Paris (France)

Thomas NARCEJAC, Terry G. STEWART
Faut que ça saigne !...
Editions du Scorpion|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€150
Karel CAPEK
7 Contes pas commes les Autres
Editions la farandole|Paris 1974|12.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Karel Capek.

€50
Ray BRADBURY
Le Vin de l'Eté
Denoël|Paris 1959|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
€60
David Herbert LAWRENCE
L'Homme et la Poupée
Gallimard|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 367 numbered copies on alfa Lafuma, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
[Henri VIARD] Henry WARD
Les Soleils verts
Jeheber|Paris 1956|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, which shows minor worming of no significance.
€60
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS
Histoire de Lynx
Plon|Paris 1991|13 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to a man named Philippe.
€500
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS
La Potière jalouse
Plon|Paris 1985|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, printed service de presse stamp on the inner flap of the rear cover.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Claude Levi-Strauss to a man named Henri.
€500
SERGE, Constantin FEDINE
Transvaal suivi de Les Moujiks
Editions Montaigne|Paris s. d. [1927]|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil de Rives, deluxe copy.
A handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Serge.

€150
James Thomas FARRELL
Le Jugement dernier
Gallimard|Paris 1951|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
COLLECTIF
Album Théâtre classique, la Vie théâtrale sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1970|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
A handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and dust jacket but lacking its slipcase.
€80
Patrick MODIANO
Vestiaire de l'Enfance
Gallimard|Paris 1989|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Patrick Modiano to Françoise Ducourt.
Signed autograph inscriptions by Patrick Modiano, who cares little for notoriety and is sparing with dedication sessions, are rare.
€450
Henri ALLEG
Prisonniers de Guerre
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1961|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Fine and rare copy.
Henri Alleg describes here his three years spent in preventive detention at Barberousse, the civil prison of Algiers, among his fellow fighters.

€800
John WHITE
Voyage a la Nouvelle Galles du sud, a Botany Bay, au Port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789. par John White chirurgien en chef de l'etablissement des anglais dans cette partie du globe; Ouvrage ou l'on trouve de nouveaux details sur le caractere et les usages des habitans du Cap de Bonne Esperance, de l'Ile Teneriffe, de Rio de Janeiro et de la Nouvelle Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'a present, traduit de l'anglais avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l'histoire naturelle et les moeurs; par Charles Pougens
Chez Pougin|à Paris 1795 (an III)|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First French edition of this work originally published in English in 1790. The second part, which occupies 256 pages, consists of a succession of translator's notes, particularly rich in information on plants, animals and physical geography.
Contemporary full brown calf binding with marbled decoration. Smooth spine richly decorated with 5 fleurons in lozenges with angular palmettes and roulettes in place of raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Upper board slightly curved at lower right corner, otherwise very handsome copy, almost free from foxing with a few quires slightly yellowed, a trace of pale dampstain at lower corner of title page and following leaf.
The travel accounts...
€1,400
Tristan DERÈME
Le Quatorze juillet ou petit Art de la rimer quand on manque de Rimes
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1925|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 5 japon and 50 hollande.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
Bradel binding in half red Russia morocco, smooth spine, wood-grain paper boards, covers and spine preserved, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted to head of one pastedown, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Tristan Derème to P. Rousset: "... ce 14 juillet à l'entrée de l'année. En cordial hommage. Tristan Derème. 1er - I - 1926." ["this 14th of July at the start of the year. With cordial homage. Tristan Derème. 1st - I - 1926."]
€80
John DOS PASSOS
L'An premier du Siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly discolored and sunned as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
€200
Thornton WILDER
Les Ides de Mars
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 129 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy of this antifascist novel that Thornton Wilder published in 1948, inspired by Sartrean existentialism and drawing parallels between Julius Caesar and Benito Mussolini.
€120
William STYRON
La Proie des Flammes
Gallimard|Paris 1962|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French on ordinary paper.
A tiny spot in the margin of the first cover, handsome copy.
Rare manuscript signature of William Styron on an endpaper.

€400
Alphonse DAUDET
Fromont Jeune et Risler Aîné
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|14.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First illustrated edition with 12 compositions by E. Bayard engraved by Massard. One of 130 copies on Grand Japon Impérial, first deluxe paper, No. 32. Total edition of 500 copies. Each engraving in double state, before and after letters. Literary notice by Gustave Geffroy.
Contemporary half morocco with corners, signed Grouillet at the top of the first endpaper. Light traces of rubbing (spine, joints, corners, edges). Spine uniformly faded to green. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Uncut copy with full margins. Paper perfectly fresh.
Bookplate of Paul Gavault.
Handsome copy.
Considered by many as the author's masterpiece, this realistic novel of manners was...
€550
Jacques BRENNER
Histoire de la Littérature française de 1940 à nos Jours
Fayard|Paris 1978|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to upper margins.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Brenner to journalist and director of Le Figaro Patrice de Plunkett.

€50
Hugo von HOFMANNSTHAL
Lettres du Voyageur à son Retour précédé de La lettre de Lord Chandos
Mercure de France|Paris 1969|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Fine copy.
€250
Israël ZANGWILL
Nouvelles Comédies du Ghetto
Les éditions Rieder|Paris 1930|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 140 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 on Holland paper
Small tears at head and foot of deckled edges, a vertical fold in margin of front cover, endpapers partially shadowed.
A full-margined copy.
€80
Léon GROC
Une Invasion de Sélénites
Jules Tallandier|Paris s. d. [1941]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Attractive illustrated cover by Maurice Toussaint.
€60
Rex WARNER
Hommes de Pierre
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Pierre LEULLIETTE
Saint Michel et le Dragon
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1961|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned.
Fine and rare copy, complete with the publisher's notice printed on page 7 which was removed from most copies at the author's request.
In this work the author, a volunteer paratrooper active at the front during almost the entire "Algerian War", describes with complete impartiality the abuses committed by the French Army in Algeria, which resulted in "Saint Michel et le Dragon" being seized upon publication.
€680
Roger NIMIER
L'Etrangère[The Stranger]
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Paul Morand.
Fine and rare copy of this early novel refused by Gallimard in 1948 and published 20 years later.
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
Accompanied by a letter on Gallimard letterhead from Suzanne Duconget informing Marie Nimier of the dispatch of copy No. 51 on deluxe paper of "L'Etrangère" by Roger Nimier.
€1,200
Roger NIMIER
Journées de Lecture
Gallimard|Paris 1965|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Marcel Jouhandeau.
Fine copy.
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€1,000
Salvador DALÍ
Journal d'un Génie
La Table Ronde|Paris 1964|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
A very handsome copy complete with its transparent dust jacket illustrated by François Salvat after a design by Dali.

€100
Lewis PADGETT
L'Homme venu du Futur
Editions des deux-rives|Paris 1957|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy retaining publisher's wraparound band: "Anticipation? No! But inversion of time".

€70
Louis MOREAU, Paul Henri Dietrich Baron d' HOLBACH
Le bon Sens du Curé Meslier suivi de son Testament
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1930|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation established by Samuel Kahen, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Louis Moreau.

€150
Jean-Claude GUILLEBAUD
Le Rendez-vous d'Irkoutsk
Arléa|Paris 1990|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 27 numbered copies on Ingres laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€100
Thomas NARCEJAC
La Fin d'un Bluff. Essai sur le Roman policier noir américain
Le Portulan|Paris 1949|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€50
René CHAR, Pierre CHARBONNIER
Quatre fascinants la Minutieuse
Gallimard|Paris 1951|26.50 x 34 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in 86 numbered copies on chamois Arches paper.
Work illustrated with an original drypoint by Pierre Charbonnier as frontispiece.
Handsome and rare copy.
Manuscript signatures of René Char and Pierre Charbonnier on the colophon.
€800
Raymond CHANDLER
Lettres
Christian Bourgois|Paris 1970|12 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Preface by Philippe Labro.
€50
(William FAULKNER) Michel MOHRT
Album Faulkner
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1995|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition published in the Bibliothèque de La Pléiade and printed on Bible paper.
Rich iconography.
Small harmless stains on the lower edge of the slipcase.
Handsome copy
€60
Micheline MAUREL
Un Camp très ordinaire
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1957|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned.
Preface by François Mauriac.
Fine and rare copy of this poignant testimony describing the daily life of the author, a resistance member, arrested then deported, in the women's concentration camp of Neubrandebourg, near Ravensbrück.
€500
Jacques BOREL
Le Déferlement
Gallimard|Paris 1993|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 16 copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

€180
Howard FAST
La Route de la Liberté
Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 55 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work evoking, in a novelistic manner, the condition and situation of Black people in the southern states of the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War.
€150
Tristan DERÈME
Le Quatorze juillet ou petit Art de la rimer quand on manque de Rimes
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1925|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 5 Japan.
Handsome copy.
€60
Tristan DERÈME
La Rime de Virgile et des Japonais
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1930|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches, the only issue after 10 on Japan.
Spine lightly sunned, occasional worming.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Derème: "A monsieur le comte de Sachs. Et vive la rime ! Et vive Virgile !" ["To Monsieur le Comte de Sachs. And long live rhyme! And long live Virgil!"]
€50
Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET
L'Affaire Audin
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Ghaldwill, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Laurent Schwartz.
Maurice Audin, French mathematician and member of the Algerian Communist Party, was arrested during the Battle of Algiers on June 11, 1957 and disappeared without his body ever being found.
While the French army claimed he had escaped, several prominent figures including Pierre Vidal-Naquet protested and denounced his martyrdom after he was certainly tortured by the French army, with General Aussaresses much later acknowledging having given the order to kill Maurice Audin.
Handsome and rare copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band (which has a lack): "Massu et...
€800
Jules VERNE
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours. Le Docteur Ox[Around the World in Eighty Days. Doctor Ox’s Experiment]
Hetzel|Paris 1896|18 x 28 cm|Reliure de l'éditeur
New Edition. In-text drawings by Neuville and Benett, Bertrand, Bayard and Marie, 7 colour chromotypographs by Benett.
Publisher's cloth binding “Au globe doré” on the first cover (Jauzac), with the second cover of type "Engel h". Upper corner of the first cover a little creased. Spine ends skillfully restored. Volume very lightly warped. Some small foxing.
One of Jules Verne's most famous titles, in which a London gentleman bets with his club to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Jules Verne's mythical title, one of the most popular adventure novels ever written, has known many film adaptations.
€1,200
Maurice KRIEGEL-VALRIMONT
La Libération - Les Archives du Comac (Mai-août 1944)
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1964|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 27 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine and rare work written by one of the three leaders of the Military Action Committee of the National Council of the Resistance or Comac, supreme command body of the F.F.I., which played a leading role in the liberation of Paris.
€600
Hugues PANASSIÉ
La Musique de Jazz et le Swing
Editions Corrêa|Paris 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, with fourth edition statement.
Handsome copy.
€50
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Portrait d'un Inconnu
Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, with second edition statement.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Signed and inscribed by Nathalie Sarraute to Jean Claval.
€120
Michel LEIRIS
Haut Mal
Gallimard|Paris 1943|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the copies on chestnut paper.
Handsome copy.
€60
Maurice ZOLOTOW
Marilyn Monroe
Gallimard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.

€50
Uno HARVA
Les Représentations religieuses des Peuples altaïques
Gallimard|Paris 1959|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.

€150
((Jacques PRÉVERT)) André HEINRICH
Album Prévert
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1992|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
€80
Peter TOWNSEND
Duel dans la Nuit. La suite de Duel d'Aigles
Robert Laffont|Paris 1987|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Peter Townsend, in French, to Joël Pampin.
€120
André BRETON
Le Surréalisme et la Peinture
Gallimard|Paris 1979|21.50 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket which shows very light marginal tears of no consequence.
Rich iconography, handsome copy.
€100
George SAND
Lettre autographe signée adressée à un correspondant inconnu
Paris s. d. [entre 1864 et 1868]|13.40 x 20.70 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed addressed to an unknown correspondent, written in black ink on a double leaf with dry stamp bearing the writer's initials. This letter, probably unpublished, was written on "November 11th" between 1864 and 1868 according to the address at the bottom: "rue des feuillantines 97".
"Une amie commune et pleine de confiance en votre bonté, me fait espérer, monsieur, que vous m'accorderez un peu de sympathie. Si je suis indiscrète d'y croire, ne vous en prenez qu'à elle, comme elle est de ces personnes à qui l'on ne peut en vouloir, je ne crains pas de vous la dénoncer. Vous pouvez vendre un immense service au...
€800
André BRETON
Prière d'insérer du Second Manifeste du Surréalisme d'André Breton
Simon Kra|Paris 1930|15 x 24 cm|une feuille
First edition of this document announcing the publication, for March 1930, of André Breton's "Second Manifeste du Surréalisme".
Fine and rare copy.
Texts by Roger Vitrac, Robert Desnos, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges Limbour, Jacques Baron.
€250
Harpo MARX
Harpo Marx
Editions Charles Mandel|Paris 1963|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Photographic wrappers with flaps.

€50
Claude AVELINE
Sur l'Alfred de Vigny d'Anatole France
Aux dépens d'un amateur|Paris 1928|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
Rare hors commerce first edition printed in 50 copies numbered and justified in the colophon by Jacques Lion.
Some light foxing.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Claude Aveline: "A Georges Duhamel, ces souvenirs dont Jacques Lion a voulu faire une plaquette, parce qu'ils me sont chers, son ami. Claude Aveline. Font Romeu août 1928..." ["To Georges Duhamel, these memories that Jacques Lion wanted to make into a booklet, because they are dear to me, his friend. Claude Aveline. Font Romeu August 1928..."]
€150
Marcel FLORY
Les Temples de Khajuraho
André Delpire|Paris 1977|26 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with photographs by André Martin.
A handsome copy.
Publisher's full cloth binding, smooth spine.
Rich iconography.
€50
Elio VITTORINI
Le Simplon fait un Clin-d'Oeil au Fréjus
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 165 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual, a small tear to upper left corner of front board, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Erskine CALDWELL
Les Voies du Seigneur
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 205 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
(Lewis CARROLL) COLLECTIF
Album Lewis Carroll
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1990|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
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 acetate wrapper and flexible slipcase.
€80
Paul MORAND
Lettres à des Amis et à Quelques Autres
La Table Ronde|Paris 1978|15.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies with some hors commerce copies, ours being one of the latter.
Very handsome copy.
Preface by Michel Déon.

€780
Edmund ENGELMAN
La Maison de Freud, Berggasse 19 Vienne
Seuil|Paris 1979|22 x 27 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with numerous photographic reproductions by Edmund Engelman. Long and interesting preface in which the photographer relates his photographic experience and his encounter with the founder of psychoanalysis.
Autograph inscription signed by the author "Pour Nadine Nimier Très cordialement Edmund Engelman." ["For Nadine Nimier Very cordially Edmund Engelman."] Nadine Nimier receives Engelman on her show "Les Après-midi de France Culture" on January 23, 1980 while he is visiting Paris for the exhibition of his photographs at the Erval gallery.
Includes:
- The exhibition invitation card annotated by Nadine Nimier
- A signed autograph...
€300
Roger NIMIER
Le Hussard bleu - L'exemplaire de sa femme Nadine Nimier[[The Blue Hussar - Personal copy of his wife Nadine]
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 copies numbered on pur fil, ours being one of 8 lettered hors commerce copies, printed on large paper.
A fine and rare copy of this foundational text of the Hussards literary movement, which brought together around Roger Nimier and Antoine Blondin Jacques Laurent, Kléber Haedens, Stephen Hecquet, Michel Déon...
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€5,500
Pierre LOUŸS
Carte lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Louis
Paris juillet 1887|11.20 x 14.20 cm|une carte-lettre
Autograph signed letter-card from Pierre Louÿs addressed to his brother Georges Louis with whom Pierre Louÿs maintained a very intimate relationship and whom he considered as his own father.
The question of Pierre Louÿs's real paternal identity still fascinates biographers today: "His father, Pierre Philippe Louis, [...] had married in 1842 Jeanne Constance Blanchin, who died ten years later after having given him two children, Lucie and Georges. In 1855, he remarried Claire Céline Maldan, and from this union was born, in 1857, a son, Paul; then, in 1870, our writer, who received the first names Pierre Félix. This late birth, the differences in...
€300
Théophile GAUTIER
L'orient
G. Charpentier|Paris 1877|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Contemporary half glazed blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 compartmentalized fleurons. Red shagreen title and volume labels. Combed edges. Spine lightened with areas of discoloration. Some scattered foxing.
A handsome copy.
Collection of the author's articles, travels, and studies on the Orient published in various journals and gathered in this work. Venice, Turkey, the Danube, Greece, Syria, China, Japan, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia. Essays on Salammbo, Persian poetry, hashish, Nerval's Journey to the Orient... One can distinguish a fantasized, romantic Orient, the vision of an aesthete and a painter. A first collection had appeared in...
€450
Michel de SAINT PIERRE
L'Ecole de la Violence
La Table Ronde|Paris 1962|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Michel de SAINT PIERRE
La nouvelle Race
La Table Ronde|Paris 1961|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Karel CAPEK
L'Affaire Selvin
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1967|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

€50
François-Martin SALVAT, Ernst Theodor Amadeus HOFFMANN
Mademoiselle de Scudéry & Salvator Rosa
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Some sunning to foot of spine, two creases to foot of back cover, otherwise handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood-engraved head- and tailpieces by François-Martin Salvat.
€100
Boris VIAN, James M. CAIN
Le Bluffeur
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Boris Vian, with eighth edition statement.
Very fine copy.
€100
Jacques LEMARCHAND
Geneviève
Gallimard|Paris 1946|10.50 x 16.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on alfa Navarre paper, the only deluxe copies after 13 on pure thread paper.
Publisher's binding following Mario Prassinos' original design.
Handsome copy.
€80
Maxime WEYGAND
Le Général Frère. Un Chef, un Héros, un Martyr
Flammarion|Paris 1949|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 175 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy with full margins.
General Aubert Frère was notably a hero of the Resistance as organizer and commander of the Resistance in the army, he was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and died at the Struthof concentration camp on June 14, 1944.
€300
George SAND
Leone Leoni
Félix Bonnaire • Victor Magen|Paris 1835|12.50 x 20.70 cm|relié
First edition. The half-title indicates: Publications de la Revue des deux mondes, where the novel had indeed appeared in pre-publication form in 1834.
Contemporary half glazed tender green calf binding. Smooth spine with false flat raised bands decorated with blind tooling and roulettes. Cherry red glazed shagreen title label. Spine now light brown. Scattered foxing.
Romantic work written during her stay in Italy where her liaison with Musset ended, George Sand admits to having been inspired by Manon Lescaut in Leone Leoni but by reversing the characters. The novel relates the harmful passion of a naive woman for an Italian nobleman with destructive vices. She is taken in by Don...
€900
Jacques SPITZ
Les Dames de Velours
Nrf|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|relié
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Half cherry red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
€100
Elio VITTORINI
Les Hommes & les Autres
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned as usual, otherwise fine copy.
€80
André BRETON, André MASSON
Martinique charmeuse de Serpents. - Exemplaire de Jean Paulhan
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1948|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Paper yellowed as is often the case.
Work illustrated with hors-texte illustrations by André Masson.
Precious autograph inscription signed by André Breton to Jean Paulhan.

€800
MARC-ANTOINE, Jean de LA FONTAINE
Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1939|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Stains at head of second cover.
A full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces consisting of reproductions of Marc-Antoine engravings.
€100
Jean GIONO
Solitude de la Pitié
Gallimard|Paris 1947|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding following Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy.
€150
Izis BIDERMANAS, Jacques PRÉVERT
Portrait photographique de Jacques Prévert enrichi d'un envoi autographe signéOriginal collage produced on an original photograph portrait of Robert Doisneau enriched with a handwritten inscription signed by Jacques Prevert
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca 1950]|23 x 27.50 cm|une photographie
Original collage produced on an original photograph portrait of Robert Doisneau enriched with a handwritten inscription signed by Jacques Prévert

[Paris 1955] | 18,7 x 27 cm | one photograph

Original photograph by Robert Doisneau in contemporary silver print showing Jacques Prévert, in front of the pediment of a church, on which the poet glued an old engraving depicting a bird and which he enriched with a signed handwritten inscription to his friend Jean Mattei. Prévert also, using paint, reddened the end of his cigarette.

Stamp of the Doisneau studio in Montrouge on the back of the picture. One central fold.

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€2,800
Ivana LEMAITRE, André CHÉNIER
Idylles et Elégies
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1926|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings as head- and tailpieces by Ivana Lemaître.
€150
Pierre LOUŸS
La Maison sur le Nil ou les Apparences de la Vertu[The House on the Nile, or The Appearances of Virtue]
Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1894|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 lettered copies on China paper, the deluxe issue after 5 copies on old Japan paper.
A vertical crease mark on the first cover.
Handsome and rare copy.

€800
Philippe DELERM
La Beauté du Geste
Seuil|Paris 2014|24.50 x 30 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with numerous photographs of athletes captured in action during their performances.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Philippe Delerm to Stéphane Joly: "... ce livre dont il sait combien il est l'aboutissement d'une longue passion..." ["... this book which he knows how much it is the culmination of a long passion..."]

€80
Marcel AYMÉ
Les Jumeaux du Diable
Nrf|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 746 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 109 reimposed.
Handsome copy.
€120
Marcel AYMÉ
En Arrière
Nrf|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition with some parts in first edition, one of 260 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copies after 28 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.
€120
Salvador DALÍ, André BRETON
Prière d'insérer de "La Femme visible" de Salvador Dali rédigé par André Breton et Paul Eluard
Editions Surréalistes|Paris 1930|20.50 x 26.50 cm|une feuille
Publisher's slip written jointly by Paul Eluard and André Breton for the first edition of "La Femme visible" by Salvador Dali published by Editions surréalistes de José Corti in 1930.
Two very light marginal tears and two small crease marks at the foot of the document.
Handsome copy.
€300
Bernard ROY, Diego HURTADO DE MENDOZA
Lazarille de Tormes
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Bernard Roy.
€150
François-Martin SALVAT, Jean RACINE
Abrégé de l'Histoire de Port-Royal
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1928|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by François-Martin Salvat.
€150
André BRETON
Position politique du Surréalisme
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition with some parts in first edition on ordinary paper.
A label mark at the foot of the spine.
Fine copy.
€120
Bernard ROY, Jacques MÉNY
Jean Giono et le Cinéma
Jean-claude Simoën|Paris 1978|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.
Autograph inscription dated 1995 and signed by Jacques Mény to Claude Schneeberg: "... en cette année du centenaire de Giono...".
We also include an autograph thank-you card from Jacques Mény to the same recipient.
€50
Maurice DRUON
Remarques
Julliard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Light worming at head and foot of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Druon to a friend.
€100
François MITTERRAND
Ma part de vérité
Fayard|Paris 1969|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly ridged as usual, one stain on fore edge, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by François Mitterrand to Roger Bérard.
€600
Jean GIONO
Cahiers Jean Giono du N°I au N°IV. - Complet en 4 volumes
Gallimard|Paris 1981-1986|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition for each of the volumes and for which no deluxe copies were printed.
Complete set in 4 volumes.
One crease on the second cover of the first volume, spine of the second volume discolored, a small light stain at the head of the first cover of the third volume.
Set containing numerous unpublished works.
- First volume: Correspondance Jean Giono - Lucien Jacques 1922-1929,
- Second volume: Dragoon,
- Third volume: Correspondance Jean Giono - Lucien Jacques 1930-1961,
- Fourth and final volume: De Homère à Machiavel.

€150

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Les Soleils verts

Histoire de Lynx

La Potière jalouse

Transvaal suivi de Les Moujiks

Le Jugement dernier

Album Théâtre classique, la Vie théâtrale sous Louis XIII et Louis XIV

Vestiaire de l'Enfance

Prisonniers de Guerre

Le Quatorze juillet ou petit Art de la rimer quand on manque de Rimes

L'An premier du Siècle

Les Ides de Mars

La Proie des Flammes

Fromont Jeune et Risler Aîné

Histoire de la Littérature française de 1940 à nos Jours

Lettres du Voyageur à son Retour précédé de La lettre de Lord Chandos

Nouvelles Comédies du Ghetto

Une Invasion de Sélénites

Hommes de Pierre

Saint Michel et le Dragon

L'Etrangère[The Stranger]

Journées de Lecture

Journal d'un Génie

L'Homme venu du Futur

Le bon Sens du Curé Meslier suivi de son Testament

Le Rendez-vous d'Irkoutsk

La Fin d'un Bluff. Essai sur le Roman policier noir américain

Quatre fascinants la Minutieuse

Lettres

Album Faulkner

Un Camp très ordinaire

Le Déferlement

La Route de la Liberté

Le Quatorze juillet ou petit Art de la rimer quand on manque de Rimes

La Rime de Virgile et des Japonais

L'Affaire Audin

Le Tour du monde en 80 jours. Le Docteur Ox[Around the World in Eighty Days. Doctor Ox’s Experiment]

La Libération - Les Archives du Comac (Mai-août 1944)

La Musique de Jazz et le Swing

Portrait d'un Inconnu

Haut Mal

Marilyn Monroe

Les Représentations religieuses des Peuples altaïques

Album Prévert

Duel dans la Nuit. La suite de Duel d'Aigles

Le Surréalisme et la Peinture

Lettre autographe signée adressée à un correspondant inconnu

Prière d'insérer du Second Manifeste du Surréalisme d'André Breton

Harpo Marx

Sur l'Alfred de Vigny d'Anatole France

Les Temples de Khajuraho

Le Simplon fait un Clin-d'Oeil au Fréjus

Les Voies du Seigneur

Album Lewis Carroll

Lettres à des Amis et à Quelques Autres

La Maison de Freud, Berggasse 19 Vienne

Le Hussard bleu - L'exemplaire de sa femme Nadine Nimier[[The Blue Hussar - Personal copy of his wife Nadine]

Carte lettre autographe signée adressée à Georges Louis

L'orient

L'Ecole de la Violence

La nouvelle Race

L'Affaire Selvin

Mademoiselle de Scudéry & Salvator Rosa

Le Bluffeur

Geneviève

Le Général Frère. Un Chef, un Héros, un Martyr

Leone Leoni

Les Dames de Velours

Les Hommes & les Autres

Martinique charmeuse de Serpents. - Exemplaire de Jean Paulhan

Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon

Solitude de la Pitié

Portrait photographique de Jacques Prévert enrichi d'un envoi autographe signéOriginal collage produced on an original photograph portrait of Robert Doisneau enriched with a handwritten inscription signed by Jacques Prevert

Idylles et Elégies

La Maison sur le Nil ou les Apparences de la Vertu[The House on the Nile, or The Appearances of Virtue]

La Beauté du Geste