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
Léopold Sédar SENGHOR
Ethiopiques[Ethiopics]
Seuil|Paris 1956|14.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 25 copies on vélin neige, the only deluxe paper copies.
A fine copy.
Bound in half red morocco, smooth spine, date gilt at foot, single gilt fillet framing the patterned paper sides with African-inspired motifs, endpapers and pastedowns of bordeaux paper, original wrappers and spine preserved, protective rhodoid cover retained (with a small tear and paper offset from the lower cover onto the rhodoid), top edge gilt, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Inscribed and signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor to Jean Bardet, co-founder with Paul Flamand of Éditions du Seuil.
€2,000
Édouard GLISSANT (inscribed to Charles DOBZYNSKI)
La cohée du lamentin - Poétique V[The Cohée of the Manatee – Poetics V]
Gallimard|Paris 2005|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Autograph dedication signed by Edouard Glissant to Charles Dobzynski.
Nice copy.
€180
Jean-Marie GIBBAL
Guérisseurs et magiciens du Sahel
A.M. Métaillé|Paris 1984|12 x 21.50 cm|broché
first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Signed autograph signed by Jean-Marie Gibbal to his friends Françoise and Pierre Dumayet.
Pleasant copy.
€50
COLLECTIF, Pierre-Francis LACROIX
Poésie peule de l'Adamawa
René Julliard|Paris 1955|16 x 24.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First collected edition published under the direction of Pierre-Francis Lacroix.
Manuscript signature of Pierre-Francis Lacroix on the half-title page of the first volume.
Handsome copies complete with their dust jackets which have small marginal tears.
€60
André BRETON, André MASSON
Martinique charmeuse de serpentsMartinique: Snake Charmer
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1948|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the leading copies.
This copy with the original frontispiece lithograph by André Masson.
Hors-texte illustrations by André Masson.
A very good and rare copy.
€4,500
Zachary MACAULAY
Détails de l'émancipation des esclaves dans les colonies anglaises pendant les années 1834 et 1835
Chez Hachette|Paris 1836|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First French edition.
In original wrappers. Uncut copy, the last third of the book with conjugate leaves. One corner slightly creased. Handsome copy.
The foreword emphasizes the state of slavery in French colonies. The work provides a report on the abolition of slavery in British colonies. The details and documents (letters, etc.) are drawn from official documents printed by order of the House of Commons. First part: Jamaica. Second part: Barbados. Third part: British Guiana. Numerous pieces of information and testimonies, notably on sugar production before and after slavery... The abolition of slavery dates from 1833 in England, 1848 in France, with greater tolerance in Africa.
€750
Michel LEIRIS
La possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les Ethiopiens de Gondar
Plon|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Spine and covers marginally faded, not serious, as usual.
€60
Aimé CÉSAIRE
Cadastre
Seuil|Paris 1961|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
Rare.
€2,300
Alejo CARPENTIER
Ekoué-Yamba-O[Ekoué-Yamba-O]
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 26 numbered copies on vélin chiffon paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
€250
Michel LEIRIS
La possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les Ethiopiens de Gondar
Plon|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies, one advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Jeanine and Raymond (Queneau) : "... avec toute l'affection de leur ami..."
Spine and covers faded in the margins as usual.
€800
Samuel White BAKER
Ismailïa. Récit d'une expédition dans l'Afrique centrale pour l'abolition de la traite des noirs
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1875|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation established by Hippolyte Vattemare.
Half green shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced at corners with gilt vegetal motifs, light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of blind fillets on green paper boards, gilt laurel leaf with gilt inscription stamped at center of front board "Offert par la société de protection des enfants du papier peint", cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 56 engravings in text and 2 maps including 1 folding colored map at rear.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.
€250
Janine RAYNOND
Ravenala. Madagascar - Ile de la Réunion - Les Comores 1969
Jean Grassin|Paris 1979|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Janine Raynond to art critic and novelist Gerhard Weber: "... je voudrais que pour vous, mes vers n'éveillent qu'un désir de voyage tout en rêvant d'un monde où fleurirait la sagesse..." ["... I would wish that for you, my verses awaken only a desire to travel while dreaming of a world where wisdom would flourish..."]
Photographs by Georges Raynond, preface by Alisaona Raharinarivonirina.
€70
Joséphine BAKER
Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
Corrêa|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
Les Mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
Corrêa | Paris 1949 | 12 x 19 cm | original wrappers
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin Johannot, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Illustrated cover.
Illustrations, some press clippings tipped in, which caused a clear fading, on half-title page.
A rare and good copy.
€800
Yves LOYER
Black power
E.D.I.|Paris 1968|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
Illustrated covers.
Pencil annotations in margins of some pages.
Small angular fold marks on covers, one light harmless tear at foot of spine.
€40
Eldridge CLEAVER
Panthère noire
Seuil|Paris 1970|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Photographic cover.
Gift inscription in ballpoint pen at the head of the half-title page, handsome copy.
€30
Blaise CENDRARS
Petits contes nègres pour les enfants des blancs
Les éditons des portiques|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from Blaise Cendrars to Jules supervielle : " à supervielle, voleur d'enfants."
A tiny marginal lack, not serious, on the first free endpaper, lacks to head of a leave (less than skillfully cut), small traces of folding to lower cover.
A handsome and rare copy.
€800
Jean GENET
Les Nègres[The Blacks: A Clown Show]
Marc Barbezat|Décines [Décines-Charpieu] 1958|15 x 19.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on nacré Japon, the tirage de tête.
Bound in full embossed khaki leather, smooth spine without lettering, the title of the work and the author's name in gilt on the front cover reproducing the calligraphy of the original wrapper, publisher’s name and place in gilt on the back cover likewise reproducing the calligraphy of the rear wrapper, endpapers and pastedowns of wood-grain effect almond paper, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt; slipcase covered with wood-grain effect almond paper, echoing the binding and bearing on the covers the same features as the binding.
A few small spots of foxing on the spine and upper edge, slightly aff
€4,500
Aimé CÉSAIRE
Soleil cou coupé
K éditeur|Paris 1948|16.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered advance (service de presse) copies on alfa du Marais paper.
Half brown morocco Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, gilt date to foot of spine, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns , advertising band preserved and mounted on guards.
Light dampstain to foot of covers, a trace of folding to upper cover, foxing to covers and the first few leaves.
A nicely bound copy.

A rare and poetic autograph inscription from Aimé Césaire to the Pataphysician Maurice Saillet.
€1,200
(Léopold Sédar SENGHOR) Geneviève LEBAUD
Léopold Sédar Senghor ou la poésie du royaume de l'enfance
Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines|Dakar • & Abidjan 1976|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor with an additional fine inscription by Geneviève Lebaud.
Some reading marks in black ink in the text, photographic cover.
€200
Aimé CÉSAIRE
Cadastre
Seuil|Paris 1961|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
Rare.
€2,000
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
Edmond PLAUCHUT
Le congrès antiesclavagiste. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes|s. l. • [Paris] 1889|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.
€70
JABRUN
Du projet de loi sur la juridiction à laquelle sont soumis dans les colonies françaises les crimes commis envers les esclaves
Jouaust • Imp. de Giraudet|Paris s. d. [circa 1850]|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition.
Lacking spine and boards, a small stain and slight marginal lack to the second board, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
€120