Budget-Friendly Gifts

COLLECTIF
Dictionnaire Mozart
Jean-Claude Lattès|Paris 1990|15.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket and slipcase which has some scratches at the head of the spine.

€40
(to Boris VIAN) Janine QUENEAU
Adieu chansons
Seghers|Paris 1955|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Work decorated with a frontispiece illustration by Joan Miro.

Very precious autograph inscription signed by Janine Queneau to her great friend Boris Vian: "A Boris dont je crains d'avoir bien mal suivi les conseils. Avec beaucoup d'affection. Janine." ["To Boris, whose advice I fear I have followed very poorly. With much affection. Janine."]

Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.

€750
Henri TROYAT
Le front dans les nuages
Flammarion • Editions ex-libris|Paris • & Lausanne 1959|14.50 x 20 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full blue boards, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
Small stains to edges, otherwise handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Henri Troyat to Madame André Morice, several times minister and former mayor of Nantes.
€30
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Correspondance générale de J.J. Rousseau collationnée sur les originaux, annotée et commentée par Théophile Dufour
Librairie Armand Colin|Paris 1924-1934|14.50 x 23 cm|20 volumes brochés
First edition printed on alfa paper with numerous plates.
Some spines lightly sunned, without significance.
Handsome complete set in 20 volumes.
€350
Michel TOURNIER, Alain GAUTHIER
Le miroir à deux faces : La fugue du Petit Poucet. - Ikonut ou l'infini et les Eskimos. - Amandine ou les deux jardins
Seuil jeunesse|Paris 1994|23.50 x 33.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition en partie originale ornée illustrations d'Alain Gauthier.
Agréable exemplaire.
binding à la bradel de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage, spine lisse, plats illustrés.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Michel Tournier : "Pour Florence en souvenir du premier jour de printemps. Michel Tournier..."
€150
Alfred JARRY
Ubu cocu
Editions des Trois collines|Genève [Geneva] 1944|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite slight sunning to head and foot of spine and to upper margins of boards.
€250
René FALLET
L'amour baroque
Julliard|Paris 1971|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a small lack at foot of spine and three stains at head of first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by René Fallet: "Pour madame Virmaux cet amour en miettes et les plus amicales et entières pensées de René Fallet." ["For Mrs. Virmaux this love in pieces and the most friendly and complete thoughts of René Fallet."]

€150
ANONYME
Florilège de citations
1798 (ca)|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
Manuscript composed of quotations, all in the same hand, neat and legible. Fragments from Voltaire, Chateaubriand (Essai sur les révolutions), Berchoux, Mémoires de Madame de Maintenon, Lettres de l'abbé de Tressan and the Prince de Ligne... Approximately 21 lines per page. The texts begin directly at the top of a page without the author's name, which is revealed at the end of the extract.
Contemporary full green Russia leather binding. Smooth spine elegantly decorated. Triple fillet frame on the covers. Traces of rubbing. A very handsome copy.

€250
Antoine BLONDIN, Pierre BOUTANG
La dernière lanterne. Collection complète[The Last Lantern. Complete Collection]
Chez tous les vrais libraires|s. l. • [Paris] Octobre 1946 - Juin 1948|12 x 15.50 cm|7 fascicules en 6 volumes agrafés
First edition of this polemical review chiefly led by Antoine Blondin, with contributions from Pierre Boutang, Julien Guernec, and others.
Some tears affecting a few spines.
Rare complete set.
€400
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO, Edmond BAUDOIN
Le procès-verbal
Gallimard|Paris 1989|22 x 29.50 cm|reliure souple de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with drawings by Edmond Baudoin.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's soft binding.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph inscription and original signed drawing by Edmond Baudoin in black ink depicting a woman's face.
€250
Jean ANOUILH
Pièces brillantes
La Table Ronde|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of the 90 numbered copies on pur fil Lafuma, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").

Nice copy.
Signed handwritten inscription by Jean Anouilh to Robert Delaroche-Vernet.

€450
Alain BOSQUET
Lettre à mon père qui aurait eu cent ans
Gallimard|Paris 1986|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... en amitié, admiration et gratitude, depuis quelques décennies." ["in friendship, admiration and gratitude, for some decades."]
€30
Hervé BAZIN
La mort du petit cheval
Grasset|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition of the same year as the first edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Hervé Bazin to Gaston J. Viala.

€80
Charles DOBZYNSKI, François FÉRET
Lavoir de toutes les couleurs
Cadex éditions|Nîmes 1995|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copy.
spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Handsome copy lacking its slipcase.
Our copy contains an original painting by François Féret which he signed and justified.

€150
Madeleine SMETS-LEFRANCQ, Arthur RIMBAUD
Bateau ivre[The Drunken Boat]
Ateliers du vieux tilleul|s. l. s. d. [circa 1954]|33 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles
Edition printed in 50 numbered and justified copies on Arches paper by Bonaventure Fieullien, ours printed for André Bocquetin with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
Pleasant copy.
This calligraphed album, engraved and printed on his hand presses by Bonaventure Fieullien (Franciscan monk who studied at the Academy of Brussels under the direction of the Belgian painter Oswald Poreau and who worked in sculpture, stained glass and painting, but who was especially recognized for his remarkable and spectacular illustrated books with amazing idiosyncratic lettering) was illuminated by Madeleine Smets-Lefrancq.
Signatures of Bonaventure Fieullien...
€450
Claude BEAUSOLEIL, Jacques CLAUZEL
Jack Kerouac
Editions A travers|s. l. • [Pantin] 1996|10 x 14 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 950 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph dedication signed by René Char to Eliane Dobzynski, wife of poet Charles Dobzynski.
€250
Yves BONNEFOY
La vie errante suivi de Une autre époque de l'écriture[The Wandering Life, followed by Another Era of Writing]
Mercure de France|Paris 1993|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Nice complete copy of his jacket with a slightly lightened back.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy to the poet Charles Dobzynski.
€120
Alain JOUFFROY
Miro
Fernand Hazan|Paris 1987|16 x 18 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works by Joan Miro.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Jouffroy to poet Charles Dobzynski.
€50
Alain BOSQUET
Comme un refus de la planète
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.
€30
Alain BOSQUET
Georges et Arnold Arnold et Georges
Gallimard|Paris 1995|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Affectionate autograph signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski and his wife Eliane.
€30
Cholem ALEICHEM, Marc CHAGALL
Le tailleur ensorcelé
Albin Michel|Paris 1960|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Book illustrated with a drawing by Marc Chagall.
Autograph signed by one of the translators J. Gottfarstein to the poet Charles Dobzynski.
€40
Yves BERGER
Boris Pasternak
Pierre Seghers|Paris 1958|13.50 x 18 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Yves Berger to poet Charles Dobzynski.
€40
Max TESSIER
Images du cinéma japonais
Henri Veyrier|Paris 1981|21 x 28 cm|broché
first edition.
Pleasant copy, rich iconography.
Autograph signed by Max Tessier to Michel Capdenac.
€70
Louis MONIER, Jean DUTOURD
Paris la ballade
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1997|18 x 24 cm|broché
first edition illustrated with photographs of Louis Monier.
Preface by Jean Dutourd, comments by Alain Paucard.
Pleasant copy.
autograph dedication of the author auotgraphe dated and signed by Louis Monier to Charles Dobzynski.
€40
Guy SILVA
Le cirque dans tous ses éclats
Le Castor astral|Bordeaux 2002|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Guy Silva to Charles Dobzynski and his wife Eliane.
€50
Jacques DARRAS
Allen Ginsberg
Jean Michel Place|Paris 2002|12.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Publisher's binding in full cardboard, smooth back.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Jacques Darras to Charles Dobzynski.
€40
COLLECTIF, Gaëtan PICON
Le Paris de Robert Doisneau et de Max-Pol Fouchet
Editions Messidor|Paris 1986|21.50 x 26.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full board binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Text by Max-Pol Fouchet, photographic illustration by Robert Doisneau.
Handsome copy.
€40
(VOLTAIRE) Jacques VAN DEN HEUVEL
Album Voltaire
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1983|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full grained brown sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
Two small lacks to the cellophane wrapper and a marginal stain on the rear panel of the dust jacket.
€100
Leitch RITCHIE
La Russie - Voyage pittoresque de Saint-Pétersbourg à Moscou[Russia — A Picturesque Journey from Saint Petersburg to Moscow]
Louis Janet|Paris s. d. [circa 1840]|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 25 hors-texte engravings.
Half brown Russia morocco binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt decorative motif representing the roof of a Russian church, apple-green paper boards decorated with geometric motifs stamped in blind, orange watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, edges gilt.
Some foxing affecting the engravings, black ink offset at head of one endpaper on verso of first board.
Provenance: from the library of Bourg d'Iré, property of Count de Falloux with reproductions of his bookplate pasted on the spine of the binding and his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
€300
Edgar Rice BURROUGHS
Tarzan and the ant man
Grosset & Dunlap|New York 1924|13.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition of the year of the original published the same year in Chicago by A. C. McClurg & Co.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket with some lacks and tears.
€150
Théodore LAVALLEE
Histoire des français depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu'en 1830
Charpentier|Paris 1863|11.50 x 18.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
Fifteenth edition. Half chocolate shagreen bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt dotted lines decorated with gilt fillets as well as double blind compartments, blind fillet frames on hazel paper boards, marbled endpavers and pastedowns. Some light foxing affecting mainly the margins. Handsome complete set in 4 volumes.
€150
(Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL
Album Sartre
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
€80
Arthur de GOBINEAU
La Renaissance, scènes historiques
Plon|Paris 1877|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half cherry red morocco with corners, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with blind decorative motifs set with gilt dots, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved.
Some minor foxing.
€150
LONGCHENE
Le monde souterrain ou merveilles géologiques
A. Mame & fils|Tours s. d. [circa 1840]|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition.
Full black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes slightly faded on headcaps, gilt fillet frame on covers richly decorated with romantic arabesques stamped in blind, marbled edges, gilt edges at head and tail of boards, publisher's binding.
Work illustrated with a title vignette and three plates, one of which has been placed as frontispiece by the binder.
Le Mans bookseller's label pasted at head of pastedown.

€100
STENDHAL, Maurice BARRÈS
Correspondance de Stendhal (1800-1842) publiée par A. Paupe et P.A. Cheramy sur les originaux de diverses collections[Correspondence of Stendhal (1800–1842), published by A. Paupe and P. A. Cheramy from the originals held in various collections]
Charles Bosse|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper for each volume, the only deluxe copies after 20 Japan.
Preface by Maurice Barrès, work illustrated with three portraits of Stendhal as frontispieces.
Handsome copy complete with the frontispiece in duplicate state for each volume as stipulated for copies on Holland paper.

€450
Pablo PICASSO
Les quatre petites filles
Flammarion|Paris 1968|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€300
André MALRAUX
Carnet du Front Populaire 1935-1936[Notebook of the Popular Front, 1935–1936]
Gallimard|Paris 2006|17.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€350
Lewis CARROLL
Lettres adressées à Alice et à quelques autres suivi de Alice à la scène et de Fantasmagorie
Flammarion|Paris 1975|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Henri Parisot, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Alfred de MUSSET
Bettine
Charpentier|Paris 1851|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Small scattered foxings, otherwise pleasant copy.
€200
Jean PRÉVOST
Nous marchons sur la mer
Nrf|Paris 1931|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, ours bearing number 1 and printed for Henry Church, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€200
Paul BOCUSE
Carte postale adressée depuis Tokyo à Jani Brun
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1980]|10.50 x 15 cm|autre
Postcard signed by Paul Bocuse and sent from Tokyo to Jani Brun depicting the great chef standing, wearing his toque and work uniform pinned with the medal of Meilleur Ouvrier de France.

€150
André GIDE
Journal 1942-1949
Gallimard|Paris 1950|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on alfama paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Fine copy despite slight sunning at head of spine.
€60
Pierre BETTENCOURT (Arthur RIMBAUD)
Linogravure représentant Arthur Rimbaud
S. n.|1942|19.50 x 24 cm|un feuillet remplié
Original color linocut printed on Arches paper, created for Treize têtes de français, signed by the artist and numbered (138/220) in pencil at lower left.
€150
Jacques TOUCHET, PLAUTE
La farce de la marmite
Emile Chamontin|Paris 1946|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition with original illustrations by Jacques Touchet, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy.

€30
Tonino BENACQUISTA
Le contrat. Un western psychanalytique en deux actes et un épilogue
Gallimard|Paris 1999|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Rare autograph signed by Tonino Benacquista to a friend named Pierre: "Pierre This is a working tool (it saves photocopying) while waiting for Hollywood, good to you."
€70
Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE
Eurêka
Calmann Lévy|Paris s. d. [circa 1890]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire.
Fine copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot, a marginal lack to the second cover.
€100
Henri AZEAU
Ho Chi Minh, dernière chance
Flammarion|Paris 1968|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Henri Azeau to Michel Couppé: "... this book of a past that is perhaps that of a future ..."
€50
Henri POURRAT
L'aventure de Roquefort
Société anonyme des caves de Roquefort|s. l. 1955|17 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on white vellum.
Handsome copy despite two small sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
Work illustrated with numerous illustrations by Yves Brayer engraved on wood and in color by Gérard Angiolini.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Henri Pourrat to Gilbert Kempf: "... cette histoire de l'homme et de la brebis dans une Auvergne plus (mot illisible) et plus ensoleillée que l'Auvergne..." ["... this story of man and sheep in an Auvergne more (illegible word) and more sunny than Auvergne..."]
€300
(Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL
Album Sartre
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Richly illustrated.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
€80
(Denis DIDEROT) COLLECTIF
Album Diderot
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2004|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple
First edition.
Publisher's full grained brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
€60
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE, Albert PARAZ
L'hiver 1949-1950 (choix de lettres)
Le Lérot rêveur|Tusson 1978|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
Mimeographed first edition published in 300 copies.
Nice copy.
€90
Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, dite MISTINGUETT
Carte postale signée de Mistinguett
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1900]|8.50 x 14 cm|une feuille verso
Photographic postcard depicting singer and actress Mistinguett sitting and three-quarter.
Signed autograph Mistinguett, at the foot of his portrait, to Mr. Humbert Oberlé.
€200
Michel DÉON
Le prix de l'amour[The Price of Love]
Gallimard|Paris 1992|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.
€400
Alexandre VIALATTE
Lettres à Maricou[Letters from Maricou]
Au signe de la licorne|Paris 2009|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 77 numbered copies on pure chiffon d'Auvergne paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€180
Grisélidis RÉAL
La passe imaginaire
Editions Manya|Levallois-Perret 1992|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Grisélidis Real, writer, painter and prostitute, is a great romantic figure of the late twentieth century. A lover, militant, fighter and poet, she upset the customs of Geneva society. She is now buried in the Cemetery of the Kings in Geneva between Jean Calvin and Jorge Luis Borgès.
Nice copy.
Rare autograph dedication signed Grisélidis Réal: "For Marie Chatelain, in memory of a friend I loved as a sister, Cécile Buhler, so artist, so alive and so beautiful, always present in our hearts Grisiledis Real."
€300
Roger NIMIER
Histoire d'un amour
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pur-fil paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête") after 20 Holland paper.
Nice copy.
€450
Guillaume REBOUL
Le premier acte du synode nocturne des tribades, lemanes, unelmanes, propétides, à la ruine des biens, vie et honneur de Calianthe[The First Act of the Nocturnal Synod of Tribades, Lemanes, Unelmanes, and Propetides, to the Ruin of the Property, Life, and Honour of Calianthe]
Jules Gay|Paris 1862|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
New edition collated against the unique copy in the Imperial Library in Paris, one of 100 numbered copies on laid paper, the only edition after 2 copies on vellum.
Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine with gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, blue sheep title label with marginal lack, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted at head of pastedown, original wrappers preserved, binding signed in blind by Petit.
Rare and fine copy.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Arnauldet, bibliophile and friend of Charles Baudelaire, with his bookplate pasted on pastedown: "Nunquam amicorum" (not even to friends).

€300
Stéphane MALLARMÉ, Georges RODENBACH
L'amitié de Stéphane Mallarmé et de Georges Rodenbach
Pierre Caillier|Genève [Geneva] 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by Henri Mondor.
Handsome copy despite very light sunning to head of spine.
€250
Gustave TOUDOUZE, Julien LE BLANT
La vengeance des Peaux-de-Bique
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1896|17.50 x 28 cm|relié
First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the head of a guard.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant Emile Henriot.
€200
Paul LECLERCQ
La boutique d'Arlequin
Fontemoing & Cie|Paris 1913|19 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 20 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full moiré-effect paper, smooth spine, bottle green morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome full-margined copy.

€300
Louis Athanase des Balbes de Berton de CRILLON
Mémoires philosophiques du Baron de ***
Chez Berton|A VienneEt se trouve [Vienna] • à Paris 1777 - 1778|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 fine hors-texte figures engraved in aquatint, including a view of the interior of the famous philosophers' café, the Procope in Paris. The edition of the second volume being from the following year, it often happens that one finds only the first volume.
Full marbled brown calf bindings. Smooth decorated spines. Red morocco title labels, tawny morocco volume labels. Lacks at head of volume I. 2 corners bumped. Marbled edges. The first leaves of volume I are printed on strong paper, the following on laid paper. Fine copy.
Red bookplate G.H. Manuscript ownership inscription: Tillier, this 7th November 1792.
Apocryphal memoirs...
€450
Jean SARMENT
Charles Dullin
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1950|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A photographic portrait of Charles Dullin as frontispiece.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean CHIEZE, Mathieu VARILLE
Les fontaines de Provence
Les terrasses de Lourmarin|Lourmarin 1930|22.50 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil, from the deluxe issue after 1 unique Japon and 5 Japon copies.
Covers slightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 12 full-page compositions, ornaments in head- and tailpieces original wood engravings by Jean Chièze.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with its suite of woodcuts on Japon.
€400
Émile BOURGEOIS
Le Grand siècle. Louis XIV. Les arts, les idées
Hachette|Paris 1896|20.50 x 31 cm|relié
First edition abundantly illustrated with photogravures after period documents and engravings as well as 22 portraits hors-texte.
Publisher's binding in full tawny sheep, spine with five false raised bands set with gilt garlands and decorated with blind-stamped compartments decorated in their centers with gilt crowns, boards richly decorated with a radiating device with central sun framed by a wide fleur-de-lis gilt band separated by blind-stamped crowns, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Very handsome copy.
€500
Théophile GAUTIER, Adolphe LALAUZE
Jean et Jeannette
A. Ferroud|Paris 1894|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Preface by Léo Claretie.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

€400
Joan MIRÓ
Ceci est la couleur de mes rêves. Entretiens avec Georges Raillard
Seuil|Paris 1977|18.50 x 26 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Small tears without loss to margins of some leaves in the very first signatures, otherwise a handsome copy with full margins.
Our copy lacks the original etching by Joan Miro that should be present in all copies on Arches laid paper.
€200
Michel COURNOT
Martinique[Martinique]
Gallimard|Paris 1949|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1650 copies on chestnut.
Two traces of vertical folds on the boards.
Pleasant copy of this text castigating the colonialist policy of France.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Michel Cournot to Jean Comte "The writers, at the time, had a lot of hair and very few holidays.Today Monsieur Comte knows how to take care of everything.I am not the only one to thank him. "
€300
Edmond RUDAUX, Hector GIACOMELLI
Les oeillets de Kerlaz
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies justified by Louis Conquet on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 4 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux and 8 headpieces and tailpieces by Hector Giacomelli.
€400
Bernard PINGAUD (Franz KAFKA)
Adieu Kafka[Farewell, Kafka]
Gallimard|Paris 1989|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on pure rag laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€150
Martin HEIDEGGER
Qu'est-ce que la philosophie ?
Gallimard|Paris 1957|14 x 19 cm|broché
Gallimard, Paris 1957, 14x19cm, original wrappers.
First edition of the French translation by philosopher Jean Baufret and Kostas Axelos. No deluxe copies issued.
Nice copy.
Signed copy by Jean Beaufret to his daughter Marie-Louise and son-in-law Ernesto with the autograph signature of Kostas Axelos.
€200
Maurice TOESCA
Une autre George Sand
Plon|Paris 1945|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of the review copies service.
A tear glued to the back of the head.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Maurice Toesca to Jean-Paul Sartre: "... this paradoxical essay (he remembers Alain's attention to" Consuelo ", cordial tribute of a classmate."
€100
(Julien GREEN) COLLECTIF
Album Green
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1998|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine and slipcase.
€70
Joseph JOFFO
La guerre à l'italienne
Editions du Rocher|Paris 2002|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph Joseph Joffo on the page of fake title accompanied, next, a drawing of a flower.
€80
Federico GARCÍA LORCA, Albert DUBOUT
Petit théâtre
Les lettres mondiales|Paris 1951|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation illustrated by Albert Dubout, one of 1000 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite a shadow on the first endpaper.
€120
Joseph JOFFO
Le cavalier de la terre promise
Editions Joseph Joffo|Paris 1993|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Back slightly pleated.
Signed autograph Joseph Joffo on the page of fake title accompanied, next, a drawing of a flower.
€80
Alexandre DUMAS
Ange Pitou
Legrand, Pomey et Crouzet|Paris s. d.|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition illustrated with 27 engravings by various artists including Henri Felix Emmanuel Philippoteaux and Héliodore Pisan.
Half red sheep bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with fleurons and double gilt fillets, gilt dots on the bands, red cloth boards decorated with blind fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Boards slightly soiled, leading edges slightly soiled, sometimes significant foxing on pages containing the engravings, dampstain on the last pages of the volume not affecting the text, rear board slightly detached.
€150
Jean DUBUFFET
Lettres à J.B., 1946-1985
Hermann|Paris 1991|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on centaure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
COLLECTIF
Almanach dédié aux dames pour l'An 1828
Imprimerie de Jules Didot l'aîné|Paris 1828|7.50 x 11.40 cm|relié sous étui
Imprimerie de Jules Didot l'aîné | Paris 1828 | 7.5 x 11.4 cm | publisher's binding
First edition, with title vignette, 6 plates and 12 vignettes for the Souvenirs calendar.
Gilded paper boards, slipcase. Covers
and spine decorated with silk painted in colors with dancing figures surrounded by friezes and floral motifs to spine, all edges gilt.
Silk slightly peeling on lower cover of case, head of joint of case with 1.2 cm crack, silk of case slightly soiled, a little foxing.
€600
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX
Oeuvres de Boileau
De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné|Paris 1821|13 x 21.70 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 12 figures after new drawings designed and engraved by various artists including Claude Marie François Dien, with commentary by Pierre Tiffon de Saint-Surin.
Half blonde morocco bindings, spines with four raised bands decorated with compartments, double compartments and gilt tools, blind fillets outlining the bands, gilt roulettes and fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers.
Foot headcaps and leading edges rubbed, some corners slightly bumped, corners rubbed, occasional foxing.
€200
Hippolyte Adolphe TAINE, Gustave DORÉ
Voyage aux Pyrénées
Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1860|15.50 x 23.30 cm|relié
Third edition with some parts in first edition and definitive illustrated edition by Gustave Doré.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding, spine decorated with triple compartments and gilt fleurons, compartments and cold fillets, cloth boards decorated in blind, white cloth pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt.
Two corners slightly bumped, soiling to pastedowns and endpapers, binding signed in blind Vigneau et Pasquier.
Some foxing.
€200
Antoine-Nicolas DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE
Voyage pittoresque de Paris, ou description de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande Ville, en Peinture, Sculpture et Architecture by M. D***.
Chez de Bure|à Paris 1770|10 x 17 cm|relié
Third augmented edition of this important artistic guide to Paris under Louis XV. A title-frontispiece engraved in colors by J. Robert & 5 plates hors-texte including 2 folding by Choffart, Saint-Aubin. Four of them, signed by Choffard (1730-1809), reproduce the illustrations from the previous edition (1752). These are the Mausoleum of Henri II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, by Jacques Sarazin in the church of Saint-Louis of the Jesuits (today reinstalled in the chapel of the château de Chantilly), the tombs of the painter Charles Le Brun and his mother at Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, and Bouchardon's Fountain on rue de Grenelle. A fifth unpublished plate was added for this new edition...
€450
Alphonse BOUDARD
Faits divers et châtiments
Le Pré aux Clercs|Paris 1992|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Iconography.
Some small bites on the slices.
Autograph dedication signed by Alphonse Boudard to journalist Jean-Claude Lamy: "... this black guide to the various facts and punishments ..."
€60
Joseph DELTEIL (inscribed to Henri BERGSON)
Jeanne d'Arc
Grasset|Paris 1925|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the press service copies printed on laid.
Back passed and insolated as usually, small spots on the boards.
Precious autograph signed by Joseph Delteil: "To Henri Bergson, Jeanne Bergsonian with my deepest admiration."
€450
Georges LEPAPE, STENDHAL
L'abbesse de Castro[The Abbess of Castro]
Emile Chamontin|Paris 1942|16 x 24.50 cm|relié sous étui
Illustrated edition of initials, colored vignettes and 8 plates inset by Georges Lepape, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
Binding half turquoise shagreen corners, back with four nerves slightly discolored, paper plates with moiré effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, cover and back preserved, gilded head.
Nice copy.
Our copy, as it is stipulated in the justification of the draw, is full of the original etching of Georges Lepape that he signed.
€350
Vicente HUIDOBRO, Juan GRIS
Tremblement de ciel
Editions de l'as de coeur|Paris 1932|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Vincente Huidobro by Juan Gris.
Handsome copy.

€300
Julius BALTAZAR, COLLECTIF
Julius Baltazar
Les 400 coups|Québec [Quebec] 2000|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
First edition.
Texts by Fernando Arrabal, Michel Butor, Michel Deon, Luis Mizon, Eugene Guillevic, Kenneth White ...
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Julius Baltazar.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an autograph dedication dated and signed by Julius Baltazar to Professor Jean-Philippe Méry accompanied by an original drawing.
€350
Walter SCOTT
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott
Adam and Charles Black|Edinburgh 1857|18 x 25 cm|relié
New edition, illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title and 18 plates, all on steel, and very numerous wood engravings (headpieces, tailpieces, vignettes) after Turner, Birket Foster & John Gilbert. Several facsimiles. Edition with notes, additions and remarks by J. G. Lockhart. Fine careful printing in 2 columns. Each work contains a half-title, an appendix. Clear and well-structured edition, perfectly illustrated with Scottish landscapes and historical scenes.
Publisher's binding in full beveled ultramarine gilt cloth. Smooth spine decorated with a large ornamental composition evoking medieval illuminated books. Large decorative blue and gold plate, very rich, with central...
€550
COLLECTIF
Laboureur. Catalogue de l'exposition au musée de l'Arsenal de Gravelines
Musée du dessin et de l'estampe originale de Gravelines • Editions Kim|Gravelines 1987|21 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies containing, as frontispiece, an exclusive numbered engraving by Jean-Emile Laboureur "Pêcheurs au carrelet".
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Jean-Emile Laboureur.
Fine copy.
€400
Louis TUETEY
Un général de l'armée d'Italie : Sérurier 1742-1819[A General of the Army of Italy: Sérurier 1742–1819]
Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1899|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half Sienna earth cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillets at tail, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Scattered foxing, gift inscription in ink from a previous owner on an endpaper, edges lightly dusty.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of General Sérurier as well as a folding facsimile, 3 folding maps and another hors-texte portrait of General Sérurier.
Rare.

€300
Edmond ABOUT
Trente et quarante
Hachette|Paris 1891|20.50 x 27.70 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with in-text and full-page illustrations by Vogel and ornaments by Giraldon (typographic etching). Printed on large glazed vellum. Title page in red and black.
Publisher's binding in full chocolate shagreen. Spine with false raised bands decorated with interlaced figures 30 and 40. Boards decorated with a pattern of figures 30 and 40, with a border frieze. This pattern is repeated on the green endpapers. Spine uniformly faded to tawny. Light rubbing to corners. One nick at head.
Very fine copy, perfectly fresh.
Art critic and political journalist, his comic and satirical novels earned him great renown, notably Le roi des montagnes. Le Trente et...
€350