Idées cadeaux Belles reliures

First edition of the author's first work, one of the numbered copies from the first issue printed on press, the only printing with 4 Holland copies.
Bradel binding in full floral-patterned paper, smooth spine, dark blue morocco title-label, original wrappers preserved (one lack filled at foot of second cover), top edge gilt, elegant pastiche binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.

Popular illustrated edition bringing together 14 titles and more, from the Romans populaires illustrés collection. Drawings by Johannot, Beaucé, Staal, Bertall, Baron... It includes the rare title The Monk by Lewis.
Contents: Valérie by Madame de Krudener. Manon Lescaut by Prévost d'Exiles. Le talisman du coeur by Louis Lurine. La peine du talion by Jules Lacroix. Le règne de Satan by Benjamin Gastineau. Riche et pauvre by Emile Souvestre. Télémaque by Fénelon. Mes prisons by Pellico. La princesse de Montpensier by Madame de Lafayette. Les contes de l'atelier by Michel Masson. Le vicaire de Wakefield by Goldsmith. Simple histoire by Inchbald. 3 plays by Beaumarchais. Printed in 2 columns. A half-title of the Romans populaires illustrés has been bound at the beginning of the work with a table of contents that does not correspond at all to the titles in the volume.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large romantic ornament and a roll at head and foot. One split at head. Rubbing to edges and headcaps, but good copy, particularly fresh, on crisp white paper, free from foxing.
These popular editions are rare in good condition, and very desirable for the quality of their illustrations. They form a too-forgotten history of romantic publishing.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with double compartments and gilt floral motifs, date at foot, gilt fillets on boards, paper loss to second board, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.

New edition.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding, smooth spine lined with slightly faded red morocco, decorated with gilt arabesques and crosshatch patterns, gilt dentelle border on covers, gilt striping on edges and headcaps, all edges yellow speckled with red.
Corners slightly bumped. Foxing mainly on endpapers and first and last leaves of each volume.

First illustrated edition, with some parts in first edition as it was revised and expanded with unpublished letters and documents.
Half morocco binding with red corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt decorative motifs, double gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, light scuffs to corners, top edge gilt, binding signed by the publisher.
Work illustrated with 55 copperplate reproductions by Dujardin and 2 color plates by Quinsac.
A handsome copy elegantly bound.

Third edition.
Publisher's full navy blue cloth binding, smooth spine faded, headcaps lightly rubbed, front cover decorated with gilt ornament, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, marbled edges.
Work illustrated with 43 wood vignettes by Gustave Doré.
Occasional foxing, two ink stains in margins of pages 72 and 73.

New edition illustrated with 4 sepia lithographs. Text within decorative borders.
Publisher's polychrome binding in black percaline. Large special gilt panel on the upper cover. Rich blue, yellow, pink, white frame. Smooth spine very richly decorated with polychromy. Special panel on the lower cover: Robinson in a medallion decorated with polychromy. A thin crack at the foot. One corner slightly bumped. Some signatures slightly loosened. Handsome copy.
Adventure story for young readers. A Robinsonade on an ice island.

First edition with 11 original watercolors by Jane Pécheur, one of 190 numbered copies on vélin crèvecoeur paper .
An angular spot to the cover of the slipcase
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 793 numbered copies on vélin paper.
Black morocco, upper cover with vertical red leather band in the form of a snake, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved.
Autograph inscription signed and dated by Antonin Artaud to Docteur Villefrand.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author by André Masson.
A very good copy.

The rare first edition and the first separate edition of Marie, under another title.
Charming contemporary Romantic marbled sheep, spine with gilt arabesques, title-piece and volume labels of red morocco, gilt friezes to head and foot of spine, two joints slightly cracked, small lack to foot of one joint on second volume, gilt roulettes to edges of covers, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, one upper corner slightly bumped.
With two frontispiece engravings.
A good and rare copy in an attractive contemporary Romantic binding of the author's third work.

First edition, review copy.
Binding full paper with geometric motifs inspired cubist, smooth back, chocolate brown morocco title piece, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, elegant binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Signed autograph of Mr. Romain Gary to Bonnehon.
Nice copy pleasantly established.

New edition.
Binding to bradel full silver corrugated paper decorative motifs, back smooth, chocolate brown morocco title piece, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, elegant binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Signed autograph of Joseph Kessel Paul Mairaut.
Work well complete its folding map in-fine.
Nice copy of this moving tribute to his friend Joseph Kessel Jean Mermoz disappeared four years earlier.

first edition on the current paper.
Binding to bradel full paper floral, smooth back, elegant binding pastiche signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Signed autograph of Georges Clemenceau Emile Deshayes.
Copy pleasantly established.