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First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.

A counterfeit of the first edition published the same year in Holland.
Full sheep binding with raised spine, spine in four compartments decorated with double panels and gilt fleurons, brown calf title-label, date at foot, elegant pastiche binding signed Desnaux. Engraved headpieces, initials and tailpieces.
One manuscript endpaper concerning the work at rear.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
With a frontispiece photographic portrait of the author by Dujardin reproduced in photogravure.
Les Lundis socialistes is composed as follows: I. Le Socialisme dans le passé. ~ II. Le Socialisme Idéaliste. ~ III. Les Socialistes de Transition. ~ IV. Le Socialisme Réaliste. ~ V. Le Collectivisme Moderne. ~ VI. Les Réformes Sociales Urgentes. ~ VII. Perspectives.
Some light worming to covers, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on strong tinted paper, the only issue with 25 deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite rare worming lightly affecting the first leaves.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Preface by Valéry Larbaud.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Light spotting affecting the front cover.
Rare.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only printing.
A small tear glued to head of spine, one trace of sunning to the first free endpaper.

First Edition, one of 355 numbered copies on Marais crèvecoeur, only leading copies after 45 pure Marais wire.
Very nice copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copies after 57 hors commerce.
Illustrations by Rodolphe Töpffer.
Handsome copy despite light and partial shadows on the endpapers.

First edition printed on ordinary paper, only 20 deluxe copies were issued.
Cover and sketches by Félicien Rops, work also illustrated with thirteen ornamentations by Etienne Morannes.
Handsome copy with unfaded covers.

First edition, one of 16 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue after 7 on Chine.
Light worming affecting the front cover, handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated cover, work decorated with numerous photographic illustrations.
Rare and handsome copy.

Published the same year as the first edition.
Inscribed by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.
Stains on the first and lower cover.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 10 copies printed on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with in-text drawings by Gerbaut, cover illustrated by the same.
Handsome copy despite some foxing affecting pages 12 and 13.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A stain on the first cover, three corner lacks to covers, some scattered foxing.
Rare and very fine autograph inscription signed by Emile Goudeau to one of his friends: "A mon frère Léo dit Montancey soldat-laboureur qui sème sur le bitume la parole, après avoir usé le fer au service des écoles militaires, j'offre ce plat de lentilles plus beau que celui d'Esaü. Emile Goudeau." (To my brother Léo called Montancey soldier-plowman who sows the word on the asphalt, after having worn down iron in the service of military schools, I offer this dish of lentils more beautiful than that of Esau. Emile Goudeau.)

First edition printed in a small number of copies for which there were no large paper copies.
A very good copy, rare.

First edition, one of copies on châtaignier paper, the only large paper copies with 20 pur fil paper.
A very good copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with colored drawings by Gorguet, music by Gabriel Pierné.
Handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Blaise Cendrars to a friend.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Handsome copy despite minor stains of no consequence to the front cover.

Second edition.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition.
This is a collection of letters from prisoners gathered and published by the prison musical team.
Preface by Camille Mauclair.
Handsome copy.

Second edition.
Half turquoise cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with a fleuron and three double gilt fillets, original wrappers preserved.
About Robespierre, Saint-Simonianism, Fourierism, Icarian communism, positivism, fusionism and mutualism.
Followed by 'An overview of international collectivism'.
Handsome copy.

New edition containing a study on abortion, its necessity, its procedures and its dangers.
Work illustrated with 4 portraits and 68 figures.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine of the second volume cracked, slight tears to spine of volumes 4 and 6, some slight foxings, otherwoise good copies, as issued.
Rare.

First edition.
Publisher's illustrated boards.
Human beings and animals, bas-reliefs, leafy designs, fleurons... Work illustrated with 432 plates and figures.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half ochre shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and rules, traces of rubbing to joints, contemporary binding.
Very rare work on Napoleon Bonaparte and his entourage.
The 18th Brumaire, the abdication at Fontainebleau and the 20th March or the return from the Isle of Elba.
A handsome copy virtually free from foxing.

First edition. Rare copy, occasional foxing.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on chiffon de Lana, the tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition sur vergé paper d'edition, there was no mention of large paper copies.
A very good copy.

New edition with some parts in first edition, only 25 Japan copies were printed.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies.
A very good and rare copy, ex dono to upper cover.

First edition of the French translation established by Valéry Larbaud, one of 880 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies with 120 reset.
Some occasional light foxing.

First edition.
Contributions from J. Prévost, M. Jouhandeau among others.
A very good copy.

First edition. Contributions by J. Noury, Y. Blanc, L. de Gonzague-Frick, J. Larivière among others. Rare and handsome copy.

First edition. Issue partly devoted to L. de Royaumont, 'apostle of Balzac'. Contributions by G.O. Oural, P. Dominique, R. Stoupan, E. Marie among others. Handsome and rare copy.

First edition. Contributions by G. d'Aulan on V. Segalen, P. Dominique, J. Noury, R. Gaudefroy, E. Marie among others.

First edition.
Half-cardboard binding, spine with five raised bands showing two light rubbing marks at head and foot of no consequence, contemporary binding.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Maurice de Pharamond to Eugène Figuière.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
A rare and very good copy retaining also the errata leaf.

First edition.
Binding in half morocco cherry of Russia, smooth back decorated with a golden floret, date in tail, preserved covers.
Autograph dedication signed by François Coppée to Paul Foucher.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph ticket of the author inviting the dedicatee to attend the performance of this piece, invitation attached.
Nice copy pleasantly established.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by the author, complete with its errata slip.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Emmanuel Berl.
Light worming to covers.

First edition. Rare. Absent from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and from French and English catalogues.
Contemporary full calf binding, spine in five compartments decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons. Small lacks to head of spine and another, superficial and equally small, at foot, boards with blind fillet border, gilt roll on edges, some inevitable traces of wear to these, red edges.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives, deluxe printing.
Illustrations by Bécan, Charlet, Pavis, Pedro and Roger Roy.
Index and tables at rear.
Copy in mint condition.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only printing with 50 on Rives.
Illustrations by Bib, Gus Bofa, Don, Ferjac, Pedro and Roger Roy.
Index and tables at rear.
Copy in mint condition.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives paper, deluxe copy.
Illustrations by Bib, Gus Bofa, Don, Ferjac, Pedro and Roger Roy. Index and tables at rear.
Copy in mint condition.

Nineteenth edition updated of this advertising book promoting the range of beauty and body care products sold in the author's shop at the Palais Royal.
Covers illustrated with photographs of actresses of the time, other photographs of actresses as plates, numerous illustrations.
Very interesting nomenclature of Clarks beauty products in the second part of the volume.
Rare.

First edition. Contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire, Joseph Delteil, Tristan Tzara, Emmanuel Berl, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, René Crevel among others. Seven drawings by Giovanni-Batista Bracelli. Copy in mint condition.

First edition.
Contributions from H. Ryner, R. le Gentil, C. Lemercier d'Erm, G. de Saix among others.
A very small marginal lack to upper cover.

First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by A. Gide, A. Lhote, J. Audiberti, M. Jouhandeau about the suicide of R. Crevel, A. Suarès among others.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Contributions from P. Verlaine, S. Mallarmé, Rachilde, S. Merrill, L. Cladel, J. Lorrain, M. de Faramond, H. Fouquier, L. Tailhade, R. Ghil, J. Renard P. Morisse, A. Vallette, among others.
Soiled copy, covers and spine laid down and reinforced.
Exceedingly rare.

First edition.
Game rules, examples of simple as well as very difficult charades, charade licenses, homonym charades, thematic charades by example, how to answer and guess, very difficult words and alphabetical list of charades.

New revised and enlarged edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands enhanced with blind fillets, blind fillets and gilt typographical fleurons, edges tinted in chevron pattern, chevron-patterned marbled paper doublures and endpapers, period binding.
Bibliography at end.
Handsome copy attractively presented.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
One tear glued to head of spine.

First editions printed on laid paper.
Blue working binding.
This comprises the complete run for two full years, 1884 and 1885.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Marais laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 75 black illustrations and a handsome colored cover.
Fine copy, retaining its deckled edges.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Small tears repaired to spine with very slight lack at head, some foxing, tear with lack to final endpaper not touching text.
Rare.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy, of which there were only 20 large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Robert Poulet to Nathalie Clifford-Barney.

First edition.
From the series 'Le Faubourg Saint-Germain-Moscovite'.
A marginal lack to the first leaf of the first volume, tears reglued to the joints of both volumes, a corner lack to the rear board of the second volume, otherwise handsome copies free from foxing.

First edition printed in 750 copies, ours one of 658 numbered copies on Arches blanc paper.
Work illustrated with three wood engravings by J. Kéfalinos.
Handsome copy.

Second edition.
Light worming to the first cover, two small lacks to the spine, some interior foxing, one joint cracked.
Rare.

Edition préoriginale, one of rare numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a very good copy retaining the publisher's catalogue.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half purple sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with two gilt fleurons, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the rare author's copies on Holland paper, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Adam to Gustave Larroumet.
Handsome full-margined copy.

New edition.
Some slight foxing, otherwise a very good copy.

First edition.
This copy retains the portraits of Enfantin, Michel-Chevalier, Barrault and C. Duveyrier lithographed by Cals and Bénard after Cogniet.
A very good and rare copy, almost without foxing.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition, one of the rare author's copies on Holland paper, no mention of deluxe copies is made.
Very fine full-page autograph inscription by the author.
Small stains of no consequence to boards, one marginal lack affecting the second board, otherwise handsome full-margined copy with some light foxing.

First edition of the French translation established by Bernard Derosne, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Occasional light foxing, otherwise handsome copies.

New edition, this one being definitive.
Half sheep binding in caramel, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and rules, shagreen title-label.
Light foxing to edges, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full white cloth binding, smooth spine.
Fine full-page autograph inscription signed by Lucie Faure to Georges Simenon.
Handsome copy complete with dust jacket.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Ingres paper, the only deluxe copies.
Respectful autograph inscription from the author, who ranks among the first bio-bibliographers of Georges Simenon, to the latter.
Minor stains of no consequence to the front cover, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Half-shagreen binding in brown, spine with five raised bands showing some light rubbing, decorated with gilt fleurons, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription on the front endpaper, copy almost entirely free of foxing.
Rare.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
A very good and rare copy.

First edition on ordinary paper for the first and third volumes, one of the rare copies on vergé for the second.
Half black morocco, spine in six compartments, covers of first volume preserved, top edge gilt.
Numerous contributions, including from C. Mauclair, Saint-Pol-Roux, H. Rebell, R. de Gourmont, C. Morice, C.H. Hirsch, K. Boès, H. Mazel, among others.
Very good and rare copies nicely bound.

First edition of some parts, the first published in simplified orthography, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in sand half cloth, smooth spine, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Bradel binding in blue half cloth, smooth spine, date and double gilt fillet at foot, garnet morocco title-label, contemporary binding.
Preface by Alexandre Dumas.

First edition.
An important lack to head of spine, internal foxing.

First edition in French, one of the numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only issue.
A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 15 deluxe copies were printed.
Autograph inscription signed by Dominique de Roux to André Bourin.
Handsome copy despite a slight tear without loss affecting the front cover.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 35 on Japan paper.
Autograph inscription by André Maurois below the justification page.
Illustrated cover, lacking at foot of spine, some foxing, a full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copies after 62 Madagascar.
Shadows on the endpapers.

Second edition, largely first edition, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, dampstain and slight marginal lacks affecting the first cover, dampstain affecting the final leaves.
Rare.

First French edition, translated from Italian by M. Jansen (the work was indeed first published in Italian by Bodoni).
Near-contemporary full sheep bindings with smooth spines, bronze title and volume labels. Handsome copy.
The work begins with memoirs on the life and works of Mengs (1728-1779) by Chevalier d'Azara and a notice on Mengs's paintings, followed by the painter's treatises on painting, covering beauty, taste, technical aspects of painting as well as various celebrated painters (Raphael, Correggio, Titian). The preface contains a paragraph by Klopstock (the German editor) and Fuessli. Court painter to the King of Poland, he joined the Spanish court at the behest of...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Nice autograph inscription from the author to Paul Morand.

Rare first edition of this roman à clef (catalogue of keys at the end of the work) printed by Marc-Michel Rey in Amsterdam.
Full brown speckled paper boards binding, late 18th or early 19th century.
« Cet ouvrage a été attribué à Crébillon fils, dont on retrouve l'anagramme dans le nom du prétendu voyageur », Quérard II, 454. but it was attributed to him in error, Crébillon being the author of the amours de Zéonizikul, roi des Kofirans, satire of the relations between Louis XV and Mme de Pompadour, this sequel was in fact written by M de la Baumelle (1726-1773 Laurent Angliviel de la)
Barbier I, 305.

First edition containing the complete first series except Volume III No. 1.
Bound in half fawn shagreen with corners, spines with four raised bands, volume dates inverted at foot of spine, covers and spines preserved, contemporary bindings.
Contributions by: E. de Goncourt "Une Passionnette" "Idées et Sensations d'un vieux civilisé", E. Monteil "Le Manuel d'Instruction laïque et la Critique", J.-K. Huysmans "La Genèse du Peintre" "Le Salon de 1884" "Un Dilemme", P. Verlaine "Les Amies" "Le Parnasse Contemporain" "La Pendule", S. Mallarmé "Sonnets", E. Hennequin "Les Romans d'Edmond de Goncourt" "J.-K. Huysmans", R. Caze "Fête de famille", E. Zola "Théâtre de Campagne", C. Lemonnier...