Payot

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
Preface-letter by Louis Barthou.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Raynaud to Edmond Teulet.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Gift inscription from a previous owner at the head of an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Very light rubbing to margins of covers.

New edition.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally lightened.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Markale to Alain Kerlorc'h: "... cette plongée dans l'univers étrange de nos ancêtres du bout du monde..." ["... this dive into the strange universe of our ancestors from the ends of the earth..."]

First edition in French.
Spine creased, two small stains on edges, handsome interior condition.

First edition in French.
Spine lightly sunned.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with a small lack at foot, handsome interior condition.

Third edition in partly original because updated and corrected and for which it was not taken from large papers.
Autograph signed by Alexandre Safran to Pierre Dumayet.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half indigo cloth, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, binding characteristic of those that composed Henri Béraud's library.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Blanche Vogt to Henri Béraud.
Endpapers lightly and partially shadowed.
Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library in Ré.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Maurice Barrès.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Paul Jobert as frontispiece as well as 107 pen drawings by Charles-Emile Carlègle
Small lacks to head of spine, light adhesive paper stains to heads and feet of endpapers, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.

Definitive edition illustrated with 32 photographs as well as a folding map.
Beautiful illustrated cover.
Bookplate at head of half-title page, handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite a crease mark at the head of the second cover.
Pencil annotations by a previous owner on the first pages.

First edition in French by Maurice Planiol.
A good copy.

First edition in French.
Illustrated with 31 figures.
A good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 50 figures to text. A good copy.

First edition.
A nice copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine decorated with gilt botanical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, orange top edge, contemporary binding.
Provenance: from the collection of French-speaking Swiss poets assembled by Albert Natural from the 1920s onwards.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half sand morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments, date at foot, gilt fillet frames on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, bookplate pasted on endpaper, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed Semet & Plumelle.
Rare and very handsome copy perfectly bound.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of Swiss Romand poets which he assembled from the twenties onwards.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on alfa, the only printing with 35 Hollande.
A very good copy.

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Book decorated with 8 maps, 18 engravings and 1 annex.
Binding in half black shagreen with corners, back four nerves decorated with golden decorative patterns of cironstance: two helmets of Poilus and a hairy loading bayonet with the barrel, framing of golden fliets on the plates of paper with geometric patterns, guards and counterplates of marbled paper , covers and back preserved, golden head, modern bookplate pasted at the head of a counterplate.
We attach a postcard representing the war memorial of Verdun and a prospectus of the Douaumont ossuary.
Rare autograph signed by Philippe Pétain: "To Jacques Braun so that he continues to work well. July 14, 1929".

First edition of the French translation for which it was not printed from large papers.
Beautiful complete copy of his illustrated jacket.
Autograph dedication signed by James Ellroy on the false title page.

First edition in volume, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Half morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by T. Boichot.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Clemenceau to Marie Denizou to head of first cover.

Second edition after a few days to the first edition also printed in February 1929.
Handwritten signature of Philippe Pétain on the half-title page.
Illustrated book of 8 cards, 18 prints.
Foxing on small boards.

Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Exceptional autograph signed full-page Louise Weiss: "To my dear Maurice Schumann at the time when Europe was Aristide Briand and Gustav Stresemann, where it was Geneva until Goebbels mounted the rostrum of the Reformation . I hope these pages will interest the prominent spokesperson of France in continental bodies today. I sign my book in Brussels tomorrow to February 6 Martincenter from 17:30 to 20 hours. If he liked you come honor and joy for me would be great. In true friendship. "
Nice copy.
Some small minor foxing.
Provenance: the Henri Beraud rétaise library.

Second edition, published a few days after the first, also published in February 1929.
Autograph inscription signed and dated by Pétain the 7th June 1940 to the Countess de Jumilhac.
With 8 maps and 18 engravings.
Shelfmark in blue biro inside upper cover, one small nick to foot of spine.

First edition.
Covers faded.
A rare and good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 32 photographs hors texte and one map.
Spine slightly wrinkled.

First edition with 32 photographs and 3 maps hors texte.
Handsome illustrated cover.
A spot to the spine (sunned).

First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
Endpapers very slightly sunned, not serious.
A rare and good copy.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.

New edition.
With 63 figures.
A good copy.
Notes in pencil by a precedent owner on the first endpapers.

First edition.
Illustrated with 8 plates hors texte.
A good copy.

First edition of the French translation for which it was not drawn large papers.
Binding to bradel full percaline burgundy, smooth back with a gold finial, double thread and name of publisher golden tail, as piece of black grief, preserved covers, binding of the time.
Rare autograph signed by the author on a slip attached to the top of the book, the name he adopted in 1923: "to R [ené] D [oynel] Saint-Quentin / Whose Acquaintance DURING THE war the author remembers with very great pleasure. In India. 1928. TE Shaw. "
Relations between Lawrence and René Doynel de Saint-Quentin were remarkably described by C. Leclerc in his book. "TE Lawrence in Arabia." As Maurice Larrés points out in the preface of the book: "Doynel Saint-Quentin is perhaps the French who gave Lawrence portrait the most authentic, the most attentive and sincere, so the most precious in. using reports from Saint-Quentin as he does, Christophe Leclerc fills a regrettable gap, almost total deficiency on the English side, and frequent the French side. "
Lawrence and Saint-Quentin were known in 1915 when it was sent by France to the commander of the Egyptian occupation troops to monitor operations, to learn about the state of the enemy forces and increase information exchange with the English. He was "kept alone with the English army, because of its personal value, tact with which he had fulfilled his mission and the gradual ascendancy he had conquered to the British authorities." Military Attaché near the great British headquarters in Cairo, Saint-Quentin was to provide valuable assistance to the French Military Mission in Egypt, founded in August 1916.
His notes and correspondence also provide essential light on a major episode in the life of Lawrence: taking of Aqaba, where he was the first to officially report in a telegram to the Minister of War of 12 July 1917. He wrote this Anglo-Arab raid a long note in which there is a portrait of Lawrence of three pages. It is presented as a teenager eternal "27, small and thin, hairless and voluntary jaw, high forehead and crowned with blond hair still messy, very clear eyes illuminated by the intensity of thought" adding that he "gives a deep sense of energy and intelligence." Saint-Quentin sees Lawrence "probably the most important figure of the year or of the British administration in the East" (St. Quentin, Note 70, "The raid of Major Lawrence and the English action Aqaba" , August 20, 1917).
The admiration dedicated to Saint-Quentin Lawrence is reciprocal and "when Saint-Quentin was recalled to France, Lawrence wrote a letter (unpublished) particularly eloquent:" Dear Saint-Quentin, (...) I expect I'll aussi see you before you go off on leave. I'm very sorry you are giving up the connection work, though since I have beens on this adventure we have-nots Hejaz Worked together as we used to do in the old days intelligence. It Was Such a comfort to-have one non-Englishman in Cairo Could Speak To Whom one quite frankly about doing anything, and I'm very grateful. Yours sincerely, TE Lawrence. "(Early May 1918).
This friendship between the two men in particular enables Ch. Leclerc contradict the thesis of the supposed animosity Lawrence towards France. It is only motivated by a deep commitment to the Arab cause as evidenced Saint-Quentin himself: "It is indeed without meanness but with as much resolution as franchise, hostile to any French action in Arabia, Syria and Palestine. His opposition is even more clear that he sincerely believes the based not on old rivalries missionaries and archaeologists, where he has drawn, but the higher interests of the Arab race. "
Translation The revolt in the desert, condensed rewriting Seven pillars of wisdom (which despite its success, will be released in France in 1930) embodies the antagonism between the points of view English and French on the Great Arab Revolt and the contribution of France. Thus, Lieutenant Colonel Bremond reproach Lawrence minimize the role of French and overestimating his own, accusing him in his memoirs of Francophobia. Yet it is with Saint-Quentin, behind the War Cross awarded to Lawrence on November 23, 1917. On October 15, he wrote indeed in Saint-Quentin, "I thought to give the Croix de Guerre in Lawrence. What do you think? ".
By dedicating to Saint-Quentin this account of their common experience, Lawrence testifies, ten years after their separation, his complicity with this French friend, whose testimony will also help to restore the truth of this historic episode, far from the state rivalries including Lawrence was the target.
Pleasant specimen enriched with a rare autograph signed by the author.
(References: "TE Lawrence in Arabia," Christophe Leclerc, L'Harmattan, 1998)

First edition in French.
Illustrated with 10 maps.
A good copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
With 5 drawings.
Spine slightly faded, otherwise a good copy.

First edition in French for which there were no large paper copies.
A fine copy retaining its advertising band.

First edition.
Retaining its advertising band and advertising slip, a very good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with figures.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 16 heliogravures hors-texte.
Two tiny tears without significance on the first cover.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition of the French translation.
A good copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 65 drawings by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 23 etchings.
A good copy.

New edition.
Work illustrated with 70 figures and 8 plates.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrations.
A good copy.