First edition on ordinary paper, with only 5 Hollande copies on deluxe paper. Signed autograph inscription by Charles Derennes. Occasional light foxing.
First edition on ordinary paper, only a few Holland deluxe copies were printed. Half black sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double blind compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Bookplate pasted to verso of front board. Two pale angular dampstains affecting the very first and very last pages, some light foxing. This is the second book of the famous 'Histoire des origines du christianisme'.
Lib. Davi & Locard|Paris 1813|9.50 x 14.50 cm|broché
First edition. The frontispiece portrait, first endpaper and half-title page are lacking from our copy which is presented in its original wrappers. Occasional light foxing.
First edition. Half sheep binding in beige, spine lacking, one joint fragile, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted to verso of first board. Handsome interior condition almost entirely free of foxing. Rare.
Charpentier|Paris 1866|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition of the French translation established by Léon de Wailly. Half bottle-green sheep bindings, spines with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings. As a preface, the life of Laurence Sterne by Sir Walter Scott. Rare foxing.
Second edition. Full dark brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Some foxing.
First edition of this thesis defended at the Faculty of Law of Paris to obtain the doctorate degree. Split spine with small lacks at head and foot, light corner wear to boards, small marginal stains at head of second board, handsome interior condition. Rare.
First edition of this thesis defended on May 27, 1903 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris to obtain the doctorate degree. Light corner wear to boards, handsome interior condition. Rare.
Au magasin théâtral • Marchany|Paris 1834|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition. Play presented in its original silent wrappers. Covers detached, first cover with a central stain, some foxing. Author's name and work title inscribed in pen on an endpaper. Rare.
Ministère des Affaires Culturelles|Paris 1967|21 x 23.50 cm|broché
Third printing of this exhibition catalogue held at the Grand & Petit Palais from November 1966 to February 1967. Rich iconography. Discreet ballpoint pen annotations at the head of the first endpaper, handsome copy.
First edition of the French translation established by Marie Canavaggia, one of 210 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies. Spine and boards marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.
Second edition. Half caramel-colored sheep with corners, spine faded with five raised bands showing traces of rubbing, slight lack to one headcap, marbled paper boards, fillet borders on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Editions Albert Morancé|Paris 1924|13.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper of this exhibition booklet held at the Sainte-Geneviève library from May 22nd to June 22nd, 1924. Iconography. Back cover marginally rubbed with small lacks along its entire length, handsome interior condition.
Georges Andrieux|Paris 1932|19.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition of this auction catalogue held on June 1st and 2nd, 1932. Preface letter by Charles Maurras. A restored tear at head of spine, foxing to spine and marginally to boards, handsome interior condition. The price results from this sale have been pasted onto the rear endpaper.
First edition. Autograph inscription by Gaston Charvilhat at the head of the title page. A slight lack at the head of the spine, worming and small stains on the boards which also show a slight angular lack, handsome interior condition.
First edition. Autograph inscription from Léon Mac-Auliffe to his colleague René Allendy. Work illustrated with 222 figures. Lacking at foot of spine, front board detached, lacks at head and foot of sunned spine, handsome interior condition.
First edition on ordinary paper for Protée, reprint for La cantate à trois voix, only 20 copies were printed on deluxe Arches laid paper. Handsome copy.
First edition of the French translation established by Valéry Larbaud, one of 830 numbered copies on pur fil paper, one of 120 re-imposed. Foxing mainly affecting the very first and very last pages.
Editions du Capitole|Paris 1930|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper. Work illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and 16 heliogravure plates. Two tiny nicks to spine, very light foxing to front board.
Editions littéraires de France|Paris s. d. [circa 1920]|20.50 x 27 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
First edition on ordinary paper. Work illustrated with black and color illustrations by Baldrich, B. Mann and Vertès. At the end, a text by J. Giraudoux entitled 'Barbe'.
Henri Jouve • Ecrits pour l'art|Paris 15 Juin 1905|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by L. Loups, Jean Royère, John Antoine Nau, Victor Litschfousse... Losses at head and foot of spine, corner losses to boards, one transverse tear to front board. Rare.
Le cahier des poètes|Paris Août 1914|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition of this special issue devoted to the poet Charles Calais. Contributions by Francis Carco, Charles Calais, F.J. Bonjean, V. Rocca... Issue illustrated with 2 portraits. Two pale marginal dampstains on first cover also affecting the first two pages, otherwise handsome interior condition.
J.-B. Baillière & fils|Paris 1920|15 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliés
Seventh edition with some parts in first edition as revised and expanded. Half sheep binding with smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets showing traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, traces of rubbing on edges, contemporary bindings. These volumes deal with general technique for the first and special technique for the second. Works illustrated with 600 black and colored figures. Gift inscriptions in ballpoint pen on the front endpapers of the volumes. The last leaf of the table in the first volume is detached, otherwise handsome interior condition.
First edition. Spine slightly faded with a small lack at foot, a small marginal lack at foot of second cover also affecting the last two pages but not touching the text. Work illustrated with 6 plates. Rare.
Editions de la Langue bleue • chez l'auteur|Paris • & Malakoff 1899|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition. Inscription from Léon Bollack to the Countess of La Rochefoucauld on the front cover. Split spine with some losses, small corner losses to the front cover. Rare.
First edition, one of 100 numbered hors commerce copies on alfa paper, deluxe issue. Autograph inscription from Henri Bordeaux. Minor foxing to boards and front endpaper, an angular crease mark on the back board.
First edition. Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Handsome copy.
First edition in French, one of 130 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 27 on pur fil. Two small tears at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.
First edition, one of the copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux under special wrapper printed specially for the Séquana collection. Spine slightly faded, handsome interior condition.
Chez tous les marchands de nouveautés|à Paris An VII (1799)|8.50 x 14.50 cm|relié
Second edition, published shortly after the first. Full tawny sheep binding, early 20th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Edges gilt. Handsome copy. Memoirs of the very famous tragedienne Hyppolyte de la Tude Clairon (1723-1803), who was revered by the greatest figures (Diderot, Voltaire, Louis XV...). The actress was not content with success alone 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 classic memoirs but rather as a succession of articles and...
Third edition on ordinary paper, with some parts in first edition, of 'Rêveries sur la nature primitive de l'homme', only a few colored paper copies were printed as deluxe copies. Copy presented in its original plain wrappers. Spine faded with lacks at head and foot, title and author's name in pen, small corner lacks on covers, worming, dampstain affecting 2/3 of the text block. Rare.
New edition. Prize book binding in half cherry red shagreen, spine with five raised bands showing traces of rubbing decorated with gilt fleurons, blind-ruled frames on red paper boards, first cover decorated with a gilt laurel crown and 'Ville de Saint-Ouen', contemporary binding. Work illustrated with engravings. Prize label taped to an endpaper, some foxing.
Second edition with some parts in first edition. Copy in its original stitching, therefore without covers. Foxing on the first and last pages, a small angular lack at the head of the last page not touching the text. Rare.
First edition of this sale catalogue held in two parts on Tuesday June 2nd, 1959 at the Georges Charpentier gallery. Catalogue illustrated with facsimiles. Minor stains of no consequence and a marginal tear at foot of first cover, otherwise handsome copy.
Bureau d'éditions|Paris Septembre 1936|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by Dolores Ibarruri known as 'La Pasionaria', La bande fasciste trotskiste-zinoviéviste devant le tribunal du prolétariat by G. Dimitrov, Itsikava héros du peuple japonais by Okano, G. Friedrich... Rare and handsome copy.
Bureau d'éditions|Paris Décembre 1936|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition. Contributions by J. Stalin, W. Pieck about the third anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Leipzig, the heroic struggle of the Spanish people, K. Mayer... Handsome and rare copy.
Bureau d'éditions|Paris Octobre-Novembre 1936|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition. Articles about the heroic struggle of the Spanish people, the assassination of Edgard André in Belgium, the Communist Party of Hungary and Latvia... Handsome and rare copy.
Bureau d'éditions|Paris Mars 1937|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition. Articles about and contributions by Marcel Cachin, on the heroic struggle of the Spanish people, the defeat of the fascists in the presidential elections in Finland by Otto Wille Kuusinen... Handsome and rare copy.
Bureau d'éditions|Paris Mai 1937|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition. Articles about and contributions on the heroic struggle of the Spanish people, Walter Ulbricht, J.W. Ford on the Negro masses in the U.S.A... Handsome and rare copy.
Bureau d'éditions|Paris Avril 1937|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition. Articles about and contributions by Joseph Stalin, K. Horvate on the struggle for the Popular Front in Yugoslavia, Van Min on the path of salvation for the Chinese people.... Handsome and rare copy.
First edition of the French translation by F. Fresnel. Copy in original wrappers. Spine split, covers lacking, title page loose and clumsily repaired with tape, some minor foxing. Work complete with its 4 folding plates at rear.
The first edition, published in a small number of copies. Light marginal worming without consequence to the front board, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
Charles Douniol • J. Lecoffre & Cie|Paris 1864|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition. Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, scratches with two lacks of leather on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Printed stamps serving as bookplates on title page, some minor foxing without gravity.
Second edition. Half cherry red shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt compartments, blind-ruled frames on red paper boards, front cover stamped at center with a gilt laurel crown and the name of the school (Lycée d'Agen), contemporary binding. Prize book label pasted on verso of front cover, some light foxing affecting almost exclusively the edges.
Amyot|Paris s. d. [1847]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition. Bound in full hazelnut sheep, smooth spines decorated with gilt romantic arabesques showing traces of rubbing, boards with double gilt frames, front boards stamped at center with laurel wreaths and the name of the educational establishment, corners slightly bumped, minor rubbing traces on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings. Some minor foxing, prize distribution labels pasted to versos of front boards.
Jacques Lecoffre & Cie|Paris 1859|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition. Contemporary half cherry red sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with stippling and gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, slight traces of rubbing of no consequence to the edges. Some rare and minor worming.
Bibliothèque de La Plume|Paris 1894|11.50 x 17 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number on laid paper. Autograph inscription from Léon Riotor to Paul Bonhomme on the first cover. A small trace of restoration using a piece of tape at the foot of the spine, marginal lacks to the boards, handsome interior condition. Rare.
Edition de 'La république de demain'|Paris 1900|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies. Handsome full-page autograph inscription from the author to Edmond Haraucourt. A tiny tear without loss to head of front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
First edition under publisher's reissue covers at Floury, one of 240 numbered copies on English paper, the only printing with 32 Japan copies. Precious signed autograph inscription from Eugène Montfort to Jean Moréas. Small corner lacks to covers, foxing. Rare.
Editions d'hier et d'aujourd'hui|Paris 1945|15 x 23 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 300 numbered copies on pure watermarked rag paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies. Tiny corner lacks to the head of the first board, otherwise handsome copy.
A. Joanin & Cie|Paris 1903|22.50 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition on ordinary paper. Publisher's binding in full burgundy boards, smooth spine, one headcap with slight damage but no loss, red edges. Iconography, autograph facsimiles. Annotations and highlighting in colored pencils by the previous owner of the work.
New edition printed in 1000 numbered copies Bradel binding in half lilac cloth with corners, smooth spine, red shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
First edition, one of 11 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy. Small tears of no consequence at foot of one joint at the deckled edges and a tear without loss at head of spine, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.
Ledoyen • Schulz et Thuillié|Paris 1855|15 x 23 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper. Occasional light foxing, a marginal tear at head of second board discreetly repaired with tape. Rare.
First edition, one of 25 copies on laid paper, deluxe copies after 1 Japan. A trace of rubbing at foot of first cover, light worming on endpapers. Rare.
First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on tinted paper justified by the author, the only printing with 5 Japan, 10 Holland and 20 Japan français. Inscription from Charles Esquier to Edmond Haraucourt. Beautiful illustrated cover, foxing on the first cover and endpapers, a small tear at the head of the first cover.
First edition on ordinary paper. Rare signed autograph inscription by Sebastien-Charles Leconte. Spine sunned with small restorations and very slight lacks at head and foot, handsome interior condition.
First edition on ordinary paper, of which only 3 copies on Japan paper and 12 on Holland paper were printed as deluxe copies. Signed autograph inscription by André Ferdinand-Herold. Front board detached, spine split and worn.
Bibliothèque de La Plume|Paris 1893|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number, no mention is made of deluxe copies Rare inscription from Jean Carrère to Robert Vallée. Spine slightly faded, tiny worming to boards.
First edition printed in a small number on laid paper. Inscription from Bard Ab Alor in Breton. This work has the particularity of being in bilingual edition: in Breton and, below, the French translation. Rare and handsome copy.
First edition of which there were no deluxe copies mentioned. Preface by a fumiste. One corner lacking at head of front cover, some light foxing. Rare.