Serge LIFAR
Auguste Vestris, le dieu de la danse[Auguste Vestris, God of Dance]
Nagel|Paris 1950|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 25 lettered copies on alfa paper, deluxe issue.
Full leather binding in imitation snakeskin, smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, elegant unsigned binding.
Illustrated with 16 plates and 13 illustrations in the text.
A pleasant copy.
€600
Jacques SEGUELA
90 ans d'amour
Plon|Paris 2022|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Séguéla to his friend Bernard Kouchner: "A Bernard mon frère d'armes mon frère d'âme. Jacques." (To Bernard my brother-in-arms, my soul brother. Jacques.)
€120
Anne SINCLAIR
Une année particulière
Fayard|Paris 1982|13 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Anne Sinclair: "Pour Bernard Kouchner, que j'aime beaucoup mais n'aperçois jamais en dehors du Pays Basque ou de la place Dauphine. Je t'embrasse. Anne." (For Bernard Kouchner, whom I love very much but never see outside the Basque Country or Place Dauphine. I embrace you. Anne.)
€120
Henri POURRAT
Le paysan français
Fernand Sorlot|Paris s.d. (1940)|11 x 17.50 cm|agrafé
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Pourrat: "A Frédéric Lefèvre, qui est du "coin". Affectueusement Henri Pourrat. Toussaint 1940."
€100
Hillary CLINTON RODHAM
Le temps des décisions 2003-2013
Fayard|Paris 2014|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Hillary Clinton to Bernard Kouchner on the title page.

€1,200
Bill CLINTON
Back to work - Why we need smart government for a strong economy
Hutchinson|London 2011|14 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First English edition.
Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its photographic dust jacket which shows no defects.
A handsome copy.
Manuscript signature dated by Bill Clinton on an endpaper.

€800
ETABLISSEMENTS PATHE
De Pathé frères à Pathé-cinéma[From Pathé Frères to Pathé-Cinema]
Pour les amis de Charles Pathé|Paris 1940|16 x 25 cm|relié
First edition, printed in a small run of numbered copies.

With two photographic portraits: one of Charles Pathé and the other of his brother Émile, and a view of the Kodak-Pathé and Pathé-Cinéma factories.
3/4 beige sheepskin binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with black typographical motifs, date at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and flyleaves.
Discrete restorations to spine, some rubbing to upper corners of boards.

Signed by Charles Pathé on his photographic portrait.
€4,000
ETABLISSEMENTS PATHE
Le Film Vierge Pathé - Manuel de Développement et de Tirage [The Virgin Pathé Film: A Handbook of Development and Printing]
Etablissements Pathé-Cinéma|Paris 1926|16 x 25 cm|relié
Rare first edition of this manual on film development.
Illustrated with 54 figures in the text and 6 folding plates at rear, containing 107 interesting samples of films negatives and celluloid.

With a frontispiece photographic portrait of Charles Pathé.

Skilfully restored brown half sheepskin publisher's binding, smooth spine decorated with golden arabesques, small gaps filled at head of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

"In the early years of the twentieth century, the largest film production company was the Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company). Founded in 1897, the company was at its height in 1920s when it unveiled the first home...
€2,500
Guy de MAUPASSANT
Bel-amiBel-Ami
Victor-Havard|Paris 1885|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.

3/4 blue morocco Bradel binding, spine with five raised bands highlighted with gilt dots and decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt date at tail, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled paper flyleaves and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut, binding signed Canape.

Rare copy of Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece beautifully bound in an elegant signed binding.
€13,500
MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE
Instruction du 17 avril 1862 sur l'exercice et les manoeuvres de l'infanterie
Librairie militaire de J. Dumaine|Paris 1862|21.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 51 plates at the end of the volume as well as 23 pages of batteries and bugle calls.
Half-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments, rubbing to headcaps and spine, blind-ruled frame on green paper boards, small lack of paper to lower right corner of front board, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Handsome interior condition despite some occasional light foxing.
€350
Edouard Garcia BENITO, Jean COCTEAU
Dans le ciel de la patrie
Editions Draeger • Société SPAD|Paris 1918|24.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur retenue par un lacet
Illustrated edition with 12 plates of cubist illustrations by Edouard Garcia Benito.
Text by Jean Cocteau.
Work also illustrated with sketches of Capelle's aircraft.
Publisher's full paper boards, smooth spine without lettering showing rubbing, illustrated covers, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.

€120
Charles DODEMAN, Albert ROBIDA
Le journal d'un bouquiniste - Le long des quais, 2e série Le journal d'un bouquiniste
R. Tancrède|Paris 1922-|16.50 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition printed on ordinary paper for each of the volumes.
Works illustrated with black in-text drawings by Albert Robida.
Small tears at head and foot of spine of the first volume which also has a repaired tear, some light foxing.

€120
Émile ZOLA
Le docteur Pascal[Doctor Pascal]
Charpentier|Paris 1893|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
The genealogical table is lacking in our copy.
Half-red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt name at foot, blind-ruled frame on red paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

€300
Eugène VIOLLET-LE-DUC
Histoire d'un hôtel de ville et d'une cathédrale
Jules Hetzel & Cie|Paris s. d. [ca 1880]|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with a color frontispiece as well as plates and in-text drawings in black.
Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with richly ornamented double compartments, triple-ruled frame on brown paper boards, front cover stamped with the gilt arms of the city of Paris enhanced with the gilt inscription "Prix municipal de dessin", white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, corners very lightly rubbed, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Prize book label pasted on one pastedown.
Handsome copy free from foxing and attractively bound with the arms of the city of Paris.
€120
Haroun TAZIEFF
Le gouffre de la Pierre Saint-Martin
Arthaud|Paris • & Grenoble 1954|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
New edition, first edition in part as completed with the account of the 1953 expedition, limited to one thousand copies.
Preface by Félix Trombe, work illustrated with 46 heliogravures.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small tears at head of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Haroun Tazieff to Jean Libbe.
€100
Paul-Emile COLIN, Pierre GUSMAN
La gravure sur bois en France au XIXe siècle
Albert Morancé|Paris 1929|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 96 hors-texte plates.
Handsome copy despite inevitable light foxing inherent to the quality of China paper, light traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers.
Our copy, as stipulated in the print justification, is indeed complete, at the end, with the 10 additional wood engravings distributed across 8 plates.
€800
Émile ZOLA
La terre[The Earth]
G. Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Heavy foxing, primarily at the beginning and end of the volume.
In original wrappers as issued.

€250
Edmond de GONCOURT (inscribed to Pierre LOTI)
Outamaro - Le peintre des maisons vertes. - Exemplaire de Pierre Loti[Outamaro – The Painter of the Green Houses – Pierre Loti’s Copy]
Charpentier|Paris 1891|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding with the pasted label of Henry Mériot on the front pastedown, bookbinder established in Rochefort since 1878 and friend of Pierre Loti.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond de Goncourt: "A Loti, avec ses amitiés, E. de Goncourt" (To Loti, with his friendship, E. de Goncourt).
€1,200
Ambroise-Louis GARNERAY, Etienne de JOUY
Vues des côtes de France dans l'océan et la MéditerranéeViews of the Coasts of France on the Ocean and in the Mediterranean
Panckoucke|Paris 1823-1832|36 x 54 cm|relié
First and only edition. This copy is one of the rare examples complete with the 64 full-page plates. The work is also illustrated with a title vignette depicting the artist Ambroise-Louis Garneray in a small boat, sketching the entrance to the port of Brest.

Contemporary binding of half tan sheep with corners, smooth spine richly decorated in gilt and blind with multiple large typographic tools, discreet restorations to the joints, marbled-paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

A magnificent work on the ports of France, and one of the finest collections ever...
€10,000
A. MARC
Supplément au dictionnaire des romans, du 1er Janvier 1824 au 1er Janvier 1828, avec un choix des meilleures productions, le cercle des plus célèbres romanciers, le classement des auteurs avec leurs ouvrages - Exemplaire de Pierre Louÿs
chez l'auteur|Paris 1828|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in full sienna cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, headcaps rubbed, black shagreen title label with some scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Louÿs with his red printed stamp as bookplate on the half-title page.
€150
Jacques BLOCKX fils
Compendium à l'usage des artistes peintres et des amateurs de tableaux
Ludovic Baschet|Paris s. d. [ca 1892]|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
Second edition.
Spine split with small lack at foot, boards marginally and lightly soiled, pleasant interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Blockx fils to the critic and military historian (Edouard) de La Barre Duparcq.
€300
Heinrich FREY
Traité d'histologie et d'histochimie
F. Savy|Paris 1871|15 x 24 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation based on the third German edition.
Work illustrated with 530 engravings in the text as well as one color plate at the end of the volume.
Half green sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with sextuple gilt fillets, traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, speckled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding.

€100
Freddy BOLLER
Nyama - Aventures au Kenya - Des yeux dans la nuit
• • Hayez • Arthaud|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1970|15 x 20 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with photographs by the author.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Freddy Boller on the title page.
€80
Adolphe BRAUN
Photographische Ansichten der Gotthardbahn
Adolphe Braun & Cie|s. l. (Luzern) [Lucerne] s. d. [ca 1880]|44 x 56 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Publisher's binding in full green cloth, smooth unlettered spine, framed with blind-stamped frieze and black and gilt fillets,

Photographische Ansichten der Gotthardbahn. La ligne du Gothard, 1876-1879. Lucerne. Tunnel de Rindelfluh. Sisikon. Voie ferrée entre Grünbach et Axenberg. Gorges de Grünbach. Pont de Kerstellenbach. Viaduc de Zgraggenthal. Häggrigerbach. Strahllochbrücke. Chantiers à Göschenen et Airolo. Compresseurs. Matériel de construction. Locomotives. Les ouvriers devant l?entrée du tunnel de Göschenen. Le défilé de Stalvedro. Le Tessin. Gare de Bellinzona. Vues de Lugano. Oblong folio album (44 x 55 cm) in green cloth, titled in gilt letters on the front cover...
€3,800
Sonia RYKIEL
Et je la voudrais nue...
Grasset|Paris 1979|13.50 x 201 cm|broché
First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€280
Jérôme Pierre GILLAND, George SAND
Les conteurs ouvriers, dédiés aux enfants des classes laborieuses par Gilland, ouvrier serrurier
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1849|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies.
Small marginal tears on the covers as well as at head and foot of spine, slight corner losses and small stains on the covers.
Preface by George Sand.
Rare signed autograph inscription from the son of the locksmith Jérôme-Pierre Gilland to Monsieur A. Patay.

€800
Gustave EIFFEL, WALERY
Portrait photographique dédicacé de Gustave EiffelOriginal signed photograph of Gustave Eiffel
London 1889|28.70 x 38.40 cm|une photographie encollée sur carton
London 1889, Mount: 28,7x38,4cm - photograph : 18,3x27,4cm, a photograph mounted.

Rare original portrait of Gustave Eiffel, carbon print mounted with the stamp of the Walery studio on mount.
Signed and inscribed to lower right corner of mount: "Au Camarade Richard Souvenir du banquet du 22 Nbre [18]89 G. Eiffel" (To fellow comrade Richard Souvenir of the banquet from 22 November [18]89 G. Eiffel)
This striking portrait of the engeneering legend was shot in the year of the tower's inauguration. Built on the occasion of the Paris Universal Exhibition, it was the tallest man-made structure at the time, towering 300 meters over the Parisian...
€3,800
"We fed on the magic of the sands, others perhaps will dig their oil wells there"
"We fed on the magic of the sands, others perhaps will dig their oil wells there"
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Un feuillet manuscrit autographe de "Terre des Hommes" Original autograph manuscript by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
1938|21 x 27 cm|1 page sur un feuillet
Original autograph manuscript by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, one page in black ink on a yellow paper sheet, numerous corrections, and rewritings.

Exceptional working manuscript of a passage from the original French version of Wind Sand and Stars [Terre des Hommes] from chapter VI "Dans le désert", a magnificent ode to the barren wilderness of deserts doomed to disappear due to the inevitable development of the industrial age. This section from the original French novel was removed for the English version translated by Galantière and remains unpublished in English. Moreover, the final two paragraphs of the manuscript are unpublished in the original French version...
€10,000
Henri LABORIT
Dieu ne joue pas aux dés
Grasset|Paris 1987|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A handsome copy.
Rare and amusing signed autograph inscription from Henri Laborit to the cancer researcher and biologist Monique Castagna who made important contributions to understanding the genesis of cancer in the 1970s: "... en souhaitant qu'elle continue à jouer longtemps, non pas aux dés, mais à la protéine kinase C dont elle nous a déjà révélé les activités essentielles. Bien respectueusement. H. Laborit." ["...hoping that she will continue to play for a long time, not with dice, but with protein kinase C whose essential activities she has already revealed to us. Most respectfully. H. Laborit."]
€450
Sonia RYKIEL
Et je la voudrais nue...
Grasset|Paris 1979|13.50 x 201 cm|broché
First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

€280
Clément ADER
L'aviation militaire
Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1911|14 x 22 cm|Broché
Seventh edition with some parts in first edition as revised and corrected.
Spine browned with a small lack at foot, a crease at upper right corner of front cover, light foxing on the covers.
Work illustrated with 55 figures in the text as well as 2 plates hors-texte.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Clément Ader to politician Charles Dumas.

€800
Léo VIGNON
Recherches sur la soie
Imp. Pitrat ainé|Lyon 1891|19 x 28 cm|broché
First edition.
Current state of chemical knowledge concerning silk, thermochemistry of silk, wool and cotton, on the theory of the dyeing phenomenon, the density of silk, influence of water in the spinning of cocoons.
Spine in poor condition, lacks and angular tears to first cover, second cover missing, handsome interior condition despite some light foxing.
Very rare.
€200
Abel GANCE
"La cigale que je suis écrit au lion de la forêt que vous êtes en l'occurrence... pour vous dire que mon prochain hiver s'annonce mal... "An alarming autograph letter signed and addressed to Carlo Rim in which the filmmaker is concerned about his professional future
Paris 21 mai 1954|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Pessimistic and handsome autograph letter signed by Abel Gance addressed to Carlo Rim, 37 lines in blue ink, in which the director of "Napoléon" worries about the vacuity of his professional future and the resulting financial difficulties: "My dear Carlo, like brother ass - I see nothing precise taking shape, from the top of my ruined tower - in this leaden cinema horizon which smells of storm as much as that of politics. The grasshopper that I am writes to the lion of the forest that you are in this instance - as our President - to tell you that my next winter looks bad. I therefore cling, perhaps naively, to the promise you were kind enough to make me of this gala for the...
€500
Louis JOUVET
"... si le cinéma reprenait, il serait plus utile que tu fasses des scenarii que de la charpie..."Typed and handwritten letter addressed to his great friend Carlo Rim, then mobilized, on the letterhead of his Athénée theater
Paris 16 octobre 1939|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Typed letter (15 lines) then manuscript (11 lines) signed by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead of his Athénée theater, to his great friend Carlo Rim, then mobilized as a corporal-orderly in the Gard.
Louis Jouvet ironizes about his situation as a "disinherited man of the rear who... does not have the possibility of meeting his friends... who bathes in the blue of passive defense..." and demands the presence of his filmmaker friend at his side: "...si le cinéma reprenait, il serait plus utile que tu fasses des scenarii que de la charpie.. ceci est une pensée impérieuse de l'effiloché... est-ce clair?" ["...if cinema resumed, it would be more useful for you to make...
€250
Roland DORGELÈS
"... L'interprète idéal eu été Raimu. Je le lui avais demandé fin 42. Il parait que c'est impossible. Alors qui verriez-vous dans le rôle ? Qui exigeriez-vous si vous aviez fait le film? Pourriez-vous, en même temps, me donner une liste des meilleurs artistes méridionaux ?Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim to whom he asks advice for the role of Tartarin, after Raimu withdrew from his film adaptation of Tartarin in the Alps
Paris 8 février 1943|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Roland Dorgelès addressed to Carlo Rim, written in blue ink (50 lines in blue ink) seeking advice from the latter for the casting of his film adaptation of "Tartarin dans les Alpes":
"Cher Carlo,
vous êtes retiré, m'a-t-on dit dans les Alpes. Moi dans les Pyrénées. D'une montagne à l'autre je vous dit bonjour. J'ai besoin d'un conseil que vous seul pouvez me donner. Il s'agit de Tartarin dans les Alpes, dont j'ai fait l'adaptation (nous aurions été encore marseillais que je vous aurai demander de collaborer...) L'interprète idéal eu été Raimu. Je le lui avais demandé fin 42. Il parait que c'est impossible. Alors qui verriez-vous dans le...
€300
Abel GANCE
"Je ne saurais oublier que vous avez été le bon sourcier de cette oasis inattendue qui s'est dressée vers mes pas à l'heure de la soif - dans ce sombre désert du cinéma dans lequel je m'avance en solitaire depuis 8 ans ! "Lyrical Signed Autograph Letter of Thank You to Carlo Rim
Paris 18 décembre 1952|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Grateful and beautiful signed autograph letter from Abel Gance addressed to Carlo Rim, 25 lines in blue ink in which the director of "Napoleon" praises the salvific friendship that the author of "Ma belle Marseille" has always shown him: "Je ne saurais oublier que vous avez été le bon sourcier de cette oasis inattendue qui s'est dressée vers mes pas à l'heure de la soif - dans ce sombre désert du cinéma dans lequel je m'avance en solitaire depuis 8 ans ! " , "Grâce à vous & mes confrères, j'y reprendrai des forces pour aller défricher plus loin - et, peut-être est-ce là ma providence & ma fatalité - je veux espérer que "lorsque le grand froid aura pris mes...
€400
Louis JOUVET
Lettre dactylographiée signée adressée à son grand ami Carlo Rim à en-tête de son théâtre de l'Athénée
Paris 1er août 1939|20.50 x 27 cm|une feuille
Typed letter signed by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead from his Athénée theater, to his great friend Carlo Rim, expressing joy and reassurance at receiving news from him: "What are you doing so far from me in Sanary? I had no more news from you, which made me confide to Charles that you must have disowned me, or that at least you were ashamed when thinking of me." He also mentions his state as a caregiver being at the bedside of his suffering wife. Finally, Louis Jouvet questions the silence of Carlo Rim's wife and son, from which he seems to suffer: "You tell me nothing about the bambino nor his mother: would you have disowned them too? or could it be...
€120
Jean COCTEAU
"cette étrange foire d'empoigne à laquelle j'essayai de donner quelque grâce"Autograph letter signed to his friend Carlo Rim about the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, of which Jean Cocteau chaired the jury
S. n.|s. l. 27 avril 1954|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jean Cocteau, president of the jury of the 1954 Cannes festival which was held from March 25 to April 9, addressed to his friend Carlo Rim, 17 lines in blue ink : "cette étrange foire d'empoigne à laquelle j'essayai de donner quelque grâce" ["this strange free-for-all to which I tried to give some grace"]
Jean Cocteau further praises Carlo Rim's impartiality and clairvoyance: "Je dois te dire ma reconnaissance pour ton oeil qui savait voir au dessus du lieu..." ["I must tell you my gratitude for your eye which knew how to see above the place..."] and denounces the struggles of influence troubling and surrounding the awarding...
€450
René CLAIR
"... tu connais assez les exigences de notre métier pour m'excuser et pour ne voir en cette absence rien qui démente l'amitié..."."Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim apologizing for not being able to respond favorably to an invitation from the latter
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1940]|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by René Clair addressed to Carlo Rim, 22 lines in blue ink.
He cannot honor an invitation and presents his apologies to his friend : "... je t'embrasse, je te donne l'accolade - mais hélas, de loin. Je pars demain matin en "extérieur" et il est probable que je dorme sur place. Je suis navré de ne pouvoir être près de toi demain soir mais tu connais assez les exigences de notre métier pour m'excuser et pour ne voir en cette absence rien qui démente l'amitié très ancienne et bien vive que je te porte. Affectueusement. René." ["... I embrace you, I give you an accolade - but alas, from afar. I leave tomorrow morning for location shooting and it is...
€300
Moïse KISLING
"...Parle-moi du poisson - quelle sacrée différence de ceux d'ici ! ah ! merde alors ! ..."Affectionate and nostalgic, signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim from his Lisbon exile, longing for his lamented Provence
S. n.|s. l. 17 octobre 1940|17.50 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Moïse Kisling addressed from his exile in Lisbon to Carlo Rim, 30 lines in black ink, deeply imbued with melancholic memories of his Provence which he cruelly misses: "Ta lettre du 5... m'a donné envie de la sentir pour découvrir un peu d'ail pour sentir le mistral et toute la couleur du pays. Elle m'a apporté un peu d'arôme du pays..." ["Your letter of the 5th... made me want to smell it to discover a bit of garlic to feel the mistral and all the color of the country. It brought me a little aroma of the country..."]
Moïse Kisling questions his friend about fishing : "... elle ne doit pas être bonne en ce moment - nous allons vers...
€700
René CAUDRON
Fascicule A - Aéroplanes Caudron Type C23 - Notice de réglage, de démontage, d'entretien - Observations générales sur la conduite de l'avion
René Caudron|Issy-les-Moulineaux s. d. [circa 1920]|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 14 folding plates.
Worming to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.
€250
Marcel CARNÉ
"Rarement, en effet, je n'ai senti, comme ce jour-là, un tel esprit de solidarité, une telle estime affectueuse..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim
s. l. 27 juin 1966|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Marcel Carné addressed to Carlo Rim, 25 lines in blue ink, thanking him for the speech he delivered concerning notably the work of Marcel Carné but also the laws governing the cinema milieu.
Marcel Carné praises the clairvoyance and moral elevation of Carlo Rim's speech: "... indépendamment des éloges, trop flatteurs, que vous avez bien voulu me décerner, j'ai admiré son courage tranquille, sa fermeté dans sa concision et, par-dessus tout, son grand désir que les lois régissant la profession accordent, enfin, à chacun ce que devrait logiquement leur valeur leur travail..." ["... independently of the praise, too flattering...
€500
RAIMU
Importante lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim à propos d'un différend regardant le droit de propriété intellectuelle du film "Hercule"
Paris 5 avril 1938|20.50 x 26.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Raimu addressed from his Parisian home to Carlo Rim, 25 lines in black ink, assuring him of his support and providing his epistolary testimony, being unable to be physically present at a legal appointment concerning the film Hercule for which Carlo Rim claims authorship: "Je regrette de ne pouvoir me rendre en tant que témoin, à l'arbitrage que tu as solliciter (sic) de la société des auteurs. Mais ce que je puis te rappeler c'est que je connais Hercule depuis que je te connais toi même. Que tu m'as toujours parlé de ce film que tu me destinais d'ailleurs et que les évènements ne m'ont pas permis de tourner. Et surtout que tu m'as donné...
€600
René CLAIR
"... je suis né le 11 novembre. Ton fils le 14 juillet. Aux grands hommes les grandes dates."Humorous signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim regarding the birth of Carlo Rim's son
S. n.|Iver (Buckinghamshire) [Iver] 24 novembre 1937|20.50 x 25.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by René Clair, on Pinewood studios letterhead in Iver, England, addressed to Carlo Rim, 26 lines in black ink, regarding the birth of Carlo Rim's son for which René Clair does not seem certain of having already congratulated him : "Avec honte, je découvre dans un dossier la carte par laquelle tu m'annonçais la naissance de ton fils. T'ai-je ou non envoyé des félicitations (dont la majeure partie s'adresse à Alice ?), je n'en sais rien. Au risque de me répéter, je t'écris "à nouveau" ave quelques mois de retard." ["With shame, I discover in a file the card by which you announced to me the birth of your son. Did I or did I not send congratulations...
€350
Abel GANCE
"... des détails insignifiants s'aggravent souvent avec les nerfs des femmes ! "Signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim regarding Nelly Kaplan and Abel Gance's wife
Paris 1960|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Abel Gance, from his Parisian home, addressed to Carlo Rim, 19 lines in black ink, requesting Carlo Rim's discretion in order to spare the sensitivities of Nelly Kaplan and Abel Gance's wife : "Cher Carlo, soyez gentil - & je compte sur votre discrétion totale, de ne rien dire à Nelly Kaplan au sujet de la demande que je vous ai faite pour mad.e Gance - Des détails insignifiants s'aggravent souvent avec les nerfs des femmes !" ["Dear Carlo, be kind - & I count on your complete discretion, to say nothing to Nelly Kaplan about the request I made to you for Mrs. Gance - Insignificant details often become aggravated with women's nerves!"]
Abel...
€400
Jacques BECKER
"... c'est un film épatant et merveilleusement mis en scène..."Complimentary signed autograph letter addressed to Carlo Rim about his film "La maison Bonnadieu"
Paris 30 novembre 1951|20.50 x 26.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Jacques Becker addressed to Carlo Rim, 8 lines in black ink, congratulating him for his latest film "La maison Bonnadieu" : "Carlo, j'ai vu hier soir "La maison Bonnadieu". C'est un film épatant, et merveilleusement mis en scène - Permettez-moi de vous féliciter. Jacques Becker." ["Carlo, I saw "La maison Bonnadieu" last night. It's a wonderful film, and marvelously directed - Allow me to congratulate you. Jacques Becker."]
Central folds inherent to postal handling.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker: "Justin de Marseille", "L'armoire volante", "La maison...
€150
Marcel PAGNOL
Affectueuse lettre autographe signée adressée son grand ami Carlo Rim à propos du droit d'auteur au cinéma[Warm autograph letter signed addressed to his close friend Carlo Rim concerning copyright in the film industry]
Paris 19 mai 1959|21 x 27 cm|une feuille
Touching autograph letter signed by Marcel Pagnol addressed from Monte Carlo to his great friend Carlo Rim, 9 lines in blue ink, : "Petit Carlo, Où es-tu? Donne-moi ton adresse, car il faut que je t'écrive sérieusement à propos du droit d'auteur au cinéma. C'est urgent, et important pour tous. Je t'embrasse et aussi Alice, Marcel. Monte Carlo" ["Little Carlo, Where are you? Give me your address, as I need to write to you seriously about film copyright. It's urgent, and important for everyone. I embrace you and also Alice, Marcel. Monte Carlo"]
Central folds inherent to postal handling, Carlo Rim having inscribed a date in pencil, probably that of receiving the letter...
€450
Louis JOUVET
Bristol autographe signé adressé à sa grande amie Alice Rim
Paris s. d. [circa 1950]|13 x 10.50 cm|une feuille
Autograph signed card by Louis Jouvet addressed, on letterhead of his Athénée theatre, to his great friend Alice Rim, 12 lines in blue ink : "Ma petite Alice. J'ai été fâché de ne pouvoir aller à Cassis l'autre jour et dîner avec toi - Nous avons tous été retenus ici par un arrivage !! J'espère que Carlo t'es arrivé. J'espère pousser jusque là-bas dès que ma voiture sera arrangée - Le Babou est magnifique ! Je t'embrasse affectueusement. Louis J." ["My little Alice. I was sorry not to be able to go to Cassis the other day and dine with you - We were all held up here by an arrival!! I hope Carlo reached you. I hope to push on down there as soon as my car is fixed - The Babou is...
€200
COLLECTIF
Billet nominatif d'invitation à l'inauguration du tunnel des Alpes
Sindaco della citta di Torino • Direction technique du percement du tunnel|Torino [Turin] 1871|18.50 x 13.50 cm|une feuille sous chemise cartonnée
First edition with recipient's name, ours for Mr Cézilly, deputy chief of staff in the Interior Ministry.
Small marginal tears to rear board, boards lightly soiled.
Rare.
€200
Georges PEREC
Un cabinet d'amateur[A collector's cabinet]
Balland|Paris 1979|13 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Perec to the pataphysician Gilbert Lascault, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski: "A Gilbert Lascaux (sic) ce trompe l'oeil".
€800
Robert GASTOU
La théorie de l'aviation - Son application à l'aéroplane
Librairie des sciences aéronautiques F. Louis Vivien|Paris s. d. [circa 1905]|15.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Light marginal stains to covers with some minor creasing.
Preface by Maurice Farman.
Rare pamphlet.

€150
René de LESPINASSE
Histoire générale de Paris - Les métiers et les corporations de la ville de Paris XIVe-XVIII siècle : Ordonnances générales métiers de l'alimentation. - Orfèvrerie, sculpture, mercerie, ouvriers en métaux, bâtiment et ameublement. - Tissus, étoffes, vêtement cuirs et peaux, métiers divers
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1886-1897|24 x 34.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition printed on laid paper for the first two volumes.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full sea-green boards, smooth spine with small tears at foot, spine and boards of the second volume uniformly faded and lightened, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with figures in the text.
Handsome complete set in 3 volumes.
€380
Hippolyte CASTILLE
Achille Fould
E. Dentu|Paris 1860|9 x 14 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with a portrait of Achille Fould as frontispiece and an autograph facsimile at the end.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
€60
Sadi CARNOT, COLLECTIF
Itinéraire de la visite à Bruay de monsieur le président de la république, 1er & 2 juin 1889
Imprimerie Paul Dutilleux|Douai 1889|9 x 13.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition complete with its folding map, at end of volume, detailing the Bruay mines visited by Sadi Carnot on June 1st & 2nd, 1889.
Copy tending to come apart.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth, smooth unlettered spine, black fillet frame on front cover.

€150
Marcel GARRIGOU, Raoul DUFY
Les maîtres de la reliure - Georges Cretté
Arts et formes|Toulouse 1949|12 x 18.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition printed in 450 numbered copies.
Very handsome copy.
Illustrated work, complete with all 205 binding plates (plate 79, then 79 bis).
Under the direction of Marcel Garrigou, with contributions by Raoul Dufy, Roger Devauchelle, René Kieffer, Pierre-Lucien Martin, André Dunoyer de Segonzac...
€400
Fritz Wolfgang LONDON, Edmond BAUER
La théorie de l'observation en mécanique quantique
Hermann & Cie|Paris 1939|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition in French.
A small lack at foot of spine, some minimal foxing to margins of boards, handsome copy.
€150
Jean-Claude POMPÉÏEN PIRAUD
Causerie sur la navigation aérienne - Torpilleur aérien
Imprimerie typographique A. Pastel|Lyon 1886|13.50 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Boards slightly and marginally soiled, occasional foxing.
Rare.
€80
Knut ANGSTROM
Uber die Anwendung der elektrischen Kompensationsmethode zur Bestimung der nächtlichen Ausstrahlung
Akademische Buchhandlung|Uppsala 1905|22.50 x 29 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Royal Academy of Sciences of Uppsala.
Tears and corner lacks to spine and boards, a small dampstain to upper right corner of leaves.
Rare fascicle illustrated with one plate hors-texte at rear containing 5 figures.
€400
William KLEIN
Hugo Erfurth Preis - Internationaler fotopreis der Stadt Leverkusen und der Agfa Gevaert-Ag Leverkusen[Hugo Erfurth Prize – International photography prize awarded by the City of Leverkusen and Agfa Gevaert-Ag Leverkusen]
Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen|Leverkusen 1993|21 x 27 cm|broché
First edition of the exhibition catalog for the retrospective of photographic works by William Klein, Jörg Krichbaum and Anton Corbijn at the Morsbroich Museum in Leverkusen.
Richly illustrated.
Complete with dust jacket which has a scratch to the lower left corner of the front panel.
Autograph inscription signed by William Klein to Thierry Marlat on the dust jacket, with William Klein having crossed out the surnames of the two other photographers participating in the exhibition.
€400
COLLECTIF
Catalogue général pour l'année 1879 des Grands Magasins du Louvre
S. n.|Paris 1879|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Light tears and marginal foxing to boards, one stain to first cover.
Rare.

€120
Louis Marie de SAINTE-MARIE
Opinion M. de Sainte-Marie, député de la Nièvre, sur le commerce de la boucherie de Paris
Imprimerie de Madame Veuve Agasse|à Paris 1834|13.50 x 21.50 cm|en feuillets
First edition of this speech read at the session of the Chamber of Deputies on July 18, 1824.
Some light foxing, back cover entirely shaded.
Rare.

€100
COLLECTIF
Programme officiel pour la Féria de Nîmes du 18 au 22 Mai 1961
S. n.|Nîmes 1961|18 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition of this program illustrated with photographs.
A slight fold at head of second board.
Rare and handsome copy, the black velvet cover, illustrated by Vinci being well preserved.
€100
André WOGENSCKY
Architecture active
Casterman|Paris 1972|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Foxing to edges.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by André Wogenscky to Goy Weelen.
€200
MARIE
Mes patrons et mon coeur - Mémoires d'une bonne
Eugène Figuière|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small corner losses to boards.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie to Madame Cointe.

€80
COLLECTIF
Description technique du moteur d'aviation Hispano-Suiza[Technical Description of the Hispano-Suiza Aircraft Engine]
Hispano-Suiza|Paris s. d. [circa 1924]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Two tears with slight lacks of no consequence at foot and head of spine, a light stain and a small scratch on the first cover.
Illustrated catalogue with 12 folding plates at rear of volume as well as in-text figures.
Rare.

€300
Odette JOYEUX
Le troisième oeil - La vie de Nicéphore Niepce
Editions Ramsay|Paris 1990|15 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Fine full-page autograph inscription, dated and signed, from Odette Joyeux to Jean-Paul Gibiat.

€70
Odette JOYEUX
Le troisième oeil - La vie de Nicéphore Niepce
Editions Ramsay|Paris 1990|15 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, iconography.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Odette Joyeux to Christian Giudicelli: "A Christian Giudicelli, à mon cher Christian à mon tour de "doubler". Je te fais parvenir un nouvel exemplaire de ces troisièmes regards dont je t'ai tant parlé en souhaitant que tu en sois content. Ton amie, ton interrète Odette (Joyeux), Mars 1990." ["To Christian Giudicelli, to my dear Christian, my turn to 'double.' I am sending you a new copy of these 'Third Looks' which I have spoken to you about so much, hoping that you will be pleased with it. Your friend, your interpreter Odette...
€70
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1907 et 1908 complètes
Noël Charavay|Paris 1907-1908|14 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half marbled sheep with small corners, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, red shagreen title label, brown shagreen volume label, imitation leather paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns with floral motifs.
Pencil annotations on the binding's blank endpapers, some minor light foxing, the leaf containing pages 119 to 122 of the second year is detached.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1909 et 1910 complètes
Noël Charavay|Paris 1909-1910|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title-label with some marginal scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Pencil annotations on the blank endpapers of the binding, some light foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1862 et 1863 complètes : Du N°1 de la 1ère année au N°48 de la 2ème année
Librairie de J. Charavay ainé|Paris 1er Janvier 1862 - 16 Décembre 1863|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, front board slightly discolored at upper left corner.
Pencil annotations on the blank endpapers of the binding, some light foxing of no consequence, the leaf containing pages 119 to 122 of the second year is detached.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1911 et 1912 complètes
Noël Charavay|Paris 1911-1912|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Pencil annotations on the last blank endpaper, occasional light foxing.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1913 & 1914 complètes
Charavay frères|Paris 1913-1914|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label with light rubbing, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1868, 1869, 1870 et 1871 complètes : des N°145 & 146 des 1er et 16 Janvier 1868 aux N° 204 & 205 des 1er et 16 Novembre1871
Librairie J. Charavay ainé|Paris 1868-1871|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label with light rubbing, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped.
Pencil annotations on the last blank endpaper, occasional light foxing.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1866 et 1867 complètes : du N°97 du 1er Janvier 1866 aux N° 143 & 144 des 1er et 16 Décembre1867
Librairie J. Charavay ainé|Paris 1866-1867|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, two corners slightly bumped.
Pencil annotations on final blank endpaper, occasional light foxing.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1864 et 1865 complètes : du N°49 de la troisième année du 1er Janvier 1864 au N° 92 de la quatrième année du 16 décembre 1865
Charavay frères|Paris 1864-1865|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped.
Ink and pencil annotations on the final blank endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100
COLLECTIF
L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1872, 1873, 1873 et 1875 complètes : des N°208 & 209 de la dixième année du 1er & 16 Janvier 1872 aux N° 266 & 267 de Novembre-Décembre 1875
Charavay frères|Paris 1872-1875|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title-label with slight rubbing, marbled paper boards, first cover stained at upper left corner, corners slightly bumped.
Pencil annotations on the last blank endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100
René HUYGHE, Roger TAILLIBERT
Oeuvres récentes de Roger Taillibert
Metropolis|Paris 1977|23.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Publisher's black pasteboard binding, black cloth spine, yellow pasteboard slipcase with trace of label at foot of second board.
Work illustrated with reproductions of constructions by Roger Taillibert.
Text by René Huyghe: "L'architecture et la révolution des formes."
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Taillibert: "A Georges Patrix l'ami qui par son talent à toujours bati (sic) l'architecture de couleurs et de la joie." ["To Georges Patrix the friend who through his talent has always built the architecture of colors and joy."]

€100
Charles ERDT
Exposé de l'organisation de l'armée des Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Renaud|Montpellier s. d. [circa 1870]|16 x 23 cm|2 fascicules brochés en 1
First edition of the French translation established by d'Herbelot.
Some light foxing, the temporary wrapper has been reinforced at the margins of the boards with adhesive paper strip, small corner losses to the boards.
Rare work presented under temporary wrapper and in its original stitching.
Autograph inscription signed by the translator M. d'Herbelot to a member of his family.
€250
René CAUDRON
Catalogue des établissements Aéroplanes Caudron - Notice de réglage, de démontage, d'entretien et observations générales sur la conduite de l'avion Type G.6
Etablissements Nomblot-Bruneau|Bourg-la-Reine s. d. [circa 1916]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of this catalogue concerning the twin-engine biplane Type G.6 which was first used by the French military aviation in 1916.
Some marginal foxing on the covers.
Brochure illustrated with 2 photographs hors-texte and complete with its folding plan at the end.
€300
Henri Jean-Baptiste DARD
Réflexions sur les moyens de faire cesser la différence qui existe, dans l'opinion, entre la valeur des biens patrimoniaux et les biens dits nationaux ; et sur les avantages qui en résulteroient pour les finances, pour la sécurité des propriétaires de biens nationaux, ainsi que pour les créanciers des émigrés
Egron|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
A tear at the head of the front cover, a crease at the foot of the rear cover.
A rare and handsome copy in its original stitching and under plain temporary wrappers.
€150
Louis-Charles-François PETIT-RADEL
Recherches sur les bibliothèques anciennes et modernes jusqu'à la fondation de la bibliothèque Mazarine et sur les causes qui ont favorisé l'accroissement successif du nombre de ses livres
Chez Rey et Gavier|Paris 1819|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A dampstain at foot throughout the work, spine split, title written in black ink at head of unlettered spine.
The frontispiece and two folding plans are lacking from our copy presented in temporary wrappers and in its original stitching.
€100
Henri CONSCIENCE
Le pays de l'or
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1869|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition of the French translation of this novel set among gold prospectors in the Americas.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine slightly browned with four raised bands set with black fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€50
P.-Louis RIVIÈRE
Le palais et la guerre
La revue hebdomadaire|Paris 1919|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the weekly review.
Covers stained, small corner losses to covers.
Autograph inscription signed by P.-Louis Rivière to his cousins.
€50
Alexandre-Maxime LEGENDRE
Adrien de Tourville
Imprimerie Berger-Levrault & Cie|Nancy 1904|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies of this speech delivered during the session of December 21, 1903 at the Court of Appeal of Paris.
Rare and handsome copy despite a slight marginal tear to the second cover.
€60
Paul BONNET
Adolphe Guillot
Imprimerie Berger-Levrault & Cie|Nancy 1907|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this speech delivered during the session of January 7, 1907 at the Paris Court of Appeal.
Rare and handsome copy.
€60
A. D'HERBELOT
De l'influence que doivent exercer sur le système de fortification moderne les changements opérés au 19ème siècle dans l'art de la guerre
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1880]|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First French edition translated by A. d'Herbelot, printed in a small number of copies of this extract from the Journal militaire de Darmstadt.
Lacks and tears to margins of covers, some interior spotting.
Rare copy presented in plain temporary wrappers.
€80
Charles BAUDINAT
Le petit homme et le grand journal
Julliard|Paris 1973|10.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of this work evoking the author's friendship and admiration for Pierre Lazareff.
Spine slightly faded.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Baudinat to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was notably the friend of Pierre Lazareff, Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as André Salmon and Max Jacob: "Pour monsieur Carlo Rim, compagnon plus que moi de ce "petit homme". Avec mon admiration et ma profonde sympathie." ["For Mr Carlo Rim, more of a companion than I to this 'little man'. With my admiration and deep sympathy."]
€60
Jacques SÉGUÉLA
Hollywood lave plus blanc
Flammarion|Paris 1982|14 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two corner creases to upper right of rear cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Séguéla to a man named Hervé.
€50
Carlo RIM
Dessin original au feutre noir rehaussé au feutre rouge représentant Jean Renoir
s. l. 1950)|21 x 14.50 cm|une feuille
Original drawing in black felt-tip pen heightened with red felt-tip pen by Carlo Rim depicting filmmaker Jean Renoir in bust, head turned to the left.
The drawing is captioned in black felt-tip pen Jean Renoir on a sheet of tracing paper folded in half.
Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author notably of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.
€80
Roland PETIT, Christian DIOR
Programme des Ballets de Paris Roland Petit pour 1953
Théâtre de l'Empire|Paris 1953|15.50 x 23.50 cm|agrafé
First edition illustrated with photographs.
Handsome copy.
Text by Christian Dior.
Program cover illustrated with a lithograph by Antoni Clavé.
We include three tickets for the balcony of the Théâtre de l'Empire dated October 11, 1953, with manuscript notation "11 octobre" in blue ink by the program's owner at the foot of the title page.
€150