Pierre FALKE, Pierre MAC ORLAN
L'ancre de miséricorde
Pierre Falké|Paris 1945|26 x 34 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Illustrated edition of 79 original etchings by Pierre Falké, one of 125 numbered copies on Montval, ours one of 15 copies of collaborator justified and signed by Pierre Falké .
The 79 etchings are composed as follows: 1 on the double-page cover, 1 on the frontispiece, 1 on the title page, 21 insets, including 1 double-page, 55 initials and culs-de-lampe.
Back of the shirt and the case with wetting, stings on the boards of the case which also have some small gaps of paper.
Rare foxing, otherwise pleasant interior state.
Provenance: from the library of Anne-Marie Frélaut with her ex-libris engraved by her father, the painter Jean Frélaut.
€380
Jean FRELAUT, Eugène FROMENTIN
Un été dans le Sahara
Plon|Paris 1912|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Braid binding in full blue canvas, smooth back, title piece of old rose shagreen, preserved quilts.
Some small foxing.
Our copy is enriched with an original drawing of the painter and engraver Jean Frélaut depicting a desert landscape that he signed the initial of his name and enhanced with watercolor and pencil.
He also inscribed, in pencil, these words: "April 19, 1869. Fromentin, after Fromentin F."
€150
Édouard GLISSANT (inscribed to Charles DOBZYNSKI)
La cohée du lamentin - Poétique V[The Cohée of the Manatee – Poetics V]
Gallimard|Paris 2005|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Autograph dedication signed by Edouard Glissant to Charles Dobzynski.
Nice copy.
€180
Frederick WHYMPER
Voyages et aventures dans l'Alaska (ancienne Amérique Russe)
Hachette|Paris 1871|16 x 24 cm|relié
First French edition, illustrated with 37 wood-engraved plates and several in-text illustrations, as well as a map. The first English edition appeared in 1868, the American edition in 1869.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding signed Magnier. Spine with false raised bands decorated with radiating compartments. Red grained cloth boards with blind-ruled borders. Edges gilt. Rubbing to headcaps and joints. Corners slightly bumped. Some scattered foxing, particularly at the beginning of the work, quite rare thereafter.
A member of several scientific expeditions, the author, before reaching the Yukon (the principal river crossing Alaska from east to west), whose exploration forms the
€400
Raymond MORETTI, Paul VALÉRY
Le cimetière marin
Musée Paul Valéry|Sète 2004|27 x 37 cm|en feuilles
Illustrated with original lithographs by Raymond Moretti and printed in 300 copies on vergé de Rives.
Handwritten signature of Raymond Moretti under the justification.
A nice copy.
€1,300
Théophile GAUTIER
Zigzags
Victor Magen|Paris 1845|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half brown morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments decorated with gilt floral motifs, date and place gilt at foot, double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
Light foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Victor Hugo's beloved grandson, Georges-Victor Hugo, whom his grandfather, who took charge of his education after the death of his son Charles, affectionately nicknamed: "Monsieur le Petit Georges", with his monogram stamped in gilt at the head of the front board.
€1,000
André BRETON, André MASSON
Martinique charmeuse de serpentsMartinique: Snake Charmer
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1948|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the leading copies.
This copy with the original frontispiece lithograph by André Masson.
Hors-texte illustrations by André Masson.
A very good and rare copy.
€4,500
Pierre-Jean DE SMET
Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846
Pussielgue-Rusand|Paris 1848|11 x 18.3 cm|relié
Missions de l'Orégon et voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses en 1845 et 1846
First edition in French, translated by Bourlez. Smet’s father also produced a translation in an edition published in Ghent, also in 1848. Two-tone lithographed frontispiece and frontispiece-title on China paper. 12 two-tone lithographic plates on thick paper showing the lives of Native Americans.
Half dark brown sheep. Spine with mock-bands with three Romantic blindtools and gilt roulettes. Upper joint cracked at head and foot and rubbed. Leather tail-piece worn away, revealing cardboard. Leaves 251 and 253 detached. Scattered spotting. Covers and edges rubbed.
The work is the account of a journey by
€650
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Drôle de voyage[A Curious Journey]
Nrf|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only large-paper issue.
Very slight, harmless spotting to the spine.
Rare copy of this work dedicated to Victoria Ocampo.
€1,500
Francis CARCO, André DESLIGNÈRES
Maman Petitdoigt
Ronald Davis & Cie|Paris 1920|19 x 27 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies pure cloth, one draw after 13 Chinese and 37 Japanese.
Signed autograph Francis Carco Paul Lombard.
Book illustrated with 18 original woodcuts by Deslignieres.
A small lack in foot of the first flat, flat with slight angles.
€200
Valery LARBAUD
Aux couleurs de Rome[In the Colours of Rome]
Nrf|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
Pleasant copy despite two very slight insolations without gravity in the head and foot of the back.
€1,000
Joseph CONRAD
Entre terre et mer[Between Land and Sea]
Nrf|Paris 1929|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, reimposed in quarto tellière format, tête de tirage.
Spine slightly sunned, a pleasing copy.
€600
André MALRAUX
La voie royale[The Royal Road]
Grasset|Paris 1930|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition of 62 numbered copies on Madagascar, the tirage de tête.
Contemporary half blue morocco over marbled paper boards by Robinson, gilt date to spine, gilt fillet frame to covers, endpapers and pastedowns of light green paper, double covers and double spines preserved, top edge gilt.
A very good copy in a nice binding.
€3,500
Louis-François Sosthène, vicomte de LAROCHEFOUCAULD
Pèlerinage à Goritz
E. Houdaille|Paris 1839|-|relié
First edition.
Full brown sheep binding, smooth discolored spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, top headcap worn, frame of quadruple gilt fillets decorated with typographical fleurons in the corners on paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of fine gilt dentelle on pastedowns, original wrappers preserved with small corner restorations, corners slightly bumped, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from the Vicomte de Larochefoucauld.
Some rubbing traces on binding, occasional light foxing.
Gift inscription in ink on front wrapper.
€300
Gui Casimir de LÉVIS-MIREPOIX
Mes souvenirs d'orient - Egypte - Syrie - Palestine
Henri Lecesne|Châteaudun 1882|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid Holland paper.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine decorated with a title label as well as labels reproducing the ex-libris of the previous owner of the work, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, original wrappers preserved, top edge speckled.
Autograph inscription signed by the Count de Lévis-Mirepoix to Count de Falloux: "... avec mon plus fidèle et affectueux souvenir..."
Provenance: from the library of Bourg d'Iré, property of Count de Falloux with reproductions of his ex-libris pasted on the spine of the binding and his bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Rare and handsome copy.
€300
Dieudonné COSTES, Maurice BELLONTE
Deux records du monde[Two World Records]
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
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.
€680
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Lettres de jeunesse[Early Letters]
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête along with 10 Madagascar hors commerce.
Half black morocco, spine in six compartments, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers of papier uni, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding by Goy & Vilaine.
A very good copy in a handsome binding.
€2,300
André, capitaine de vaisseau JUBELIN
Marin de métier pilote de fortune
Editions France-Empire|Paris 1951|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on marais crèvecoeur paper, the only large paper copies.
A good copy.
€80
Théophile GAUTIER
Italia
Victor Lecou|Paris 1852|12.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition
Contemporary red half Russian morocco, the spine with double gilt fillets, corners very lightly rubbed.
Presentation copy, inscribed by Théophile Gautier to Monsieur Bufquin des Essarts on half-title.
€3,000
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Terre des hommes
Gallimard|Paris 1939|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 23 numbered copies on Hollande paper, tirage de tête after one copy on Whatman and 9 on China paper.
Light brown Oasis goatskin by Morina Mongin, covers and spine with dreamlike decoration of humanized mountains after a drawing by Peter Sis, printed in brown colored film and heightened in ochre, sky-blue suede pastedowns, brown suede endpapers, the first endpaper with a lunette of modified sky-blue leather printed in colored film, covers and spine preserved. Half light brown Oasis goatskin slipcase, wood-effect paper boards lined with brown suede; a spectacular set.
A fine copy with all margins in a handsome binding reaching back to the pilot's spirit
€15,000
Vue d'optique - Vue intérieure de Saint Pierre de Rome.
Chez Daumont, Basset et Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Optical view heightened in watercolour, depicting an interior view of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Optical views, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were very fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be observed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Optical views can be considered the precursors of three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Optical views seem to appear in the 1740s and were parlour entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris, then London and
€150
A rare copy with 24 illustrations of the Nile River with an Arabic inspired binding
A rare copy with 24 illustrations of the Nile River with an Arabic inspired binding
Alfred Edmund BREHM, Johannes DUMICHEN
Le Nil[The Nile]
A. Lévy|Paris 1882|28 x 37 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French, printed on vergé paper.

Publisher's Arabesque yellow paper binding by A. Lenègre, spine with gilt, black, and turquoise Arabic decorative motifs (head- and tail-pieces slightly rubbed), upper cover richly ornamented with Arabic decorative motifs in gilt, black and turquoise with a frame of gilt and black fillets, turquoise paper pastedowns and endpapers (corners slightly bumped), all edges gilt, a few small insignificant spots to lower cover.
Text by Alfred Edmund Brehm & Johannes Dumichen.
The work is illustrated with 24 watercolors after nature by Charles Werner.
A few small spots, mostly affecting endpapers.
Rare.
€2,000
René CHAMBE
Hélène Boucher pilote de France[Hélène Boucher, Pilot of France]
Editions Baudinière|Paris 1937|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
Beautiful illustrated cover.

A good copy with good margins.
€300
Jules VERNE
Un drame en Livonie[A Drama in Livonia]
Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1904]|12 x 19 cm|relié
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half hazelnut calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, original covers mounted on guards and preserved, speckled top edge, modern pastiche binding unsigned by Goy & Vilaine.
Work decorated with original illustrations by L. Benett.
Very rare signed autograph inscription from Jules Verne to [Achille] Tournier, then Prefect of the Somme.
Jules Verne settled in Amiens, his wife's birthplace, in 1871: "At my wife's wish I settled in Amiens, a wise city, polished, of even temper, where society is cordial and learned. One is close to Paris, close enough to have i
€7,500
Vue d'optique - Vue intérieure de la Bourse royale à Londres
Chez Lachaussée|Paris [circa 1790]|30.50 x 48.50 cm|une feuille
Original engraving. Vue d'optique heightened in watercolour, depicting an interior view of the Royal Exchange in London.
Vues d'optique, also called vues, perspectives or "mondo nuovo", are engravings that were highly fashionable between the late 18th and early 19th centuries. They were intended to be viewed through a set of mirrors or by means of a Zograscope, an instrument consisting of a mirror and a lens. Vues d'optique can be considered the precursors to three-dimensional images and stereoscopes which enjoyed great success from the 19th century onwards. Vues d'optique appear to have emerged in the 1740s and were drawing-room entertainments. The process was first developed in Paris,
€150