compartments decorated with gilt dentelle borders. Gilt titles. Some rubbing. A few scattered spots of foxing, otherwise a fresh copy on good wove paper.





 

First edition of the French translation, one of 1,040 copies produced to a design by Mario Prassinos. Number 153 of 990.

Publisher's black pictorial boards decorated with geometric patterns. The slightest rubbing, otherwise a very fine copy.

New edition published by Lemerre as part of the author's collected works.

Contemporary navy blue half calf over cornered boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Navy blue calf title and volume labels. Top edge gilt. Slight rubbing to the edges and head of the spine of volume I. A handsome set.

New edition, limited to 2,200 numbered copies.

Publisher's boards, bound after an original design by Mario Prassinos. Light rubbing to the spine ends, more pronounced at the foot of the spine on Sodome et Gomorrhe I and À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs I.

First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on vélin labeur paper.
Publisher's boards after Paul Bonet's original design.
Boards slightly yellowed, as is usual.

The complete trilogy of the "13", in first edition, each volume one of 50 copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe issue (cf. Claude Menguy). The limitation is mistakenly given as printed on "alfa"  halfway down the spine, though the copies are in fact printed on pur fil Lafuma (no copies were issued on alfa). The plain white wrappers were reserved for the large-paper copies; the photographic wrappers were used only for the trade issue.

Rare and handsome copies of each volume of the "13" trilogy, from the limited first issue. With their method of investigation grounded in observation and human behavior, these collections of short stories...

First edition of the French translation by Paule de Beaumont, also of Jean Cocteau's adaptation, one of 100 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper, the most limited issue.

Spine and covers lightly and marginally faded as usual, otherwise a rare and attractive copy.

First French edition, translated by R. N. Raimbault. One of 100 numbered copies printed on Lafuma Navarre pure wove paper, this copy numbered LXXIV. 

Copy in its original wrappers. In excellent condition.

First edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies on alfama paper.

Publisher's boards after the original design by Mario Prassinos. A tiny sunned area at the head of the spine.

A remarkably fresh copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, most limited issue.

The book Camus dedicated to his friend René Leynaud. Our copy is housed in a custom black half morocco chemise, handmade striped paper boards, title and author gilt stamped, brown pastedowns, slipcase edged with morocco, handmade striped paper boards, a handsome set signed by Boichot.

Rare and handsome copy.

"La Revue Libre, a clandestine review, published in February 1944 an anonymous Lettre à un Ami allemand. It was by Camus. By Camus, too, was the second letter that appeared at the same date, under the pseudonym Louis Neuville...

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Spine sunned as is usual, a small dent to one board edge, a small dark mark to the lower part of the front board.
Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos.

 

First edition, with the wood-engravings in their first impression: 212 full-page plates by Gavarni (with the exception of the final four, which are by Bertall), together with 800 illustrations in the text by Bertall. Gavarni's satirical wood-engravings, accompanied by captions, form an extraordinary profusion of illustrations, almost anticipating the modern comic strip. Particularly striking is the remarkable variety of typographical ornament, including decorative borders, tailpieces and other embellishments.
Contemporary bindings, circa 1860, in brown straight-grain half morocco over boards with corners. Spines with four false raised bands, gilt-ruled and decorated compartments, gilt...

First edition, one of the review copies.

A \"Collection Goncourt\" bookplate affixed to the centre of a flyleaf.

A very good copy of this novel, winner of the 1961 Prix Goncourt.
Fine signed presentation inscription from Jean Cau to Jean-Louis Bory: \"Pour J.L. Bory ce livre plein d'espoir et de soleil et d'amour en amical hommage.\"

First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies printed on rag wove paper, the only deluxe issue.

Minor offsetting at the foot of the final blank flyleaf, otherwise a rare and attractive copy.

First edition, printed in a small, numbered edition on alfa paper.

Rare and fine copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies printed on imitation Japan paper.

A fine copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

Foreword by Jean Cocteau.

A rare and attractive copy, with full margins.

Dated and signed autograph inscription from Roger Peyrefitte to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A rare and attractive copy with full margins.

Three works bound in one volume, comprising one first French translation and two first editions.

Half fawn calf, paste-paper boards, green corners, smooth spine decorated with six gilt bands and three blind-stamped tools, two titles stamped on the spine (that of the Mémoire sur l'université is not present), speckled edges. Some rubbing and soiling to the binding, light foxing.

A curious gathering of two scientific texts, one devoted to the telegraph and the other to optical instruments, together with a polemical pamphlet by the founder of the Collège Stanislas.

Edition published in the same year as the first edition, one of the numbered copies bound to an original design by Massin.

Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with the original wraparound band and transparent acetate dust jacket.

Signed autograph inscription from André Malraux to J. C. Lévêque on the half-title page.

On the preceding page, a stamped impression featuring the Cross of Lorraine and the inscription \"Exposition Charles De Gaulle- mairie de Vincennes du 2 au 9 novembre 1973\".

First edition, one of 140 numbered copies on Arches pur fil paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

An attractive copy with full margins.

First edition of the French translation with a plate of the alphabet, a large folding map at the end of the first volume (cf. Quérard V, 561), and a few headpieces and tailpieces.

Contemporary full marbled fawn calf, smooth spines gilt with fillets and bands, blond morocco title labels, volume labels, gilt roll to board edges, French curl paper pastedowns, marbled edges. Pages 333 to 348 of the table of contents are bound between pages 304 and 305 of the text in the second volume. Significant losses to the boards caused by worming, especially to the lower board of the first volume, other leather defects to the joints and spines, headcaps damaged, pastedowns lifting, dampstains and...

Edition illustrated with 20 original Art Deco etchings by Jacques Mauny, one of 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe issue apart from 25 copies on Japon.

Full caramel morocco binding, spine with four raised bands outlined in black fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the headcaps, turquoise morocco doublures framed by triple gilt fillets, brown moiré silk endleaves followed by moiré-effect paper endleaves, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, gilt fillets on board edges. Matching slipcase with caramel morocco edges, blue-grey felt lining and sides covered in moiré-effect paper. Magnificent binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.

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