Gallimard (1911 - )

First edition, one of the numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.

A handsome copy.

Illustrated edition featuring 6 full-page plates bound at the end (see Schwab 39).

No copy listed in the CCF (Catalogue Collectif de France).

Mid-19th-century Bradel binding in full marbled paper boards, smooth spine with title label mounted at the head, sprinkled edges.

A rare work, even in German libraries: it is in fact a summary compiled from the sources mentioned in the title, which were at the time not readily available in German. Johann Adam Bergk (1769–1834), a publicist and translator, was best known for his efforts to popularize idealist philosophy, particularly that of Kant, although his interests extended to many other fields.

New edition bearing a false statement of 128th edition.

Half heather red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet frame on boards of Africanist-patterned paper, almond green paper endpapers and boards, original wrappers preserved, restorations to boards, top edge gilt, binding signed by Boichot.
Autograph inscription signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on the half-title page: "Pour madame Capietto. En souvenir de quelques passages à Alger et, cette fois ci, d'une semaine bien mélancolique. Et avec toute mon amitié.
Antoine de Saint Exupéry." (For Madame Capietto. In memory of some visits to Algiers and, this...

First edition, one of the copies printed on alfa paper and reserved for the press service.
A pleasant copy.
Inscribed and signed by André Gide to the literary critic and historian Fortunat Strowski.

First edition, no copies printed on deluxe paper.

Publisher's full white boards, a fine copy complete with the illustrated dust jacket.

Inscribed by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie to G. Charbonnier: "... en souvenir d'une sympathique rencontre à France Culture, amicalement..."

First edition, with no deluxe copies printed.

Bradel binding in navy blue half shagreen, smooth spine, sides covered with 'cat's eye' patterned paper, original wrappers preserved.

Inscribed and signed by Emil Michel Cioran in green ink to Georges Linhent.

First edition on regular paper.

A faint dampstain to the upper margin, two traces of adhesive tape facing the half-title page.

Inscribed and signed by André Malraux to Edouard Caen.

First edition, rare first issue copy (printing error in the Grasset imprint, original soft cover dated 1913, publisher's catalog in-fine, no table of contents) for the first volume; first issue of à l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs without statement of edition, one of about 500 copies, the 2000 later issued copies bearing a false statement of edition on the cover, pasted label "majoration temporaire cinquante pour cent" on the spine of the preserved soft cover; first editions on pur fil for the following volumes, the only grands papiers (deluxe copies) with réimposés quarto copies. 
Famous misprint known as "la faute à Grasset": most important printer's error, only present on...

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