Boivin & Cie

New edition, illustrated with 40 magnificent watercolors by Maurice Leloir, including 34 full-page and 2 double-page illustrations, printed in chromotypography.
Title page in blue and gold with the arms of Louis XIV and his cipher. All leaves are mounted.
Publisher's binding in full royal blue cloth, smooth spine with gilt title, front cover decorated with a large polychrome and gilt plate on the upper cover depicting Louis XIV on horseback, gilt edges, binding signed Engel.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.

Illustrated edition with color images by Job.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, first cover illustrated with a polychrome plate depicting a battle scene, endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper marginally discolored without gravity, red edges, signed binding by Engel.
Handsome copy.

First edition, with third edition statement.
Half orange morocco binding, smooth spine browned decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
On an endpaper, a visiting card of Edouard Herriot has been mounted on which he added these manuscript words: "Merci mon cher Richard, je vous lirai la plume à la main. Cordialement Edouard." ["Thank you my dear Richard, I will read you pen in hand. Cordially Edouard."]
Finally, we include two postcards dated December 8, 1918 addressed by Marius Richard to his father and representing two monuments of the city of Metz: the cathedral...

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full blue percaline, smooth unlettered spine, beveled boards, front cover illustrated with a large composition by Job on a plate made by Engel, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns.
One endpaper with a fold and very light adhesive paper residue, light discoloration to second cover
Handsome copy.
Work decorated with full-page illustrations by Job.

First edition.
Autograph signed by Ernest Seillière (Maurice) Paleologue.
A tear on the margin of the second board marginally discolored.

First edition and first issue of the full-page color illustrations by Albert Robida.
Publisher's full grey percaline binding, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a polychrome composition by Albert Robida, blue-grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Headcaps lightly rubbed as often, handsome copy.

New edition with original bistre-colored illustrations within the text by Maurice Lalau, one of 970 numbered copies on vélin pur fil paper.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Madagascar vellum, the only deluxe copies after 1 on Japan paper.
Work decorated with original black illustrations by Antoine Marie Reynolt.
Our copy includes, as stipulated in the justification page, its vellum suite of the two states of the illustrations.
Foxing, gift inscription in ballpoint pen.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
With a note by Paul Valéry.

First edition and first print of the insert illustrations, full page and in colour by Albert Robida.
Publisher's binding in full grey glazed calico, first board illustrated with a polychrome composition by Albert Robida, the Paris coat of arms gold stamped on the second board, blue-grey endpapers, gilt edges.
Two blunted corners, first board slightly soiled.
Pleasant copy.

Edition, press service of punch foot of the first flat.
Signed autograph of Jean Bertrand Barrere Robert Garric: "... in remembrance of Vezelay ..."
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice...

Second edition.
Illustrated with original woodcuts in color by Jules Germain.
A good copy.

Ninth edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised and corrected.
Small tears with, occasionally, minimal marginal losses to spine and covers, small stains to covers.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A good copy.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the 'Revue de littérature comparée'.
A tiny corner lack to the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.