Paris

New edition.
Signed autograph author Francis and Christmas Gofstein.
A small trace of marginal fold on the front cover

New edition of the French translation of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription dated and signed by Ernst Jünger to Gabriel Matzneff : ... (j'ai aussi passé une belle journée to Seydnaja)...
Spine and covers slightly and marginally yellowed as usual.

First edition, one of 1092 numbered copies on pur fil, this one of 12 hors commerce, the only large paper copies with 108 re-imposed.
With an autograph inscription from André Gide to Charles Hirsch.
Very slight foxings in the margins of some edges.

New edition.
Signed by the author.
Spine slightly sunned, one small marginal lack to head of upper cover.

Original edition of the first book of Cendrars, printed in 150 copies on Holland.
T'Serstevens copy bearing his signature.
Bibliographical note in pencil on the front page: "[...] Sonia Delaunay told him that sequences, Easter in New York and the Trans-Siberian were published by Blaise Cendrars at its expense, with a small inheritance. The seat indicated - New Editions Men - 4, rue de Savoie, was indeed the small attic room C. Blaise occupied at that time ... "
Also enclosed is a very interesting autograph letter signed t'Serstevens to Blaise Cendrars "By storing the books, I found my copy of your sequences...

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vergé de Rives paper, tirage de tête.
Midnight-blue morocco by P. L. Martin (dated 1958), pastedowns and endpapers of yellow-ochre calf, gilt fillet to edges of covers, gilt roulettes at head and foot, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, slipcase edged in midnight-blue morocco.
The novel was awarded the Goncourt prize, turned down by the author. The previous year, in a pamphlet called “La Littérature à l'estomac [Literature in the Gut]”, Gracq had denounced the commercial system surrounding literature, notably criticizing literary prizes.
Provenance : library of R. & B. L. with ex libris.
A handsome...

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A tiny lack, not serious, to foot of upper cover, a good copy.

First edition, one of the copies of the Press.
Signed autograph from the author to Mr. Riviere.
Nice copy of the second book by the author despite a slight trace of sunshine head back.

First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on pure yarn, one of our 8 hors commerce literate, print head after 9 Japan.
Precious autograph dedication signed by the author Raymond Gallimard decorated with a small star.
Beautiful specimen.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Hollande van Gelder vellum paper, the tirage de tête.

Black morocco by Semet et Plumelle, spine with red morocco listels and green and brown morocco onlays, date at foot of spine, covers with geometric design of red listels and green, brown and grey morocco onlays, pastedowns with black morocco frame, endpapers and pastedowns of red suede, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, slipcase edged with black morocco and lined with ochre velour.
One leaf of the manuscript bound in at front, following the cover.
Provenance : library of R. & B. L. with ex libris.
A remarkable copy in a perfectly matched, masterful...

SARTRE Jean-Paul
Le Mur [The Wall] Gallimard, Paris 1939, 120 x 190 mm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 ”), 20th-century calf, custom slipcase  
 

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vélin pur fil paper, leading copies.
Black calf by C. and J. P. Miguet (1985), spine blindtsamped à la chinoise with title, covers mosaiced with a perspective geometric pattern in red, orange and burgundy calf, pastedowns framed in black calf, pastedowns and endpapers in burgundy suede, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, half black calf chemise over faint pink wood-paper, slipcase of same edged with black calf.
Inscribed by Jean-Paul...

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A good copy.

Edition called the Farmers General, taking for text editions from 1685 and 1696, adding tales of Autreau and Vergier, given in the 1718 edition.
The edition was printed in 2000 copies on laid Holland paper, ours, one of the few copies in full morocco contemporary.
The book is illustrated with 80 figures before the letter Eisen performed by the most famous writers of the time (Aliamet, Baquoy, Choffard, Delafosse, Flipart, Le Mire, Leveau, Longueuil and Worker), two portraits frontispiece (one of La Fontaine by Hyacinthe Rigaud and second by Eisen Vispré engraved by Ficquet) and six vignettes Choffard, including two under two inset top of each volume, and two won...

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from André Malraux to Françoise Sagan.
Two small stains to lower cover.

First edition, one of the copies of the Press.
Precious autograph dedication signed by the author Francoise Sagan.
Back slightly irradiated without gravity.

First Edition of current paper.
Precious autograph dedication signed by the author Francoise Sagan: "... for a little bored while waiting for the result ..."
Back slightly irradiated without gravity.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, the tirage de tête.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Pagnol, dated 1971, to a couple of his acquaintance: "... Pour Josy et André Bernard ce Merlusse qui eût un très grand succès, et "Cigalon", film comique qui n'a fait rire que moi...[…For Josy and André Bernard this Merlusse which was a great success and ‘Cigalon', a comic film that made no one laugh but me…]"
Covers and spine lightly and marginally faded as usual, otherwise a good, well-margined copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of the few copies printed on Holland and reserved for the author, print head after a few Japan.
Signed autograph from the author to a friend under the justification of the draw.
Back and slightly flat and marginally imaged as generally pale and small marginal wetting leading the first flat, copied to any margins.

First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no large paper copies.
Contemporary navy blue half sheep, spine with four Romantic tools and a series of fillets (areas of light fading to pigment on spine). Corners rubbed. Rare, faint spotting to first leaves, a very fresh and nicely bound copy, uncommon for this edition, which was mostly modestly bound.
Poe's first work translated by Baudelaire with his preface Sa vie, son oeuvre, the first step in Baudelaire's conquest of his literary doppelganger in prose, which ultimately entwined his name and Poe's for good.

First edition of the second issue and the first put into commerce (only 4 copies of the first issue are recorded, this having been censored from the beginning of printing by Malesherbes). Our copy indeed presents all the characteristics of the second issue according to David Smith (Bibliography of the writings of Helvétius, 2001, pp. 127-133): layout of the date and approbation on the title page (M of the date to the left of the first P of the approbation and not just below as for the first issue), misprint in the running title ("dicours" instead of "discours" pp. 67, 97, 179 and 237)...
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with five raised bands decorated with a blonde...

Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolor, depicting a view of the Barrière des Gobelins or d'Italie.
Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a system of multiple mirrors or by means of a Zygrascope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to have appeared in the 1740s and were salon entertainments. The process was first developed in...

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A very fine copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A fine copy

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Signed by the author on half-title page.
A fine copy.