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Signed manuscript letter on Bristol card of 8 lines by Alphonse Boudard, on letterhead from his Parisian address in Nouvelle Athènes in the 9th arrondissement, to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
Envelope included.
"Merci, vieux pote, de ta bonne lettre. Je sais que tru es un amateur éclairé... alors tout ce que tu me dis me touche dans le mille. J'espère bien aller te saluer un de ces quatre en Bruxellie. Mon amitié. Ab." ["Thank you, old friend, for your good letter. I know that you are an enlightened amateur... s

Signed manuscript bristol of 22 lines by Alphonse Boudard, on letterhead of his Parisian address in Nouvelle Athènes in the 9th arrondissement, to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
Envelope enclosed.
"Vieux frère, merci de tes deux dernières lettres, je suis un peu débordé (par le succès entre autres) et j'ai laissé le courrier s'accumuler. J'ai pas vu "Mémoire de la France" si j'y suis cité c'est déjà pas si mal, d'habitude dans ce genre de bouquin je n'existe pas. Ni pour la Cerise, l'Hôpital, le prix Renaudot, ni pour le C

Signed manuscript bristol of 17 lines by Alphonse Boudard, on a visiting card, to his great friend and companion of well-watered lunches, the Brussels journalist André Tillieu who was, like Alphonse Boudard, a great friend of Georges Brassens but also of Jean Giono.
A date and the mention "les enfants de choeur" written in black ballpoint pen at the top of the bristol.
Envelope enclosed.
"Vieux,
comme toujours ton papier me va droit au coeur. Et tu dis juste... si c'était Beckett ! Hélas... le petit clan des snobs et de l'intelligentzia fait la loi, le bon goût et la réputation... Les vendredis soir Louis Nucera part à la campagne faire du vélo et travailler à son

First edition in French, one of 100 numbered copies on American laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe copies after 20 on China paper.
A small black stain at upper left corner of front cover.
Fine copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Rare and handsome copy, with bookplate pasted at foot of verso of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by François Bernouard to the poet Adolphe Lacuzon: "... A monsieur Lacuzon, en témoignage de ma double admiration, celle du poète et de l'homme..." ["... To Mr. Lacuzon, in testimony of my double admiration, that of the poet and of the man..."]

First edition of each volume, with print runs varying from 297 to 1,250 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies along with the reimposed editions.
Spine of the fifth volume split, printed "nrf" mention scratched on the back cover of the first volume of the seventh part.
Rare and handsome complete set with publisher's slip.
Autograph inscription dated 1929 and signed by Roger Martin du Gard, on a loose leaf: tribute from the author, absent from Paris, to Robert de Saint-Jean.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by Martin Gray on the front free endpaper.

Illustrated edition, as frontispiece, with an engraving by Pablo Picasso on a loose leaf, one of 1000 numbered copies.
Covers and boards stained, small tears on spine.
Our copy is decorated with an original drawing dated and signed by Robert J. Godet representing a statue of a woman surmounted by a sun casting its rays upon her, matching this poetic autograph inscription which accompanies it: "bel âge en vérité / Nadine, soleil couchée, / Nadine, soleil-chat / Petite Nadine / Soleil qui a encore peur de briller." ["beautiful age indeed / Nadine, setting sun, / Nadine, sun-cat / Little Nadine / Sun who is still afraid to shine."]
Provenance: from the library of

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on deluxe paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First French illustrated edition with 366 in-text woodcut figures.
Publisher's binding in full gilt black percaline cloth. Smooth spine decorated with ornamental compositions. Upper cover stamped with a large plate featuring a central urn. On the second cover a rosette overloaded with ornaments. Foxing on the first and last leaves, signatures browned from p. 165 to 216, otherwise the set is rather clean and white with some occasional foxing.

Second edition of this special issue devoted to American writers and poets.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Thomas Stearns Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, William Saroyan, William Carlos Williams, Allen Tate, E.E. Cummings, Erskine Caldwell, André Gide, Julien Green...

First edition, one of the few copies reset and with large margins.
Minor corner losses to boards, some foxing on certain deckled edges.
Contributions by Louis Aragon: "Domaine privé", Paul Gilson: "Quatre poèmes", Pierre Emmanuel: "Sodome enfin quittée", Alain Borne "Roi (fragment)", Elsa Triolet: "Un livre de Raymond Queneau Pierrot mon ami"...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite spine lightly sunned.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Abel Dechêne to historian Louis Madelin.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite spine and boards marginally sunned.

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
A transverse fold at head of front cover, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos: "Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre", Max Jacob: "Renoncer à toute richesse" & "Jeunesse lacustre" & "Angoisses et autres", Henri Massis: "Charles Maurras et le sentiment de la mort" & "Paul Valéry et sa pensée", Nicolas Berdiaeff "Le destin de la culture", Jean Cocteau: "Daisy en France", Daisy Ashford: "Les jeunes visiteurs ou le plan de Mr Salteena", Julien Green: "La traversée inutile"...

First edition published in two instalments (we have not been able to determine the publication date of the second part nor the number of the journal in which it was printed).
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt garlands and gilt fleurons, gilt friezes at head and foot, wood-effect paper boards, front cover of the first fascicle preserved, sea-green paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, contemporary binding signed F. Vanzeghbroeck.
Library stamp in upper right corner of the first text page.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Dated and signed autograph inscription by Georges Coulonges to a friend named Jean-Louis, accompanied by a drawing of a musical staff.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition.
Copy slightly warped.
Signed autograph tribute by Henry Poulaille: "En hommage sincère de Charlot." ["In sincere tribute from Charlot."]

First edition illustrated with drawings by Pierre Noury.
Minor stains of no consequence to foot of second cover.
Handsome copy of this work tracing the history and evolution of the American flag.

First edition printed in 70 numbered copies on Normandy vellum, ours unnumbered and unsigned by Guy Lévis-Mano.
Work illustrated with an etching by Kurt Séligmann as frontispiece.
A handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by André Santini to a woman named Marité: "... dont je sais qu'elle apprécie l'air du temps. En souvenir d'un commun amour pour la peinture." ["... who I know appreciates the spirit of the times. In memory of a shared love for painting."]

First edition of this vocal and piano score illustrated on the front cover with a portrait of Marshal Ferdinand Foch.
Handsome copy despite a small stain on the score which does not impair readability.

First edition of this vocal and piano score with an illustration on the front cover by an unknown artist.
Cover almost entirely split but without loss.

First edition of this voice and piano score illustrated on the first cover by an unknown artist.
Cover fold slightly split, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of this voice and piano score illustrated on the first cover by an unknown artist.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this score titled "Les Nouveaux Succès de Maurice Chevalier en plus grand", illustrated on the first page with a beautiful polychrome illustration consisting of a photo montage of the singer striding across the Seine - Eiffel Tower under his arm - reaching the Statue of Liberty and New York skyscrapers.
Very fine condition.

First edition of this vocal and piano score illustrated on the first cover with a color drawing by Roger de Valerio.
Although created by a French artist in an expressionist vein, the cover reproduces the stereotypical imagery of African Americans that had been conveyed since the Civil War through American racist caricature.
Yet in 1923, this violent, degrading and essentializing stigmatization based on the ideology of ethnic hierarchy was facetiously subverted by Black Americans, notably through Jazz and Blues culture and by several major artistic figures including Josephine Baker. Thus, in her Revue Nègre, she humorously and sensually reappropriated the degrading representation of

First edition of this voice and piano score illustrated on the first cover with a color illustration by Roger de Valerio.
Very handsome copy.

First edition of this vocal and piano score, first cover illustrated by an anonymous artist.
Very fine copy of this score from the American musical comedy entitled "Life of the party".

First edition of this piano score, first cover illustrated in color by Roger de Valerio.
Very fine copy.

First edition of this piano score, first cover illustrated in color by Debeck.
Handsome copy despite some soiling and a small marginal tear.

First edition of this piano score, first cover illustrated in colors by Léon Pousthomis.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this vocal and piano score illustrated on the first cover by an unknown artist.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this vocal and piano score illustrated on the front cover in colors by Jean-Dominique Van Caulaert.
Handsome copy of this title performed by Georges Milton.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some traces of rubbing to the joints and to the back cover.
Iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by André Lajoinie to a woman named Annick.

First edition of this vocal score (bilingual) and piano, with illustrated front cover, "The great success of the famous Cotton Club of New York in the revue 'Cotton Club Parade' presented by Edmond Sayag and which triumphs at the Ambassadeurs and the Moulin Rouge."
Very handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Béarn to Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier: "Pour Nadine Nimier dont la gentillesse m'émeut - sans doute qu'elle a su garder en elle la lumineuse clarté de l'âme - en la remerciant" ["For Nadine Nimier whose kindness moves me - no doubt she has been able to keep within herself the luminous clarity of the soul - with thanks"]

First edition of this piano and vocal score, first cover illustrated with a photographic montage by Jan-Mich depicting Edith Piaf in profile looking at an airplane.
A very handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with drawings by Georges Wolinski.
Nostalgic signed autograph inscription from Claude Confortès to a friend named Matilda: "... ce livre rare et épuisé des folles années. Grâce à toi je suis redevenu dingue. Vive l'EPROUVETTE ! Claude Confortès." ["... this rare and out-of-print book from the crazy years. Thanks to you I've gone crazy again. Long live L'EPROUVETTE! Claude Confortès."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite two small stains in the margin of the back cover and on an inner flap.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Yves Peyré to Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite some light rubbing to the joints and a light discoloration to the upper right corner of the front cover.
Half tawny morocco binding, smooth spine, boards covered with cream vellum-style cardboard, wood-grain paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Alain Lobstein.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.

First edition of this vocal score (bilingual) and piano illustrated on the front cover with a large color illustration by Roger de Valerio. La Madelon was created by Maurice Chevalier at the Casino de Paris.
Very handsome copy.

First edition of this album containing 25 piano sheet music pieces performed notably at the Casino de Paris, the Moulin Rouge, the Folies Bergères and interpreted by Mistinguett, Josephine Baker and Maurice Chevalier.
51 pages of sheet music in total, several advertisements at the end featuring photographic reproductions of stars of the era, notably Maurice Chevalier.
Cover illustrated with a color illustration by Jack Roberts.
Spine slightly split with some minor lacks. Pleasant interior condition except for a dampstain to the lower margin of a few leaves at the end.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on Vizille laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy of this work which earned its author the Robert Walser Prize for first novel.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket which has some minor marginal tears and tiny corner chips of no consequence.
Signed autograph inscription from André Dhôtel to Monsieur Pittner.

First edition of this voice and piano score illustrated on the first cover with an illustration by H. Rousseau.
Adaptation of a poem by François Delcourt, miner in Béthune.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this piano score illustrated on the first cover with a large color illustration by Clérice Frères.
Superb copy.

First edition of this vocal and piano score illustrated on the first cover with a color illustration by Würth.
Handsome copy despite minimal marginal tears.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this voice (bilingual) and piano score illustrated on the front cover with a color illustration by Charles Roussel.
Superb copy.

First edition of this vocal (bilingual) and piano score, with illustrated first cover, "La nouvelle danse américine de la "Coloured Revue" Cotton Club Parade de New York présentée par Henri Varna dans la Revue du Casino de Paris "Paris en Joie" avec Maurice Chevalier."
A very handsome copy.

First edition of this vocal (bilingual) and piano score, first cover illustrated by Roger de Valerio.
A very handsome copy.

First edition of this piano score with a large color illustration by Clérice Frères on the front cover.
A very fine copy.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on Ingres paper, the only deluxe copies after 25 on Hollande paper.
A handsome copy.

First edition of this voice and piano score illustrated on the first cover with a color illustration by Würth.
Handsome copy despite tiny marginal tears.

First edition of this piano score, first cover illustrated in colors by Léon Pousthomis.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Handsome copy.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting Alphonse Karr by Emile Cohl.
On the following, text by Pierre and Paul in first edition titled "Alphonse Karr".

First edition of this issue of the magazine founded by writer Félicien Champsaur and illustrator Alfred Le Petit, consisting of two folded sheets.
Handsome copy.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting Albert Robida by Alfred Le Petit.
On the following, text by Félicien Champsaur in first edition titled "Albert Robida".

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Handsome copy.
On the first, a color lithograph representing Daubray by Emile Cohl.
On the following ones, text by Pierre et Paul in first edition entitled "Daubray".

First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Handsome copy despite some minor worming.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Paul Bourget by Emile Cohl.
On the following ones, text by Jules Laforgue in first edition entitled "Paul Bourget".

First edition, one of 88 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copies after 13 on Holland paper.
Rare and very handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Tillon, leader of the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans during the Resistance and later minister, to Jean-Luc Robin.

First edition on ordinary paper, stated as fourth edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Claude Roy to Jean Claval.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Pierre Courtade to Jean Claval.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Noël Jeannerey to Françoise Templaire.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Boards soiled, important coffee stain on the second board and at the foot of the first leaves, foxing on the edges.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Kléber Haedens to Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier, leader, with Antoine Blondin, of the Hussards, literary movement of which Kléber Haedens was a member: "Pour toi Nadine, je pense à toi et je t'embrasse. Kléber" ["For you Nadine, I think of you and I embrace you. Kléber"].
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on pure rag Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolour, depicting a view of the review of the King's Household, "infantry which takes place every year in the plain of Sablons one league from Paris". Optical views, also called views, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings very much in fashion between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. They were intended to be observed through a set of several mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered as the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear i

First edition in French.
Publisher's full boards binding, smooth spine, illustrated covers.
Handsome copy, illustrations by Jean-Jacques Beurtheray.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Miguel Angel Sanz to Doctor Kernbaum.

Original color lithograph executed especially by the artist for l'Estampe Moderne. Proof printed on heavy laid paper, publisher's blind stamp in lower margin.
Artist's signature in the plate. Fine copy in the artist's Belle Époque style.
Published by Ch. Masson and H. Piazza, the two years of l'Estampe Moderne constitute one of the finest lithographic achievements of the period. Each print is an original work created especially for the journal by the greatest French and foreign artists representing Symbolist, Art Nouveau, Orientalist and "Belle Époque" movements.

First edition.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by Antoine Argoud: "Paris le 15 Mars 1975. A Mme Falabot, à la femme d'un pied noir mort en Algérie. Avec mes respectueux hommages. Antoine Argoud." ["Paris March 15, 1975. To Mrs. Falabot, to the wife of a pied noir who died in Algeria. With my respectful homage. Antoine Argoud."]

First edition, one of 944 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 111 reimposed.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copies after 50 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.
Marcel Prévost's manuscript signature on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 on Holland paper.
Some foxing to boards.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dorsenne: "A mon ami le sergent Muzereau de la classe !!! Cé témoignage d'affection d'un simple pékin ! Jean Dorsennus." ["To my friend sergeant Muzereau of the class!!! This token of affection from a simple civilian! Jean Dorsennus."]

First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin dap-cau, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally lightened as usual.

First edition.
Fine copy.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Henri Laborit to Madame Lachatrape.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, illustrated.
Autograph inscription signed by Hugues Panassié: "A M. Denis, 'satchmo-ingly yours' Hugues Panassié."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Very handsome copy.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription, in pencil, from Pierre Alechinsky to Jacques Bertin

First edition, one of 1300 numbered copies on sunburst white alfa.
Fine copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 325 numbered copies on vélin d'Artois, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed on alfa paper.
Small tears to the margins of the covers which is inevitable given the fragility of this work.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japan Imperial paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy despite the spine and covers being slightly and marginally lightened, a light stain in the margin of one deckled edge.
Work illustrated with drawings in the text.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph letter signed by Charles Léger about works he has already written on Balzac.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy with illustrated cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Daix to Jean Claval.

First edition of the French translation, one of 10 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 on Rives laid paper.
Restoration to the slipcase split at foot along its entire length, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with photographs.
Autograph inscription signed by Serge Lifar to Maryelle Krempff who completed her brilliant career as a dancer as principal dancer at the Opéra Comique before teaching dance at the National Regional Conservatory of Saint-Maur des Fossés from 1969 to 1989: "A Maryelle Krempff 'l'étoile de la danse' en souvenir de ce jour mémorable. Amicalement Serge Lifar." ["To Maryelle Krempff 'the star of dance' in memory of this memorable day. Cordially Serge Lifar."]