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  1. La Floride
    Joseph MÉRY

    La Floride

    Hachette|Paris 1863|11 x 18 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Full red shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt name at foot of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, double gilt fillet frame on boards, gilt initials struck in center of front board, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns, all edges gilt, gilt fillet on leading edges, corners very slightly bumped without significance, handsome unsigned contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy elegantly bound.
    €100
  2. La geste d'Asdiwal
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    La geste d'Asdiwal

    Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1958|13 x 21 cm|agrafé
    First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprint for which it was not drawn of great papers.
    Autograph signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss in English at the head of the first cover.
    Marginal and slightly discolored boards without gravity.
    €480
  3. Du miel aux cendres
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS (inscribed to Raymond FIRTH)

    Du miel aux cendres[From Honey to Ashes]

    Plon|Paris 1966|15.50 x 24 cm|broché

    First edition, for which no copies on larger paper were produced.
    A pleasing copy, with press clippings laid in.
    Exceptional autograph presentation copy inscribed in English by Claude Lévi-Strauss to the anthropologist Raymond Firth.

    €500
  4. Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
    Jean-Louis SCHERER

    Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde

    Chez Brunet|à Paris 1777|12.50 x 20.20 cm (In-8)|Copper engraving|relié

    SCHERER Jean-Louis
    Recherches historiques et geographiques sur le Nouveau-Monde
    Chez Brunet, Paris 1777, in-8 (12,5 x 20,2 cm), xii (2 f.) 352 pp., contemporary sheep
    The rare first edition with eight illustrations (Chinese coins and medals, Buddha) and a large folding map of Siberia and the river Lena.
    Contemporary marbled sheep, spine in compartments, roulette to head and foot, brown morocco title-piece. Triple fillet frame. Small lack at head. Wormhole to foot of upper joint, two corners rubbed. Headpieces, joints, and corners scraped. A very good, fresh copy.
    An important essay on the origins of the peoples of...
    €1,500
  6. Le testament d'un excentrique
    Jules VERNE

    Le testament d'un excentrique

    Collection Hetzel|Paris 1899|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
    Illustrated Edition. Sixty-one illustrations by Georges ROUX, including 20 large color plates in chromotypographies, 35 photographic views of the United States of America (cities and landscapes), a fold-out map of the United States of "America and that of the board game . Catalog Hetzel for 1899-1900 of 8p. end of the book. The title will know that one second edition in 1905 (cartonnage an elephant).
    Cardboard editor golden globe, or said, to the world map. Signed Blancheland plate, connected by Souze. Back to the lighthouse. Very pale scattered spots. Small discolorations along the lower edge of the first flat. Rubbed upper right corner. On the lower...
    €700
  7. Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII
    Antoine BIET

    Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII

    Chez François Clouzier|à Paris 1664|17 x 24 cm|relié

    BIET Antoine
    Voyage de la France equinoxiale en l'isle de Cayenne, entrepris par les François en l'année MDCLII
    Chez François Clouzier, Paris 1664, in-4 (17 x 24 cm), (24) 432 pp.,contemporary calf
    First edition.
    Contemporary brown calf, spine in six compartments with blind-ruled compartments and gilt fleurons, remains of a manuscript title label. All edges speckled red, binding skillfully restored. Tear to lower margin of title skillfully restored, a few tiny stains.
    The work is divided into three parts: the first relates the establishment of the colony and its journey to Cayenne, the second is a collection of observations on the 15...
    €3,500
  8. Le Questionnaire - Exemplaire de Maurice Blanchot
    Ernst von SALOMON (inscribed to Maurice BLANCHOT)

    Le Questionnaire - Exemplaire de Maurice Blanchot

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Handsome and rare autograph inscription from Ernst von Salomon to Maurice Blanchot.
    Plats slightly soiled, otherwise a good copy.
    €800
  9. Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre
    John SHEBBEARE

    Le peuple instruit ; ou Les Alliances dans lesquelles les Ministres de la Grande-Bretagne ont engagé la Nation, & l'emploi qu'ils ont fait de ses Escadres & de ses Armées, depuis le commencement des troubles sur l'Ohio, jusqu'à la perte de Minorque, considérés dans une Quatrième Lettre au Peuple d'Angleterre

    S. n.|s. l. 1756|9 x 16.20 cm|relié
    First edition, rare.
    Modern half cherry red morocco binding. Confounding pastiche of a Restoration binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with five blind tooled ornaments, gilt fillets; gilt roll at head and foot. Very fine copy.
    Important document concerning the history of Canada and the United States, the work begins by examining the causes of the conflict between Great Britain and France concerning the Ohio territory. Indeed, in 1756, it was the beginning of the Seven Years' War, or Indian War, a war of conquest for legitimate occupation of territories; this war would spread from Virginia and Nova Scotia to the entire Great Lakes region of Canada, some Indians...
    €700
  10. The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson : an annotated list, 1944-1988
    Adrian WILSON, James LINDEN

    The Ephemera of Adrian Wilson : an annotated list, 1944-1988[Les éphémères d’Adrian Wilson : liste annotée, 1944-1988]

    Tuscany Alley|San Francisco 1994|27 x 39 cm|2 volumes reliures en de l'éditeur, sous étui
    First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Rives paper, the only printing with 10 others also on Rives signed by Adrian Wilson and 3 hors commerce copies.
    Cream-colored cloth, complete with slipcase.
    With numerous original woodcuts by Adrian Wilson.
    This copy retains its chemise, which holds 50 or so characteristic examples of the work of the printer Adrian Wilson.
    A fine and rare copy.
    €1,200
  11. Le printemps romain de Mrs. Stone
    Tennessee WILLIAMS

    Le printemps romain de Mrs. Stone

    Plon|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 85 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours unnumbered, one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
    €380
  12. Cantos LII - LXXI
    Ezra POUND

    Cantos LII - LXXI

    New Directions|Norfolk [Norfolk] 1940|22.50 x 16 cm|relié
    First American edition printed in 1000 copies. Publication date stamped 17 Sept. 1940.
    Publisher's full black cloth binding. Our copy retains the colored dust jacket with some small tears and lacks at head and foot.
    €180
  13. Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne, contenant des notions exactes et peu connues sur la situation physique, morale et politique de ce pays
    William BULLOCK

    Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne, contenant des notions exactes et peu connues sur la situation physique, morale et politique de ce pays

    Alexis Eymery|Paris 1824|12.50 x 20 cm|relié

    BULLOCK William
    Le Mexique en 1823, ou relation d'un voyage dans la Nouvelle-Espagne, contenant des notions exactes et peu connues sur la situation physique, morale et politique de ce pays
    Alexis Eymery, Paris 1824, in-8 (12,5 x 20m) and one atlas atlas in-8 landscape format(20 x 26,5 cm), (4) III, LXXII, 364 pp & (4) 370 pp., (2) and a large atlas in-8 landscape format, 11 pp., 2 volumes, publisher's binding
    First French edition. The first English edition preceded it by a few months. The atlas is made up of a portrait of the author, 2 folding maps of Mexico, 12 lithographed plates (view of Mexico, Veracruz, Puebla, and sculptures), and 5...
    €1,200
  14. Voyage à Terre-Neuve
    Arthur de GOBINEAU

    Voyage à Terre-Neuve

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1861|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Small lacks to head and to foot of the joints, angular lacks to the covers, colportage stamp to the title page, internally good with practically no foxing.
    Rare.
    €480
  15. Mots-déluge
    Eugène JOLAS

    Mots-déluge

    Editions des Cahiers Libres|Paris 1933|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing along with 12 Japan and 77 vellum copies.
    Handsome copy despite small stains to the lower right margin of the first cover.
    Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Jolas to Monsieur R. Harlong.
    €120
  16. Bilan d'une nation
    John DOS PASSOS

    Bilan d'une nation

    Editions du Pavois|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 250 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate on the endpaper.
    Handsome copy.
    €150
  17. Gertrude of Wyoming, a pennsylvanian tale and other poems
    Thomas CAMPBELL

    Gertrude of Wyoming, a pennsylvanian tale and other poems

    Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme|London 1809|23.50 x 29.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half cherry morocco binding with straight grain and corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt roulettes showing minor traces of rubbing at foot, corners slightly bumped, fore-edges rubbed, scratches with slight lacks of marbled paper to boards.
    Some minor foxing, handsome interior condition.
    Bookplate pasted to verso of front board from the Comtesse de Montebello, a second unidentified bookplate pasted above the first.
    €400
  18. Voyages dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique Méridionale [...]
    Jullien MELLET

    Voyages dans l'intérieur de l'Amérique Méridionale [...][Journeys to the interior of Central America ...]

    Chez Masson et fils.|Paris 1824|13 x 20 cm|relié

    [Journeys to the interior of Central America: including those from Buenos Aires to Assumption by way of the Plata river and back, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso by way of the Mendoza plain and the town of Santiago de Chile, into the valleys and peaks of the Cordillera over a distance of almost 450 leagues, containing some of the richest mines in Chile, the return from Valparaiso and Santiago, the navigation of the Coquimbo to Lima, the capital of all Central America, the tortuous route from Lima to Guayaquil, and around Quito province, including to an ancient Inca city. Also including the voyage from the aforementioned capital to Santa Fe de Bogota by way of Cuença, Calil, and...

    €1,000
  19. Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique
    Morris BIRKBECK

    Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique

    L'huillier, Delaunay.|Paris 1819|12.7 x 20 cm|relié

    BIRKBECK Morris
    Lettres sur les nouveaux établissements [...] dans les parties occidentales des États Unis d'Amérique
    L'Huillier, Delaunay, Paris 1819, in-8 (11,5 x 19,5 cm), de xvi, 156 pp., contemporary sheep
    First edition. Rare. Only one copy in the French Bibliothèque Nationale, nothing in French and British catalogues and only one copy in the British Library. The BNF copy has a map that is not present in this copy.
    Contemporary half speckled sheep. Spine with fillets, red sheep title-piece. Rubbing. Inkspot to p. 92. Stamp to title: Société de lecture de Genève.
    Birkbeck was an English gentleman farmer who emigrated to the...
    €1,000
  20. View Volume 7 N°1. Fall 1946
    Kurt SELIGMANN, Paul BOWLES

    View Volume 7 N°1. Fall 1946

    View|New York 1946|23.50 x 30.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition.
    Contributions by Meyer Schapiro "On a painting of Van Gogh", Sidney Janis "Morris Hirshfield dies", Kurt Seligmann "Magic and the arts, Charles Henri Ford "Chanson pour Billie", Paul Bowles "By the water"...
    Cover illustrated by Isamu Noguchi, illustrations by Yves Tanguy, Vincent Van Gogh, Esteban Frances...
    €80
  21. Histoire générale de la Bolivie
    Alcides ARGUEDAS

    Histoire générale de la Bolivie

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1923|17 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition in French.
    Full marbled sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title-label and author's name, covers preserved, modest binding.
    €40
  22. Thésée
    André GIDE

    Thésée

    Pantheon Books|New-York [New York] 1946|13 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's full brown cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine. Handsome copy lacking dust jacket.
    €50
  23. Ann Vickers
    Sinclair LEWIS

    Ann Vickers

    Stock|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 330 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 57 on Marais paper.
    First cover illustrated with a drawing by Bécan.
    Light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €50
  24. Quelques impressions rapportées du Canada
    Emmanuel LEVIS-MIREPOIX

    Quelques impressions rapportées du Canada

    Félix Alcan|Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|15.50 x 23 cm|agrafé
    First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des sciences politiques.
    This is a conference given by the author to the Society of former students of the École libre des sciences politiques on January 18, 1935.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €40
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