Paris

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on Vidalon paper.
Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Laurent.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with an original lithograph by Edouard Vuillard representing the author.

First edition of the French translation.
Half aubergine shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with double gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners slightly bumped, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing.
Kant indeed distinguishes the metaphysics of law from that of virtue in his work published in 1797 which comprises two major divisions. Jules Barni indeed translated almost all of Kant, and today we essentially use his translation of the Critique of Pure Reason. His work as a translator was decisive in the reception of Kantianism in France.

First edition, with no copies printed on deluxe paper.
Traces of adhesive tape at the foot of the spine, which also has a small tear; paper browned.
Preface by Jean Cassou.

Pierre Horay, Paris 1955, 15.5 x 20.5 cm, originale wrappers
The first edition on ordinary paper.
A good, illustrated, copy.
A very handsome authograph inscription signed by Cléo de Mérode on ffep and continued on half title to Henri Devaux : "To monsieur H. Devaux! with best wishes and a thousand apologies for being so tardy in sending you my humble book of "memories". Cléo de Mérode. 1 June 1959. Music! Music, my passion that gave me so much pure and profound joy, besides dance! Cléo de Mérode."

First edition, rare, a C printing copy, known as “à la roue dentée” [dented wheel], with all the characteristics called for by Max Brun. The A, B and C printings were done consecutively and it was only from printing D onwards that notable differences appeared.

Contemporary half black polished calf, vellum corners, spine with fillets, title and volume numbers gilt. A little rubbing, especially to covers (with some paper lacks). Half titles lacking.

The various volumes have various flaws, we have listed them here carefully:
Volume 1 : narrow tear to title in...

First edition of the translation in French, one of the 50 numbered copies on Japon, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy wide-margined.

L'Étranger [The Stranger]First edition first issue for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed, one of the rare first printed copies, no false statement of edition.
Bound in chocolate-brown box calf, spine in five compartments, smooth date, spine and boards recovered with a geometric and abstract decoration produced with the help of inlaid, glazed pieces of Havana box calf set with gilt and silver fillets, marbled Havana box calf inner covers, chocolate-brown buckskin endpapers, wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase lined...

First edition, one of the 150 copies on B.F.K. de Rives, the only printing after 50 other deluxe copies (grand papier).
Pleasant copy despite the spine and covers slightly sunned as usually.

[The Water Lilies]The first edition, on alfa paper.
Modern Bradel binding of marbled light brown paper boards.
With 8 heliogravures, preserving its original publisher's insert.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Clémenceau to the composer and Prix de Rome Alfred Bruneau and his wife.