First Editions on Wove Paper

Hervé BAZIN
La Mort du petit Cheval
Grasset|Paris 1950|12 x 18.50 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Montval, deluxe copies with 20 on vélin de Rives reserved for Jean Loize bookshop.
Full tawny morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, boards decorated with curved black morocco plaques representing horseshoes within which pieces of skin evoking the coat of a pinto bay tobiano horse (mixture of brown and cream white) have been applied, brown paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, half chocolate brown morocco chemise with bands, brown-grey paper boards, tawny morocco title label, slipcase edged with chocolate brown morocco, brown-grey paper boards, elegant and spectacular binding signed D. H...
€4,000
[Bernard NOËL as] Urbain d' ORLHAC, François LUNVEN
Le Château de Cène[The Castle of the Last Supper]
Jérôme Martineau|Paris 1969|14.50 x 21 cm|broché sous une boîte cartonnée
Rare first edition of this masterpiece of erotic literature, one of 120 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue, complete with its cardboard box, bears the cover of "Fata Morgana" editions, while the ordinary issue bears the name of Jérôme Martineau editions.
The covers of the "Fata Morgana" edition are slightly and uniformly sunned without gravity.
Our copy, N°22, indeed contains, like the first 50 pure laid paper copies, the original engraving by François Lunven which he signed in pencil.

€2,500
Gustave FLAUBERT
La Première Education sentimentale
Seuil|Paris 1973|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First separate edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure laid Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
A fold at the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
€380
Erskine CALDWELL
Un pauvre Type
Gallimard|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine very slightly faded.
€80
Thornton WILDER
La Cabale
Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 66 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Johannes HUBNER, Rolf SZYMANSKI
Stern auf der Schwelle[Star on the Threshold]
Julliard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Uru paper, deluxe copy.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine, a shadow having marginally and vertically lightened the front cover
Like all copies from the deluxe edition, our copy includes the original engraving by Rolf Szymanski which he signed and justified in pencil.
€250
James Thomas FARRELL
La Jeunesse de Studs Lonigan
Gallimard|Paris 1950|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 165 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A fine copy.

€120
Louis ROCHE
Si proche et lointaine
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Louis Roché was a diplomat and resistance fighter close to Radio-Londres.

€150
Jacques MONORY
Derrière le miroir numéro spécial Jacques Monory
Maeght éditeur|Paris 1978|28.50 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches Vellum, only large papers.
Spine of the chemise slightly faded, a beautiful copy.
Issue illustrated with 4 original lithographs by Jacques Monory.
Text by Alain Jouffroy.
A beautiful copy.
Handwritten signature by Jacques Monory in pencil on the colophon.
€700
Bernard WOLFE
Les grands Fonds
Gallimard|Paris 1961|14 x 21 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 41 numbered copies on pure linen, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally faded as usual, otherwise handsome copy

€80
Françoise SAGAN
Bonheur impair et passe
Julliard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€600
Francis CARCO
Morsure
Ferenczi|Paris 1949|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe copy.
First endpaper slightly and partially shadowed, otherwise a handsome and rare full-margined copy.
€250
Erskine CALDWELL
Soleil du Sud
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly discolored.
€80
Zalman SHNEOUR
Le Chant du Dniéper
Gallimard|Paris 1950|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 165 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minimal foxing at head of covers.
€150
André GIDE, COLLECTIF
Hommage à André Gide
Gallimard|Paris Novembre 1951|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of N.r.f. entirely devoted to André Gide, one of 1200 copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 100 on Holland paper.
Contributions by André Gide with unpublished texts, by Saint-John Perse, Jean Giono, Paul Valéry, Jean Cocteau, Paul Léautaud, Jean Paulhan, Ernst Jünger, John Steinbeck, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Thomas Mann...
Work illustrated with a photographic portrait of André Gide.
Handsome copy despite small black spots on the second cover and occasional foxing on the fore edge.
€50
SERGE, Constantin FEDINE
Transvaal suivi de Les Moujiks
Editions Montaigne|Paris s. d. [1927]|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil de Rives, deluxe copy.
A handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Serge.

€150
James Thomas FARRELL
Le Jugement dernier
Gallimard|Paris 1951|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Tristan DERÈME
Le Quatorze juillet ou petit Art de la rimer quand on manque de Rimes
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1925|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 5 japon and 50 hollande.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
Bradel binding in half red Russia morocco, smooth spine, wood-grain paper boards, covers and spine preserved, moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted to head of one pastedown, elegant unsigned contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Tristan Derème to P. Rousset: "... ce 14 juillet à l'entrée de l'année. En cordial hommage. Tristan Derème. 1er - I - 1926." ["this 14th of July at the start of the year. With cordial homage. Tristan Derème. 1st - I - 1926."]
€80
John DOS PASSOS
L'An premier du Siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly discolored and sunned as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
€200
Thornton WILDER
Les Ides de Mars
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 129 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy of this antifascist novel that Thornton Wilder published in 1948, inspired by Sartrean existentialism and drawing parallels between Julius Caesar and Benito Mussolini.
€120
Hugo von HOFMANNSTHAL
Lettres du Voyageur à son Retour précédé de La lettre de Lord Chandos
Mercure de France|Paris 1969|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Fine copy.
€250
Israël ZANGWILL
Nouvelles Comédies du Ghetto
Les éditions Rieder|Paris 1930|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 140 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 on Holland paper
Small tears at head and foot of deckled edges, a vertical fold in margin of front cover, endpapers partially shadowed.
A full-margined copy.
€80
Rex WARNER
Hommes de Pierre
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Roger NIMIER
L'Etrangère[The Stranger]
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Paul Morand.
Fine and rare copy of this early novel refused by Gallimard in 1948 and published 20 years later.
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
Accompanied by a letter on Gallimard letterhead from Suzanne Duconget informing Marie Nimier of the dispatch of copy No. 51 on deluxe paper of "L'Etrangère" by Roger Nimier.
€1,200
Roger NIMIER
Journées de Lecture
Gallimard|Paris 1965|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Marcel Jouhandeau.
Fine copy.
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€1,000
Jacques BOREL
Le Déferlement
Gallimard|Paris 1993|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 16 copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

€180
Howard FAST
La Route de la Liberté
Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 55 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work evoking, in a novelistic manner, the condition and situation of Black people in the southern states of the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War.
€150
Tristan DERÈME
La Rime de Virgile et des Japonais
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1930|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches, the only issue after 10 on Japan.
Spine lightly sunned, occasional worming.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Derème: "A monsieur le comte de Sachs. Et vive la rime ! Et vive Virgile !" ["To Monsieur le Comte de Sachs. And long live rhyme! And long live Virgil!"]
€50
Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET
L'Affaire Audin
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Ghaldwill, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Laurent Schwartz.
Maurice Audin, French mathematician and member of the Algerian Communist Party, was arrested during the Battle of Algiers on June 11, 1957 and disappeared without his body ever being found.
While the French army claimed he had escaped, several prominent figures including Pierre Vidal-Naquet protested and denounced his martyrdom after he was certainly tortured by the French army, with General Aussaresses much later acknowledging having given the order to kill Maurice Audin.
Handsome and rare copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band (which has a lack): "Massu et...
€800
Elio VITTORINI
Le Simplon fait un Clin-d'Oeil au Fréjus
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 165 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual, a small tear to upper left corner of front board, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Erskine CALDWELL
Les Voies du Seigneur
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 205 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Paul MORAND
Lettres à des Amis et à Quelques Autres
La Table Ronde|Paris 1978|15.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies with some hors commerce copies, ours being one of the latter.
Very handsome copy.
Preface by Michel Déon.

€780
Roger NIMIER
Le Hussard bleu - L'exemplaire de sa femme Nadine Nimier[[The Blue Hussar - Personal copy of his wife Nadine]
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 copies numbered on pur fil, ours being one of 8 lettered hors commerce copies, printed on large paper.
A fine and rare copy of this foundational text of the Hussards literary movement, which brought together around Roger Nimier and Antoine Blondin Jacques Laurent, Kléber Haedens, Stephen Hecquet, Michel Déon...
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€5,500
Michel de SAINT PIERRE
L'Ecole de la Violence
La Table Ronde|Paris 1962|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Michel de SAINT PIERRE
La nouvelle Race
La Table Ronde|Paris 1961|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Maxime WEYGAND
Le Général Frère. Un Chef, un Héros, un Martyr
Flammarion|Paris 1949|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 175 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy with full margins.
General Aubert Frère was notably a hero of the Resistance as organizer and commander of the Resistance in the army, he was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and died at the Struthof concentration camp on June 14, 1944.
€300
Elio VITTORINI
Les Hommes & les Autres
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned as usual, otherwise fine copy.
€80
Marcel AYMÉ
En Arrière
Nrf|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition with some parts in first edition, one of 260 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copies after 28 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.
€120
Denis de ROUGEMONT
Doctrine fabuleuse
Ides et Calendes|Neuchâtel 1947|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on Montgolfier paper, deluxe copy.
Second cover lightly and partially shaded, occasional worming.
Handsome copy.
€150
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Rigodon
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 115 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 43 Holland.
Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
€1,800
Anna Maria MATUTE
Plaignez les Loups !
Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 26 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
€80
Honoré de BALZAC
Les cent Contes drolatiques mis en Lumière par le Sieur de Balzac, quatriesme Dixain Fragments inédits
La cité des livres • Les cahiers balzaciens|Paris 1925|16.50 x 25 cm|broché sous étui
First edition, one of 12 nominative copies numbered and justified on pink paper by the publisher, ours printed for the wife of historian Jean Longnon, deluxe issue after 12 Japan copies expanded with a suite of illustrations.
Spine of slipcase slightly browned.
Work illustrated with 4 facsimiles.
Handsome copy of No. 4 of the "Cahiers balzaciens".
€170
Julien GRACQ
Lettrines
José Corti|Paris 1967|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, deluxe copies after 15 on Rives vellum.
Handsome copy.

€800
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Magnificat. Journaliers XIII Mars-Juillet 1963
Gallimard|Paris 1969|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 copies on parchment reserved for the author and on colored paper, the most restricted deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau quoting a passage from the work.

€200
(Sacha GUITRY) Alex MADIS
Sacha
Editions de l'Elan|Paris 1950|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 copies on pur fil Lafuma paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€180
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Le Cardinal d'Espagne
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Hollande paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly sunned without gravity.

€80
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome I
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1964|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Handsome and rare copy of the first volume of this saga about World War II and the Resistance, which comprises ten volumes.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome IV
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the fourth volume of this ten-volume saga about the Second World War and the Resistance.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome V
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the fifth volume of this ten-volume saga about the Second World War and the Resistance.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome II
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1964|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the second volume of this saga on the Second World War and the Resistance which comprises ten volumes.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome VI
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1966|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the sixth volume of this saga on the Second World War and the Resistance which comprises ten volumes.
€100
Jean GALTIER-BOISSIÈRE
Trois Héros
La Jeune Parque|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, one stain in margin of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Galtier-Boissière to Robert Laurence.
€80
Franco MASSIAN, Pierre DABOUIS
La Femme de ma Vie
Presses du livre français|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 25 Holland and some hors commerce.
Light clear foxing on spine, back cover marginally and partially shadowed.
Work illustrated with drawings by Pierre Dabouis.

€50
Pierre KYRIA
Vincent Hauttecoeur
Grasset|Paris 1998|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 15 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a tiny insignificant nick to the middle of the spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Kyria to Pierre Canavaggio: "... Là où commence le destin des héros du 'Partage des ombres' dans le tumulte de familles qui cherchent à s'exclure et d'une nation qui cherche sa voie." ["... Where begins the destiny of the heroes of 'The Sharing of Shadows' in the tumult of families seeking to exclude each other and of a nation seeking its path."]

€120
Peter WESTERMEIER
La Souche
Aux dépens de l'auteur|s. l. 1980|24.50 x 31 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
First edition printed in 40 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours one of 11 to include a punched plate embedded in the chemise at the beginning of the volume.
Chemise in full black cloth, smooth spine unlettered.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 12 original engravings by Peter Westermeier which he has all signed and numbered.
Manuscript signature by Peter Westermeier at the colophon.
€400
Theodor PLIEVER
Stalingrad par un Allemand
Flammarion|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 300 numbered copies on fine paper, ours one of the 150 initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows no defects.
€200
Erich Maria REMARQUE
Après
Nrf|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 1250 numbered copies on pure thread paper.
Minor worming to spine and margins of boards, otherwise a handsome copy.
€100
André GIDE
Les caves du Vatican, farce en trois actes et dix-neuf tableaux tirée de la sotie du même auteur
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 362 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue with 20 on Holland paper.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€150
Roger PEYREFITTE
Les Juifs
Flammarion|Paris 1965|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pure Arches paper, deluxe copies after 40 on Hollande paper.
A handsome full-margined copy.

€150
Frans MASEREEL, Luc DURTAIN
Découverte de Longview
René Kieffer|Paris 1927|20.50 x 26.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours unnumbered, but properly watermarked Madagascar, the only issue after 10 Japan paper copies.
Work illustrated with 19 original woodcuts by Frans Masereel.
Very fine copy.

€680
Jacques CHASTENET
La France de M. Fallières
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 2 Holland.
Fine copy despite a crease mark at the head of the second cover.
€80
Jean-Pierre CHAMBAS
A Propos de Scènes de la Vie d'Acteur de Denis Podalydès. Carnet Croquis
Seuil • Archimbaud|Paris 2005|13 x 18 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum, ours unnumbered at the colophon, the only deluxe copies.
A small light stain in margin of front cover, fine copy.

€100
Jean CORDESSE, Jean-Marie QUENEAU
2 Stances pour émouvoir
Editions de la Goulotte|Vézelay 1995|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 50 numbered copies on vellum, ours one of the 15 hors commerce copies.
Work illustrated by Jean-Marie Queneau.
Manuscript signatures of Jean-Marie Queneau and Jean Cordesse in pencil at the colophon.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Cordesse in pencil to Claude Couffon: "... en témoignage d'estime et d'amitié ce peu, mais habillé de luxe par des "amis substanciels" de J. Cordesse." ["in testimony of esteem and friendship this little work, but dressed in luxury by "substantial friends" of J. Cordesse."]
€350
Raymond RADIGUET
Règle du Jeu
Editions du Rocher|Paris 1957|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper, ours being one of the 10 hors commerce copies justified in pencil, from the deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€150
Michel FOUCAULT
Sept Propos sur le septième Ange
Fata Morgana|Montpellier 1986|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on laid paper, deluxe issue.
Bookplate pasted on endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€350
Auguste BAILLY
La Vie de Sénèque
H. Piazza|Paris 1929|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean GIRAUDOUX, Margaret KENNEDY
Tessa (La Nymphe au Coeur fidèle)
Grasset|Paris 1934|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition of Jean Giraudoux's French theatrical adaptation, one of 30 numbered copies on heliotrope laid paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing after 3 Japan copies
Half tawny shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.
€100
Emmanuel d' ASTIER
Passages
Au sans pareil|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Montgolfier vellum, the only deluxe copies after 40 on Holland paper.
Small marginal tears to the covers, one scratch to the center of the second cover.
€50
Edouard CHIMOT, Henry de MONTHERLANT
Histoire d'Amour de la Rose de Sable
Deux-Rives|Paris 1951|17.50 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Complete first edition illustrated with 26 original lithographs by Edouard Chimot, one of 900 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives laid paper.
Spine of the chemise slightly faded.
Handsome copy.
€100
Conrad Ferdinand MEYER
Révolte dans la Montagne
Corrêa|Paris 1942|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 75 numbered copies on bambou paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Montgolfier.
Handsome copy.
€70
Claude SIMON
La Route des Flandres[The Flanders Road]
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1960|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on pure wove paper, ours being one of 7 hors commerce, the only deluxe copies printed.
A fine copy.
€1,800
Gaston BERGERY
Air Afrique Voie impériale
Grasset|Paris 1927|19 x 26 cm|broché
First edition, one of 16 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours one of 6 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 13 photographic plates hors-texte.
Some light foxing, small marginal tears to covers, full-margined copy.
Manuscript note by Gaston Bergery on the front endpaper: "Pour donner à L. FL l'envie de partir. G." ["To give L. FL the desire to leave. G."] as an autograph inscription.
€300
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
Vingt-cinq années de liberté. Tome II seul : L'Epreuve (1939-1946)
René Julliard|Paris 1963|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few other pur fil du Marais hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.
Volume II only.
Provenance: from the family library of Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€60
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
Vingt-cinq années de liberté. Tome III seul : La Récompense (1945-1961)
René Julliard|Paris 1964|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few other pur fil du Marais hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.
Volume III only.
Provenance: from the family library of Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€60
Jean EFFEL
Ce Crapaud de Granit bavant du Goémon
Gallimard|Paris 1971|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 4 nominative pure laid copies.
A small sunning to the head of the front cover.
Handsome copy illustrated by the author.
€80
Françoise XENAKIS
Aux Lèvres pour que j'aie moins Soif
Tchou|Paris 1968|12 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€80
Juan GOYTISOLO
Pièces d'Identité
Gallimard|Paris 1968|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 45 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the front free endpaper.
Spine and boards slightly discolored as is generally the case.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
Deuil au Paradis
Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
Fiestas
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
Jeux de Mains
Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and covers slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Henry de MONTHERLANT, Charles GUYOT
Histoire Naturelle imaginaire
Editions du Trianon|Paris 1933|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Annam paper, deluxe copy.
Illustrated with four copperplate engravings by Charles Guyot.
Spine slightly sunned, handsome copy.
€300
Prince de FAUCIGNY-LUCINGE
Dans l'Ombre de l'Histoire
André Bonne|Paris 1951|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition published by André Castelot of these memoirs of the grandson of the Duke of Berry, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine lightened with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

€80
Very handsome copy with five original drawings by Georges Leroux, finely bound in full morocco.
Very handsome copy with five original drawings by Georges Leroux, finely bound in full morocco.
J.H ROSNY AINE, Georges LEROUX
Helvgor du Fleuve bleu[Helvgor of the Blue River]
Cent centraux bibliophiles|Paris 1930|22 x 28 cm|relié
First edition printed in 130 copies, all nominative and numbered, on Rives vellum.
Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with four double raised bands framed by black fillets extending onto the covers, gilt date at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, endpapers and pastedowns of hand-made paper, quintuple gilt fillet borders on the pastedowns, double gilt fillets on the board edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 plates and 6 vignettes by Georges Leroux engraved on copper by Raoul Serres.
This copy is supplemented, at the end of the volume, with a suite of the 22 illustrations together with the printed menu for the dinner...
€1,200
Armand LANOUX
A quoi jouent les enfants du Bourreau
René Julliard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies with some pure rag du Marais hors commerce copies.
Half black shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with cold fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsomely bound copy.
€80
Maurice COUVE DE MURVILLE
Une Politique étrangère 1958-1969
Plon|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€150
Yves LE FEBVRE
Le Génie du Christianisme
Edgard Malfère|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€50
Raymond QUENEAU
Cher monsieur Jean-Marie-mon-fils
Gallimard|Paris 2003|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.
€350
Robert SABATIER
La Mort du Figuier
Albin Michel|Paris 1962|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Minor worming to spine.
€60
Maurice de VLAMINCK, André SALMON
Rive Gauche. Quartier latin. - Plaisance. - Montparnasse. - Les Quais. - Saint-Germain-des-Prés[Left Bank. Latin Quarter. – Plaisance. – Montparnasse. – The Quays. – Saint-Germain-des-Prés]
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1951|32.50 x 40.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition illustrated with 15 original copperplate engravings, including 10 in color, by Maurice de Vlaminck, one of 250 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.

The work is also illustrated with 2 portraits by Amedeo Modigliani depicting Maurice de Vlaminck and his wife.

Full Empire green morocco binding, spine with two prominent raised bands extending as triangles in blind on the covers, spine decorated with three gilt lozenges with gilt title and separated by a transverse gilt bar, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillets framing the pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, Empire green morocco-edged slipcase, marbled paper...
€1,200
Jean de LA VARENDE
Six Lettres à un jeune Prince
La Palatine|Paris • & Genève [Geneva] 1955|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Jean de La Varende to Louis Charlot: "Pour maître Charlot, ces souvenirs, ces regrets, ces remords..." ["For master Charlot, these memories, these regrets, these remorse..."]
Our copy is enhanced with an original lightened photograph representing the painted portrait of the Commandeur de Galart above a chest of drawers, Jean de La Varende having inscribed on the back: "Le fantôme du Commandeur de Galart, portrait de 1779. LV" ["The ghost of Commandeur de Galart, portrait from 1779. LV"].
€400