Gallimard (1911 - )

First edition.
Former owner's name on upper left corner of title page, spine wrinkled.
Our copy exceptionally contains signatures of several members of the editorial committee of the Association des déportées et internées de la Résistance or former deportees to the Ravensbrück camp, including: Renée Mirande-Laval, Jacqueline Souchère-Richet, Hélène Renal, Rose Guérin, Jacqueline Rigault, Simone Gournay, Marie-Antoinette Allemandi-Clastres, some of whom have added their deportee registration number below their signatures.

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours being one of 15 hors commerce copies lettered under Ingres covers, deluxe copies after 2 reimposed on pure thread laid paper hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 holland paper copies.
Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the covers.
Handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les mains sales".

First edition, one of 48 copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.

Work decorated with illustrations by Jean Hugo.

Light rubbing to extremities of the slipcase.

Superb binding in dark exotic wood marquetry signed Pierre-Lucien Martin, dated 1962.

Binding in chocolate brown box leather with bands, smooth spine, gilt title lengthwise, first cover formed of a mosaic arrangement of dark wood pieces, with grain arranged in opposite directions, bearing the title engraved vertically and the author's name revealed in acrostic, second...

Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Rhodoïd slightly yellowed as sometimes occurs.
Rich iconography.
Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its rhodoïd, dust jacket and soft slipcase.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A discreet restoration using a small adhesive piece on the verso of the first cover extending onto the first endpaper.

Autograph inscription signed by André Breton: "A Claude Aveline, hommage d'André Breton".
Nicknamed at 21 "the world's youngest publisher," Claude Aveline would publish from 1922 onwards, thanks to André Gide and Georges Duhamel, some fifty works. In 1934, he would engage in politics, alongside Henri Barbusse and Romain Rolland, in the anti-fascist movement then, from August 1940, in the Resistance first in Paris then in the free zone where he would miraculously escape arrest by the Gestapo in...

First edition of André Gide's French translation of Typhoon, completed in print on 25 June 1918 by the Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, in the small blue-wrapper series devoted in particular to Gide's own works and translations. One of 300 numbered copies on Rives paper, the sole deluxe issue, this copy no. 250.

Half black morocco with bands, signed Creuzevault at the head of the front free endpaper. Smooth spine with longitudinal title, title and top edge in palladium. Original wrappers and spine preserved. Some rubbing to the boards and corners, with slight rubbing to the joints. A rare...

First edition on ordinary paper, with a spurious statement of sixth edition.

Illustrated with drawings by Henry-Paul Gassier.

Spine and covers faded and sunned, as usual.

Signed presentation copy from Joseph Kessel to René Arcos, poet and member of the Abbaye group: "A René Arcos confraternel hommage J. Kessel." additionally signed by Georges Suarez.

First collected edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, specially imposed in quarto tellière format, forming the deluxe issue.

Newspaper clipping laid in, causing slight overall offsetting to the first free endpaper; occasional foxing.

Signed autograph inscription by Léon-Paul Fargue: " à Willy Michel que je pensais bien rencontrer un jour ou l'autre. avec amitié..."

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the deluxe issue after 25 hors commerce copies on Holland paper reserved for the Cercle lyonnais.

Rare and fine copy.

First edition illustrated with drawings by Jean-Jacques Sempé.

A pleasing copy.

Presentation copy inscribed by Jean-Jacques Sempé to a woman named Bernadette, with an original drawing depicting a street corner and a traffic light turning green.

Dear Sempé, as in a sentence by Proust, one does not immediately see where your drawing is heading, until suddenly some microscopic detail becomes the most important thing on the page and illuminates the whole with a prodigious clarity. The mountains you scribble (traffic jams, crowds, buildings, shops) are placed at the disposal of mice (grandmothers...

New edition, limited to 2,200 numbered copies.

Publisher's full-board bindings after the original design by Mario Prassinos.

An attractive complete...

Partly original edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue.

A few small creases to the margins of the boards, otherwise a fine copy.

Our copy is presented in a half grey morocco chemise, flat spine, date at the foot, doublures of velvet lambskin, in a slipcase of plain grey paper.

First edition on ordinary paper.

A very good copy.

Signed presentation copy from Jorge Semprun to Sylvie Genevoix.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on wove paper, the only large-paper copies after 35 on Holland paper.

Press clippings laid in, having left a slight offset on the colophon page at the end of the volume.

A pleasing copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Louis Aragon to Jean-Pierre Lecointre, further enhanced by Elsa Triolet's autograph signature.

First edition on ordinary paper.

A pleasant copy despite two small areas of sunning at the head and foot of the spine.

Signed presentation copy inscribed by Louis Aragon to Jean-Pierre Lecointre.

First edition, one of the review copies.

Dampstaining and a restoration to the spine, scuffing to the upper edge of the front wrapper, paper browned.

Our copy is enriched with two autograph letters signed by Hélène Bessette to a literary critic at Le Figaro, probably Claude Mauriac, concerning her recently published novel "La tour".

In the first letter, dated 30 April 1959, Hélène Bessette asks her correspondent to write a review of La Tour.

In the second, dated 13 May, the author expresses her pleasant surprise at having read in Le Figaro that her novel had attracted her correspondent's attention, while taking issue...

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the only deluxe-paper copies.
A rare and fine copy.

The majority of the text in in first edition. One of 45 numbered copies on hollande, the most limited deluxe issue.

Full black morocco binding, flat spine, covers decorated with some hundred inlays of red, orange-red and orange morocco evoking the chromatic variations of a setting sun, white morocco frame on the red suede endleaves and doublures, monogram blind-stamped on one doublure, original wrappers and spine bound in, all edges gilt; matching chemise in half black morocco with flaps, flat spine, date gilt at the foot, marbled paper sides, beige suede lining, matching slipcase edged in black morocco, marbled paper sides, white felt lining, a splendid binding signed and...

First edition of the French translation, one of the review copies.

Complete with its illustrated dust jacket, which has a few small marginal tears and is partially faded on the rear panel.

Rare dated and signed presentation inscription, in French, from Iris Murdoch to the writer, publisher and literary critic Christian Giudicelli.

First edition, false statement of ninth edition, no deluxe issue printed.

Small marginal tears without significance to the soiled boards.

Presentation copy signed by feminist activist Yvonne Netter of her important essay on the emancipation of women and their right to vote.

Later edition published only a few months after the first edition.
An attractive copy of this work, which won the 2001 Prix Goncourt and was adapted for television a few years later.
Dated and signed presentation inscription from Jean-Christophe Rufin to a woman named Muriel, to whom he also wishes a merry Christmas.

First edition of the French translation, one of 210 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the deluxe issue.

Spine and boards lightly faded at the margins, as is often the case.

First edition, one of the review copies.

Signed presentation inscription from Violette Leduc to Claude Couffon, a specialist in and translator of the leading Spanish-language writers of the second half of the twentieth century: "... après un chaleureux entretien et mon souvenir intact de son article pour ce livre..."

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Marais wove paper, the only deluxe-paper copies.
Illustrated by Edith Destouches.
A fine copy.

First edition, one of the review copies.

Spine sunned, small losses to the spine and covers, paper brittle in the margins of the leaves.

A fine and rare signed autograph inscription by Roger Nimier, in the purest Hussard manner: "Pour Henry Grave et le Colonel Monier avec les claquements de talons et un arrière goût de rhum blanc du Cavalier Nimier".

First edition, one of the press copies.

Work illustrated with 57 reproductions of collages by Jacques Prévert.

A precious copy belonging to the actor Pierre Brasseur, Prévert's friend and collaborator, containing: 

• an autograph inscription signed by Jacques Prévert on the half-title page: "Pour Pierre Jacques", embellished with two small charms,
• an original collage depicting a bat dressed as a nun with outstretched wings below the justification of the print run, 
• facing the justification page, an autograph inscription signed by Jacques Prévert to Pierre Brasseur and Catherine Sauvage...

Rare first edition for which no large-paper copies were printed, one of the press copies.
Spine and boards lightly sunned as usual, a few light dampstains to the spine.
Illustrated with 32 photographic plates.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Gabrielle Gras, a discreet yet prolific critic for the Revue Europe, close to Surrealist circles and to numerous writers and artists.

First edition, no deluxe-paper copies having been issued, one of the review copies.

Two minor losses at the foot of the spine, with faint crease marks to the margins of the covers.
Signed presentation inscription from Henri Michaux to Mr Rio.

First edition in French, one of the ordinary paper copies.

A pleasant copy despite three small stains to the edges.

Signed presentation copy inscribed by Milan Kundera to Jacques Brenner, conveying his best wishes for 1990.

First edition, one of 455 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe-paper copies after 170 on Holland paper.
A fine copy despite some minor foxing, chiefly to the top edge.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pure wove paper, curiously the smallest deluxe paper issue prior to the 109 reimposed in-quarto tellière copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue.
Front cover vertically creased.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on hollande, most limited deluxe issue.

Contemporary full red morocco, spine with four raised bands framed with black fillets, date gilt at foot, taupe morocco doublures, red silk endleaves, gilt fillets and dots to board edges, all edges gilt, slipcase, an elegant binding signed Favre-Petit-Mermet.

A fine copy, handsomely bound in full morocco with morocco doublures by Favre-Petit-Mermet.

First edition, one of 56 hors commerce name copies on Saint-Amand, the only deluxe issue with 32 copies on hollande.
A fine copy.

Name copy printed for Kessel's friend Eddy Marnay signed and inscrbied by Joseph Kessel beneath the limitation statement and his name: "... ou le zombie son ami Jef."

Born Edmond Bacri, he was a French lyricist and singer who wrote approximately 4,000 songs, including Les Amants de Paris for Edith Piaf.

First edition, one of 1,040 numbered copies on chestnut paper.
Publisher's boards after the original design by Mario Prassinos.
Spine very lightly sunned, otherwise a fine copy.

First edition, one of 1,040 numbered copies printed on Navarre alfa paper.
Publisher's paper-covered boards after Paul Bonet's original design.
Endpapers fully shaded throughout, as often encountered.

First edition, one of the press service copies.

Spine sunned and lightly soiled.

Exceptional and highly desirable signed autograph presentation inscription from Louis de Vilmorin to her lover, the French sport shooter, businessman and politician Jean de Beaumont: "A Jean de Beaumont T(endrement) F(idèlement) T(on) A(imée), (the calligraphic capital letters enclosing the remainder of each word) Louise". 20 June 1960. I am leaving for Switzerland today. I shall be staying in Geneva with Sacha de Manziarly. If by any chance you should happen to pass through... Afterwards you will find me with the André family from 23 July until 10 August...

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

A rare and handsome copy.

Published one month after the first edition.
A pleasing copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Borel to François Escoube in this work, which was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1965.

Definitive edition with a foreword by the author, one of 12 numbered hors commerce copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

The first edition of 1935 was not issued on deluxe paper.

A rare and pleasing copy.

Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Debû-Bridel to Monsieur and Madame Claude Gallimard.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

A handsome copy.

Inscribed and signed by Alain Jouffroy to Monsieur Marchaux: "... en plein vol jusqu'au prochain..."

First edition, one of the press review copies.
Trimmed copy, joints soiled and restored, stain to the lower cover.
Humorous signed autograph inscription by Paul Morand: "Cher Caracalla, j'apprends que vous n'avez jamais reçu mon Fouquet ; en juin dernier je vous l'envoyais avec ma fidèle pensée. Que le diable patafiole le facteur ! Je vous renouvelle ici ma très amicale sympathie. Morand."

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the deluxe issue.

Spine showing two small areas of sunning at the head and foot.

A rare and pleasing copy of this novel set against the backdrop of the French collapse during the Second World War.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
Spine and boards lightly sunned.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on vélin d'archers, the only large paper issue.

First endpaper, half-title and title pages slightly shadowed, with a few pencil annotations and reading marks in the margins of some leaves.

Rare and pleasing copy.

French first edition, one of 155 numbered copies on pure vellum, ours being one of the 75 reserved for the Club de l'édition originale, the only large paper issue after 20 Holland.
Pleasant copy despite the spine being very slightly sun-faded, without significance.