Paris

Edition original sur papier courant.
spine légèrement insolé, une petite tache sur le premier plat.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Pierre Morhange à son ami le poète Charles Dobzynski se terminant en vers : "Que voulez-vous la ville était cernée / Que voulez-vous nous nous sommes aimés."

Gallimard | Paris 1934 | 12 x 19 cm | bound
First edition, one of 77 numbered copies on esparto, ours is one the 27 hors commerce copies, only large paper after 45 pure wire.
Bound in half red morocco, spine in five compartments, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, wrappers and sun exposed spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Montecot.

Precious handwritten presentation signed by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle: “à Roland Dorgelès qui connait la question. Drieu La Rochelle.” “To Roland Dorgelès who has knowledge of the matter. Drieu La Rochelle.”
A story of a WWI French soldier given to a WWI French soldier by a WWI French soldier.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Nice copy.

Original lithograph in black and white in third state, created for La Caricature and printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 330.
Light foxing throughout the plate.

s. n. | Paris Monday 13 October [1947] | 13.5 x 21 cm | one leaf
Handwritten letter dated 31 March 1956 and signed Albert Camus, written on 26 lines in black ink, addressed to the then suffering Vivette Perret and in which he evokes the completion of his adaptation of Faulkner's Requiem for a Nun which he plans to rename “Le cri”.
Beautiful state despite one sign of a fold due to having been placed in an envelope.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland, only large papers after 10 Japan.
Binding in half red morocco, spine in five compartments set with blind tooled fillets, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, wrappers (a tiny piece missing from the margin of the second board) and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Patrice Goy.
Beautiful copy pleasantly set.

Original black and white lithograph - in China - “L'envoyé américain obtenant une audience de l'Empereur de la Chine” “The American envoy obtaining an audience with the Emperor of China”
Maison Martinet, Paris 1859, 36 x 27.3 cm, one leaf
Original black and white lithograph, in second state, produced for Le Charivari and printed on strong paper.
Delteil, 1694
Monogram stamp “AB” from the collection of Dr Albert Bloch on the back of the plate.
Good copy despite some marginal tears.

First edition.
Spine sunned.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full green grained sheep binding, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and slipcase.

New edition, statement of 10th edition.
spine sunned.

New edition.
Nice copy.

New edition.
Nice copy despite the spine very slightly faded.

First edition.
Iconography.
Nice copy.

Signed handwritten letter to Maurice Noël on the creation “L'état de siège” at the Théâtre Marigny

Paris s.d. (October 1948), 21 x 13.5cm, one leaf.

Signed, handwritten letter by Albert Camus, written on 12 lines in blue ink, on Théâtre Marigny headed paper, addressed to Maurice Noël and relating to the philosophical problems raised and generated by the creation of his play, L'etat de siège, at the Théâtre Marigny on 27 October 1948.

Beautiful condition.

“Dear Sir,
It was Roger Lannes who kindly offered to send me his text. I accepted, not out of suspicion, but because Jean-Louis Barrault and I wanted...

nrf | Paris 1936 | 12 x 19 cm | original wrappers
First edition which was not printed on large paper, mention of the second edition.
Light sun exposure to the spine, two small, marginal tears on the first board.
A very precious handwritten presentation on the half title page signed by Raymond Queneau to his great friend Boris Vian and his wife Michèle: “à Michèle à Boris Vian, les derniers jours s'annoncent à coups de trompinette. Leur ami Queneau.” “To Michèle, to Boris Vian, the last days are announced by the trompinettes. Their friend Queneau.”