Les Modernes (Lecture)

Michel HOUELLEBECQ
Lanzarote
Flammarion|Paris 2000|18 x 27 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with photographs by Michel Houellebecq.

€60
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
La Carte et le Territoire
Flammarion|Paris 2010|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, with the correct imprint dated July 2010.
A handsome copy despite a small crease to the lower right corner of the front cover.
€200
Michel DÉON
Taisez-vous... j'entends venir un ange
Gallimard|Paris 2001|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
A handsome copy.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Christan (Giudicelli): "... ce petit livre qui a au moins un mérite : il est court et ne brigue pas le prix Nobel. Michel" ["... this little book which has at least one merit: it is short and does not seek the Nobel Prize. Michel"]
€120
James ELLROY
Widespread panic
Alfred A. Knopf|New York 2021|16.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full dark blue boards, complete with its dust jacket which has no defects.
A very handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by James Ellroy on an endpaper.

€200
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
Les particules élémentaires
Flammarion|Paris 1998|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
Second edition, published three months after the first edition.
Handsome copy.
In this edition, the text is notably modified on page 121: the "Espace du possible" campsite, near Royan, becoming the fictional campsite, "Lieu du changement," near Cholet to avoid legal action by the establishment's owners.
€80
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
La Carte et le Territoire
Flammarion|Paris 2010|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies and bearing the correct imprint of July 2010.
Fine copy despite light and minor soiling to the first cover.
€150
Jean ECHENOZ
Nous trois
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1992|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Precious dated autograph inscription signed by Jean Echenoz to Benoîte Groult.
€180
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
Anéantir
Flammarion|Paris 2022|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on vélin rivoli, the only deluxe copies.
Copy in mint condition.
€2,000
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
La Carte et le Territoire
Flammarion|Paris 2010|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed, bearing the correct July 2010 imprint.
A handsome copy.
€180
James ELLROY
Blood's a rover
Century|London 2009|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite three creases to the lower left corner of the second board.
Manuscript signature by James Ellroy on the half-title page for a man named Denis.

€150
Jean ECHENOZ
Lac
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1989|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€400
Michel TOURNIER
Le Coq de Bruyère
Gallimard|Paris 1978|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly yellowed, foxing to front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Tournier to Ulrike Bergweiler who was Antoine Gallimard's secretary: "Pour Ulrike Bergweiler. En toute amitié. Michel Tournier." ["For Ulrike Bergweiler. In friendship. Michel Tournier."]

€120
Philippe SOLLERS
Le Coeur absolu
Gallimard|Paris 1987|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Signed and inscribed copy from Philippe Sollers to Ulrike Bergweiler who was Antoine Gallimard's secretary.

€100
Bernard-Henri LÉVY
La Barbarie à Visage humain
Grasset|Paris 1977|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Rare and fine full-page signed autograph inscription from Bernard-Henri Lévy to Jean-Louis Guillaud on his master work, which reads like a manifesto: "... because the 'left' changes, intellectuals 'resist' and this barbarie à visage humain bears witness to it, in respectful homage. Bernard-Henry Lévy."
€200
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
Plateforme
Flammarion|2001|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
Second edition, published two months after the first edition.
Handsome copy.
€50
Germaine TILLION
L'Afrique bascule vers l'Avenir[Africa Turns Toward the Future]
Editions Tirésias - Michel Reynaud|Paris 1999|15 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned.
Precious autograph inscription dated 1976 and signed by Germaine Tillion to the sociologist and feminist activist Evelyn Sullerot: "... courageuse combattante, cette préhistoire d'un "front" qu'elle a bien connu." ["... courageous fighter, this prehistory of a "front" that she knew well."]

€350
Patrick MODIANO
Du plus loin de l'Oubli
Gallimard|Paris 1995|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Patrick Modiano to a woman named Marie-Françoise.
Signed autograph inscriptions by Patrick Modiano, little concerned with fame and sparing with dedication sessions, are rare.
€450
Léopold Sédar SENGHOR
Portrait photographique dédicacé de Léopold Sédar Senghor
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1990]|13.50 x 22 cm|une feuille
Photographic portrait of Léopold Sédar Senghor shown slightly in profile and wearing a pair of glasses.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor, in blue ink on the verso of the photograph, to (Frédéric) Brion and his wife.
€200
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
Djinn. Un Trou rouge entre les Pavés disjoints
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1981|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Alain Robbe-Grillet to Claude Couffon.
€350
Alexandre SOLJENITSYNE
Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]
René Julliard|Paris 1968|13.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, slightly and marginally sunned at the head of the covers.
Rare and precious autograph inscription signed by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on his masterpiece: "Für J.J. Piot".
€4,500
Alexandre SOLJENITSYNE
Le grain tombé entre les meules. Esquisses d'exil. Première partie 1974-1978[The Grain Fallen Between the Millstones. Sketches of Exile. First Part 1974–1978]
Fayard|Paris 1998|15.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition of the French translation, for which no deluxe paper was printed.
A pleasant copy.
We include the second volume, covering the period 1979-1994, published in 2005.
Rare handwritten signature of Alexandre Solzhenitsyn on the title page.
€1,500
Pierre GUYOTAT
Bond en avant[Leap forward]
Gallimard|Paris 1973|13 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
First edition, strictly hors commerce and printed in a small number of copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Guyotat:

"B
E
A
Pour Francis Ponge, ce B.A. = BA de l'écriture, où s'intercale le "E" de l'étouffement, Pierre Guyotat, le 19 Avril 1973." ["For Francis Ponge, this B.A. = the ABC of writing, where the "E" of suffocation intercedes, Pierre Guyotat, 19 April 1973."]
€600
Patrick CHAMOISEAU
Chemin-d'école[The Road to School]
Gallimard|Paris 1994|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.
€380
Michel DÉON
Mes arches de Noé [My Noah’s Arks]
La Table Ronde|Paris 1978|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of the 25 numbered copies on vergé de Holland paper, the "tirage de tête" (first deluxe copies).
Very nice copy.
€1,200
Michel TOURNIER, Lewis CARROLL
Des clefs et des serrures[Keys and Locks]
Chêne • Hachette|Paris 1979|15 x 21.50 cm|Photograph|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the only large paper issue.
Work illustrated with photographs by Edouard Boubat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Leni Riefenstahl, Lucien Clergue, Lewis Carroll, Phelps, Esaias Baitel...
A very handsome copy, enriched with an original photograph of Michel Tournier mounted opposite the half-title.
Autograph signature of Michel Tournier on the half-title.
€800
Alain MABANCKOU
Les cigognes sont immortelles
Seuil|Paris 2018|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining the illustrated dust jacket.
Signed and dated autograph inscription from Alain Mabanckou to Michel Serres.
€60
Yasmina REZA
Une désolation
Albin Michel|Paris 1999|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum, only large papers.
Beautiful copy despite two small spots at the bottom of the first board.
Autograph dated and signed by Yasmina Reza to a friend named Ion: "To you, my dear Ion, this copy on vellum N ° IV, for your twentieth birthday! I invite you and your friend Strinberg to snuggle up against me so that we can laugh, laugh, as we like. "
€350
Michel DÉON
Le prix de l'amour[The Price of Love]
Gallimard|Paris 1992|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.
€400
Jean DUTOURD
Les taxis de la Marne
Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back with slight bites in the foot, small foxing on the upper edge.
Signed autograph of Jean Dutourd Jeanne Remy: "... by kissing him."
€150
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
Topologie d'une cité fantôme
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1976|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Back and flat lightly and marginally insolated, some marks of reading and annotations of the dedicatee in pencil of paper and blue pen in margins of some leaflets.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet to his friend Georges Raillard: "... something like" my big glass "with my friendship."
€100
Philippe SOLLERS
L'école du mystère
Gallimard|Paris 2015|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Philippe Sollers to his close friend Georges Raillard.
€100
Julien GRACQ
Le Rivage des Syrtes
José Corti|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Lafuma pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 40 on Rives laid paper.
This novel was awarded the Prix Goncourt, which the author declined. The previous year, in the pamphlet La Littérature à l'estomac, Julien Gracq had denounced the commercial system of literature, in particular criticizing literary prizes.
A very handsome copy.
€7,500
Aimé CÉSAIRE
Cadastre[Land registry]
Seuil|Paris 1961|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First collective edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pure wove paper, ours being one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe paper issue.
A handsome copy.
Inscribed and signed by Aimé Césaire to Jean Bardet, co-founder with Paul Flamand of Éditions du Seuil.
€2,500
Milan KUNDERA
Une rencontre
Gallimard|Paris 2009|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.
€1,200
Marc TRIVIER (Peter HANDKE)
Portrait de Peter Handke. Photographie originale tirée par l'artiste.
Par l'auteur|s. l. 1980|22 x 22 cm|1|une feuille
Large original black and white photographic portrait of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature winner by Marc Trivier.
Original unsigned silver gelatin print, like most of Trivier's works.
Precious original silver gelatin print by the famous Belgian photographer, one of the most secretive contemporary artists, who despite early international success, preferred to limit his production to preserve the coherence of his work. Marc Trivier does not make new prints of his old portraits, and the printing paper he used is no longer commercially available. The artist "makes his own prints on Ilford baryta paper, devoting several days of work to each one, with particular concentration on...
€800
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
Souvenirs du triangle d'or
Editions de Minuit|Paris 1978|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet to Paul Aveline with a small drawing embellishing his signature.
A nice copy.
€500
Philippe SOLLERS
Les folies françaises
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
.
€250
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET, René MAGRITTE
La belle captive
Editions Internationales|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1975|22.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full boards, smooth spine, illustrated first cover.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by René Magritte.
Pleasant copy.
€60
Francis PONGE
Entretiens de Francis Ponge avec Philippe Sollers
Gallimard • Seuil|Paris 1970|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Two light traces of sunning at head and foot of spine, minimal spotting without consequence on the first endpaper.
€350
Germaine TILLION
Avatars musulmans de quatre personnages d'un portail de Vézelay[Muslim Avatars of Four Figures from a Portal at Vézelay]
Editions Privat|Toulouse 1979|16.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition of this reprint.
Rare and touching autograph signed and dated Germaine Tillion under his strong pseudonym Kouri, to her friend resistant Denise Vernay, nicknamed Myarka the Resistance, with whom she was interned in a concentration camp: "To Myarka, the first copy priority. Kouri. "
Pleasant copy despite an angular fold track topped the first board.
€450
Jacqueline de ROMILLY
Le temps dans la tragédie grecque
Librairie philosophique J. Vrin|Paris 1971|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Jacqueline de Romilly Professor Georges Blin.
A small spot without first flat head gravity.
€60
Daniel PENNAC
Merci
Gallimard|Paris 2004|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A very attractive copy.
€350
Daniel PENNAC
Monsieur Malaussène au théâtre
Gallimard|Paris 1996|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only large paper copies.
A very attractive copy.
€350
Milan KUNDERA
Le rideau
Gallimard|Paris 2005|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 90 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A very fine copy.
€900
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
Glissements progressifs du plaisir
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1974|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from Alain Robbe-Grillet to Maurice Blanchot.
Two small spots to the centre of the spine and first cover, a marginal fold to head of lower cover.
€450
Aimé CÉSAIRE
Ferrements[Shackles]
Seuil|Paris 1960|13.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe issue.
A handsome copy.
Rare.
€2,300
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
L'éternel procès
Gallimard|Paris 1959|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Hollande, deluxe copies. Very handsome copy.
€250
COLLECTIF
L'occident. Revue mensuelle. N°118
L'Occident|Paris Septembre 1912|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Contributions by R. Chalupt, J. de Bosschère, A. Mithouard, P. Nothomb among others.
Handsome copy complete with its subscription bulletin.
€50