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  1. Les feux de la saint-Jean
    Luc-Albert MOREAU, Roger ALLARD

    Les feux de la saint-Jean

    Camille Bloch|Paris 1920|21 x 26.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only major paper after 20 hemp paper.
    Freckles, very slight marginal tears without gravity on the boards.
    Illustrated book of 5 drawings by Luc-Albert Moreau.
    Autograph dedication signed by the publisher, Camille Bloch, to George Barbier.
    €100
  2. Les confessions
    Maurice LELOIR, Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

    Les confessions[The Confessions]

    H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1889|22 x 32 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
    Full red morocco-grained shagreen bindings, spines with five fine raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments, gilt floral friezes at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on covers, floral bouquets in cover corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt floral motifs in pastedown corners, gilt edges on leading edges, covers stitched and spine preserved.
    One scratch at head of second volume joint.
    Preface by Jules Clarétie.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed.
    €900
  3. Medailles du regne de Louis XV
    Nicolas GODONNESCHE, G. R. FLEURIMONT

    Medailles du regne de Louis XV

    S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1736|24.50 x 33 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with a frontispiece by Le Moine and engraved by Cars, an engraved title, an engraved epistle and 54 plates of medals (one medal per plate). The medals are at the center of engraved frames, different for each plate. All plates are numbered. A second edition will appear in 1745 with 65 plates, and a third in 1749 with 78 plates. Cohen only cites this last edition, the 1736 edition being much rarer than the following ones.
    Contemporary full glazed and marbled brown calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Head cap torn off. Last tail compartment missing. Upper joint split and open. Corners very bumped and worn. Overall...
    €700
  4. Les amours d'Anas-Eloujoud et de Ouardi, conte traduit de l'Arabe
    Claude-Etienne SAVARY

    Les amours d'Anas-Eloujoud et de Ouardi, conte traduit de l'Arabe

    Chez Onfroy|A Bagdadse trouve [Baghdad] • à Paris 1789|7.50 x 12.50 cm|relié
    The rare first posthumous edition. After the half-title, 4pp. catalogue.
    Contemporary full porphyry calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 fleurons. Black calf title label. Frame border on boards. Small 0.5cm split to upper joint at head and foot, minimal. Handsome copy.
    Famous orientalist and pioneer of Egyptology, translator of the Quran, fluent Arabic speaker, Savary brought back several tales from his travels, and it is specified in the foreword that this is a translation. It is nevertheless preferable to consider that Savary is the author, and that his great knowledge of Arab customs makes this tale a story close to those of the Thousand and One Nights.
    The Mercure...
    €500
  5. De la cité socialiste
    [Charles PÉGUY as] Pierre DELOIRE

    De la cité socialiste

    Librairie de 'La revue socialiste'|Paris 1897|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition published under pseudonym of Charles Péguy's first work, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite a tiny tear at foot of spine.
    €100
  6. Le coeur solitaire
    Charles GUÉRIN

    Le coeur solitaire

    S. n.|Paris 1898|15 x 20.50 cm|broché sous étui
    First edition, one of 390 numbered copies on vellum tinted.
    Our copy is presented in a case in full marbled paper.
    Autograph signed by Charles Guérin to Robert de Souza.
    €250
  7. De l'espionnage en littérature
    Michel VACHEY

    De l'espionnage en littérature

    Pierre Jean Oswald|Paris 1973|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph of Michel Vachey: "For Georges Raillard agent-double."
    €100
  8. L'école du mystère
    Philippe SOLLERS

    L'école du mystère

    Gallimard|Paris 2015|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Nice copy.
    Autograph dedication signed by Philippe Sollers to his close friend Georges Raillard.
    €100
  9. Rue traversière
    Yves BONNEFOY

    Rue traversière

    Mercure de France|Paris 1977|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on mat vellum.
    Discolored back and having a black spot in the foot.
    Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy Claude Ernoult.
    €70
  10. L'ordalie
    Yves BONNEFOY, Claude GARACHE

    L'ordalie

    Maeght éditeur|Paris 1975|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the 1000 numbered copies on vellum cloth, ours one of the hors commerce.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of 4 reproductions of works of Claude Garache.
    Autograph signed by Claude Garache Georges Raillard in pencil.
    €80
  11. Exceptional copy inscribed by Charles Baudelaire
    Les Fleurs du mal
    Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Les Fleurs du mal[Flowers of Evil]

    Poulet Malassis & De Broise|Paris 1857|12.10 x 18.80 cm|relié sous étui

    First edition, printed on vélin d'Angoulême paper, with the usual misprints and including the six condemned poems, one of the few copies given to the author and “intended for friends who do not deliver literary services”.
    Full emerald morocco binding, signed by Marius Michel, original wrappers preserved.

    Precious presentation copy inscribed and signed by the author in pencil on the half-title page: “à M. Tenré fils, souvenir de bonne camaraderie, Ch. Baudelaire” (“to M. Tenré Jnr, a reminder of good friendship, Ch. Baudelaire”) and three handwritten corrections, in pencil on pages 29 and 110 and in ink on page 43.
    ...
    €170,000
  12. Ilia et Albert
    Angelo GATTI

    Ilia et Albert

    Les éditions Rieder|Paris 1934|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 13 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Endpapers very slightly and partially shaded, entirely without consequence.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  13. Lettre autographe signée au chorégraphe Maurice Béjart
    Pierre KLOSSOWSKI (to Maurice BÉJART)

    Lettre autographe signée au chorégraphe Maurice Béjart Handwritten letter signed by the writer Pierre Klossowski addressed to Maurice Bejart, dated 4 March 1991.

    Paris 4 mars 1991|21 x 29.70 cm|une feuille
    Handwritten letter signed by the writer Pierre Klossowski addressed to Maurice Béjart, dated 4 March 1991.
    29 lines written in black ink on one leaf.
    Just like a poem, this beautiful and passionate letter was written in a long column of text. Klossowski congratulates the choreographer on his autobiography Mort subite published the same year and is amazed that Béjart's literary tastes are so similar to his own.
    In the letter, Pierre Klossowski highlights the affinities that link him to Béjart. He devotes a long passage to Mort subite, Béjart's last book about his famous father, the philosopher Gaston Berger: "La...
    €1,000
  14. Les rives du fleuve bleu
    Emmanuel ROBLÈS

    Les rives du fleuve bleu

    Seuil|Paris 1990|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    first edition on current paper.
    Back and flat very slightly and marginally insolated without gravity.
    Attached trailer featuring a marginal tear.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed Emmanuel Roblès Alice Fedi enriched with a small drawing of flowers placed in a vase.
    €60
  15. La Fayette
    Jacques DEBÛ-BRIDEL

    La Fayette

    Del Duca|Paris 1957|13.50 x 21.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    first edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Binding of the editor in full blue-white-red cardboard, smooth back, complete copy of his rhodoïd.
    Iconography.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Jacques Debu-Bridel to Hélène Andrééva.
    €40
  16. Un espoir des espoirs
    FELLAG

    Un espoir des espoirs

    Jean-Claude Lattès|Paris 2014|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    first edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Nice copy.
    Fellag signed autograph dedication to his wife Marianne (Epin) my love that I love forever. For all caresses and future tenderness. Ton Mohand. "
    €40
  17. Le premier acte du synode nocturne des tribades, lemanes, unelmanes, propétides, à la ruine des biens, vie et honneur de Calianthe
    Guillaume REBOUL

    Le premier acte du synode nocturne des tribades, lemanes, unelmanes, propétides, à la ruine des biens, vie et honneur de Calianthe[The First Act of the Nocturnal Synod of Tribades, Lemanes, Unelmanes, and Propetides, to the Ruin of the Property, Life, and Honour of Calianthe]

    Jules Gay|Paris 1862|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
    New edition collated against the unique copy in the Imperial Library in Paris, one of 100 numbered copies on laid paper, the only edition after 2 copies on vellum.
    Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine with gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, blue sheep title label with marginal lack, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted at head of pastedown, original wrappers preserved, binding signed in blind by Petit.
    Rare and fine copy.
    Provenance: from the library of Paul Arnauldet, bibliophile and friend of Charles Baudelaire, with his bookplate pasted on pastedown: "Nunquam amicorum" (not even to friends).

    €300
  18. L'art d'accommoder les classiques
    Georges-Armand MASSON

    L'art d'accommoder les classiques

    Editions du siècle|Paris 1924|16 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe edition.
    Handsome full-margined copy despite a small tear at head of spine and light foxing.
    These are pastiches of Solomon, Homer, Bossuet, Voltaire, Plato, Theocritus, Virgil, Ovid, Saint Paul, Plutarch, de Voragine, Dante, Shakespeare, La Rochefoucauld, Perrault, La Fontaine, Boileau, Fénelon, Swift, Buffon, Florian, Goethe...
    Facsimiles of the manuscript signatures of those parodied on the front endpaper.
    €100
  19. Folie et déraison - Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique
    Michel FOUCAULT

    Folie et déraison - Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique[Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason]

    Plon|Paris 1961|14 x 20.50 cm|broché

    First edition, of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Spine slightly bowed, with a few tears and lacks to plastic film cover. Slight foxing in the margins of a few pages.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Foucault, at the time a young teacher, to Jean-Charles Varennes.
    A very rare advance copy, which could be said to have taken the place of the grand papier (deluxe) copies.

    €8,000
  20. Le Superbe Orénoque
    Jules VERNE

    Le Superbe Orénoque

    Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903-1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 73 drawings by George Roux: 1 frontispiece engraved by Froment, 1 title vignette engraved by Pannemaker, 2 large black engravings without captions, 48 black in-text engravings, 1 full-page black map of the Orinoco course, 20 polychrome hors-texte engravings, or printed in sepia or blue-grey.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 3, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "h" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
    Original blue endpapers very marginally lightened as usual, some rubbing to spine and gilt on first cover, copy slightly warped. Some signatures slightly protruding.
    Le Superbe Orénoque is an...
    €700
  21. La vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique
    Gustave TOUDOUZE, Julien LE BLANT

    La vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1896|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
    First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
    Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
    Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the head of a guard.
    Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant Emile Henriot.
    €200
  22. Jadis et naguère
    Paul VERLAINE

    Jadis et naguère[Yesteryear and Long Ago]

    Léon Vanier|Paris 1884|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition printed in 500 copies and of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
    Full morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Levêque & Diez.
    This copy is complete with justification pages.
    A very nice copy elegantly bound.
    €2,500
  23. La presqu'île
    Julien GRACQ

    La presqu'île[The Peninsula]

    José Corti|Paris 1970|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches, the tirage de tête.
    A very nice copy.
    €3,500
  24. Lettrines 2
    Julien GRACQ

    Lettrines 2

    José Corti|Paris 1974|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vergé de Hollande paper, the tirage de tête.
    A very nice copy.
    €1,800
  25. Confitou
    Gaston LEROUX

    Confitou[Confitou]

    Pierre Lafitte|Paris 1917|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition, with no mention of deluxe paper copies.
    Bradel binding in half green morocco, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, floral and gilt patterned paper boards, original wrappers preserved, gilt edges, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
    A handsome copy despite two small stains above and below the autograph inscription.
    Rare signed autograph inscription from Gaston Leroux to Jean Sapine.


    €2,300
  26. La boutique d'Arlequin
    Paul LECLERCQ

    La boutique d'Arlequin

    Fontemoing & Cie|Paris 1913|19 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 20 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bradel binding in full moiré-effect paper, smooth spine, bottle green morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
    Handsome full-margined copy.



    €300
  27. Maître du monde - Un drame en Livonie
    Jules VERNE

    Maître du monde - Un drame en Livonie[Master of the World – A Drama in Livonia]

    Jules Hetzel|Paris 1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
    First large octavo edition illustrated by George Roux.
    Hetzel publisher's binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second board type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
    Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual. A small mark at the top of the first board.
    Sequel to Robur the Conqueror, Master of the World tells of Robur's return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
    A Drama in Livonia is a detective novel featuring an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.
    Handsome copy.
    €800
  28. Le secret de Wilhelm Storitz
    Jules VERNE

    Le secret de Wilhelm Storitz

    Hetzel|Paris 1910|18 x 27.30 cm|relié
    Rare first and only illustrated edition with 37 drawings by Georges Roux including 6 polychrome plates and 11 black and white plates outside the text.
    Publisher's binding known as "aux feuilles d'acanthe" with red title medallion. The first editions were subsequently issued with a gilt medallion.
    Good first issue, quite crisp, but with several scratched or rubbed areas. Corners somewhat rubbed and slightly turned in. Half-title and title with pale foxing otherwise very fresh throughout. Spine very lightly faded with dulled gilt. Rear board in good condition with slight water stain beneath the rosette. Lower joint at head restored. Two signatures slightly protruding.
    Science...
    €500
  29. Memoires et avantures d'un homme de qualité qui s'est retiré du monde. Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux & de Manon Lescaut
    ABBÉ PREVOST

    Memoires et avantures d'un homme de qualité qui s'est retiré du monde. Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux & de Manon Lescaut

    Chez J. Wetstein & G. Smith|A Amsterdam • & se trouve à Paris 1735|7.50 x 13.30 cm|7 tomes 3 volumes reliés
    New edition, the first complete collective edition dating from 1731 and not from 1733 as is often erroneously stated. The first publications of the novel and its sequel were spread from 1728 to 1731. Title pages in red and black. All first editions of this novel are rare, unlike those published after 1750.
    Contemporary full brown mottled sheep binding. Smooth decorated spine. Red morocco title and volume labels. A tear with loss to the lower joint at the foot of volume II. One cm lacking on the lower board of volume I (wormhole damage). Rubbing. Fine copy, very fresh. The last 2 leaves of volume IV shorter in margins. Lacking the half-title in volume 2. Two wormholes, then one in volume...
    €1,500
  30. Mémoires philosophiques du Baron de ***
    Louis Athanase des Balbes de Berton de CRILLON

    Mémoires philosophiques du Baron de ***

    Chez Berton|A VienneEt se trouve [Vienna] • à Paris 1777 - 1778|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 fine hors-texte figures engraved in aquatint, including a view of the interior of the famous philosophers' café, the Procope in Paris. The edition of the second volume being from the following year, it often happens that one finds only the first volume.
    Full marbled brown calf bindings. Smooth decorated spines. Red morocco title labels, tawny morocco volume labels. Lacks at head of volume I. 2 corners bumped. Marbled edges. The first leaves of volume I are printed on strong paper, the following on laid paper. Fine copy.
    Red bookplate G.H. Manuscript ownership inscription: Tillier, this 7th November 1792.
    Apocryphal memoirs...
    €450
  31. Cher Edouard
    COLLECTIF

    Cher Edouard

    Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1938|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition of the last volume of this celebrated collection of the Amis d'Edouard, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only deluxe copies after 3 Japan.
    Contributions by J. Pouget, E. Bourdet, H. Malherbe, J. & J. Tharaud, E. Henriot and P. Champion.
    At the end of the volume, list of works published in this collection.
    Handsome copy.
    €40
  32. Roll-mops
    Gus BOFA

    Roll-mops

    Société littéraire de France|Paris 1919|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with drawings by the author.
    Beautiful illustrated cover by the same.
    Spine lightly sunned as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
    €60
  33. Les Diaboliques de Barbey d'Aurevilly
    Armand LE CORBEILLER

    Les Diaboliques de Barbey d'Aurevilly

    Edgard Malfère|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite minor tears of no consequence at foot of spine and front cover.
    €50
  34. Charles Dullin
    Jean SARMENT

    Charles Dullin

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1950|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A photographic portrait of Charles Dullin as frontispiece.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  35. Le train de 8h47
    Charles-Emile CARLEGLE, Georges COURTELINE

    Le train de 8h47

    Société littéraire de France|Paris 1925|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with original woodcuts by Carlègle, one of 49 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies after 1 Japan à la forme.
    Our copy, like the 50 Japan copies, is complete with its duplicate suite on China paper of the woodcuts.
    A small tear reglued at head of spine.

    €200
  36. La serre
    Alain LAMBERT, Robert GROBORNE

    La serre

    Trames|Paris 2003|14 x 19 cm|en feuilles
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Johannot "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies after 30 Arches paper.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of 7 engravings by Robert Groborne.
    Handwritten signatures of Alain Lambert and Robert Groborne at the colophon.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Robert Groborne to Georges and Alice R (aillard): "... with my faithful friendship for so long already ..."
    €100
  37. Mistress Branican
    Jules VERNE

    Mistress Branican[Mistress Branican]

    Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    Illustrated octavo edition decorated with illustrations by L. Benett and two large maps.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, polychrome first cover signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several black and gilt frames, a gilt elephant head in the upper left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Mistress Branican begins in the United States to take the reader to deepest Australia, that of the desert...
    €800
  38. Le Volcan d'or
    Jules VERNE

    Le Volcan d'or[The Golden Volcano]

    Jules Hetzel|Paris 1907-1910|17.50 x 27.50 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition large octavo illustrated with 64 drawings by Roux including 12 polychrome out-of-text engravings with blank verso.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel called "à l'éventail et à un éléphant avec titre dans l'éventail", lighthouse spine, first cover with gilt scientific instruments in the foreground, three gilt illustrations and green foliage, second cover of Engel "i" type according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
    Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual, first hinge very slightly cracked.
    Posthumous novel, Le Volcan d'or takes place during the gold rush period and features two Franco-Canadian cousins inheriting a concession on the banks of...
    €700
  39. Meidosems
    Henri MICHAUX

    Meidosems[Meidosems]

    Editions du point du jour|Paris 1948|20 x 26 cm|broché sous chemise à lacets
    Henri MICHAUX
    Meidosems
    Éditions du point du jour | Paris 1948 | 20 x 26 cm | original wrappers with laced chemise
    First edition, one of 276 numbered copies on pur fil Johannot paper, only grand papier (deluxe) copies after one copy on China paper and 20 on pur fil d'Arches.
    Handsome copy with very lightly sunned
    endpapers and a little foxing, editor's chemise with ties, a clear dampstain to the spine.
    Illustrated with 13 original lithographs by Henri Michaux, including one on a
    double page, and another in green as cover.
    Autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to Jean Sainjon.
    €3,500
  40. Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages
    Jean François de LA HARPE

    Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages

    Chez Ledoux et Tenré|à Paris 1816|12.50 x 20.50 cm|24 volumes reliés
    New edition, without the folio atlas of 15 plates.
    Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spine handsomely decorated with anchor and ship tools, rolls and ornaments. Red morocco title labels, green morocco volume labels. Small lack at foot of volume I and at head of volume 4. Foot of volume 14 slightly rubbed.
    Preface to L'Abrégé by Depping: "Around the year 1745, some men of letters in England formed the project of a complete collection of all travel accounts published in all the languages of Europe. Abbé Prévost, a writer advantageously known for the success of his novels, undertook to translate the work into French. He kept his word, the work spread throughout...
    €1,800
  41. Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Afrique ; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798
    John BARROW

    Voyage dans la partie méridionale de l'Afrique ; fait dans les années 1797 et 1798

    Dentu|Paris 1801|12.50 x 20.70 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First French edition illustrated with a very large folding map heightened in colors, a folding table of South African woods, and a figure of a unicorn (a type of gazelle with a single long horn on its forehead). Translation by L. Degrandpré
    Contemporary full flamed brown sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 2 fleurons and 2 grotesque compartments, and multiple fillets. Red morocco title labels, green morocco volume labels. Decorative border frame on boards. Surface wear on boards, near outer edges. Rubbing, particularly to headcaps and joints. Endpapers changed in the second volume. The edges of volume 2 are yellow, white for the first, the publisher having certainly mixed 2...
    €1,000
  42. Les memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise
    Henri II de Lorraine Duc de GUISE

    Les memoires de feu Monsieur le Duc de Guise

    Chez Edme Martin • et Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy|A Paris 1668|19 x 25.80 cm|relié
    First edition, uncommon. A title vignette with the arms of the Duke of Guise, Henri II de Lorraine (1614-1664). These memoirs were published by the Duke's secretary, sieur de Saint-Yon, who allegedly asked Philippe Goibeau to write them. It should be noted however that Augustin Calmet, (Bibl. lorraine 594) does not doubt that these memoirs are from the duke's hand. Fine printing in large characters.
    Contemporary full brown speckled and glazed sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Brown morocco title label. Narrow split to joints at head. Last compartment narrowly split on upper joint. Missing one third of the title label. 3 corners slightly bumped. Pale gilt crayon...
    €900
  43. Adieu, vive clarté...
    Jorge SEMPRÚN

    Adieu, vive clarté...

    Gallimard|Paris 1998|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Nice full copy of his trailer.
    Signed autograph Jorge Semprun to a friend named Brigitte: "... this story of adolescence ..."
    €250
  44. L'amour fou
    André BRETON

    L'amour fou

    Gallimard|Paris 1937|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    A few discreet repairs, blindstamp of recipient on endpaper.
    Illustrations.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by André Breton to Pierre Rigault.
    €2,800
  45. Une nonnain
    Valery LARBAUD, Maurice BRIANCHON

    Une nonnain

    Ides et Calendes|Neuchâtel • & Paris 1946|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First separate edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Ingres Guarro paper, deluxe copy.
    Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, otherwise handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece in color as well as headpieces on tinted background by Maurice Brianchon.
    €300
  46. Humeurs
    Hervé BAZIN

    Humeurs

    Grasset|Paris 1953|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 162 numbered copies on alfa paper, our copy unnumbered, the only deluxe copies along with 19 on Holland paper and 46 on Rives paper.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  47. Les vrais de vrai
    Pierre FALKE, Francis CARCO

    Les vrais de vrai

    Au sans pareil|Paris 1928|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on Montgolfier laid paper.
    Spine and covers marginally sunned and faded as generally.
    Work illustrated with 6 etchings by Pierre Falké.
    €80
  48. Electre ou la chute des masques
    Marguerite YOURCENAR

    Electre ou la chute des masques[Electra, or The Fall of the Masks]

    Plon|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, this copy one of 10 hors commerce, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
    A nice copy despite the very slightly sunned spine.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Marguerite Yourcenar to Maurice Bourdel, director of publishing house Plon, and his wife : "... cette Electre perdue dans "un monde où l'ordre n'est pas"

    €2,800
  49. Le Ravissement de Lol. V. Stein
    Marguerite DURAS

    Le Ravissement de Lol. V. Stein

    Gallimard|Paris 1964|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on pur fil paper, this copy one of 75 copies reserved for Club de l'Edition originale, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
    A nice copy despite the spine very slightly sunned.
    €700
  50. Icones Plantarum Syriae rariorum, descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae
    Jacques-Julien Houtou de LA BILLARDIÈRE

    Icones Plantarum Syriae rariorum, descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae

    Impensis Autoris|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] 1791-1812|20 x 26.50 cm|5 livraisons reliées en un volume
    Icones Plantarum Syriae rariorum, descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae
    Impensis Autoris, Lutetiae Parisiorum 1791-1812, in-4 (20 x 26,5 cm), 22 pp; 18 pp; 16 pp; 16 pp; 16 pp., contemporary half sheep
    First edition, one of the rarest complete copies of the 5 issues. It is illustrated with 50 plates, some of which are folding and one is heightened in color, drawn by Pierre-Joseph and Henri Redouté, Turpin and Poiteau.
    Contemporary binding in half blond tree sheepskin, spine with triple gilt fillets, as well as a morocco red title piece, tree paper boards. Discreet repair to spine.
    Following his study of medicine at the Université de Montpellier, La...
    €7,000
  51. Le plan de l'aiguille
    Blaise CENDRARS

    Le plan de l'aiguille

    Au sans pareil|Paris 1929|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1030 numbered copies on Montgolfier vellum.
    A tiny light marginal fold to the back board, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
    €120
  52. Le bourreau du Pérou
    Georges RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES

    Le bourreau du Pérou

    Au sans pareil|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Montgolfier paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies along with 40 on Holland paper.
    Handsome copy.
    €180
  53. La Bretagne contemporaine. Sites pittoresques, monuments, costumes, scènes de moeurs, histoire, légendes, traditions et usages des cinq départements de cette province
    Aurélien de COURSON, COLLECTIF

    La Bretagne contemporaine. Sites pittoresques, monuments, costumes, scènes de moeurs, histoire, légendes, traditions et usages des cinq départements de cette province[Contemporary Brittany. Picturesque Sites, Monuments, Costumes, Scenes of Manners, History, Legends, Traditions and Customs of the Five Departments of this Province]

    Charpentier|Paris • & Nantes 1863|33 x 49 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition illustrated with 167 plates drawn from life by Félix Benoist and lithographed by leading Parisian artists including Arnout, Bachelier, Benoist, David, Fichot, Tirpenne...
    Bound in half bottle-green shagreen, spines with four raised bands framed with gilt rolls and decorated with double gilt panels featuring typographic motifs and gilt heraldic ermines, gilt names and places at the foot, covers of bottle-green percaline framed with a broad gilt lace border enriched with heraldic ermines and gilt armorials, boards stamped in the centre with the gilt arms of Brittany and of the city of Nantes within a gilt mandorla, white moiré silk endleaves and pastedowns, publisher's...
    €3,000
  54. Supplément à l'esprit de faction de Saint-Evremond
    Julien BENDA, Georges GORVEL

    Supplément à l'esprit de faction de Saint-Evremond

    Editions du Trianon|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First Edition, one of the few numbered off-trade copies numbered on Japan, ours No. I and specially printed for Mr. Stanislas Kahan, leading print with 25 other Japan put on the market.
    Illustrated book of 4 brass Georges Gorvel, featuring here, as all copies out of trade on Japan, a double, a triple, a quadruple or a quintuple following brass, the 25 Japan put on the market with only a double suite 4 brass.
    Binding to the bradel in cardboard vellum style, smooth back, title of the book and name of the author calligraphed in the manner of medieval books, framing of double nets roads on the boards, blankets and backs preserved, golden head on witnesses , Contemporary binding.
    €380
  55. L'autodidacte
    Jean ROBINET

    L'autodidacte

    Flammarion|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the review copies service.
    Signed autograph of Jean Robinet to Mr. Hot.
    €30
  56. Mythologie figurée de la Grèce
    Maxime COLLIGNON

    Mythologie figurée de la Grèce

    Ancienne maison Quantin|Paris 1885|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half brown shagreen binding, spine faded and lightened with raised bands decorated with Greek friezes in blind, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
    Light foxing of no significance.
    Work illustrated with 131 figures in the text.
    €50
  57. Six heures à perdre
    Robert BRASILLACH

    Six heures à perdre

    Plon|Paris 1953|14 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête with 25 Madagascar paper hors commerce.
    A nice copy with edges preserved.
    €800
  58. Thèmes et variations
    Aldous HUXLEY

    Thèmes et variations

    Plon|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine very lightly yellowed, otherwise handsome copy.
    €300
  59. Le livre de Lazare
    Jean CASSOU

    Le livre de Lazare

    Plon|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
    Back and flat slightly and marginally insolated.
    Signed autograph of Jean Cassou Gérard Mainguet.
    €80
  60. Oeuvres choisies 1900-1910
    Charles PÉGUY

    Oeuvres choisies 1900-1910

    Grasset|Paris 1911|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding, discrète and skillfull repair on top headpiece, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
    A little light spotting, not serious.
    Handsome autograph inscription dated and signed by Charles Péguy to Maurice Lazard on two pages : "... Samedi 27 Mai 1911 / Exemplaire pour Monsieur Maurice Lazard. Veuillez trouver ici mon cher Lazard, les assurances de mes sentiments très personnellement dévoués. Charles Péguy."
    €3,000
  61. Le Grand siècle. Louis XIV. Les arts, les idées
    Émile BOURGEOIS

    Le Grand siècle. Louis XIV. Les arts, les idées

    Hachette|Paris 1896|20.50 x 31 cm|relié
    First edition abundantly illustrated with photogravures after period documents and engravings as well as 22 portraits hors-texte.
    Publisher's binding in full tawny sheep, spine with five false raised bands set with gilt garlands and decorated with blind-stamped compartments decorated in their centers with gilt crowns, boards richly decorated with a radiating device with central sun framed by a wide fleur-de-lis gilt band separated by blind-stamped crowns, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
    Very handsome copy.
    €500
  62. Rinconète et Cortadillo
    Enrique ATALAYA, Miguel de CERVANTES

    Rinconète et Cortadillo

    H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1891|18 x 28.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 67 original compositions by Enrique Atalaya, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper.
    Full red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet border on boards ornamented with a scatter of floral motifs connected by floral friezes stamped in blind, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind fillet border and floral corner motifs, gilt edges on leading edges, original wrappers preserved.
    Foxing.











    €180
  64. Le chandelier
    Alfred de MUSSET

    Le chandelier

    Charpentier|Paris 1850|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    Second separate edition.
    Some small foxing.
    €80
  65. Carmosine
    Alfred de MUSSET

    Carmosine

    Charpentier|Paris 1865|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First separate edition.
    Two lacks to head and to foot of spine.
    €40
  66. De l'esprit. Heidegger et la question
    Jacques DERRIDA

    De l'esprit. Heidegger et la question

    Galilée|Paris 1987|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
    Pleasant copy despite the back and slightly and marginally insolated boards.
    Signed autograph of Jacques Derrida to Anne Sarraute.
    €400
  67. Du droit à la philosophie
    Jacques DERRIDA

    Du droit à la philosophie

    Galilée|Paris 1990|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
    Pleasant copy despite the back and slightly and marginally insolated boards.
    Signed autograph of Jacques Derrida to Anne Sarraute.
    €400
  70. Que peindre ? Adami Arakawa Buren
    Jean-François LYOTARD

    Que peindre ? Adami Arakawa Buren

    Editions de la Différence|Paris 1987|20 x 27 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui souple
    First edition.
    Iconography.
    Back insolated, complete copy of its soft case that has a hitch in foot.
    Signed autograph of Jean-François Lyotard Georges Raillard on the first volume.
    €100
  71. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé
    Emile BAYARD, Alphonse DAUDET

    Fromont jeune et Risler ainé

    Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|14.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Edition illustrated with 12 original compositions by Emile Bayard engraved as etchings by J. Massard, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper with the etchings in double state, deluxe copy.
    Bradel bindings in half saffron cloth with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motif, dates and double gilt fillets at foot, olive green shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.











    €250
  72. Mémoires de Madame de Staal - de Launay
    Adolphe LALAUZE, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL

    Mémoires de Madame de Staal - de Launay

    Librairie des bibliophiles L. Jouaust • A. Ferroud|Paris 1890|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
    Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown chocolate maroquinated shagreen, boards of marbled paper, preserved cover, binding of l 'time.
    Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor by Adolphe Lalauze, which he signed at the foot of the fake title page.
    €400
  73. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Mondrian
    Michel BUTOR (pref.) Maria Grazia ALBERTINI OTTOLENGHI

    Tout l'oeuvre peint de Mondrian

    Flammarion|Paris 1976|24 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Binding of the publisher in full almond green canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket that has very slight marginal tears without gravity.
    Nice copy.
    Rich iconography.
    Introduction of Michel Butor.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his close friend and biographer Georges Raillard.
    €100
  74. Les bains de Bade
    George BARBIER, René BOYLESVE

    Les bains de Bade

    Georges Crès|Paris 1921|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Edition printed on laid Arches and illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 inset plates in chiaroscuro and in-text vignettes by George Barbier.
    Binding in half chocolate brown morocco, spine in five compartments with some scratches, marbled paper boards, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    €250
  75. L'amour enfant de Bohème
    Paul FORT, Ignacio ZULOAGA

    L'amour enfant de Bohème

    Armand Jules Klein|Paris 1930|19.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First Edition printed 200 copies numbered and justified by Paul Fort on laid, ours specially printed for Jean Comte.
    Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of Paul Fort by Ignacio Zuloaga.
    Back slightly insolated, a small lack at the top of the first board, a shadow on the page next to the portrait left by the snake protecting him.
    Signed autograph dedication of Paul Fort to his Jean Comte with this quote: "It is only love to be happy to the world."
    €60
  76. Vol d'oiseaux noirs au temps des cerises
    Paul FORT

    Vol d'oiseaux noirs au temps des cerises

    A.J. Klein|Paris 1932|19.50 x 29 cm|broché
    First edition not put on the market, one of 45 copies numbered and initialed by the author on Japan, ours printed especially for Jean Comte, head print.
    Nice copy despite the back very slightly insolated as generally.
    Work adorned with a frontispiece, cul-de-lamp and vignettes by Paul Welsch.
    Signed autograph dedication from Paul Fort to Jean Comte on a guard: "... this book is a great deal of trouble and little joy, this flight of black birds to cherries ..." enriched two pages further from this handwritten thought: "Light is the life of all my thoughts."
    €120
  77. Naufrage sous l'arc-en-ciel
    Paul FORT, Gino SEVERINI

    Naufrage sous l'arc-en-ciel

    Armand Jules Klein|Paris s. d. [1937]|19.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition out of trade, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours printed specially for Jean Comte, only draw with 30 Japan.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of a frontispiece and a cul-de-lamp of Gino Severini.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Paul Fort to Jean Comte: "This book, or rather this shipwrecked shipwrecked boat under the rainbow of hope ... with the affectionate memory of an old finder of our France ".
    €80
  78. Des hommes illustres
    Jean ROUAUD

    Des hommes illustres

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1993|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph of Jean Rouaud to Anne Sarraute.
    €50
  79. Jean et Jeannette
    Théophile GAUTIER, Adolphe LALAUZE

    Jean et Jeannette

    A. Ferroud|Paris 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
    Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
    Preface by Léo Claretie.
    Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
    Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.





    €400
  80. La saison dévastée
    Brigitte SIMON, Claude ESTEBAN

    La saison dévastée

    Denise Renard|Paris 1968|25.50 x 34 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    First Edition printed with 85 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of 7 original dry tips of Brigitte Simon.
    Handwritten signatures of Claude Esteban and Brigitte Simon below the justification of the draw.
    €250
  81. Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves. Entretiens avec Georges Raillard
    Joan MIRÓ

    Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves. Entretiens avec Georges Raillard

    Seuil|Paris 1977|18.50 x 26 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Small tears without loss to margins of some leaves in the very first signatures, otherwise a handsome copy with full margins.
    Our copy lacks the original etching by Joan Miro that should be present in all copies on Arches laid paper.
    €200
  82. Histoire de Théophile-Malo De La Tour d'Auvergne (Corret), premier grenadier de France rédigée d'après sa correspondance et les documents les plus authentiques
    Alphonse BUHOT DE KERSERS

    Histoire de Théophile-Malo De La Tour d'Auvergne (Corret), premier grenadier de France rédigée d'après sa correspondance et les documents les plus authentiques

    Paulin|Paris s. d. [circa 1860]|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half navy blue sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with double fillets and gilt fleurons, some minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to one pastedown, speckled edges.
    Some minor foxing, one foxing stain marginally affecting the first leaves, manuscript ownership inscription by a previous owner at head of title page.





    €80
  84. Aragon
    Hubert JUIN

    Aragon

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
    Traces of wear on the joints, a transverse fold in margin of the first flat.
    Autograph dedication signed by Hubert Juin to Bernard Pingaud.
    €20
  85. Monsieur le ministre
    Adrien MARIE, Frédéric BOURDIN

    Monsieur le ministre

    Maison Quantin|Paris 1885|20.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition of 10 original Adrien Marie compositions etched by Wallet, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan featuring etchings in double condition;
    Binding in half gray percaline with corners, smooth back adorned with a floral golden pattern, golden date and double fillet in tail, title piece of navy shagreen, boards of marbled paper, Contemporary binding.
    Edition enriched with an unpublished preface by Jules Clarétie.
    Some foxinges mainly affecting the white guards of the binding.
    Our copy is exceptionally embellished with an original watercolor in color signed Frédéric Bourdin on the page preceding the title page.
    €600
  86. Le premier livre pastoral
    Maurice DU PLESSYS

    Le premier livre pastoral

    Léon Vanier|Paris 1892|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half vellum-style boards binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pink paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing.




    €80
  87. Choses d'amour
    Pierre de LABAUME

    Choses d'amour

    Imprimerie A.L. Guillot & A. Julien|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on current paper.
    Binding half cartonnage vellum style, smooth back decorated with golden floral friezes in head and tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of pink paper, preserved covers, Contemporary binding.
    Some foxinges mainly affecting the preserved cover plates and the white guards of the binding.
    Autograph signed by Pierre de Labaume to his friend Louis Bourdery.
    €80
  88. Flammes mortes
    Pierre de LABAUME

    Flammes mortes

    Imprimerie A.L. Guillot & A. Julien|Paris 1887|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition on current paper.
    Binding half cartonnage vellum style, smooth back decorated with golden floral friezes in head and tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of pink paper, preserved covers, Contemporary binding.
    Scorching mainly affecting the preserved cover plates and the white guards of the binding.
    Autograph signed by Pierre de Labaume to his friend Louis Bourdery.
    €80
  89. Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard
    Fernand SIMEON, Anatole FRANCE

    Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard

    Editions Mornay|Paris 1923|17.50 x 22 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with original etchings and woodcuts by Fernand Siméon, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours being one of 24 hors commerce copies, the most limited deluxe paper printing after a unique copy on old Japan paper.
    Handsome copy despite a small light dampstain at foot of front cover and on its rear flap verso.
    Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with its suite of woodcuts on Japan paper and the proof before letters of the etchings.
    €600
  90. Martinique
    Michel COURNOT

    Martinique[Martinique]

    Gallimard|Paris 1949|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1650 copies on chestnut.
    Two traces of vertical folds on the boards.
    Pleasant copy of this text castigating the colonialist policy of France.
    Rare autograph dedication signed by Michel Cournot to Jean Comte "The writers, at the time, had a lot of hair and very few holidays.Today Monsieur Comte knows how to take care of everything.I am not the only one to thank him. "
    €300
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