Paris (France)

Jacques de BOURBON BUSSET
Comme le diamant - Journal IV
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jacques de BOURBON BUSSET
Complices - Journal V
Gallimard|Paris 1974|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Raymond QUENEAU
Le vol d'Icare
Gallimard|Paris 1968|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 Holland.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
€120
Claude ROY
Les chercheurs de dieux - Croyance et politique
Gallimard|Paris 1981|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€80
Pierre GASCAR
Les chimères
Gallimard|Paris 1969|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€80
Robert MALLET
Apostilles ou l'utile et le futile
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Spine and boards marginally discolored, handsome interior condition.

€100
Bruno GAY-LUSSAC
Introduction à la vie profane
Gallimard|Paris 1970|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€100
Dominique ROLIN
Vingt chambres d'hôtel
Gallimard|Paris 1990|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€150
Roger GRENIER
La follia
Gallimard|Paris 1980|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
Amos TUTUOLA, Raymond QUENEAU
L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Raymond Queneau, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light offsetting from adhesive paper at head and foot of spine and boards.
€400
Marcel ARLAND
Proche du silence
Gallimard|Paris 1973|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
€100
Claude ROY
Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer ?
Gallimard|Paris 1979|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
€100
Clément ADER
L'aviation militaire
Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1911|14 x 22 cm|Broché
Seventh edition with some parts in first edition as revised and corrected.
Spine browned with a small lack at foot, a crease at upper right corner of front cover, light foxing on the covers.
Work illustrated with 55 figures in the text as well as 2 plates hors-texte.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Clément Ader to politician Charles Dumas.

€800
Simone de BEAUVOIR
La cérémonie des adieux suivi de Entretiens avec Jean-Paul Sartre Août-Décembre 1974
Gallimard|Paris 1981|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Small light angular stains on the covers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Pencil annotations by the dedicatee on the rear endpaper.
Signed autograph inscription from Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot.
€1,500
Françoise SAGAN
Avec mon meilleur souvenir...
Plon|Paris 1984|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the slightly wrinkled spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Françoise Sagan to photographer Serge Tamagnot.

€700
Pierre OSTER
Les dieux
Gallimard|Paris 1970|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
Charles VILDRAC
Pages de journal
Gallimard|Paris 1968|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€80
Noël DEVAULX
Capricieuse Diane
Gallimard|Paris 1989|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€100
Roger GRENIER
Un air de famille
Gallimard|Paris 1979|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€100
Pierre GASCAR
Auto
Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
Jacques ATTALI
La parole et l'outil
P.U.F.|Paris 1975|15 x 22 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Boards lightly and marginally soiled, without significance.
Remarkable autograph inscription dated and signed by Jacques Attali: "Le 2 Avril 75. A Roger Garaudy cet essai sur l'autogestion en hommage de JAttali." [April 2nd, 75. To Roger Garaudy this essay on self-management in tribute from JAttali.]
€100
First edition copy of Hugo's political manifesto offered to his grandchildren Jeanne and Georges, signed ‘Papapa'
First edition copy of Hugo's political manifesto offered to his grandchildren Jeanne and Georges, signed ‘Papapa'
Victor HUGO
Actes et paroles - Avant l'exil 1841-1851
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1875|19.50 x 25 cm|relié
Actes et paroles - Avant l'exil, 1841-1851 [Words and Deeds - Before the Exile, 1841-1851]
Michel Lévy frères, Paris 1875, 19,5x25cm, bound.
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on chine, most limited deluxe edition of this important collection of speeches, public declarations, and political texts intended for French parliament (Chamber of Peers, Constituent Assembly and Legislative Assembly), all written - as stated in the title - prior to his exile. These important texts address freedom of the press, theater and education, as well as the abolition of the death penalty.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated in gilt lengthwise, marbled paper...
€17,000
Simone de BEAUVOIR
La femme rompue - Monologue - L'âge de discrétion
Gallimard|Paris 1967|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition from the same year as the original.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Gousseau.
€1,500
Jean-Pierre CHABROL
Le canon fraternité
Gallimard|Paris 1970|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy of this novel set during the Paris Commune.
€200
André BILLY
Joubert énigmatique et délicieux
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on first endpaper.
Very fine copy.
€120
Serge LIFAR
La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique
Denoël|Paris 1938|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Light worming to boards.
Work illustrated with 36 photographs in and hors-texte.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Serge Lifar: "Au grand Sacha Guitry en témoignage d'admiration et d'amitié profondes, hommage respectueux de Serge Lifar." ["To the great Sacha Guitry in testimony of deep admiration and friendship, respectful homage from Serge Lifar."]

€350
Francis AMBRIÈRE
Les grandes Vacances 1939-1945
Les Editions de la Nouvelle France|Paris 1946|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on white laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work retrospectively awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1946 for the year 1940.
Signed autograph inscription from Francis Ambrière to Janine Paoly: "... dont j'espère depuis si longtemps que je prévois la voir davantage avec un espoir toujours plus entêté et ma vieille et respectueuse amitié." ["... whom I have hoped for so long that I foresee seeing her more with an ever more stubborn hope and my old and respectful friendship."]

€350
Roy HEATH
Orealla
Seuil|Paris 1984|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full black paper boards, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Roy Heath to writer James Baldwin: "For James Baldwin whose work I admire greatly. Roy Health."
James Baldwin's writings describe personal dilemmas questioning the difficult social and psychological pressures that hinder not only the integration of Black people, but also gay or bisexual men in 20th century Western societies, particularly in the United States.
€800
Emmanuel BERL
La politique et les partis
Editions Rieder|Paris 1932|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, service de presse stamp at foot of back cover.
Spine very lightly sunned, two small stains in right margin of front cover, complete with publisher's slip.
Signed and inscribed by Emmanuel Berl 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".

€80
Jean-Pierre CHABROL
L'illustre fauteuil et autres récits
Gallimard|Paris 1967|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
€100
Jean-Antoine GUER
Moeurs et usages des Turcs, leur religion, leur gouvernement civil, militaire et politique
chez Mérigot & Piget|à Paris 1747|20 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Second edition, published one year after the first, published by Coustelier in Paris. It is illustrated with 30 plates outside the text including two frontispieces engraved by Duflos after Boucher and Hallé and three folding views: the Hellespont and the Propontis, the city and port of Constantinople and a view of the grand seraglio of Constantinople. The plates represent scenes of daily life: prisoner, charity for animals, prayer, religious figures and places of worship, marriage, burial, noble figures (vizir, sultana, grand lord, bostangi, muphti, chiaou, capigi), punishments and historical scenes. Numerous ornate headpieces and decorated initials and tailpieces.
A detailed table of...
€2,500
Philippe LE GUILLOU
Le donjon de Lonveigh
Gallimard|Paris 1991|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Henri THOMAS
Le gouvernement provisoire
Gallimard|Paris 1989|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

€150
Jean FOLLAIN
Espaces d'instants
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Jean FOLLAIN
D'après tout
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Bertrand POIROT-DELPECH
Le golfe de Gascogne
Gallimard|Paris 1989|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag Rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€80
NORGE
Le stupéfait
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
L'homme-journal 1966-1967
Plon|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100
François-Marie BANIER
Hôtel du lac
Plon|Paris 1975|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean-Bertrand PONTALIS
L'amour des commencements
Gallimard|Paris 1986|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€250
(Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de SAINT-SIMON) COLLECTIF
Album Saint-Simon
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1969|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography assembled and annotated by Georges Poisson, autograph inscription signed and dated by the latter to Madame Durand on the half-title page.
Handsome copy complete with its rhodoid which has a small cut at the level of the first cover, its dust jacket and its flexible slipcase.
€120
Arthur ADAMOV
Paolo Paoli
Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.

€100
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Les chemins de la liberté II - Le sursis
Gallimard|Paris 1945|13.50 x 20 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa Navarre paper, the only deluxe copies after 8 on antique laid paper.
Publisher's Bradel binding following the original design by Mario Prassinos.
Spine with two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.
€120
Daniel PENNAC
Monsieur Malaussène[Mr. Malaussène]
Gallimard|Paris 1995|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A very fine copy.
Moving and beautiful inscription by Daniel Pennac to his great friend Franklin Rist (to whom he dedicated Comme un Roman) added below the printed dedication: "Et grâce à ton amitié, Franklin, qui nourrit chaque ligne, et dont un lecteur attentif trouverait même la trace entre les mots. D. Pennac" [And thanks to your friendship, Franklin, which influenced each line, an observant reader would even find its trace between the words. D. Pennac] with a drawing of a little man carrying, like Atlas or Sisyphus, a...
€1,200
Jean-Marie COLLOT D'HERBOIS
Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public, liquidation et secours, réunis, sur les pensions, indemnités et secours à payer aux familles des défenseurs de la Patrie
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 14 Prairial An IV (7795)|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of this speech delivered by Collot D'Herbois at the session of 14 Prairial Year IV of the National Convention assembly.
Some foxing and small tears at the foot of the leaves.
Copy presented in its original wrappers.
€300
Bertrand BARERE
Rapport sur l'assassinat de Collot D'Herbois, représentant du peuple, lu à la Convention Nationale, au nom du Comité de Salut Public - Réflexions des citoyens Couthon et Collot D'Herbois sur le même objet
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 4 Prairial de l'An II (1794)|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of this speech delivered by Bertrand Barère at the session of 4 Prairial Year II of the National Convention assembly.
Two light dampstains to margins of the last three leaves and small lacks to lower right corners of the final leaves.
Copy presented in its original wrappers.
€450
Philippe-Antoine MERLIN
Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public et de Sûreté générale, sur les évènemens des 11, 12, 13 et 14 Vendémiaire de l'an quatrième de la République française
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1795|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of this speech delivered by Philippe-Antoine Merlin, elected representative from Douai, to the National Convention assembly.
Handsome copy presented in its original wrappers of this report made the day after the royalist insurrection and which names the generals who crushed it with, in first place, the people's representative Barras designated general-in-chief of the army of the interior while omitting and ignoring any mention of Bonaparte.
The role of Bonaparte, soon nicknamed "General Vendémiaire", would only be recognized later in a report of 30 Vendémiaire by Barras himself who attributed all the merits of suppressing the uprising to himself and who cited...
€450
Albert PESTOUR
L'appel au Roi - Poèmes civiques
Librairie d'Action française|Paris 1934|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 copies on laid paper, deluxe copies after 100 on Holland paper.
Spine slightly sunned.
Letter-preface by the Count of Paris.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed over a page and a half from Albert Pestour to Madame Léon Daudet in the form of a quatrain.
€100
André GILL, PIERRE
"Jules Verne" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°123 - & "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel) In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°124
Léon Vanier|Paris 1880|20 x 29.50 cm|2 volumes en feuilles
First edition of both issues of this magazine, each consisting of two folded sheets.
On the first sheet of each issue, a color woodcut representing Jules Verne and Jules Hetzel by André Gill.
On the following sheets, text by Pierre and Paul in first edition entitled "Jules Verne" and "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel)".
Handsome set bringing together one of the most popular and widely read writers of the very end of the 19th and very beginning of the 20th centuries and his famous publisher.
€250
((Jacques PRÉVERT)) André HEINRICH
Album Prévert
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1992|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine and slipcase.
€80
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, IV - Portraits
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.
€100
Roger GRENIER
Le silence
Gallimard|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned at head and foot.
€100
Arthur ADAMOV
Théâtre III
Gallimard|Paris 1966|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned, without gravity.

€100
François FERTIAULT
Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes
Auguste Aubry|Paris 1854|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, small black stain to head of spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Tripon at foot of spine.
Handsome copy with some minor foxing.
€120
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 pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minor sunning to foot of spine.
€100
Claude SIMON
La Route des Flandres
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1960|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 7 hors commerce copies out of 87 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
Signed and inscribed by Claude Simon using a sentence of page 306: "Mais comment savoir, que savoir?" [But how to know, what to know?]
Rare first edition inscribed by the author.
€2,500
(Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU)
Album Rousseau
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1976|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's full grained brown sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, glassine wrapper and flexible slipcase.
€100
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, VII - Problèmes du marxisme 2
Gallimard|Paris 1965|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
€120
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Le diable et le bon Dieu
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 410 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine very slightly sunned at head and foot, otherwise a handsome copy.
€180
CABU, CHARB
Charlie Hebdo - Les Unes 1969-1981
Les Echappés|Paris 2014|27.50 x 34 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition abundantly illustrated.
Publisher's full blue and pink cardboard binding, smooth spine, covers illustrated with drawings by Reiser and Cabu.
We include the historic issue number 1178 of Charlie Hebdo from January 14, 2015 with the famous front page "Tout est pardonné" ["All is forgiven"] showing Mohammed holding a sign reading "Je suis Charlie" ["I am Charlie"].
€150
Honoré de BALZAC
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jean-Baptiste Violet d'Epagny, directeur du théâtre de l'Odéon, à propos des Ressources de QuinolaAutograph letter signed by Honore de Balzac to Jean-Baptiste Violet d'Epagny, director of the Odeon theater
s. l. • [Passy] [Paris] « mardi matin » [28 décembre 1841]|13.50 x 21.60 cm|une page sur un double feuillet, enveloppe jointe
Autograph letter signed by Honoré de Balzac to Jean-Baptiste Violet d'Epagny, director of the Odéon theater. One page in black ink on a double sheet. Enclosed and pasted on the second page is the envelope of this letter, written in Balzac's hand.
"My dear director, under the terms of our agreements, I am ready to read, I have chosen tomorrow, Wednesday, and I have told your stage manager the names of the actors to whom I entrust our play. I've done a bit of your job, I've conquered Madame Dorval who will make you rich, I'll bring her myself. Find here, my dear d'Épagny, a thousand regards, I have given you proof of our old...
€8,500
Julien BENDA
Précision (1930-1937)
Nrf|Paris 1937|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 on pure thread paper.
Handsome copy despite two small sun-faded spots at head and foot of spine.

€70
Jean COCTEAU
Journal d'un inconnu
Grasset|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
€50
Julien BENDA
Esquisse d'une histoire des français dans leur volonté d'être une nation
Nrf|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 177 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite tiny worming at head of front board.
€80
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Une mort très douce
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Small rust stains on the first endpaper, small stains to the upper right corner of the title page, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot.
€1,200
(Nicolas de STAËL) Denise COLOMB
Portrait photographique original de Nicolas de Staël contemplatif et signé par Denise Colomb
Paris 1990|18 x 26.50 cm|une feuille
Original portrait of Nicolas de Staël signed by Denise Colomb

Silver pint portrait of Nicolas de Staël by Denise Colomb. Later print made by the photographer in the 1990s from her 1954 negatives.
Signed by Denise Colomb in the lower right-hand corner. On the back: "N. D. S. 1954" with a signed inscription by Denise Colomb to photographer Serge Tamagnot: "Pour mon cher ami Serge/ Le roi des collages. Denise Colomb 7-5-2000 Bon anniversaire à Serge, je penserai à toi le 9 mai" (For my friend Serge/The king of collages. Denise Colomb 7-5-2000 Happy birthday Serge, I'll be thinking of you on May 9).
An exceptional...
€1,800
Jacques CARELMAN
Saroka la géante
Le terrain vague|Paris 1965|22.50 x 29 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of this surrealist tale, one of the numbered copies, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 40 collages reminiscent of Max Ernst's style
Publisher's full red moiré cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket whose spine and covers are slightly yellowed as is usual.
€60
Philippe DJIAN
"Oh..."
Gallimard|Paris 2012|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition from the same year as the first.
A tiny stain to the upper right corner of the first cover.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band "Prix interallié 2012".
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Philippe Djian to a man named Franklin.
€60
Bernadette MORAND
Les écrits des prisonniers politiques
P.U.F.|Paris 1976|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Bernadette Morand to a couple of friends.
€60
Enter here, Jean Moulin!
Enter here, Jean Moulin!
André MALRAUX (LE CORBUSIER)
Oraisons funèbres[Funeral Orations]
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe issue after the 80 copies on Holland paper.A fine copy despite the spine and lower cover being lightly and marginally sunned.
€120
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, IX - Mélanges
Gallimard|Paris 1972|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Hollande.
Spine lightly sunned without significance, handsome copy.
€100
Georges DUHAMEL
Tel qu'en lui-même...
Mercure de France|Paris 1932|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma
Handsome copy with full margins, a shadow at the head of the dedication left by a bookseller's description label.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Duhamel to Monsieur Loret: "... qui guide notre barque par de très mauvais temps..."
€70
Roger GRENIER
Les monstres
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€70
Camille BOURNIQUEL
Le blé sauvage
Seuil|Paris 1955|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€120
André BOUDARD
Mémoires, lettres et pièces authentiques touchant la vie et la mort de S.A.S. monseigneur Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon Condé, duc d'Enghien
Audin • Urbain Canel • Ponthieu|Paris 1823|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and a folding facsimile at the beginning of the volume.
Full marbled sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and compartments, spine with some rubbing, red shagreen title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one inner gutter split, corners slightly bumped, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Copy free from foxing.

€100
Pierre BENOIT
La chaussée des géants
Albin Michel|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, with printed service de presse stamp at foot of back cover.
Bradel binding in full sea-green boards, smooth spine with some light rubbing, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Benoit: "A Madame Léon Daudet , pour lui dire mon amitié, et aussi qu'elle se trompe absolument en ce qui concerne le jeune Laboulbène. Son Pierre Benoit" ["To Madame Léon Daudet, to express my friendship, and also that she is absolutely wrong about young Laboulbène. Her Pierre Benoit"].
€80
Julien BENDA
Les cahiers d'un clerc
Emile-Paul|Paris 1950|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
€150
Henri THOMAS
Histoire de Pierrot et quelques autres
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Small dampstain at foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

€100
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Les Séquestrés d'Altona
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies with 45 on Holland paper.
Minor sunning at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.
€150
Pierre-Henri SIMON
Le somnambule
Seuil|Paris 1960|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on snow-white vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.

€150
André MALRAUX
Les Chênes qu'on abat...
Gallimard|Paris 1971|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 355 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 120 on Holland paper.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Fine copy.
€250
Vladimir POZNER
Deuil en 24 heures
Grasset|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly browned, otherwise handsome copy of this work set against the backdrop of the 1940 exodus.

€80
Marguerite DURAS
L'homme assis dans le couloir
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1980|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite boards imperceptibly sunned at margins.
€180
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, II
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 14 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.
€150
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, VI - Problèmes du marxisme
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the slightly sunned spine.
€100
Roger GRENIER
Brefs récits pour une longue histoire
Gallimard|Paris 2012|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€70
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Le silence suivi de Le mensonge
Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma-Navarre, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
€500
Henri THOMAS
Le parjure
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Some sunning to foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

€100
Louis ARAGON
Servitude et grandeur des français
La Bibliothèque Française|Paris 1945|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 535 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned, small marginal tears to boards, a full-margined copy.
€150
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, VIII Autour de 68
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Fine copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.
€120

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Comme le diamant - Journal IV

Complices - Journal V

Le vol d'Icare

Les chercheurs de dieux - Croyance et politique

Les chimères

Apostilles ou l'utile et le futile

Introduction à la vie profane

Vingt chambres d'hôtel

La follia

L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse

Proche du silence

Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer ?

L'aviation militaire

La cérémonie des adieux suivi de Entretiens avec Jean-Paul Sartre Août-Décembre 1974

Avec mon meilleur souvenir...

Les dieux

Pages de journal

Capricieuse Diane

Un air de famille

Auto

La parole et l'outil

Actes et paroles - Avant l'exil 1841-1851

La femme rompue - Monologue - L'âge de discrétion

Le canon fraternité

Joubert énigmatique et délicieux

La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique

Les grandes Vacances 1939-1945

Orealla

La politique et les partis

L'illustre fauteuil et autres récits

Moeurs et usages des Turcs, leur religion, leur gouvernement civil, militaire et politique

Le donjon de Lonveigh

Le gouvernement provisoire

Espaces d'instants

D'après tout

Le golfe de Gascogne

Le stupéfait

L'homme-journal 1966-1967

Hôtel du lac

L'amour des commencements

Album Saint-Simon

Paolo Paoli

Les chemins de la liberté II - Le sursis

Monsieur Malaussène[Mr. Malaussène]

Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public, liquidation et secours, réunis, sur les pensions, indemnités et secours à payer aux familles des défenseurs de la Patrie

Rapport sur l'assassinat de Collot D'Herbois, représentant du peuple, lu à la Convention Nationale, au nom du Comité de Salut Public - Réflexions des citoyens Couthon et Collot D'Herbois sur le même objet

Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public et de Sûreté générale, sur les évènemens des 11, 12, 13 et 14 Vendémiaire de l'an quatrième de la République française

L'appel au Roi - Poèmes civiques

"Jules Verne" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°123 - & "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel) In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°124

Album Prévert

Situations, IV - Portraits

Le silence

Théâtre III

Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes

L'homme et l'enfant

La Route des Flandres

Album Rousseau

Situations, VII - Problèmes du marxisme 2

Le diable et le bon Dieu

Charlie Hebdo - Les Unes 1969-1981

Lettre autographe signée adressée à Jean-Baptiste Violet d'Epagny, directeur du théâtre de l'Odéon, à propos des Ressources de QuinolaAutograph letter signed by Honore de Balzac to Jean-Baptiste Violet d'Epagny, director of the Odeon theater

Précision (1930-1937)

Journal d'un inconnu

Esquisse d'une histoire des français dans leur volonté d'être une nation

Une mort très douce

Portrait photographique original de Nicolas de Staël contemplatif et signé par Denise Colomb

Saroka la géante

"Oh..."

Les écrits des prisonniers politiques

Oraisons funèbres[Funeral Orations]

Situations, IX - Mélanges

Tel qu'en lui-même...

Les monstres

Le blé sauvage

Mémoires, lettres et pièces authentiques touchant la vie et la mort de S.A.S. monseigneur Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon Condé, duc d'Enghien

La chaussée des géants

Les cahiers d'un clerc

Histoire de Pierrot et quelques autres

Les Séquestrés d'Altona