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First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours one of 6 hors commerce copies, after only 13 on nacré Japan paper and 23 on imperial Japan paper and 25 on Holland paper.
A handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 2080 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Upper headcap slightly sunken, handsome copy.

New French edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on alfa navarre.
Slightly sunned spine, otherwise a fine copy.
Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos.
 

New edition of the French translation, one of 1050 numbered copies on wove paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Mario Prassinos.
Spine very lightly sunned, a handsome copy.

Full set in 33 volumes of La Comédie humaine, from the complete works of Honoré de Balzac, published by Conard from 1912. Text revised and annotated by Marcel Bouteron and Henri Longnon.
One of 50 copies on papier ancien du Japon numbered and initialled by the publisher, most limited issue with a duplicate suite of the plates on Chine. 
Illustrations by Charles Huard, wood-engraved by Pierre Gusman, each with a duplicate print on Chine.
3/4 chocolate-brown morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands framed in gilt, blind-stamped motif in between, numerously ruled in gilt at head and foot of spines, gilt title and volume number, marbled paper boards, original covers...

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on wove paper.
Very handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and soft cardboard slipcase.
Publisher's boards after the original design by Mario Prassinos.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, with the correct imprint of July 2010.
A handsome copy.

First edition printed by "Cercle nouveau du livre" before the deluxe edition by Julliard a few months later, one of the numbered copies, the only printing.

Very handsome copy complete with its rhodoid.

Publisher's binding in full green cloth, smooth spine, title and author's name stamped in gilt on the front cover.

 

Second edition.
Half-caramel glazed calf bindings with corners, smooth spines decorated with blind-stamped fleurons as well as gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, small traces of rubbing on the spines, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, printed bookplates on the pastedowns, elegant English bindings.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Pierre Corneille as frontispiece to the first volume.
Some foxing.
Handsome set in charming English half-glazed calf binding.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 60 on vergé d'Arches.
Final endpaper with stains to lower left margin.
Half red morocco with corners, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, slightly soiled covers and backed spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Montécot.

First edition, one of 430 numbered copies on alfa paper.
A handsome copy.

New edition after the 1712 edition, last one published during the author's lifetime. With 22 diagrams et figures in tomes I, III and IV on movement and light.
Contemporary full speckled calf bindings. Elaborately decorated raised bands. Red morocco title and volume label, ripped spine-end to vol. I. Fragile spine-end on vol. IV. Partly missing spine-end to foot of spine, on vol. I. Part missing at foot of spine to vol. IV. Rubbed corners, some bared or chafed. Small lack of leather to title- piece of vol. I.
A keystone to the history of ideas in the 17th century, in which Malebranche proceeds to unify the philosophy inherited from Descartes and Catholic dogmatism. To produce a...

First edition illustrated with 43 graphics in the text.
Spine and covers restored and lined, a small hole on the half-title page which has been reglued and tends to come loose.
Rare.

First edition, one of 440 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by Maylander.
Handsome copy, beautifully bound.

New edition adorned with 16 engravings and preceded by a notice by Eugène Bareste.
Half-shagreen binding in brown morocconized leather, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, light rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, bookplate with the name scratched out pasted on a pastedown.
Occasional foxing, some leaves of the first volume browned due to the acidity of 19th-century paper, a very slight tear at head of one leaf in the second volume.

Autograph letter dated and signed by Jules Vallès, on letterhead of his newspaper "Le cri du peuple", addressed to a journalist, 16 lines in black ink on a double leaf.
A central fold inherent to postal delivery has caused a tear to the left margin.
Jules Vallès has received the request from a journalist to insert his article in the next issue of "Le Cri du peuple", but he will not be able to honor it favorably: "J'ai vu la direction du journal, et malheureusement, il sera de toute impossibilité de vous faire même la plus petite place dans le Cri."
His article will however be paid for: "... nous dira ce que vous avez donné de copie...

Edition illustrated with 55 illustrations by L. Benett as well as 6 chromolithographs and 2 colored maps.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth, polychrome front cover signed Engel, spine with lighthouse, second cover Engel type "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Publisher's G.K catalogue at end of volume.
Spine slightly faded and headcaps somewhat depressed, original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual, corners slightly bumped, some light foxing affecting mainly the beginning of the volume.
The novel recounts the extraordinary adventures of Claudius Bombarnac, "reporter of the twentieth century," during his journey on...

First edition.
Half indigo sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt floral motif as well as gilt and blind fillets, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, upper corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 894 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 109 reimposed.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri Deberly to Louis-Daniel Hirsch.
Handsome copy which won the Prix Goncourt in 1926.

Illustrated edition with vignettes by Férat and engravings by Pannemaker and Hildibrand.
Hetzel publisher's binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Spine sunned, upper corners lightly frayed, upper right corner of first cover creased, blue endpapers marginally discolored as usual, some foxing.
Une ville flottante takes place on an immense ship - the Great Eastern - making the Liverpool-New York crossing and aboard which are several thousand people.
Les Aventures de 3 Russes et de 3 Anglais...

First and only octavo edition illustrated by L. Benett also featuring numerous photographs and chromotypography plates.
Hetzel publisher's binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, polychrome first cover signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse design, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Spine slightly sunned and lower headcap somewhat depressed, original blue endpapers marginally discolored as usual, corners slightly bumped, some minor foxing mainly at beginning of volume, glue mark in left margin of half-title page.
Posthumous novel, L'Agence Thompson and Co. recounts the unfortunate...

First collected edition illustrated with drawings by Benett including 12 large chromotypography engravings.
Hetzel publisher's binding known as "au globe doré", type 1 "au bandeau noir", spine with lighthouse design and second cover type Engel "h", all edges gilt, anthracite endpapers.
Catalogue O at rear.
Fine first issue, spine very slightly sunned, headcaps somewhat depressed without significance, lower corners bumped, some minor scratches on second cover, scattered foxing.
Thomas Roch invents a revolutionary explosive. The United States government prefers to have him committed rather than see him go to another power more inclined to bankrupt itself for this...

Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and engraved vignette title. Published three years after the first edition.
Full olive green glazed calf, spine elaborately decorated and ruled in gilt, French fillet framing the boards also framed in blind, marbled paper endpapers and flyleaves, all edges gilt. Slight rubbing to joints, scattered foxing mainly on the first few leaves.
A fine copy of the Duchesse de Duras's most famous novel with wide margins, housed in an elegant contemporary calf binding.
A best-selling novel celebrated by Goethe, Ourika tells the tragic story of a young Senegalese woman raised in the French aristocracy after the Revolution, who succumbs to racial...

First edition. The translation of the Chou-King by Father Gaubil in the 18th century was revised and corrected by Pauthier, the Sse-Chou by Pauthier himself, the laws of Manu by M. Loiseur-Deslonchamps around 1830; the translation of the Koran is a commission by Pauthier to P. Kasimirski of whom this is the first printing, it will appear shortly after as a separate volume and will mark a milestone in the history of French translations of the Koran. The entire collection of texts is accompanied by introductions and commentaries. Text in double columns.
Contemporary half-black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with large ornamental Romantic stamps. At the foot is a name: Jourdan...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Copy slightly warped, some light foxing to edges.
Bradel binding in half bottle-green cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, fawn shagreen title-label with some small lacks, original wrappers preserved, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Gyp to Aurélien Scholl.

New edition, illustrated with 41 engravings and one map for From the Earth to the Moon by De Montaut and engraved by Pannemaker, and with 44 engravings by Bayard and Neuville engraved by Hildibrand
Binding known as "au globe doré" type 4, second cover Engel i, spine with lighthouse.
Original blue endpapers lightly yellowed at margins as usual, headcaps somewhat rubbed, joints cracked at head and foot.
Handsome copy.
Mythical science fiction titles by the author, rare in this binding. In the first novel of this diptych, the Gun Club of Baltimore, after the Civil War, attempts to send men to the moon in a shell. In Around the Moon, three men are fired from...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jorge Semprun to actor and film producer Pierre-Henri Deleau: "... en souvenir de quelques belles journées sans neige.." ("...in memory of some beautiful days without snow..")

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours one of the 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy despite a small tear to the upper left corner of the front cover.