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Paris (France)
  2. L'esprit des bêtes vénérie française et zoologie passionnelle
    Alphonse TOUSSENEL

    L'esprit des bêtes vénérie française et zoologie passionnelle

    Librairie sociétaire|Paris 1847|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
    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.
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  3. Le supplice de Phèdre
    Henri DEBERLY

    Le supplice de Phèdre

    Nrf|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
    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.
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  7. Une ville flottante - Les forceurs de blocus - Aventures de 3 Russes et de 3 Anglais
    Jules VERNE

    Une ville flottante - Les forceurs de blocus - Aventures de 3 Russes et de 3 Anglais

    Hetzel|Paris 1905|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    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...
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  9. L'Agence Thompson and Co.
    Jules VERNE

    L'Agence Thompson and Co.

    Hetzel|Paris 1907|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    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...
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  10. Face au drapeau. Clovis Dardentor
    Jules VERNE

    Face au drapeau. Clovis Dardentor

    Hetzel|Paris 1896|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
    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...
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  11. L'occident
    Marcel CLOUZOT

    L'occident

    Odep|Paris 1969|17.50 x 26.50 cm|broché
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  12. Ourika
    Madame de DURAS

    Ourika

    Chez Ladvocat|Paris 1826|11 x 17.10 cm|relié
    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...
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  13. Famille sans nom
    Jules VERNE

    Famille sans nom

    Hetzel|Paris 1907|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
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  14. Les Frères Kip
    Jules VERNE

    Les Frères Kip

    Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903-1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
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  19. Hector Servadac
    Jules VERNE

    Hector Servadac

    Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
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  21. Les travailleurs de la mer
    Victor HUGO

    Les travailleurs de la mer

    Lib. internationale A. Lacroix & Cie|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Leipzig • & Livourne [Livorno] 1866|15 x 23 cm|3 volumes reliés
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  22. Journal d'un poëte
    Alfred de VIGNY

    Journal d'un poëte

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié sous étui
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  26. Les livres sacrés de l'orient, comprenant le Chou-King, les Sse-Chou, les lois de Manou, le Koran
    G. PAUTHIER

    Les livres sacrés de l'orient, comprenant le Chou-King, les Sse-Chou, les lois de Manou, le Koran

    Firmin Didot frères • Auguste Desrez|Paris 1840|16.50 x 26 cm|relié
    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...
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  28. Ces bons docteurs
    GYP

    Ces bons docteurs

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1892|12 x 19 cm|relié
    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.


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  31. Quel beau dimanche !
    Jorge SEMPRÚN

    Quel beau dimanche !

    Grasset|Paris 1980|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    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..")

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  33. Les poulains
    Roger IKOR

    Les poulains

    Albin Michel|Paris 1966|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
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  34. Lettres, notes et carnets - 8 Mai 1945 - 18 Juin 1951
    Charles DE GAULLE

    Lettres, notes et carnets - 8 Mai 1945 - 18 Juin 1951

    Plon|Paris 1984|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    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.
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  35. Rue d'Ulm - Chroniques de la vie normalienne
    Alain PEYREFITTE

    Rue d'Ulm - Chroniques de la vie normalienne

    Gallimard|Paris 1965|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of some parts, one of 15 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper, ours unnumbered, deluxe issue.
    Introduction by Georges Pompidou.
    Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned at head and foot.
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  36. Mon village à l'heure allemande
    Jean-Louis BORY

    Mon village à l'heure allemande

    Flammarion|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 220 numbered copies on Vosges vellum, ours one of 20 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies after 30 on Lana vellum.
    Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being lightly sunned, with a tiny marginal tear to the front board.
    Very fine autograph inscription signed by Jean-Louis Bory "To Monsieur Buisson to whom this book owes its publication, to Laurence Algan the godmother of 'Mon village' who had the infinite kindness to explore the manuscript and lavished upon the author that encouraging gentleness that beginners seek from their elders in the profession. In testimony of gratitude and respectful admiration. J.L. Bory."
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  38. Les champs d'honneur
    Jean ROUAUD

    Les champs d'honneur

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1990|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    Edition published a few months after the first edition.
    Book price in lower right corner of back cover covered with a black felt-tip dot.
    Handsome copy complete with its advertising prospectus announcing the signing by Jean Rouaud, winner of the Prix Goncourt, at the Siloë bookstore in Laval.
    Dated autograph inscription signed by Jean Rouaud to Madame Maillard.
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  40. "La quantité de personnes qui me demandent des rendez-vous me rend très difficile de les recevoir"
    Benjamin CONSTANT

    "La quantité de personnes qui me demandent des rendez-vous me rend très difficile de les recevoir"Autograph letter signed to Miss Ginot Desrais

    Paris 11 juillet 1828|11.70 x 18.60 cm|une page sur un bifeuillet
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Benjamin Constant to Mlle Ginot Desrais, one page in black ink on a bifolium. Autograph address on verso of last leaf.
    Lack not touching text on last leaf due to opening, folds inherent to dispatch. Foxing only on address leaf.
    Mentioned in the Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France, 45th Year, No. 2 (1938), p. 287.
    Busy in the Chamber of Deputies leading the Independent group, Constant addresses this somewhat disdainful missive to one of his admirers.

    "Mademoiselle,
    La quantité de personnes qui me demandent des rendez-vous me rend très difficile de les recevoir, surtout quand je...

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  41. Ecran total
    Jean BAUDRILLARD

    Ecran total

    Galilée|Paris 1997|15 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Baudrillard to the novelist, essayist and literary critic Catherine (David)
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  43. D'un fragment l'autre - Entretiens avec François L'Yvonnet
    Jean BAUDRILLARD

    D'un fragment l'autre - Entretiens avec François L'Yvonnet

    Albin Michel|Paris 2001|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Baudrillard to the novelist, essayist and literary critic Catherine David.
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  45. Lettres de jeunesse
    Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY

    Lettres de jeunesse

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  47. "Je prierai chaque jour le Bon Dieu, qu'il rendra bien vite en complète santé à sa famille une des meilleures et plus charmantes femmes que j'ai eu l'honneur de connaître..."
    Emil von SAUER

    "Je prierai chaque jour le Bon Dieu, qu'il rendra bien vite en complète santé à sa famille une des meilleures et plus charmantes femmes que j'ai eu l'honneur de connaître..."Autograph card, dated and signed, addressed to Mrs. Daudelot, lavishing her with all her good wishes for recovery

    S. n.|Paris 26 Février 1911|14 x 9.50 cm|1 carte postale
    Autograph postcard dated and signed by composer Emil von Sauer addressed to Madame Daudelot, 10 lines in black ink on Hotel Bedford letterhead in Paris.
    The composer shows himself afflicted by his correspondent's precarious state of health: "J'étais tout attristé et malheureux de vous savoir si souffrante, et je ne suis qu'un peu plus gai depuis hier soir, quand votre mari me portait des nouvelles beaucoup plus assurantes sur l'état actuel de votre maladie..." (I was quite saddened and unhappy to know you were suffering so, and I have been only a little more cheerful since last night, when your husband brought me much more reassuring news about the current state of your...
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  49. Rome
    Émile ZOLA

    Rome

    Charpentier|Paris 1896|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Half-shagreen brown binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments, some rubbing to spine, frame of blind fillets on brown paper boards, traces of discoloration at head and foot of first cover, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Minimal marginal lacks to half-title and title pages.
    Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to journalist and historian Maurice Dreyfous.
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  50. Precious copy with an autograph inscription by Emile Zola.
    L'Affaire Dreyfus - La vérité en marche
    Émile ZOLA

    L'Affaire Dreyfus - La vérité en marche

    Eugène Fasquelle|Paris 1901|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié

    First edition of this collection of articles that Émile Zola wrote during the Dreyfus Affair, notably the famous « J'Accuse...?! » which appears for the first time in volume form. The last part entitled Mon Père is a compilation of articles in homage to François Zola.
    Half binding, smooth spine, original wrappers preserved, binding signed C. Vilaine.
    Autograph inscription by Émile Zola to historian and journalist Maurice Dreyfous.

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  51. "Dépenses communes de Monsieur Toto et de Mme Juju"
    Juliette DROUET (Victor HUGO)

    "Dépenses communes de Monsieur Toto et de Mme Juju"Autograph manuscript, accounts for the year 1839

    s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1840]|21.20 x 26.40 cm|2 pages sur feuillet

    Autograph manuscript by Juliette Drouet, entitled “General income for the year 1839” “General expenditure for the year 1839” (verso). Two pages in ink on one leaf.
    Folds, blind stamp “Bath” in the upper left corner. Two small tears filled in, tiny holes barely visible.

    A precious manuscript in the hand of Juliette Drouet, listing her expenses for 1839, a crucial year during which she gave up theater for good and became entirely dependent on her famous lover.
    As was her custom at the end of each year, Drouet put her affairs in order, drew up columns and figures, compared her monthly income, and listed her expenses on the reverse: “food and...

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  53. La famille Fenouillard
    Antoine de CHRISTOPHE

    La famille Fenouillard

    Librairie Armand Colin|Paris s. d. [ca 1900]|32 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  54. Le Petit Prince
    Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY

    Le Petit Prince

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|16.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  55. Album Maupassant
    (Guy de MAUPASSANT) COLLECTIF

    Album Maupassant

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1987|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
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  56. Album Colette
    (COLETTE) Claude PICHOIS

    Album Colette

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Rich iconography.
    Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
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  58. "Si je n'ai plus de chaleur, je ne peux plus travailler... je ne puis travailler que si j'ai chaud, si nous avons chaud, mon arthrite de la hanche et moi."
    COLETTE

    "Si je n'ai plus de chaleur, je ne peux plus travailler... je ne puis travailler que si j'ai chaud, si nous avons chaud, mon arthrite de la hanche et moi."Signed autograph letter complaining about the war and its corollaries

    Paris s. d. [ca 1941]|18 x 22.50 cm|Une page recto verso
    Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her "dear sorcerer" who supplies her with raw materials during these times of shortage.
    Handwritten letter on her famous blue letterhead (31 lines in black ink).
    Traces of folding inherent to postal dispatch, a date has been inscribed in the upper right margin of the letter in pencil: "6/2/41."
    Colette, during these times of want, lacks everything and particularly coal for heating: "I found no answer around me. My coal from last year melts like sugar. If I no longer have heat, I can no longer work, because like old Richepin, I can only work if I am warm, if we are warm, my hip arthritis and I."
    To...
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  62. "J'ai des preuves de votre intérêt pour moi, monsieur, qui m'honorent sensiblement..."
    Germaine Baronne de STAEL-HOLSTEIN

    "J'ai des preuves de votre intérêt pour moi, monsieur, qui m'honorent sensiblement..."Signed autograph letter addressed to the naturalist Joseph François Deleuze

    Paris 22 Janvier 1815|11.50 x 18.50 cm|une page sur un double feuillet
    Autograph letter signed N[ecker] de Staël addressed to the naturalist Joseph Philippe François Deleuze, professor at the Jardin des Plantes, 9 lines in black ink on a double leaf.
    Red wax seal and fold marks.
    The Baroness de Staël addresses these few gallant words to Professor Deleuze: "J'ai des preuves de votre intérêt pour moi, monsieur, qui m'honorent sensiblement. Voulez-vous passer la soirée chez moi mercredi de 8 à 11 heures nous arrangerons un jour plus intime pour dîner et causer ensemble. Mille amitiés si vous me permettez ce mot" ("I have proof of your interest in me, sir, which honors me greatly. Would you like to spend the evening at my home on...
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  63. "Je vous assure que je n'ai rien signé avant 1904. Et pour cause, M. Willy y voyait mille inconvénients..."
    COLETTE

    "Je vous assure que je n'ai rien signé avant 1904. Et pour cause, M. Willy y voyait mille inconvénients..."Autograph letter addressed to his friend Jean-Joseph Renaud concerning his early career bullied by his husband Willy

    Paris 18 Octobre 1948|21 x 13.50 cm|Une page + une enveloppe
    Autograph note signed by Colette addressed to her friend Jean-Joseph Renaud on her famous blue letter paper (9 lines in black ink) concerning her difficult beginnings in literature.
    Crease mark inherent to postal delivery, envelope included.
    Taking advantage of a question from her correspondent, Colette recalls the first works of her career, when her husband Willy, a great socialite who employed many talented ghostwriters such as Jean de Tinan, Curnonsky, Paul-Jean Toulet and Tristan Bernard to write his books, appropriated her productions: "From the midst of a slow storm of work I assure you that I signed nothing before 1904. And for good reason, M. Willy saw a thousand...
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  65. Lettre autographe signée et datée adressée à son banquier Léon Joseph Leconte
    Benjamin CONSTANT

    Lettre autographe signée et datée adressée à son banquier Léon Joseph Leconte

    s. l. (Paris) [Paris] 15 janvier 1810|18.20 x 23.90 cm|un feuillet
    Autograph letter signed and dated January 15, 1810, from Benjamin Constant addressed to his banker Léon Joseph Leconte. Address in Constant's hand on verso, along with some notes by the recipient in pen.
    Folds inherent to mailing, marginal paper loss due to unsealing of the letter.

    "Les rentes majorées émises ont du être payées le 10 janvier Monsieur. Etant prêt à partir la semaine prochaine, je désire savoir si je puis disposer chez vous de la petite somme résultant de deux semestres que vous avez dû recevoir pour moi."

    (The increased annuities issued must have been paid on January 10, Sir. Being ready to leave next week, I wish to know if I may draw...
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  67. Carte de visite autographe adressée à son amie Judith Gautier la remerciant pour l'éloge de son Musée des Béguines
    Georges RODENBACH

    Carte de visite autographe adressée à son amie Judith Gautier la remerciant pour l'éloge de son Musée des Béguines

    Paris 8 Juin 1894|7.50 x 4.50 cm|une carte de visite + une enveloppe
    Printed carte de visite of the symbolist poet Georges Rodenbach on which he added these few words for his friend Judith Gautier:
    "Sincères remerciements à madame Judith Gautier pour son jugement du Musée des Béguines qui m'est précieuse, venant du maître qu'elle est. G.R.." ("Sincere thanks to Madame Judith Gautier for her judgment of the Musée des Béguines which is precious to me, coming from the master that she is. G.R.")
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  72. "Je vous admire beaucoup. Cet été encore, je relisais pour tromper l'angoisse la rafraîchissante Bilitis"
    Henry BATAILLE

    "Je vous admire beaucoup. Cet été encore, je relisais pour tromper l'angoisse la rafraîchissante Bilitis"Admiring signed autograph letter addressed to Pierre Louÿs which also evokes the writers who fell on the field of honour of the Great War

    Paris s. d. [ca 1915]|20.50 x 26.50 cm|une page + une enveloppe
    Moving autograph letter signed by Henry Bataille addressed to Pierre Louÿs, 23 lines in black ink notably evoking his writer friends fallen in the field of honor and entirely imbued with nostalgia.
    Fold mark inherent to postal handling, one tear in right margin of the letter at the fold level. Envelope included.
    With emotion, Henry Bataille enumerates his poet and writer friends who died in combat or from the consequences of the battles of the Great War: "Dans ces sombres jours, au milieu de l'hacatombe de tous mes amis de jeunesse, d'Humières, Codet et quinze autres... ma pensée se reporte aux joiurs passés. Comment ne pas revivre le passé ?" (In these...
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  73. "Vos voeux d'anniversaire m'ont vivement touché. Je vous en remercie de tout coeur."
    Charles DE GAULLE

    "Vos voeux d'anniversaire m'ont vivement touché. Je vous en remercie de tout coeur."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to his cook Augustine Bastide, thanking her for wishing him a happy birthday

    Paris 27 Novembre 1969|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
    Dated and signed autograph letter from Charles de Gaulle, addressed to his cook Augustine Bastide, who served him from 1940 to 1958. 9 lines in blue ink on his headed paper.
    Trace of folding inherent to envelope insertion.
    "Vos voeux d'anniversaire m'ont vivement touché. Je vous en remercie de tout coeur." (Your birthday wishes moved me deeply. I thank you with all my heart.)
    The de Gaulles had taken in the recipient of this letter, Augustine Bastide, upon their arrival in London. Of Provençal origin, she served the family from 1940 to 1958, first in Great Britain then in France. At the de Gaulle couple's table in an England severely affected by rationing, one...
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  75. Portrait photographique dédicacé de Mistinguett
    Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, dite MISTINGUETT, WALERY

    Inscribed Photographic Portrait of Mistinguett

    Paris s. d. [circa 1905]|21 x 28.50 cm|1|une photographie sur carton

    A striking photographic portrait of Mistinguett by Walery with its studio stamp on the verso. A tiny pinprick on the right-hand edge of the photograph.

     

    Inscribed portrait of Mistinguett, the queen of music hall, at the top of the photograph: "To Nenette, in friendship, Mistinguett".

     

    Actress, singer and music-hall dancer Nénette (Jeanne 'Jane' Aubert) began her long and successful career in Mistinguett's revue at the Casino de Paris. From cabaret to Hollywood silent films and the Folies-Bergères, she played many roles notably with Michel Simon, Jean-Louis Barrault and Arletty, and played a theater adaptation of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"...

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  79. Tulipe
    Romain GARY

    Tulipe

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
    First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on vélin alfa, only deluxe issue after 220 copies on vélin blanc du Marais.
    Slightly sunned spine with a small lack of paper at foot of spine.
    A pleasant copy housed in a folder and case designed and dated by Elbel Libro. Red box spine, black cardboard boards, lined with suede, black cardboard slipcase.
    Rare inscribed copy by Romain Gary to Lionel Marson, the B.B.C. newsreader who first announced to the world the beginning of the Second World War after Germany had invaded Poland.
    Romain Gary probably met British serviceman turned actor and radio presenter Lionel Marson after his aerial exploit he recalled in Promise at Dawn. On...
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  80. Agenda Femina pour 1922
    George BARBIER, André-Édouard MARTY

    Agenda Femina pour 1922

    Pierre Laffitte|Paris 1922|17.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  85. Mathias Sandorf
    Jules VERNE, Léon BENETT

    Mathias Sandorf

    Jules Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1885]|18 x 28.50 cm|relié
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  87. Richard Maguet 1896-1940
    Albert CAMUS

    Richard Maguet 1896-1940

    Galerie André Maurice|Paris 1949|5 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with a reproduction of a work by Richard Maguet as frontispiece.
    Handsome copy of this unpublished text by Albert Camus written for the retrospective exhibition of Richard Maguet who died for France in 1940.
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  88. Sarah Bernhardt on tour in Australia
    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique dédicacé de Sarah Bernhardt
    Sarah BERNHARDT

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique dédicacé de Sarah Bernhardt

    Falk Studios • Jules Hautecoeur|Sydney • & Paris 1908|9 x 14 cm|1|une photographie
    Original cabinet card photograph on albumen paper, on cardboard mount. Studio stamp at the bottom of the photograph: The falk studios, 496 George Street Sydney with, on the back, a red stamp printed: Jules Hautecoeur, 172 rue de Rivoli, Paris.
    A small cardboard chip in the upper left corner.
    This portrait of the actress was taken in Sydney during her tour of the Australian continent in 1891. Sarah Bernhardt poses as an elegant Parisian woman admiring herself in a hand-held mirror.
    Sydney was abuzz with excitement in June 1891 - Sarah Bernhardt was about to arrive! And yet the tour was almost severely curtailed, as the great actress was traveling from San Francisco with her two...
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  89. Les contes
    Charles PERRAULT, Jules Marie DESANDRE

    Les contes

    Emile Guérin|Paris s. d. [ca 1880]|18.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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  90. Filmmaker Jean Vigo's copy
    L'âge d'or
    Luis BUNUEL, René CHAR

    L'âge d'or[The Golden Age]

    Cinéma Studio 28|Paris 1930|13.50 x 22 cm|broché

    Extremely rare first edition of this pro­gram leaflet by the Studio 28 cinema, founded by Jean Mauclaire, featuring texts by the Surrealist group on Luis Buñuel's film L'Âge d'or.
    Slight lacks on the spine, with two small tears at the head and foot, and a shad­ow mark at the head of the first cover.
    Handwritten bookplate "Jean Vigo" — likely autograph — inscribed in black ink in the lower right corner of the page featuring Salvador Dalí's illustra­tion.
    Literary contributions by Louis Aragon, André Breton, René Char, Salvador Dalí, Paul Éluard, Georges Sadoul and Tristan Tzara.
    The program is illustrated with works by Hans Arp, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Man Ray, and Yves...

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