Paris

First Edition for which he was not drawn from large paper.
Publisher's binding in full black cardboard, smooth back, first flat illustrated with a photograph.
Nice copy despite small gaps in film covering the cover plates at the level of the caps.
Preface by Maurice Druon, text by Maurice Béjart.
Illustrated book of photographs of Serge Lido.
Signed autograph of Ludmila Tcherina to a woman named Nadine.

L'Université libre, série mensuelle n° 2


no publisher | [Paris] February | 1942 | 22 x 28 cm | one leaf
First edition, clandestinely printed, of this Parisian Resistance journal, only two issues of which appeared in September/October 1941 and February 1942.
Small marginal tears, not serious, two folds as originally folded.
hough taking the name of the «L'Université libre» Resistance group of intellectuals created by Georges Politzer, Jacques Decour, Paul Langevin and Jacques Solomon, this «monthly review» more than likely was not the work of this group. The 103 issues of Politzer's newspaper were roneotyped and not, like the present...

Les Lettres françaises. Special issue on the massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane


Les Lettres françaises | Paris 1er Août 1944 | 22x27,5 cm | one sheet

First edition of this clandestine journal of the intellectual Resistance, established by Jacques Decour and Jean Paulhan.
A rare copy of this special issue that denounces and raises awareness of the awful massacre of Oradour-sur-Glane, carried out by the «Das Reich» division of the SS on the 10th June 1944. he account of the massacre is followed by an extract of the call to arms by Victor Hugo in 1871 against the Prussian army.
his final issue before the liberation was printed in 20,000...

First edition on current paper.
Back very slightly insolated without gravity.
Autograph dedication signed by André Frénaud to Jean-Marie Queneau.

New edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy of the mediocre quality of this war paper despite a tiny lack in the foot of the back that also has a clear wetting.
Handwritten signature of Louis-Ferdinand Céline on the printed dedication page, light ink discharge on the dedication.

New edition (probably after the original of 1602) illustrated with 17 finely engraved copperplate figures, including an architectural title-frontispiece, a figure of the Holy Trinity and 15 religious subjects in frames of flowers, fruits, insects and macabre emblems on perforated black background, signed Jacob de Weert and Léonard Gauthier. Bound at the end: a portion of the Seven Penitential Psalms, decorated with a charming engraving by De Weert, and Devout Meditations on the Death and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Chez Eustache Foucauld, Paris, 1604), decorated with a vignette on the title by Charles de Mallery and a figure of the Crucifixion. Copy entirely ruled.
Contemporary...

New edition.
Pleasant copy despite the discolored back as often, iconography.
Signed autograph Jacques Derrida to a couple of his friends.

Edition of the year of the original, mention of 70th edition.
Back slightly insolated, yellowed paper as generally.
Autograph tribute signed by Paul Morand on the first board: "At the edge of the earth Paul Morand."

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum baggy.
Insolated back with a tear in the head, first flat detached.
Preface by Léon-Paul Fargue.
Signed autograph of Léon-Paul Fargue to Jeanne Billard: "... homage of the speaker ..."

New edition revised and expanded, one of the numbered copies on Alfa paper, only draw.
Nice copy.
Binding half shagreen green corners, smooth back slightly burnished, paper plates with moiré effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, speckled head.
Signed autograph of Jacques Prévert to Denise Bonde "... with the rare sun of April Spring 1952."