Gallimard (1911 - )

L'étranger [The Stranger]
First edition first issue for which no grand papier (deluxe) copies were printed, one of the rare first printed copies, no false statement of edition.
Black morocco by Devauchelle, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot of spine, brown calf pastedowns and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, a.e.g., marbled slipcase edged in black morocco and lined with brown felt.
A fine copy in a superb binding.
Provenance: from the personal collection of french President Georges Pompidou, with his ex-libris to head of...

Grasset & Nrf, Paris 1913-1927, 12x19 cm for the first volume & 13x19.5 cm for the second & 14.5x19.5 cm for the rest, 13 bound volumes

First edition, with all the characteristics of the first printing for Du côté de chez Swann (upper cover with the 1913 date, no table of contents, publisher's catalog at end). The error to Grasset, present only in the very first copies, is here corrected; Proust intervened very quickly at the start of printing to demand the correction of this typographical fault.

First edition on ordinary paper, one of the very rare first copies without edition statement for á l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, of which there were only around 500...

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Small tears without lack in margins of the boards.
Introduction by Jacques Rivière.
Autograph dedication signed by Jacques Rivière to Anna Hussbaum.

First edition of this piece in three acts, one of 13 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers.
We attach an autograph letter signed by the author of a page thanking his correspondent for the support he gave him through his press articles and his radio interventions.
Pleasant complete copy of his prayer to insert.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers.
Binding in red half box, smooth back, boards covered with red nubuk illustrated with Chinese calligraphy, guards and backsplashes of red paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, shirt with flaps in red half box with bands, interior of red felt, case bordered by red boxes, flat shirt and red paper case, elegant Chinese binding signed Leroux.
Handwritten signature of Marguerite Duras on the half-title page.
Very beautiful copy perfectly established by one of the most talented and prestigious bookbinders of the very end of the 20th century.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant copy.
Moving autograph signed by Félicien Marceau to Roger Nimier.

First edition of the French translation opposite the Spanish text and for which it was not drawn from large papers, one of the review copies service.
Autograph signed by Octavio Paz to Hubert (June).
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 49 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers.
Very nice copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant complete copy of his prayer to insert.
Bradel binding in half beige canvas, smooth back, title label of brown morocco, paper plates with floral patterns, preserved cover, binding signed Gauché.
Twenty press articles about Surrealism were bound at the end of the volume.
Precious and beautiful autograph dedication signed by André Breton to Benjamin Péret: "To Benjamin," a whole lifetime "whose luck was to be able to be mirrored and exalted in his own, with all that I experience of unique for him. André. "

Second printing limited to 2750 copies on chataignier paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Breton to Claude Nerguy.

Partly first edition, one of the review copies service.
Small bites and slight rubbing without gravity mainly affecting the first board.
Complete copy of his prayer to insert.
Autograph signed by René Char to Marcel Arland.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph signed by Romain Gary to Caroline Naar.

First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers after 25 Holland paper.
Tiny and pale freckles without gravity on the guards, pleasant copy.

first edition on current paper, it was only printed 65 "pur-fil" paper in large papers.
Beautiful copy.
Autograph signed by Paul Morand to doctor Robert.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Small marginal stitches on the boards and the back.
Autograph signed by Violette Leduc to Florence Gould.

First edition, one of 306 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large papers after 106 Holland paper.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder's vélin de Hollande for the first two volumes (bearing number 29) and one of 72 on vélin pur chiffon de Rives, the only deluxe copies ("grands papiers") for the third and last volume.

First edition of this exhibition brochure held at the Galerie des Ponchettes in Nice from May 18 to June 14, 1972.
Autograph signed by César to the art editor Alex Grall on the first board where César has crossed out his name.
Illustrated brochure with reproductions of works by Caesar.

First edition on chestnut, one of the ex of the press service, complete with his trailer for bookstores. .
Pleasant copy despite a tiny tear at the head of the back.

first edition on current paper.
Sun back.
Autograph dedication signed by Louis Aragon: "To Paul Vienney, his faithful friend".

First separate and final edition, one of the review copies service.
This edition is part of a special draw, on the same dates of printing as the regular edition, reserved and sold for the benefit of the disaster-stricken village of Normandy: Amaye-sur-Orne / Pont-du-Coudray.
Binding in half black morocco, back with five nerves adorned with double black boxes, plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, preserved covers, binding signed Laurenchet.
Beautiful copy pleasantly established.
Autograph signed by Albert Camus to Johannes Martens.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Bradel binding on full combed paper, smooth, slightly burnished back, title label of brownish shagreen, covers and back preserved.
Autograph dedication signed by Albert Camus to Jacqueline Bernard.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Binding in half red morocco, back with five nerves, paper plates with abstract patterns, guards and backsplashes of gray paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, binding signed Montécot.
Autograph tribute signed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Signed autograph of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry to Jean Mistler.

PROUST Marcel A la recherche du temps perdu
Gallimard, Paris 1946-1947, 11.5 x 18 cm, 15 volumes in publisher's binding
New edition, one of the 2200 numbered copies on vellum toil.
The series is composed as follows: Du côté de chez Swann (2 volumes), À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (3 volumes), Le côté de Guermantes (2 volumes), Sodome et Gomorrhe (2 volumes), La Prisonnière (2 volumes), Albertine disparue (1 volumes), Le Temps retrouvé (2 volumes).
Publisher's boards bound after Paul Bonet's original specimen volume.
Pleasant overall despite the yellowed back on most of the volumes.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on vellum superior.
Bound in half blue heart shagreen corners, back with four nerves, paper plates with moire effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
Our copy is enriched by an autograph dedication signed by Jean Marais which has been trimmed in the head and which includes a scratch on the word piece which remains legible: "I would have you, these two letters were cut off by the binder" play this piece and make you happy, my hands in yours, Jean Marais. "

First edition on current paper.
Back very slightly insolated without gravity.
Autograph dedication signed by André Frénaud to Jean-Marie Queneau.

Edition of the year of the original, mention of 70th edition.
Back slightly insolated, yellowed paper as generally.
Autograph tribute signed by Paul Morand on the first board: "At the edge of the earth Paul Morand."

New edition revised and expanded, one of the numbered copies on Alfa paper, only draw.
Nice copy.
Binding half shagreen green corners, smooth back slightly burnished, paper plates with moiré effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, speckled head.
Signed autograph of Jacques Prévert to Denise Bonde "... with the rare sun of April Spring 1952."