Gallimard (1911 - )

First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Three stains at top of rear cover, three small light stains on front cover.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "For Janine Brun of Sauve in the Languedoc from Lawrence Durrell 40 rue de l'Université chez Julian. 1969" ["For Janine Brun of Sauve in the Languedoc from Lawrence Durrell 40 rue de l'Université chez Julian. 1969"] enhanced with a small drawn sun and a Greek frieze bordering the autograph inscription on its left.
Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany"...

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to Léon Bérard: "... avec confiance..." ["with confidence..."] on the endpaper.
Spine sunned, endpaper with small tear at foot, paper yellowed.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two adhesive paper marks at foot of spine which also has a lack and a tear.
Signed autograph inscription from André Dhôtel to Maître Maurice Garçon.

First edition on ordinary paper, statement of fourth edition.
A red stain at foot of first cover, paper yellowed.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Cassou to Jacques-Henri Jouheaud.

First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine and boards soiled with small tears or corner lacks.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Raymond Queneau to Jacques-Henry Jouheaud on this text.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly wrinkled.
Fine and important autograph inscription signed by René Etiemble to Emmanuel Mounier: "Pour E. Mounier à qui on ne saurait marchander de l'écriture. Etiemble" ["To E. Mounier to whom one cannot haggle over writing. Etiemble"]

The first edition, with no mention of deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned, bibliophile's printed stamp at head of title page.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Henri Thomas to César Santelli.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly sunned otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jorge Semprun: "A madame Lelièvre ce roman ne pouvant servir à rien (qu'à passer le temps)." ["To Mrs. Lelièvre this novel which can serve no purpose (other than to pass the time)."]

First edition of the translation in French, one of the 26 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy despite a small slight stain on the second cover.

First edition, one of the 45 numbered copies on Holland paper, the "tirage de tête" (first deluxe copies).
Nice copy.

First edition, an advance copy.
Spine and covers lightly soiled without significance.
Very precious autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau: "Pour Pablo Picasso avec mon souvenir ému. Marcel Jouhandeau." ["For Pablo Picasso with my fond remembrance. Marcel Jouhandeau."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to Germaine Rouanet.

First edition, one of the 245 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only deluxe copies ("grand papier").
Nice copy.

First edition, one of the 120 numbered copies on vergé pur fil, ours unnumbered, and re-imposed in quarto Tellière format, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Important foreword by Marcel Proust.
Rare.

First collected edition on ordinary paper, sixth edition statement.
Paper yellowed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Jean Paulhan to Maurice Garçon: "La pampa du Brésil abonde en rhinocéros, animal que l'on peut imaginer si l'on a vu des licornes. (Thévenet, singularités de la France antarctique, 1585). A Maurice Garçon, ces quelques causes célèbres (ou licornes choisies) avec amitié. Jean Paulhan. 19.3.1950." ["The Brazilian pampas abound in rhinoceros, an animal one can imagine if one has seen unicorns. (Thévenet, singularities of Antarctic France, 1585). To Maurice Garçon, these few famous cases (or chosen unicorns) with friendship. Jean Paulhan...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Maxime Alexandre on this text to Marcel Arland: "Est-il rien sur la terre qui soit plus surprenant que la grande misère du pauvre Juif errant ? (la complainte). Hommage de ma sympathie respectueuse." ["Is there anything on earth more surprising than the great misery of the poor wandering Jew? (the lament). Tribute of my respectful sympathy."]

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 Holland.
Handsome copy.

New edition published a few days after the first edition.
Some small foxing to spine, covers and edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Anna Langfus to Madame Goasguen: "... en souvenir de notre "bizarre rencontre" et de tout coeur..." ["... in memory of our "strange encounter" and with all my heart..."]

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, handsome copy complete with its glassine, dust jacket and soft slipcase which has small marginal tears.

La Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheepskin, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase which shows small marginal tears.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly sunned.

First edition in French, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Some light foxing.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Arthur Adamov to Marcel Arland.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Arthur Adamov to Marcel Arland.

New edition of the French translation printed in 1000 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding after Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy despite a small tear to one lower corner.

First edition, one of 527 numbered copies on vellum.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 2 etchings by Démétrios Galanis.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Grenier on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 30 Holland.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by José Cabanis to Monsieur Régnier.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with sixth edition statement.
Booklet illustrated with an unpublished portrait of the artist by himself engraved on wood by G. Aubert as well as reproductions of works by Odilon Redon.
Spine slightly sunned, handsome interior condition.

Edition en format livre de forme.
Petites rousseurs en marges du premier plat.
Envoi autographe signé d'Eugène Guillevic à Jean-Baptiste Para.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned and foxed, adhesive tape stains at head and foot of endpapers.
Signed autograph inscription from Michel Butor to his friend art critic and Nouveau Roman specialist Georges Raillard in the form of an original fold on the printed dedication page.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Adhesive paper stains at head and foot of endpapers.
Signed autograph inscription by Michel Butor to his friend the art critic and Nouveau Roman specialist Georges Raillard, enhanced with an original collage and fold occupying two pages.
Includes a piece of the envelope on which Michel Butor wrote Georges Raillard's address, when he was director of the French Institute of Barcelona.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly sunned, small light stains on the front cover which also has a scrape at foot.
Signed and inscribed by Félicien Marceau to Bernard Wallet.

Edition illustrated with drawings by Edmond Baudoin.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's soft binding.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph inscription and original signed drawing by Edmond Baudoin in black ink depicting a woman's face.

First edition, of which only 30 copies were printed on deluxe paper, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly creased.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... en amitié, admiration et gratitude, depuis quelques décennies." ["in friendship, admiration and gratitude, for some decades."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Butor to poet Charles Dobzynski: "... pour lui mettre la tête à l'envers (signature de l'autre côté)." ["... to turn his head upside down (signature on the other side)."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Butor to his friend, art critic Georges Raillard, accompanied by a set of ink stamps repeating several times the words: amitiés, affections, bonne chance, salut, bon voyage... ["friendships, affections, good luck, greetings, bon voyage..."]

first edition on current paper, false mention of ninth edition.
Small gaps in the margins and at the bottom of the last sheets of the book without any damage to the text.
Autograph signed by Jean Paulhan to Gaston J. Viala containing a quote: "When the traveler falls in love with the country he is traveling, the result in his remarks is a certain disorder, which makes them poorly judged."

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Pleasant copy, a few reading marks in pencil in the margins of certain sheets.
Autograph signed by Jean Ristat to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "For Charles Dobzynski, my friendship ..."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned, small adhesive paper residue at head and foot of endpapers.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend, art critic and Nouveau Roman specialist Georges Raillard on the half-title page, enhanced with an original fold on the facing endpaper.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back and boards slightly and marginally exposed, small discharges of adhesive paper at the heads and feet of the guards.
Autograph dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend the art critic and specialist in the New Roman Georges Raillard written on the false title page and keeps it in front by means of an original folding: "... a few pages the evening before falling asleep ... "

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful illustrated copy of drawings by Gianni Burattoni.
Autograph signed by Jean Ristat to the poet Charles Dobzynski who was a close friend of Louis Aragon.

first edition on current paper.
Small spots in the middle of the back.
Autograph signed by Jean d'Ormesson to poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on "bouffant" paper.
Pleasant copy despite a tiny stain at the top of the first board.
Autograph dedication signed by René Char to poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful copy illustrated with a frontispiece by Gianni Burattoni.
Autograph signed by Jean Ristat to the poet Charles Dobzynski who was a close friend of Louis Aragon: "... or how not to finish with the Alexandrian - for example -"

first edition on current paper, mention of third edition.
Ex-dono of Charles Dobzynski at the head of the title page.
Enriched autograph signed by René Lacôte to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... with the keen friendship of his comrade ..."

first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph dedication signed by René Char to poet Charles Dobzynski.

first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Affectionate autograph signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski and his wife Eliane.

first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Pierre Torreilles to poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful copy.
Autograph signed by Jean Ristat to Charles Dobzynski who was a close friend of Louis Aragon.
Our copy is enriched with a handwritten correction by Jean Ristat page 13.

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Beautiful copy despite a small stain at the head of the second board.
Autograph signed by Jean Ristat to the poet Charles Dobzynski who was a close friend of Louis Aragon.

First edition, one of 647 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies with 109 reimposed.

First edition, one of 1242 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 109 reimposed.
Handsome copy.

First edition, in paperback format, of the French translation and the presentation drawn up by Alain Suied.
Iconography.
Autograph shipment signed by Alain Suied to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph dedication signed by Pius Servien at Noël B. de la Mort.
Pleasant complete copy of his prayer to insert.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full grained brown sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
Two small lacks to the cellophane wrapper and a marginal stain on the rear panel of the dust jacket.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full green grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, handsome copy complete with dust jacket and glassine.

Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin binding, orange top edge, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy, complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.

First edition of the French translation, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full black grained sheepskin binding, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, with its rhodoid protective wrapper.
A bookshop label discretely pasted at the head of one endpaper.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 Holland.
Fine copy.

first edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Félicien Marceau to Brigitte Level.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Half wine-red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, wine-red paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine (sunned) preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Copy in mint condition.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Our copy is presented in chemise and slipcase of vellum-style boards, marbled paper covers.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 115 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only deluxe copies ("grand papier") after 43 Holland paper.
Beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre and reimposed in tellier quarto format, head print.
Autograph signed by Gabriel Audisio to Robert Vitrant.
Tiny bites on the back and the second board, marginally and very slightly shaded guards.

First edition of the French translation, one of 792 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 108 reimposed.
Worming affecting the very first and very last pages.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pur fil, ours one of the 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full green grained sheepskin, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with its glassine, dust jacket and soft slipcase.

First edition.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, glassine wrapper and soft slipcase.

First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.

first edition in paperback format, one of the review copies service.
Back and boards slightly and marginally exposed.
Autograph shipment dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend the art critic and specialist in the New Roman Georges Raillard embellished with a small original collage formed by eight pastilles from perforations of postcards.
Notes of the dedicatee in pencil and black marker in the text.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition expanded with a preface by Paterne Berrichon.
Other contributions on Arthur Rimbaud by Paul Claudel, André Suarès, Valéry Larbaud, Jean Moréas...
Minimal marginal worming to the first cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 108 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Spine slightly faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition in French, one of 108 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant to Mrs. Bradley.
Back very slightly exposed, a poorly cut sheet with small marginal gaps without gravity.

First edition, one of 47 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers with 33 Holland paper.
Beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers with 16 Holland paper.
Very nice copy.

First edition for each of the volumes with print runs varying from 297 to 1,250 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies along with the reimposed copies.
Spines and front covers of volumes 4 and 6 partially sunned, one endpaper foxed, otherwise handsome set.