First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrated with a portrait of Arthur Rimbaud as frontispiece and a facsimile of an autograph manuscript.
Spine faded, with two tears at head and foot.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies on coated paper, illustrated with 11 collages by Max Ernst.
Spine and edges of boards slightly faded, as often.
A rare and attractive copy of the first book illustrated by Max Ernst in collaboration with the Paris group.
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies printed on Hollande paper.
Spine and edges of boards slightly faded and sunned, as is generally the case.
Illustrated with 5 full-page engravings by Marc Chagall.
First illustrated edition, one of 400 numbered copies on mould-made wove paper, this copy with an additional suite of all the illustrations in a second state on China paper.
Front and rear endpapers heavily foxed throughout, occasional light foxing elsewhere.
Illustrated with 55 compositions, comprising one on the wrapper, a title-page vignette, a portrait plate, a dedication vignette, five vignettes (one for each act), five full-page plates, and 41 illustrations within or surrounding the text.
Each act is illustrated by a different artist: François Thévenot designed the wrapper and frontispiece; Adrien Moreau illustrated Act I, Charles Léandre Act II, Albert Laurens Act...
First edition illustrated with drawings by the author, bearing a "second printing" statement issued a few months after the first impression. Paperback and hardback copies were published simultaneously.
Publisher's blue cloth binding, flat spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket featuring the $2.00 price, a few skilful restorations to the dust jacket.
A fine and rare copy of the first French edition published in New York by the publishers of Mary Poppins, Reynal & Hitchcock, who issued The Little Prince simultaneously in French and in English.
Edition limited to 150 numbered copies on wove paper, illustrated with 32 magnificent original colour compositions by Paul Jouve: one on the wrappers, 13 full-page illustrations, 12 headpieces and 6 tailpieces.
The work is further embellished with 25 decorative initials designed by François-Louis Schmied.
Our copy is housed in the publisher's original paper-covered board slipcase, lined with rice paper, and matching vellum-style board portfolio with ties.
Minor splits to the head and foot of the slipcase.
A rare and beautifully preserved copy.
First edition, one of 515 copies printed, of this catalogue published on the occasion of a Surrealist exhibition held at the Galerie Nina Dausset from 7 to 30 October 1948.
Preface by André Breton.
Booklet with an illustrated frontispiece.
Rare and attractive copy.
First edition of the French translation.
Illustrated with 147 reproductions of works by Marc Chagall, and complete with the four original lithographs, two of which are double-page.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding. A fine copy, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Publisher's binding after the original binding design by Paul Bonet.
Richly illustrated.
A fine copy.
First edition, one of 100 copies specially printed on a quarto format (in-4 couronne), ours one of 64 numbered copies on annam de rives paper.
Two faint dampstains to the spine, internally in attractive condition.
Illustrated with 5 drawings by Giorgio de Chirico.
As stated in the limitation, our copy does indeed contain the two original etchings by Giorgio de Chirico, each signed and numbered by him in pencil.
First edition from the Imprimerie Royale, complete in nine quarto volumes with all 262 black-and-white engraved plates.
Contemporary full mottled calf, spines with raised bands decorated with guilloche tooling and gilt ornaments in the compartments, red morocco lettering-pieces and numbering-pieces, triple gilt fillet border on boards, double gilt fillet on board edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges. Minor variations in the tooling on volume 3.
In...
First French edition, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 40 mounted colour plates on thick brown paper, each protected by a captioned tissue guard, along with 30 black-and-white line drawings within the text, one of the extremely rare 30 copies printed on japon, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page; the deluxe issue.
Publisher’s Bradel binding in full vellum-style boards, smooth gilt-titled spine, upper board gilt-stamped with title and a tree design, top edge gilt; the silk tie on the lower board is lacking.
...
Illustrated edition with 24 colour plates by Arthur Rackham tipped in with captioned tissue guards, 8 full-page black-and-white illustrations, together with numerous ornaments and vignettes in the text by Arthur Rackham, one of 300 copies printed on vélin à la forme, signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page.
Publisher’s Bradel binding in full bright white vellum, smooth spine lettered in gilt, upper cover gilt-stamped with the title and a design of fantastic animals within a vertical gilt rule, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, untrimmed edges preserved.
A very well-preserved copy of Milton's baroque and Dionysian...
First French edition of the 50 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, tipped in with captioned tissue guards, a black vignette on the title page, and a further black vignette hors texte by Arthur Rackham, one of 200 copies on Whatman paper.
Publisher’s full vellum, smooth spine gilt-lettered, upper cover gilt-stamped with the title and a gilt illustration of Rip Van Winkle, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, original silk ties preserved. Occasional light foxing.
A splendid copy, remarkably fresh, of Washington Irving’s fantastical tale profusely illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
First edition, one of 1,000 numbered copies on offset.
A fine copy.
Illustrated with 10 drawings by René Magritte.
Edition adorned with 65 original pochoir coloured illustrations by George Barbier, one of 877 numbered copies on Rives.
Bound in half navy blue morocco, spine in four compartments, gilt date at the foot, marbled paper boards, iridescent effect paper endpapers, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Semet & Plumelle.
Pleasant, attractively set copy.
First edition of this celebrated illustrated publication, issued in Paris by H.-L. Delloye in 84 parts between February 1842 and October 1843 and subsequently gathered into three volumes. Carteret described it as an “admirable publication printed on stout wove paper [...] one of the finest of the 19th century”, comparing the quality of its production to that of the great illustrated books of the 18th century. Carteret III, 143-153; Vicaire II, 234-248.
The first volume comprises 5 unnumbered leaves - half-title...
First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine photographic wrappers.
Unavoidable creasing and small losses to the corners of the spine and covers; otherwise a pleasant copy, considering the fragility of this popular edition. Small losses at the head of the leaves in the first gathering, which was poorly cut, with no loss to the text.
First illustrated edition, with original lithographs by Renée André-Piot, one of 600 numbered copies on Vidalon royal wove paper.
Some foxing.
Autograph presentation inscription signed by Joseph Kessel to Jacques Lengrand.
Accompanied by an original Roger-Viollet photograph, with the agency's stamp on the verso, showing Joseph Kessel seated at a table in the La Cloche d'Or restaurant in Paris in 1952, cigarette in hand, beside a young woman.
Creasing to the right-hand margin of the photograph.
Manuscript annotations by Roger-Viollet and two stamps on the verso of the photograph.
First edition, one of the review copies.
Text and photographs by Claude Arthaud and François Hébert-Stevens. A fine copy despite some foxing to the lower edge.
Publisher's full beige cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its polychrome photographic dust jacket.
Signed presentation inscription from Claude Arthaud to (Christian) Melchior-Bonnet, additionally signed by François Hébert-Stevens.
Edition illustrated with 36 watercolours by Pierre Laprade, one of 30 hors commerce copies printed on Arches laid paper and issued in special wrappers for the 30 private subscribers to all of Paul Valéry's works.
A fine copy.
Precious signed presentation copy from Paul Valéry to his friend, the bookseller, publisher and bibliophile Ronald Davis : "Exemplaire de Ronald Davis, the only man in the world who possesses all that has published. Paul Valéry."
Edition illustrated with 159 original illustrations by Louis Jou, printed in a single issue of 135 named and numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
A shadow from newspaper clippings to the left margin of the front free endpaper.
Fine copy housed in a brown full-board chemise and slipcase.
Illustrated edition with decorative initials and 16 original lithographs by Lucien Moretti, each signed in pencil; one of 173 numbered copies on Arches wove paper.
Preface by Georges Brassens.
A fine copy, issued in loose sheets in a folder and burgundy cloth slipcase.
Signed presentation inscription from René Fallet: Pour madame et monsieur Prigent 13 apostoliquement leur René Fallet, together with a signed presentation inscription from Raymond Moretti to the same recipients.
Our copy is further enhanced by the autograph signature of Georges Brassens on the facing page.
New edition, front and rear pastedowns and free endpapers signed by Gérard Grée.
Publisher's binding with pictorial boards, smooth spine, light rubbing to spine-ends, illustrated endpapers and boards.
Superb original blue pencil portrait of Martine by Marcel Marlier, drawn within the tondo on the first free endpaper, surrounded by his presentation inscription: "For Andrée Alcaraz with all my sympathy. August 86 M. Marlier"
"This eternally well-behaved little girl, forever aged around ten, invented for Éditions Casterman in 1954 by the author Gilbert Delahaye and the illustrator Marcel Marlier, whose pencil stroke has been so...
First edition of the Gospels in the translation by Pierre Dassance, illustrated with a chromolithographed frontispiece after a drawing by Langlois, engraved by Cyprien Jacquemin, an engraved title-page for each Gospel by Brevière, twelve steel-engraved plates after drawings by Tony Johannot, two hand-coloured maps, and ten engravings after drawings by Charles Marville on chine. Numerous ornamental borders, tailpieces, headpiece vignettes and initials. The frontispiece and the vignette with the initial letter on page IX of the first volume are gilt and hand-coloured.
Publisher's bindings in full long-grain midnight-blue morocco, covers blind-stamped, gilt central plaques on each...
First edition of this monograph devoted to the Czech poet and painter Ladislav Novak, one of 500 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered, the only issue after 50 copies on Mat Sup.
Texts by Edouard Jaguer, Ladislav Novak, Henri Chopin, and Frantisek Smejkal.
Our copy, like the 30 copies on Mat Sup from the deluxe issue, is exceptionally enriched with the two original lithographs, each numbered and signed in pencil by Ladislav Novak, but does not include the signed original alchimage.
First edition, illustrated with 10 compositions by Jean-Jacques Sempé, one of the numbered copies.
Publisher's full wood-grain style marbled boards, plain flat spine.
An attractive copy of this fable recounting the sudden disappearance of every form of paper, bringing modern society to a standstill.
Rare first collected edition, and the only edition produced for this title, illustrated by George Roux with 30 full-page plates, some printed in chromolithography.
Publisher's binding known as the "À l'éventail à un éléphant" design, with the title set within the fan, lighthouse spine slightly faded as usual, Engel type i rear cover with the JH monogram in upright letters at the centre of the rosette, all edges gilt.
Spine ends slightly sagged, as often, a few minor spots of foxing.
A science-fiction novel whose protagonist, Storitz, acquires the power of invisibility by drinking a potion. The work appears to have been first written in the same year as the publication of H...
First edition, illustrated with 59 drawings by Léon Bennet and Paul Philippoteaux, 35 facsimiles of early engravings, and 20 maps or plans.
Catalogue S bound in at the end.
Publisher’s brick-red cloth binding in the so-called “Ptolemaic Sphere” design, one of Souze’s most harmonious binding compositions, bound by Engel; upper cover decorated with a special plaque designed by Souze, lower cover of type b with central rosette and darkened corner palmettes; brown endpapers characteristic of the first edition; all edges gilt.
Scattered foxing. One lower corner bumped, minor rubbing to the upper cover along the joint, lower cover darkened and with a few small...
Illustrated edition with 154 drawings by Jules Férat, engraved by Barbant.
Hetzel publisher's binding in full red percaline, in the "anchor spine" design, with Engel type "i" rear board as identified by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Spine ends slightly sagging, spine lightly faded, lower left-hand corner of the front board frayed, blue endpapers marginally faded as usual, small black marks to the outer margins of the boards, occasional foxing at the beginning and end of the volume, and a bibliophile's ink stamp in the upper left-hand corner of the front pastedown.
A pleasing copy of this novel, which forms a sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the...
First edition of the catalogue for this exhibition, held from 25 October to 10 November 1923 at the Galerie du Nouvel Essor, rue des Saint-Pères, Paris.
Contributions by Jean-Emile Laboureur, Alfred Latour, Lespinasse, Ludovic Rodo, Mathurin Méheut, Louis Moreau, Morin-Jean, Paul-Emile Pissarro, Pierre Noury, Quillivic, Siméon, Philippe Burnot, Jules Galand and Pierre Gusman.
Rare and attractive copy, illustrated with 9 engraved vignettes.
First edition, one of 22 copies of the deluxe issue numbered in Roman numerals, together with 9 presentation copies, the only copies to feature an original collage cover by Olivier O. Olivier.
Illustrated with 25 reproductions of works by Olivier O. Olivier.
Signed presentation inscription in pencil from Olivier O. Olivier to a friend named Lise.
First edition, illustrated with 4 plates, one folding, and a large vignette on the dedication leaf.
Contemporary full fawn calf, smooth spine gilt in compartments with gilt floral tools, olive-green shagreen lettering-piece, minor rubbing to the joints, boards framed with triple gilt fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets to the board edges, all edges gilt.
Contemporary ownership inscription on a free endpaper.
Internally in pleasing condition.
First edition of the French translation, printed in an edition of 90 copies numbered on wove paper and signed by John Crombie and Sheila Bourne.
Illustrated throughout by Sheila Bourne.
A rare and fine copy of this artist's book created by Sheila Bourne and her husband, John Crombie.
First edition of the French translation, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and a folding plate.
Bradel binding in half red morocco-grained shagreen with small corners, smooth spine richly decorated in the grotesque style, orange paper-covered boards with a few small areas of paper loss and some staining, yellow edges.
A few minor spots of foxing.
After witnessing the plight of enslaved Black people in the West Indies, the Danish botanist Paul Erdmann Isert returned from his travels as a fervent abolitionist. His writings prompted Prince Frederick of Denmark to abolish the triangular trade throughout his dominions in 1803.
First collected edition, partly first edition, one of 129 numbered copies on wove paper, enhanced with an original engraving by Pierre Alechinsky, signed and numbered by the artist; our copy is one of the first 10 to contain a manuscript leaf, as stated in the limitation notice.
Signed by Yves Bonnefoy beneath the limitation notice.
A rare and fine copy.
First edition, extensively illustrated with reproductions of works by Speedy Graphito.
Text by Jean Seisser.
On the final free endpaper, a signed presentation inscription from Speedy Graphito to a man named François, surrounded by an original drawing.
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Marais wove paper, the only deluxe-paper copies.
Illustrated by Edith Destouches.
A fine copy.
New illustrated edition with 43 drawings by Jules Férat, engraved by Charles Brabant for Les Indes noires; and by Edouard Riou and Jules Férat for the two other titles.
Catalogue CR at end.
Publisher's full polychrome cartonnage by Lenègre, type 3, known as the “Deux Éléphants” binding, on a red ground; headcaps slightly softened, as almost always; upper cover decorated with a plate by A. Souze featuring a fan-shaped design, with the title printed on two lines and no mention of Martin Paz; lower cover of Lenègre type “e”, with central medallion on a black ground; gilt lettering at foot of spine: Hetzel éditeur and A. Lenègre relieur (partly rubbed away).
Some...
Red-medallion Steamer binding edition (single volume), illustrated with 48 drawings by Léon Benett (40 for the first title and 5 for the second).
Catalogue FX at end.
Publisher’s full polychrome pictorial boards signed Charles Magnier, headcaps slightly sagging as almost always, upper-cover plaque signed Paul Souze, a few small foxing spots.
A pleasing copy, the binding retaining fine freshness.
Two heirs, one French and one German, divide 500 million francs between them. Each builds a city in keeping with his dreams: the Frenchman an hygienist city, the German a city of steel.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full black cloth, smooth spine, black endpapers and pastedowns.
Illustrated with 100 photographs by Pierre Molinier, with text by Pierre Bourgeade.
A very good copy.
First edition, one of 25 copies on Japon. A name copy printed for Delanier, his name inscribed by the publisher in pen, with his signature.
Illustrated with 8 original etchings by Jean-Adrien Mercier in two or three states, with an exceptionally added original pencil drawing by the artist.
Red half-chagrin Bradel binding, flat spine, author and title gilt-lettered on spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and flyleaves, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed M. Godillot.
Corners lightly rubbed, a few faint marks on the leather of the front board, trivial soiling to the...
First French edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the deluxe issue.
A rare and handsome copy.
This copy is complete with the original silkscreen by Victor Vasarely, numbered and signed in justification by the artist.
First edition.
Wrappers illustrated by Louis Icart.
Exceptional signed autograph inscription by Louis Icart: "à mon ami, au peintre Edouard Chimot \"Gouverneur de... Javea\" - ces scènes rapportées d'Espagne ! En hommage cordial. Louis Icart."
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece in each volume and a folding plate at the end of the first volume.
Bradel-style bindings in brown half cloth with small corners, smooth spines very slightly faded and ruled in gilt, marbled-paper boards with a few minor scuffs, blue-grey endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, bookplates pasted to the front pastedowns.
Some foxing, as usual.
Our copy is complete with all three engravings: a view of St Peter's in Rome and a plan of the remains of ancient Rome in the first volume, and Trajan's Column in the second.
It also includes a second state of the plan of the remains of ancient Rome, with slight variations...
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon paper, the deluxe issue.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Christian Bérard.
A pleasing copy despite a slight shadow to the spine.
Illustrated edition featuring 26 original drypoint engravings by Jacques Boullaire, printed in an edition of 200 copies on Rives wove paper.
A pleasing copy.
Illustrated edition with 20 original black engravings by Marianne Clouzot, one of 675 copies printed on Lana wove paper.
Slipcase spine sunned, joints rubbed, boards uniformly and lightly toned, internally in very good condition.
Illustrated edition featuring 20 original colour engravings by Marianne Clouzot, issued in a limited edition of 375 copies on Rives wove paper.
Spine of the chemise and boards of the slipcase lightly sunned at the margins, as is usually the case, the boards evenly and lightly toned, a fine copy internally.
Our copy is further enhanced by an original blue ballpoint drawing by Marianne Clouzot depicting the profile of a nun, accompanied by a signed autograph inscription to Etienne Crémieu-Alcan.
Illustrated edition featuring 25 original colour watercolours by Lucien Boucher, printed in an edition of 750 copies on Rives wove paper.
As is usually the case, the chemise spine and the slipcase boards are lightly sunned at the edges, the boards uniformly and lightly toned; a fine copy internally.
Illustrated edition with original colour engravings by Marianne Clouzot, one of 575 copies printed on Rives wove paper.
As is generally the case, the chemise spine and the slipcase boards are lightly sunned, the boards evenly and slightly toned, otherwise a fine copy internally.
Illustrated edition with 16 original colour engravings by Emilio Grau Sala, printed in an edition of 350 copies on Rives wove paper.
Spine of the chemise and boards of the slipcase marginally sunned, as is usually the case, boards evenly and lightly toned, a fine copy internally.
Revised and expanded edition, corrected throughout and supplemented with previously unpublished documents, preceded by a biographical notice of the author and followed by notes by Edmond Biré.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt Romantic arabesques, marbled paper boards framed with a gilt fillet, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, signed binding by Flammarion.
Illustrated with 59 etchings engraved by Adolphe Lalauze after the watercolours of Eugène Lami.
A pleasing copy, attractively bound.
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on regular issue paper.
Publisher's full yellow cloth binding, smooth spine, housed in its black full-cloth slipcase, complete with the original silk tie.
A few minor nicks to the slipcase.
Profusely illustrated throughout.
Contributions by Brassaï, Magda Bolumar, Joan Miro, Joan Brossa, Luis Bunuel, Alexander Calder, Eduardo Chillida, Jacques Dupin, Nina Kandinsky, Roland Penrose, Pablo Picasso, Rafols Casamada, Georges Raillard, Josep Lluis Sert, Michel Tapié, Yvon Taillandier, Antoni Tapies, Patrick Waldberg...
First edition of this issue devoted entirely to dreams, one of 300 numbered copies on bibliophile wove paper, this copy out-of-series and without limitation statement.
A pleasing copy despite a very lightly sunned spine, of no real consequence.
Literary contributions by André Breton, Michel Leiris, Paul Eluard, Xavier Forneret, Gisèle Prassinos, Benjamin Péret...
Illustrated with works by Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Alexei Remizov, Giorgio de Chirico, André Masson, René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, Oscar Dominguez, Man Ray, Maurice Henry...
Illustrated edition featuring original lithographs by Edmond Lajoux, one of 40 numbered copies printed on Rives wove paper.
A pleasing copy, complete with its slipcase and chemise, both partially and lightly sunned, a minor condition issue.
The slipcase is slightly split at the upper edge.
As called for in the limitation statement, our copy retains the black suite of the illustrations as well as an original preparatory artwork for the illustrations.
Our copy is further exceptionally enriched with an original signed colour watercolour by Edmond Lajoux depicting a column of French infantrymen carrying their packs and...
First illustrated edition, printed on alfa bouffant paper, one of the copies from the only issue after 50 copies on Japan paper and 100 on Arches.
Illustrated with 15 wood-engravings by Pierre Bonnard, including a vignette on the upper cover, a frontispiece, and 4 plates hors texte.
Contemporary grey half morocco over bands, spine faded and tooled in gilt with double and broad fillets, moiré and gilt paper-covered boards framed with a black rule and triple gilt fillets, matching moiré and gilt endpapers, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, an elegant unsigned Art Deco binding.
A handsome copy in an attractive binding.
New printing of the author's works issued by Alexandre Houssiaux, who had acquired the Furne publishing stock under which the works had originally appeared. He expanded the set with three additional volumes (Theatre, Contes drolatiques, etc.), published here for the first time.
Bound in red half shagreen, spines with four raised bands ruled in gilt and richly gilt-panelled, a few minor scuffs to some spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, speckled edges.
A few light foxing spots, as usual.
Illustrated with 125 plates hors texte by the leading artists of the period, including Bertall, Daumier, Gavarni, Johannot, Meissonier and Nanteuil, together with rare...
Edition limited to 100 numbered copies on laid paper.
Bradel binding in half vellum-style paper boards with corners, smooth spine very lightly toned, black date lettered at foot, blue paper-covered boards with a few small stains, endpapers partially foxed, pasted bookplate.
Original edition of Marcel Schwob's introduction and facsimile reproduction of the Stockholm manuscript.
First edition of the illustrations by Henry Lemarié, one of 3,450 copies printed on Rives wove paper (No. 1059).
Magnificent work illustrated by Henry Lemarié with 3 title vignettes and 57 large wood-engraved plates hors texte, hand-coloured using the pochoir process.
One of the most desirable illustrated editions of La Fontaine's Fables produced in the twentieth century.
Spines of the chemises sunned, boards lightly and partially discoloured, as is often the case, otherwise a pleasing set.
First edition of Henry Lemarié's illustrations, issued in 3,450 copies, this being one of the copies on Rives wove paper (no. 1073).
Spines of the chemises decorated with gilt compartments and lacework tools, slipcase panels adorned with a large illustration depicting artistic attributes and highlighted in gold.
Boards of the volumes lightly and partially sunned.
The work is illustrated throughout with black-and-colour in-text illustrations by Henry Lemarié.
An attractive, richly illustrated copy in an elegant presentation.
First edition, one of 85 numbered copies printed on Arches wove paper, this being one of the 15 deluxe copies issued with an additional suite of the 7 original drypoints and 8 rejected drypoints on Auvergne paper, all individually numbered and signed in pencil by Brigitte Simon, from the deluxe issue.
The upper cover lightly and uniformly sunned.
Fine copy, complete with its original grey cloth chemise and slipcase.
Illustrated with 7 original drypoints by Brigitte Simon.
Claude Esteban and Brigitte Simon's handwritten signatures beneath the limitation statement.
Signed autograph inscription from Brigitte Simon to the...
New edition of Jacques Amyot's French translation, illustrated with charming engravings, one of 50 copies printed on vellum paper.
Contemporary blue half morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine richly tooled in gilt within decorative compartments, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet border to the boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, an attractive unsigned binding.
This edition was revised and expanded by Paul-Louis Courier.
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies printed on Rives wove paper.
Illustrated with 1 original colour lithograph and 6 line drawings by Fernand Léger.
Three small spots of foxing to the spine, foxing to the lower cover, internally in pleasing condition.
Illustrated edition with 16 colour engravings by Henri Cassiers, including 5 plates hors texte, one of 200 numbered copies on vellum rag paper, complete with the colour frontispiece and an additional suite of the illustrations.
Contemporary half chocolate-brown morocco-grained shagreen over corners, spine with four raised bands ruled in black, moiré-paper boards, endleaves and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
A handsome copy, attractively bound.
Illustrated edition with 15 colour plates by Charles Jouas, one of 650 numbered copies printed on Imperial Japan paper.
Contemporary brown half morocco-grained shagreen over corners, spine with four raised bands ruled in black, moiré paper-covered boards, endleaves and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
A handsome copy, attractively bound.
Illustrated edition with 16 colour engravings by Henri Cassiers, including 4 plates hors texte, one of 650 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper.
Contemporary-style burgundy half morocco-grained shagreen over corners, spine with four prominent raised bands ruled in black, moiré-effect paper sides, endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
A handsome copy, attractively bound.
Edition illustrated with colour plates by Albert Dubout, one of the numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the only issue after 500 copies on deluxe Arches laid paper.
Spines of the chemises slightly faded.
The set comprises the following titles: "The Miser", "The Bourgeois Gentleman", "The School for Wives", "The Learned Ladies", "Scapin's Deceits", "The Imaginary Invalid", "The Misanthrope", "Tartuffe".
An attractive complete set in 8 volumes, also complete with all its chemises and slipcases.
First edition, illustrated with drawings by the author.
Publisher’s binding in full white boards, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, copy complete with its original insertion slip.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Claire Brétécher to a friend named Richard: "A Richard baisers maniaco-dépressifs. Claire."
Charming illustrated edition featuring, as the frontispiece to the first volume, a portrait of Alfred de Musset after the original painting by Charles Landelle, together with 28 drawings by Alexandre Bida; one of the numbered copies printed on laid paper.
Bound in full midnight-blue Russian morocco, spines with five raised bands gilt-tooled with garlands and decorated with gilt fillets and blind-stamped typographical ornaments, gilt rolls to the spine ends, gilt dates at the foot, a few joints slightly split at the head or tail, covers framed with quintuple gilt fillets, gilt armorial bearings stamped at the centres, red moiré silk endleaves and doublures, gilt dentelle border to...
First edition, one of 38 copies printed, this being one of the 30 copies issued with a wash drawing by Marcel Dumont.
A fine copy.
Illustrated with an original wash drawing by Marcel Dumont.
Manuscript signatures of Marcel Dumont and François Cheng in pencil on the colophon.
Illustrated edition featuring 4 original lithographs by Picasso, printed by Mourlot, one of 430 numbered copies on wove paper, the only issue after 5 copies on japon and 95 on Arches wove paper.
A pleasing copy.
First edition of this issue of the review edited by Nicolas Beauduin and William Speth.
Contributions by Max Jacob "Réponse de l'abbé X à un jeune homme découragé", Nicolas Beauduin "Poèmes synoptiques sur 3 plans", Renée Dunan "La culotte en jersey de soie"...
Review illustrated with wood engravings and drawings by Medgyes, A.P. Gallien, Colette Nel-Demouchel, P.L. Menon, Irène Lagut, C. Dalbanne.
Light tears with occasional small marginal losses affecting both wrappers, internally well preserved.
First edition.
Contributions by Albert Valentin "Eugène Atget", Morely Callaghan "Une passion de rustre", E.L.T. Mesens "Hans Arp", Pierre Mac Orlan "L'aube", Denis Marion "La découverte de l'Amérique", Paul Fierens "Vénus et les mannequins", Franz Hellens...
Issue illustrated with photographs by Eugène Atget, Man Ray, Germaine Krull, Mylander and drawings by Marc-Eemans, Ramah, Frits van der Berghe, Hans Arp, Fernand Léger, Léopold Survage...
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, not affecting the soundness of the copy, internally well preserved.
First edition.
Contributions by Pierre Mac Orlan "Accordéons", P.G. Van Ecke "L'envoûte ou la destinée des peintres", Denis Marion "A double tour", Gille Anthelme "Un aspect décisif des Ballets Diaghilew : Léonide Masside", Frans Vervoot "Nine, ou l'avant-propos", Albert Valentin "Aux soleils de minuit (IV)", Paul Fierens "Des rues et des carrefours", Franz Hellens...
Issue illustrated with photographs and drawings by Hans Arp, Jean de Bosschère, Marc Chagall, Gustave de Smet, Edgar Tytgat, Frits van der Berghe...
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, small losses and tears to the spine, a pleasing copy internally.
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on mustard popset paper, the deluxe issue.
Illustrated with drawings by René Magritte.
A very good copy.
Our copy is complete with the additional suite of letters and drawings by René Magritte issued with the deluxe copies.
First edition, one of 250 numbered copies, this being one of 10 numbered in Roman numerals, the deluxe issue.
Illustrated with original black engravings by Ania Staritsky.
A rare and very handsome copy, complete with its original school-style green flexible card chemise, marginally faded.
Manuscript pencil signatures of Michel Butor and Ania Staritsky at the colophon.
As stated in the limitation notice, our copy does indeed contain a manuscript page by Michel Butor and an original signed collage by Ania Staritsky.
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on featherweight wove paper, the only issue after 15 copies on Lana wove paper.
Illustrated with 2 original engravings by Ania Staritsky, signed by her, together with drawings by Elsabeth Hellens and Léopold Survage.
A handsome copy.
First edition printed in 35 numbered copies on "vieux grès" rag paper from the Moulin de Larroque, this copy one of 10 hors commerce copies.
Illustrated with original color engravings by Ania Staritsky, who also devised the book’s original design with the collaboration of Claude Nardin.
A rare and very handsome copy preserved in its original full grey cloth slipcase.
Manuscript pencil signatures of Michel Butor and Ania Staritsky at the colophon.
Our copy is enriched with a two-page autograph letter, dated and signed, from Ania Staritsky to Claude Nardin concerning the making of this work.
First edition printed in 25 numbered copies on pure rag paper, pulled on Ania Staritsky’s press on the occasion of an exhibition of her works at Larroque.
Illustrated with 7 original engravings numbered and signed in justification by Ania Staritsky who also designed the original layout of the work with the collaboration of Claude Nardin.
A rare and handsome copy complete with the following 7 engravings :
- Magical cockerel
- Fishing of flies
- Fire hamste
-...
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Larroque pure rag paper, this copy one of 10 hors commerce copies, from the deluxe issue.
Illustrated with original engravings by Ania Staritsky, who also designed the book’s original maquette with the collaboration of Claude Nardin.
A rare and very handsome copy, complete with its slipcase and chemise in full saffron cloth.
Our copy is enriched with a signed 10-line manuscript poem by Janine Mitaud, an original etching, and a second state of one of Ania Staritsky’s engravings.
Manuscript pencil signatures of Ania Staritsky and Janine Mitaud at the colophon.
First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Edouard Manet by Bracquemond and an etching by Edouard Manet after "Olympia".
Black half morocco over corners, spine with five raised bands ruled in blind, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, patterned endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Stroobants.
A rare and handsome copy, attractively bound.
A unique copy entirely transcribed by hand by Michel Butor for Claude Nardin; the paper, handmade by Georges Duchêne at the Moulin de Larroque, is on antique 15; the wrapper, made of "grès de larroque" rag paper, is adorned with an impression by Ania Staritsky.
The work is illustrated with original colour engravings by Ania Staritsky, who also devised the original layout of the book with the collaboration of Claude Nardin.
A rare and very fine copy, complete with its brown full moiré cloth slipcase, slightly and marginally faded.
Manuscript pencil signatures of Michel Butor and Ania Staritsky at the colophon.
Our copy is...
First edition of this work devoted to the oeuvre of Ania Staritsky.
Illustrated with an original work by Ania Staritsky on the cover.
A rare and very attractive copy, spine plain and unlettered, boards slightly and marginally sunned, without seriousness.
Copy enriched with an artist’s proof engraving, justified and signed by Ania Staritsky in pencil
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives laid paper.
Illustrated with original engravings by Ania Staritsky.
A rare and very fine copy, complete with its slipcase and grey full-cloth chemise.
Pencil signatures of Ania Staritsky and Albert Dasnoy on the colophon.
Autograph inscription signed by Albert Dasnoy to Claude Nardin, enriched with the handwritten signature of Ania Staritsky.
