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Paris (France)
  2. La possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les Ethiopiens de Gondar
    Michel LEIRIS

    La possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les Ethiopiens de Gondar

    Plon|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which there were no large paper copies, one advance (service de presse) copy.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Jeanine and Raymond (Queneau) : "... avec toute l'affection de leur ami..."
    Spine and covers faded in the margins as usual.
    €800
  3. Corps et biens
    Robert DESNOS

    Corps et biens

    Nrf|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy
    Handsome autograph inscription from Robert Desnos to Janine and Raymond Queneau : "..
    devant qui j'ai repassé le conseil de revision [who were my council of review]", enriched with a drawing showing a little elephant holding up Robert Desnos' name in its trunk
    One joint very slightly cracked at foot.
    €4,500
  4. Le nuage dans le pantalon et suivi d'autres poèmes
    Vladimir MAIAKOVSKI

    Le nuage dans le pantalon et suivi d'autres poèmes

    Les revues|Paris 1947|14 x 20 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation established by Benjamin Goriély, one of 2000 numbered copies on white vellum.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky by Granovski.
    Signed autograph inscription from Benjamin Goriély to the journalist, screenwriter and producer Pierre Dumayet, one of the pioneers of French television.


    €50
  5. Connaissance par les gouffres
    Henri MICHAUX

    Connaissance par les gouffres

    Gallimard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 3000 copies numbered on "bouffant" paper calypso.
    Precious autograph dedication signed by Henri Michaux to Raymond Queneau: "... homage of a friend who is lost in many ways ..."
    Nice copy.
    €1,500
  6. Antoine Bloyé
    Paul NIZAN (inscribed to Pierre UNIK)

    Antoine Bloyé

    Grasset|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Handsome autograph inscription from Paul Nizan to (Pierre) Unik : "Au camarade Unik en échange des bonnes feuilles qu'il a probablement vendues sur les quais. Nizan."
    Two small traces of sunning, not serious, to head and foot of spine.
    €700
  8. Un homme en question
    Eugène IONESCO

    Un homme en question

    Gallimard|Paris 1979|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only large paper copies.
    Spine and lower cover slightly and marginally sunned, not serious, a very good copy.
    €350
  9. La rose publique
    Paul ÉLUARD

    La rose publique

    Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1,450 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only large paper copies after 50 on pur fil.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Paul Eluard to his friend Léo Malet.
    Spine slightly and insignificantly sunned.
    €1,500
  11. Les débuts dramatiques de Victor Hugo (1822-1828)
    Amy ROBSART

    Les débuts dramatiques de Victor Hugo (1822-1828)

    Société française d'imprimerie et de librairie|Paris 1903|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Light dampstains, small lacks and marginal tears to spine and boards.
    Rare but in this condition.
    €30
  12. Lucienne et le boucher
    Marcel AYMÉ

    Lucienne et le boucher

    Grasset|Paris 1947|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on pur fil, ours bearing No. 1, deluxe copy.
    Small tears with tiny marginal lacks on covers, a lack at foot of spine at the level of deckled edges, first endpaper partially and lightly shadowed.
    A full-margined copy.
    €300
  13. La soudure fraternelle
    Tahar BEN JELLOUN

    La soudure fraternelle

    Arléa|Paris 1994|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, the only large paper copies.
    A very attractive copy.
    €200
  14. Verlainiens et décadents
    Gustave LE ROUGE

    Verlainiens et décadents

    Editions Marcel Seheur|Paris 1928|13 x 18 cm|relié
    Original edition on the current paper.
    Binding half morocco cherry, back with five nerves, golden tail date marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and the tank cover and spine preserved (back insolated), gilded head, elegant binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
    Rare autograph signed by the author to his friend Aristide Boureaud.
    Iconography.
    Nice copy pleasantly established.
    €680
  15. Verlainiens et décadents
    Gustave LE ROUGE

    Verlainiens et décadents

    Editions Marcel Seheur|Paris 1928|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête.
    Elegant half cherry-red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (spine sunned with filled-in lack at head), top edge gilt.
    Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Gustave Le Rouge to Monsieur Crottet.
    Iconography.
    A very good copy in a nice binding.
    €1,800
  16. Hebdomeros
    Giorgio DE CHIRICO

    Hebdomeros

    Editions du Carrefour|Paris 1929|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 288 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête with 12 Japon.
    A good copy.
    €280
  17. Entretiens avec Eugène Ionesco - Exemplaire de Raymond Queneau
    Claude BONNEFOY (inscribed to Raymond QUENEAU)

    Entretiens avec Eugène Ionesco - Exemplaire de Raymond Queneau[Conversations with Eugène Ionesco – Raymond Queneau’s Copy]

    Pierre Belfond|Paris 1966|11 x 18 cm|broché

    First edition, of which no copies on deluxe paper were issued.

    Spine slightly faded as usual.
    Precious signed presentation inscription from Eugène Ionesco to Raymond Queneau: "Pour Raymond Queneau, le Satrape, avec mon admiration affectueuse (et que tant je voudrais revoir plus que de temps à autre). Eugène Ionesco."

    €1,000
  18. Le Virgile travesty
    Paul SCARRON

    Le Virgile travesty

    S. n.|à Paris 1668|8 x 13 cm|relié
    New illustrated edition which is joined to the Elzevier collection, illustrated with a repeated frontispiece and eight charming plates (four in each volume) unsigned.
    Nineteenth-century binding in full chocolate morocco, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons, date at foot, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt dentelle framing the doublures, all edges gilt. Ex-libris from the library of Don Joannes Baptista Moens (1855) mounted on the doublures of both volumes.
    Spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Very fine edition of this satire of the Aeneid, a masterpiece of seventeenth-century burlesque literature, in which the author deployed...
    €1,200
  20. Reines de la France
    Jean COCTEAU

    Reines de la France[Queens of France]

    Grasset|Paris 1952|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Madagascar, tirage de tête.
    Autograph inscription from Jean Cocteau to Roger Bradier.
    Spine re-inforced to head and foot.
    €800
  21. La maison la forêt
    Dominique ROLIN

    La maison la forêt

    Denoël|Paris 1965|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
    Precious autograph signed by the author Marcel Ayme.
    Back insolated, complete copy of his please insert which was used by the dedicatee as a bookmark.
    €50
  22. Point du jour
    André BRETON

    Point du jour

    Nrf|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
    With an autograph inscription from André Breton to Robert de Saint-Jean.
    Good copy, retaining its advertising slip.
    €680
  23. Les vases communicants
    André BRETON

    Les vases communicants

    Editions des Cahiers Libres|Paris 1932|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome autograph inscription from André Breton to Marcel Jouhandeau : "... avec la profonde estime et la vive sympathie d'André Breton [with the profound respect and lively sympathy of André Breton]."
    A few reader's marks and sections highlighted in pencil, probably by the dedicatee, in margins of some leaves.
    Paper yellowed as usual.
    €1,500
  24. Mon corps et moi
    René CREVEL

    Mon corps et moi

    Simon Kra|Paris 1926|12.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper, falsely stated the fifth.
    Half navy blue morocco over moiré-effect marbled paper boards by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, navy blue endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt (covers and spine (faded) preserved.
    Handsome autograph inscription from the author to the photographer and director Marc Allégret : "Pour Marc Allegret en marque d'allégresse à cause de son Tchad et avec toute l'affection de René Crevel [For Marc Allegret as a token of my pleasure at his Chad, and with all good wishes from René Crevel]".
    A very good copy nicely bound.
    €1,200
  25. Histoire de la ville de Paris
    Michel FÉLIBIEN, Guy-Alexis LOBINEAU

    Histoire de la ville de Paris

    et Jean Desessartz • Chez Guillaume Desprez|à Paris 1725|25.50 x 38 cm|5 volumes reliés
    First edition illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Simonneau after Hallé, 3 vignettes by Cochin or Simonneau, a large folding plan by Coquart and 32 plates, most often folding, engraved by Hérisset, Lucas or Avéline; they offer a view of all the principal monuments of the capital, including three beautiful views drawn "sur le naturel" by Chaufourier showing the Pont Neuf and the Quai Conti from Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois, the Île Saint-Louis and the Quai Saint-Bernard, the Collège des Quatre Nations up to the Pont Royal from the Louvre.

    The famous plan of Paris (68 x 90 cm) predates that of Turgot by fifteen years. The last three volumes contain the numerous supporting...
    €4,000
  26. Les pas perdus
    Pierre GASCAR

    Les pas perdus

    Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
    Precious autograph signed by the author Marcel Ayme: "... with the fraternal admiration and sympathy for Pierre Gascar."
    Back insolated, complete copy of his please insert.
    €40
  27. Flammes vertes
    Louis MOREAU, Marcel PÉNITENT

    Flammes vertes

    Editions Marcel Pénitent|Paris 1926|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with original woodcuts inset color of Louis Moreau, one of 25 numbered copies on Imperial Japan, deluxe edition.
    Signed autograph of the author to his friend Raymond Bezard.
    Nice copy.
    €200
  28. Le roman comique
    Paul BOURG, Paul SCARRON

    Le roman comique

    Editions littéraires de France|Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|19.50 x 25 cm|broché
    Edition printed in a limited run of 1525 numbered copies on laid paper and decorated with original illustrations in and outside the text colored by stencil by Paul Bourg.
    Light worming affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Handsome copy.
    €70
  30. Les destinées, poèmes philosophiques
    Alfred de VIGNY

    Les destinées, poèmes philosophiques

    Léon Pichon|Paris 1930|26.50 x 33.50 cm|broché
    Handsome typographic edition, one of 290 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing after 20 on Japan paper.
    A good copy.
    €80
  31. Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo
    André CHESNIER DU CHESNE

    Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo

    Mercure de France|Paris 1924|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint of Mercure de France.
    A good copy.
    €30
  32. Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo
    André CHESNIER DU CHESNE

    Le "Ronsard" de Victor Hugo

    G. Crès & Cie|Paris 1929|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    New edition printed on vélin paper.
    Original preface by Léon Deffoux.
    A tiny lack to head of spine slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy
    €30
  33. L'oeuvre de Victor Hugo
    Fernand GREGH

    L'oeuvre de Victor Hugo

    Flammarion|Paris 1931|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
    One small stain, not serious, to spine.
    €40
  34. Le gueux chez Victor Hugo
    Maria LEY-DEUTSCH

    Le gueux chez Victor Hugo

    Librairie E. Droz|Paris 1936|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this thesis presented to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris to obtain a university doctorate degree.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece.
    Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  35. Victor Hugo à Hauteville House
    Jean DELALANDE

    Victor Hugo à Hauteville House

    Albin Michel|Paris 1947|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies, falsely stated the 4000th.
    Iconography.
    €20
  38. Du dandysme et de G. Brummell. - Memoranda
    Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY

    Du dandysme et de G. Brummell. - Memoranda

    Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1887|9.50 x 16.50 cm|broché

    Later edition.
    Autograph inscription from Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly to Madame Salomon : "... parce qu'il est plus moi que mes autres livres, je vous l'offre...[since it is more like me than my other books, I give it to you…]" What an inscription!
    With a frontispiece portrait of the author by Martinez.
    The front free endpaper with the inscription very slightly and partially faded.
    Autograph inscriptions by Barbey d'Aurevilly on this work are rare and much sought after. 

    €2,500
  41. La bête de Lascaux
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    La bête de Lascaux[The Beast of Lascaux]

    GLM|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
    A tiny tear, not serious, to foot of upper cover.
    A rare and very good copy.
    €400
  42. Clérambard
    Marcel AYMÉ

    Clérambard

    Grasset|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 192 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours being one of 12 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
    Cover illustrated with a colored drawing by Jean-Denis Masclès.
    A light dampstain at the foot of the spine.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  43. Lucienne et le boucher
    Marcel AYMÉ

    Lucienne et le boucher

    Grasset|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies after 28 on pur fil paper.
    Small tears, not serious, to margins of the covers, otherwise a good copy.
    €100
  44. Maistre Pierre Pathelin, farce du quinzième siècle
    Maurice BERDON, ANONYME

    Maistre Pierre Pathelin, farce du quinzième siècle

    Pour Les Bibliophiles du Palais|Paris 1927|19 x 27 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
    Illustrated with 28 original lithographs by Maurice Berdon and printed in a numbered edition of 200 copies on handmade laid paper from the Rives mills.
    A handsome copy, spine of the chemise lightly sunned without consequence.
    €200
  46. Logis romantiques
    André SZEKELY DE DOBA, Raymond ESCHOLIER

    Logis romantiques

    Editions des horizons de France|Paris 1930|20 x 29 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with original etchings by André Székely de Doba, one of 300 numbered copies on white Rives wove paper.
    First cover slightly sunned at head, otherwise handsome copy.
    €150
  47. Sur trois marches de marbre rose
    Georges LE MEILLEUR, Alfred de MUSSET

    Sur trois marches de marbre rose

    Chez l'illustrateur|Paris 1928|21 x 27.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Edition illustrated with 17 original woodcuts drawn and engraved by George Best, one of 112 numbered copies on Arches, only 23 draw with Japan variously enriched.
    Signed autograph of George Best in Clement-Janin "... the critical aspect as friendly, cordial tribute to his old friend ..."
    Nice copy.
    €300
  48. Guillaume au faucon et à sa suite : Le prêtre qui fut mis au lardier et Auberée la vieille maquerelle. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier. - Les trois aveugles de Compiègne suivis des Trois chevaliers, de La chienne Estula, du Prêtre et du loup et de la vieille qui oingt la palme au chevalier. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier. - Bérengier au long cul suivi du Plisson d'Hermelinde de la Bourse pleine de sens de Brunain la vache au prêtre et des braies du cordelier. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier
    Lucien BOUCHER, ANONYME

    Guillaume au faucon et à sa suite : Le prêtre qui fut mis au lardier et Auberée la vieille maquerelle. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier. - Les trois aveugles de Compiègne suivis des Trois chevaliers, de La chienne Estula, du Prêtre et du loup et de la vieille qui oingt la palme au chevalier. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier. - Bérengier au long cul suivi du Plisson d'Hermelinde de la Bourse pleine de sens de Brunain la vache au prêtre et des braies du cordelier. Fabliaux du Moyen-Age transposés par Mario Meunier

    Marcel Seheur|Paris 1921-1925|19.50 x 24 cm|3 volumes brochés
    Illustrated editions with original woodcuts hand-colored by pochoir by Lucien Boucher, one of 250 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing with 1 vellum copy for each of the works.
    Each copy retains its duplicate suite of woodcuts on China paper as stipulated in the justification pages.
    Spines slightly sunned without consequence.
    Rare and handsome set.
    €500
  49. La relève du matin
    Robert DELAUNAY, Henry de MONTHERLANT

    La relève du matin

    Editions Spes|Paris 1928|17.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
    With 10 original lithographs by Robert Delaunay, one of 465 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
    A very good copy.
    €300
  50. Jocelyn
    Georges BOUISSET, Alphonse de LAMARTINE

    Jocelyn

    Editions du Loup|Paris 1928|20.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    Illustrated with 52 original etchings in bistre by Georges Bouisset, one of 350 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper.
    The work is also decorated with wood-engraved tailpieces.
    Spine lightly discolored and faded as is generally the case, otherwise a fine copy.
    €80
  51. Leçons de cosmographie rédigées d'après les programmes officiels d'admission à l'École Polytechnique et à l'École de Saint-Cyr. - Leçons de cosmographie
    Hervé FAYE

    Leçons de cosmographie rédigées d'après les programmes officiels d'admission à l'École Polytechnique et à l'École de Saint-Cyr. - Leçons de cosmographie

    Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1852 - 1853|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition illustrated with 14 folding plates at the end of the first volume and 7 folding plates at the end of the second.
    Half fir green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt compartments, gilt name of a bibliophile at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners and leading edges with some tears, contemporary binding.
    A small lack at head of one endpaper, handsome interior condition.
    Rare gathering of these two texts dealing with cosmography.
    €250
  52. Ismailïa. Récit d'une expédition dans l'Afrique centrale pour l'abolition de la traite des noirs
    Samuel White BAKER

    Ismailïa. Récit d'une expédition dans l'Afrique centrale pour l'abolition de la traite des noirs

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1875|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition of the French translation established by Hippolyte Vattemare.
    Half green shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced at corners with gilt vegetal motifs, light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of blind fillets on green paper boards, gilt laurel leaf with gilt inscription stamped at center of front board "Offert par la société de protection des enfants du papier peint", cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
    Work illustrated with 56 engravings in text and 2 maps including 1 folding colored map at rear.
    Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
    €250
  53. Petits drames de la vertu pour faire suite aux Petites comédies du vice
    Emile LEVY, Paul-Adolphe KAUFFMANN

    Petits drames de la vertu pour faire suite aux Petites comédies du vice

    Marpon & Flammarion|Paris 1882|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half caramel shagreen binding, smooth spine with traces of rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, binding cold-stamped by Pierson.
    Work illustrated with 1 frontispiece and illustrations by Emile Lévy and Paul Adolphe Kauffmann in text.
    €60
  54. Au temps des pharaons
    Alexandre MORET

    Au temps des pharaons

    Armand Colin|Paris 1908|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 16 original phototype plates as well as a folding map at the end.
    Half caramel sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with black dots decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt dots at head and foot, olive cloth title-label and author's name, one scratch at head of spine, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
    €30
  56. Age de fer
    Hélène Baronne d' OETTINGEN

    Age de fer

    Stock|Paris 1928|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition published under the pseudonym Roch Grey, one of 2000 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, ours one of 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue along with 10 copies on pur fil du Marais paper.
    Two small tears reglued at head and foot of spine.
    €80
  57. La Hollande pittoresque. Le coeur du pays. Voyage dans la Hollande méridionale, la Zélande et le Brabant
    Henry HAVARD

    La Hollande pittoresque. Le coeur du pays. Voyage dans la Hollande méridionale, la Zélande et le Brabant

    Plon & Cie|Paris 1878|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, one scrape at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Work illustrated from sketches by Baron Constant-Rebecque and the author.
    Copy complete with its folding map at rear.
    Printed bibliophile's stamp at foot of title page, some foxing.
    €50
  58. Voyage au pays des fjords
    Antoine SALLES

    Voyage au pays des fjords

    Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half navy sheep binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing scratches, gilt date at foot, cherry red shagreen title-label with two corner tears, marbled paper boards showing traces of discoloration at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 28 phototypes and complete with its folding map at the end.
    €40
  59. La petite Lazare
    Marie-Robert HALT

    La petite Lazare

    Marpon & Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1885]|18 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated by Gilbert.
    Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt compartments, dots and fillets, headcaps very lightly rubbed without damage, first cover ornamented with a plate by A. Souze featuring a large polychrome and gilt decoration depicting the eponymous heroine, black typographical frieze frames on the second cover, beveled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, publisher's binding signed by Engel.
    Some foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume, pen gift inscription on an endpaper.
    Work illustrated with 65 illustrations as well as 3 plates.
    €50
  60. La treizième tribu
    Arthur KOESTLER

    La treizième tribu

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1976|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French for which there were no large paper copies.
    A trace of fold to foot of lower cover, a good copy.
    €70
  61. Autour d'un Racine ignoré
    Alfred Amédée MASSON-FORESTIER

    Autour d'un Racine ignoré

    Mercure de France|Paris 1910|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
    Binding sheepskin half hazelnut, back with five nerves filetsnoirs crimped, flat timber so paper and spiral effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, red head.
    Signed autograph of the author: "Henry original end Bidou teller, who would displease Racine unless displease Debates ..."
    Frontispiece, a Racine portrait.
    A little lack of paper heads white guards binding, nice interior state.
    €80
  62. Prière à dieu pour demander le bon usage des maladies
    Albert DECARIS, Blaise PASCAL

    Prière à dieu pour demander le bon usage des maladies

    Editions du raisin|Paris 1929|16.50 x 23 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with a frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Albert Decaris, printed in 125 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Half vellum-style boards binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards with moiré effect, a scratch on the first cover having caused a lack of paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, blue top edge.
    €100
  63. Le centaure. - La bacchante
    Adolphe GIRALDON, Maurice de GUÉRIN

    Le centaure. - La bacchante

    Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1925|-|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Edition illustrated with 18 original compositions by Adolphe Giraldon engraved on wood in three colors by Rita Dreyfus, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade Arches paper.
    Preface by Charles Maurras.
    Handsome copy.
    €180
  64. Le pèlerinage de Childe-Harold
    Louis TOUCHAGUES, George Noel Gordon BYRON LORD

    Le pèlerinage de Childe-Harold

    M.-P. Trémois|Paris 1930|26 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles
    Edition illustrated with a title vignette repeated on the cover, 8 in-text drawings as well as 8 original hors-texte etchings hand-colored with pochoir by Touchagues, one of 169 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only issue with 9 Japan and 22 Holland copies.
    Our copy is expanded with 5 study plates at rear.
    A small tear at head of spine which also has a lack at foot, endpapers lightly shaded, handsome interior condition.
    €150
  65. Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse
    Georges ZEVORT, Ernest RENAN

    Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse

    La Connaissance|Paris 1922|-|relié
    Edition illustrated with full-page and text illustrations by Zévort as well as hand-colored initials by Sourdot, one of 980 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only issue with 10 China and 10 Holland copies.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with four fine raised bands, traces of rubbing at band margins, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Pleasant interior condition.
    €80
  66. Tristan le voyageur ou la France au XIVe siècle
    Louis-Antoine-François de MARCHANGY

    Tristan le voyageur ou la France au XIVe siècle

    F.M. Maurice • Urbain Canel|Paris 1825-1826|13 x 21 cm|6 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half glazed navy calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt compartments embellished with gilt arabesques, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, yellow and speckled edges, bookplates pasted at head of pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
    Some foxing, a repaired tear at head of a marbled endpaper of the first volume, printed bibliophile stamps on title pages.
    €250
  67. Des pattes du Tigre aux griffes du destin
    Georges GATINEAU

    Des pattes du Tigre aux griffes du destin

    Les presses du mail|Paris 1961|14 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on select bouffant only major papers.
    Dated and signed autograph dedication from the author to full page Serge Pain: "... I am pleased to dedicate this book, in which he found in food and drink, as it is unconventional Perhaps the distraita. t it? I hope so ... "
    Pleasant specimen with all margins.
    €80
  68. Le Robinson suisse traduit de l'allemand de Wyss par Mme Elise Voiart précédé d'une introduction de M. Charles Nodier
    Johann Rudolf WYSS, Charles NODIER

    Le Robinson suisse traduit de l'allemand de Wyss par Mme Elise Voiart précédé d'une introduction de M. Charles Nodier

    Lavigne|Paris 1843|15 x 24 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation established by Elise Voiart and illustrated with 200 vignettes engraved after drawings by Charles Lemercier.
    Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches to foot of spine, covers framed with triple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners damaged, marbled edges.
    Work illustrated with numerous vignettes in the text.
    Preface by Charles Nodier.
    Foxing.
    €80
  69. Pour une épingle suivi de La feuille de coudrier
    J.T. de SAINT-GERMAIN [Jules TARDIEU]

    Pour une épingle suivi de La feuille de coudrier

    Théodore Lefèvre|Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|-|reliure de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with numerous plates including a frontispiece.
    Publisher's half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands ornately gilt in triple compartments decorated with central gilt fleurons, headcaps slightly rubbed and minor scratches to spine without significance, covers framed with blind fillets on dark green paper boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
    Occasional foxing.
    €50
  70. La bête errante
    Georges TCHERKESSOFF, Louis-Frédéric ROUQUETTE

    La bête errante

    Alexis Redier|Paris s. d. [circa 1925]|15 x 20.50 cm|broché sous étui
    Illustrated edition with original two-tone lithographs by Georges Tcherkessoff, one of 800 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only printing along with 10 on Japan, 30 on Holland and 25 hors commerce on various papers.
    A small tear reglued at foot of spine very slightly faded, two stains on slipcase.
    €60
  72. La Suisse historique & pittoresque, description de ses vingt-deux cantons
    LULLIN DE CHATEAUVIEUX, COLLECTIF

    La Suisse historique & pittoresque, description de ses vingt-deux cantons

    Didier & Cie|Paris 1858|18.50 x 28 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
    Illustrated edition with 31 steel engravings hors-texte and 1 map.
    Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four thin raised bands set with gilt dotted lines decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented, frame of blind fillets on the hazelnut boards which show traces of marginal discoloration, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, gilt edges.
    Contributions by Lullin de Châteauvieux, Le Prés, Monnard, Zschokke, Dubochet, Busoni, Meyer de Knonau, Tscharner, Francini, Ruttimann, Schnell jeune, de Forestier, Strohmeier...
    A light dampstain affecting marginally the very first leaves of the first volume, two stains on an endpaper of the...
    €250
  73. L'île des parapluies. Aventures du gâte-sauce Talmouse
    Ernest BIELER, Ernest d' HERVILLY

    L'île des parapluies. Aventures du gâte-sauce Talmouse

    Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1890|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with original drawings by Ernest Bieler.
    Publisher's full grey cloth binding decorated with pink floral motifs, smooth spine ornamented with a floral bouquet, front cover decorated with a large polychrome floral design, bevelled boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, publisher's binding signed by Engel.
    Some minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    €70
  74. Trois primitifs
    Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)

    Trois primitifs[Three Primitives]

    Albert Messein|Paris 1905|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper; only 17 copies were printed on deluxe Japanese paper.
    Bradel binding in full boards covered with glazed marbled paper, smooth spine, navy Russian morocco lettering piece, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge; an elegant signed pastiche binding by T. Boichot.
    Illustrated with 6 plates hors texte.
    A fine copy, handsomely presented in a pastiche binding.
    With a precious signed autograph inscription by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend and literary executor Lucien Descaves.
    Lucien Descaves, a naturalist writer, Communard, libertarian and anti-militarist, founded the Joris-Karl Huysmans Society in 1927.
    €1,500
  75. Impressions françaises en Russie
    Juliette LAMBER

    Impressions françaises en Russie

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1912|11 x 17.50 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments richly embellished, frames of blind fillets on the red paper boards, first cover struck at its center with the gilt arms of the city of Paris surmounted by the trinitarian motto of France, small harmless stains at head of first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt, publisher's binding executed by J. Taupin.
    Work illustrated with 51 hors-texte engravings.
    Pen gift inscription on an endpaper.
    €80
  76. Histoire des naufrages, délaissements de matelots, hivernages, incendies de navires et autres désastres de mer
    Jean-Baptiste Benoît EYRIÈS

    Histoire des naufrages, délaissements de matelots, hivernages, incendies de navires et autres désastres de mer

    Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    New edition illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates by Rouargue frères.
    Publisher's binding in half wine-red shagreen, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced with gilt decorative motifs, covers framed with cold-stamped fillets on wine-red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges.
    Some foxing.
    €60
  77. Saint-Gobain. Glaces et produits verriers
    COLLECTIF

    Saint-Gobain. Glaces et produits verriers

    R.L. Dupuy|Paris 1956|24.50 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition printed on coated paper.
    Publisher's cream cardboard binding, smooth spine slightly sunned and showing a pale dampstain at foot, minute marginal spotting to first cover.
    Work illustrated with gouaches by Yves Delfo as well as kodachromes by d'Anger and Chevalier.
    Iconography.
    Handsome copy well complete, at beginning of volume, with its facsimile of the privilege letter granted by the King of France and the wax that served to seal this missive.
    €50
  78. Le théâtre français avant la Renaissance 1450 - 1550. Mystères, moralités et farces
    Édouard FOURNIER

    Le théâtre français avant la Renaissance 1450 - 1550. Mystères, moralités et farces

    Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris 1872|19 x 28.20 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with 20 hand-colored plates showing the main character of each play drawn by MM. Maurice Sand, Allouard and Adrien Marie.
    Contemporary half red shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands decorated, fillets on boards. Light rubbing. Fine copy, free from foxing and perfectly fresh.
    €250
  79. Les corps conducteurs
    Claude SIMON

    Les corps conducteurs

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1971|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies with 92 bouffant.
    A good copy.
    €600
  80. Nouveaux zigzags en France
    Henri BOLAND

    Nouveaux zigzags en France

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1908|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands with some scratches decorated with triple gilt compartments, frame of blind fillets on red paper boards, front board stamped with gilt arms of the city of Paris enriched with the trinitarian motto of the Republic, small black stain at head of front board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 61 engravings after photographs.
    €40
  81. Monsieur Caméléon
    Curzio MALAPARTE

    Monsieur Caméléon[Mr. Chameleon]

    La Table Ronde|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 75 numbered copies on pur fil, tirage de tête.
    With original illustrations by Orfeo Tamburi.
    A good copy.
    €500
  82. Premier voyage premier mensonge
    BIGOT-VALENTIN, Alphonse DAUDET

    Premier voyage premier mensonge

    Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1900]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with one raised band set with gilt dots decorated with a cartouche adorned with gilt floral motifs, minor rubbing traces on the joints, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, two corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Work decorated with illustrations hors-texte by Bigot-Valentin.
    €100
  83. Histoire des révolutions de Suède
    René Aubert de VERTOT

    Histoire des révolutions de Suède

    Chez Nyon|à Paris 1768|9.50 x 16.80 cm|reliés
    New edition after the original published in 1695.
    Contemporary full brown grained sheep bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Title label and volume label in red morocco. A lack at the tail of volume I and volume II. Corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Rather good copies.
    The success of this work by Vertot never wavered during a century, and one cannot count the reprints of this work in the 18th century, as well as of the author's other works including those titled Révolutions. A chronological summary of Swedish history follows the chronological history established by the author.
    18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Auzeran, from Languedoc, argent three bars gules.
    €230
  84. Histoire du chevalier du soleil, et de son frère Rosiclair, et de leurs descendants
    Diego ORTUÑEZ DE CALAHORRA, Antoine René de Voyer d' ARGENSON

    Histoire du chevalier du soleil, et de son frère Rosiclair, et de leurs descendants

    Chez Pissot|à Amsterdam • & se trouve à Paris 1780|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition of the translation and abridgment by the Marquis de Paulmy and Contant d'Orville.
    Armorial copy of the Rohan Chabot family, certainly, given the date of the edition, of Louis-Antoine de Rohan-Chabot, known as the Chevalier de Rohan. 2 mascles and two chabot fish crowned in the corners. We know that the library of Cardinal de Rohan (famous!) bore mascles on the spine as a stamp.
    Contemporary full glazed blonde calf bindings. Smooth spine decorated. Title label and volume label in brown morocco. 3 scratches on the upper cover of volume II, without consequence. Cracking of upper joints with very slight leather loss. Fine copy.
    Le chevalier du soleil...
    €900
  85. Les oeuvres
    SAINT CYPRIEN

    Les oeuvres

    Chez André Pralard|à Paris 1672|17 x 25 cm|relié
    First edition produced by Abbé Joly, illustrated with 4 title headpieces by Chauveau, one repeated, and historiated initials. Printer's device on title page. Translation by Lombert.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. One tear at head. Head fragile; same at foot with a crack weakening the headcap.
    In addition to the letters and various treatises written by Saint Cyprian, a long critical biography was written by Abbé Joly. The importance of the work of the Bishop of Carthage lies in the fact that he was not only one of the first church fathers with Saint Augustine, but that he was witness to the very first...
    €450
  86. Un esprit non parvenu
    André GIDE

    Un esprit non parvenu

    Kra|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of numbered copies on vergé blanc, advance (service de presse) copies.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by André Gide to (Jean-Emile) Laboureur.
    Spine and covers uniformly and lightly sunned, as usual, internally good.
    €800
  87. On ferme
    Francis CARCO

    On ferme

    Pour les amis du docteur Lucien-Graux|Paris s. d. [1930]|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on laid Arches, only 25 draw with Japan.
    Handwritten signature of the author on the half-title page.
    Book illustrated with a frontispiece and original lithographs by Maurice Berdon.
    Bites on slightly and partially shaded guards.
    €100
  88. Les naufrages aériens
    Albert LAPORTE

    Les naufrages aériens

    Théodore Lefèvre|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|15.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Illustrated edition with plates.
    Publisher's half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, minor scratches to joints and spine, frame of blind fillets on red paper boards, white moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, all edges gilt.
    Some foxing.
    €100
  89. Bêtes et gens qui s'aimèrent
    Claude FARRÈRE

    Bêtes et gens qui s'aimèrent

    Flammarion|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 540 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
    Occasional foxing, the first leaves (untila page 34) are detached.
    €20
  90. Pour dire entre femmes
    Octave PRADELS

    Pour dire entre femmes

    Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1890]|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome illustrated cover and drawings by G. Trilleau.
    A small tear, not serious, to head of lower cover.
    A rare and good copy.
    €150
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