Paris (France)

Gus BOFA
La Symphonie de la peur
L'artisan du livre|Paris 1937|22.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland.
Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
Fine copy lacking its slipcase.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to journalist Maurice Noël.
€300
Alain SCHIFRES, Fernando ARRABAL
Entretiens avec Arrabal
Pierre Belfond|Paris 1969|12.50 x 18 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Fernando Arrabal to Robert Kanters: "A Robert Kanters, je vous déteste, Fernando Arrabal ayant rayé ce dernier mot et le remplacer par "aime", Arrabal.
€150
Selma LAGERLÖF
Mon journal d'enfant
Stock|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
A handsome copy.
€150
Edmond JABÈS
Le retour au livre
Gallimard|Paris 1965|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jabès to the Bulletin du livre.
€120
Sacha GUITRY
Le taureau, le veau, le maquereau, le chat, le lapin, la bête à bon dieu, le crapaud, la vache, la poule
Grande Imprimerie de Montrouge|Paris s. d. [1906]|19 x 27 cm|agrafé
First edition consisting of nine plates of characters caricatured by Sacha Guitry to whom he gave animal names, one of the few copies on johannot montgolfier d'Annonay paper.
Blind stamp in the lower right margin of the last caricature "La poule" (The hen).
Rare and fine copy of the author's second work.
€400
Maurice DEKOBRA
La madone à Hollywood
Editions Baudinière|Paris 1952|13 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Dekobra to Madame Xhignesse: "... ce roman écrit en Californie..." (this novel written in California)
€80
Alphonse DAUDET, Felician MYRBACH
Trente ans de Paris
C. Marpon et E. Flammarion|Paris 1888|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite two small tears at head of spine.
Work illustrated with in-text illustrations by Felician Myrbach, Luigi Rossi, Louis Montégut...

€100
Émile ZOLA
Le voeu d'une morte
Achille Faure|Paris 1866|11 x 18 cm|relié
The rare first edition of this early novel by the author, overshadowed by the Rougon-Macquart series, but which prefigures naturalism and whose story is based on a news item. The novel is followed by Esquisses parisiennes, a collection of 4 short stories. The second edition would not appear until 1889 with Charpentier.
Contemporary half-brown shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with black fillets. Signs of rubbing and corners slightly bumped.
€550
Sylvain BONMARIAGE
L'amour s'amuse
Editions Adonis|Paris 1957|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 hors commerce copies on deluxe vellum, deluxe copy.
Minor tears without damage to margins of boards.
Handsome copy with full margins.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Sylvain Bonmariage to publisher Edouard Aubanel: "A monsieur Edouard Aubanel, homme sérieux, car l'amour s'amuse encore, l'histoire, et souvent le lecteur. L'histoire est le plus beau des romans et les bons romans sont de l'histoire pure et vraie, les romanciers n'étant pas des historiens. C'est une absurdité que de prétendre faire de l'histoire un jugement moral des faits qu'elle altère et ne devrait que relater, Sylvain Bonmariage." (To...
€180
Jacques-Émile BLANCHE
La Troisième république, 1870 à nos jours - Les arts plastiques
Les Editions de France|Paris 1931|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered suralfa copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Maurice Denis.
Manuscript signature of Jacques-Emile Blanche below the justification page.
€250
Nicolas SERBAN
Pierre Loti. Sa vie - son oeuvre
Les presses françaises|Paris 1924|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography, preface by Louis Barthou.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Nicolas Serban to Madame and Monsieur Paul Labbé.
€120
Albert LONDRES
Marseille porte du sud
Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy.
In 1926, Albert Londres, who had already traveled to numerous countries in his capacity as a reporter, settled in the Phocaean city. Marseille porte du Sud, an account consisting of twelve articles, is a true documentary and above all a tribute to this cosmopolitan city.
€1,500
Jacques CHARDONNE
Les destinées sentimentales
Grasset|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on japon impérial, deluxe issue.
Spine slightly sunned with minor lacks at foot.

€1,200
Georges LEPAPE, PÉTRONE
Le satiricon
Emile Chamontin|Paris 1941|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation established by Laurent Tailhade, one of the numbered copies on vellum.
Work illustrated with original pochoir illustrations by Georges Lepape.
€80
Georges LEONNEC, LONGUS
Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloé
Librairie Floury|Paris 1934|21 x 26.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 16 original illustrations in and out of text by Georges Leonnec as well as head- and tailpieces, initial letters and culs-de-lampe, one of the numbered copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned.
The translation was done by Jacques Amyot and largely revised by Paul-Louis Courier.
€120
Catulle MENDÈS
La part du roi
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1872|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Catulle Mendès to Paul Foucher in pencil on the front endpaper.
€250
Raoul DUFY, Fernand FLEURET
Friperies
Nrf|Paris 1923|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 22 original woodcuts by Raoul Dufy, 21 of which hand-colored by Jeanne Rosoy and L. Petitbarat, one of 320 numbered copies on natural raffia, the only issue after 15 Japan and 35 Holland.
Scattered foxing.

€200
Charles CHRISTOFLE
Histoire de la dorure et de l'argenture électro-chimiques
Imprimerie d' E. Duverger|Paris 1851|15 x 23.10 cm|relié
The rare first edition.
20th-century binding in the spirit of a period binding, in half red shagreen. Raised spine, blind fillets. Author and title gilt. Green wrappers preserved. Superb condition. Paper very fresh, except for the wrappers which have some darker areas.
Gilding as well as electrolytic silvering is a technique specific to the House of Christofle. Gold is present in the bath in the form of aurocyanide, silver in the form of shot. The piece, carefully polished and cleaned, is immersed in an electrolytic bath and connected to the negative pole. At the positive pole is placed the aurocyanide. Charles Christofle purchased the patents for electrolytic silvering and gilding...
€800
Friedrich von SCHILLER
oeuvres dramatiques de F. Schiller
Ladvocat|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|6 Volumes reliés
First collected edition in French translation by Baron Prosper Brugière de Barante. One lithographed portrait as frontispiece. Lengthy biographical notice on the life and writings of the author. This translation enterprise was the first to aim at being exhaustive of Schiller's theatre. It was decisive for knowledge of the writer in France, which did not see a new complete translation of his theatre until 2005.
Contemporary half black glazed calf binding with corners signed Bibolet at the foot of the first volume (famous binder of the Restoration and binder to Talleyrand). Raised spine decorated with compartments, fillets and rolls at head and foot. Traces of rubbing, particularly on...
€800
Anatole FRANCE
Le Mannequin d'Osier
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1897|11 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate brown morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, elegant contemporary binding signed by Durvand
A handsome copy beautifully executed.
€180
Alphonse DAUDET
Sapho - Moeurs parisennes
Charpentier et Cie|Paris 1884|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine enriched with a vertical fillet of old rose mosaicked morocco, minor rubbing traces on joints, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to the fencer, writer, art critic, collector and journalist Adolphe Tavernier.
€700
Anatole FRANCE
L'Anneau d'Améthyste
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
A handsome copy beautifully executed.
€180
Hugues REBELL
La Nichina
Mercure de France|Paris 1897|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half brown morocco with corners, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt decorated compartments, gilt date at foot, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Hugues Rebell to the symbolist and occultist poet Paul Redonnel who was an ardent defender of the Occitan language.
€450
Edmond, Baron de MANDAT-GRANCEY
En visite chez l'Oncle Sam - New-York et Chicago
E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1885|16 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on Holland laid paper, of which no mention is made.
Bradel binding in half green cloth, smooth spine, red shagreen title-label with some scratches, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers and deckled edges of certain leaves.
€350
ANONYME
Paroissien romain, d'après les imprimés français du XVe siècle
Gruel & Engelmann|Paris 1858|11.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition of this Roman missal. Each text page within an engraved border containing multiple vignettes that change throughout the pages, after French manuscripts of the 15th century. Engraved title and 10 engravings in borders. The 5 chromolithographs may have been added, as they are not part of most copies. A frontispiece is sometimes mentioned, but the presence of a chromolithographic title with Curmer's name suggests they were added.

Contemporary full chocolate morocco Jansenist binding signed L. Curmer, in gold letters at the top of the first endpaper. Decorative gilt board-edges. All edges gilt. Scarlet silk endpapers with a monogram on the first endpaper. Light...
€450
Jean MORÉAS
Iphigénie
Mercure de France|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.
€150
CHAMPFLEURY
Le secret de M. Ladureau
E. Dentu|Paris 1875|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Full saffron cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets and typographic motif, black date at foot of spine, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, near-contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some light foxing, our copy is complete with the envelope at the end of the volume titled "ce que contenait le portefeuille".
Autograph inscription signed by Champfleury to the French art critic, draughtsman, lithographer and collector Philippe Burty.
€450
Émile ZOLA
La terre[The Earth]
G. Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Heavy foxing, primarily at the beginning and end of the volume.
In original wrappers as issued.

€250
Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING
Démocratie française
Fayard|Paris 1976|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 370 numbered copies on Holland vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€150
Jean GIRAUDOUX
Les contes d'un matin
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€250
Jean LORRAIN
Pelléastres - Le poison de la littérature - Crimes de Montmartre et d'ailleurs - Une aventure
Albert Méricant|Paris 1909|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Beautiful cover illustrated by Rapeno, introduction by Georges Normandy.
Handsome copy with unfaded covers and notably concerning Jack the Ripper.
€100
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Rigodon
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper with the correct imprint dated February 4, 1969.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at the head.
€100
Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, Jacques CAZOTTE
Le diable amoureux
Aux dépens de Camille Bloch|Paris 1921|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
Edition printed in 575 numbered copies on Arches laid paper and illustrated with 6 original engravings as well as 6 original wood-engraved vignettes by Jean-Emile Laboureur
Spine very lightly faded with two small tears at foot, one stain and black foxing framing the title vignette on the first cover, handsome interior condition.

€500
Louis BLÉRIOT
La gloire des ailes[The Glory of Wings]
Les éditions de France|Paris 1927|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half dark green sheep binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Louis Blériot, one of the most famous pioneer aviators, to Monsieur Devout.
On July 25, 1909, aboard the Blériot XI, his latest prototype, he flew from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes and thus became the first man to cross the English Channel by air.
€2,500
Edmond de GONCOURT (inscribed to Pierre LOTI)
Outamaro - Le peintre des maisons vertes. - Exemplaire de Pierre Loti[Outamaro – The Painter of the Green Houses – Pierre Loti’s Copy]
Charpentier|Paris 1891|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding with the pasted label of Henry Mériot on the front pastedown, bookbinder established in Rochefort since 1878 and friend of Pierre Loti.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond de Goncourt: "A Loti, avec ses amitiés, E. de Goncourt" (To Loti, with his friendship, E. de Goncourt).
€1,200
COLETTE
Le toutounier
Ferenczi|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
One joint reglued at head of front board, spine slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Colette: "Au cher Moreux-ami. Colette."
€200
Jules RENARD, Félix VALLOTTON
La maîtresse
H. Simonis Empis|Paris 1896|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 28 in-text wood engravings by Félix Vallotton.
Handsome copy.
Félix Vallotton also illustrated the first cover.
€250
Paul MORAND
Ci-gît Sophie Dorothée de Celle
Flammarion|Paris 1968|14.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full white cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with small tears at head of spine.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand to a couple of friends: "A Marcel et Juliette, cette petite histoire romanesque, mais non romancée, des origines de l'actuelle maison royale d'Angleterre. Avec la reconnaissance de Paul Morand." (To Marcel and Juliette, this little romantic but not romanticized story of the origins of the current English royal house. With the gratitude of Paul Morand.)

€200
Paul JOUVE, André DEMAISON
La comédie des animaux qu'on dit sauvages
Editions Rombaldi|Paris 1950|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
Edition printed on cream-colored Rives vellum and illustrated with five original drawings engraved on copper by Paul Jouve, hand-colored with pochoir by Edmond Vairel.
Handsome copy despite small foxing spots on the boards, endpapers and edges.

€200
Sacha GUITRY
Toutes réflexions faites
L'Elan|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor stains of no consequence to the covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Sacha Guitry in pencil: "Pour monsieur Guy Bonnet avec tous mes voeux de bonheur. Sacha Guitry."
€250
Ernest GRASSET
La guerre de sécession 1861-1865
Librairie militaire de L. Baudoin et cie|Paris 1886-1887|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition complete in two volumes.
A small lack to the upper right corner of the first cover of the first volume which has another to the upper right corner of the second cover, small lacks to the foot of the spines, some foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Grasset, on the half-title page of the first volume, to the inspector general of Ponts et Chaussées monsieur Thouvenot.
Copy complete with the second volume entitled "Les hommes" which is almost always missing.

€350
George BARBIER, Sanche de GRAMONT
Antéros - Poèmes en prose
A la belle édition|Paris 1913|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
Edition printed in 507 numbered copies, ours one of 475 on laid paper.
Some minor foxing, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 5 black drawings by George Barbier.

€300
René DU GUAY-TROUIN
Memoires de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin[The Memoirs of M. du Gué-Trouin]
S. n.|s. l. • [Paris] 1740|19.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition, the only one authorized by the author. In 1730 a pirate edition appeared from Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam, in 12mo format. Duguay-Trouin having communicated the manuscript to the Regent, it was copied and published in 1730 by Pierre de Villepontaux who had the audacity to dedicate the edition to Duguay-Trouin himself. Title page in red and black.
The illustration comprises a portrait of Du Guay-Trouin as frontispiece, a vignette after B. Picard engraved by E. Fessard on the title page, and 6 folding plates of ships, squadrons and battles, engraved by J. P. Le Bas, and a folding plan of the capture of Rio de Janeiro in 1711.
Contemporary full brown marbled calf...
€2,800
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Entretiens avec le professeur Y
Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Half red morocco binding with bands, spine with six raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet frame on wood-grain paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€4,500
Ambroise-Louis GARNERAY, Etienne de JOUY
Vues des côtes de France dans l'océan et la MéditerranéeViews of the Coasts of France on the Ocean and in the Mediterranean
Panckoucke|Paris 1823-1832|36 x 54 cm|relié
First and only edition. This copy is one of the rare examples complete with the 64 full-page plates. The work is also illustrated with a title vignette depicting the artist Ambroise-Louis Garneray in a small boat, sketching the entrance to the port of Brest.

Contemporary binding of half tan sheep with corners, smooth spine richly decorated in gilt and blind with multiple large typographic tools, discreet restorations to the joints, marbled-paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

A magnificent work on the ports of France, and one of the finest collections ever...
€10,000
Raymond QUENEAU
Cher monsieur Jean-Marie-mon-fils
Gallimard|Paris 2003|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€350
Daniel PENNAC
Le 6ème continent précédé de Ancien malade des hôpitaux de Paris
Gallimard|Paris 2012|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€350
Georges DUHAMEL
Vie des martyrs
René Kieffer|Paris 1924|13 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition under this title, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper containing a state of the etchings.
Full old rose morocco binding, spine with four wide false raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments with cherry branch designs stamped in blind, boards decorated with a large plate framed with fillets representing a war helmet abandoned in a landscape of ruins surmounted by a cherry branch, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Work illustrated with etchings and wood engravings by Paul Baudier.
Large manuscript signature of Georges Duhamel on the half-title page.
Handsome copy well...
€500
Théodore de BANVILLE
La Pomme - Diane au bois - Gringoire - Les Fourberies de Nérin - Florise
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1865|11.50 x 18.50 cm|5 volumes reliés en 1
First edition for four of the plays, only the Fourberies de Nérine being a reprint.
Half mint green calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Exceptional collection enhanced with three signed autograph inscriptions to the actress Zélia Ponsin which allow us to follow the career of this member of the Comédie française: a young leading lady in La Pomme, she inspires Banville to write a laudatory autograph six-line poem, a bourgeoise dressed in purple in Gringoire, she remains a "Venus", while in Florise the dedication is laconic, as...
€700
Blaise CENDRARS, André MINAUX
La grand'route
Bibliophiles et graveurs d'aujourd'hui|Paris 1952|26 x 33 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 27 original lithographs by André Minaux and printed in 120 numbered copies on Vélin d'Arches.
Spine of chemise with small stains, a tear at foot of slipcase, dampstaining to slipcase, otherwise a handsome copy free from foxing.
€500
Paul-Jean-François-Nicolas BARRAS
Mémoires de Barras, membre du Directoire publiés avec une introduction générale, des préfaces et des appendices par Georges Duruy
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1895-1896|13.50 x 23 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sand-colored cloth, smooth spines faded, marbled paper boards.
Work decorated with 7 portraits including 4 as frontispieces, 1 map and 3 facsimiles.
Traces of adhesive tape on verso of title page of the third volume, a small lack at head of the last page of the table of contents of the fourth volume, otherwise handsome interior condition.
€350
(Honoré de BALZAC) Arsène ARUSS
Le joli page de Balzac (Madame Marbouty)
Sansot|Paris 1924|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, with only 10 deluxe copies printed on pur fil paper.
A handsome copy.
€50
Ernest RAYNAUD
Souvenirs de police (Au temps de Ravachol)
Payot|Paris 1923|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
Preface-letter by Louis Barthou.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Raynaud to Edmond Teulet.
€100
Jean-Michel RENAITOUR
Les olympiques
Edward Sansot|Paris 1923|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this collection of poems dedicated to sports, automobiles and aviation.
First cover with a stain running its full length in the left margin, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Michel Renaitour to Louis de Gonzague-Frick.
€100
A. MARC
Supplément au dictionnaire des romans, du 1er Janvier 1824 au 1er Janvier 1828, avec un choix des meilleures productions, le cercle des plus célèbres romanciers, le classement des auteurs avec leurs ouvrages - Exemplaire de Pierre Louÿs
chez l'auteur|Paris 1828|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in full sienna cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, headcaps rubbed, black shagreen title label with some scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Louÿs with his red printed stamp as bookplate on the half-title page.
€150
Honoré de BALZAC
Mademoiselle du Vissard
José Corti|Paris 1950|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Very handsome copy.
€300
Jean PAULHAN
"Il faut aller voir Germaine Richier, le 10. C'est très grand."Autograph note signed and addressed to the publisher of his book Transparent Words Felia Leal
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|13 x 9 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan, 16 lines in black ink addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan illustrated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
"Chère Felia
mais que c'est bon de revoir votre écriture ! (Votre lettre m'a même gentiment couru après, mais me voici rentré, elle aussi.) Ah, je n'ai plus du tout songé à mon texte. Mais je suis tout prêt à m'y remettre. (Je pensais un peu que vous aviez changé de projets.) Comme je suis peiné de votre chute. Etes-vous maintenant tout à fait remise ? Je vous embrasse. Jean P. Il faut aller voir Germaine Richier, le 10. C'est très grand. Le troène n'était pas...
€100
Jules RENARD
Carte de visite autographe adressée à son ami Camille de Sainte-Croix
Paris s. d. [ca 1900]|13 x 9 cm|une carte de visite
Jules Renard's printed visiting card on which he added these few words for his friend Camille de Sainte-Croix:
"Comme c'est loin déjà, l'écornifleur ! et il me semble, mon cher Camille de Sainte-Croix, que votre amitié n'a pas changé, ni la mienne. Cela tient sans doute à ce que nous sommes des maris modèles." (How far away already, the sponger! and it seems to me, my dear Camille de Sainte-Croix, that your friendship has not changed, nor mine. This is doubtless because we are model husbands.)
€120
Jean PAULHAN
Billet autographe signé et adressé à Felia Leal, éditrice de son ouvrage Paroles transparentes illustré par Georges Braque : "De Green, connaissez-vous "le voyageur sur la terre" , Il n'a rien écrit de plus beau (ni de plus court : quatre-vingt pages)"
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|13 x 9 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan, 12 lines written in blue ink addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan decorated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
Jean Paulhan mentions their upcoming meeting and recommends reading Julien Green's Voyageur sur la terre: "De Green, connaissez-vous "le voyageur sur la terre" , Il n'a rien écrit de plus beau (ni de plus court : quatre-vingt pages)" (Do you know Green's "le voyageur sur la terre"? He has written nothing more beautiful (nor shorter: eighty pages))

€100
Jean PAULHAN
"Rien, et la porte était bouclée. (J'ai même rencontré M. Benoist-Méchin, qui s'imaginait voir Balthus)"Autograph note signed and addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of her book Paroles transparents illustrated by Georges Braque
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|13 x 9 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan, 16 lines written in blue ink addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan decorated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
Jean Paulhan regrets their missed appointment at an exhibition: "Votre jolie carte portait : cocktail à 4 heures. J'étais là à 4h. Je suis revenu à 4h 1/2, à 4h 3/4... Alors il m'a bien fallu partir sans vous avoir vue." (Your lovely card read: cocktail at 4 o'clock. I was there at 4. I came back at 4:30, at 4:45... So I had to leave without having seen you.) and mentions an incongruous encounter: "Rien, et la porte était bouclée...
€120
Jean PAULHAN
" "Imaginez que G.G. ne garde ni Blanchot, ni Noël Devaulx, ni... ni... Au fond G.G. devient Hachette et toute l'expérience de la (jeune) nrf est à recommencerAutograph postcard signed and addressed to the publisher of his book Paroles transparent, Felia Leal, in which he mocks Gaston Gallimard
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|13 x 9 cm|une feuille
Autograph postcard signed by Jean Paulhan, 22 lines written in black ink addressed to Felia Leal the publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan decorated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
Central fold mark on the card which represents the painting by Georges Braque entitled: Cliffs and Boat.
Jean Paulhan asks for news of his correspondent: "Are you completely cured? What if it were me instead who came to your place?" and is amazed by the smallness of Parisian taxis: "These taxis for dwarf people are dreadful..."
From the narrowness of taxis, Jean Paulhan shifts to Gallimard's editorial...
€150
Jean PAULHAN
"... à ce propos, je pense bien que vous et M. Léal avez déjà adhéré au Comité "pour le salut et le renouveau de l'Algérie". C'est un comité énergique et qui fera du bon travail."Autograph note signed and addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of her book Paroles transparents illustrated by Georges Braque
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|9.50 x 15.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan, 29 lines written in blue ink addressed to Felia Leal the publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan decorated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
Felia Leal wanting to organize a reception in honor of Henri Mondor, Jean Paulhan asks her to verify her information carefully in order to avoid any faux pas: "Are you sure that Mondor wasn't already grand-officier? Find out properly, before organizing the cocktail."
He recommends to his correspondent to take note of the latest article he has written and encourages her, if not already done, to commit to the Algerian cause: "...
€120
Jacques PERRET
Lettre autographe signée à un ami probablement Roger Nimier sur la vie poilitique et littéraire du temps : "Du merdier où nous sommes je vous fais savoir : 1e que l'Algérie est toujours française en dépit de quelques nausées..."
Paris 1960|13.50 x 21 cm|une page recto-verso
Amusing autograph letter signed by Jacques Perret, 34 lines in blue ink, to Roger Nimier.
Fold marks inherent to the mailing.
Jacques Perret, then in Algiers, wishes to clarify, in a humorous manner, certain points concerning the political situation which conditions his own: "... je vous fais savoir [...] que l'Algérie est toujours française... Que le père et le fils ont eu la chance de garder le contact... Que les conditions de mon retour ne se sont pas améliorées..." (... I inform you [...] that Algeria is still French... That father and son have had the chance to keep in touch... That the conditions of my return have not improved...)
€350
Jean PAULHAN
"Marcel J. me bat froid, et je trouve la Passerelle un peu féroce."Autograph letter signed and addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of her book Paroles transparents illustrated by Georges Braque
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|13.50 x 20.50 cm|deux feuilles
Autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan, 15 lines written in blue ink addressed to Felia Leal the publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan illustrated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
Fold mark inherent to posting.
Jean Paulhan wishes to postpone an appointment for fear of being late: "... j'ai peur de ne pouvoir rentrer aux Arènes demain avant quatre heures. Est-ce qu'il vous dérangerait un peu plus tard que nous n'avions décidé ?" (... I'm afraid I won't be able to return to the Arènes tomorrow before four o'clock. Would it bother you if we met a little later than we had decided?) and shows...
€150
RAYMOND LULLE, Max JACOB (trans.)
Livre de l'ami et de l'aimé - Petits cantiques d'amour dialogues par lesquels l'entendement et la dévotion s'augmentent
Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1919|12 x 15.50 cm|broché
First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by A. de Barrau and Max Jacob.
Tiny lack to upper right margin of front cover, two slight lacks to foot of spine.
Fine copy with unfaded blue covers.
€100
Jean DOLENT
Maître de sa joie
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1902|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy despite slight creases to upper right margin of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Monsieur Féré de Rivières.

€100
Luc DARDENNE
Au dos de nos images III - 2014-2022 suivi des scénarios de Le silence de Lorna, La fille inconnue, Le jeune Ahmed, Tori et Lokita par Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
Seuil|Paris 2023|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Luc Dardenne to journalist and cultural editor of L'Humanité Marie-Josée Sirach.
€150
ANONYME
Lettre d'un Hébreu à S.M. le roi d'Angleterre
Imprimerie Gaston Fernandez|Paris 1931|11.50 x 18 cm|agrafé
The rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally browned.

€150
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
Histoire du pied et autres fantaisies
Gallimard|Paris 2011|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€300
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
Coeur brûle et autres romances
Gallimard|Paris 2000|15 x 231 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
€300
MAINE DE BIRAN
Influence de l'habitude sur la faculté de penser. Ouvrage qui a remporté le prix sur cette question, proposée par la classe des sciences morales et politiques de l'institut national : déterminer quelle est l'influence de l'habitude sur la faculté de penser ; ou, en d'autres termes, faire voir l'effet que produit sur chacune de nos facultés intellectuelles, la fréquente répétition des mêmes opérations
Henrichs|Paris An XI (1802)|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of Maine de Biran's first work.
Rare and handsome copy in original wrappers.
€700
Félicité Robert de LAMENNAIS
Lettre autographe datée et signée au libraire Victor Lecou
Paris 23 Janvier 1838|12.50 x 19 cm|une page sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter dated and signed by Félicité de Lamennais, 13 lines in black ink, to the Parisian bookseller Victor Lecou.
Holes on the verso of the second sheet when the letter was unsealed.
"Paris, January 23rd, 1838,
Mr. Delloye, to whom I have communicated, Sir, the proposals contained in your letter of the 19th of this month, agreeing to them as far as he is concerned, I likewise agree to them myself. Consequently, your contract of April 30th, 1837, cancelled by mutual consent as regards yourself, will henceforth have effect only between Mr. Delloye and myself; so that from February 1st next, you are discharged from all responsibility towards me. I have...
€200
Joseph JOFFO
Un enfant trop curieux
Editions Ramsay|Paris 1998|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "L'histoire d'un enfant trop curieux. La curiosité n'est plus un défaut. Surtout quand on lit Joffo. Amitiés" (The story of a child too curious. Curiosity is no longer a fault. Especially when one reads Joffo. Best wishes) on the half-title page accompanied, on the facing page, by a drawing of a flower.
€80
Joseph JOFFO
Baby-Foot
JCLattès|Paris 1977|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "Pour Jacqueline, témoiignage de mes rêves d'adolescent, et l'amitié en prime" (For Jacqueline, testimony of my adolescent dreams, and friendship as a bonus) accompanied by a drawing of a flower.
€80
Jorge Luis BORGES, Philippe JACCOTTET
L'immortel - L'ignorant
Nrf|Paris 1er Septembre 1953|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Other contributions by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle "Récit secret", Mircea Eliade "Les mythes du monde moderne", Jean Grenier "Une conversation avec Drieu", Jean Giono "Angelo (III)", Henri Michaux "Adieux à Anhimaharua."
€150
Marie LAURENCIN, Jean-Richard BLOCH
Dix filles dans un pré
Au sans pareil|Paris 1926|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Annonay laid paper.
Spine and back cover entirely faded as is often the case, front cover marginally faded, handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with 4 etchings by Marie Laurencin.
€200
Henri HEINE
De l'Allemagne
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1866|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, partly first edition as revised and augmented with unpublished fragments.
Half green shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt fleurons, light rubbing to spines, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplates pasted on pastedowns, top edges gilt.
€150
Jules FERRY
"Ayant foi dans la République et dans l'avenir, la République vivra, enfantée dans la douleur."Autograph letter signed to a friend who was recently bereaved in these times of Franco-Prussian war
Paris 8 Janvier 1871|13.50 x 21 cm|une page et quart
Autograph letter signed by Jules Ferry, 18 lines in black ink, to a friend, on Paris City Hall letterhead.
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
Jules Ferry wishes to console his friend who has just lost a loved one: "Je prends une part profonde à vos douleurs, vous savez combien j'aime votre caractère... mais les hommes de coeur ont des fibres pour toutes les souffrances..." ("I share deeply in your grief, you know how much I love your character... but men of heart have feelings for all sufferings...") and also comforts him in his faith in the Republic during these hours of the Franco-Prussian conflict: "Ayant foi dans la République et dans...
€250
Georges FOUREST
Bristol autographe signé adressé à un confrère écrivain le remerciant pour son "indulgence excessive" regradant sa nouvelle publiée dans la Revue contemporaine
S. n.|Paris 1er Juillet 1920|11.50 x 9 cm|deux pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by Georges Fourest (15 lines in black ink) addressed to a fellow writer.
Light foxing on the bristol.
Georges Fourest thanks his correspondent: "Je viens de lire la Revue contemporaie et tout de suite, je veux vous remercier de la façon si charmante (encore que d'une indulgence excessive)) dont vous avez signalé ma courte nouvelle "Le loup garou". Ai-je besoin de vous dire combien me touchent de si délicats éloges venant de l'artiste que vous êtes ? Encore merci et croyez moi bien sympathiquement vôtre. Georges Fourest 24 rue de Milan (IXe arr.) Paris le 1er juillet 1920" ("I have just read the Revue...
€180
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
Ourania
Gallimard|Paris 2006|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€300
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
Ritournelle de la faim
Gallimard|Paris 2008|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€400
Jacques CHARDONNE
Romanesques
Stock|Paris 1937|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne to Monsieur Brissac.
€300
Saul BELLOW, Michel DEON (trans.)
L'homme de Buridan
Plon|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition in French established by Michel Déon, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and mounted.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Pierre Emmanuel: "... ce roman d'une Amérique qu'il connait bien et que je connais grâce à lui..." ("... this novel of an America he knows well and which I know thanks to him...")
€150
Jean PAULHAN
"Il y a dans la Parisienne de très amusants croquis de Braque dans sa jeunesse, par H.P. Roché. Je vous les garde"Autograph letter signed and addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of her book Paroles transparents illustrated by Georges Braque
Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|13.50 x 20.50 cm|deux feuilles
Autograph letter signed by Jean Paulhan, 20 lines written in black ink on NRF letterhead, addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of "Paroles transparentes", a work by Jean Paulhan decorated with 14 original lithographs by Georges Braque.
Two sheets held together by a paper clip which has left slight rust stains and creases.
Jean Paulhan asks his publisher Felia Leal for money and feels he will encounter difficulties with new projects, notably for writing a preface: "... la "mescaline" n'est pas encore montrable. Je dois y ajouter des tas de choses. Mais je ne l'oublie pas." ("...the 'mescaline' is not yet ready to show. I must add loads of things to...
€200
François MAURIAC
Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à l'éditeur Henri Lapina qui souhaite éditer un de ses textes
S. n.|Paris 11 Mai 1929|11 x 14.50 cm|un feuillet remplié
Autograph letter signed by François Mauriac (14 lines in blue ink) addressed to publisher Henri Lapina.
Fold mark inherent to mailing, annotations in purple ink in the upper right margin of the letter: "14/5 Mauriac".
François Mauriac has not yet completed his work: "...j'au une piste de nouvelles - mais il m'est impossible pour l'instant de vous donner le texte définitif..." ("...I have a lead on some short stories - but it is impossible for me at the moment to give you the final text...") and does not have a photographic portrait of himself for illustrating a frontispiece: "... vous en trouverez une très belle...
€300
André MALRAUX
Pour une connaissance authentique de Gide
Gallimard|Paris 1973|14 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in 50 copies on bouffant alfa paper and consisting of an offprint of the preface to Cahiers de la Petite Dame by Maria van Rysselberghe.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Malraux to his friends Karl-Hans and Minka [Strauss].
Minka, granddaughter of the Rothschilds, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the old writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this...
€600
Georges FOUREST
"... Ah les délicieux moments que je vous dois ! Après vous avoir suivi aux sommets alpestres, après avoir vibré à vos fiers poëmes de guerre, quelle joie de savourer vos poëmes à forme fixe !"Laudative signed autograph letter addressed to a fellow writer whose poems he has just devoured
S. n.|Paris 14 Mai 1924|13 x 18 cm|deux pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by Georges Fourest (31 lines in black ink) addressed to a fellow writer.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion, marginal stains affecting some word beginnings.
Georges Fourest praises the quality of his correspondent's work: "Que les superstitieux viennent encore nous représenter le 13 comme un jour néfaste ! Pour moi, je sais bien que je marque d'un caillou blanc le 13 Mai 1924 puisque, le matin de ce jour-là, je reçus votre exquis volume... [...] je pus consacrer mon après-midi à vous lire bien installé au Parc Monceaux..." (Let the superstitious still tell us that the 13th is an unlucky day! For my...
€500
Edgar Allan POE, Maurice SACHS
Le sphinx et autres contes bizarres - Exemplaire enrichi de deux dessins originaux et d'un envoi autographe en anglais et à pleine page de Maurice Sachs
Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards marginally soiled and foxed, light foxing to edges.
Original preface by Paul Morand.
Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription, in English, by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: "The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout, and candies and ginger ? We do, said the Big Bear, we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together, 1934" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin...
€400
GARCILASO DE LA VEGA
Histoire des guerres civiles des espagnols dans les Indes, suivi de Suite des guerres civiles des espagnols dans le Peru
Chez Simeon Piget|à Paris 1658|17 x 23.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en un volume
Second French edition bringing together these two texts by Garcilaso de la Vega first published in Spanish in 1650. Frontispiece depicting in the foreground the landing of Spanish troops on American territory and in the background the indigenous population besieged in the heart of a burning city. In the lower section, a banner bears the inscription "Quid non mortalia pectora cogis auri sacra fames", taken from Virgil's Aeneid and translated by Molière as "O execrable hunger for gold, to what lengths do you not force men's hearts to go". Work decorated with headpieces and historiated initials.
Contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine decorated at head with a...
€4,500
Hervé BAZIN
Vipère au Poing
Grasset|Paris 1948|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
Second edition published the same year and a few months after the first edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine creased with a small tear at foot; at the end of the volume, two signatures having been poorly cut and having caused small lacks of paper at the heads of the leaves without any damage to the text.

€100

Paris

La Symphonie de la peur

Entretiens avec Arrabal

Mon journal d'enfant

Le retour au livre

Le taureau, le veau, le maquereau, le chat, le lapin, la bête à bon dieu, le crapaud, la vache, la poule

La madone à Hollywood

Trente ans de Paris

Le voeu d'une morte

L'amour s'amuse

La Troisième république, 1870 à nos jours - Les arts plastiques

Pierre Loti. Sa vie - son oeuvre

Marseille porte du sud

Les destinées sentimentales

Le satiricon

Les pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloé

La part du roi

Friperies

Histoire de la dorure et de l'argenture électro-chimiques

oeuvres dramatiques de F. Schiller

Le Mannequin d'Osier

Sapho - Moeurs parisennes

L'Anneau d'Améthyste

La Nichina

En visite chez l'Oncle Sam - New-York et Chicago

Paroissien romain, d'après les imprimés français du XVe siècle

Iphigénie

Le secret de M. Ladureau

La terre[The Earth]

Démocratie française

Les contes d'un matin

Pelléastres - Le poison de la littérature - Crimes de Montmartre et d'ailleurs - Une aventure

Rigodon

Le diable amoureux

La gloire des ailes[The Glory of Wings]

Outamaro - Le peintre des maisons vertes. - Exemplaire de Pierre Loti[Outamaro – The Painter of the Green Houses – Pierre Loti’s Copy]

Le toutounier

La maîtresse

Ci-gît Sophie Dorothée de Celle

La comédie des animaux qu'on dit sauvages

Toutes réflexions faites

La guerre de sécession 1861-1865

Antéros - Poèmes en prose

Memoires de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin[The Memoirs of M. du Gué-Trouin]

Entretiens avec le professeur Y

Vues des côtes de France dans l'océan et la MéditerranéeViews of the Coasts of France on the Ocean and in the Mediterranean

Cher monsieur Jean-Marie-mon-fils

Le 6ème continent précédé de Ancien malade des hôpitaux de Paris

Vie des martyrs

La Pomme - Diane au bois - Gringoire - Les Fourberies de Nérin - Florise

La grand'route

Mémoires de Barras, membre du Directoire publiés avec une introduction générale, des préfaces et des appendices par Georges Duruy

Le joli page de Balzac (Madame Marbouty)

Souvenirs de police (Au temps de Ravachol)

Les olympiques

Supplément au dictionnaire des romans, du 1er Janvier 1824 au 1er Janvier 1828, avec un choix des meilleures productions, le cercle des plus célèbres romanciers, le classement des auteurs avec leurs ouvrages - Exemplaire de Pierre Louÿs

Mademoiselle du Vissard

"Il faut aller voir Germaine Richier, le 10. C'est très grand."Autograph note signed and addressed to the publisher of his book Transparent Words Felia Leal

Carte de visite autographe adressée à son ami Camille de Sainte-Croix

Billet autographe signé et adressé à Felia Leal, éditrice de son ouvrage Paroles transparentes illustré par Georges Braque : "De Green, connaissez-vous "le voyageur sur la terre" , Il n'a rien écrit de plus beau (ni de plus court : quatre-vingt pages)"

"Rien, et la porte était bouclée. (J'ai même rencontré M. Benoist-Méchin, qui s'imaginait voir Balthus)"Autograph note signed and addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of her book Paroles transparents illustrated by Georges Braque

" "Imaginez que G.G. ne garde ni Blanchot, ni Noël Devaulx, ni... ni... Au fond G.G. devient Hachette et toute l'expérience de la (jeune) nrf est à recommencerAutograph postcard signed and addressed to the publisher of his book Paroles transparent, Felia Leal, in which he mocks Gaston Gallimard

Lettre autographe signée à un ami probablement Roger Nimier sur la vie poilitique et littéraire du temps : "Du merdier où nous sommes je vous fais savoir : 1e que l'Algérie est toujours française en dépit de quelques nausées..."

"Marcel J. me bat froid, et je trouve la Passerelle un peu féroce."Autograph letter signed and addressed to Felia Leal, publisher of her book Paroles transparents illustrated by Georges Braque

Livre de l'ami et de l'aimé - Petits cantiques d'amour dialogues par lesquels l'entendement et la dévotion s'augmentent

Maître de sa joie

Au dos de nos images III - 2014-2022 suivi des scénarios de Le silence de Lorna, La fille inconnue, Le jeune Ahmed, Tori et Lokita par Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne

Lettre d'un Hébreu à S.M. le roi d'Angleterre

Histoire du pied et autres fantaisies

Coeur brûle et autres romances

Lettre autographe datée et signée au libraire Victor Lecou

Un enfant trop curieux

Baby-Foot

L'immortel - L'ignorant

Dix filles dans un pré

De l'Allemagne

"Ayant foi dans la République et dans l'avenir, la République vivra, enfantée dans la douleur."Autograph letter signed to a friend who was recently bereaved in these times of Franco-Prussian war

Bristol autographe signé adressé à un confrère écrivain le remerciant pour son "indulgence excessive" regradant sa nouvelle publiée dans la Revue contemporaine

Ourania

Ritournelle de la faim