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Idées cadeaux de Noël | Grands classiques : La bibliothèque idéale
  1. Huis clos
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Huis clos

    Gallimard|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
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  2. Tristes tropiques
    Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

    Tristes tropiquesA World on the Wane

    Plon|Paris 1956|14 x 21 cm|broché
    [A World on the Wane]
    Plon, Paris 1956, 14x21cm, original wrappers with dust jacket.
    Second issue published a few months after the first edition from October 1955. No grands papiers (deluxe copies) were issued.
    This publicly and critically acclaimed masterpiece did not qualify as a novel and could not be awarded the prestigious Goncourt prize. The Goncourt jury even issued a statement expressing regret. Following this statement, the book was reprinted with a photographic dust jacket replacing the original cover drawing of a caduevo woman.
    Handsome copy with its dust jacket, with small tears to margins.
    Rare copy, signed and inscribed by...
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  3. Buddenbrooks - Verfall einer Familie
    Thomas MANN

    Buddenbrooks - Verfall einer Familie

    Bermann-Fischer verlag|Stockholm 1945|12 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
    New edition.
    Publisher's binding in full brown cloth, nice copy complete with its dust jackets with no defects.
    Rare handwritten signture of Thomas Mann on the first volume's title page.
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  4. La Main coupée
    Blaise CENDRARS

    La Main coupée

    Denoël|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies along with 45 on pur fil.
    Spine slightly darkened.
    Manuscript signature by Blaise Cendrars on the half-title page.
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  5. L'Assommoir
    Émile ZOLA

    L'Assommoir

    G. Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1887|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    Republished nine years after the original.

    Binding in half blue-grey percaline, spine decorated with a gilt fleuron in the centre and a double gilt filet at the bottom, brown shagreen title piece, discreet restorations on the joints, contemporary binding.
    Some minor foxing.

    Handwritten presentation by Émile Zola to the publisher [Ernest] Flammarion.

    Precious copy enriched with a handwritten presentation by the author set on one of his masterpieces.
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  6. Servitude et Grandeur militaires
    Honoré BROUTELLE, Alfred de VIGNY

    Servitude et Grandeur militaires

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1927|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with engraved wood head- and tailpieces by Honoré Broutelle.

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  7. Le Tartuffe
    Henry CHAPRONT, MOLIÈRE

    Le Tartuffe

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1928|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Henri Chapront.

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  9. Zazie dans le Métro
    Raymond QUENEAU

    Zazie dans le Métro[Zazie in the Metro]

    Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 158 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the leading issue after 40 on Hollande.
    A fine copy.
    The following year, the work was adapted for the cinema by Louis Malle, starring Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Carla Marlier, Annie Fratellini, and Hubert Deschamps.
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  10. Clochemerle
    Albert DUBOUT, Gabriel CHEVALLIER

    Clochemerle

    Flammarion|Paris 1945|22.50 x 28 cm|broché sous étui
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  12. Les Chants de Maldoror
    Isidore Ducasse, Comte de LAUTREAMONT

    Les Chants de MaldororMaldoror

    Chez tous les libraires|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1874|12.50 x 19 cm|relié

    Rare first edition, with the wrapper and title page dated 1874.

    Half black morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, gilt fillet on boards, combed paper pastedowns and endpapers, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Alix.

    Printed in 1869 by Lacroix, this edition was not released for sale for fear of censorship. Only about ten copies were stitched and given to the author (five have been recorded to date). In 1874, Jean-Baptiste Rozez, another Belgian publisher-bookseller, acquired the stock and published the work with a wrapper and cancel title page dated 1874, without publisher's imprint. It was in his...

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  13. "To Henri Ghéon whose poetry I love, Guillaume Apollinaire"
    Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913
    Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, Pablo PICASSO

    Alcools. Poèmes 1898-1913[Alcools: Poems 1898–1913]

    Mercure de France|Paris 1913|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché

    First edition, one of the first-issue copies press-numbered, from a total limitation of just 23 deluxe copies on Holland paper.
    Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso.
    Spine sunned with discreet restorations.

    Our copy is preserved in a red half morocco chemise, spine with five raised bands, date lettered at the foot, paper-covered boards, matching paper slipcase edged in red morocco, the whole signed by Boichot.

    Rare presentation copy signed and inscribed by Guillaume Apollinaire: "à Henri Ghéon dont j'aime la poésie, Guillaume Apollinaire".
    Our copy further contains five manuscript corrections in...

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  14. First and most acclaimed collected edition of Molière's works, bound by M. Lortic
    Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Molière
    MOLIÈRE

    Les Oeuvres de Monsieur de Molière [The Works of Monsieur de Molière]

    Chez Denys Thierry • Claude Barbin • Pierre Trabouillet|à Paris 1682|9 x 16.50 cm|8 volumes reliés

    First complete collected edition and first illustrated edition. The first edition of Dom Garcie de Navarre, L’Impromptu de Versailles, Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre, Les Amans magnifiques, and La Comtesse d’Escarbagnas. With thirty copper engraved illustrations by Jean Sauvé after Pierre Brassart, 9 of them included in the pagination.19th-century red full morocco binding, spines with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, double gilt fillets to edges of covers and spine-ends, large inner gilt dentelle, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Bindings...

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  15. Fort comme la mort
    Guy de MAUPASSANT

    Fort comme la mort

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1889|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies after 5 on Japon
    Morocco-effect black shagreen Jansenist binding by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase edged with morocco-effect black shagreen
    A very good copy perfectly bound.
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  18. Les mauvais instituteurs
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Les mauvais instituteurs

    Bureaux de 'La patrie française'|Paris 1907|12.50 x 18 cm|agrafé
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    A handsome and rare copy.
    €50
  19. La renarde
    Marie WEBB

    La renarde

    Editions du siècle|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 515 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 15 on Holland paper.
    A handsome copy.
    €30
  22. Les tombeaux ferment mal
    Jacques AUDIBERTI

    Les tombeaux ferment mal

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Audiberti to Nathalie Sarraute.
    Spine sunned, complete with publisher's slip.
    €100
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