Paris

Autograph note dated and signed by Paul Claudel, one page addressed to Thierry Maulnier (12 lines in blue ink on a single sheet).
Central folds.

First edition of Victor Hugo's drama Cromwell, accompanied by its celebrated preface, regarded as one of the founding texts of Romanticism.

Half-brown calf binding, marbled paper boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt author, title and date, stone paper pastedowns, marbled edges. Binding lightly rubbed, wear to the joints and head of spine, crude repairs, a stain to the first leaves, some further soiling and foxing.

From the library of Louis Gillet, with his ex-libris.

First edition, one of 1,000 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe issue after 69 copies on Holland paper.
A fine copy, complete in five volumes.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Lana rag vellum, the only deluxe issue together with a few hors commerce copies, likewise on Lana rag vellum.

A rare and attractive copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa paper, this copy No. 1, the only deluxe issue.

Rare and attractive copy.

First edition, no deluxe copies were printed; this copy retains the original wrappers.

A small loss at the head of the rear wrapper, otherwise a rare and pleasing copy.

"There are not several human races, there is only one human race. It's because we're men like them that the SS will finally prove powerless before us."

This fundamental work on the experience of the Nazi camps was the third and final publication of the short-lived publishing house founded by Marguerite Duras and Robert Antelme, her husband from 1940 to 1946.
Overlooked at the time of this first, confidential printing, with only a handful of copies sold, it was reissued the...

Extract from the first edition of the Procès-verbal of the attempted coup of August 6, 1840.

Half midnight-blue chagrin, brown marbled paper sides, arms of Ernest-Gabriel, Marquis des Roys, on the upper cover with the motto "monstrant regibus astra viam", smooth spine, gilt-lettered title lengthwise on spine, combed paper pastedowns. Copy annotated in the margins. Some rubbing and scuffing, light foxing.

Bookplate of the Marquis des Roys with his arms and motto. Bookplate of Libes.

A rare copy of the list of defendants in Louis Bonaparte's insurrection, annotated in ink with the sentences handed down, preserved in the library of the son of a sitting...

First edition, with no deluxe copies issued.

Preface by Francis Jeanson.

The inevitably small losses to the corners of the spine and wrappers, owing to the fragility of the poor-quality paper; three faint traces of rubbing at the foot of the rear wrapper.

First edition on ordinary paper, with the colophon dated 7 October 1959.

Spine very slightly yellowed, of no consequence.
A pleasant copy of this work, superbly adapted for the screen in 1962 by Henri Verneuil, starring Jean Gabin, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Suzanne Flon, Paul Frankeur and Noël Roquevert, with dialogue by Michel Audiard.

First edition, with no large-paper copies issued, of this landmark text in the history of feminism, the campaign for abortion rights, and the sociology of the second half of the twentieth century.

Dampstaining to the lower edge, extending into the volume on the final leaves and affecting the lower right-hand corner of the rear cover; a small hole at the foot of the first free endpaper.

Rare signed presentation inscription from Gisèle Halimi: "Pour Claire Clerita, la cause des femmes , une cause qui a besoin de son talent... avec ma fidèle affection. Gisèle."

First collective edition, for which no deluxe paper copies were issued, one of the press service copies.
Preface by Louis Aragon.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to his friend Charles Dobzynski, whose wedding witness he was, along with Elsa Triolet: "A Dob, Louis."

 

Edition presented by Jean-Louis Barrault, director and performer of the role of Trofimov, and by Georges Neveux, translator, illustrated with photographic reproductions.

Printed wrapper slightly creased and browned, with a few traces of blue ballpoint pen, weak stitching. Jean-Louis Barrault's signature on the front wrapper and on the half-title page, the latter bearing the inscription "Brochure de travail" in red ink. Numerous passages highlighted with arrows, underlined, circled and struck through in red ink, with a few dog-eared corners marking pages.

A rare working copy of the great actor and stage director, signed and extensively marked in his...

Issue illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author, several ornamental head-pieces and vignettes.

Text reviewed with the original manuscript, preface and notes by Auguste Molinier.

Bindings of midnight blue morocco with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, author, title and volume numbering gilt, marbled paper sides, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, top edges gilt.

A few small rubbed spots, spines a little sunned, some foxing, chiefly to the edges, faint pencil marks to a few leaves.

A handsome copy of these Pensées de M. Pascal sur la religion et sur quelques autres sujets, first published by Port-Royal in 1670, here...

A collection of forty-three artist's proofs on Chine of woodcuts by Henri Paillard. These illustrations were executed for the 1900 edition of Georges Rodenbach's Bruges-la-morte. Fifty copies printed on Chine and one hundred and fifty copies on wove paper.

Bottle-green half morocco with corners, marbled green paper sides, gilt fillets, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt compartments between the bands, author, title and date gilt-lettered on the spine, pastedowns of brown and green pebbled paper. Binding sunned, minute rubbing, corners slightly worn, a few scattered instances of foxing to the leaves.

New edition with numerous full-page illustrations by Edouard Riou, one of the leading illustrators of Jules Verne's novels published in the Hetzel Collection.

Contemporary half green roan, flat spine tooled with seven gilt fillets, author and title gilt to spine, green speckled-paper boards. Binding rubbed and scratched, some foxing to the leaves.

First collected edition, one of 111 numbered copies on vergé pur fil, one the réimposés copies in "tellière" quarto format, the most limited deluxe issue (tirage de tête).
This volume brings together the following texts: "Mary de Cork", "Makhno et sa juive", and "Le thé du capitaine Sogoub".

Contemporary Art Deco-style 3/4 binding of black morocco-grained roan, spine with five raised bands framed by blind fillets extending onto the boards, gilt date at the foot, minor rubbing to the spine, marbled paper boards, endleaves and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge.
A few minor instances of foxing.

Presentation...

First edition, one of the copies on ordinary paper.

A pleasant copy despite a stain to the edge.

Signed presentation copy from Jorge Semprun to Françoise Giroud: "... ce nouvel exercice de mémoire..."

First edition, with no deluxe-paper copies issued. Privately published by the Société des Éditions Franc-Tireur, a publishing house established at the Liberation from the clandestine newspaper of the same name, one of the leading organs of the Resistance press in the southern zone.

The foreword is by Georges Altman, editor-in-chief of Franc-Tireur, who had himself brought Marc Bloch into the Resistance in 1943.

Photographic portrait of Marc Bloch as frontispiece.

Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned, as is usual, with a few small spots of foxing to the covers.

First edition of the French translation; no deluxe copies were issued.

A rare and attractive copy.

New edition illustrated with drawings by Jean-Jacques Sempé.

An attractive copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Jean-Jacques Sempé to Roger Karenvent, enhanced with an original drawing depicting a seated painter at work on a canvas.

First edition, without justification, except for the first two volumes constituting the first part, entitled Fantine. Issued less than a week after the first printing, this reissue of the two volumes bears the celebrated red-printed titles created by the printer Claye.
This type of copy, combining first-issue volumes with volumes using title pages bearing the justification, reflects the publishing history of the work and the publisher's editorial policy.
Contemporary half chocolate-brown chagrin bindings. Spine with raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons. A few scuffs to the boards. Traces of rubbing. Leaf 150 of volume 1 detached but correctly placed. A very fresh copy with a...

First edition of the French translation, one of 16 numbered copies on vellum of Arches, the only large paper copies.

Fine copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Publisher’s full grey cloth, smooth spine, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns.

Illustrated with 100 photographs by Henri Maccheroni, with text by Michel Camus.

A pleasant copy.

Second edition, one of 20 copies on japon, followed by 480 numbered copies on hollande.

Contemporary full green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, title and author lettered in gilt,  armorial stamp of Aleister Crowley and his motto “SPES” on upper cover and crowned cipher “AC” on lower cover, original wrappers preserved, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, inner gilt dentelle, roll tool on edges and spine-ends, top edge gilt, sunned spine, boards with slightly darkened margins, split at foot of upper joint.

Illustrated edition with 16 colour engravings by Henri Cassiers, including 4 plates hors texte, one of 500 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper.

Bound in navy blue half morocco-grained shagreen with corners, spine with four raised bands ruled in black, moiré-effect paper sides, endleaves and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

A handsome copy, attractively bound.

First edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued, and retaining the correct printer's colophon despite the spurious third edition statement.
The first edition of The Stranger was printed in 4,400 copies on 21 April 1942 and divided into eight fictitious "editions" of 550 copies each.
A small repaired tear at the head of the slightly toned spine, boards lightly and marginally soiled, small marginal tears to the rear cover.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

Bound in half mouse-grey morocco, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant signed binding by Devauchelle.

A handsome copy, attractively bound.

First edition, one of 71 numbered copies on pure rag wove paper, the only deluxe paper copies apart from 61 copies on Holland paper.

A scarce and attractive copy.

Illustrated edition and first issue of the 55 plates printed on heavy paper, including 21 steel engravings and 34 wood-engraved plates, after designs by E. de Beaumont, L. Boulanger, Daubigny, T. Johannot, de Lemud, Meissonnier, and others.

This edition is further enriched with numerous wood engravings in the text and medieval-inspired decorative ornaments.<

Contemporary half burgundy shagreen, spine lightly faded and divided by four raised bands ruled in gilt, compartments richly tooled in gilt with typographic ornaments, gilt initials and decorative tailpiece at foot, one joint skilfully restored at the foot, a few rubs to the spine, burgundy embossed paper boards framed...

Year-of-publication edition of the original, with third edition statements on each of the two volumes which, under separate titles, together constitute "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras."

Contemporary half brown shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands ruled in black, richly decorated with double black panel compartments and central gilt floral ornaments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.

A handsome copy, attractively preserved in its contemporary binding.

First edition, one of 647 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue after the 109 reimposed copies.

Printed bookplate (depicting Chinese ideograms) of Henry Bouillier, a specialist of Victor Segalen's work and a noted bibliophile.
A pleasing copy.

First edition.

Bound in full dark green morocco, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments embellished with gilt floral motifs, place and date gilt at foot, gilt rolls to the spine ends, minor rubbing to the bands and joints, covers framed with triple gilt fillets, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wide gilt dentelle border to the pastedowns, double gilt fillets to the edges, all edges gilt, a superb contemporary binding signed Chambolle-Duru.

Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Rostand to Charles Bergier: "... témoignage de vieille et sincère affection..."

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

Critical edition established by Jacques Crépet and Georges Blin.

Two sunning marks at the head and foot of the spine.

A scarce and pleasing copy.

Sammelband of 7 works printed in Paris by the celebrated Robert Estienne, a central figure in Parisian printing of the sixteenth century.

One of them, Seminarium et plantarium fructiferarum, is the rare second edition of a work by the printer's younger brother, Charles Estienne. Also included is the Pædologia Petri Mosellani Protegensis, which brings together, according to René de Maulde La Clavière, the two most important Latin dialogues for children at the time.

Later binding in full brown sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt false compartments enclosing urns, red morocco lettering-piece, blind-ruled border to boards, gilt roulette to...

Later edition, no deluxe issue printed.

Rare presentation copy dated 1953 and signed by Ernest Hemingway at the Ritz to Madame Robert Faroux: "For madame Robert Faroux with sincere good wishes. Ernest Hemingway. Ritz 1953."

A set of two important texts by Du Bartas, a major poet of the French Renaissance. The quarto edition of 1583 of La Sepmaine de la Création du monde, described as "magnificent" by historian Lyndan Warner, adorned with an engraved title-page, is frequently found together with the work on Judith. These texts were originally published in 1578 and 1574 respectively. 

Contemporary gilt vellum binding with the cipher "LBH[?]", smooth spine decorated with stylised fillets and a cipher, a single fillet and four...

First edition of the French translation, one of 1,000 numbered copies on pur fil, the only printing with 10 copies on Auvergne paper.
Frontispiece with an original portrait of Blaise Cendrars by Riera, covers illustrated with an original lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, as is generally the case.

A volume bringing together the first editions of the sole theatrical works, a tragedy and two tragicomedies, by the writer Marie-Catherine de Villedieu, the first theorist of the historical novel, celebrated in her own time and in the early eighteenth century in both France and England before being unjustly relegated to the second rank.

Several recent scholarly studies have shed light on the prolific career of the only woman to have...

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil paper, this one of 10 hors commerce lettered copies, the tirage de tête.
This copy is lettered “f”, specially printed for Raymond Queneau.
Handsome autograph inscription signed and dated by Youki Desnos to Raymond and Janine Queneau : "... La rue Lacretelle - le gras double du petit déjeûner...[…Rue Lacretelle – the double pleasures of breakfast…]", also with an inscription by René Bertelé : "... avec l'hommage bien amical du copiste...[with the copyist's best wishes]."
A very good copy.

First edition of Nicolas de Malebranche's debut work and magnum opus, complete with the folding plate facing p. 64 and the zoomorphic, foliate, and figural headpieces and historiated initials throughout. A second volume would complete this first edition in 1675.

Contemporary brown calf binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt fillet-ruled compartments with fleuron tools and gilt title, gilt roll on the board edges.

Head cap...

First edition of the French translation, one of 21 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

A fine copy.

Invitation card for the Picasso Drawings and Watercolors Exhibition held from October 20 to November 15, 1919, at Galerie Paul Rosenberg in Paris, 21 rue La Boétie. With a reproduction of a drawing by the artist.

Very fine condition, annotated in pencil with the number "40" to the upper left corner and a curved line to the right margin.

The present work was executed by Picasso first public showing...

Copy of the large octavo illustrated edition, from the collection Les Voyages Extraordinaires, Les Mondes connus et inconnus, complete with its frontispiece with tissue guard and its three full-page chromotypograph plates, painted by Léon Benett.

Publisher's polychrome cloth binding known as the "aux feuilles d'acanthe" binding, with a gilt roundel, blue endpapers with minor and marginal discolouration as often, gilt edges. Binding by Magnier et ses fils.

New issue of this musical score, the title page illustrated with a drawing by René Lefebvre depicting the Statue of Liberty rising above a French village.
Fine copy.

Rare edition on Bible paper specially printed for the Free French Forces, one of the numbered copies.

Publisher’s original full blue flexible percaline binding, smooth spine, double red fillets at head and tail, red Cross of Lorraine stamped at the upper right corner of the upper cover, light blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, blue top edge.

Rare and attractive copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 159 numbered copies on alfa paper, the entire issue on deluxe paper.

A rare and fine copy of this work warning against the dangers of the rise of Nazism in Germany.

First edition, one of 260 numbered copies on deluxe paper.

Half red morocco shagreen binding with corners; spine with five raised bands, ruled in black and decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt date at the foot; a small abrasion at the foot of the spine; marbled paper boards; marbled endpapers and doublures; original wrappers and spine preserved; gilt top edge; slipcase in full board covered with marbled paper.

A fine, attractively bound copy.

In 1962, the work was adapted for the cinema by Georges Franju, starring Philippe Noiret, Sami Frey, and Emmanuelle Riva.

First edition of the memoirs of the politician and former convict Jean Allemane, who took part in the Paris Commune. Fine signed presentation inscription in brown ink on the front free endpaper: "To my excellent friend and collaborator Emilien Chesneau, in token of my highest esteem. J. Allemane. Former convict of the Commune, Deputy for Seine. December 1906". (our own translation)

Marginal white offsetting to front board, discrete creases to board corners, spine faded, as it often is, with some...

First edition on standard paper.

Minor foxing to the top edge, a pleasing copy.

The following year, the work was adapted for the screen by its author, starring Jean Rochefort, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Dufilho, and Claude Rich.

Signed autograph inscription by Pierre Schoendoerffer to the writer and historian of the Bourbonnais, Jean-Charles Varennes.

First printing of the illustrated edition. One of 100 copies on Wattman from a special edition of 130 copies. 2 portraits of La Fontaine, one by Flameng, the second by Le Rat, and 12 plates by Emile Adan engraved by Le Rat, printed before letters. Title-pages printed in red and black. "This edition is illustrated with 12 charming drawings by Émile Adam" (Rochambeau). A handsome and refined bibliophile edition, made for late 19th-century collectors.

Contemporary 3/4 morocco binding signed Canape at the top of the first free endpaper. Flat spine, gilt title and volume number. Top edge gilt. Uncut throughout with wide margins. Spine slightly faded. Minor rubbing to the paper of the...

First edition, advance copy stamp at foot of spine.

A pleasant copy despite the very slightly faded spine.

Rare copy signed and inscribed by Paul Nizan to Louis-Martin Chauffier.

Final set of corrected proofs of Henri Calet's most important work: Le Tout sur le tout, 136 leaves in 17 unbound quires, with the "ready for press" manuscript inscription dated June 1, 1948. The pages are numbered from 10 to 271 (and, in pencil, from 9 to 274).

"In 1947, Henri Calet began writing "Aux vingt arrondissements", commissioned by Éditions de Minuit, ultimately published by Gallimard in 1948 under the title "Le Tout sur le tout". On 6 December 1948, Calet received for this book – considered by many to be his best – the first Prix de la Cote d'amour, awarded by an exclusively female jury. It honored a sad and...

First edition on ordinary paper.

Bradel binding, boards and spine covered in blue decorative paper, flat spine, title label in navy blue morocco bordered with a palladium fillet, title and authors stamped in palladium, original covers preserved with a skillful restoration to the outer margin of the front cover, elegant binding signed by Boichot. 
Precious presentation copy signed by Joseph Kessel on the front free endpaper: "A Charles Maurras qui nous reçut avec tant de touchante bienveillance, hommage de reconnaissante admiration" [To Charles Maurras, who welcomed us with such touching kindness, homage of grateful admiration] also signed and inscribed...

First edition with no deluxe issue.

A pleasing copy, despite a few very small marginal spots to the boards and minor staining to the edges.

Fine and important signed autograph inscription by Pierre Schoendoerffer: "Pour Maurice Druon et pour Madeleine avec toute mon amitié. C'est un plaisir d'écrire une dédicace pour un ami. PS. : Vous avez vraiment sonnez (sic)de la trompette pour le Crabe. Cela m'a été droit au coeur. Merci."

First edition, one of 647 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 on Japan paper, 5 on Holland paper and 109 reimposed.

A handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil, head of the print run.

Preface by André Gide.

Rare and appealing copy.

New edition.

Minor, inconsequential tears at the head of the spine and along the margins of the covers.

Fine and valuable signed autograph inscription by Marguerite Yourcenar to Georges Bataille : "Au directeur de Critique hommage de l'auteur, Marguerite Yourcenar, "Il y a quelque chose à dire en faveur de l'exception, pourvu qu'elle ne veuille pas se faire passer pour la règle." F. Nietzsche." 

First edition, one of the numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only large-paper issue after 109 reimposed copies.

Fine copy.

First edition, one of 894 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe paper issue after 109 reimposed copies.

A fine copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe issue.

Fine and uncommon copy.

Touching autograph note, dated and signed, addressed to his friend, the writer Christiane Baroche, eleven lines in black ink on a Post-it, concerning his wife’s illness and the treatment she is undergoing.

With the accompanying handwritten envelope on which the addressee added the name of her correspondent, Cortázar, in the upper left corner.

"31 (sic)/9/82 Chère Christiane,

un mot pour te remercier de ta carte et tes souhaits concernant Carol. Elle commence un traitement à la cortisone, et j’espère que bientôt il y aura de bons résultats. Merci de nous offrir ta maison, cela fait du bien de savoir qu’il y...

First edition, illustrated with an original etching as frontispiece and four hors-texte drawings by Henri Laurens, one of 324 numbered copies on Vélin du Marais.

Title page lightly toned, otherwise a pleasing copy.

Signed in pencil by Tristan Tzara and Henri Laurens beneath the limitation statement.

First edition printed on alfa wove paper.

A fine copy.

Inscribed and signed by Jacques Perret to Charles Linder, the presentation augmented with a small drawing depicting a ballot box topped with a tricolour flag.

First edition, one of the review copies.

A pleasing copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Paul Valéry to Germaine Fiévé : "... petit souvenir d'une collaboration sans mauvaises pensées et autres..."

First edition, one of the review copies.

Spine partially and lightly sun-faded without consequence, with a small restored nick at the head of the backstrip.

Author's signed presentation inscription from André Malraux to the diplomat and man of letters Pierre de Boisdeffre.

First edition of the French translation, one of 80 numbered copies on alfa paper issued in a special "du monde entier" wrapper, the only deluxe copies together with 35 on pur fil.

A handsome copy.

Autograph note dated and signed by Marguerite Yourcenar, written from her Paris residence to journalist Marcel Baroche of the literary review Sud. Written on one of her visiting cards. 

Eighteen lines in green ink, with the autograph envelope addressed to her correspondent, concerning a proposed collaboration with Yourncenar initiated by the director of Sud.

[27 December 1980,
to the journal Sud, to Marcel Baroche,

Dear Sir, you have my acceptance of the proposal for a special issue on my work in 1982, together with my thanks in advance. There exist many photographs of me, a few of which strike me as fairly faithful likenesses: I do not...

First edition of the French translation, for which no deluxe paper copies were issued.

A handsome copy, complete with its photographic dust jacket showing a tiny tear at the head of the spine, with illustrations.

Inscribed and signed by Julio Cortázar to the writer Christiane Baroche: "Pour toi, Chirstiane, avec toute mon amitié. Julio."

First edition of the French translation, with no issue on deluxe paper.

Minor surface scuffs along the margins of the front wrapper.

With a fine signed presentation inscription by Italo Calvino: "A Michel Tournier avec le souvenir de Italo Calvino. Mai 1974."

First edition, with no copies issued on deluxe paper.

Backstrip lightly creased, minor corner creases to the covers.

Inscribed, dated, and signed by Marguerite Duras to Yvonne Beaujour.

New edition, illustrated with 111 drawings by Neuville and Riou. 7 plates some of which in color.
Publisher's gilt Globe binding, upper plate signed Blancheland, Engel relieur, spine with lighthouse, second plate of Engel H type, publisher's catalogue Y at end of volume.
Fine copy despite the last endpaper hinge partly split.
Undoubtedly the most famous of Jules Verne's novels, featuring the mythical figure of Captain Nemo and his legendary submarine, the Nautilus.

Autograph letter signed by Robert Schuman to a lady, in black ink on a leaf with printed letterhead of the Assemblée nationale, accompanied by his visiting card.

Small crease to upper right corner of the visiting card.

"I hope that Mr Sauvage's matter will turn out well. As for Mr Jagoszewski, I am making enquiries. I do not know whether the Office has a position of this kind. I will inform you as...

First edition on ordinary paper.

A vertical crease along the right margin of the upper cover, which also shows a tiny blemish at the head; a complete copy retaining its publisher’s wraparound band.

Fine presentation inscription signed by Pascal Quignard: "Pour Michel Tournier cette terrasse à Rome, avec mon meilleur souvenir. Pascal Quignard."

First edition, with no deluxe paper issue.

The covers are faintly and marginally toned; a pleasing copy overall.

Moving and precious presentation copy signed by Jacques Julliard: "Pour Simone Veil à elle qui a été de tous les combats contre ce fascisme qui vient... pour lui dire estime et amitié. Jacques Julliard."

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Two very slight sunning without gravity to head of boards, handsome copy.
Paperboard binding after Mario Prassinos' original design.

First edition, with no deluxe paper issue.

A handsome copy, with the promotional leaflet loosely inserted; the verso is creased and shows a tear.

Fine dated and signed presentation inscription from Annie Ernaux to the writer Christiane Baroche: "Pour Christiane,qui m'a fait "naître" dans le bonheur il y a dix ans. Annie. 3/02/84."

First edition, illustrated with 39 double-page colour maps.

Publisher’s binding of brown textured cloth backed with matching corners, smooth spine without lettering, showing rubbing with some fraying to the cloth; title stamped to the upper board; marbled endpapers; corners worn. Publisher’s binding.

Scattered, insignificant foxing; the table of contents leaf is creased; a dampstain with discoloration and paper loss to the foot of the rear board.

This is the last of the major general atlases of the French colonies to appear before the upheavals of the Second World War. Through both text and cartography, it offers an exceptionally comprehensive survey of France’s overseas...

First edition, one of 12, 13, or 14 numbered copies on Whatman paper depending on the volume, the only deluxe paper copies. The first three volumes had no limited deluxe paper issue and are from an edition of 3,000 copies each. The Whatman copies are as follows:
- 12 copies for volumes seven, eight, nine, twelve, and thirteen,

- 13 copies for volumes four, five, six, ten, and eleven,

- 14 copies for the final four volumes.
Half dark brown morocco with bands, smooth spines, author, title, and volume numbers tooled in palladium, vellum-style boards, plain endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers...

First edition of the French translation.

Our copy is issued in its original state, preserved in a blue paper temporary wrapper and housed within a double chemise and slipcase in navy half-shagreen, smooth spine, marbled-paper boards; a modern binding signed by Devauchelle.

A rare and appealing copy.

Recorded in the CCF only at the BnF.

Sole edition of this theatrical jeu d’esprit, which bears little relation to China despite the purported setting of the action: "La scène se passe à Pé-King, l’an du monde 100, 857, et de Con-Fou-Tsée 6550". In reality, it is a play about the destructive nature of gambling, for which there was no real need to summon China as a...

First edition, one of the review copies.
Spine just lightly rubbed.
Inscribed and signed by Patrick Modiano to the writer Christiane Baroche.