Franz Kafka | De et autour.

Autograph postcard signed by Albert Einstein to Ludwig Hopf. 18 lines written verso and recto, address also in Einstein's handwriting. Postmarked June 21, 1910. 

Published in The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 5: The Swiss Years: Correspondence, 1902-1914, Princeton University Press, 1993, n°218, p. 242.

An exceptional and highly aesthetic card from Albert Einstein to "the friend of the greatest geniuses of his time" - according to Schrödinger - mathematician and physicist Ludwig Hopf, who introduced Einstein to another 20^th-century genius: Carl Jung.
The master invites his pupil Hopf to a dinner...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light foxing to rear endpaper.
Preface by Louis Aragon.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to journalist Gilbert Gilleminault.

First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon impérial paper, from the deluxe issue.
Discreet restorations at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
Illustrated with a frontispiece by Max Ernst.

First edition.
Two small tears with lacks to the sunned spine.
Other contributions by Marc Bernard "Zig-zag", Ramon Fernandez "Molière et Copeau", Julien Benda, Jean Giono "Un de Baumugnes (I)"...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated by Jiri Kolar.
Some reading marks in blue ballpoint pen in the margins of certain paragraphs.
Manuscript signature by Jiri Kolar.

First edition.
Contributions by Henri Michaux "Le livre des situations étranges", René Char "Congé au vent", Franz Kafka "Joséphine la cantatrice", Federico Garcia Lorca "Yerma", John Steinbeck "Johny l'ours", Georges Hugnet "Chansons nettes", Alfred Jarry "L'objet aimé"...
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfama.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Saint-John Perse "Message pour Valéry Larbaud", Louis Guilloux "Bizarreries", Franz Kafka "Lettrres" and "Le château, chapitre XVIII", Guillaume Apollinaire "Poèmes"...

First edition, one of 92 copies numbered on superior vellum, the only deluxe paper issue together with a few copies hors commerce.
A fine copy.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on pure rag laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Many contributions including Francis Picabia, Jean Arp, Paul Klee, Henri Michaux, Franz Kafka, Kurt Schwitters, James Thurber.
Illustrated cover.
Signed autograph, as a gift to the bibliophile Paul (Aveline) and his wife: "For Madeleine and Paul as a token of faithful affection, hoping that the invigorating contemplation of" Candles "of A. Frédérique help us to maintain high and firm the torch of an already old friendship. "

First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on vélin supérieur, this copy not justified, the only large paper copies with a few hors commerce copies.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Contributions by Henri Michaux "Le livre des situations étranges", René Char "Congé au vent", Franz Kafka "Joséphine la cantatrice", Federico Garcia Lorca "Yerma", John Steinbeck "Johny l'ours", Georges Hugnet "Chansons nettes", Alfred Jarry "L'objet aimé"...
Handsome copy.

Autograph manuscript by the author of 16 pages in-8 published in number 9 (June 1946) of Les Temps modernes and reprinted, slightly revised, in La Part du Feu (1949).
Complete recto-verso manuscript, very densely written, with numerous deletions, corrections and additions.
Accompanied by the complete typescript with autograph corrections in black ink.

"Le Paradoxe d'Aytré" ["Aytré's Paradox"] is the first text by Maurice Blanchot that Jean-Paul Sartre published in the pages of Les Temps modernes, the spearhead of committed literature. Three others would follow until 1952 ("Le roman, œuvre de mauvaise foi" ["The Novel, a Work of Bad Faith"], "A...

First edition of the French translation by Clara Malraux, one of 300 numbered copies on vélin, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies after 50 Auvergne.
Illustrated with 16 original lithographs including 8 hors-texte by Jean-Michel Atlan.
Preface by Bernard Groethuysen.
A small stain to head of a pastedown, nice copy.

The first edition published only in paperback format, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Moving and precious signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his sister Marguerite on a card mounted on the first endpaper: "Chère Marg, ce livre qui n'est pas un livre mais qui te dit en ces jours si sombres, ma fidèle, ma profonde affection. Maurice." ["Dear Marg, this book which is not a book but which tells you in these dark days, my faithful one, my deep affection. Maurice."]
Envelope bearing Marguerite Blanchot's address written by her brother Maurice mounted on the half-title page. Marguerite Blanchot...

First edition, one of the small number of copies printed on Johannot paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Jean Genet "Miracle de la rose", E. Hemingway "La cinquième colonne", F. Kafka "Paraboles", L.R. Des Forêts "Le bavard"...
Cover designed by Jean Martin.
A pale marginal stain at head of front endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition published in 2900 copies, ours, one of the copies on Alfa paper.
Literary contributions by Paul Valéry (Allocution), Léon-Paul Fargue (D'un porte-plume à un aimant), Ribemont-Dessaignes (Deuxième épître aux serins et même aux rossignols), Franz Kafka (Récits), etc.
Commerce, a literary review founded by Marguerite Caetani, appeared in the form of twenty-nine "quarterly issues published under the supervision of Valéry, Fargue and Larbaud" between 1924 and 1932. Its publication formed part of the competitive tradition of French reviews of the 1920s and did not merely showcase the most prominent authors of French literature: it played the role of "discoverer" of young...

First edition of the French translation established and prefaced by Marthe Robert, one of 46 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Worming to spine, spine and boards lightly and marginally faded as usual.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from Joseph Delteil to Alexandre Vialatte.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Contributions by P. Reverdy, P. Claudel, J. Cocteau, F. Kafka "Pages de journal" presented by P. Klossowski, G. Hugnet, H. Melville...
Spine sunned with lacks, one cracked joint...

First edition.
Contributions by P. Eluard, F. Kafka, G. Hugnet, F. Marc, S. Ramon...

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.

First edition in French of this unpublished play by Franz Kafka.
Other contributions by W. C. Williams, A. Guerne, D. Mauroc, B. Brotman...
Issue illustrated with a drawing by Jean Boullet.
Spine slightly sunned with a small lack at foot.

First editions. Contributions by Arthur Adamov, Roger Gilbert-Leconte, Jacques Prévert, Antonin Artaud, Armen Lubin. Translations of texts by Franz Kafka. Illustrations by Picasso, Gruber, Garbell, Bolin.

First edition. Many contributions including those of Leon Vérane.