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First edition, one of 746 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 109 reimposed.
Handsome copy.

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Pierre-Eugène Vibert.

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two small tears repaired to spine which also shows slight sunning at head.
Work illustrated with wood-engraved head- and tailpieces by Henry Chapront.

First edition of the French translation by Victor Serge, one of 26 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only large-paper issue.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, grey paper endpapers and boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, signed binding by Goy & Vilaine.
Born in Belgium to anti-tsarist émigré parents, Victor Serge became politically engaged from the age of fifteen, militating within the ranks of the Young Socialist Guard. An antimilitarist and libertarian, he took part in numerous anarchist demonstrations and was sentenced for having sheltered members of the Bonnot Gang. In 1919, he placed himself at the service of the revolution and...

Illustrated edition with 21 original erotic etchings by Chas Laborde, one of 5 numbered copies on old Japan, ours named and specially printed for Louis Theuveny, the “tirage de tête”.
Binding in full forest green morocco, spine in five compartments adorned with a gilt floral decoration and red morocco mosaic pieces depicting the petals framed by black triangles, the base of which is made up of a piece of black mosaic morocco, a panel is decorated with a set of gilt alternating checkerboards with the checkers made up of pieces of black mosaic morocco, gilt roll-tolling on the spine ends, title piece in black morocco, gilt date at the foot, the decorations on the spine are reproduced on...

De la Terre à la Lune. Trajet direct en 97 heures
[From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours]
Rare first edition of the second work by Jules Verne, and his first science-fiction novel, one year before the illustrated boards appeared.

Bound in half red shagreen, spine in four compartments set with blind tooled fillets and adorned with double gilt spine panels and a blind tooled spine panel, frame of blind tooling on the paper boards, white iridescent silk endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary binding...

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with engraved wood head- and tailpieces by Honoré Broutelle.

Official program of the seventh season of the Ballets Russes, May-June 1912
First edition.

Program presented in a double glassine cover decorated by Léon Bakst, cover nicely illustrated by the latter featuring a scene from L'Après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) created by Nijinsky, several interior illustrations by the same. Iconography, text by Jean Cocteau and Frédéric de Madrazo.
Small, minor marginal tears and stains affecting the very fragile double glassine cover.

A rare and pleasant copy.

Official program of the seventh season of the Ballets Russes, May-June 1912
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris 1912, 25 x 32 cm, stapled
First edition.
Programme presented in a nicely illustrated cover by Léon Bakst featuring a scene from “L'après-midi d'un faune” “The Afternoon of a Faun” created by Nijinsky, several interior illustrations by the same.
Iconography, text by Jean Cocteau and Frédéric de Madrazo.
A rare and pleasant copy.

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Henri Chapront.

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Henri Chapront.

La Voix humaine [The Human Voice]
First edition, one of 525 numbered copies on Marais pur-fil paper, ours is one the 25 hors commerce copies.

Bound in half black morocco, spine in five compartments, gilt date at the foot, gilt fillet on the decorative paper boards, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Goy & Vilaine.
A beautiful handwritten inscription signed by Jean Cocteau to the gay crooner Francis Robert Halma, said Max Trébor: « à mon très cher Marc Trébor qui chante comme écrivait Baudelaire et qui m'émeut toujours. Bien que très...

First edition of this work considered to be Grandville's masterpiece and first print of the illustrations.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, 36 superb colored plates and 146 in-text wood engravings in black.

Contemporary half blond calf binding, spine lightly faded and decorated with gilt arabesques, (erroneous) gilt date at the foot, paste paper boards, caillouté marbled endpapers. Lower leading edges a little rubbed, lower corner of the second board a little sunken. Some very discreet foxing mostly at the start of the volume. Owners stamp on the half-title page.

A beautiful copy...

Third edition of "Emaux et Camées", with some parts in first edition as it features 11 additional pieces compared to the second edition and contains the two unpublished works from 1853 (cf Clouzot).
Half chocolate brown Russia morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, minor rubbing traces without significance to one joint, combed paper boards, marbled stone endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Occasional foxing.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Photographic portrait of Albert Einstein Photographic portrait of Albert Einstein taken by Henri Manuel, contemporary silver print. Handwritten mention in pencil and stamp of the photographic studio on the verso. Another stamp, partly legible (likely « service des illustrations ») indicated 100 rue de Richelieu, headquarters of the newspaper Le Journal.
A small minor tear in the upper margin.
The photographer's business card is attached.
This rare portrait was taken by Henri Manuel during a visit by Albert Einstein who went to Paris between 28 March and 10 April 1922 at the...