Grasset

First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on Alfax, the only deluxe paper issue.

Bound in burgundy half shagreen with morocco grain, corners in matching leather, spine with four raised bands ruled in black, gilt date at foot, sides with gilt-patterned paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt. A handsome unsigned binding.

A beautiful and rare copy finely bound.

First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on Montval vellum, deluxe issue.

A fine copy with full margins.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies printed on Madagascar paper, the leading issue.

A fine copy.

First edition, one of 55 copies printed on pur fil, the only deluxe copies along with 1 copy on Arches printed for Paul VI.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 54 numbered copies on verge paper with deckle edges, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.

A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 54 copies on vergé de Lana, the only deluxe copies.

Head of spine slightly creased.

A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Spine very slightly sunned, not affecting the overall condition.

The following year, the book was adapted for the screen by the author himself, starring Jean Rochefort, Jacques Perrin, Jacques Dufilho, and Claude Rich.

Handsome signed presentation copy from Pierre Schoendoerffer to a friend named Violette: "A Violette qui sait ce qu'est la marine. Une histoire d'alsacien, de chats, de bretons... et de mer - bien sûr ! Avec mon amitié."

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...

"Monsieur et cher Confrère,
Zola me transmet votre aimable article du Fantasio. Il m'a fait le plus grand plaisir ; et je vous prie de...

First edition, one of the 200 numbered alfa paper copies reserved for the press service.

Spine with a few rubbed areas along the joints.

Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Pagnol to the writer Raymond Magne.

New edition of the French version of the celebrated poem "Tu seras un homme mon fils", a complete reworking of Rudyard Kipling's poem "If", one of the numbered copies on Lafuma wove paper.

Bound in half forest green morocco with corners, the spine faded and sunned, with four raised bands ruled in gilt and decorated with gilt compartments enhanced by red, brown and dark brown onlaid morocco inlays, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

A few light spots of foxing.

A handsome copy in an attractive binding.

Signed autograph presentation inscription from André Maurois to...

First edition including all the features of the first issue for Du Côté de chez Swann (error with Grasset, first board with the date 1913, missing contents table, publisher's catalogue in-fine). First edition on ordinary paper, one of the very rare first without mention copies for A l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs, of which there were only around 500 copies printed. First numbered editions on pur fil, only deluxe copies after the reimposed for the following volumes.
Complete collection of In Search of Lost Time with two important and precious autograph inscriptions signed by Marcel Proust to Lucien Descaves, founding...