Paris

 Second impression of the first illustrated edition of Victor Hugo's masterpiece.

Some light foxing.

Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt allegory of Notre-Dame de Paris, covers adorned with elaborate gilt designs depicting scenes from Notre-Dame de Paris, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, shaded white flyleaves, all edges gilt. A fine example of the publisher's romantic binding.

Illustrated with plates by Charles François Daubigny, Valentin Foulquier, Thoedor Josef Hoffbauer, Tony Johannot, Aimé de Lemud, Ernest Meissonier, Célestin Nanteuil, Camille Roqueplan, Louis Henri de Rudder, and Louis Steinheil...

A splendid copy...

First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.

A handsome copy.

Inscribed by Gabriel Matzneff to the Belgian literary critic Pol Vandromme: "Pour vous, cher Pol Vandromme, ces cinquante ans de vie publique, en très amical souvenir."

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Pleasant copy.

Very rare first edition, printed in only 50 copies, issued as an offprint from the *Revue Indépendante*.

Bradel binding in full decorated paper with abstract motifs, smooth spine, restored corners on the original wrappers, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Inscribed and signed presentation copy from Charles Maurras to Eugène Manuel: "To Joseph Gayda, in memory of a report that was too laudatory but very encouraging, this slightly modified 'Aubanel'. Charles Maurras. Paris, 24 September 1889."
One handwritten correction by Charles Maurras in the margin of page 43.

New edition published the same year as the first, featuring the famous third cover characteristic of Éditions du Scorpion.

Bradel binding in full patterned paper with abstract motifs, smooth spine, author’s name and title stamped in palladium, covers and spine preserved; some folds and smudges to the covers. Binding signed by Boichot.
Rare signed presentation copy from Boris Vian: "Pour Jean Minier, le traducteur. Boris Vian."
 

Second edition, the first having appeared in 1714 (with identical collation: 6 unnumbered preliminary leaves and 298 pages).

Illustrated with 8 finely engraved plates (cf. Gay, 2858bis).

Complete title: Relation du voyage du royaume d'Issyny, Côte d'Or, Païs de Guinée en Afrique. La description du païs, les inclinations, les moeurs, & la religion des habitans : avec ce qui s'y est passé de plus remarquable dans l'établissement que les François y ont fait. Le tout exactement recueilli sur les lieux, par le R. Pere Godefroy Loyer, préfet apostolique des Missions des FF. Prêcheurs, aux Côtes de Guinée en Afrique, Religieux du Convent de Bonne-nouvelle de Rennes en...

Very rare first edition published by the French Committee for the Defense of Immigrants, in tribute to and in memory of the 23 members of the "Manouchian-Boczov-Rayman Group" executed by the Nazis on 21 February 1944 at Mont Valérien.

Preface by Justin Godart (President of the French Committee for the Defense of Immigrants); afterword by Charles Tillon (Commander-in-Chief of the F.T.P.F.).

Illustrations.

Two horizontal shadows on the upper cover, spine very slightly sunned, minor tears and marginal losses to the pages of the final gathering.

First edition printed on alfa paper.

Minor marginal tears to the covers, not affecting the integrity of the binding.
Fine signed autograph inscription by Albert Londres: "Donc, Ahasvérus, le vieux marcheur ose présenter ses hommages à Madame Vanéry. Albert Londres."

 

First edition illustrated with 101 drawings by Benett and a map. BR catalogue for 1884 at the end.

Publisher’s pictorial cloth binding known as "Aux deux éléphants" in fir green (design signed by Souze, Lenègre binder at foot of spine). A very bright front cover with brilliant gilt. Rear cover with signs of rubbing. The percaline cloth retains its sheen. Rubbing to corners, edges, spine ends and joints. Internally clean and free of foxing. A handsome copy, scarce in this color.

First edition, one of the copies printed on alfa paper and reserved for the press service.
A pleasant copy.
Inscribed and signed by André Gide to the literary critic and historian Fortunat Strowski.

Rare first edition.

A few small spots of foxing, mainly affecting the edges.

Contemporary chocolate-brown full morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands framed by triple black fillets, minor rubbing to some bands, gilt dates and armorial stamps at the foot of the spines, gilt roll tooling to the caps, triple black fillet borders on the boards with gilt armorial decorations at the corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt lace-style border framing the pastedowns, double gilt fillets to the edges, all edges gilt; fine period bindings in full morocco bearing the arms of Baron Schikler.

Inscribed by Jules Delaborde to Baron Schikler at the head of the...

New edition, augmented with an original afterword by Francis Jeanson.

Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a pleasing copy.

First edition, no copies printed on deluxe paper.

Publisher's full white boards, a fine copy complete with the illustrated dust jacket.

Inscribed by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie to G. Charbonnier: "... en souvenir d'une sympathique rencontre à France Culture, amicalement..."

Illustrated edition with drawings by J. Férat, engraved by Barbant.
Rare publisher's navy blue cloth binding known as "aux deux éléphants", signed by Lenègre, type 1, spine with three gilt compartments, lower cover without medallion, gilt mention "Engel rel." at foot of spine, brown endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Rubbing to spine ends, small loss of cloth at foot of spine, white discoloration spots on pastedowns, slightly bumped corners, scattered light foxing, scuffing along the fore-edge margin of lower cover.
One of the author's most celebrated adventure novels, in which Michel Strogoff, courier of the Tsar of Russia, must travel from Moscow to Irkutsk (capital of...

Illustrated edition featuring 172 vignettes by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker.
Publisher’s royal blue cloth over red boards, known as “à la bannière”, with front cover plaque signed by Souze, bevelled boards of type 7, cold-stamped Lenègre type 3 cover, binding signed Lenègre at foot of spine, HF catalogue at the end of the volume.
Headcaps slightly compressed as often, corners and lower edge a little frayed, occasional foxing, first gathering starting to loosen.

A pleasant copy.
The plot of this work, one of the author’s great classics, follows two children in search of their shipwrecked father, from Scotland to New Zealand via the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, the Strait of...

First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.

Bradel binding in navy blue half shagreen, smooth spine, sides covered with 'cat's eye' patterned paper, original wrappers preserved.

Inscribed and signed by Emil Michel Cioran in green ink to Georges Linhent.

First edition, no copies printed on deluxe paper. This copy bears the resale dust jacket from Robert Marin, with the new publisher’s label mounted to the foot of the title page.
The spine is cracked and has undergone repairs, with a tear at the foot of one joint; internally clean given the inherent fragility of the poor-quality paper used.
 
 
« Il n'y a pas d'espèces humaines, il y a une espèce humaine. C'est parce que nous sommes des hommes comme eux que les S.S. seront en définitive impuissants devant nous. »
 
This seminal work on the Nazi concentration camps was the third and final publication of the short-lived publishing house founded by...

First illustrated edition, first issue, published in a single volume; a more common three-volume edition appeared later the same year, in 1836. With an engraved frontispiece title and 11 full-page steel engravings printed on heavy wove paper by Johannot, Boulanger, Raffet, Rogier & Rouargue, and engraved by Finden, Staines... The typography is spacious, with wide margins, and closely follows the original 1831 edition. The plate "De l'utilité des fenêtres" is present, as it should be—Clouzot notes it is often missing due to its later printing relative to the book’s first issue.
Bound circa 1860 in navy blue half morocco. Spine with raised bands, gilt compartments, and navy morocco...

New edition illustrated with 79 engravings by Riou and De Montaut, and a double-page map.
Publisher’s red cloth binding known as “Aux initiales”; first issue in this binding and with this newly designed cover, following the earlier “bouquets of roses” editions. Charles Magnier credited as binder at foot of spine. Rear cover of type Magnier C1, with black Greek key borders framing the central medallion and black concentric circles delimiting the ornamental bands.

Some foxing.
Some minor black marks on the spine, slightly rubbed at head and foot as often; a faint light spot to the left margin of the rear cover, which also shows a few tiny black specks along the right edge; two...

First collected edition, in 12mo format, partly original, published in the author's collected works at the same time and by the same publisher as the 8vo edition (see Clouzot, Le guide du bibliophile, page 84).

Some light foxing.

In this three-volume 12mo edition, the numerous previously unpublished poems occupy the entirety of the third volume (see Clouzot, Le guide du bibliophile, page 84).

Contemporary bindings in black Russian half morocco with marbled paper boards, gilt fillet borders, smooth spines decorated with gilt rolls and floral tools, marbled endpapers, bindings executed in the Romantic revival style and signed...

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies issued after 25 on China paper.

Some minor marginal tears to the covers, not affecting the overall appearance.

A pleasing copy of this album of drawings portraying the characters involved in a late 19th-century fraud trial.

New edition.

Spine very slightly sunned, but an attractive and well-preserved copy.

Signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the half-title.

First edition of the inaugural issue of this review, directed in part by Albert Camus and René Char.

Contributions by Albert Camus, “Le meurtre et l’absurde”; René Char, “Recherche de la base et du sommet”; Georges Braque, “Suite aux cahiers”; Herman Melville, “Dialogue sur le créateur et la critique”; Jean Grenier, “L’histoire a-t-elle un sens?”; Louis Guilloux, “En mon bel âge”; Yves Battistini, “Empédocle”...

Covers slightly and marginally soiled.

New edition, one of 1,000 numbered copies printed on Arches wove paper.

Full red shagreen binding, smooth spine featuring at the foot a black shagreen onlay in the shape of a triangle; minor, unobtrusive rubbing to spine. Boards decorated with a geometric Art Deco design composed of three black shagreen inlaid bands extending across the spine, and gilt fillets culminating in gilt circles and triangles. Moiré and gilt-patterned felt endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt. A fine Art Deco binding of the period.

Housed in a custom slipcase covered with marbled paper.

Precious presentation copy inscribed and signed by Francis Carco to...

First edition, printed on laid paper.

Contemporary bottle green half shagreen binding, spine faded, with five raised bands framed by black fillets and adorned with gilt lyres, some rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt top edge.

Frontispiece portrait of Camille Saint-Saëns.

Inscribed and signed by Camille Saint-Saëns to A. Lasserre, inspector at the Opéra Garnier.

First edition on regular paper.

A faint dampstain to the upper margin, two traces of adhesive tape facing the half-title page.

Inscribed and signed by André Malraux to Edouard Caen.

First edition, one of 515 copies.

The set of 8 issues is housed under two half-oasis black folders, flat spines, gilt dates at foot, decorative paper boards, lined in green paper, set signed by Atelier Laurenchet. Minor lacks of paper and tears to some spines and boards, some spines with slight...

Complete first edition of the first series of the most important literary journals of the late 19th century, containing the pre-publication of Rimbaud's Illuminations. No deluxe issues of this magazine printed, except for five copies of the last issue on Japon.

Bradel bindings in half brown cloth, smooth spines decorated with a central gilt flower, twice ruled at foot, gilt date at foot of first volume, red sheepskin title labels with slight...

First edition on ordinary paper of the French translation by Philippe Jaccottet.

A handsome copy of this work, which was adapted for the screen by Volker Schlöndorff in 1966.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Spine very slightly sunned, not affecting the overall condition.

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

Handsome signed presentation copy from Pierre Schoendoerffer to a friend named Violette: "A Violette qui sait ce qu'est la marine. Une histoire d'alsacien, de chats, de bretons... et de mer - bien sûr ! Avec mon amitié."

New edition published a few months after the first.

A handsome copy.

Fine signed autograph inscription by Henri Charrière to René Lafon, founder in 1927 of the legendary Montparnasse restaurant "La Coupole": "René Lafon, to be named Lafon may not always carry much resonance, but that this Latour should be the founder of 'La Coupole' is a title of great distinction. For at 'La Coupole', one not only eats well, but the service, the welcome, the spirit, and the attentiveness are exceptional — and all of that, the public owes to you. I congratulate you. Papillon."

First edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.

Clippings laid in; two small blue ink stains to lower edge; a label affixed to the lower right margin of the front free endpaper. A well-preserved copy.

Fine presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Robert Badinter: "Pour monsieur Charles Carré cette vie d'un grand défenseur des Droits de l'homme, en toute amitié, R. Badinter," further signed by Élisabeth Badinter.

First edition, one of three or four cop­ies printed on vellum skin, the most limited issue. A few copies printed on japon, 12 on Whatman, 12 on chine, and 350 copies on laid paper. Edited by Philippe Burty, the book features 42 sonnets and as many original etchings.
Contemporary full dark purple morocco binding, slightly recolored spine with five raised bands, gilt title, purple wa­tered-silk pastedowns and endleaves followed by vellum endleaves, inner gilt dentelle, sides and spine-ends framed in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled paper slip­case bordered in purple mo­rocco, binding signed by Au­guste Petit.

Only two oth­er vellum cop­ies recorded: Melot and Delteil...

First edition, rare first issue copy (printing error in the Grasset imprint, original soft cover dated 1913, publisher's catalog in-fine, no table of contents) for the first volume; first issue of à l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs without statement of edition, one of about 500 copies, the 2000 later issued copies bearing a false statement of edition on the cover, pasted label "majoration temporaire cinquante pour cent" on the spine of the preserved soft cover; first editions on pur fil for the following volumes, the only grands papiers (deluxe copies) with réimposés quarto copies. 
Famous misprint known as "la faute à Grasset": most important printer's error, only present on...

First printing of this edition illustrated with drawings by Delort engraved by Mongin. Small print run on vélin after 150 copies on deluxe paper. 14 plates on papier hollande. A frontispiece portrait. Preface by Judith Gautier.
Full bordeaux roan binding signed Bonleu (bottom of pastedown) with unidentified initials stamped in gilt, 2 interlaced English letters AC. Spine uniformly sunned, now light brown. Numerous gilt-tooled motifs on spine, ruled in gilt at head and foot of spine. Large inner dentelle numerously ruled and tooled in gilt. Traces of rubbing at heads of spine, joints and corners. Some scuffing along the joints. Some leaves protruding in volume...

First edition, exceedingly rare copy without statement of edition, with the correct imprint dated 20 October 1912.

Restorations to spine and inner margins of the covers, a discreet fold to the low­er right corner of the front cover.

Illustrated with 26 artworks by Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, André Derain, Georges Braque, Jean Metzinger, Ma­rie Laurencin, Albert Gleizes, Fernand Léger, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Francis Picabia.

 
A fine copy despite restorations, rare without statement of edition, of this Cubist manifesto published on the oc­casion of the historic exhibition of the "Section d'Or" at the Galerie La Boétie.
 

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Autograph letter signed by Emile Zola addressed to the actress Marie Laurent, dated in his hand December 16, 1896. One and a half pages in black ink on a bifolium.
Traces of horizontal and vertical folds, inherent to the mailing. Trace of violet ink in left outer margin of first leaf, not touching text.
Published in his Correspondance, ed. Bard H. Bakker, Colette Becker, October 1893-September 1897, p. 371. 
Zola attempts to help the actress Marie Laurent who created the role of Thérèse Raquin on stage, and encounters the refusal of Fernand de Rodays, administrator of Le Figaro.
President of the Orphelinat des Arts, the actress Marie Laurent...