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  1. " Il faut enfin que ce soit vous qui rappeliez cette pauvre femme qui a rendu tant de services."
    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
  2. Lettre autographe signée à son ami Carlo Rim
    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
  4. "I will come to see you to speak to you about naturalization I am appalled by the new law"
    "Vous avez senti mon âme comme personne."
    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Unpublished signed autograph letter addressed to Jean Royère after the release of Alcools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    Unpublished autograph letter signed by Guillaume Apollinaire addressed to Jean Royère, one page written in black ink on a sheet.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
  5. Souffle-esprit
    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
  6. Dieu ne joue pas aux dés
    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
  8. Le cargo
    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
  9. Robur le conquérant. Un billet de loterie
    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
  10. L'Île mystérieuse
    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
  11. Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord
    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
  12. Ode à Charles Fourier
    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
  13. Rapport sur les principes du gouvernement révolutionnaire, fait au nom du comité de Salut Public par Maximilien Robespierre
    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
  14. 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
    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
  15. L'enfant miroir
    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
  16. L'homme et l'enfant
    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
  17. La retraite aux flambeaux
    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
  18. Barbe Bleue
    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
  19. La cour des grands
    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
  20. Pirates du Rhône
    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
  21. La nonne Alfarez
    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
  22. La jeune géante
    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
  23. L'oeil double
    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
  24. Notes pour un pluriel
    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
  25. Quatre testaments et autres poèmes
    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
  26. Leçons de ténèbres
    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
  27. Les jours et les nuits
    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
  28. Unique eunuque
    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
  29. Les Mandarins
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Les Mandarins[The Mandarins]

    Gallimard|Paris 1954|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
    Fine copy.
    €4,500
  30. Et je la voudrais nue...
    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
  31. Procès fait aux chansons de P.J. de Béranger [Ensemble] Chansons nouvelles [Ensemble] Procès fait à messieurs de Béranger et Baudouin
    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
  32. Histoire des hotelleries, cabarets, hotels garnis, restaurants et cafés
    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
  33. Tu ne mourras pas - Journal VII
    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
  34. Esquisse d'une théorie des émotions
    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
  35. Goupi mains rouges à Paris
    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
  36. Le noir de l'aube
    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
  37. Comme le diamant - Journal IV
    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
  38. Complices - Journal V
    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
  39. Le vol d'Icare
    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
  40. Les chercheurs de dieux - Croyance et politique
    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
  41. Les chimères
    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
  42. Apostilles ou l'utile et le futile
    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
  43. Introduction à la vie profane
    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
  44. Vingt chambres d'hôtel
    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
  45. La follia
    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
  46. L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse
    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
  47. Proche du silence
    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
  48. Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer ?
    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
  49. L'aviation militaire
    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
  51. Avec mon meilleur souvenir...
    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
  52. Les dieux
    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
  53. Pages de journal
    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
  54. Capricieuse Diane
    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
  55. Un air de famille
    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
  56. Auto
    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
  57. La parole et l'outil
    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
  58. First edition copy of Hugo's political manifesto offered to his grandchildren Jeanne and Georges, signed ‘Papapa'
    Actes et paroles - Avant l'exil 1841-1851
    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
  60. Le canon fraternité
    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
  61. Joubert énigmatique et délicieux
    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
  62. La Danse - Les grands Courants de la Danse académique
    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
  63. Les grandes Vacances 1939-1945
    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
  64. Orealla
    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
  65. La politique et les partis
    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
  66. L'illustre fauteuil et autres récits
    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
  67. Moeurs et usages des Turcs, leur religion, leur gouvernement civil, militaire et politique
    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
  68. Le donjon de Lonveigh
    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
  69. Le gouvernement provisoire
    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
  70. Espaces d'instants
    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
  71. D'après tout
    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
  72. Le golfe de Gascogne
    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
  73. Le stupéfait
    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
  74. L'homme-journal 1966-1967
    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
  75. Hôtel du lac
    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
  76. L'amour des commencements
    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
  77. Album Saint-Simon
    (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
  78. Paolo Paoli
    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
  79. Les chemins de la liberté II - Le sursis
    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
  80. Monsieur Malaussène
    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
  81. 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
    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
  82. 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
    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
  83. 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
    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
  84. L'appel au Roi - Poèmes civiques
    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
  85. "Jules Verne" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°123 - & "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel) In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°124
    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
  86. Album Prévert
    ((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
  87. Situations, IV - Portraits
    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
  88. Le silence
    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
  89. Théâtre III
    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
  90. Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes
    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
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