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Paris (France)
  1. Lettre autographe signée à M. Wustemberg
    Giuseppe VERDI

    Lettre autographe signée à M. WustembergAutograph letter signed by composer Giuseppe Verdi, written from his sumptuous apartment on the Champs Elysees.

    Paris 18 décembre 1866|13 x 20.50 cm|une page sur un bifeuillet remplié
    Autograph letter signed by composer Giuseppe Verdi, written from his sumptuous apartment on the Champs Elysées. 12 lines in ink on a folded leaf. Some foxing at the top of the first leaf. Pencil note by the addressee at the bottom of the first page, piece of paper pasted over a note by the addressee in ink on the verso of the blank folio. Small piece of paper missing at foot of blank page, some traces of folding.
    Handsome autograph letter signed by the famed composer of La Traviata, Rigoletto and Aida.
    €1,800
  2. Jean la Croûte
    Georges LETERVANIC

    Jean la Croûte

    Librairie Blériot|Paris s. d. [1900]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal worming to the boards.


    €60
  3. Poésie 43 N°XIII
    Georges BRAQUE, Jean PAULHAN

    Poésie 43 N°XIII

    Seghers|Paris 1943|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this illustrated issue with 5 reproductions of works by Georges Braque.
    Spine slightly warped with a small tear at foot.
    Contributions by Jean Paulhan: "Braque, le patron", André Frénaud: "Noël 39", Robert Ganzo: "Poèmes", Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes "Le grand désert", Gabriel Audisio: "Paris, la poésie"...

    €50
  4. Les royaumes déchirés
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    Les royaumes déchirés

    Stock|Paris 1995|11 x 18 cm|broché
    Pocket book edition of the French translation.
    Manuscript signature by Juan Goytisolo on the title page.

    €40
  5. La plante
    Vassilis VASSILIKOS

    La plante

    Gallimard|Paris 1989|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    A handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Vassilis Vassilikos to a man named Jean-Claude.

    €70
  6. Encore et à nouveau sur la nature de l'U.R.S.S.
    Léon TROTSKY

    Encore et à nouveau sur la nature de l'U.R.S.S.

    Voix Ouvrière|Paris s. d. [circa 1968]|15 x 20 cm|broché
    Reprint of the very rare first edition of the French translation printed by Voix ouvrière in 1939.
    Cloth spine, unlettered.
    A rare and handsome copy.

    €100
  7. Mémoires d'Hyppolite Clairon, et réflexions sur l'art dramatique
    Hyppolite Léris de la Tude CLAIRON

    Mémoires d'Hyppolite Clairon, et réflexions sur l'art dramatique

    Chez F. Buisson|Paris An VII (1800)|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition presented in its original wrappers and under plain orange interim cover.
    Title written in pen on a pasted label at head of spine.
    One joint split at foot, small marginal lacks to covers.
    Memoirs of the very famous tragedienne Hyppolyte de la Tude Clairon (1723-1803), who was venerated by the greatest (Diderot, Voltaire, Louis XV...). The actress was not content merely with her success but contributed to profoundly regenerating French theater. Marmontel was her lover and encouraged her to abandon the declamatory style. The portrait of Mlle Dumesnil, who was long her rival, contains great acrimony. The work is not composed like classical memoirs but rather as a...
    €120
  8. [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Gustave Doré
    Gustave DORÉ, Étienne CARJAT

    [PHOTOGRAPHIE] Portrait photographique de Gustave Doré

    Carjat et Cie|Paris 1865 ca|6 x 10.70 cm|une photographie
    Original albumen photograph, carte-de-visite format, mounted on card, with photographer's stamp on verso and lower margin.
    Full-length standing portrait of Gustave Doré, dressed in white, around age 35, wearing moustache and goatee. Very rare photograph of the painter in his youth, who was roughly the same age as Carjat.
    The painter, with an absent and detached air, almost melancholy, in a very dandy pose, holds a cigar in his right hand with his left hand slipped into his trouser pocket.
    Fine print. A copy held by the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, but in a much darker tonality.







    €1,400
  9. La Brière - Exemplaire des bonnes feuilles
    Alphonse de CHÂTEAUBRIANT

    La Brière - Exemplaire des bonnes feuilles

    Grasset|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the few numbered and nominative copies under sea-green wrappers reserved for advance sheets, ours for Léon Bérard.
    Covers lightly soiled and spotted.
    Signature of Jacques Lemarchand at foot of front cover.
    €60
  10. Charles Trenet
    Marc ANDRY

    Charles Trenet

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Fine copy.
    Preface and poems by Charles Trenet, iconography.

    €100
  12. Héros-limite
    Ghérasim LUCA, Jacques HÉROLD

    Héros-limite

    Le Soleil Noir|Paris 1953|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on snow-white offset paper.
    Spine sunned, one stain to upper right margin of back cover, handsome interior condition.
    Work illustrated with 3 drawings by Jacques Hérold.
    Autograph inscription signed by Ghérasim Luca to gallerist Nane Stern enriched with a drawing representing the constellation of the Great Bear, thus linking their two names.

    €400
  13. Cette chose étrange en moi - La vie, les aventures, les rêves du marchand de boza Mevlut Karatas et l'histoire de ses amis et Tableau de la vie à Istambul entre 1969 et 2012, vue par les yeux de nombreux personnages
    Orhan PAMUK

    Cette chose étrange en moi - La vie, les aventures, les rêves du marchand de boza Mevlut Karatas et l'histoire de ses amis et Tableau de la vie à Istambul entre 1969 et 2012, vue par les yeux de nombreux personnages

    Gallimard|Paris 2017|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
    Rare autograph inscription dated and signed, in French, by Orhan Pamuk to a woman named Florence.
    €800
  14. Un secteur de la Résistance française - Le livre blanc de Buchenwald
    Louis FERRAND, COLLECTIF

    Un secteur de la Résistance française - Le livre blanc de Buchenwald

    Les Éditions de la Déportation et de la Résistance|Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|24 x 31 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Unlettered grey cloth spine, the title of the work has been added, certainly by the dedicatee, in blue ballpoint pen, some angular creases on the boards.
    Moving autograph inscription dated and signed by Louis Ferrand: "A mon ami Marcovitch Louis, mon frère de chaîne à Buchenwald. Fraternel souvenir des années sombres. 11 septembre 1966. Louis Ferrand matricule 81.106." [To my friend Marcovitch Louis, my chain brother at Buchenwald. Fraternal memory of the dark years. September 11, 1966. Louis Ferrand registration number 81.106.]
    Communist militant and resistance fighter, Louis Ferrand was arrested on November 1, 1943 and severely tortured to the...
    €300
  15. De gueules sur fond clés - Impertinences
    Jean SENDY

    De gueules sur fond clés - Impertinences

    Editions France-Empire|Paris 1948|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
    Rare first edition.
    Minimal foxing to rear board, light sunning to head of front board, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €60
  16. Le-tombeur-des-crânes
    Eugène CHAVETTE

    Le-tombeur-des-crânes

    Ernest Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1898]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Minor marginal tears to boards, not affecting text.
    Illustrated front cover.
    €60
  17. Antigone à New York
    Janusz GLOWACKI

    Antigone à New York

    Editions théâtrales|Paris 2005|15 x 21 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation of Janusz Glowacki's masterpiece.
    An email address inscribed in the margin of the last endpaper, handsome copy.
    Rare handwritten signature dated by Janusz Glowacki made in Warsaw.


    €100
  19. La vie d'un joueur - Trente ans de souvenirs
    Roger GAILLARD

    La vie d'un joueur - Trente ans de souvenirs

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin alfama paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the wrinkled spine, small marginal scratches on the boards.
    Inscribed by Roger Gaillard to one of his friends named Yvonne.
    €80
  20. L'humidité N°21 - Numéro consacré à Hervé Fischer
    Jean-Louis BORY, Hervé FISCHER

    L'humidité N°21 - Numéro consacré à Hervé Fischer

    Jean Petihory|Paris Février 1974|23 x 29 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this issue of the magazine edited by Jean-Louis Bory, with Pierre Bourgeade as editor-in-chief.
    This entire issue is devoted to the work of Hervé Fischer.
    Illustrated throughout.
    A well-preserved copy, complete with the insert "hygiène de l'art : peinture à déchirer (campagne prophylactique)".
    €100
  21. Trois études sur Cabanis d'après des documents inédits
    Paul Prosper, Comte VERMEIL DE CONCHARD

    Trois études sur Cabanis d'après des documents inédits

    Librairies Petit • Boussus|Brive [Brive-la-Gaillarde] • & Paris 1914|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition.
    The oath of Cabanis, the marriage of Cabanis, Cabanis as politician.
    Work illustrated with two portraits and one view.
    Fine copy.



    €50
  22. Baisers d'ennemis
    Hugues REBELL

    Baisers d'ennemis

    L. Sauvaitre|Paris 1892|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
    Rare first edition.
    Spine cracked and restored, lacking at upper right corner of front cover, small angular lacks to covers, handsome interior condition.
    Rare but in this condition
    €80
  23. Les héros des femmes
    Adolfo BIOY CASARES

    Les héros des femmes

    Robert Laffont|Paris 1992|11 x 18 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation, this one in paperback format.
    Small creases at head of front cover.
    Signed autograph inscription from Adolfo Bioy Casares to a man named Jean-Claude.
    At foot of title page, Adolfo Bioy Casares' felt-tip pen made an involuntary mark.
    €120
  24. Pascal Pia ou le droit au néant
    Roger GRENIER

    Pascal Pia ou le droit au néant

    Gallimard|Paris 1989|12 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed autograph inscription from Roger Grenier to a man named Pierre: "... ce portrait d'un inconnu..." ["... this portrait of an unknown person..."]

    €50
  25. Rue de la magie
    GEBE [Georges BLONDEAUX]

    Rue de la magie

    Eric Losfeld|Paris 1961|15 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition of Gébé's first work, consisting of a collection of his drawings.
    Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket showing small corner tears.
    Autograph inscription signed by Gébé to Pierre Courtois, journalist at L'Equipe: "A monsieur Courtois en l'invitant amicalement à un petit footing dans cette rue de la magie. Gébé." ["To Mr Courtois, cordially inviting him for a little jog in this street of magic. Gébé."]

    €200
  26. Autobiographie
    Angela DAVIS

    Autobiographie

    Albin Michel|Paris 1975|15 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition in French for which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Foxing to edges, gift inscription from a previous owner in upper right corner of an endpaper.
    €50
  27. Poèmes 1966-1984
    Seamus HEANEY

    Poèmes 1966-1984

    Gallimard|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French for which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Boards very slightly and marginally soiled.
    Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Seamus Heaney, written from Paris, to a man named Jean-Claude.
    Seamus Heaney, born in Ulster in County Derry and who died in Dublin, is one of the most important English-speaking poets of the 20th century and became, in 1995, the fourth Irish author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature after William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett.

    €1,200
  28. La question ukrainienne
    Léon TROTSKY

    La question ukrainienne

    Voix Ouvrière|Paris s. d. [circa 1968]|15 x 20 cm|broché
    Reprint of the very rare first edition of the French translation printed by Voix ouvrière in 1939.
    Unlettered cloth spine.
    Rare and handsome copy.

    €300
  29. A sept ans, il voulait traverser le désert... la suite
    Etienne SMULEVICI

    A sept ans, il voulait traverser le désert... la suite

    Voix Ouvrière|Paris s. d. [circa 1968]|15 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with photographs.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Etienne Smulevici, nicknamed "L'inoxydable monsieur Dakar", to a friend named Carole: "A Carole, quelques grains de sable, une tonne de souvenirs, de passion, d'émotion" ["To Carole, a few grains of sand, a ton of memories, passion, emotion"].
    Indeed, rally driver Etienne Smulevici holds the record for the number of participations, 40, in the Paris-Dakar which he finished 27 times, which constitutes another record.

    €80
  30. Le jeu de Robin et Marion
    Émile BLÉMONT, ADAM DE LA HALLE

    Le jeu de Robin et Marion

    Jean Jobert|Paris s. d. [circa 1923]|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of Emile Blémont's adaptation of this 13th-century comic opera by the trouvère Adam de La Halle.
    Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
    Musical adaptation by Julien Tiersot.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Emile Blémont to the hydropath Joseph Uzanne.
    €150
  31. Les secrets des organisations terroristes au service du terrorisme
    Jelka POGORELEC

    Les secrets des organisations terroristes au service du terrorisme

    Publication La paix internationale|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of this work denouncing the "Ustasha", Croatian fascists, as responsible for the assassination in Marseille of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
    A few years later, upon the annexation of Yugoslavia by the troops of the Third Reich and fascist Italy, the "Ustasha" and their founder Ante Pavelić would be installed by Hitler to govern.
    Rare work illustrated with photographs.
    €400
  32. Le situationnisme ou la nouvelle internationale
    Éliane BRAU

    Le situationnisme ou la nouvelle internationale

    Nouvelles éditions Debresse|Paris 1968|11 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition with a central photographic section.
    Spine slightly creased with two small tears at head and foot of spine.
    €80
  33. Le mauvais traité : de la victoire à Locarno, chronique d'une décadance - Tome 1 seul
    Charles MAURRAS

    Le mauvais traité : de la victoire à Locarno, chronique d'une décadance - Tome 1 seul

    Editions du Capitole|Paris 1928|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
    Spine sunned with two small tears and lacks at head and foot, minor marginal foxing on boards.
    Signed autograph inscription from Charles Maurras to Noël B. de la Mort, literary pseudonym of Noël Bayon.
    Bookplate of Noël B. de la Mort pasted facing the first endpaper.
    €70
  34. Les corneilles
    J.-H. ROSNY

    Les corneilles

    Librairie moderne|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second thousand.
    Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet and date at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    €60
  35. Histoire générale de Paris - Les métiers et les corporations de la ville de Paris XIVe-XVIII siècle : Ordonnances générales métiers de l'alimentation. - Orfèvrerie, sculpture, mercerie, ouvriers en métaux, bâtiment et ameublement. - Tissus, étoffes, vêtement cuirs et peaux, métiers divers
    René de LESPINASSE

    Histoire générale de Paris - Les métiers et les corporations de la ville de Paris XIVe-XVIII siècle : Ordonnances générales métiers de l'alimentation. - Orfèvrerie, sculpture, mercerie, ouvriers en métaux, bâtiment et ameublement. - Tissus, étoffes, vêtement cuirs et peaux, métiers divers

    Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1886-1897|24 x 34.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition printed on laid paper for the first two volumes.
    Publisher's Bradel binding in full sea-green boards, smooth spine with small tears at foot, spine and boards of the second volume uniformly faded and lightened, corners slightly bumped.
    Work illustrated with figures in the text.
    Handsome complete set in 3 volumes.
    €380
  36. De la situation des ouvriers en Angleterre
    Comte de PARIS

    De la situation des ouvriers en Angleterre

    M. Lévy frères • Librairie Nouvelle|Paris 1873|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    Rare first edition.
    Three tiny lacks at head and foot of spine, occasional light foxing.
    Autograph inscription by the author on the front cover.
    €180
  37. Un beau ténébreux
    Julien GRACQ

    Un beau ténébreux

    Librairie José Corti|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|relié
    Second edition published four months after the very rare first edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Half blue box binding, smooth spine, date, title and author's name in palladium, boards with abstract patterned paper, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed by Boichot workshops.
    Very handsome copy elegantly bound.
    €1,500
  38. Achille Fould
    Hippolyte CASTILLE

    Achille Fould

    E. Dentu|Paris 1860|9 x 14 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with a portrait of Achille Fould as frontispiece and an autograph facsimile at the end.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    €60
  39. Les nus et les morts
    Norman MAILER

    Les nus et les morts

    Albin Michel|Paris 1966|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation.
    Preface by André Maurois.
    Two fold marks at upper corner of front cover and lower corner of back cover, small stains on bottom edge.
    Rare bilingual autograph inscription signed by Norman Mailer: "To Jean-Claude merci pour les bons mots. Cheers Norman Mailer".
    €1,000
  40. La situation générale en Russie
    Alexandre Fiodorovitch KERENSKY

    La situation générale en Russie

    Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris s. d. [circa 1918]|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition in French of this speech delivered by Kerensky on July 8 and 10, 1918.
    Rare and handsome pamphlet.
    €100
  42. Les réalités et les tendances de la russie actuelle
    Henri ROLLIN

    Les réalités et les tendances de la russie actuelle

    Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris 1924|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition of this lecture given by Henry Rollin at the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on December 22, 1924.
    Rare and handsome pamphlet despite some worming and small marginal tears to the covers.
    €100
  44. Fragment d'un dialogue latin du IXe siècle entre Térence et un bouffon
    TÉRENCE, Anatole de MONTAIGLON

    Fragment d'un dialogue latin du IXe siècle entre Térence et un bouffon

    Imprimerie de Giraudet et Jouaust|Paris 1849|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 50 copies on laid paper of this offprint from the journal l'Amateur de livres.
    Brochure presented under green plain wrappers, some interior foxing, gift inscription in pen at head of verso of second cover.
    This edition, established by Anatole de Montaiglon, was published from the manuscript of the Bibliothèque Nationale.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole de Montaiglon to monsieur Leblant in upper right corner of the title page.

    €60
  45. La situation de la Russie
    Albert THOMAS

    La situation de la Russie

    Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris s. d. [circa 1917]|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition of this lecture delivered by Albert Thomas to the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on July 9, 1917.
    Front cover marginally soiled, handsome interior condition.
    Rare pamphlet.
    €100
  46. Rien qu'une autre année - Anthologie poétique 1966-1982
    Mahmoud DARWICH

    Rien qu'une autre année - Anthologie poétique 1966-1982

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1997|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché

    Collected edition of the French translation, no deluxe copies issued.
    Boards slightly and marginally soiled, two small spots on the edges not affecting the leaves.
    Very rare presentation copy signed and inscribed in Arabic by Mahmoud Darwish, the poet of the Palestinian condition, on the half-title page.
     

    €1,800
  47. Paris nouveau suivie de La piocheuse à vapeur
    Henri DERVILLE

    Paris nouveau suivie de La piocheuse à vapeur

    Dusacq|Paris 1857|16 x 24.50 cm|relié
    The rare first edition.
    Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing rubbing at head and foot, marbled paper boards, front board scratched at lower right margin, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, leading edges rubbed.
    Copy slightly warped, some foxing.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Durville to piano composer Antonin d'Argenton at the head of the half-title page.
    €150
  48. La possibilité d'une île
    Michel HOUELLEBECQ

    La possibilité d'une île

    Fayard|Paris 2005|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, with the correct imprint dated August 2005.
    Minor creases and light scuffs to board margins.
    €150
  49. Poeme/Poèmes
    Cezar IVANESCU

    Poeme/Poèmes

    Seuil|Paris 1972|8.50 x 12 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First bilingual edition, the text in Romanian with, facing, the English translation.
    Publisher's binding in full flexible tan boards, smooth spine.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Cezar Ivanescu to Charles Dobzynski.

    €120
  50. Le livret de l'imagier
    Remy de GOURMONT, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS

    Le livret de l'imagier

    Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1920|16 x 16.50 cm|en feuilles
    First edition established by André Malraux, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe printing.
    Preface by Gabriel-Albert Aurier.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 6 headpieces as well as 3 tailpieces engraved on wood by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.
    Fine full-margined copy complete, as stipulated in the print run justification, with the suite of woodcuts on China paper.
    €450
  51. Sous le soleil de satan
    Georges BERNANOS

    Sous le soleil de satan

    Plon|Paris 1926|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
    A tiny tear at the foot of the spine, some light foxing to the margins of certain leaves.
    Dated autograph inscription signed by Georges Bernanos to Monsieur Bouvier.
    €1,500
  52. Pierre Soulages
    Pierre SOULAGES

    Pierre Soulages

    Beaux arts magazine|Paris 1996|22 x 28.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this issue of Beaux-Arts magazine published on the occasion of Pierre Soulages' exhibition at the Musée d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris.
    Fine copy.
    Iconography.
    Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Soulages to a man named Jean-Claude.
    €750
  53. Le temps du mépris
    André MALRAUX

    Le temps du mépris

    Nrf|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 297 numbered copies on handmade paper.
    A handsome copy.
    €200
  54. L'Isle des esclaves comédie en un acte
    Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de MARIVAUX

    L'Isle des esclaves comédie en un acte[The Island of Slaves, a One-Act Comedy]

    Noël Pissot • Pierre Delormel • François Flahaut|Paris 1725|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
    Rare first edition of L'Ile des esclaves.
    Nineteenth-century Bradel binding in half beige cloth, smooth spine uniformly soiled, faded long title label, gilt date at foot, cat's eye pebbled paper boards, all edges red. Binding signed Lemardeley.
    Scattered foxing.

    "Vous avez été leurs maîtres, et vous en avez mal agi ; ils sont devenus les vôtres, et ils vous pardonnent ; faites vos réflexions là-dessus." ["You have been their masters, and you have acted badly; they have become yours, and they forgive you; reflect upon this."] (Trivelin, final scene)


    €800
  55. יהושע ושופטים - Iosue & Iudices
    [François VATABLE]

    יהושע ושופטים - Iosue & Iudices[HEBREW BIBLE] [ESTIENNE] [The Book of Joshua and Judges]

    Robert Estienne|Paris 1544|7 x 11.50 cm|relié
    Iosue & Iudices [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [ESTIENNE]
    Robert Estienne, Paris 1544, 16mo (7x11,5cm), a volume bound in brown morocco.
    First 16mo edition in Hebrew by Robert Estienne. This pocket edition was printed in 17 volumes between 1544 and 1546, after the success of the four-volume quarto edition printed from 1539 to 1544. Each individual volume (unnumbered on the title-page) could be acquired separately and considered complete in itself. Elaborate printer's woodcut device on each title page with book titles set within woodcut cartouche head-pieces. Only the title page is in Latin-Hebrew.

    "This little edition, said to be very accurate, is a true...
    €1,500
  56. דברי הימים - Liber Paralipomenon
    [François VATABLE]

    דברי הימים - Liber Paralipomenon [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [Book of Chronicles]

    Robert Estienne|Paris 1545|7 x 11.50 cm|relié
    Liber Paralipomenon [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [ESTIENNE]
    Robert Estienne, Paris 1545, 16mo (7x11,5cm), a volume bound in brown morocco.
    First 16mo edition in Hebrew by Robert Estienne. This pocket edition was printed in 17 volumes between 1544 and 1546, after the success of the four-volume quarto edition printed from 1539 to 1544. Each individual volume (unnumbered on the title-page) could be acquired separately and considered complete in itself. Elaborate printer's woodcut device on each title page with book titles set within woodcut cartouche head-pieces. Only the title page is in Latin-Hebrew.

    "This little edition, said to be very accurate, is a true...
    €2,000
  57. Le veau gras
    HERMANN-PAUL

    Le veau gras

    Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1904|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 copies on China paper printed specially for the bookseller Carteret, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
    Work consisting of 87 plates of drawings by the author which he captioned in order to ridicule bourgeois marriage.
    Bradel binding in half green morocco with corners, smooth spine slightly discolored, gilt date at foot, marbled paper sides, covers and spine preserved, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
    Handsome full-margined copy agreeably bound in contemporary binding signed Durvand.
    €500
  58. Voici l'homme
    André SUARÈS

    Voici l'homme

    Bibliothèque de l'Occident|Paris 1906|19.50 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing after 25 on Holland paper.
    Spine slightly browned with a tear at head and a small lack at foot, a crease in the right margin of the first cover and following leaves.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Suarès to his doctor H. Compain: "... en souvenir de ses bons soins..." ["...in remembrance of his good care..."]

    €350
  59. ספר ירמיהו - Prophetia Ieremiae
    [François VATABLE]

    ספר ירמיהו - Prophetia Ieremiae[BIBLE IN HEBREW] [The Book of Jeremiah]

    Robert Estienne|Paris 1545|7 x 11.50 cm|relié
    Prophetia Ieremiae [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [ESTIENNE]
    Robert Estienne, Paris 1545, 16mo (7x11,5cm), a volume bound in brown morocco.
    First 16mo edition in Hebrew by Robert Estienne. This pocket edition was printed in 17 volumes between 1544 and 1546, after the success of the four-volume quarto edition printed from 1539 to 1544. Each individual volume (unnumbered on the title-page) could be acquired separately and considered complete in itself. Elaborate printer's woodcut device on each title page with book titles set within woodcut cartouche head-pieces. Only the title page is in Latin-Hebrew.

    "This little edition, said to be very accurate, is a true...
    €2,000
  60. ספֶר יחזקאל - Prophetia Ezechielis
    [François VATABLE]

    ספֶר יחזקאל - Prophetia Ezechielis [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [Ézéchiel]

    Robert Estienne|Paris 1543|7 x 11.50 cm|relié
    Prophetia Ezechielis [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [ESTIENNE]
    Robert Estienne, Paris 1543, 16°(7x11,5cm), a volume bound in brown morocco.
    First 16mo edition in Hebrew by Robert Estienne. This pocket edition was printed in 17 volumes between 1544 and 1546, after the success of the four-volume quarto edition printed from 1539 to 1544. Each individual volume (unnumbered on the title-page) could be acquired separately and considered complete in itself. Elaborate printer's woodcut device on each title page with book titles set within woodcut cartouche head-pieces. Only the title page is in Latin-Hebrew.
    Numerous contemporary Latin annotations, certainly by a scholar.
    €2,000
  61. Le cornet à dés II
    Max JACOB

    Le cornet à dés II

    Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 16 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
    A transverse fold to the head of the rear board, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €200
  62. Le délices de Capharnaüm
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Le délices de Capharnaüm

    Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1921|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Some minor foxing to the margins of the boards.
    Fine dated and signed autograph inscription by Robert de Montesquiou: "A notre jeune ami, Henry Bardac, dont j'apprends avec effroi qu'il a 32 ans. Cela fait réflechir sur l'âge des vieux amis. RMontesquiou Février 1921." ["To our young friend, Henry Bardac, whose age of 32 I learn with dismay. This makes one reflect on the age of old friends. RMontesquiou February 1921."]
    €680
  63. Les justes
    Albert CAMUS

    Les justes

    Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the deluxe issue after 2 reimposed on pur fil vergé hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 on holland paper.
    A handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les mains sales".

    €4,500
  64. La petite mademoiselle
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    La petite mademoiselle

    Albin Michel|Paris s. d. [1911]|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Some light foxing affecting the endpapers and edges.
    Autograph inscription signed by Robert de Montesquiou on an endpaper to the politician Jean de Castellane, brother of the famous dandy Boni: "Au comte & à la comtesse Jean de Castellane. Mon petit dernier.. Quel amour d'enfant ! Robert de Montesquiou." ["To Count & Countess Jean de Castellane. My little last one.. What a lovable child! Robert de Montesquiou."]
    €680
  65. Brelans de dames
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Brelans de dames

    Fontemoing & Cie|Paris 1912|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Some light foxing to margins, covers slightly and partially faded.
    Beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Robert de Montesquiou to the Countess de Castellane, sister-in-law of the famous dandy Boni: "A la comtesse J. de Castellane. Vous dont les thés ont le bonheur de ne pas être "poétiques", ne les changez pas!.. RMontesquiou 1912." ["To Countess J. de Castellane. You whose teas have the good fortune of not being 'poetic', don't change them!.. RMontesquiou 1912."]
    €680
  66. La soirée avec M. Teste
    Paul VALÉRY

    La soirée avec M. Teste

    Ronald Davis|Paris 1926|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies after 2 vieux Japon.
    Preface followed by extracts from the Log-book of E. Teste.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, small marginal foxing on the second board, otherwise handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Paul Valéry to the publisher A.A.M. Stols.
    €350
  67. [TORAH] חמשה חומשי תורה - Quinque libri legis
    [François VATABLE]

    [TORAH] חמשה חומשי תורה - Quinque libri legis [TORAH BIBLE IN HEBREW] [Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy]

    Robert Estienne|Paris 1546|7 x 11.50 cm|5 volumes reliés
    [TORAH] Quinque libri legis [BIBLE IN HEBREW] [ESTIENNE]
    Robert Estienne, Paris 1546, 16mo (7x11,5cm), 5 bound volumes.
    First 16mo edition of the Torah in Hebrew by Robert Estienne. Printer's woodcut device on each title page with book titles set within woodcut cartouche head-pieces. Only the title page is in Latin-Hebrew.
    Slightly later brown morocco bindings (1590-1615), two of the volumes with a smooth spine, the three others with gilt raised bands, gilt tooled boards, all edges gilt. Some wormholes on the fifth volume, not affecting the text. Numerous contemporary Latin marginalia, mainly in the first two volumes.
    This five-volume Torah includes...
    €10,000
  68. Londres
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Londres

    Gallimard|Paris 2022|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on vélin rivoli paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Edition established by Régis Tettamanzi.
    Copy in mint condition.
    €2,800
  70. Orages
    François MAURIAC

    Orages

    Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1913|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy despite two stains at the center of the first cover.
    Autograph inscription signed by the publisher, Edouard Champion, to Maurice Queille.
    €250
  71. Une voix sortie des cieux
    Jean-Louis VAISSE

    Une voix sortie des cieux

    S. n.|Paris 1852|13 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition of this work dedicated to messieurs Lamennais, Châteaubriand and Lamartine.
    Lacks to head and foot of cracked spine, small tears and corner lacks to boards, some foxing, small lacks to feet of final leaves not touching text.
    Rare copy of this apology for social Catholicism considering the Revolution of 1848 as: "a work of the power of God"..
    €150
  72. Le fils de l'homme
    François MAURIAC

    Le fils de l'homme

    Grasset|Paris 1958|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Montval paper, deluxe copy.
    Endpapers very lightly and partially shaded, without consequence.
    Handsome full-margined copy.
    €230
  73. Le temps du mépris
    André MALRAUX

    Le temps du mépris

    Nrf|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 297 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours being one of the 100 copies reserved for the Strasbourg selection of the "La mésange" bookshop.
    Four small stains of no consequence to right margin of front cover.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  74. La neuvaine de la chandeleur et Lydie - Nouvelles
    Charles NODIER

    La neuvaine de la chandeleur et Lydie - Nouvelles

    Dumont|Paris 1840|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    One tear at head of a leading edge, corners slightly bumped, foxing, two printed library stamps on half-title and title pages.
    €100
  75. Le trottoir au soleil
    Philippe DELERM

    Le trottoir au soleil

    Gallimard|Paris 2011|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very handsome copy.
    €100
  76. Garibaldi
    Hippolyte CASTILLE

    Garibaldi

    E. Dentu|Paris 1859|9 x 14 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with a portrait and an autograph facsimile of Giuseppe Garibaldi as frontispiece.
    Some light foxing.
    €40
  79. A souffert sous Ponce Pilate
    Paul RAYNAL

    A souffert sous Ponce Pilate

    Stock|Paris 1941|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 14 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the deluxe issue after 4 on old Japan paper.
    Some worming on the slightly dusty deckled edges, a few minor foxing spots, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
    €80
  81. Le syndicalisme révolutionnaire
    Victor GRIFFUELHES

    Le syndicalisme révolutionnaire

    La publication sociale|Paris 1909|10.50 x 17 cm|agrafé
    First edition
    First cover marginally shaded and foxed, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  82. Le pont traversé
    Jean PAULHAN, Raoul DUFY

    Le pont traversé

    Camille Bloch|Paris 1921|11.50 x 14.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 575 numbered copies on handmade Arches laid paper.
    Work illustrated with a vignette by Raoul Dufy on the cover.
    Spine lightened as is generally the case, otherwise handsome copy.
    Manuscript signature of Jean Paulhan at the foot of the first endpaper.
    €120
  83. Les derniers Jours de Charles Baudelaire
    Bernard-Henri LÉVY

    Les derniers Jours de Charles Baudelaire

    Grasset|Paris 1988|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Full-page dated autograph inscription signed by Bernard-Henri Lévy to Madeleine Chapsal: "A vous chère, très chère Madeleine, ce signe de tendresse et d'amitié. A Madeleine Chapsal, ces derniers Jours de Charles Baudelaire où j'aimerais tant, à nouveau, la rencontrer." ["To you dear, very dear Madeleine, this sign of tenderness and friendship. To Madeleine Chapsal, these last Days of Charles Baudelaire where I would so much like to meet her again."]




    €150
  84. Chroniques d'attente - Réflexions pour gouverner demain
    Charles HERNU

    Chroniques d'attente - Réflexions pour gouverner demain

    Terna action|Paris 1977|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Signed autograph inscription from Charles Hernu to Jacqueline and Alain Guichard.
    Minister of Defense under François Mitterrand, Charles Hernu was forced to resign after the affair involving the sinking of the Greenpeace vessel, the Rainbow Warrior, by French secret services.
    €50
  85. Un tour du monde pour une victoire
    Alain COLAS

    Un tour du monde pour une victoire

    Arthaud|Paris 1972|15 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with 47 color photographs and 12 maps.
    Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly faded.
    Signed autograph inscription from Alain Colas to a couple of friends named Karin and Laurent.
    €150
  86. Trois grands vivants - Cervantès, Baudelaire, Tolstoï
    André SUARÈS

    Trois grands vivants - Cervantès, Baudelaire, Tolstoï

    Grasset|Paris 1938|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 4 numbered copies on China paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified "chine" below the justification page and at the foot of the second cover, deluxe copy.
    Fine full-margined copy.
    €350
  87. Béranger - Ses amis, ses ennemis et ses critiques
    Arthur ARNOULD

    Béranger - Ses amis, ses ennemis et ses critiques

    Joël Cherbuliez|Paris 1864|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with double black compartments adorned with central gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
    Some foxing otherwise handsome copy.
    Our copy is enhanced with an original photograph of a painted portrait representing Béranger pasted on an endpaper of the first volume.

    €100
  88. Le compère mathieu, ou les bigarrures de l'esprit humain
    Henri-Joseph DULAURENS

    Le compère mathieu, ou les bigarrures de l'esprit humain

    Corbet ainé|Paris 1832|10.50 x 17.50 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
    New edition illustrated with an engraved frontispiece in each volume.
    Binding in half green Russia morocco with small almond-green corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes and fleurons, blind roulettes on headcaps, green paper boards, blind fillets on edges, contemporary binding.
    Some foxing, some rubbing to spine.
    Rare edition of this emblematic work of the Age of Enlightenment denouncing intolerance and all forms of fanaticism.

    €200
  89. Marseille porte du sud
    Albert LONDRES

    Marseille porte du sud[Marseille, Gateway to the South]

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
    Three minor tears of no consequence at the foot of the first cover.
    A handsome full-margined copy.
    In 1926, Albert Londres, who had already traveled to numerous countries in his capacity as a reporter, settled in the Phocaean city. Marseille porte du Sud, an account comprised of twelve articles, is a true documentary and above all a tribute to this cosmopolitan city.
    €1,500
  90. Géographie universelle suivie de Israël
    Bernard FRANK

    Géographie universelle suivie de Israël

    Flammarion|Paris 1989|15 x 21 cm|broché
    The first collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine slightly faded.
    Curious autograph inscription signed by Bernard Frank on the half-title page: "Copie conforme. Bernard"
    €60
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