Paris

Autograph letter dated and signed by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, 12 lines in black ink, which he addressed to a woman of letters apologizing for not having been able to visit her due to his feverish state.
Trace of folding inherent to postal dispatch, some foxing on the letter.

Autograph letter dated and signed by André Gide, 10 lines in black ink on laid paper, addressed to his cousin Marguerite de Flaux, Baroness de Charnisay.
Fold marks inherent to mailing, envelope included.
André Gide expresses his longing to see his cousin again and hopes she will contact him upon her return to Paris: "... vous me savez, très impatiemment votre affectueusement et respectueusement dévoué." ["... you know me to be, very impatiently your affectionately and respectfully devoted."]

First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

Original albumen print portrait of Edmond Rostand by Otto Wegener.
Minor damage to mount on verso of the photograph.
Signed and inscribed by Edmond Rostand to René Thorel, dated June 1903 in Cambo-les-Bains at the bottom of the photograph.
After the success of L'Aiglon in 1900, Rostand ill with pleurisy took refuge for a spa treatment at Cambo-les-Bains in the Basque country. Charmed by the region, he acquired land and built the sumptuous Villa Arnaga, now a museum dedicated to the playwright.

G.L.M, Paris 1939, 11,5x16cm, original wrappers

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vélin blanc, most limited issue after 15 copies on Japon.
A fine copy, despite a small stain to the upper left-hand margin of the back cover.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly sunned.
Signed autograph inscription from the author to Raymonde Jannet: "... avec beaucoup de sympathie..." ["...with much sympathy..."]

[Seventeen drawings by George Barbier on the Canticle of Canticles - French translation from 1316]

First edition, one of 240 numbered copies, our copy on vergé calendré paper from the Canson and Montgolfier paper factories.
Illustrated with 17 magnificent pochoir plates in black, white and gold by George Barbier.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on hollande paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified on hollande paper, deluxe issue after 10 copies on japon paper.
Bound in half orange morocco-grained shagreen with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche ornamented with gilt typographic motifs, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed Yseux.
Handsome full-margined copy beautifully bound.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on alfa paper and reserved for the Service de Presse.
Foxing to covers and endpapers.
Precious and handsome signed autograph inscription by André Suarès: "A mon cher Jouhandeau, trop "juste" et trop fils de la toute vive Agnès pour ne pas se soustraire à la tyrannie du corse. S." ["To my dear Jouhandeau, too "just" and too much the son of the very lively Agnès not to escape the tyranny of the Corsican. S."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Some foxing to covers, paper yellowed.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Jean Giono: "A Marcel Jouhandeau, avec ma vive amitié Jean Giono. Manosque mai 49." ["To Marcel Jouhandeau, with my warm friendship Jean Giono. Manosque May 49."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small tear at foot of spine, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Monsieur Pérard.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 Arches and 50 alfa.
Handsome copy.

Autograph card signed by Pierre-André Benoit (4 lines in black ink written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc to whom he extends his wishes for 1984.
The card is illustrated on the recto with a reproduction of a drawing by PAB.
Poet, painter, engraver, Pierre-André Benoit or P.A.B. was above all a typographer and printer who produced more than 400 illustrated works bringing together the greatest post-war poets with the most talented painters of the second half of the twentieth century.
P.A.B.'s productions were first created on a small press installed in his...

Reprint of the so-called Keepsake edition published by Renduel in 1836, Furne having bought out the Renduel bookstore to exploit its catalogue.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Victor Hugo as frontispiece to the first volume, 2 new title vignettes as well as 11 steel engravings by Boulanger, Raffet, Rogier & Rouargue engraved by Finden, Staines...
The edition is printed in an airy typography with wide margins, close to the original published in 1831.
Foxing and browning on the engravings as is often the case.
Half dark blue Russia morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt tools, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers...