Budget-Friendly Gifts

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half navy blue shagreen with corners, spine with five raised bands (slightly faded), moiré-effect paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Caffin, binder in rue Saint-Lazare, Paris.

Some light foxing, mainly affecting the edges.

First edition, illustrated with drawings by Pierre Joubert.

Spine lightly sunned, with minor rubbing to the joints.

Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Joubert to Henri Le Roy, enhanced with an original blue ballpoint pen drawing of a smiling scout's face.

First edition, one of 103 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large-paper copies apart from 6 hors commerce copies on Holland paper.
Preface by Henri Pourrat.

A monogrammed roundel pasted to the upper right corner of an endpaper, serving as a bookplate.
A fine and rare copy.

New edition, printed in 1,020 numbered copies on châtaignier.

Copy slightly warped, the spine a little sunned, as is often the case.

Publisher's binding after the original design by Mario Prassinos.

First edition, edited by Frédéric Masson, illustrated with a portrait of Cardinal de Bernis as frontispiece to the first volume and a facsimile of a letter as frontispiece to the second.

Contemporary Bradel bindings in full sienna cloth, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets, black sheepskin title labels.

A pleasant copy.

Third edition of Benjamin Laroche's French translation.

Contemporary half polished tan calf over speckled paper boards, spines with four raised bands, decorated with gilt and blind-tooled fillets, tawny calf title and volume-number labels, marbled pastedowns, speckled edges. Some rubbing to the bindings, minor surface wear to the leather, occasional foxing, and a small area of paper loss, not affecting the text, on page 503 of the first volume.

Stamp of Bourdery, an attorney practising in Aubusson, on the half-title of each volume. This former owner can in all likelihood be identified with Judge Bourdery, a magistrate at the Aubusson court...

First edition of the French translation.

Creasing to the spine, a few crease marks to the wrappers.

Section of photographic illustrations at the end of the volume.

Full-page autograph inscription signed by Yehudi Menuhin to the Caron family.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Bradel binding in bottle-green half morocco, smooth spine darkened and showing signs of rubbing, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved.

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on Holland paper.

Light foxing to the endpapers.
A fine copy, the blue wrappers unfaded.

First edition, one of only 6 copies numbered in Roman numerals on Holland paper, this copy being No. I, the only deluxe copies issued.

Endpapers partially darkened.

A rare and attractive copy.

First edition, limited to 195 numbered copies on pur fil paper, each printed with the name of its recipient.

A rare and attractive copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies printed on alfa paper.
A very good copy.

Edition edited and annotated by Drs Gabriel Legué and Georges Gilles de la Tourette.

Preface by Dr Jean-Martin Charcot.

Contemporary Bradel binding in blue half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleur-on, double gilt rule at foot, brown morocco-grain leather title label with minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, corners bumped.

Complete with the folding facsimile of a letter by Jeanne des Anges at the end of the volume.

First edition, one of an unspecified number of copies printed on China paper, not mentioned in the limitation statement.

Contemporary Bradel-style binding in brown straight-grain half morocco, smooth spine with a few minor scuffs and an incorrect date gilt-stamped at the foot (1895 instead of 1890), comb-marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped.

Some inevitable foxing to the edges, owing to the nature of the China paper.

First edition, one of the review copies.

Spine slightly faded.
Signed and inscribed by the author to Françoise Giroud.

First edition, one of the copies printed on Japanese paper.

Small tears and minor losses to the corners of the wrappers, which are partially faded along the edges; a tear at the foot of the spine.

Internally in very good condition.

First collected edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A very good copy.

New edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies printed on alfa paper.
Publisher's original illustrated boards designed by Paul Bonet.
A fine copy.

First edition of this exhibition catalogue, printed in an edition of 1,000 copies on wove paper, accompanying an exhibition of works by Raoul Dufy held at the Galerie Louis Carré in July and September 1953.

Published in aid of the preservation of the Palace of Versailles, the catalogue is illustrated with five plates, including three double-page lithographs, one of which appears on the wrappers.

Includes numerous contributions by writers and artists, among them Roland Dorgelès, André Warnod, Jean-Louis Barrault, Fernand Léger, Moïse Kisling, André Lanskoy and Hans Hartung.

A very good copy.

First edition, one of 170 numbered copies printed on pur fil paper.

A very small, unobtrusive tear without loss to the spine of the outer wrapper, which also shows two small areas of sunning at the head and foot.

An attractive copy retaining its double wrappers.

First trade edition, with a new preface, one of 550 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe issue.
Contemporary-style binding in half brown morocco, spine with three broad raised bands, decorated with double gilt-ruled compartments and gilt dotted tooling, very slight rubbing to the joints, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

An attractively bound copy.

First edition, containing previously unpublished material, one of 20 numbered copies on Lana wove paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A fine copy.

First edition, one of 262 numbered copies printed on pur fil paper in a larger format.
A very good copy.

First edition thus, enlarged with previously unpublished posthumous poems and prose writings. One of 45 numbered copies on pur fil paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A very good copy.

Introduction and appendix by Yves-Gérard Le Dantec.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 45 on pur fil paper.

Minor foxing, chiefly affecting the endpapers and edges.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Japan paper, constituting the deluxe issue.
Fine copy.

New edition published a few months after the first, with an edition statement.
A pleasing copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Louis Aragon to Jean-Pierre Monarque.

New edition.
A very good copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Louis Aragon to Jean-Pierre Monarque.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Spine and covers slightly faded along the edges, as is often the case, with a few small stains to the rear cover.

First edition of the French translation, one of 46 numbered copies printed on vélin pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies issued.

A pleasing copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, constituting the sole deluxe issue.

A fine copy, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.

First edition, one of 1,040 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe issue apart from 30 copies on pur fil paper.
Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos.
Notes by Michel Leiris.

Headcaps slightly rubbed and split, with no serious damage.

First edition, limited to 1,000 copies, this being one of 950 printed on Outhenin-Chalandre paper.

A fine copy, with a frontispiece map of the Pays d'Ouche region and complete with the publisher's printed publicity slip.

Signed and dated autograph inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée, dated 1954.

In 1951, the novel was adapted for the screen by Yves Allégret, starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Jean Debucourt.

First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on vélin labeur paper.
Publisher's boards after Paul Bonet's original design.
Boards slightly yellowed, as is usual.

First edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies on alfama paper.

Publisher's boards after the original design by Mario Prassinos. A tiny sunned area at the head of the spine.

A remarkably fresh copy.

First edition, one of the review copies.

A \"Collection Goncourt\" bookplate affixed to the centre of a flyleaf.

A very good copy of this novel, winner of the 1961 Prix Goncourt.
Fine signed presentation inscription from Jean Cau to Jean-Louis Bory: \"Pour J.L. Bory ce livre plein d'espoir et de soleil et d'amour en amical hommage.\"

First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies printed on rag wove paper, the only deluxe issue.

Minor offsetting at the foot of the final blank flyleaf, otherwise a rare and attractive copy.

First edition, printed in a small, numbered edition on alfa paper.

Rare and fine copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

Foreword by Jean Cocteau.

A rare and attractive copy, with full margins.

Dated and signed autograph inscription from Roger Peyrefitte to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.

First edition, one of 11 numbered copies on Hollande paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A rare and attractive copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A rare and attractive copy with full margins.

Edition published in the same year as the first edition, one of the numbered copies bound to an original design by Massin.

Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with the original wraparound band and transparent acetate dust jacket.

Signed autograph inscription from André Malraux to J. C. Lévêque on the half-title page.

On the preceding page, a stamped impression featuring the Cross of Lorraine and the inscription \"Exposition Charles De Gaulle- mairie de Vincennes du 2 au 9 novembre 1973\".

First edition, one of 140 numbered copies on Arches pur fil paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

An attractive copy with full margins.

First edition, one of only 11 numbered copies on Hollande paper, constituting the deluxe issue.

A rare and attractive copy, illustrated with two drawings by Jean de La Varende, engraved on wood by H. Cols.

First edition on ordinary paper, with a press copy punch mark at the foot of the rear wrapper.

Green half morocco with corners, spine faded, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques incorporating red morocco onlays, gilt fillet borders to the marbled paper boards, slightly faded at the edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, two bookplates affixed to one pastedown. Binding signed by Le Douarin.

Signed autograph inscription from Colette to her friend Andrée Laferté.

Our copy is further enriched with an autograph postcard from Colette to her friend André Laferté, mounted on a stub at the...

First edition on ordinary paper.

Bound in burgundy half morocco, spine with five raised bands outlined in black, boards covered in moiré-effect paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, speckled edges.

Signed autograph inscription from André Malraux to Madame Simone Sivry.

Definitive edition, one of 1,040 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Spine slightly faded, as is commonly the case.

First collected edition, with no deluxe copies issued, this being one of the press copies.

A very good copy.

Fine signed presentation inscription from Jean Cocteau to the writer, art critic and television personality Max-Pol Fouchet: "à Max Pol cette moëlle de mes os. Jean 1956."

New edition, one of 2,200 numbered copies on vélin labeur paper, the only deluxe issue apart from 16 copies on pur fil paper.
Publisher's boards after an original design by Mario Prassinos.
Slight, inconsequential fading at the head and foot of the spine, endpapers uniformly browned, otherwise a very good copy.
 

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe issue.

A fine and rare 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 on ordinary paper.

Small loss to the lower right corner of the title page.

Contemporary Bradel-style binding in indigo-blue half cloth, smooth spine with brown sheep label, marbled paper boards.

Provenance: from the library of Marcel Allain, co-creator of Fantômas with Pierre Souvestre, with his manuscript bookplate on a paper label pasted to the inside front board.

First public edition of this text by Jean Guéhenno, written under the pseudonym Cévennes, one of 60 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, from the deluxe issue.

A fine copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.

A pleasing copy, with only a few insignificant spots at the foot of the spine.

Warm presentation copy signed by Jean Echenoz to his friend, the writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker Jérôme Beaujour, also a specialist in Marguerite Duras’s cinema: "Pour mon cher Jérôme avec ma vive affection, Jean. 2.VI.10"

First edition printed on ordinary paper.

A pleasing copy.

Affectionate signed presentation inscription from Jean Echenoz to his friend, the writer, screenwriter and filmmaker Jérôme Beaujour, also a specialist of Marguerite Duras’s cinema: "Pour Jérôme je t'embrasse, Jean. 6.XI.15"

First edition on ordinary paper.

A pleasing copy.

Fine signed presentation inscription from Jean Echenoz to the writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker Jérôme Beaujour, also a specialist in Marguerite Duras’ cinema: "Pour Jérôme (qui m'a donné quelque chose p.109 à Pondichéry) et pour Elisabeth avec toute mon affection, Jean."

First edition of the French translation, one of the scarce lettered copies printed on pur fil for private circulation, ours bearing the letter A, the only deluxe-paper copies together with 25 numbered copies on pur fil.
Wide-margined copy, boards and spine lightly and marginally sunned, a few scattered foxmarks affecting some leaves and deckle edges.

Second edition.

Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with broad gilt fillets and dotted tooling, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, lightly rubbed corners, sprinkled edges, contemporary binding.

A few minor spots.

Scarce.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Ingres paper, deluxe issue.

A fine copy.

First edition, one of 120 copies printed on pure laid paper.

Pleasant copy with wide margins throughout.

New edition.

A handsome copy.

Signed presentation inscription from Albert Cossery to a friend: "Pour Jean-Pierre à qui je souhaite une vie de miel. Albert Cossery."

New edition.

Pleasing copy.

Fine signed autograph inscription from Albert Cossery to a friend: "Pour Jean-Pierre que Dieu le garde des imbéciles. Albert Cossery."

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Pleasing copy.
Inscribed and signed by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to Michel and Suzanne Blanvart.
 

First edition, no deluxe copies printed.

A pleasant copy.

Inscribed and signed by Yves Coppens to Emile Noël.

First edition, with no copies printed on deluxe paper.

Minor spots to the covers, not affecting the condition.

Inscribed and signed by Georges Didi-Huberman to a friend named Annick.

First edition, review copy.

Nice copy.
Signed autograph Andre Suares Georges Le Cardonnel: "... that should all read & do not think less ..."

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Lana wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue.

A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Bradel binding in half grey percaline, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt ornament, gilt double fillet and date at foot, brown shagreen title-piece, cat's-eye patterned paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Richepin to Léon Deschamps.

First edition, of which no copies were issued on deluxe paper.

Illustrated, complete with the two folding maps at the end of the volume.

Inscribed by René Grousset: "A monsieur Benoist-Méchin en témoignage de profonde reconnaissance" and additionally signed by Geneviève Grousset.

Accompanied by a one-page autograph letter signed by René Grousset to Jacques Benoist-Méchin, in which he thanks him for his interventions on behalf of his son-in-law and daughter, whom he saved.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper.

Some minor foxing, two tears and slight losses to the spine.

Paul Léautaud’s handwritten signature beneath the colophon.

Partly original edition, with no mention of a deluxe paper issue.

Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands tooled with gilt garlands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, contemporary binding.

Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa vellum, the only copies on deluxe paper.

Slight sunning at the foot of the spine.

A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa vellum, ours being No. 1, the only copies on deluxe paper.

Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pure rag Rives vellum, the tête-de-tirage.

Rare and handsome copy.

Partly original edition, entirely revised.

Some foxing.

Rare copy preserved in its original wrappers.

First edition, one of 265 numbered copies on alfa paper.

A handsome copy, notwithstanding a small marginal tear to the lower cover.

First edition published under the pseudonym Cévennes and completed under oppression in Paris on August 1, 1944.

Pleasant copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with the correct colophon dated 23 February 1926.

A pleasant copy.