Victor-Havard

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Minor lacks at head and foot of spine, scattered foxing.
Precious and rare autograph inscription signed by Jules Case to Emile Zola "... à mon cher maître Emile Zola, son affectueusement dévoué..." ["... to my dear master Emile Zola, his affectionately devoted..."]
Rare copy of exceptional provenance.

First edition in-12, covers dated 1845.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, turquoise shagreen title-label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, contemporary binding.

Original edition on the current paper.
Binding bronze half calf, smooth back, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved cover, elegant binding pastiche signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Signed autograph of the author Bookseller Achilles Heymann. This bookseller was "one of the most picturesque types of Paris. (...) All birds (...), students, sometimes even literate, came to consult this man who knew all of the library, the book he was reading or at least bought. " (G. Baume In the land of letters, 1922).
Maupassant did was not wrong, as he says in the letter to Henry Kistemaeckers of 7 May 1882 "I answer for sale at the Bookstore New You will see the 3 employees are called Achilles Heymann, Ménard and.. Reboul (...) It is essential (...) to provide a copy to each (...). - I'll go to the library to write a word for each of them - in this one house has sold 900 copies of La Maison Tellier. No newspaper is used as the three advertising. "

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper, tirage de tête.
3/4 green morocco Bradel binding, spine with inlays and tooling in gilt, wrappers, spine and untrimmed edges preserved, contemporary binding signed by Aussourd.
Rare copy of Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece perfectly set in an elegant Contemporary binding.

First Edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, only leading copies after 10 Japan.
Binding in half morocco red corners, back with five nerves set with golden dots and adorned with triple gilded boxes decorated with golden decorative motifs, date and place gilded tail, framing of gilt fillets on the plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilt head on witnesses, preserved covers (first board with two angular gaps), ex-libris of doctor André Chaveau pasted at the head of a contreplat, binding signed Canape.
Our copy, at all margins, is exceptionally enriched with 6 beautiful watercolors original inset on Japan signed F. Coindre.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Paper Bradel binding with floral motifs and red shagreen title-piece, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
A very good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Contemporary half brown cloth Bradel binding over marbled paper boards, double fillet and gilt date to foot of spine, red shagreen title-label, covers mounted on guards and preserved, ex libris of Léon Hennique by Léon Glaize (engraved by E. Dété) on the front endpaper.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Guy de Maupassant : "A Léon Hennique, son ami [For Léon Hennique, his friend]".
A very good copy in an attractive contemporary binding made for Léon Hennique.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.
Contemporary half pink morocco over marbled paper boards by Bretault, spine in six compartments (very lightly faded), bands framed with gilt spots, double gilt frames with gilt floral motifs, brown morocco onlay to petals, green morocco title-piece, author's name on blue-green morocco label, gilt date at foot of spine, gilt fillet frame to covers, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, one corner rubbed, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
A rare copy of Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece, in a perfectly matched elegant contemporary binding.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, only leading copies.
Binding in the bradel half morocco black corners, smooth back, golden date tail, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and backs preserved, binding signed Alfred Farez, active between 1909 and 1930.
Very nice copy at all margins perfectly established.

Fourth edition.

A very slight corner loss to the second cover, otherwise a handsome copy complete with the publisher's catalogue at the end.