Paris (France)

Alain BOSQUET
Le livre du doute et de la grâce
Gallimard|Paris 1977|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to bibliophile Jacques Bredèche: "... que je remercie d'amier les beaux livres et de me croire digne de sa collection..." ["... whom I thank for loving beautiful books and for believing me worthy of his collection..."]
€100
Alain BOSQUET
Sonnets pour une fin de siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1980|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to bibliophile Jacques Bredèche: "... que je remercie chaleureusement de collectionner les "grands papiers"..." ["... whom I warmly thank for collecting the 'deluxe copies'..."]
€100
Pierre BENOIT
Aïno
Albin Michel|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Pierre Benoit to François Daudet and his family: "A François Daudet, à une famille dont je serai toujours non seulement l'ami, mais l'obligé plein de reconnaissance. Très fidèlement Pierre Benoit" ["To François Daudet, to a family of whom I will always be not only the friend, but the obliged one full of gratitude. Very faithfully Pierre Benoit"].
€80
Louis DIMIER
L'appel des intellectuels allemands
Nouvelle librairie nationale|Paris 1914|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A small lack to the upper right corner of the first cover, three light tears to the spine, endpapers entirely sunned.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Louis Dimier to Léon Daudet.
€100
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"...mais je reste songeur en apprenant qu'ils vous ont paru pires que ceux de Retté..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté about a poem that he recommended to him for his magazine without first reading it
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 31 Mai 1900|13 x 20.50 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (15 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and editor of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
To please the poetess Julia Daudet, Francis Viélé-Griffin took the liberty of imposing verses on Edouard Ducoté for his review: "... je vous ai recommandé ces vers pour complaire à un souhait de madame Daudet, je n'en ai pas pris connaissance ; mais reste songeur..." ["I recommended these verses to you to comply with a wish of Madame Daudet, I have not read them; but remain thoughtful..."] which the editor of l'Ermitage...
€150
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
"... je ne comprends pas l'exclusivisme du Mercure, il m'a étonné et peiné.."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté which was refused by the Mercure de France
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 31 Décembre 1896|13 x 20 cm|une page et demie
Signed autograph letter by Francis Viélé-Griffin (32 lines in purple ink from his Parisian home) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold mark inherent to postal handling, pen annotations on verso of fourth leaf.
Francis Viélé-Griffin thanks his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté who dedicated his future collection Fables to him and apologizes for the intransigence of Mercure de France which only wants to publish authors and poets stamped Mercure de France: "... je ne comprends pas l'exclusivisme du Mercure, il m'a étonné et peiné.." ["... I don't understand the exclusivism of...
€180
François COPPÉE
Lettre autographe signée au jeune Léon Daudet lui donnant rendez-vous
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [circa 1895]|11.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by François Coppée (8 lines in black ink) to his young friend Léon Daudet.
Fold marks inherent to postal handling, a doodle in blue pencil has been traced on the verso of the letter.
François Coppée invites his dear Léon Daudet to come visit him, setting a date and time: "... j'aurai fini mon article et je serai tout à vous." ["... I will have finished my article and will be entirely at your disposal."]

€120
François COPPÉE
"... et je pense tendrement à la mémoire de mon cher Alphonse Daudet..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, to his friend Léon Daudet about the death of his father Alphonse a few days earlier
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 3 Janvier 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (12 lines in black ink) to his friend Léon Daudet.
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
François Coppée shows himself touched by the last letter that Léon Daudet addressed to him and invites him to his home: "... Come whenever you wish... so that we can chat quietly."
He shares the grief and sadness of the Daudet family after the death (on December 17, 1897) of Alphonse Daudet, his friend: "... and I think tenderly of the memory of my dear Alphonse Daudet..."

€150
François COPPÉE
"... Excusez le vieux monsieur qui ne passe plus ni soirées ni se couche après minuit..."Autograph letter dated and signed to Marthe Daudet refusing his invitation to participate in the New Year's Eve party on December 25th
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 Décembre 1903|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter dated and signed by François Coppée (13 lines in black ink) to his friend Marthe Daudet, wife of Léon, who invited him to join them for Christmas Eve dinner on December 25, 1903.
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
François Coppée will not be joining them, his precarious health forbidding any late social engagements, preferring an earlier hour for dining: "... of course, I will go and sit at the table of my young and dear friend Léon Daudet and his charming wife with great pleasure...", "... Excuse the old gentleman who no longer spends evenings out or goes to bed after midnight..."

€150
Reynaldo HAHN
"... je vais relire avec dévotion ces pages qui m'ont déjà ému..."Autograph letter signed to Léon Daudet about the biography that the latter wrote about his father Alphonse Daudet
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [1898]|10 x 15.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Reynaldo Hahn, dandy, composer and great love of Marcel Proust (22 lines in black ink) regarding the biography that Léon Daudet devoted to his father Alphonse in 1898.
Trace of fold inherent to mailing.
Reynaldo Hahn congratulates Léon Daudet for the rational pertinence and clarity of the biography: "... où l'on retrouve tout ce qui était définissable et analysable en Alphonse Daudet..." ["... where one finds all that was definable and analyzable in Alphonse Daudet..."] while regretting nonetheless that he had only imperfectly captured the author of Lettres de mon moulin : " ... ce que vous n'avez pu...
€300
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté : "...l'occurrence n'est pas tragique, si ce n'est par une scandaleuse exhibition de bêtise : car le journaliste m'a paru de bonne foi ! "
S. n.|Paris 11 Juin 1900|12.50 x 20 cm|une page
Autograph letter signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (16 lines in purple ink from his Parisian home on rue Hamelin) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold mark inherent to being placed in an envelope, the year 1900 is written in pencil at the top of the letter completing the date of June 11th written by Francis Viélé-Griffin.
He thanks his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté for his support contrary to certain critics who have recently savaged him: "... merci, mon cher ami, de votre témoignage de sympathie..." ["...thank you, my dear friend, for your testimonial of sympathy..."] also informing him...
€150
Johann Rudolf WYSS
Le Robinson Suisse
Lavigne|Paris 1841|15 x 23.80 cm|relié
Romantic illustrated edition in first printing with 6 hors-texte on chine appliqué before letters and 200 in-text vignettes by Lemercier. The hors-texte are numbered and have been bound out of order. First edition of the translation by Elise Voiart. Preface by Charles Nodier.
Half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with cold and gilt rococo tooling. Gilt edges. Some scattered foxing. Rubbing, particularly to edges and corners. Charming copy.
This Swiss novel was a great success upon publication and has enchanted multiple generations to this day.
€350
Eugène DELACROIX, Pierre PETIT
[Photographie] Portrait photographique de Eugène Delacroix
Pierre Petit|Paris 1858|6 x 10.40 cm|une feuille
An original albumen carte-de-visite photograph of Eugène Delacroix, depicting the artist seated in a chair — his most famous portrait. The session at Pierre Petit’s studio yielded multiple poses; variants of this print survive at the Musée d’Orsay and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mounted on card, with Pierre Petit’s signature in the lower margin and his studio advertisement on the verso.
€1,600
Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES, Eugène DISDERI
[Photographie] Portrait photographique de Dominique Ingres
Eugène Disdéri|Paris 1860|6 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Full-length carte-de-visite albumen photograph of the painter Ingres. Taken by Disdéri, who himself developed this carte-de-visite process in 1854.
Photograph mounted on card bearing the name of Disdéri et Cie. Photographer's advertisement on verso, at the address on boulevard des Italiens. Fine print.
This sitting at Disdéri's studio produced several photographs of the painter, with slightly different poses. This same photograph can be found at the Ingres Museum in Montauban and at the Musée d'Orsay.
€1,200
Pierre-André BENOIT, Joan MIRÓ
"... une bonne année commencée avec le soleil ce qui donne envie de circuler..."Unpublished handwritten card, signed and illustrated with a reproduction of a drawing by Joan Miro addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc, wishing him his best wishes for the year 1984
S. n.|Paris 11 Janvier 1984|13.50 x 10 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph signed card from Pierre-André Benoit (8 lines in black ink, written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard, which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc, to whom he extends his wishes for 1984.
The card is illustrated on the recto with a reproduction of a drawing by Joan Miró accompanied by a phrase from Saint Teresa of Avila, envelope included.
The sunny winter favors PAB's good humor: "... une bonne année commencée avec le soleil ce qui donne envie de circuler..." ["... a good year begun with sunshine which makes one want to get about..."] who suggests to his bookseller friend that he come...
€150
Maurice CLAVEL
La pourpre de Judée ou les délices du genre humain
Christian Bourgois|Paris 1967|12 x 20 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Clavel to Lina Caral.
€60
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... de vos demandes (verbales et écrites) vous aurez au moins..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 17 Novembre 1983|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (27 lines in black ink and written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc regarding works that the latter had ordered from him.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
PAB must travel to Montpellier, as his housekeeper is to have surgery there. He will therefore take the opportunity to meet his bookseller friend and bring him some available works among those he had ordered.
Poet, painter, engraver, Pierre-André Benoit or P.A.B. was above all a typographer and printer who produced more than 400 illustrated works bringing...
€180
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... il m'est impossible de lire de penser à quoi que ce soit sauf aux méfaits du temps..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 10 Janvier 1985|15 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (22 lines in blue ink and written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc to whom he presents his wishes for 1985 and in which he narrates the damage related to the frost that is ravaging the Gard and damaging his home.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
PAB suffers from the harsh winter that has fallen upon the Gard: "... si je vous écris avec un soleil radieux qui réjouit les yeux il est sans effet et les -15e devant ma porte le 0 à l'intérieur de la maison cela n'a rien de confortable..." ["... if I write to you with...
€180
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 5 Janvier 1986|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard region which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him New Year's wishes for 1986.
Envelope included.
In turn, Pierre-André Benoit extends his wishes for the year ahead and writes that he finds it difficult to leave his retreat in the Gard at Rivières-de-Theyrargues : "... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..." ["... I never leave Rivières..."] and therefore favors a telephone appointment with his correspondent: "... oui par...
€120
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... oui il y aura des livres si vous en voulez.."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 17 Septembre 1989|14.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Signed autograph letter from Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château de Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him his wishes for the year 1986.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion. Pierre Clerc has inscribed, in pencil at the top of the letter, the name and surname of his correspondent.
Pierre-André Benoit believes his correspondent is busy with his summer occupations, particularly mycological : "... vous êtes sans doite à Chateauneuf de Randon et les champignons ne doivent pas manquer.."...
€120
Jean MARCENAC
La patience des botocudos
Les Editeurs Français Réunis|Paris 1970|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Marcenac to a friend named Gaston: "... maître dans l'art d'écrire, de savoir et d'être..." ["... master in the art of writing, knowing and being..."]

€50
Anne RADCLIFFE
Oeuvres d'Anne Radcliffe
Maradan|Paris 1819|10.50 x 17 cm|10 volumes reliés
First complete French collective edition. Music scores bound in-fine in the last volume.
Contemporary brown half calf bindings, very slightly rubbed to some places, smooth spines ruled in gilt, marbled paper covers.
Small traces of glue to the corners of pastedowns and white flyleaves. Slight marginal tears and missing pieces of paper to the half-title page of the first volume. Small marginal lacks of paper to the half-title page of the fifth volume. Scattered foxing to some volumes.
Volumes 1 & 2: La Forêt ou L'Abbaye de Saint-Clair (The Romance of the Forest), volumes 3 to 6: Les Mystères d'Udolphe (The Mysteries of Udolpho), volumes 7 to 9: L'Italien ou Le Confessionnal des...
€3,000
Léon RIOTOR
Le parabolain
Bibliothèque de La Plume|Paris 1894|11.50 x 17 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed at the head of the front cover by Léon Riotor to Auguste Vacquerie.
€100
Roger VITRAC
Théâtre - Victor ou les Enfants au Pouvoir - Le Coup de Trafalgar - Le Camelot
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 13 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Joseph BREITBACH
Rapport sur Bruno
Gallimard|Paris 1964|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 55 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€200
Charles MAURRAS, Pierre PASCAL
Quatre poëmes d'Eurydice
Editions du trident|Paris 1937|19.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on laid Ronsard paper.
Spine and covers marginally and lightly sunned as usual, endpapers partially shaded without gravity.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece designed and engraved by Pierre Pascal.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Maurras to a doctor.
€100
Auguste de VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM
Nouvelles reliques
José Corti|Paris 1968|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, deluxe copy.
Presentation by Pierre-Georges Castex of this work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a facsimile of the manuscript.
Handsome copy.

€250
Henry Rider HAGGARD
Elle
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1920|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
Complete first edition published two months after the first edition printed by the Edition française illustrée, one of 110 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly faded and lightened.
A full-margined copy of this classic and masterpiece of fantastic literature.

€400
Marcel AYMÉ
Lucienne et le boucher
Gallimard|Paris 1947|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Half red sheep binding, spine with four raised bands outlined with black fillets, a very slight and harmless scratch at head of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Light worming to top edge.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.
€120
Marcel AYMÉ
Maison basse
Nrf|Paris 1935|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half bottle green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly browned, moiré paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Small worming to top edge.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.
€120
Alphonse de CHÂTEAUBRIANT
La Brière
Grasset|Paris 1923|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Full almond green cloth binding, smooth spine, bottle green sheep title label, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, modest binding.
Small marginal lacks, not affecting the text, to some leaves, one lateral tear affecting pages 417-418.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Alphonse de Chateaubriant: "A Monsieur Léon Daudet, en attendant l'exemplaire que je lui réserve pour lui témoigner ma reconnaissance. Alphonse de Chateaubriant." ["To Monsieur Léon Daudet, while awaiting the copy I am reserving for him to show my gratitude. Alphonse de Chateaubriant."]
€180
Jean PELLERIN
Sous le règne du débauché
Albin Michel|Paris 1921|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€100
Gilbert Keith CHESTERTON
Chaucer
Plon|Paris 1935|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€450
Pierre JONQUERES D'ORIOLA
A cheval sur cinq olympiades
Raoul Solar|Paris 1968|13.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First collected edition with some parts in first edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Publisher's blue skyvertex binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket which has three small marginal tears.
Iconography.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, who is the most decorated French equestrian at the Olympic Games in show jumping, to a woman named Jacqueline.
€300
Isidore ISOU
Introduction à une nouvelle poésie et à une nouvelle musique
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy of the author's first work.
Very rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Isidore Isou, one of the founders of Lettrism and important precursor to Situationism, to film producer and director Roland Tual who was close to the Surrealists: he opened the Surrealist gallery in 1926 with the exhibition "Paintings by Man Ray and objects from the islands".
€1,200
Jean MARTET
Le palais de Timour
Albin Michel|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the advance copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Martet to Pierre Benoit.
€120
Georges SIMENON
La disparition d'Odile
Presses de la Cité|Paris 1971|14.50 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets under double chemise and slipcase.
€250
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
".... accordez-moi un délai, qui sera le moins possible... je vous promets des vers..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|Paris Janvier 1903|14 x 17.50 cm|une page et demie
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin addressed (31 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895 in which he requests a little patience before he sends the promised verses to the review, he also assures him that he will send his forthcoming works: "... however small the print run of my next volume may be, I naturally intended to reserve a copy for you. For are you not one of those for whom I wrote it?... I will enclose the offprint of sainte Julie - of which I have three copies left - but are you not a bibliophile?"
Finally, Francis...
€250
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
".... vous savez le goût que j'ai pour votre manière, de légère ironie et de cette vérité, toujours un peu risible pour qui sait la voir..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté
S. n.|Paris 25 Juin 1903|14 x 17.50 cm|une page et demie
Autograph letter dated and signed by Francis Viélé-Griffin (30 lines in violet ink from his Parisian residence) addressed to Edouard Ducoté, poet, bibliophile and director of the review l'Ermitage since 1895.
Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope.
He showers praise on his fellow poet Edouard Ducoté who has just sent him his latest work and also thanks him for the article that l'Ermitage devoted to his latest collection (L'amour sacré published in 1903): "... I have written my thanks to the critic... I have a copy for him that I have not yet been able to send him..."
Francis Viélé-Griffin also mentions a painting by his...
€250
André BRETON
Lettre autographe datée et signée à propos d'un règlement qu'il vient de recevoir pour une de ses contributions chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert
S. n.|Paris 12 Mai 1964|21 x 26 cm|une page
Autograph letter dated and signed by André Breton (11 lines in black ink from his Parisian residence on rue Fontaine) acknowledging receipt of a cheque he received from Jean-Jacques Pauvert's publishing house.
Crease mark inherent to folding for mailing.
He apologizes for responding so late to his correspondent, asks him to thank Jean-Jacques Pauvert and to convey his regards.

€400
Joseph CONRAD
Une victoire[A Victory]
Nrf|Paris 1923|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition of the French translation, one of 108 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma-Navarre laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Some foxing affecting notably the endpapers.
€500
Georges LIMBOUR
Le bridge de Madame Lyane
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
€300
Marcel AYMÉ
En Arrière
Gallimard|Paris 1950|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First collected and partly first edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands underlined with black fillets, marbled paper effect boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Some minor foxing, a stain on the second cover board preserved, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.
€120
François MAURIAC
Maltaverne
Flammarion|Paris 1950|14.50 x 21 cm|relié
First edition, one of 380 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half navy blue morocco with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€120
Maurice BARRÈS
N'importe où hors du monde
Plon|Paris 1958|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy with full margins.
Half red morocco with corners, smooth spine with a slight tear of no consequence at head, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, signed binding by Lucie Weill.
€350
Paul CLAUDEL
Figures et paraboles
Nrf|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small tear to the middle of the front cover, discreet numbering in the upper right corner of the verso of the front cover
Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Claudel to Ida Rubinstein: "à Ida Rubinstein son ami. P. Claudel." ["to Ida Rubinstein his friend. P. Claudel."]
Star dancer of the celebrated Ballets Russes, icon of the Belle Époque, patron of the arts, Ida Rubinstein played the role of Joan in Paul Claudel's Joan of Arc at the Stake, during the first orchestral version performed in May 1938 in Basel. She also commissioned Maurice Ravel's famous Boléro. After leading a...
€350
Eugène DABIT
Petit-Louis
Nrf|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Covers very lightly soiled.
Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Dabit to Monsieur Quiret-Vauquelin: "... ce récit d'une jeunesse faubourienne..." ["... this account of a suburban youth..."]
€80
Maurice DRUON
La volupté d'être
Julliard|Paris 1954|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours one of a few hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Half red morocco binding with bands, smooth spine very lightly faded without concern, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré effect paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription dated 1957 and signed by Maurice Druon to a friend named Elisa: "... cette introduction à quelques problèmes qui nous sont communs avec la volupté d'être assez près d'elle pour la connaître. Maurice Juin 57." ["... this introduction to some problems we share with the pleasure of being close enough to her to know her...
€450
Jean GIRAUDOUX
La grande bourgeoise
Grasset|Paris 1958|20.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and boards marginally yellowed as usual.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€150
Louise MICHEL
"Chauvière et d'autres amis communs vous prient bien de tâcher que Clemenceau recommande au professeur qui a la chaire de Russe au Collège de France et à la Sorbonne, notre ami Gregorieff comme aide."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois
s. l. • [Paris] 19 novembre 1887|11.30 x 17.70 cm|1 pages 1/2 sur un bifeuillet
Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
"Chauvière et d'autres amis communs vous prient bien de tâcher que Clemenceau recommande au professeur qui a la chaire de Russe au Collège de France et à la Sorbonne, notre ami Gregorieff comme aide. Il paraît qu'avec un mot de Rochefort et de Clemenceau il serait immédiatement accepté [...]" ["Chauvière and other mutual friends earnestly ask you to try to have Clemenceau recommend our friend Gregorieff as assistant to the professor who holds the Russian...
€1,200
Louise MICHEL
"Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois
s. l. • [Paris] 15 août 1885|13.40 x 21.10 cm|1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet
Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. Tears to lower margin without loss at the fold.
Louise Michel requests help for one of her friends: "Vous savez que le père Blin ne peut plus travailler depuis deux mois passés, voici maintenant la mère Blin qui vient de tomber très malade. Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71. Mon petit cousin [...] aidera le père Blin à tenir son kioske (sic) mais cela ne donne pas de secours à la maladie de Mme Blin. Mme Barrois...
€1,500
Louise MICHEL
"elle sort le mois prochain (et elle le mérite bien) elle vous est bien reconnaissante."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois
s. l. • [Paris] 16 juillet s. d. [ca 1885?]|13.40 x 21.10 cm|1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet
Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to posting.
Mrs. Vernier will be released from prison thanks to Louise Michel's assistance: "elle sort le mois prochain (et elle le mérite bien) elle vous est bien reconnaissante. Remerciez Clémenceau Lafont et Clovis Hugues avec Laguerre (peut-être tous les quatre qui ont apostillé la demande)." ["she is released next month (and she well deserves it) she is very grateful to you. Thank Clémenceau Lafont and Clovis Hugues with Laguerre (perhaps all four who endorsed the...
€1,200
Louise MICHEL
"Clemenceau serait en droit de dire que je suis bien ennuyeuse mais montrez lui la lettre du petit si on pouvait obtenir qu'il ait un peu d'instruction."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois
s. l. • [Paris] 6 février 1885|11.10 x 17.60 cm|1 page 1/2 sur un bifeuillet
Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; one and a half pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper with black border. Transverse folds inherent to mailing. A trace of glue on the second sheet where Louise Michel had probably pasted a letter from her cousin.
News of Louise Michel's little cousin, Lucien Dacheux: "Je reçois une lettre de mon petit cousin Dacheux qui me demande de remercier encore pour lui Clemenceau et lui. Je le fais moi-même de tout coeur. N'oubliez pas de le dire à Clemenceau. Le petit Dacheux est à Brest 1ère division de recrutement. [...] Clemenceau serait en droit de dire que je suis bien ennuyeuse...
€1,500
Letter to the Tiger: "Before returning to the cage"
Letter to the Tiger: "Before returning to the cage"
Louise MICHEL
« Il faut avant de rentrer en cage [...] que je vous demande le grand service de faire entrer à l'hospice mon cousin (le petit Dacheux) à qui vous avez bien voulu faire avoir sa dispense d'âge. »Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Clemenceau
s. l. • [Paris] 7 août 1886|13.20 x 19.20 cm|3 pages sur un bifeuillet
Autograph signed letter from Louise Michel addressed to Georges Clemenceau; three pages written in black ink on a bifolium of white paper. Transverse creases inherent to posting.
Fine letter from Louise Michel to Clemenceau, one of her most important supporters, before yet another incarceration:

« Il faut avant de rentrer en cage [...] que je vous demande le grand service de faire entrer à l'hospice mon cousin (le petit Dacheux) à qui vous avez bien voulu faire avoir sa dispense d'âge. » ["Before returning to the cage [...] I must ask you the great favor of having my cousin (little Dacheux) admitted to the hospice, for whom you were kind...
€2,500
Louise MICHEL
"je n'ai pas trop compris la lettre du petit parce qu'il en est resté une bonne partie dans l'encrier"Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois
s. l. • [Paris] 20 avril 1885|11 x 17.70 cm|2 pages sur un bifeuillet et un feuillet encollé sur la 3e page
Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; two pages written in black ink on a white paper bifolium with black border. One sheet in the hand of a naval adjutant from Brest pasted on the third page. Transverse folds inherent to postal delivery.
Louise Michel asks the recipient of this letter for advice regarding her young cousin: "Ignorant si Clémenceau aurait le temps d'écrire un mot de recommandation pour quelques leçons à mon petit cousin Dacheux je vous le dis d'abord afin que vous preniez un moment où ce sera possible pour le dire à Clemenceau. Je vous avoue que je n'ai pas trop compris la lettre du petit parce qu'il en est resté...
€1,200
Louise MICHEL
" Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois
s. l. • [Paris] 12 juin 1885|11 x 16.90 cm|2 pages 1/2 sur un bifeuillet
Autograph letter signed by Louise Michel addressed to Lucien Barrois; two and a half pages written in black ink on a white paper bifolium with black border. Transverse folds inherent to postal delivery.
Louise Michel requests help for one of her acquaintances: "Madame Maron à qui Lafont ou Clémenceau avait fait avoir promesse à la mairie d'un terme de son loyer (elle en doit trois) n'a plus entendu parler de rien et il faut qu'elle déménage pour aller en face où elle paiera moins. Sa propriétaire l'aurait attendue avec un terme payé sur les trois. Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services." ["Madam...
€1,000
Jean SENNEP
Lettre autographe signée à son ami Carlo Rim
S. n.|Paris 8 Avril 1931|13.50 x 20.50 cm|deux pages
Autograph letter signed (23 lines in black ink on Echo de Paris letterhead) from the illustrator and caricaturist Sennep, addressed to his friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim about an article that Carlo Rim had published in his magazine "Vu" contravening artistic property: "Mon cher Carlo Rim, puisque tu es rédacteur en chef, je t'absous ! Et Vu en sera quitte pour les inévitables droits de reproduction que lui réclamera sans doute le syndicat de la propriété artistique. "L'incident sanglant" avait pour origine une reproduction intempestive de quinze ou vingt dessins (sans autorisation préalable, et sans indication d'origine et servant...
€120
"I will come to see you to speak to you about naturalization I am appalled by the new law"
"I will come to see you to speak to you about naturalization I am appalled by the new law"
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE
"Vous avez senti mon âme comme personne."Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Jean Royère after the release of Alcools
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca. juin 1913]|15.70 x 24.50 cm|une page sur un feuillet
Unpublished autograph letter signed by Guillaume Apollinaire addressed to Jean Royère, one page written in black ink on a sheet. Transverse folds inherent to posting.
Very fine letter of thanks from poet to poet.
"I thank you for the admirable article you devoted to me. You have felt my soul like no one else." Jean Royère had indeed written a laudatory article upon the publication of Alcools in the June 20, 1913 issue of La Phalange: "Here, gathered in an 18mo of barely two hundred pages, is almost the entire poetic work of Apollinaire. Fifteen years of poetry rest in this small volume. I therefore do not open it without almost a...
€3,000
François CHENG
Souffle-esprit
Seuil|Paris 1989|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two creases at the upper and lower right corners of the front cover.
Work illustrated with Chinese painting plates at the end of the volume.
Autograph inscription signed by François Cheng to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski: "... en très proche pensée" ["... in very close thought"] enhanced with a small drawing representing a Chinese ideogram.

€350
Henri LABORIT
Dieu ne joue pas aux dés
Grasset|Paris 1987|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A handsome copy.
Rare and amusing signed autograph inscription from Henri Laborit to the cancer researcher and biologist Monique Castagna who made important contributions to understanding the genesis of cancer in the 1970s: "... en souhaitant qu'elle continue à jouer longtemps, non pas aux dés, mais à la protéine kinase C dont elle nous a déjà révélé les activités essentielles. Bien respectueusement. H. Laborit." ["...hoping that she will continue to play for a long time, not with dice, but with protein kinase C whose essential activities she has already revealed to us. Most respectfully. H. Laborit."]
€450
REMY
Le 18e jour - La tragédie de Léopold III roi des belges
Editions France-Empire|Paris 1976|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy
Autograph inscription signed by Colonel Rémy to Monique Maire.
€80
Henri QUEFFÉLEC
Le cargo
Editions Ouest-France|Paris 1989|15.50 x 23 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket which has small tears to the head of the spine and boards.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Queffelec to friends named Jacqueline and Bernard.
€80
Jules VERNE
Robur le conquérant. Un billet de loterie
Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 87 drawings by L. Benett and G. Roux.
Hetzel publisher's binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Volume very slightly warped, one scratch and light discoloration on the lower cover, minimal rubbing on spine and in the fan design, original blue endpapers lightened as usual.
Robur le Conquérant is an anticipation novel. Three members of an American aeronautical club are kidnapped by a mysterious character who takes them around the world aboard a gigantic flying machine with rotating...
€2,000
Jules VERNE
L'Île mystérieuse
Hetzel|Paris 1903|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 154 drawings by Férat engraved by Barbant.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "au dos à l'ancre" in full red percale, second cover Engel type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Volume slightly warped, a discoloration stain at upper right corner of lower board (approximately 5x4cm) as well as some light scratches at lower margin, one corner of upper board very slightly bumped.
The novel forms a sequel to Vingt mille lieues sous les mers as well as to Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, to which it is connected by narrative elements.
€1,500
Jules VERNE
Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 150 drawings by Riou.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red percale signed A. Lenègre, first cover polychrome signed Engel, second cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Volume slightly warped, some soiling to lower board.
Les Aventures du capitaine Hatteras is an adventure novel that relates an expedition to the North Pole. It features themes such as ethnographic study of hyperborean peoples (the Eskimos) or the harsh survival in an extreme environment.
€1,000
André BRETON, Jean GAULMIER
Ode à Charles Fourier
Librairie C. Klincksieck|Paris 1961|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
- Breton to Magritte: birth and immortality of Surrealism -

First edition of Jean Gaulmier's critical study of André Breton's poem "Ode à Charles Fourier", published in its entirety with commentary. The poem is preceded by an important introduction in three parts: "Birth of the poem", "Surrealism and Fourierism" and "Fourierism and literature". Iconography. Restoration to the upper right-hand corner of page 65.
Rare copy signed and inscribed by André Breton: "To René Magritte, another Prince of Attractions, his friend André Breton"
Breton's inscription bears witness to...
€3,000
Maximilien de ROBESPIERRE
Rapport sur les principes du gouvernement révolutionnaire, fait au nom du comité de Salut Public par Maximilien Robespierre
Convention Nationale|Paris 5 Nivôse An II (25 Décembre 1793)|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of this famous speech by Robespierre justifying the principle of revolutionary government and laying the foundations for the establishment of the Terror.
Small black ink stains, sometimes faded, and some foxing.
In autumn 1793, the threats weighing on the Republic had intensified both at the borders and in the heart of the country: Hébert the extremist "enragé" calling for a popular uprising, the royalist threat still present, the Indulgents demanding an end to the policy of Terror. On 5 Nivôse Year II (December 25, 1793), Robespierre went to the Committee of Public Safety to present the principles of revolutionary government.
He warns from the very first words...
€1,800
Louis-Antoine-Léon SAINT-JUST
Rapport sur les factions de l'étranger, et sur la conjuration ourdie par elles dans la République française, pour détruire le Gouvernement républicain par la corruption, et affamer Paris ; fait à la Convention Nationale, le 23 Ventôse, l'an II de la République par St. Just
Convention Nationale|s. l. • (Paris) 23 Ventôse An II (13 Mars 794)|11.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of this speech delivered at the session of March 13, 1794 to the assembly of the National Convention.
Small stains in the margins of the leaves, a lack at the foot of the last leaf with no damage to the text.
Rare copy presented in its original wrappers.

€600
Robert ANDRÉ
L'enfant miroir
Gallimard|Paris 1978|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€70
Arthur ADAMOV
L'homme et l'enfant
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
€100
Bernard CLAVEL
La retraite aux flambeaux
Robert Laffont|Paris 2002|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
Signed autograph inscription by Bernard Clavel to Muriel and Gilles Pudlowski.
€60
Amélie NOTHOMB
Barbe Bleue
Albin Michel|Paris 2012|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
Signed autograph inscription by Amélie Nothomb to a woman named Anne.
€70
Michel DÉON
La cour des grands
Gallimard|Paris 1996|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition published three months after the first edition.
Handsome copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.
Amusing dated autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Christine Fondville.
€120
Bernard CLAVEL
Pirates du Rhône
Robert Laffont|Paris 1974|13 x 21 cm|broché
New edition of which there were no deluxe copies and printed on the occasion of the television adaptation of this novel.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored and faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Bernard Clavel to Madame Loyen.
€60
José Maria de HEREDIA, Daniel VIERGE
La nonne Alfarez
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1894|8.50 x 15 cm|relié
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated by Daniel Vierge and engraved by Privat-Richard.
Full blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double fillet and gilt date at foot, red morocco title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Paul Vié.
Signed autograph inscription from José Maria de Heredia to Ludovic Halévy who was a playwright, novelist and also librettist, jointly with Henri Meilhac, notably for the most famous works of Jacques Offenbach (La vie Parisienne, La belle Hélène, La Périchole) and Georges Bizet with Carmen.
Provenance: from the library of Ludovic Halévy with his...
€600
Jean BLOT
La jeune géante
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
€70
Gaëtan PICON
L'oeil double
Gallimard|Paris 1970|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure wove paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€80
Alain BOSQUET
Notes pour un pluriel
Gallimard|Paris 1974|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure wove paper, deluxe copy.
Very handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
€60
Alain BOSQUET
Quatre testaments et autres poèmes
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted to the front endpaper.
€60
Jean-Pierre COLOMBI
Leçons de ténèbres
Gallimard|Paris 1980|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted to the front endpaper.
€60
Alfred JARRY
Les jours et les nuits
Mercure de France|Paris 1897|12 x 19 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, two small lacks to right margin of front board and foot of spine.
Rare and precious signed autograph inscription from Alfred Jarry to the poet Fernand Gregh, friend of Marcel Proust.

€3,500
Francis PICABIA
Unique eunuqueUnique Eunuch
Au sans pareil|Paris 1920|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
Francis PICABIA
Unique eunuque [Unique Eunuch]
Au sans pareil | Paris 1920| 13.5 x 18.5 cm | original wrappers
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on vergé, the only deluxe issue with 10 Arches and 15 papier de couleurs.
Slightly sunned spine, like most copies.
Illustrated with a self-portrait of Picabia.
Preface by Tristan Tzara.
€600
Sonia RYKIEL
Et je la voudrais nue...
Grasset|Paris 1979|13.50 x 201 cm|broché
First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

€280
Pierre-Jean de BÉRANGER
Procès fait aux chansons de P.J. de Béranger [Ensemble] Chansons nouvelles [Ensemble] Procès fait à messieurs de Béranger et Baudouin
Chez Les Marchands de nouveautés|Paris 1821 - 1825|9.50 x 15.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of these 3 works bound in 2 volumes. Following the Trial of messieurs de Béranger and Baudouin, 14 manuscript songs retained by the prosecutor general against Béranger and censored. One understands the interest of this copy since the song collection was sold out or seized.
Contemporary full straight-grained green morocco binding. Luxury binding from a major atelier but unsigned. Smooth spine decorated with a blind stamp with floral semé within a double gilt fillet frame. Boards decorated with multiple blind frames doubled with gilt fillets. Gilt edges. Triple gilt interior fillet. Spines uniformly faded. Small dark areas on the boards of one volume. Traces of rubbing...
€600
Michel FRANCISQUE, Édouard FOURNIER
Histoire des hotelleries, cabarets, hotels garnis, restaurants et cafés
Librairie historique, archéologique et scientifique de Seré|Paris 1851|17 x 27.30 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
First edition. Rare copy with hand-colored plates. One frontispiece and 12 plates in volume 1, of which 12 are hand-colored; 18 plates in volume 2, of which 13 are hand-colored. The double plates are not colored. Text vignettes.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments with triple fillets. Black grained cloth boards. Rubbing. Browning on several leaves in the second volume and some scattered foxing.
History of hostels and taverns through the centuries and different nations.
€450
Jacques de BOURBON BUSSET
Tu ne mourras pas - Journal VII
Gallimard|Paris 1978|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions
Hermann & Cie|Paris 1939|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a tiny lack at the foot of the spine.
€100
Jean d' ORMESSON
Guide des égarés
Gallimard|Paris 2016|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€170
Pierre VÉRY
Goupi mains rouges à Paris
Editions de Flore|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine browned, paper yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Véry to the poet Albert-Jean who was close to the Grand-Guignol theatre.
€150
Claude ROY
Le noir de l'aube
Gallimard|Paris 1990|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur chiffon de rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100

Paris

Le livre du doute et de la grâce

Sonnets pour une fin de siècle

Aïno

L'appel des intellectuels allemands

"...mais je reste songeur en apprenant qu'ils vous ont paru pires que ceux de Retté..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, addressed to Edouard Ducoté about a poem that he recommended to him for his magazine without first reading it

"... je ne comprends pas l'exclusivisme du Mercure, il m'a étonné et peiné.."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté which was refused by the Mercure de France

Lettre autographe signée au jeune Léon Daudet lui donnant rendez-vous

"... et je pense tendrement à la mémoire de mon cher Alphonse Daudet..."Autograph letter, dated and signed, to his friend Léon Daudet about the death of his father Alphonse a few days earlier

"... Excusez le vieux monsieur qui ne passe plus ni soirées ni se couche après minuit..."Autograph letter dated and signed to Marthe Daudet refusing his invitation to participate in the New Year's Eve party on December 25th

"... je vais relire avec dévotion ces pages qui m'ont déjà ému..."Autograph letter signed to Léon Daudet about the biography that the latter wrote about his father Alphonse Daudet

Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée à Edouard Ducoté : "...l'occurrence n'est pas tragique, si ce n'est par une scandaleuse exhibition de bêtise : car le journaliste m'a paru de bonne foi ! "

Le Robinson Suisse

[Photographie] Portrait photographique de Eugène Delacroix

[Photographie] Portrait photographique de Dominique Ingres

"... une bonne année commencée avec le soleil ce qui donne envie de circuler..."Unpublished handwritten card, signed and illustrated with a reproduction of a drawing by Joan Miro addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc, wishing him his best wishes for the year 1984

La pourpre de Judée ou les délices du genre humain

"... de vos demandes (verbales et écrites) vous aurez au moins..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc

"... il m'est impossible de lire de penser à quoi que ce soit sauf aux méfaits du temps..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc

"... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc

"... oui il y aura des livres si vous en voulez.."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc

La patience des botocudos

Oeuvres d'Anne Radcliffe

Le parabolain

Théâtre - Victor ou les Enfants au Pouvoir - Le Coup de Trafalgar - Le Camelot

Rapport sur Bruno

Quatre poëmes d'Eurydice

Nouvelles reliques

Elle

Lucienne et le boucher

Maison basse

La Brière

Sous le règne du débauché

Chaucer

A cheval sur cinq olympiades

Introduction à une nouvelle poésie et à une nouvelle musique

Le palais de Timour

La disparition d'Odile

".... accordez-moi un délai, qui sera le moins possible... je vous promets des vers..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

".... vous savez le goût que j'ai pour votre manière, de légère ironie et de cette vérité, toujours un peu risible pour qui sait la voir..."Autograph letter dated and signed addressed to Edouard Ducoté

Lettre autographe datée et signée à propos d'un règlement qu'il vient de recevoir pour une de ses contributions chez Jean-Jacques Pauvert

Une victoire[A Victory]

Le bridge de Madame Lyane

En Arrière

Maltaverne

N'importe où hors du monde

Figures et paraboles

Petit-Louis

La volupté d'être

La grande bourgeoise

"Chauvière et d'autres amis communs vous prient bien de tâcher que Clemenceau recommande au professeur qui a la chaire de Russe au Collège de France et à la Sorbonne, notre ami Gregorieff comme aide."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois

"Voyez ce qu'on pourrait faire vous savez tous les services qu'ils ont rendus en 70-71."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois

"elle sort le mois prochain (et elle le mérite bien) elle vous est bien reconnaissante."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois

"Clemenceau serait en droit de dire que je suis bien ennuyeuse mais montrez lui la lettre du petit si on pouvait obtenir qu'il ait un peu d'instruction."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois

« Il faut avant de rentrer en cage [...] que je vous demande le grand service de faire entrer à l'hospice mon cousin (le petit Dacheux) à qui vous avez bien voulu faire avoir sa dispense d'âge. »Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Clemenceau

"je n'ai pas trop compris la lettre du petit parce qu'il en est resté une bonne partie dans l'encrier"Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois

" Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services."Signed autograph letter addressed to Lucien Barrois

Lettre autographe signée à son ami Carlo Rim

"Vous avez senti mon âme comme personne."Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Jean Royère after the release of Alcools

Souffle-esprit

Dieu ne joue pas aux dés

Le 18e jour - La tragédie de Léopold III roi des belges

Le cargo

Robur le conquérant. Un billet de loterie

L'Île mystérieuse

Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord

Ode à Charles Fourier

Rapport sur les principes du gouvernement révolutionnaire, fait au nom du comité de Salut Public par Maximilien Robespierre

Rapport sur les factions de l'étranger, et sur la conjuration ourdie par elles dans la République française, pour détruire le Gouvernement républicain par la corruption, et affamer Paris ; fait à la Convention Nationale, le 23 Ventôse, l'an II de la République par St. Just

L'enfant miroir

L'homme et l'enfant

La retraite aux flambeaux

Barbe Bleue

La cour des grands

Pirates du Rhône

La nonne Alfarez

La jeune géante

L'oeil double

Notes pour un pluriel

Quatre testaments et autres poèmes