Gallimard (1911 - )

La Peste [The Plague]
Gallimard, Paris 1947, 12 x19 cm, original wrappers
First edition, an advance, service de presse copy.
A very good copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Albert Camus to the Surrealist Roland Tual.
Copies of this text with inscriptions are rare and sought-after. Gallery-owner, journalist, producer and literary critic, Roland Tual met Camus in 1943 at Gallimard, both of them going on to be members of the jury for the prestigious but short-lived prix de la Pléiade prize. It was at the final occasion that the prize was awarded that Camus gave him this handsome copy of his second novel.
A friend of Michel Leiris and Henri Kahnweiler, to whom he introduced André Masson, and later Juan Miro and Antonin Artaud, he took part with them in the Surrealist adventure from 1924 to 1929. André Breton himself was floored by the outstanding intelligence of this man who "trepaned the works of his contemporaries," and to whom the Pope of Surrealism apologized for not "understanding certain extraordinary things [that he said]".
An artist without works (except two films in 1941 and 1943 with Robert Desnos and Henri Jeanson), Roland Tual nonetheless exercised a major influence on a number of writers and artists of the avant-garde, serving as a sort of guardian angel for them. In Le Temps dévoré, Denise Tual records Aragon's opinion about this absence –and none could be more Surrealist – of a body of work by her husband: "Roland had such an elevated idea of literature (the sort he would have wished to leave behind) that he never had the courage to actually write, for fear of finding himself disappointing."

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph Antoine de Saint Exupéry Roland and Denise Tual: "... in memory of a friend forgotten but faithful ..."

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant full copy of his rhodoïd.
Autograph signed by Edgar Faure.

First edition for which it was not drawn great papers of this book for children posing as a tourist postcard Baladar Islands to send to friends.
Binding of the editor in full cartonnage, illustrated boards.
Illustrated book of drawings by André François.
Inevitable traces of rubbing on the back due to the fact that Jacques Prévert sent by post the autographs made on this book: the addresses and names inscribed by Jacques Prévert at the bottom of the first board and in the middle of the second board.
Oniric autograph signed by Jacques Prévert: "To Anne-Marie Meurant, St Leu la Forêt, in very happy memory, Jacques Rêve-vert." enriched with a very beautiful original drawing enhanced in colors representing a string of festive individuals and happy animals standing on a low wall. Jacques Prévert has also enhanced his surname diverted in green pencil.

Later edition, a few months after the first.
Nice copy.
Autograph inscription by Marguerite Yourcenar to Jean-Daniel Bross.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy despite the back slightly insolated.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Raymond Queneau: "To Henri Thomas thanks to whom I discovered the Black Cat looking at the Saint-Jacques Tower, I offer him in exchange, a little further, the sirens of the Sebastopol P. 22. Bien cordially."

First edition for which it was drawn only 23 "pur-fil" paper in large papers, one of the review copies service.
Insolated back with restorations.
Signed autograph on this text from Henri Michaux to Gilbert Charles.

New "first edition", impimed 500 copies on laid Arches paper and consisting of the second edition of this text (completed June 20, 1911).
This posterior edition of less than a month to the original published May 29, 1911, is considered the original of this text, because the latter was almost completely destroyed, André Gide being dissatisfied with the draw because three pages had not the regular number of lines.
Nice copy blue blankets not passed as generally, rare bites without gravity.
Autograph dedication signed by André Gide to Jean Croué written in Cuverville on July 3rd.

First edition of the French translation for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy despite small foxing affecting mainly slices.
Autograph signed by one of the translators, Albine Loisy, to Claude Arland.

New edition.
A clear and small wetness without gravity in foot of the back, nice copy.
Autograph signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Henri Merremans.

First edition on current paper, whimsical mention of seventeenth edition.
Small dumps of adhesive paper in feet of boards.
Signed autograph of Jules Roy to Mrs. Labathut.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Important and exceptional autograph dedication signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupery to Vicente Almonspine Amonacid: "For the Almonacid Hoodo hero of the Argentine and French aviation with the deep affection of Antoine de Saint-Exupery".
Nice copy.

First edition.
boards very slightly soiled without gravity.
Precious and beautiful autograph signed by Régis Debray Claude Mandret.

First edition on current paper.
Binding in brown half morocco, back with five nerves, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, gilded head, elegant binding signed P. Goy & c. Ugly.
Precious autograph dedication signed in pencil by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle: "To Henri Béraud and exercised his rough frankness Drieu la Rochelle."

Partly first edition in paperback format, one of the review copies service.
Scorers in margins of slips and on slices.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Raymond Queneau to his close friend and biographer Jean Queval, like him, figure and creator, of the Oulipo: "To Jean Queval well oulipotement Queneau."
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Later edition of a few months to the original.
Back slightly insolated.
Autograph Thought signed Henri de Montherlant taking a sentence of Abesse page 136: "What we want is to see the opposite of what is".
Our copy is enriched, on the page of false title, of the signatures of the majority of the actors of this play.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated, two small spots on the first board.
Signed autograph of Henri Bosco to his friends Georges and Alice Raillard: "For Georges and Alice Raillard, the path of Monclar, modest country road, Henri Bosco May 4, 1962 - (and later for Henri Raillard, godchild remarkable. ) HB "

First edition on current paper, mention of second edition.
Back with two small tears in the head and foot, a tiny angular lack at the head of the first board.
Signed autograph from René Char to Francis Mac Ewen.

New edition in paperback format of the French translation prepared by Yves Bonnefoy and whose text was prepared by Gisèle Venet.
A fold trace at the top of the first board.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Yves Bonnefoy to his collaborator Gisèle Venet.

Edition adorned with original illustrations by Jean Palayer.
Binding of the editor in full cardboard white, smooth back slightly insolated.
Emotion and beautiful autograph signed by Henri Bosco to his godson Henri Raillard, son of his friends George and Alice raillard: "To Henri Raillard For my dear godson Henri Bosco offers this book - because he and I love donkeys, and this one on the occasion can make a good walk in your hills Henri Bosco, Lourmarin on September 20th, 1967 "

First edition on current paper of this book dedicated to Jackson Pollock.
Nice copy despite the back very slightly insolated without gravity.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend the art critic and specialist of the New Roman Georges Raillard.

New edition, a few months after the original.
A small tear stuck at the foot of the first flat, back slightly insolated with small black stitches in the foot.
Autograph dedication signed by Albert Camus to Madame Vauthier.

First edition, one of the review copies service, ours one of the 13 justified and numbered by Michel Butor to be enriched, next to the page of justification of the draw, an origami monkey directed by Michel Butor .
Pleasant copy despite small paper dumps adhsif heads and feet of the guards.
Affectionate autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard underneath the printed dedication "For my Georges": "You especially dear Georges Raillard Michel Butor, Paris, March 20, 1967."

First Edition, one of the 620 ex numbered on vellum, only draw with 16 Japan.
Frontispiece, a portrait of the author by Borès engraved on wood by G. Aubert.
Small tears and gaps in the head and foot of the back. Little black stings on the first guard.
Signed autograph of Jules Supervielle Georges Duhamel.

First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on China, head print.
Back very slightly insolated without gravity.
Our copy is enriched with a business card on which Edouard Herriot added a few words as a thank you (two spots on the business card) .

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy, annotations of the dedicatee in pencil on the last guard.
Signed autograph of Jean d'Ormesson to Pierre (Moinot): "My dear Pierre, my dear Madeleine, I kiss you both Jean."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Jean d'Ormesson to Pierre (Moinot): "Happy new year for you two My dear Pierre, I kiss you with all my heart, Jean."