Cadeaux historiques

First edition, one of the presentation copies.
A pleasant copy.
Signed and inscribed by Jorge Semprun to Professor Georges Blin.
Georges Blin, a specialist in the works of Baudelaire and Stendhal, was a leading literary critic and academic. Alongside Vladimir Jankélévitch and Jean Wahl, among others, he served on the Sorbonne jury before which Emmanuel Lévinas defended his doctoral thesis, Totalité et infini. Blin was also director of the Bibliothèque littéraire Jacques Doucet at the Universities of Paris (Sorbonne, 1961-1988), Professor of Modern French Literature at the Collège de France (1965-1988), and subsequently Honorary Professor at the Collège de...

First edition, one of the 35 copies numbered on "pur-fil" paper, the only large paper copies .
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A good and well-margined copy.

First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome and rare autograph inscription signed by Dieudonné Costes to Henri Béraud.
Small marginal foxings on the covers
Provenance : Henri Béraud's library, from Île-de-Ré.

Edition, review copy.
Complete copy of his please insert.

Autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Semprun to Jean Freustié.

Edition with 47 original photographs by Germaine Krull in heliogravure.
A tiny clear spot to head of upper cover.
A good copy.

Les Mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
Corrêa | Paris 1949 | 12 x 19 cm | original wrappers
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin Johannot, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Illustrated cover.
Illustrations, some press clippings tipped in, which caused a clear fading, on half-title page.
A rare and good copy.

First edition of the French translation by Marcel Pagnol, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Cover illustrated with a woodcut by Aristide Maillol.
Slight traces of sunning to head and to foot of spine, nice copy.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on Madagascar, tirage de tête.
A very good copy with edges preserved.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on pure thread, the only deluxe paper copies.
Illustrations.
A fine copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Half-forest green shagreen contemporary binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper board and endpapers, bookplate pasted on one guard.
Some slight, minor foxing.

Rare signed and inscribed copy by Gustave Flaubert to (Louis) de Carné, journalist and historian, several of whose works were listed in the inventory of Flaubert's personal library.

Flaubert's interest in de Carné's work was not always benevolent, however. Critical notes on his articles can be found in the Bouvard and Pécuchet files.
Moreover, the publication of Salammbô coincided with the controversial election of Louis de...

Rare first edition printed to 125 copies.
Marginal dampstain to the leaves, otherwise a very good copy.