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  1. Mademoiselle de Scudéry & Salvator Rosa
    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
  2. Le Bluffeur
    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
  3. Geneviève
    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
  4. Le Général Frère. Un Chef, un Héros, un Martyr
    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
  5. Les Dames de Velours
    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
  6. Les Hommes & les Autres
    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
  7. Martinique charmeuse de Serpents. - Exemplaire de Jean Paulhan
    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
  8. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon
    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
  9. Solitude de la Pitié
    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
  10. Portrait photographique de Jacques Prévert enrichi d'un envoi autographe signé
    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.

    On this...
    €2,800
  11. Idylles et Elégies
    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
  13. La Beauté du Geste
    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
  14. En Arrière
    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
  16. Lazarille de Tormes
    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
  17. Abrégé de l'Histoire de Port-Royal
    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
  18. Position politique du Surréalisme
    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
  19. Jean Giono et le Cinéma
    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
  20. Remarques
    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
  21. Ma part de vérité
    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
  22. Cahiers Jean Giono du N°I au N°IV. - Complet en 4 volumes
    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
  23. Relation concernant les évènemens qui sont arrivés à Thomas Martin, laboureur à Gallardon, en Beauce, dans les premiers mois de 1816. Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée de plusieurs lettres du sieur Martin écrites en 1821 sur de nouvelles apparitions, avec un exposé de plusieurs autres qui lui sont arrivées en 1830.
    [Louis SILVY]

    Relation concernant les évènemens qui sont arrivés à Thomas Martin, laboureur à Gallardon, en Beauce, dans les premiers mois de 1816. Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée de plusieurs lettres du sieur Martin écrites en 1821 sur de nouvelles apparitions, avec un exposé de plusieurs autres qui lui sont arrivées en 1830.

    L.- F Hivert|Paris 1832|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition. Written under the pseudonym By M. S***, former magistrate.
    Bradel binding in blue half cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron and double gilt fillets, havana morocco title label, covers with extensive restored lacks preserved.
    Important historical anecdote that caused a sensation at the time and subsequently had numerous repercussions on religious, historical and spiritualist convictions throughout the century.
    Thomas Martin, an uneducated peasant, received a visit from the archangel Raphael who ordered him to report to King Louis XVIII that his nephew Louis XVII was alive, along with various other prophecies and advice for...
    €200
  24. Les Etoiles Dernière féerie [avec] Astronomie des dames par le Comte Foelix
    Joseph MÉRY, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE

    Les Etoiles Dernière féerie [avec] Astronomie des dames par le Comte Foelix

    G. de Gonet|Paris s. d. [1849]|19.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
    G. de Gonet | Paris [1849] | 19 x 28,5 cm | publisher‘s binding
    First edition of this posthumous work illustrated with 15 insert steel-engraved plates by Charles Geoffroy and enhanced in color, including two frontispieces and a portrait of Grandville.

    Publisher's binding with full historiated cream boards, first board illustrated, browned endpapers as is usual for this period.
    Rare interior foxing.

    Superb publication, arguably one of Grandville's most poetic, in which – as for his Fleurs animées – the artist represents celestial bodies with young women.
    €2,800
  25. Rigodon
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Rigodon

    Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 115 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 43 Holland.
    Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
    €1,800
  26. Les Belles Images
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Les Belles Images

    Gallimard|Paris 1966|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
    A very beautiful copy.
    €1,800
  28. Plain-Chant
    Jean COCTEAU

    Plain-Chant

    Librairie Stock|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Full bright blue morocco binding with mosaic decoration signed at the bottom of the slipcase by Jadis. Marbled paper slipcase, matching the endpapers. Smooth Jansenist spine with author's name in full. Boards with mosaic decoration featuring a red fillet crossed by 3 rectangles in cream, grey and pink; title in black on the cream cartouche. Original pink wrappers preserved.
    Inscription from Cocteau to Marc Dantzer: à Marc, coeur de sommeil, Jean.
    Marc Dantzer was a French actor who pursued his career from 1929 to 1957, he ran the restaurant at the Elysée-Matignon where cinema personalities would gather. A friend of Cocteau...
    €1,500
  29. K.O. et autres Contes
    Marc-Édouard NABE, VUILLEMIN

    K.O. et autres Contes

    Editions du Rocher|Paris 1999|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Small stains on covers.
    Work decorated with illustrations by Vuillemin.
    Autograph inscription signed by Marc-Edouard Nabe to a friend named Jean-Loup: "... K.O. et autres contes où beaucoup de femmes souffrent ! " ["K.O. and other tales where many women suffer!"]
    €100
  30. La Princesse de Babylone
    VOLTAIRE, Geneviève ROSTAN

    La Princesse de Babylone[The Princess of Babylon]

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1927|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Geneviève Rostan.

    €150
  31. Atala
    Francis FERRAND, François René de CHATEAUBRIAND

    Atala

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1927|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy despite two small light stains on the first cover.
    Work illustrated with engraved wood head- and tailpieces by Francis Ferrand.

    €150
  33. Le Voyage des morts
    François AUGIÉRAS

    Le Voyage des morts

    La nef de Paris|Paris 1959|14 x 19 cm|broché
    Definitive edition on ordinary paper of this work published under the pseudonym Abdallah Chaamba.
    Light dampstains to foot of front cover.
    Very rare autograph inscription signed by François Augiéras to Yves Le Marchand: "... protecteur de la jeune littérature, hommage respectueux de l'auteur. F. Augiéras." ["... protector of young literature, respectful homage from the author. F. Augiéras."]
    One manuscript correction by the author who crossed out a line on page 70.
    €1,700
  34. La Vie des livres, volume I
    Robert KEMP

    La Vie des livres, volume I

    Albin Michel|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Light dampstains to foot of front cover.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Robert Kemp to Marcel Pagnol: "... qui devrait être mon ami puisque je suis le sien !" ["... who should be my friend since I am his!"]
    €50
  35. Rapport sur le Paquet de Gris
    Jacques PERRET

    Rapport sur le Paquet de Gris

    Editions Aspects de la France|Paris 1964|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the copies on alfa flower paper, the only issue with 100 pure rag vellum.
    Work illustrated with two vignettes by André Collot.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  36. La Force des choses
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    La Force des choses

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
    A beautiful copy despite tiny foxing on the spine and another at the foot of the first board.
    €3,500
  37. Tout compte fait
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Tout compte fait

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
    Ex-libris glued to the head of an endpaper.
    A beautiful copy despite a slightly puckered spine.
    €2,000
  38. Fondements pour la Transformation intégrale du Théâtre. Tome I
    Isidore ISOU

    Fondements pour la Transformation intégrale du Théâtre. Tome I

    Bordas|Paris 1953|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Restorations to head and foot of joints, inevitable small marginal tears to boards given the extreme fragility of the paper.
    Very rare signed autograph inscription by Isidore Isou, one of the founders of Lettrism and an important precursor of Situationism, to the theater man Paul-Louis Mignon.
    €400
  39. L'Huile vierge
    Thyde MONNIER

    L'Huile vierge

    Arthème Fayard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome copy despite the slightly sunken spine.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Thyde Monnier to Madame Tourre.
    €70
  40. Dialogues philosophiques
    Henry CHAPRONT, VOLTAIRE

    Dialogues philosophiques

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Handsome copy despite the spine showing two small traces of sunning at head and foot.
    Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Henry Chapront.

    €100
  41. Du Sang sur la Neige
    Maurice CONSTANTIN-WEYER

    Du Sang sur la Neige

    A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1931|15 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally lightened as is generally the case.

    €80
  42. Saint Vincent de Paul
    René BENJAMIN

    Saint Vincent de Paul

    A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1930|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Handsome full-margined copy despite spine and boards lightly and marginally discolored as usual.
    Autograph inscription signed by René Benjamin to historian Jean Longnon.
    €150
  43. La 628-E8
    Pierre BONNARD, Octave MIRBEAU

    La 628-E8

    Fasquelle|Paris 1908|19.50 x 25.50 cm|relié

    De luxe edition illustrated with a hundred drawings by Pierre Bonnard scattered in the margins of the leaves, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches vellum, one print after 25 Japan.
    A beautiful copy.
    Binding in half brown calf, spine decorated with double black fillets, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on the rough.
    Handwritten presentation signed by Pierre Bonnard to Xavier Roux: “... à son compatriote dauphinois et ami...” “...to his Dauphiné compatriot and friend...” enriched with a handwritten presentation signed by Octave Mirbeau to the same.

    €4,500
  44. Poèmes
    Lucien DUBECH

    Poèmes

    A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1928|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Handsome full-margined copy despite two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine.
    Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Dubech to historian Jean Longnon: "... en souvenir affectueux de nos voyages à l'été de 1928..." ["in affectionate memory of our travels in the summer of 1928..."]
    €120
  45. Impressive dedication to his "colleague" Philippe Pétain, welcomed as a hero to the Academy by the poet who would expel him ten years later for refusing to collaborate
    Variété II
    Paul VALÉRY

    Variété II

    Nrf|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    A tear and split at foot of one joint, paper yellowed.
    Our copy is presented under chemise and slipcase: chemise in half green morocco, smooth spine with gilt mention at foot "Ex. du maréchal Pétain" ["Marshal Pétain's copy"], green paper boards, slipcase with green morocco edges and green paper boards.
    Precious signed autograph inscription by Paul Valéry: "A monsieur le maréchal Pétain, hommage de son admirateur et confrère." ["To Marshal Pétain, homage from his admirer and colleague."]
    €2,300
  46. Histoire du Cinéma
    Robert BRASILLACH, Maurice BARDÈCHE

    Histoire du Cinéma

    Denoël & Steele|Paris 1935|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Spine and boards marginally and slightly browned, paper fragile at margins of some leaves as usual.
    Our copy is presented in a sand-colored full cardboard slipcase.
    Precious autograph inscription by Robert Brasillach on this text which is one of the very first histories of cinema born a few decades earlier: "A Ramon Fernandez en bien sincère et reconnaissant hommage. Robert Brasillach" ["To Ramon Fernandez with very sincere and grateful homage. Robert Brasillach"] enhanced with the signature of Maurice Bardèche.
    €1,700
  47. Poèmes pour les Ombres
    Lucien DUBECH

    Poèmes pour les Ombres

    A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1922|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 lettered and named copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Fine full-margined copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Dubech to historian Jean Longnon in the form of a quatrain.
    €120
  48. Plaignez les Loups !
    Anna Maria MATUTE

    Plaignez les Loups !

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 26 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
    €80
  49. Les cent Contes drolatiques mis en Lumière par le Sieur de Balzac, quatriesme Dixain Fragments inédits
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Les cent Contes drolatiques mis en Lumière par le Sieur de Balzac, quatriesme Dixain Fragments inédits

    La cité des livres • Les cahiers balzaciens|Paris 1925|16.50 x 25 cm|broché sous étui
    First edition, one of 12 nominative copies numbered and justified on pink paper by the publisher, ours printed for the wife of historian Jean Longnon, deluxe issue after 12 Japan copies expanded with a suite of illustrations.
    Spine of slipcase slightly browned.
    Work illustrated with 4 facsimiles.
    Handsome copy of No. 4 of the "Cahiers balzaciens".
    €170
  50. L'Imaginaire
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    L'Imaginaire

    Gallimard|Paris 1940|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which only 25 deluxe copies were printed, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally yellowed, otherwise handsome copy considering the poor quality of this wartime paper.
    €250
  51. Lettres écrites de Vienne en Autriche, sur le célèbre compositeur Jh Haydn
    [STENDHAL under the pseudonym of] Louis-Alexandre-César BOMBET

    Lettres écrites de Vienne en Autriche, sur le célèbre compositeur Jh Haydn[The Life of Haydn, in a Series of Letters Written at Vienna: Followed by the Life of Mozart, with Observations on Metastasio, and on the Present State of Music in France and Italy]

    De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné|Paris 1814|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'Aîné | Paris 1814 | 12,5 x 20,5 cm | bound in calf
    First edition of Stendhal's very first book, published under the pseudonym of Louis-Alexandre-César Bombet.

    Contemporary binding in half brown calf, spine decorated with gilt fillets and tooling as well as a red morocco title piece.

    ”Very rare” according to Clouzot
    €6,000
  52. Carton d'invitation au vernissage de l'exposition des oeuvres Jean Dubuffet exécutées depuis 1942 jusqu'à 1954 à la Galerie René Drouin
    Jean DUBUFFET

    Carton d'invitation au vernissage de l'exposition des oeuvres Jean Dubuffet exécutées depuis 1942 jusqu'à 1954 à la Galerie René DrouinInvitation card to the private viewing of the exhibition of Jean Dubuffet's work produced from 1942 to 1954 at the Galerie Rene Drouin

    Galerie René Drouin|Paris 17 Avril 1954|21 x 27.50 cm|une feuille
    Invitation card to the private viewing of the exhibition of Jean Dubuffet's work produced from 1942 to 1954 at the Galerie René Drouin
    Galerie René Drouin, Paris 17 April 1954, 21 x 27.5 cm, one leaf
    Invitation card to the private viewing of Jean Dubuffet's retrospective exhibition at the Cercle Volney, organised at the René Drouin Gallery from 17 March to 17 April 1954.
    On the recto, a superb and large original photolithograph in black and white of Jean Dubuffet, printed by Mourlot. (Webel 389).
    We attached the exhibition catalogue illustrated with reproductions of Jean Dubuffet's works.
    Rare and large photolithograph that is unusual as it has not been folded.
    €1,200
  53. Les Sorciers du Canton
    Henri POURRAT

    Les Sorciers du Canton

    Nrf|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Two small lacks at foot of spine.
    Autograph inscription signed by Henri Pourrat to Franc-Nohain.
    €100
  54. Carte autographe signée
    Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

    Carte autographe signée

    Paris 23 avril 1883|11.70 x 8.90 cm|une carte autographe
    Autograph card signed by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes addressed to an unknown recipient, written in black ink, with the painter's monogram and address at the head. Some minor soiling and traces of glue on the verso. One perforation on the monogram.
    "Madame, j'accepte avec infiniment de reconnaissance et de plaisir votre si aimable invitation pour mercredi et vous prie d'agréer l'hommage de mes sentiments respectueux et dévoués." ["Madam, I accept with infinite gratitude and pleasure your kind invitation for Wednesday and beg you to accept the tribute of my respectful and devoted sentiments."]
    €180
  56. Carte postale montage mettant en scène Cléo de Mérode
    Charles REUTLINGER (Cléo de MÉRODE)

    Carte postale montage mettant en scène Cléo de MérodePostcard colour montage featuring Cleo de Merode dancing in four different costumes against a rural background.

    SIP|Paris s. d. [vers 1895-1905]|13.80 x 8.90 cm|une carte postale
    Postcard colour montage featuring Cléo de Mérode dancing in four different costumes against a rural background.
    A copy of this rare postcard edited by Charles Reutlinger has been digitised by Gallica.
    A very beautiful image of one of the very first popular icons.
    €200
  57. Lettrines
    Julien GRACQ

    Lettrines

    José Corti|Paris 1967|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, deluxe copies after 15 on Rives vellum.
    Handsome copy.


    €800
  58. Le Mannequin d'Osier
    Anatole FRANCE

    Le Mannequin d'Osier

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1897|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half almond green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Stroobants.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €150
  59. L'Anneau d'Améthyste
    Anatole FRANCE

    L'Anneau d'Améthyste

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half almond green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Carayon.
    Endpapers partially shaded.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €150
  60. Monsieur Bergeret à Paris
    Anatole FRANCE

    Monsieur Bergeret à Paris

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half almond green cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Carayon.
    Minor foxing to endpapers.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €150
  61. Luther, Etude historique
    (to Victor HUGO) Antoine de LATOUR

    Luther, Etude historique

    Georges Decaux|Paris 1835|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition printed in 100 copies.
    Bradel binding in half green Russian morocco, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, pebbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns.
    One restoration to the margin of the title page using an adhesive piece.
    Rare and precious signed autograph inscription from Antoine de Latour "A monsieur Victor Hugo, hommage de tendre dévouement" ["To Monsieur Victor Hugo, tribute of tender devotion"]
    The inscription has been slightly trimmed, missing the last letter of the word dévouement.
    €750
  62. "Aujourd'hui, après une journée qui a déjà duré 11 h je n'ai fumé qu'un demi paquet de cigarettes."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Aujourd'hui, après une journée qui a déjà duré 11 h je n'ai fumé qu'un demi paquet de cigarettes."Signed autograph card addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris s. d. [après 1897]|13.80 x 9 cm|une carte autographe recto et verso
    Autograph card by Pierre Louÿs signed with his initial, addressed to Georges Louis and written in violet ink on both sides.
    Note 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 giving 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...
    €800
  63. "Il est excellent, le projet d'ouvrir le Panthéon aux héros qui ont tout offert à la Patrie, jusqu'à perdre leur nom pour elle."
    Pierre LOUŸS

    "Il est excellent, le projet d'ouvrir le Panthéon aux héros qui ont tout offert à la Patrie, jusqu'à perdre leur nom pour elle."Signed autograph letter addressed to Georges Louis

    Paris s. d. [novembre 1920]|13.50 x 18 cm|4 pages sur 4 feuillets
    Autograph letter signed by Pierre Louÿs, addressed to Georges Louis. Four pages written in blue ink on four sheets.
    Handsome letter 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 father's 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...
    €1,200
  64. Soirs de Paris
    Raoul GINESTE

    Soirs de Paris

    Imprimé pour Henri Béraldi|Paris 1903|14.50 x 22.80 cm|relié

    First edition, illustrated with drawings by Minartz engraved on wood by Paillard. Limited edition of only 138 numbered copies on Marais laid paper. 3 plates including one frontispiece, 56 headpieces illustrating Parisian nightlife, shows... The illustration achieving close correspondence with the poems (the opera, merry-go-rounds, cabarets...).
    Near-contemporary Bradel binding in half morocco with old rose corners. Smooth Jansenist spine. Author and title in gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Fine paper freshness, with foxing on fore edge and very rare and pale internal foxing. Spine slightly faded, or having turned uniformly.



    Engraved bookplate of Jacques Crépineau...

    €600
  65. L'Afrique bascule vers l'Avenir
    Germaine TILLION

    L'Afrique bascule vers l'Avenir[Africa Turns Toward the Future]

    Editions Tirésias - Michel Reynaud|Paris 1999|15 x 21 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine slightly sunned.
    Precious autograph inscription dated 1976 and signed by Germaine Tillion to the sociologist and feminist activist Evelyn Sullerot: "... courageuse combattante, cette préhistoire d'un "front" qu'elle a bien connu." ["... courageous fighter, this prehistory of a "front" that she knew well."]


    €350
  66. Portrait photographique de Salvador Dali
    ANONYME (Salvador DALÍ)

    Portrait photographique de Salvador DaliPhotographic portrait of Salvador Dali

    Paris 1970|14.90 x 20.20 cm|une photographie
    Photographic portrait of Salvador Dalí
    Paris 1970 | 14,9 x 20,2 cm | one photograph
    Photographic portrait of Salvador Dalí, contemporary silver print in black and white. Interpress stamp at the bottom of the photograph and handwritten annotations in pencil. Roneotyped sticker: « Service spécial page radio TV FR3, Dimanche 6 avril 20 heures. Une certaine idée de la Correra avec Salvador Dalí » (Special service radio TV page FR3, Sunday 6 April 8 pm, "A certain idea of the Correra with Salvador Dalí").

    A very beautiful photograph taken at a press conference given by Salvador Dali at the Gustave Moreau Museum in Paris on 1st April 1970...
    €800
  67. Typhon
    Joseph CONRAD

    Typhon

    Nrf|Paris 1918|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by André Gide and printed in 300 numbered copies on Rives paper.
    As is generally the case, some light black spots affecting certain leaves in the margins.
    Rare and fine copy with unfaded blue covers.
    €1,500
  68. La Mort heureuse
    Albert CAMUS

    La Mort heureuse

    Gallimard|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
    A beautiful copy of this important text in the work of Albert Camus: although published posthumously, it is indeed his first novel which is considered a first “draft” of L'Etranger.
    €2,300
  69. Animal'z
    Enki BILAL

    Animal'z

    Casterman|Paris 2009|23.50 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full cardboard binding, smooth spine, illustrated front cover.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed autograph inscription by Enki Bilal to a couple enhanced with an original pencil drawing depicting the head of a puma with open jaws.

    €500
  70. Programme musical d'un récital dédicacé par Mirella Freni
    Mirella FREGNI, dite Mirella FRENI

    Programme musical d'un récital dédicacé par Mirella Freni

    Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris|Paris 29 Mai 1980|24 x 32 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this program for a recital given by Italian soprano Mirella Freni on Thursday, May 29, 1980 at the Paris Opera.
    Photographic cover.
    Handsome copy.
    Manuscript signature by Mirella Freni on the front cover.

    €100
  71. Programme musical d'un récital dédicacé par Katia Ricciarelli
    Katia RICCIARELLI

    Programme musical d'un récital dédicacé par Katia Ricciarelli

    Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris|Paris 22 Mai 1980|24 x 32 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this program from a recital that Italian soprano Katia Ricciarelli gave on Thursday, May 22, 1980 at the Paris Opera.
    Photographic cover.
    Fine copy.
    Manuscript signature of Katia Ricciarelli on the first page.

    €60
  72. Pour l'Honneur de Paris. Chronique 1977-2020
    Bertrand DELANOE

    Pour l'Honneur de Paris. Chronique 1977-2020

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1999|15 x 23 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite three light stains on the lower edge without any damage to the text.
    Autograph inscription signed by Bertrand Delanoë to a close collaborator named Cécile: "A toi, chère Cécile, au nom des valeurs et des combats partagés. De l'amour de la vie ; de la ville. Amicalement." ["To you, dear Cécile, in the name of shared values and struggles. For the love of life; of the city. With friendship."]

    €50
  73. Photographie originale inédite de Pablo Picasso à la Maison de Marcus Lucretius Fronto, Pompéi printemps 1917
    (Pablo PICASSO) Jean COCTEAU

    Photographie originale inédite de Pablo Picasso à la Maison de Marcus Lucretius Fronto, Pompéi printemps 1917

    Paris 1917|6.30 x 8.60 cm|une photographie
    Original photograph, likely unique and unpublished, of Pablo Picasso at the Casa di Marco Lucrezio, Pompeii spring 1917
    Paris 1917 | 6,3 x 8,6 cm | one photograph
    Original photograph depicting Pablo Picasso in the spring of 1917 at the Casa di Marco Lucrezio in Pompeii, holding a twig, in front of a wall on which there is a Pompeian fresco.

    Contemporary silver print, perhaps unique, from Jean Cocteau's personal archives then the Maurice Sachs collection.
    Exceptional almost undiscovered and probably unpublished photograph taken by Jean Cocteau during the stay.

    On 16 April 1917, Picasso visits...
    €10,000
  74. Photographie originale probablement unique de Pablo Picasso à Montparnasse devant le café La Rotonde, le 12 août 1916
    (Pablo PICASSO) Moïse KISLING

    Photographie originale probablement unique de Pablo Picasso à Montparnasse devant le café La Rotonde, le 12 août 1916

    Paris 12 août 1916|6.30 x 8.60 cm|une feuille
    Original photograph likely unique taken by Jean Cocteau showing Pablo Picasso and Co in Montparnasse in front of the café La Rotonde, the 12 August 1916
    Paris 12 august 1916 | 6,3 x 8,6 cm | one photograph
    Original photograph by Jean Cocteau taken on 12 August 1916, showing Manuel Ortiz de Zárate, Moïse Kisling, Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso and the model Pâquerette, his girlfriend at the time, posing in front of the famous café La Rotonde on Boulevard du Montparnasse in Paris.

    Contemporary silver print, probably unique, from Jean Cocteau's personal archives then the Maurice Sachs collection.

    This image was...
    €10,000
  75. Les Bêtises
    Jacques LAURENT

    Les Bêtises[The Blunders]

    Grasset|Paris 1971|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very handsome copy of this work which won the Prix Goncourt in 1971.



    €1,700
  76. Le Géranium ovipare
    Georges FOUREST

    Le Géranium ovipare

    José Corti|Paris 1935|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 150 Service de Presse copies on châtaignier blanc paper.
    Pleasant copy despite a small black ink mark at the head of the first cover.
    Autograph inscription signed by Georges Fourest to Roger Lannes.
    €300
  77. Le Guerrier appliqué
    Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, Jean PAULHAN

    Le Guerrier appliqué

    Nrf|Paris 1930|11 x 17 cm|broché
    First Gallimard edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with a vignette by Jean-Emile Laboureur on the first cover.

    €150
  78. Du plus loin de l'Oubli
    Patrick MODIANO

    Du plus loin de l'Oubli

    Gallimard|Paris 1995|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed autograph inscription from Patrick Modiano to a woman named Marie-Françoise.
    Signed autograph inscriptions by Patrick Modiano, little concerned with fame and sparing with dedication sessions, are rare.
    €450
  79. Courrier sud
    Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY

    Courrier sud[Southern Mail]

    Nrf|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 697 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by the author to Geneviève Stewens, wife of Christian Sarton du Jonchay.
    Son of Charles Sarton du Jonchay, then garrisoned in Algeria, Christian Sarton du Jonchay enlisted at fourteen in the Algerian Auxiliary Spahis Regiment commanded by his father. After numerous adventures, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and became, at only fifteen, the youngest quartermaster sergeant in France. After serving in various cavalry regiments and chasseur battalions, he was wounded in July 1918 and ended the war with seven citations, as lieutenant and knight of the Legion of Honor...
    €7,000
  80. Le Regard éloigné
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Le Regard éloigné

    Plon|Paris 1983|13 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Iconography, handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned, 6 page numbers inscribed in black ink probably by Claude Roy as reading markers at the head of the rear endpaper.
    Signed and inscribed by Claude Levi-Strauss to Claude Roy.
    €500
  81. Magnificat. Journaliers XIII Mars-Juillet 1963
    Marcel JOUHANDEAU

    Magnificat. Journaliers XIII Mars-Juillet 1963

    Gallimard|Paris 1969|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 10 copies on parchment reserved for the author and on colored paper, the most restricted deluxe issue.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau quoting a passage from the work.





    €200
  82. Les Mandarins
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Les Mandarins

    Gallimard|Paris 1954|14 x 21 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
    Gallimard | Paris 1954 | 14 x 21 cm | bound in morocco with custom chemise and slipcase
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland, the tirage de tête (deluxe copy).

    Binding in full purple morocco, endpapers lined with mauve velvet, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, chemise and slipcase lined in purple morocco, wood-style paper boards, interior of the chemise in grey felt, perfect binding signed Jean-Paul Miguet.
    Spine of the chemise faded.

    Superb copy perfectly set in a triple binding by Jean-Paul Miguet.
    €8,000
  83. Corneille sous le Masque de Molière
    Henry POULAILLE

    Corneille sous le Masque de Molière

    Grasset|Paris 1957|15 x 22 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of 20 Service de Presse (advance) copies.
    Small tears at head and foot of spine, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
    Signed autograph inscription from Henry Poulaille to a lady.



    €70
  84. A Poings levés et Mains tendues
    FAWZI [Fawzi BAGHDADLI]

    A Poings levés et Mains tendues

    Chez l'auteur|Paris 2004|21 x 29.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy illustrated with political and polemical drawings by Fawzi.
    Preface by Patrick Cami.
    Signed and dated autograph inscription from Fawzi to a person named Yoram accompanied by an original drawing depicting an outstretched arm brandishing a placard in the middle of which is written the name of the dedicatee.



    €100
  85. La Pupille du vieux Garçon
    Hippolyte METTAIS

    La Pupille du vieux Garçon

    E. Dentu|Paris 1878|12 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Small tears with minor lacks to margins of covers and spine, some foxing mainly on edges.
    Rare.
    €70
  87. Sacha
    (Sacha GUITRY) Alex MADIS

    Sacha

    Editions de l'Elan|Paris 1950|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 120 copies on pur fil Lafuma paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €180
  88. Le Cardinal d'Espagne
    Henry de MONTHERLANT

    Le Cardinal d'Espagne

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Hollande paper.
    Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly sunned without gravity.


    €80
  89. Les Dimanches de Mademoiselle Beaumon
    Jacques LAURENT

    Les Dimanches de Mademoiselle Beaumon

    Le cercle du nouveau livre|Paris 1982|14 x 20 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition from the same year as the first edition.
    Publisher's binding in full pink cloth, smooth spine, mauve paper endpapers.
    Three small light stains on the back cover, otherwise handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Laurent to Dominique Paulvé: "... à qui je souhaite d'heureuses vacances sur les bords de la Loire où elle rencontrera peut-être mademoiselle Beaumon..." ["...to whom I wish happy holidays on the banks of the Loire where she may perhaps meet Miss Beaumon..."]
    €80
  90. Stendhal et le Beylisme
    Léon BLUM (STENDHAL)

    Stendhal et le Beylisme

    Albin Michel|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, of which no copies on deluxe paper were issued, one of the press service copies.
    Bradel binding in full green cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, red shagreen title-piece, wrappers and spine (faded and with small losses) preserved, two corners slightly rubbed, a modest binding.
    Inscribed by Léon Blum to the politician, pacifist activist, and Radical Socialist, Jean Piot.





    €680
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