Alphonse Lemerre

New edition.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with five fine raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt decorative motifs, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, light scratches on first cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Sully Prudhomme.

First edition on current paper.
Some light spots and bites on the first board, back insolated.
Autograph dedication signed by Mrs. Alphonse Daudet.

First edition.
Autograph signed by Sully Prudhomme to Charles de Cabanellas.
Two small gaps in the head and foot of the back very slightly insolated.

New illustrated edition, in frontispiece, of a lithography of Eugène Carrière.
Signed autograph of Jean Dolent to Octave Maus: "... in memory of February 1896 ..."
Binding half red canvas, smooth back with two light snags in the foot, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
Jean Dolent business card pasted below his autograph.

first edition on plain paper.
Binding in half red chagrin, back with five nerves adorned with golden florets, plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper to the vat, preserved cover, golden head on witnesses, Contemporary binding.
Rare autograph autograph dedication of the author of Stanislas de Guaita to Eugène Vallée.
Scattered foxing, handwritten signature of Eugène Vallée at the head of the first board as an ex-libris.

first edition on plain paper.
Bindery on the brade in full indigo percale, smooth back slightly browned with a golden central fleuron, date golden in tail, piece of title of shagreen bordeaux including scratches, preserved covers, Contemporary binding.
Rare autograph signed by Stanislas de Guaita: "... To my old master V. Charlier, cordial homage, Stanislas de Guaita, 2 vols."
Our copy is enriched with an autograph letter signed by Stanislas de Guaita to the same.

First edition of the French translation by José Maria de Heredia.
Half brown morocco over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments (slightly sunned), gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription signed by José Maria de Heredia to Paul L. de Viefville to first volume.
This copy is enriched with an autograph letter of one and a half pages from José Maria de Heredia to Paul de Viefville in which he recommends that the latter obtain a copy from Alphonse Lemerre, having no more copies of the work to hand.
Tears to upper headpieces.
A nicely bound copy.

First edition.
A copy in bad condition, covers detached with angular lacks.
Sold as is.

Later edition.
Half maroon morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription signed by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly: "A mon cher ami Azambre, ami vivant dans le souvenir d'un ami mort (1) / Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly / (1) Armand Dutocq [For my dear friend Azambre, a friend still living, in memory of a friend departed / Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly / Armand Dutocq]".
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.
A little spotting to the endpaper with the inscription.

New edition published in the complete works of the author, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan, deluxe edition.
Bound in full red shagreen, back with four nerves set with gold and dotted with a gold cartridge decorated with golden arabesques, golden tail date a tiny scratch on the top cap, traces of frottemente on the joints, on golden wheels caps, guards and contreplats blue watered silk, framing a golden lace on contreplats, gilded geometric patterns on the cuts, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head on witnesses, contemporary binding signed Thiebaut.
Our copy is enriched by an autograph note signed and dated by José Maria de Heredia sent to bookbinder Paul Vié setting him an appointment the next day to come help clean his library.
Two handwritten notes of a bibliophile black ink about Heredia and Vié.
Provenance: the Eugene library Forgues with his bookplate pasted on a contreplat and two handwritten notes he signed to one of his initials.

The rare first edition.
Contemporary half brown shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with black fleurons, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
A little light insignificant rubbing.
A good and rare copy in its contemporary binding.

Second edition, partly original, featuring an original preface.
Binding to bradel full paper africanisants reasons, smooth spine morocco caramel piece, preserved covers, elegant binding pastiche signed Thomas Boichot.
Precious autograph signed by Eugene Fromentin to Count Falloux, member of the French Academy.
Some small minor foxing, a library storage indication in pencil leads the first cover plate.
Copy pleasantly established.

first edition.
Binding to bradel full percaline bottle green, smooth back with a floral pattern golden, date and dual gold tail thread, small spots without the first flat head gravity, preserved covers, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Leo Dierx Claudius Popelin in which Leon Dierx gave the title to the poem contained on page 45 of this book: "In enameller master and the master poet Claudius Popelin, cordially Leon Dierx.."
Nice copy.

first edition.
Binding a half full red morocco, spine cleared on five bands set with black nets, golden tail date on castors golden headdresses, coaching triple nets gilded on the boards, gilded monogram upper corner of the first board of guards and contreplats handmade paper, framing a wide gold lace on contreplats, double nets gilded on the cuts, all edges gilt, superb contemporary binding signed by J. Weber.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Paul Bourget Madame Louis Hem.
Provenance: Library of Jean Stern with his engraved bookplate pasted on a contreplat.
Pleasant copy beautifully drawn into a full binding signed at the time.

first edition.
Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle blue, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title navy blue shagreen, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in , contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Sully Prudhomme Edouard Grenier on the half-title page.
Handwritten date problablement written by dedicatee upon receipt of the autograph dedication of the author at red paper pencil, located below the autograph; the dedicatee who also put his signature on the first plate cover, always in red pencil.
Copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding.

Edition for each volume.
Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle blue, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part shagreen as navy blue with a small hitch with marginal Lanque, marbled paper boards of guards and contreplats handmade paper, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Shipments signed autographs Sully Prudhomme Edouard Grenier on the pages of half-title of two volumes.
Handwritten date problablement written by dedicatee upon receipt of the autograph dedication of the author at red paper pencil, located below the autograph; the dedicatee who also put his signature on the first plate cover, always in red pencil.
Copy pleasantly set in a charming contemporary binding.

first edition.
Binding in full navy blue morocco, spine raised on five bands set with black fillets decorated with double black boxes, a figure topped by a gilded golden allegory tail back repeated spandrels on the boards, a split Length joints golden wheels on caps, frame triple black nets on the boards, coaching a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper the tank top corners lightly bumped, nets gilded on the cuts, gilded head, stunning unsigned binding.
Signed autograph of Ferdinand Baron Fernand Fabre Schiekler president of the "Protestant History Society": "... I offer the painful story of my religious vocation ..."
Pleasant copy established in a beautifully bound in full morocco.

First edition, one of the 5 numbered copies on Japan, deluxe edition with 5 China.
Binding half morocco caramel with corners, back with five nerves passed, turquoise morocco part of title, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses, signed the binding time of Bauser.
Signed autograph of Paul Hervieu Ferdinand Brunetiere.
Beautiful copy wide-margined set in a charming bookbinding signed at the time.

New edition.
A few reader's marks and notes from the hand of the author Maurice Blanchot in the margins of some leaves of Poèmes barbares.
Spine slightly wrinkled, otherwise a good copy.