Paris

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light sunning to head and foot of spine.
Handsome copy.

New edition.

Illustrated with 130 vignettes and a portrait of Perrault, by the greatest illustrators of the century: Tony Johannot, Achille Devéria, Jean Gigoux, Napoléon Thomas, Célestin Nanteuil, engraved by Jacoste Jeune.

Bound in half roan, smooth spine framed in gilt, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns in papier caillouté. 

This edition contains La Barbe Bleue, Le petit chaperon rouge, Les fées, La belle au bois dormant, Le Chat Botté, Cendrillon, Riquet a la houpe, Petit poucet, L'adroite princesse, Peau d'ane, Griselidis, followed by Lettre à M*** en lui envoyant Griselidis, and Les souhaits ridicules.
Dry stamp of Henry Bertrand's...

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours unnumbered.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Bainville to Maurice Donnay.

First edition, one of four copies on grand japon imperial paper, deluxe printing, ours unnumbered. Illustrated with photographs by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont in heliotype.
Publisher's full cardboard chemise, blue-silver stamped decoration on front cover, endpapers with Japanese-style cloth motifs, corners slightly bumped, most ties missing, covers with light marginal stains.
Superb copy on japon paper of these tableaux of Parisian life during the Belle Époque, through the lens of Gervais Courtellemont, with commentary by Georges Montorgueil.

Illustrated edition with 43 original color woodcuts in and out of text by André Margat, printed in 175 numbered copies on vellum de lana.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri Bosco to Camille Renault on an endpaper: "... here is my donkey, follow him. I'm told he's going to Paris. In memory of a good evening at your place. Henri Bosco May 17, 1959." and enriched with a drawing on the title page depicting a Provençal landscape.

First edition, one of 3650 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without gravity.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Giono to Claude Barzac.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours being one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and front cover slightly sunned as is often the case, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 29 drawings by Jean Guérin.

First edition, one of 42 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy of this work devoted to the role, particularly social, of the Church in the suburbs.

First edition, one of 200 Service de Presse copies printed on esparto paper.
Some light foxing to covers, final endpaper foxed.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Pagnol to Jean Lebra.

First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

New edition, numbered copy on bouffant alfa paper.
Spine very slightly lightened, with a light stain to the middle, a pale halo to the head of the second board, small stains at foot of foreedge, pleasant condition inside.
Orange cloth publisher's binding, smooth spine.
Signed and inscribed by Albert Cohen to Joëlle Bellon, film producer and founder of the Sarlat Film Festival.

New edition, published on the occasion of Gary's famous plea in Life Magazine on December 22, 1967 "Dear Elephant, Sir", then reprinted in Figaro littéraire in March 1968, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite traces of creases in margins of the second cover.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Romain Gary to Jeannine Judicael.

At the heart of the Cold War and nuclear threat, the very prolific Romain Gary chose to reprint one of his masterpieces, and to give it new political meaning, as evidenced by his tribune in Life:

« En ces jours périlleux "d'équilibre par la terreur", de massacres et de calculs...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small stain at the foot of the spine, boards very lightly soiled.
In 1942, the work was adapted for cinema by Henri Decoin with a screenplay and dialogues by Henri-Georges Clouzot featuring, in the leading roles, Raimu, Martine Carol and Noël Roquevert.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 35 on Holland paper.
Fine copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on vergé Ivoire especially printed for the Companions of Liberation.
A fine copy.
Signed and inscribed by Romain Gary to Jean Tranape, Companion of Liberation, who enlisted in September 1940, after New Caledonia joined the Free French Forces, and fought in Commander Félix Broche's bataillon du Pacifique.
A hero of the battle of Bir Hakeim, he was wounded during the Italian campaign and again in the fighting to liberate Toulon. He was flag-bearer for the 1st Marine Infantry Battalion during the victory parade on the Champs-Elysées.

 

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, this copy specially printed for Madeleine Israël, deluxe copy.
Bookplate pasted at head of first endpaper.
Rare and handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Jules Romains below the name of Madeleine Israël.

First printing of this beautiful edition of Racine, illustrated with a portrait of Racine by Santerre, and 12 figures by Gravelot engraved by Duclos, Flipart, Lemire, Lempereur, Levasseur. Volumes VI and VII, which indeed bear the imprint "A Londres", are devoted to the prose works and have no figures, volume VII contains the correspondence. The illustration does include the portrait of Racine that Cohen does not mention. All the plays contain the various prefaces by the author as well as the commentary, and a historical presentation.
Presentation copy whose characteristic is the spine decoration, designed by Gravelot.
Contemporary full marbled and glazed calf...

First collected edition bringing together Faust and the Second Faust. First edition of the French translation established by Gérard de Nerval for the "Second Faust", first edition for some parts regarding the selection of ballads and poems, featuring poetry by Goethe (notably Le roi des Aulnes), Schiller, Klopstock, Bürger... Legend of Faustus by Widmann, notices and notes.
Contemporary half chocolate red glazed calf binding with small corners. Smooth spine decorated with romantic tools in mirror. Gilt title. Marbled edges matching the endpapers. Some cracks on the spine. Traces of rubbing. Some scattered foxing on very white paper. Handsome copy.
Important edition for Romantic...

Illustrated edition with drawings by Mathurin Méheut, one of 440 numbered copies on vélin du marais.
Spine and front cover partially and lightly browned, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Bound in brown half shagreen, spine ribbed and lined in black, gilt initials on tail, moiré paper plates, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, preserved covers.
Signed and inscribed copy by Sully Prudhomme to Louis Brès:  "À monsieur Louis Brès, témoignage de sympathie." [To Mr Louis Brès, with sympathy.]