Arthur RIMBAUD
Correspondance 1888-1891[Correspondence 1888–1891]
Gallimard|Paris 1965|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies issued.
A pleasant copy.
A pleasant copy.
€450
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- Edouard MANET, Félix BRACQUEMOND
L'Enfant à l'épée - Eau-forte originale[The Child with a Sword – Original Etching]
s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [ca 1870]|23.40 x 28.10 cm|une feuilleOriginal etching on Chine appliqué mounted on heavy paper, engraved by Félix Bracquemond after Manet’s 1861 painting, probably depicting Léon Leenhoff, the painter’s natural son.€500 - Jean-Charles de CASTELBAJAC
Album
Michel Aveline|Paris 1993|24 x 34 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's binding in full black boards decorated with Castelbajac-style motifs, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Richly illustrated.
A fine copy.
Inscribed, dated and signed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac to Jocelyne Aurel-Tulle with New Year wishes for 1997, enriched with a drawing in yellow and black felt-tip depicting flowers and leaves.€450 - Edouard CHIMOT, Prosper MÉRIMÉE
L'Espagne et ses gitans
Presses de Pierre Gaudin|Paris 1956|24.50 x 32.50 cm|relié sous étuiIllustrated edition with 12 original color compositions by Edouard Chimot, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives wove, deluxe issue after 23 other copies on Rives wove.
Half orange-red morocco over corners, smooth spine, illustrator’s name gilt at foot, gilt fillet framing on vellum-style paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase edged in orange-red morocco with marbled paper panels and interior, binding signed Vassière, binder in Castres.
This copy includes the additional suite of the illustrations in black, as stated in the colophon.
A fine copy, handsomely bound.€500 - Emmanuel de LAS CASES, Guillaume de GARDEN
Lettre autographe signée au diplomate de Garden
Passy [Paris] 10 mai 1833|11.70 x 18 cm|une page sur un bifeuilletAutograph letter signed by Emmanuel de Las Cases to Count Guillaume de Garden, dated May 10, 1833. Autograph address on verso of last leaf. Tears to last leaf due to opening, small tear in upper margin of first leaf extending 4 centimeters, not touching text, usual folds.
Precious letter from the famous memorialist, the Emperor's companion in exile, whose masterpiece was at the origin of the Napoleonic myth. He invites Count de Garden to lunch, also known under the name Garden de Saint-Ange. This great historian and diplomat is the author of the monumental Histoire générale des traités de paix.
Monsieur le Comte,€500 - Jules VERNE
Le Sphinx des glaces
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903-1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|reliéIllustrated edition with 68 illustrations by George Roux including 20 large chromotypography engravings and a map.
Catalogue Y at end.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, lighthouse spine, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Spine slightly faded, endpapers replaced, a small discoloration stain on the second cover, corners slightly frayed.
Le Sphinx des glaces is a fantastic novel, intended as a sequel to Edgar Poe's novel - to which it is dedicated -, Les Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym, published in 1838.
Copy not recorded by Jauzac.€900 - François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
"les vomissements m'ont fait beaucoup de bien..."Autograph letter addressed to Mrs. Amédée de Duras concerning her improving state of health
s. l. s. d. [vers le 25 septembre 1812]|15.50 x 19.50 cm|une page sur un double feuilletAutograph note by François René de Chateaubriand, 12 lines in black ink on a bifolium, addressed to Madame Amédée de Duras, rejoicing in her improved health.
A tear with loss, due to the seal having been broken to facilitate reading the note.
"Mde de CH[ateaubriand]. me dit de vous répondre: si je meurs, madame, ce sera à vos pieds le matin. Non pas à midi, mais à trois heures et demie. Je me porte à merveille chez ma soeur. Que cela ne soit pas vous, mais mde de Lévis qui m'ait vu perdre ma longue barbe er mon mouchoir turc. Ne venez pas, vous ne devriez pas venir. Mde de Ch[ateaubriand] est inconsolable... "€700 - Jean COCTEAU
"Voilà ma fille je ne peux pas dire mieux"Original ink dated and signed
3 septembre 1953|21 x 27 cm|une page sur un feuilletOriginal ink drawing signed by Jean Cocteau, dated in his hand September 3, 1953.
One horizontal crease.
Between a few pen strokes that strangely resemble a tombstone, the writer-artist has slipped in an amusing epitaph: "Voilà ma fille je ne peux pas dire mieux / Jean" (There you are my daughter I cannot say better / Jean).€800 - COLETTE
Photographie de Colette dédicacée
s. l. s. d. [1953]|18 x 13 cm|une photographieOriginal black and white silver print photographic portrait of Colette in conversation with one of her young admirers, Bernard Petiot.
Notes in blue ballpoint pen, one crossed out, followed by "Bernard Petiot 1957".
This photograph was taken on April 22, 1953, during the award ceremony of the Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.
On the reverse, a humorous autograph inscription by the writer: "For Bernard Petiot, in memory of a ancient writer, Colette, to whom young visitors are sympathetic".€500 - Paul ÉLUARD
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Marco Ristic fondateur du surréalisme serbe
Paris 29 Novembre 1945|21 x 22 cm|une page + une enveloppeAutograph letter signed by Paul Eluard addressed to Marco Ristic (whom Paul Eluard Frenchifies as Marco Ristitch), theorist and founder of Serbian surrealism, 17 lines written in blue ink.
Folds inherent to postal handling, envelope included.
Marco Ristic is in France and Paul Eluard is burning to meet him: "Needless to say my impatience to see you again, but I knew you were busy upon your arrival and, for a month, I have been bedridden." even if his job does not allow him to do so immediately: "Up yesterday, I must leave tomorrow morning for Brussels... [...] I would very much like you to telephone me so that we can make an appointment."
The...€900 - Victor HUGO
Lettre à Lord Palmerston, secrétaire d'état de l'intérieur en Angleterre
S.n. [Imprimerie universelle]|Genève [Geneva] • & New York (Jersey) [New York] 1854|7 x 11 cm|une feuille rempliéeFirst edition printed on blue paper.
One crease mark in left margin of leaf, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.€500 - Astolphe de CUSTINE
"Amyot tient beaucoup à ce qu'on appuie sur les anecdotes nouvelles dont cette édition est augmentée"Autograph letter dated and signed concerning the republication of his famous work "Russia in 1839"
S. n.|s. l. 29 Novembre 1843|13.50 x 20.50 cm|une pageAutograph letter signed by Astolphe de Custine (16 lines in black ink) regarding the republication, issued by the same publisher Amyot in the same year as the first edition, of his prophetic and famous work "La Russie en 1839".
Fold marks inherent to posting, the ink of the year in the date having faded.
Due to the great success of his work "La Russie en 1839" whose first edition was published in 1843 by Amyot, Custine had difficulty obtaining a copy of the republication, printed a few months later the same year, of his masterpiece which he intended for his correspondent: "Here, sir, is the second copy of La Russie that I have been able to...€800 - Georges SIMENON
Maigret et les témoins récalcitrants
Presses de la Cité|Paris 1959|12 x 16.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.€880 - Jules RENARD, Félix VALLOTTON
La maîtresse
H. Simonis Empis|Paris 1896|12 x 19 cm|reliéFirst edition illustrated with 28 wood engravings in the text by Félix Vallotton, who also illustrated the front cover.
Half-yellow morocco Bradel binding, smooth spine, brown morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated covers by Félix Vallotton and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Kauffmann.
A handsome copy, pleasingly bound.€400 - Maurice MERLEAU-PONTY
Signes
Gallimard|Paris 1960|14 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine lightly sunned without significance.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Merleau-Ponty to monsieur de La Porte.€680 - Bernard SIMIOT
La reconquête - De Bir Hakeim à Colmar
Flammarion|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 180 numbered copies on pur fil de rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.€300 - Maurice LELOIR, Gustave TOUDOUZE
Le roy soleil
Boivin & Cie|Paris 1931|30 x 37 cm|reliure de l'éditeurNew edition, illustrated with 40 magnificent watercolors by Maurice Leloir, including 34 full-page and 2 double-page illustrations, printed in chromotypography.
Title page in blue and gold with the arms of Louis XIV and his cipher. All leaves are mounted.
Publisher's binding in full royal blue cloth, smooth spine with gilt title, front cover decorated with a large polychrome and gilt plate on the upper cover depicting Louis XIV on horseback, gilt edges, binding signed Engel.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.€600 - Emmanuel LEVINAS
Difficile liberté - Essais sur le Judaïsme
Albin Michel|Paris 1963|13.50 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the service de presse copies.
A small insignificant tear at foot of the slightly wrinkled spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Emmanuel Lévinas to his close friend the philosopher Charles Galpérine and his wife Rachel.€800 - CABU
Tonton La-Terreur
Albin Michel|Paris 1991|21.50 x 30 cm|brochéFirst edition.
Handsome copy despite occasional worming, with publisher's wraparound band.
Facing the title page, our copy is enhanced with an autograph inscription signed by Cabu to the graphic designer, typographer, illustrator, layout artist, and writer Robert Massin, known as Massin, as well as a humorous original drawing in black felt-tip pen on a full page depicting François Mitterrand in his coffin with this caption: "Pour la mise en boîte, j'ai exigé Massin."€600 - Pierre FALKE, Louis CHADOURNE
Le maître du navire
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1925|19.50 x 25 cm|brochéEdition illustrated with 65 original color wood engravings by Pierre Falké, one of 300 copies on Rives paper, the only printing after 5 Japan paper, 5 hors commerce and 45 Madagascar paper copies.
Handsome copy.€300 - Vaclav HAVEL
A vrai dire - Livre de l'après-pouvoir
Editions de L'aube • Seuil|Paris 2007|14.50 x 22 cm|brochéFirst edition of the French translation
A handsome copy.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Vaclav Havel, in French, to Richard Coutin accompanied by a small drawing of a heart.€400 - Léo FERRÉ
Poète... vos papiers
La Table Ronde|Paris 1956|14 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly sunned, with a few small nicks.
Signed presentation copy from Léo Ferré to a woman named Véronique.
€750 - Léo FERRÉ
Poète... vos papiers
La Table Ronde|Paris 1956|14 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of the press service copies.
Minor tears to the margins of the covers, spine slightly sunned with a few small nicks.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Léo Ferré to Marie Bell and Jean Chevrier.
€750 - Wou-Ki ZAO
Zao Wou-Ki 60 ans de peintures (1935-1998)[Zao Wou-Ki: 60 Years of Paintings (1935-1998)]
Association française d'Action Artistique|Paris 1998|28 x 26.8 cm|BrochéFirst edition illustrated with reproductions of works by Zao Wou-Ki.
A pleasing copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Zao Wou-Ki to Catherine and François Trèves.
€700 - Ernest de FRÉVILLE
Mémoire sur le commerce maritime de Rouen depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à la fin du XVIe siècle[Memoir on the Maritime Trade of Rouen from the Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century]
A. Durand • Le Brument|Paris • Rouen 1857|13.7 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliésFirst edition.
Contemporary blue half shagreen bindings, spines in five raised bands with a few rubs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Frère I, 487 : "Cet ouvrage remarquable par la richesse des documents qu'il renferme, jette une vive lumière sur l'histoire du commerce de Rouen au moyen-âge. Il est divisé en 2 parties distinctes : la première contient le texte même de l'ouvrage, et la deuxième les pièces justificatives qui presque toutes sont inédites".
€600 - Georges PEREC
Les choses
Julliard|Paris 1965|11.50 x 20 cm|brochéEdition of the same year as the original, with "83ème mille" statement.
Manuscript gift inscription dated at head of first endpaper.
Handsome copy, with press cuttings laid in.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Pérec to René Girard.€750 - Geneviève DE GAULLE ANTHONIOZ
La traversée de la nuit[Crossing the Night]
Seuil|Paris 1998|11 x 19 cm|brochéThe first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, .
Rare signed autograph inscription by Geneviève De Gaulle-Anthonioz: "A toi nous n'oublierons jamais."€350 - Pierre MENDES FRANCE
Liberté, liberté chérie (1940-1942) suivi de Roissy-en-France, récit d'un vol du groupe Lorraine (3 Octobre 1945)
Fayard|Paris 1977|15.50 x 23.50 cm|brochéThe first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bibliophile's blind stamp at foot of endpaper.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Mendès France to Roger Charoy.€350 - Pascal QUIGNARD
L'occupation américaine
Seuil|Paris 1994|14.50 x 21.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 55 numbered copies on Ingres laid Lana paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.€500 - Volker SCHLONDORFF
Tambour battant - Mémoires de Volker Schlöndorff[Drumbeat - The Memoirs of Volker Schlöndorff]
Flammarion|Paris 2009|15.50 x 24 cm|brochéFirst edition of the French translation, with no copies printed on deluxe paper.
A handsome copy.
Illustrated.
Inscribed and signed by Volker Schlöndorff to Jean Claval, with a dated autograph dedication.
Volker Schlöndorff began his career as an assistant to Alain Resnais on "L'année dernière à Marienbad," to Jean-Pierre Melville on "Le doulos" and "Léon Morin prêtre," and to Louis Malle on "Le feu follet" and "Viva Maria!"—the latter encouraging him to direct his first feature film in 1966, "Les désarrois de l'élève Törless," based on the novel by Robert Musil. He would go on to adapt several other literary works for the screen, including "Le coup de...€300 - Wou-Ki ZAO
Couleurs et mots
Le cherche midi|Paris 1998|23 x 28 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst edition illustrated with reproductions of works by Zao Wou-Ki.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, fine copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Zao Wou-Ki to Pierre Bourgeois.€700 - Mika ETCHEBEHERE
Ma guerre d'Espagne à moi - Une femme à la tête d'une colonne au combat
Denoël|Paris 1976|14 x 22.50 cm|brochéThe first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
One stain on the first endpaper, handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has minor marginal tears of no consequence.
Press clippings included.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Mika Etchebéhère, promoted to captain of the second combat company of P.O.U.M. during the Spanish Civil War, to Paul Moirot.€600 - VERCORS
Le silence de la mer
Comité national des écrivains|Paris 1944|11.50 x 16.50 cm|brochéFirst public edition, published two years after the original clandestine edition, and first edition for which a deluxe issue was printed, one of 100 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
This edition precedes the first public edition from Éditions de Minuit which also includes a deluxe issue.
Minor foxing to covers lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome interior condition.€1,000 - [Lech WALESA] COLLECTIF
Gdansk according to Lech Walesa
Gdansk City Office|Gda?sk 2008|15 x 21 cm|brochéFirst edition illustrated with photographs.
Fine copy.
Manuscript signature dated by Lech Walesa.€500 - Marc CHAGALL, Jacques PRÉVERT
Le cirque d'Izis[Izis’ Circus]
André Sauret|Monte-Carlo [Monte Carlo] 1965|25 x 33.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst edition of Jacques Prévert's text on the circus and first printing of the 76 photographs (including 27 double-page) in black by Izis Bidermanas printed in photogravure.
The work is also illustrated with 4 original color compositions by Marc Chagall.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper which has tears and lacks.
Autograph inscription signed by Izis Bidermanas: "En hommage pour André Rouly "Limousin" et l'amitié d'Izis en souvenir des années difficiles" (In tribute to André Rouly "Limousin" and Izis's friendship in memory of the difficult years).€500 - William FAULKNER, Valery LARBAUD (Pref.)
Tandis que j'agonise
Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition in French, one of 210 numbered copies in roman numerals on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Valéry Larbaud.
A handsome copy.€450 - Robert MERLE
Derrière la vitre
Gallimard|Paris 1970|15.50 x 22 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this novel which describes, hour by hour, the day of March 22, 1968 at the University of Nanterre.€300 - STENDHAL, Honoré de BALZAC
La Chartreuse de Parme
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1846|12 x 18.50 cm|brochéFirst duodecimo edition.
Work preceded by a notice on the life and works of Beyle by his literary executor Romain Colomb followed by a literary study on Beyle by Honoré de Balzac.
Spine restored, small losses and marginal tears to boards, foxing.
Rare copy in original wrappers as issued.€350 - Edmond DULAC, ANONYME
Sinbad the sailor & other stories from the arabian nights
Hodder & Stoughton|London s. d. [1914]|21 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst printing of the 23 color plates by Edmond Dulac.
Publisher's full brick-red cloth binding, smooth spine richly decorated with Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, front board decorated with large gilt Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, small spots of discoloration on the boards, endpapers and pastedowns of brick paper on a background of blue roses.
Half-title and final endpaper pages spotted, otherwise handsome interior condition.€500 - Honoré de BALZAC
Mademoiselle du Vissard
José Corti|Paris 1950|12.50 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Very handsome copy.€300 - Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
Ourania
Gallimard|Paris 2006|14.50 x 21.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 130 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.€300 - Joseph SIMA
Le livre de mariage
S. n.|Paris 1922|12 x 20 cm|en feuillesFirst printing of the 31 original woodcuts in black by Joseph Sima, one of 210 numbered copies on Montval laid paper, ours unnumbered.
Handsome copy complete with its fragile glassine paper covers.€450 - Hervé BAZIN
Lève-toi et marche
Grasset|Paris 1952|14 x 21 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Montval paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified with Montval at the foot of the spine and below the print run justification, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy.€350 - Jean BRULLER [VERCORS] Paul SILVA-CORONEL
Couleurs d'Egypte
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1935]|19.50 x 28.50 cm|brochéFirst edition illustrated with colored compositions and black drawings by Jean Bruller, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Discreet restorations to the spine and foot of boards.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with the original drawing signed by Jean Bruller in pencil.€800 - Victor SCHOELCHER
Lettre autographe signée à Alfred Boucher-Cadart
12 mars 1879|10.20 x 13.30 cm|une page sur un bifeuillet et une enveloppeAutograph letter signed by Victor Schoelcher, one page written in black ink on a bifolium of blue paper bearing the monogram and address of the politician, addressed to minister Alfred Boucher-Cadart, director of the general security service at the Ministry of the Interior. The envelope containing this letter has been pasted onto the second leaf. Central fold inherent to the mailing.
"There is nothing more to be done for the worker Cauchare. He was forced to serve his 10 days in prison while the Ministry of Justice was changing his sentence. I nonetheless thank you for your goodwill toward the poor man and I ask you to accept the assurance of my highest...€800 - André MALRAUX
" ... le voyage, tout seul, est trop mince (on me demanderait trop de travail pour ne plus l'être)..."Autograph letter dated and signed to André Parinaud about his work on the production of his work Des bas-reliefs aux grottes sacrées
S. n.|Boulogne-sur-Seine [Boulogne-Billancourt] 5 Septembre 1953|11.50 x 18 cm|une feuille + une enveloppeAutograph letter dated and signed by André Malraux (14 lines in blue ballpoint pen from his Boulogne home on avenue Victor Hugo) discussing his workload related to the preparation and delayed publication of the work Des bas-reliefs aux grottes sacrées for which André Parinaud is sending him documentation.
André Malraux is not yet ready to send his work to the publisher: "... le livre ne parait pas cette année. Peut-être en mars 54. Et pour savoir où nous allons, il faudrait que la préface au moins fût terminée. J'en ai encore pour deux mois." ["... the book is not coming out this year. Perhaps in March 54. And to know where we...€400 - Maurice DRUON
La volupté d'être
Julliard|Paris 1954|14 x 19.50 cm|reliéFirst edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours one of a few hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Half red morocco binding with bands, smooth spine very lightly faded without concern, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré effect paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription dated 1957 and signed by Maurice Druon to a friend named Elisa: "... cette introduction à quelques problèmes qui nous sont communs avec la volupté d'être assez près d'elle pour la connaître. Maurice Juin 57." ["... this introduction to some problems we share with the pleasure of being close enough to her to know her...€450 - François MITTERRAND
La rose au poing
Flammarion|Paris 1973|11.50 x 18.50 cm|brochéThe first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy, blind-stamped bookplate at foot of half-title page.
Signed autograph inscription by François Mitterrand to René Doré on the half-title page.€680 - Pierre BOURDIEU
Choses dites
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1987|13.50 x 22 cm|brochéThe first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Minor stains to foot of covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Bourdieu to Nabile Izris.€450 - Jacques VERGÈS, Michel ZAVRIAN
Le droit et la colère
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vellum, ours unnumbered but properly justified "first edition" at the foot of the back cover, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite tiny worming on the back cover.€450 - Michel HOUELLEBECQ
La Carte et le Territoire[The Map and the Territory]
Flammarion|Paris 2010|13.50 x 21 cm|brochéLater edition published a few months after the original, for which no deluxe paper copies were issued.
A fine copy complete with its promotional band: prix Goncourt 2010.
Signed autograph inscription from Michel Houellebecq to a man named Farès.€800 - FERNANDEL (to Carlo RIM)
Billet autographe signé à son grand ami le metteur en scène Carlo Rim "... tu auras ainsi tous les détails depuis ma naissance et mes différents métiers avant d'être un artiste (du moins je le crois)..."
S. n.|Carry-le-Rouet 18 Septembre 1951|16.50 x 10.50 cm|une feuilleAutograph signed letter card from Fernandel, on letterhead from his property L'Oustau de la Mar at Carry-le-Rouet, addressed to his great friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was also his biographer.
(10 lines in turquoise ink, the ink having smudged on three words).
"18 Sept 1951
My dear Carlo,
I leave tomorrow for Italy, but I haven't forgotten you. You will receive documentation and manuscript pages "My memoirs" published by "Ce soir" in 1938, you will thus have all the details from my birth and my different jobs before being an artist (at least I believe so). Affectionately Fernandel."€400 - Jack LONDON
Le Talon de fer, roman d'anticipation sociale
G. Crès|Paris (1923)|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition of the French translation, one of 75 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome full-margined copy.€800 - Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS
Le Cru et le cuit
Plon|Paris 1964|16 x 24 cm|brochéFirst edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to anthropologist Georges Balandier: "... cette mythologie de la dynamique sociale..." ["... this mythology of social dynamics..."]€580 - Stefan ZWEIG
Marie-Stuart
Grasset|Paris 1936|14 x 21 cm|brochéFirst edition of the French translation, one of 68 numbered copies on pur fil paper, after only 13 Japan and 20 Holland.
Spine with two sun-faded areas at head and foot, endpapers lightly and partially shaded, a manuscript gift inscription at the head of the first endpaper.€680 - STING [Gordon Matthew Thomas SUMMER] Jean-Pierre DUTILLEUX
Amazonie - Lutte pour la Vie
J.-C. Lattès • Fondation Forêt vierge|Paris 1989|22.50 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst edition which was not printed on deluxe paper (grand papier).
A beautiful copy, illustrations.
Publisher's binding with full black boards, photographic first board.
Sting's handwritten signature accompanied, underneath, with the printed stamp of the “Fondation Forêt Vierge” led by Sting and Jean-Pierre Dutilleux.€300 - [Jean ARP] Hans ARP
Lithographie originale
Louis Broder|Paris s. d. [ca 1961]|20 x 24.10 cm|une feuilleOriginal print by Jean Arp printed on japon and created for the work Feuilles éparses in homage to René Crevel.
Handsome copy.€700 - Jean DUBUFFET, Michel TAPIÉ
Mirobolus Macadam & Cie
René Drouin|Paris 1946|19.50 x 25 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 700 copies on colour paper, ours numbered in pencil.
Copy complete of its folded rainbow dust jacket which has small angular pieces missing including on the flaps, good internal condition.
Text by Michel Tapié.
Work illustrated with 32 images by Jean Dubuffet.
Handwritten presentation dated and signed by Jean Dubuffet to the writer, journalist and theatre historian Paul-Louis Mignon.€800 - Vincent VAN GOGH
Lettres à sa mère
Falaize|Paris 1952|11.50 x 17 cm|brochéFirst edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe issue.
A handsome copy.€300 - Boris VIAN
Faire-part de mariage de Boris Vian et Ursula Kübler [joint] enveloppe autographe[Wedding announcement of Boris Vian and Ursula Kübler [with] autograph envelope]
Paris janvier 1954|29.10 x 18.20 cm|une carte pliée et une enveloppeWedding announcement of Boris Vian and Ursula Kübler. On the left panel is mounted a photograph of Vian and his wife in their famous 1911 Brasier Torpedo.
Included is the envelope written in Boris Vian's hand in purple ink. Manuscript calculations in green ink on verso.
Passionate about mechanics and driving, Boris Vian owned numerous car models; his favorite was undoubtedly his 1911 Brasier Torpedo, a former Marne taxi which he acquired in spring 1950.
The marriage finally took place on February 8, 1954 at the town hall of the 18th arrondissement of Paris.€700 - Gustave FLAUBERT, Léon COURBOULEIX
[Reliure peinte] La Légende de Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier[[Painted binding] The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller]
Léon Courbouleix|Paris s. d. [ca 1939]|24.50 x 32 cm|relié sous étuiFirst edition printed in 310 copies, ours being one of 285 numbered copies on Auvergne paper.
Our copy is enhanced with an original drawing signed by Léon Courbouleix.
Bradel binding in full vellum, smooth spine decorated with an original drawing and pen title, covers decorated with drawings by Gaston Hoffmann, marbled paper slipcase.
Very handsome work entirely engraved with etching, printed on hand press by Léon Courbouleix and bound in a very beautiful painted binding by Gaston Hoffmann.€900 - Georges WOLINSKI (inscribed to Régine DEFORGES)
Monsieur Paul à Cuba - Exemplaire de Régine Deforges[Mr. Paul in Cuba]
Albin Michel|Paris 1998|13 x 20 cm|brochéFirst edition illustrated with drawings by Georges Wolinski.
A fine copy.
Precious dated and signed autograph inscription from Georges Wolinski to his friends Régine Deforges and her husband, the illustrator Pierre Wiazemsky, known as Wiaz, enriched with an original drawing depicting Régine Deforges smoking a cigar, the smoke forming a curl in which appear the following words, with a playful nod to Che Guevara: "Pierre et Régine à Cuba, Che calor !"€1,000 - Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN, Edmond & Jules de GONCOURT
"Bal de barrière" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Juin) 1898|19.50 x 36 cm|une feuilleRare original lithograph, executed by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 14 published in June 1898.
One of 50 deluxe copies printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature and date in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, with the numbered stamp of the deluxe issue on verso, some foxing.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Germinie Lacerteux by the Goncourts.
A magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne consists of previously unpublished chromolithographs which, unlike other magazines such as Les Maîtres de...€800 - François CAVANNA (inscribed to Régine DEFORGES)
La belle fille sur le tas d'ordures[The Pretty Girl on the Garbage Heap]
Presses de la Cité|Paris 1984|14 x 22.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated with drawings by Cabu.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band: "Touche pas à ma planète !" ["Don't touch my planet!"].
Precious autograph inscription signed by François Cavanna to his friends Régine Deforges and Wiaz: "A Régine, à Wiaz, qui le liront ensemble ou se le raconteront..." ["To Régine, to Wiaz, who will read it together or tell it to each other..."]
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.€300 - Jacques PRÉVERT
Choses et autres
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14.50 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 62 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.€800 - André MASSON
Le Titan - Lithographie originale signée sur BFK de Rives d'André Masson
Aubier|1972|65 x 50 cm|une feuilleOriginal lithograph printed on BFK de Rives paper. "Artist's proof" notation written in pencil at lower left. Artist's signature in pencil at lower right of the plate.
Margins soiled with small creasing marks.
Mysterious landscape with luxuriant vegetation, fire at center, depicts the titan against a background of hills in green and orange tones.€450 - Henri BERGSON
Carte de visite autographe signée et adressée à Alain Besnard[Autograph visiting card, signed and addressed to Alain Besnard]
Paris 29 mai 1917|10 x 6 cm|une carte de visite, enveloppe jointeAutograph calling card signed by Henri Bergson and addressed to Alain Besnard, director of the Villa Medici.
"Je ne puis vous dire, cher et illustre confrère, combien vos aimables félicitations me touchent. Merci, et de tout coeur à vous, H.B."€400 - Claude FARRÈRE
Dix-sept histoires de marins[Seventeen Sailors’ Stories]
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1914|11.50 x 19 cm|reliéFirst edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue after 25 on China paper.
Half green morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with two turquoise mosaic morocco cartouches adorned with a scattering of gilt stars as well as gilt ink pot, life buoy and sailor's beret, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant contemporary binding signed Affolter.
Spine and boards marginally lightened.
A handsome, perfectly established copy.
Provenance: from the library of the Duke of Massa with his engraved bookplate mounted on an endpaper.€800 - Raymond RENEFER, Alexandre ARNOUX
Le cabaret[The Cabaret]
Editions Lapina|Paris 1922|21 x 27.50 cm|reliéIllustrated edition with 49 original etchings by Raymond Renefer, one of 24 numbered copies on Japan paper, the deluxe issue after 13 old Japan copies.
Full red morocco binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, gilt roulettes on headcaps, front cover decorated with a geometric design of mosaic morocco pieces in turquoise, brown, navy blue and brown surrounded by gilt dots, burgundy watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillet frame on pastedowns, top edge gilt, gilt fillet on edges, covers and spine preserved, binding signed Trinckel.
The work includes, as stated in the edition justification, the duplicate suite on China paper of the illustrations.
Handsome...€800 - HANSI
L'histoire d'Alsace racontée aux petits enfants par l'Oncle Hansi
Henri Floury|Paris 1913|28 x 35.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst edition illustrated with color images by Hansi and Huen.
Publisher's full sky blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, illustrated covers, endpapers and pastedowns of decorative patterned paper.
Small spots of discoloration on covers, occasional foxing, last inner hinge split at head and foot.
Handsome copy of this work published for the little children of Alsace and France.€300 - Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en couleurs - Bohêmiens de Paris - "La glaneuse"
Chez Aubert|Paris s. d. [1841]|24.40 x 33.20 cm|une feuilleOriginal lithograph heightened in colors and gummed, in third state, for Le Charivari, printed on heavy paper.
Delteil, 827
Plate uniformly shaded.€300 - Patrice DILLON (Charles NODIER)
"Polichinelle" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Décembre 1898)|23 x 35 cm|une feuille et une serpenteRare original lithograph, executed by Patrice Dillon for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 20 published in December 1898.
One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's signature in the plate, publisher's dry stamp depicting a child's profile in the lower margin, numbered stamp of the deluxe printing on the reverse; engraving preceded by a tissue guard captioned with the artist's name, title, and an extract from a work.
Lithograph inspired by an extract from Polichinelle by Charles Nodier, reproduced on the print's tissue guard.
Magnificent French monthly publication edited between May 1897 and April 1899, L'Estampe moderne...€800 - Yves BONNEFOY
Traité du pianiste[Treatise on Piano Playing]
La Révolution La Nuit|Paris 1946|13.50 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition of Yves Bonnefoy’s debut work, one of 300 copies on coated paper, the only issue after 1 on beige paper, 10 on grey paper and 50 on Chamois.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, as usual.
Inscribed and signed by Yves Bonnefoy to a couple of friends, dated 1976: "1946-1976 cher Pierre, chère Simone, il est grand temps de vous remettre cette pièce à conviction... Avec affection. Yves."
€600 - Pierre PARAF
Israël dans le monde
Flammarion|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 56 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Foxing to margins of covers and spine, a slight tear without loss at foot of rear cover, otherwise a handsome copy.€300 - STENDHAL
Guide à l'usage d'un voyageur en Italie[Guide for the Use of a Traveller in Italy]
Le Divan|Paris 1951|10.50 x 16.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by the publisher, Henri Martineau, to Professor Alajaouine.€350 - Henri CALET (inscribed to Francis PONGE)
Les murs de Fresnes - Exemplaire de Francis Ponge[The Walls of Fresnes – Francis Ponge’s Copy]
Editions des quatre vents|Paris 1945|14.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeurFirst edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher’s full cloth binding, flat spine, minor inconsequential wear to headcaps and corners.
Illustrations.
Rare and valuable presentation copy to Odette and Francis Ponge.
€1,200 - Anatole FRANCE
Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1904-1908|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliésFirst edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands showing some minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, contemporary bindings signed Petitot.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel on the first volume.€400 - Pierre Louis Bertrand BRUN
Les cahiers du général Brun, baron de Villeret, pair de France 1773-1845 publiés et présentés par Louis de Saint-Pierre
Plon|Paris 1953|14.50 x 23 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 45 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, ours one of the 10 out of trade, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Louis de Saint-Piere Gérard Mainguet: "... with the certainty that he will always love this intelligent and faithful soldier, who showed so much common sense in an era that was so often missing."€350 - Alexander CAVALIÉ MERCER
Journal de la campagne de Waterloo
Plon|Paris 1933|13 x 19.50 cm|brochéFirst edition in French, one of 38 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Minor marginal tears to boards without consequence, light stain at foot of first endpaper.
Handsome full-margined copy illustrated with 8 maps hors-texte and 2 sketches in the text.€300 - Jean-Charles Thibault de LAVEAUX
Vie de Frédéric II. Roi de Prusse
Chez J. G. Treuttel|à Strasbourg 1788 - 1789|12.50 x 20 cm|7 volumes reliésEdition with some parts in first edition. The first 3 volumes appeared in 1787, the fourth in 1788 (12mo without engraved titles); 3 other volumes were published in 1789 as supplements, containing letters. Finally, 2 other volumes appeared in 1792 and are rarely found with the first ones, with various pieces and letters. A frontispiece portrait. 7 beautifully engraved title pages with 4 different vignettes, some repeated in volumes 5 to 7. Attribution to Thibault de Lavaux by Barbier.
Contemporary full marbled blonde calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 4 small fleurons. Red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels. Spines sunned. Large rubbing to upper board of...€700 - Joseph-Jacques de NAYLIES
Mémoires sur la guerre d'Espagne, pendant les années 1808, 1809, 1810 et 1811
Magimel • Ancelin & Pochard|Paris 1817|13 x 20 cm|reliéThe rare first edition.
Half brown sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs nearly faded, brown shagreen title label, wooden-effect paper boards, yellow edges.
Occasional light foxing, gift inscription in pen from a previous owner of the work on the half-title page.€400 - ANONYME
Histoire de l'ex-garde, depuis sa formation jusqu'à son licenciement, comprenant les faits généraux des campagnes de 1805 à 1815, son organisation, sa solde, ses indemnités, le rang, le service, la discipline, les uniformes de ses divers corps, terminée par une biographie des chefs supérieurs de la Garde
Delaunay|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|reliéFirst edition published anonymously.
Half green sheep binding, smooth faded spine decorated with wide gilt friezes, a fleuron and gilt imperial eagle, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Saingy.
Pen gift inscription from a previous owner on the half-title page.
Rare and handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.€400 - Pierre de PELLEPORT-BURÈTE
Souvenirs militaires et intimes du général vicomte de Pelleport de 1793 à 1853 publiés par son fils
Didier & Cie • Chaumas|Paris • & Bordeaux 1903|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes reliésFirst edition.
Bindings in half Empire green shagreen, spines with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, green paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Autograph inscription signed on the first volume as a gift.
Ex-donos in pen from a previous owner of the work on the half-title pages, some light foxing.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Pierre de Pelleport as frontispiece to the first volume, 14 special maps, 2 facsimiles, 1 folding plan.€900 - Jean-Paul SARTRE, Michel LEIRIS
L'affaire Henri Martin[The Henri Martin Affair]
Gallimard|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|brochéFirst edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Texts by Michel Leiris, Jacques Prévert, Vercors, Hervé Bazin and commentaries by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Paul Sartre to Mademoiselle Marchais.€580 Carte cadeau livre ou gravure, de la valeur de votre choix
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L'enterrement d'une étoile
Lib. Borel|Paris 1896|7.50 x 14.50 cm|reliéFirst edition on ordinary paper.
Half dark brown cloth over marbled paper boards, mustard-colored paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Handsome and moving inscription from Alphonse Daudet to his mother-in-law Léonide.
This copy is enriched with an autograph note on two pages by François Daudet, which traces the path of this work within the Daudet family.
Illustrated by Luigi Rossi.
A good copy.€800 - Raymond AUBRAC (inscribed to Régine DEFORGES)
Où la mémoire s'attarde[Where Memory Lingers]
Odile Jacob|Paris 1996|15.50 x 24 cm|brochéThe first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy, with press clippings included.
Rare and moving autograph inscription signed by Raymond Aubrac: "Pour Régine Deforges en souvenir de notre voyage vietnamien. Amicalement R. Aubrac." (For Régine Deforges in memory of our Vietnamese journey. Warmly R. Aubrac.)Sold - Jean PUY, Ambroise VOLLARD
Le père Ubu à la guerre - Exemplaire enrichi de deux dessins originaux de Jean Puy sur les plats de reliure[Ubu at War - Copy enriched with two original drawings by Jean Puy on the binding covers]
Ambroise Vollard|Paris 1923|27.50 x 37.50 cm|relié sous étuiIllustrated edition with 109 engravings including 8 etchings and one original lithograph by Jean Puy, one of 315 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only issue after 30 on old Japan and 30 on Imperial Japan.
Half-red shagreen binding with bands, smooth spine, gilt friezes at head and foot, vellum-style paper boards, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (spine in poor condition) preserved, slipcase with black shagreen borders, red cardboard boards.
The front cover has three small tears.
Handsome copy.
Both binding boards are enhanced with two original black ink drawings by Jean Puy depicting scenes from the work.Sold - Antoine BLONDIN
L'ironie du sport - Chroniques de l'Equipe 1954-1982[The Irony of Sport – Columns from L’Équipe 1954–1982]
Editions François Bourin|Tusson 1988|15 x 23 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe paper copies.
A very handsome copy.
Preface by Jacques Laurent.Sold - Sold
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