Paris (France)

Louis ARAGON
La mise à mort
Gallimard|Paris 1965|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 145 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on Holland paper.
Spine lightly sunned, final endpaper shadowed due to the presence of press clippings, otherwise handsome copy.
€200
Julien BENDA
Mémoires d'infra-tombe
Julliard|Paris 1952|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Sequana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€250
Roger GRENIER
Le Pierrot noir
Gallimard|Paris 1986|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without gravity, a small tear at the head of the first gathering.

€100
José CABANIS
L'auberge fameuse
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€150
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations, V - Colonialisme et néo-colonialisme
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without significance.
€100
Léonid GUIRCHOVITCH
Têtes interverties
Verdier|Paris 2007|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Léonid Guirchovitch with an original drawing of a violinist on the facing page.

€300
Jean-Paul SARTRE
La mort dans l'âme
Gallimard|Paris 1949|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe copies after 8 on antique laid paper.
Endpapers lightly shadowed, small sunning mark at foot of spine where ink from three letters has run, some foxing to boards.
€450
Simone de BEAUVOIR
La force des choses
Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on pure thread laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 35 on Holland paper.
Two light sunning marks at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
€350
Roger CAILLOIS
Esthétique généralisée
Gallimard|Paris 1962|21.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€400
Annie ERNAUX
Passion simple
Gallimard|Paris 1991|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
€100
Robert PINGET
Quelqu'un
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1965|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on bouffant select paper, the only deluxe copies after 80 on pur fil.
Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned without consequence.
€60
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Tout compte fait
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 40 on Holland paper.
Two spots of sunning at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
€300
Simone de BEAUVOIR
La vieillesse
Gallimard|Paris 1970|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 35 on Holland paper.
Two spots of sunning at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
€300
Alphonse de CHÂTEAUBRIANT, Jean FRÉLAUT
La Brière
Société des Amis des Livres|Paris 1942|14 x 20.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition printed in 104 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 14 named copies reserved for collaborators, and illustrated with 74 original drypoints by Jean Frélaut.
The illustrations comprise: 3 full-page hors-texte including 1 frontispiece, 51 in-text and 20 tailpieces.
Our copy is enriched with a menu from a luncheon organized by the Société des Amis des Livres on Saturday March 13, 1943, the menu is illustrated with an original drypoint by Jean Frélaut which he justified.
Cover boards shaded, spine and boards of the chemise and slipcase marginally sunned.
Fine and rare copy.
€1,200
Jean GUÉHENNO
Ce que je crois
Grasset|Paris 1964|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Hollande paper, deluxe copy.
Final endpapers slightly shaded and spotted, otherwise handsome copy.
€150
Jean-Paul SARTRE
La putain respectueuse
Nagel|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum alma paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€200
Roger VAILLAND
Eloge du cardinal de Bernis
Fasquelle|Paris 1956|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two light sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
€250
André MALRAUX
Antimémoires
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 80 on Holland paper.
Fine copy despite two light instances of sunning to head and foot of spine.
€250
Jean-René HUGUENIN
La côte sauvage
Seuil|Paris 1960|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine lightly sunned, a small light stain to lower right corner of front board.
Rare.
€150
Julien BENDA
Du style d'idées
Gallimard|Paris 1948|15 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours one of 3 lettered hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two very slight sunning marks at head and foot of spine.

€250
Arthur ADAMOV
Ici et maintenant
Gallimard|Paris 1964|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours bearing No. 31, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
iconography.
€100
Félicien MARCEAU
La bonne soupe
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small tears at foot of sunned spine.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Félicien Marceau to Jean Paulhan.
€100
Maurice SACHS
Histoire de John Cooper d'Albany
Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
With an autograph calling card from Madame Maurice Sachs.
€250
Francis CARCO
Morsure
Ferenczi|Paris 1949|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe issue.
Minute worming to first cover, light foxing affecting some deckled edges, final endpaper marginally shaded, a full-margined copy.
€200
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
Plus loin
Mercure de France|Paris 1906|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition on ordinary paper, with only 10 deluxe copies on Holland paper printed.
Light tears and marginal lacks to spine and covers.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Francis Viele-Griffin to American symbolist poet Stuart Merrill.
€120
Maurice SACHS, Jean HUGO
Au temps du Boeuf sur le toit
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Cover illustrated by Jean Hugo.
One joint slightly reglued at head, minor stains without consequence on the back cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Maurice Sachs to the tragedienne and theatre actress Andrée Tainsy.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph letter dated and signed by Maurice Sachs in which he inquires about the dedicatee.
€500
Claude SIMON
Histoire
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1977|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe copy.
A tiny tear on the spine which is slightly sunned at head and foot, minimal adhesive tape residue at head and foot of endpapers.
€600
Albert CAMUS, Arthur KOESTLER
Réflexions sur la peine capitale
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1957|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 260 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Introduction and study by Jean Bloch-Michel.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, a shadow left by a bookseller's description label in the margin of an endpaper.
€1,000
Maurice MARTIN DU GARD
Carte rouge - Le théâtre et la vie 1929-1930
Flammarion|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor lacks to head and foot of spine, one stain to lower right corner of front cover.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Martin du Gard to Léon Daudet: "... hommage intrépide et fidèle de son admirateur littéraire" ["intrepid and faithful homage from his literary admirer"].
€100
Marguerite DURAS
L'amour
Gallimard|Paris 1971|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Rare and handsome copy.
€700
Claude SIMON
La bataille de Pharsale
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1969|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma paper, deluxe copy.
Spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
€350
Émile ZOLA
Pot-Bouille[Pot-Bouille]
Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1882|11 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after a few rare copies on China paper.
First cover skillfully restored, printed library stamp with numbering on the half-title page.
Copy as issued.

€1,200
Robert MERLE
Malevil
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
Rare and handsome copy.
€1,500
Robert MERLE
Week-end à Zuydcoote
Gallimard|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

€450
Julien BENDA
Un régulier dans le siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.

€250
Alexandre DUMAS, Jean-Paul SARTRE
Kean
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's adaptation, one of 46 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies.
Two small sun marks at head and foot of spine.
Handsome copy.
€800
Jean-Paul SARTRE
L'engrenage
Nagel|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Arches paper.
Light spotting to boards, endpapers very slightly shadowed, handsome copy.
€250
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Tous les hommes sont mortels
Gallimard|Paris 1946|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.
€2,500
Maurice SAND
L'Augusta
H. Floury|Paris 1900|15 x 24 cm|relié
First illustrated edition by Rochegrosse with 15 etchings including 12 full-page, 1 half-page and 1 tailpiece, and a very beautiful cover by Georges Rochegrosse engraved by Champollion. Subscription leaf at rear. One of 250 copies on Arches vellum, numbered 246. The same artistic team created Flaubert's Salammbo in the same creative spirit.
Half brown morocco binding with corners signed J. Kauffmann at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spine decorated with an ornamental composition in mirror pattern connected by fine fillets. Red morocco title label. Spine uniformly faded. Light rubbing traces. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Entirely uncut, perfectly fresh.
€450
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Vous les entendez ?
Gallimard|Paris 1972|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy despite the back cover being lightly and marginally sunned without consequence.
€400
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Entre la vie et la mort
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned without consequence at head and foot.
€400
Emmanuel KANT, Edmund BURKE
Observations sur le sentiment du beau et du sublime [avec] Recherche philosophique sur l'origine de nos idées du sublime et du beau[Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime. WITH A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful]
Chez J. J. Lucet • Chez Pichon • Mme Depierreux|Paris 1796 et An XI [1803]|12.50 x 19.50 cm|deux textes reliés en un volume
A unique combination of French translations of the first two philosophical works on the Sublime, marking the beginning of the most important reflection on aesthetics in Western history.
Extremely rare first edition of the first French translation of a philosophical work by Immanuel Kant, and the second ever translation of a Kantian text. The others were only translated during the 19th century. Illustrated with a portrait of the author by Benezy. The first edition in German was published in 1764 in Königsberg under the title "Beobachtungen über das Gefühl des Schönen und Erhabenen".
Contemporary half brown roan binding with vellum corners, smooth...
€3,800
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
Les particules élémentaires
Flammarion|Paris 1998|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
Second edition, published three months after the first edition.
Handsome copy.
In this edition, the text is indeed modified on page 121: the "Espace du possible" campsite, near Royan, becoming the fictional "Lieu du changement" campsite, near Cholet, to avoid being sued by the owners of the establishment.
€80
Max FISCHER
Présence du passé
Flammarion|Paris 1932|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few nominative copies among the 75 numbered copies on laid paper, ours specially printed for Madame and Monsieur Léon Daudet.
Stains on the spine and in the margin of the second cover, a full-margined copy.
Precious dated and signed autograph inscription from Max Fischer to Léon Daudet and his wife.
€100
Maurice MARTIN DU GARD
Un français en Europe
Flammarion|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Stains on the sunned spine, a library shelving notation inscribed in blue pencil on the first cover, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Martin du Gard to Léon Daudet: "... qui trouvera ici quelques figures d'européens (dont la sienne - en Belgique...) avec toute l'admiration littéraire de Maurice Martin du Gard. ["... who will find here some European figures (including his own - in Belgium...) with all the literary admiration of Maurice Martin du Gard."]
€100
Maurice BARRÈS
Un homme libre
Albert Fontemoing|Paris 1904|13.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition as expanded with an unpublished preface.
Half marbled sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt cartouche, some rubbing to spine, top headcap worn down, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, beige paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet , son ami. Maurice Barrès." ["To Léon Daudet, his friend. Maurice Barrès."]
€300
Jules LEMAÎTRE
Les vieux livres
Lucien Gougy|Paris 1906|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number on laid paper and offered by the author.
This is a speech given by Jules Lemaître on the singularity of the book collector.
Full pasteboard binding in vellum style, smooth spine, frame of blue painted fillets on marbled paper boards, some areas where the fillet paint has faded, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Jules Lemaître: "A Marthe Léon Daudet, son vieil ami. Jules Lemaître." ["To Marthe Léon Daudet, his old friend. Jules Lemaître."]
€200
Charles MAURRAS
Les conditions de la victoire - Tome 1 : La France se sauve par elle-même - De juillet à mi-novembre 1914
Nouvelle librairie nationale|Paris 1916|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 88 copies on laid paper, the first 82 being nominative, ours, No. 5, in the name of Léon Daudet.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands heavily rubbed, top headcap worn away, gilt date at foot, author's name and navy blue morocco title label, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Charles Maurras below the justification page: "A Madame Léon Daudet , respectueux hommage d'un admirateur, compère et ami. Charles Maurras." ["To Madame Léon Daudet, respectful homage from an...
€300
Henry BERNSTEIN
Le messager
Arthème Fayard & Cie|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Small lacks to head of boards, one tear at foot of first endpaper having caused a hole on its verso.
Autograph inscription signed by Henry Bernstein to Léon Daudet: "... que je suis heureux d'avoir rencontré sur le terrain de l'amitié..." [... how happy I am to have met you on the terrain of friendship...]
€80
Maurice BARRÈS
Huit Jours chez M. Renan
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1913|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First collected edition, one of the numbered copies from the first issue reserved for the author.
Bradel binding in half marbled sheep, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche, top headcap worn, some rubbing to spine, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, beige paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet , son ami. Maurice Barrès." [To Léon Daudet, his friend. Maurice Barrès.]
€350
Maurice ROLLINAT
Les névroses. Les âmes - Les luxures - Les refuges - les spectres - Les ténèbres
G. Charpentier|Paris 1883|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper, laid paper.

Modern half orange morocco slipcase binding. Smooth spine with title and author in black. Contemporary peacock-eye paper boards. Orange suede pastedowns and morocco spine. Work in original wrappers as issued with restorations to spine and lining of covers with period paper. Very fresh copy.
Handsome set.
€600
Jean de LA FONTAINE
Fables choisies
Des Lauriers • L'auteur|Paris 1765|12.60 x 20.10 cm|6 volumes reliés
First edition. Composite copy of first and second issue, volumes II and III in first issue, the rest in second, with Des Lauriers' address on the title page. Famous edition richly illustrated with 6 engraved titles, a frontispiece and an engraved half-title for volume I, and 243 figures, 243 vignettes and 226 tailpieces, that is to say one figure, one vignette and one tailpiece per fable. The whole engraved by Fessard. The illustration of the first 3 volumes is the work of Monnet, in the last 3, many are the work of Bardin, then Desrais, Carême, Bidault... Work entirely engraved, the text by Montulay and Drouet. The whole within decorative borders. Despite Cohen's negative criticism of Des...
€2,500
Pierre BENOIT
Le casino de Barbazan
Albin Michel|Paris 1949|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the service de presse copies.
Small lack at foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Benoit to François Daudet, son of Léon Daudet.

€60
Maurice BARRÈS
Leurs figures
Félix Juven|Paris s. d. [1902]|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, with service de presse stamp at end of volume.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, one tear to lower edge, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet, souvenir amical. Maurice Barrès."
€350
Maurice BARRÈS
Le voyage de Sparte
Félix Juven|Paris 1905|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half marbled sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche showing some rubbing, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, beige paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet , son vieil et reconnaissant ami. Maurice Barrès." ["To Léon Daudet, his old and grateful friend. Maurice Barrès."]
€350
Jérôme & Jean THARAUD
Le chemin de Damas
Plon-Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor lacks to spine and board margins.
Precious autograph inscription dated later and signed by Jérome & Jean Tharaud to Léon Daudet.
€100
Xavier MARMIER
Souvenirs de voyages et traditions populaires
Paul Masgana|Paris 1841|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots and ornamented with triple black and gilt compartments, light rubbing to joints, blue paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Autograph inscription signed by Xavier Marmier: "A Mr le Cte de Tourgueneff". X.M.", the "M" having been slightly trimmed by the binder.
Provenance: from the library of Count Tourgueneff with his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
This refers either to Alexandre Tourgueneff, historian and specialist in the dissemination of holy scriptures, or to his brother Nicolas, pioneer of serf emancipation. Both, broad and...
€200
LUGNE-POE [Aurélien-Marie LUGNE]
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant la bonne réception de son film Justin de Marseille
Paris 20 Mai 1935|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter, 7 lines in purple ink on a leaf, signed by Lugné-Poe addressed from his Parisian home to his friend Carlo Rim in his telegraphic and laconic style:
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
"May 20, 1935
Very sincerely my dear comrade, I saw last night, on Radio Luxembourg, praise given to the quite superior dialogue of Justin de Marseille - of the film as well, for that matter - Your faithful, LugnePoe."
Provenance: from the Carlo Rim collection, who was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André...
€120
André SALMON
"Hercule vaut Justin et vous pouvez croire que Jeannot et moi avons applaudi de bon coeur."Signed autograph letter addressed to his friend Carlo Rim about the success of the film entitled Hercules, for which the latter is the screenwriter
Paris Mars 1938|15.50 x 17.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter, 33 lines in black ink on one leaf, signed by André Salmon congratulating his friend Carlo Rim on his screenplay for the film Hercule, directed by Alexandre Esway:
Fold marks inherent to mailing. In the upper right margin, Carlo Rim inscribed in pencil the date "Mars 1938" ["March 1938"], probably the date he received the letter.
"Cher Carlo Rim,
En vain ai-je espéré pouvoir vous féliciter un soir même d'un si grand et si légitime succès. Mais vous tardiez beaucoup, retenu sans doute par ceux qui ayant eu la chance de vous saisir les premiers ne vous lâchaient pas volontiers. Merci d'avoir offert la primeur d'Hercule, au spectateur...
€250
Hector GIACOMELLI, Jules MICHELET
L'oiseau
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1881|19.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 210 wood engravings by Hector Giacomelli.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, some traces of rubbing to spine and joints, boards decorated with Japanese-inspired and floral motifs stamped in blind, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, three corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, contemporary Japonist binding.
A handsome copy in contemporary Japonist binding.
€400
Pierre BOST
" Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je prévois ce que tu sentiras quand les mois passeront - pas encore les années. Et cet étonnement, il faut le dire, de se trouver orphelin, à un âge où l'on croyait, bêtement, que le mot n'est plus de mise.Moving autograph letter signed to his friend Carlo Rim showing him his tender affection for the recent bereavement of his father and the accident of his wife
Paris 8 février 1944|15 x 19 cm|une feuille
Touching autograph letter signed, 32 lines in black ink on one leaf, from Pierre Bost to his friend Carlo Rim in which he shares his grief concerning the death of a loved one and how friendship can somewhat ease overwhelming sadness.
Traces of creases inherent to folding for mailing.
"8 février 44
Cher Carlo, oui je t'envoie, oui, nous vous envoyons de bons voeux, s'il en est temps encore ; c'est à ça que servent les amis, c'est à dire à pas grand'chose, mais à quelque chose, après tout. J'ai pensé à toi avec beaucoup d'affection, dans ton deuil. Il y a un an que mon père mourait, à Marseille. C'est tout près encore, je devine ce que tu sens, je...
€100
Vincent SCOTTO
Lettre autographe signée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à propos d'un projet réunissant Raimu, Albert Willemetz, Carlo Rim et Vincent Scotto
S. n.|Paris 2 Septembre 1941|13.50 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by the composer Vincent Scotto, sent from Marseille to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (16 lines in blue ink) regarding a joint project with the director of the Bouffes Parisiens Albert Willemetz, Raimu, Carlo Rim and Vincent Scotto.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
"Mercredi le 2 septembre 1941,
Mon cher Carlo, as-tu vu Raimu ? Je pars vendredi matin pour Paris, j'aurais aimé avoir une réponse. Voici une nouvelle lettre de Willemetz pour toi. J'espère que tu seras content de ton collègue Vincent...
€120
Maurice MAC-NAB
Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires"
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 juillet1888|13.50 x 21 cm|trois feuillets
Autograph song in octosyllables dated and signed by Maurice Mac-Nab entitled "Le banquet des maires", 58 lines in black ink on three leaves.
Maurice Mac-Nab, poet and hydropath songwriter (he wrote a thesis on hangovers), performed notably at the famous Montmartre cabaret Chat Noir where he recited "advertising songs".
"Le banquet des maires"
Enfant gâté de mon canton
Depuis quartorze ans je suis maire
Bien que je me flatte, dit-on,
D'être un peu réactionnaire
Un beau matin monsieur Floquet
Me dépêche une circulaire :
Il me convie au grand banquet
Que nous offre le Ministère (bis)
"Je t'en prie, Hector, n'y va pas,
Me...
€400
Maurice BARRÈS
Au service de l'Allemagne
Félix Juven|Paris 1906|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in brown half cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Barrès at the head of the half-title page: "A Léon Daudet, son ami Maurice Barrès"

€300
Charles MAURRAS
Pour Psyché
François Bernouard|Paris 1919|20.50 x 26 cm|relié
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid Arches paper.
Bradel binding in half boards with vellum-style corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, black shagreen title label with minor nicks, triple gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, some rubbing to edges, contemporary binding.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Charles Maurras: "A madame Léon Daudet, en couleur de Pamprille petite fille, hommage de l'auteur, Charles Maurras." ["To Madame Léon Daudet, in the color of little Pamprille, tribute from the author, Charles Maurras."]
€250
(Thierry MUGLER) Sylvie GERMOND
Monumentale photographie représentant Thierry Mugler entouré des artistes de son spectacle de cabaret "Mugler Follies"Monumental photograph of Thierry Mugler surrounded by the performers of his cabaret show "Mugler Follies"
s. l. • (Paris) 19 décembre 2013|116.50 x 86.50 cm|une photographie encadrée
Very large-format photograph of Thierry Mugler surrounded by the performers of his cabaret show "Mugler Follies" in a silver metal frame and under a mat bearing colorful birthday wishes and signed inscriptions in felt-tip pens.
Several celebrities are pictured including singer Marie-France (interpreter of Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe) and drag queen Lola Dragoness Von Flame.
Signed and dated by the photographer Sylvie Germond on the back. A small crack in the glass to the bottom left corner.
Enclosed: a folder of computer graphics used to design the Mugler Follies sets and costumes.
A monumental and unique photograph, bearing witness to the eccentricity of...
€2,500
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
En présence de Schopenhauer[In the Presence of Schopenhauer]
L'Herne|Paris 2017|11 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€350
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
La Carte et le Territoire[The Map and the Territory]
Flammarion|Paris 2010|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
Edition published a few months after the first, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some soiling to cover, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Houellebecq to a man named Alexandre.
€700
Étienne de SENANCOUR
De l'amour, considéré dans les lois réelles et dans les formes sociales de l'union des sexes
J. de La Tynna • A. Bailleul • Latour|Paris 1808|14 x 22 cm|relié
Second edition, with some parts of the text in first edition as reworked by the author, illustrated with an engraved frontispice by Jean-François Tourcaty.
Later binding (ca 1860) in red half morocco, richly decorated spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, binding signed Hardy. Some stains to boards, slight rubbing to joints and corners slightly bumped, very light foxing.

To make the strength of marriage consist in that of love is to go so far as to misunderstand the spirit of this institution.

€450
Jules VERNE
Les enfants du capitaine Grant
Hetzel|Paris 1903|19 x 28 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 172 drawings by Riou, engraved by Pannemaker.
Publisher's binding known as "A la mappemonde" or "Au dos à l'ancre," beveled. Second cover of Engel type i. Very beautiful upper plate with particularly brilliant golds, signed Engel in the anchor. Dark traces to the left and right of the world map. Beautiful spine with soft but not collapsed headcaps, infinitely faded; this spine has the particularity of possessing a laminated lower section, as with the first inlay bindings, one might think it is one of the first anchor spines, formed like the first gilt globe bindings, with an inlay in the lower section; however, this world map binding is not at its first...
€1,800
COLLECTIF, Roger de LA FRESNAYE
Sagesse, Cahiers de littérature et d'art N°13
Sagesse|Paris Automne 1930|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy despite small stains on the back cover.
Contributions by Géo Norge "Dieu, mon dieu", Adrien Copperie "Confusion des arts", Fernand Marc "Cette monnaie d'oiseaux"...
Issue illustrated with reproductions of works by Roger de La Fresnaye, Jean Marembert, Georges Papazoff...
€80
(Sonia DELAUNAY) Etienne HUBERT
[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Sonia Delaunay au milieu de ses tableaux
Paris s. d. [ca 1950]|23.20 x 17.60 cm|une photographie
Black and white photographic portrait of the artist Sonia Delaunay seated among her paintings, vintage silver gelatin print. Manuscript annotations and studio stamp of Etienne Hubert on verso.
€700
Charles NODIER
Collection des petits classiques françois dite "Collection de la Duchesse de Berry" [avec] Fables de Fénelon, Poésies diverses de Charles Nodier, Poésies de madame Evelines Désormery et Esquisses poétiques par Edouard Turquety
N. Delangle • Ladvocat • Rapilly|Paris 1825-1829|10.20 x 15.50 cm|12 volumes reliés
Collective edition dedicated to Duchesse de Berry issued at 500 copies, one of 25 copies on hollande.
Half long-grained Bradel morocco binding. Smooth spine elaborately gilt lengthwise, title lettered in gilt, gilt date at foot, original green covers preserved (except for Les Poésies de Charles Nodier bound without original covers, and Poésies de madame Evelines Désormery bound with its covers without the original spine), untrimmed. Elegant Romantic imitation bindings signed Carayon. A very fine set, rare in this condition.
Complete 8-volume collection, edited and prefaced for every volume by Charles Nodier: Voyage de Chapelle et...
€4,000
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au crayon bleu rehaussé aux crayons rouge et or représentant l'aviateur et homme politique Edouard Corniglion-Molinier
Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|18 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in blue felt-tip pen and heightened with red and gold felt-tip pens depicting aviator Edouard Corniglion-Molinier in profile, head turned to the right and proudly wearing his decoration.
The signed drawing on the right bears this legend in blue felt-tip pen: "Corniglion-Molinier".
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was particularly the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€100
Robert de MONTESQUIOU
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Henri Lapauze sollicitant un article consacré à son dernier ouvrage récemment paru
S. n.|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|23 x 18 cm|un feuillet
Autograph letter signed by the dandy count, 27 lines written in violet ink, addressed to his friend and bibliographer, the critic Henri Lapauze:
"14 avenue Bosquet,
Cher monsieur et ami,
j'ai le plaisir de vous envoyer mon livre, que, je l'espère, vous aimerez assez pour lui concéder la gracieuse faveur que je vous demande. Quelques lignes, un alinéa, en première page, rappelant à vos lecteurs son apparition, avec un bout de commentaire que vous tracerez, je le sais, obligeamment et savamment, seront pour dédommager, et, peut-être, récompenser le poète, qui s'entête à chanter en ces époques troublée. Un compte-rendu de M. Perret m'a été promis, mais il viendra en son...
€350
Vincent SCOTTO
"Voici mon cher Carlo à peu près ce que j'aurais voulu apporter à Willemetz. Bien entendu si cela ne te plait plus, je suis toujours de tout coeur avec toi mais réfléchis bien car il y a des occasions qui ne se retrouvent plus."Autograph letter signed to his great friend Carlo Rim urging him to contact the director of the Bouffes Parisiens, Albert Willemetz, so that the project for their play could succeed in this period of scarcity due to the German occupation
S. n.|Paris 16 septembre 1941|14.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuille recto-verso
Autograph letter signed by composer Vincent Scotto, addressed from his Parisian home, to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob (44 lines in black ink)
Vincent Scotto insists with his friend and collaborator Carlo Rim, whom he considers too hesitant and indecisive, that he find the motivation to contact theater man Albert Willemetz so that the latter will stage the play that the two Marseillais created together for fear that their project might fall through:
"July 2nd
My dear Carlo,
in response to your...
€400
René CREVEL
La mort difficile
Simon Kra|Paris 1926|13 x 18 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on R.S. paper.
Handsome copy

€120
COLLECTIF
Théâtre du XVIIème siècle - Volume II
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1986|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full red grained sheep binding, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
€40
Gédéon TALLEMANT DES RÉAUX
Historiettes, volume I
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1960-1970|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full red grained sheep binding, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase.
€40
Pierre MAC ORLAN
La nuit de Zeebrugge
Le Masque|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vélin Lafuma, ours one of the 10 hors commerce specially printed for José Germain who was the director of this collection 'Aventures et légendes de mer', deluxe copy.
First cover illustrated with a frontispiece by the author.
Light foxing on the covers, endpapers slightly shadowed, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
€300
Maximilien de WIED-NEUWIED
Capitam Bento Lourenço à l'ouverture de la nouvelle route par les forêts près Mucuri, de Porto Allègre à Minas Novas - Voyage au Brésil, Dans les années 1815, 1816 et 1817, par S. A. S. Maximilien, Prince de Wied-Neuwied.
Chez Arthus Bertrand|Paris 1822|52 x 36.40 cm|une feuille
Fine original copperplate engraving in folio format by Johann Martin Esslinger. It is from the atlas of the French first edition of this travel account to Brazil, first published in 1820-1821 under the title Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817 and illustrating the account of the first voyage to Brazil by Maximilian, Prince of Wied-Neuwied.
Minor marginal worming and tiny marginal tears.
€600
Samuel BECKETT
Le monde et le pantalon
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1989|10 x 18 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription from Samuel Beckett to his long-time friend Josette Hayden, wife of the cubist then realist painter of Polish origin Henri Hayden. The numerous exchanges between the latter and Beckett inspired the dialogues of Estragon and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot.
The Hayden couple spent twenty years with the writer settled "in his small pavilion in Ussy near La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, this lair, this cave where, solitary, he went to seek the root of words in the abysses of life so close to death. It is there that he forged the greater part of his masterful work." (Christian...
€1,800
(Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL
Album Sartre
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
€80
Nicolas GODONNESCHE, G. R. FLEURIMONT
Medailles du regne de Louis XV[Medals of the Reign of Louis XV]
S. n.|Paris 1745|25.20 x 35.30 cm|relié
Second edition, with some parts in first edition, more complete than the first and extending to 1745, the first stopping in 1734. It contains 68 engraved plates, including an allegorical frontispiece by Le Moine and engraved by Cars, an engraved cartouche title, an engraved epistle and 65 plates of medals extending from 1715, date of Louis XV's enthronement, to the Dauphin's marriage in 1745. The last two plates are unnumbered.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with large sunflower fleurons. Beige morocco title label. First and last leaves backed (the last correcting a tear in the inner margin); in the first the frontispiece has been inserted into...
€900
Anatole FRANCE
Oeuvres, Tome I
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Complete with its cellophane wrapper, soft case and dust jacket.
Case split at foot.
€40
THOMAS A KEMPIS, CURMER
L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ
Léon Curmer|Paris 1856|18.50 x 26.50 cm|relié
First printing of this edition produced in chromolithography in imitation of illuminated manuscripts, whose illustrated pages required the use of more than 900 stones and 3 to 14 colors per stone. Each page is magnificently decorated with a rich and wide border framing the text, each one different (with stylistic unity per double page), and five feature full-page chromolithographs. 437 chromolithographs drawn from 14th to 16th century manuscripts, all mounted plates.
Publisher's binding in full old red morocco signed at the bottom of the front pastedown Léon Curmer. Curmer being a publisher rather than a binder, it is not known which binder he commissioned to execute these publisher's...
€1,800
Pierre-Nicolas CHANTREAU
Voyage Dans Les Trois Royaumes D'Angleterre, D'Ecosse, Et D'Irlande, faits en 1788 et 1789
Chez Briand|à Paris 1792|12.50 x 19.20 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with 3 folding maps and 6 figures, all on strong paper.
Contemporary half calf binding with small corners. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons and gilt fillets. Beige title and volume labels. Traces of rubbing on boards. Very fresh copy.
The author endeavored to show the differences that exist between England, Scotland and Ireland, he was particularly interested in philanthropic institutions. Customs, traditions, laws, constitutions, historical anecdotes...

€450
Julien GREEN
Oeuvres complètes, Tome II
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1988|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
€40
Thomas SMITH
Le cabinet du jeune naturaliste ou esquisses intéressantes de l'histoire des animaux
Bellavoine|Paris 1830|10 x 17.70 cm|6 volumes reliés
New illustrated edition with 66 engravings including 6 handsome engraved titles with vignettes. All scenes representing animals are animated scenes.
Contemporary full green sheep binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with 2 blind tooled stamps with restoration, monastic rolls and rolls on the bands, series of blind and gilt fillets. Stylized foliage frieze framing the covers doubled with a gilt fillet. Interior roll. Edges gilt. In volume 3, p. 203/204, a repaired tear. Fresh copy despite some occasional foxing.
Approximately 430 animals described. Each description contains multiple appealing anecdotes. The entire illustration has made this work a proven success...
€600
Auguste de FORBIN
Souvenirs de la Sicile
De l' Imprimerie Royale|Paris 1823|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
The rare first edition of this journey to Sicily by the Count de Forbin. One frontispiece, ruins of the theater of Taormina, drawn by the Count de Forbin, and 2 plates of music of a Sicilian arietta, as well as 2 figures of coins.
Contemporary full green morocco binding. Cathedral-style spine with raised bands, decorated with gilt and blind monastic tools in panels. Green morocco title label. Covers with rich blind border featuring various friezes, stamped in blind with a central monastic tool. Tools on the edges and turn-ins. Blind-stamped leather borders. Gilt edges. Yellow checkered endpapers. Scattered foxing. At foot: R. P. Decle.
Very handsome copy in an original binding.
€850

Paris

La mise à mort

Mémoires d'infra-tombe

Le Pierrot noir

L'auberge fameuse

Situations, V - Colonialisme et néo-colonialisme

Têtes interverties

La mort dans l'âme

La force des choses

Esthétique généralisée

Passion simple

Quelqu'un

Tout compte fait

La vieillesse

La Brière

Ce que je crois

La putain respectueuse

Eloge du cardinal de Bernis

Antimémoires

La côte sauvage

Du style d'idées

Ici et maintenant

La bonne soupe

Histoire de John Cooper d'Albany

Morsure

Plus loin

Au temps du Boeuf sur le toit

Histoire

Réflexions sur la peine capitale

Carte rouge - Le théâtre et la vie 1929-1930

L'amour

La bataille de Pharsale

Pot-Bouille[Pot-Bouille]

Malevil

Week-end à Zuydcoote

Un régulier dans le siècle

Kean

L'engrenage

Tous les hommes sont mortels

L'Augusta

Vous les entendez ?

Entre la vie et la mort

Observations sur le sentiment du beau et du sublime [avec] Recherche philosophique sur l'origine de nos idées du sublime et du beau[Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime. WITH A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful]

Les particules élémentaires

Présence du passé

Un français en Europe

Un homme libre

Les vieux livres

Les conditions de la victoire - Tome 1 : La France se sauve par elle-même - De juillet à mi-novembre 1914

Le messager

Huit Jours chez M. Renan

Les névroses. Les âmes - Les luxures - Les refuges - les spectres - Les ténèbres

Fables choisies

Le casino de Barbazan

Leurs figures

Le voyage de Sparte

Le chemin de Damas

Souvenirs de voyages et traditions populaires

Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim concernant la bonne réception de son film Justin de Marseille

"Hercule vaut Justin et vous pouvez croire que Jeannot et moi avons applaudi de bon coeur."Signed autograph letter addressed to his friend Carlo Rim about the success of the film entitled Hercules, for which the latter is the screenwriter

L'oiseau

Lettre autographe signée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à propos d'un projet réunissant Raimu, Albert Willemetz, Carlo Rim et Vincent Scotto

Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires"

Au service de l'Allemagne

Pour Psyché

Monumentale photographie représentant Thierry Mugler entouré des artistes de son spectacle de cabaret "Mugler Follies"Monumental photograph of Thierry Mugler surrounded by the performers of his cabaret show "Mugler Follies"

En présence de Schopenhauer[In the Presence of Schopenhauer]

La Carte et le Territoire[The Map and the Territory]

De l'amour, considéré dans les lois réelles et dans les formes sociales de l'union des sexes

Les enfants du capitaine Grant

Sagesse, Cahiers de littérature et d'art N°13

[PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Sonia Delaunay au milieu de ses tableaux

Collection des petits classiques françois dite "Collection de la Duchesse de Berry" [avec] Fables de Fénelon, Poésies diverses de Charles Nodier, Poésies de madame Evelines Désormery et Esquisses poétiques par Edouard Turquety

Dessin original au crayon bleu rehaussé aux crayons rouge et or représentant l'aviateur et homme politique Edouard Corniglion-Molinier

Lettre autographe signée adressée à Henri Lapauze sollicitant un article consacré à son dernier ouvrage récemment paru

La mort difficile

Théâtre du XVIIème siècle - Volume II

Historiettes, volume I

La nuit de Zeebrugge

Capitam Bento Lourenço à l'ouverture de la nouvelle route par les forêts près Mucuri, de Porto Allègre à Minas Novas - Voyage au Brésil, Dans les années 1815, 1816 et 1817, par S. A. S. Maximilien, Prince de Wied-Neuwied.