First edition, one of 65 copies on Arches wove paper, pure rag; our copy is unnumbered but correctly justified "vergé d’Arches" at the foot of the lower cover, the only deluxe papers issued.
Two slight sunning marks at head and tail of the backstrip, which is also lightly pinched at the foot.
A pleasing copy.
First edition on ordinary paper, without edition statement, bearing the correct colophon dated 30 November 1918.
The 128 deluxe paper copies would only be issued six months later, during the summer of 1919.
Light spotting to the margins of the endleaves, small l and a faint dampstain to the title page and following leaves, a bluish stain to the margins of pp. 339-340 inherent to the quality of the paper.
Bound in contemporary half forest-green morocco over corners, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, gilt date at foot, cat’s-eye patterned paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Huser.
A handsome copy in a well-executed binding.
First edition on ordinary paper with the correct colophon dated 22 June 1999.
Pleasant copy despite two light spots on the right margin of the lower cover.
Inscribed and signed by Jean Echenoz to Jean-Pierre Métais.
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
Bound in half brown morocco, spines with five raised bands, gilt dates at foot, boards covered with abstract patterned paper, endleaves and doublures of brown paper, original wrappers and backstrips preserved, gilt edges, bindings signed by Thomas Boichot.
A precious copy of this foundational text of modern feminism.
First edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.
Handsome copy complete with its promotional wraparound band "L'amour-ogre".
First edition, one of the review copies.
Half shagreen binding with corners in burgundy, spine with four raised bands ruled in black, date gilt at foot, slight but harmless fading to the spine and margins of the boards, gilt-embossed paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine (restored) preserved, top edge gilt.
Rare dated inscription by Georges Duhamel signed with his real surname: "A Paul Souday hommage dévoué. GDuhamel avril 1918."
Our copy is further enriched with an autograph letter dated 16 December 1918, mounted on a stub, addressed to Paul Souday—though not mentioned by name—in which Duhamel expresses the joy and honour he felt at having recently been awarded the Prix Goncourt (Civilisation 1914–1918 was awarded the prize on 11 December 1918) for this work: "... le prix Goncourt me fait plaisir, mais moins encore que les quelques cordiales poignées de mains que je reçois à cette occasion."
Georges Duhamel expresses his high regard for his correspondent: "Vous m'avez déjà et très énergiquement témoigné votre sympathie. Soyez sûr que cette sympathie m'est chère. Et comme, en outre, elle m'est un guide précieux, je ferai tout ce que je pourrai pour la conserver et la mériter."
First edition, one of the advance review copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, internally clean and well-preserved.
Work for which Patrick Modiano was awarded the "Prix Goncourt" in 1978.
Rare inscribed copy, signed by Patrick Modiano to Jean-François Revel.
True first edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.
Half red morocco over marbled boards, corners in morocco, spine with five raised bands adorned with gilt fillets and double gilt compartments, date stamped in gilt at foot, minor rubbing to the bands, gilt fillet border on the marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and backstrip with a few minor losses preserved, a light scratch to an upper corner, contemporary binding signed by C. Septier.
Inscribed by one of the authors on the half-title page, to Marcel Gropiot.
A handsome copy attractively bound in a period binding for this work, which was awarded the Prix Goncourt upon its first reissue in 1906.
Original black and white photograph depicting Maurice Druon in his Académie Française regalia.
A fine copy. Enclosed is the handwritten envelope addressed to the recipient by Maurice Druon.
Inscribed and signed by Maurice Druon in blue ink in the right margin of the photograph: "Avec mes meilleurs souhaits Druon."
Provenance: from the collection of the noted autograph collector Claude Armand.
« En ces jours périlleux "d'équilibre par la terreur", de massacres et de calculs savants sur le nombre d'humains qui survivront à un holocauste nucléaire, il n'est que trop naturel que mes pensées se tournent vers vous.
À mes yeux, monsieur et cher éléphant, vous représentez à la perfection tout ce qui est aujourd'hui menacé d'extinction au nom du progrès, de l'efficacité, du matérialisme intégral, d'une idéologie ou même de la raison car un certain usage abstrait et inhumain de la raison et de la logique se fait de plus en plus le complice de notre folie meurtrière.
Il semble évident aujourd'hui que nous nous sommes comportés tout simplement envers d'autres espèces, et la vôtre en particulier, comme nous sommes sur le point de le faire envers nous-mêmes. »
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on vergé de Vizille, only deluxe issue.
Nice copy of this 1999 Goncourt Prize winner.
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil paper, most limited deluxe issue.
Endleaves and half-title slightly and partially shaded.
Exceedingly rare and handsome copy of this seminal text of modern feminism.
Our copy is housed in a custom gray clamshell box, square spine titled in red, author's name and subtitles in black, first panel hollowed revealing a black and white photograph of Simone de Beauvoir as a young woman under a plexiglass, title in red, author's name, first volume number and subtitle in black, second panel hollowed revealing a color photograph of the author in her prime under plexiglass, titled in red, author's name, second volume number and subtitle in black, box lined with burgundy paper, superb work by artist Julie Nadot.
