Idées cadeaux de Noël : Littérature étrangère

First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Our copy, like the deluxe copies, includes the original engraving by Sultana Maïtec which she justified and signed in pencil.
Manuscript signature of Emil Michel Cioran below the justification page.

First collective edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
A fine and rare copy.
Original preface by Paul Morand.

Edition illustrated with 17 original full-page lithographs by Yves Brayer and printed in 200 numbered copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise and slipcase.
Autograph inscription signed by Yves Brayer to Bernard Gauche enhanced with an original watercolor depicting two toreros.

First posthumous edition.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Raised-band spine decorated with 5 fleurons. Initials G. B. at tail. Some rubbing. Fresh overall. Good copy.
The posthumous collection, Turgenev having died in 1883, comprises 4 unpublished stories: Monsieur François, The Song of Triumphant Love (with a dedication to Gustave Flaubert), After Death (Clara Militch), A Fire at Sea; it opens with a chapter on Turgenev's life and work by Viscount E-M de Vogué, and concludes with Renan's speech delivered at the author's grave. The last story in the collection, A Fire at Sea, was dictated to Pauline Viardot by an ailing Turgenev shortly before his death.

First edition.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Initials G. B. at foot. Light rubbing. Good copy, very fresh.
Collection composed of 2 stories: La caille and Mémoires d'un nihiliste, 2 collections of short stories: Souvenirs d'enfance and 30 petits poèmes en prose (short stories in the manner of Baudelaire's petits poèmes en prose), and a play: Trop menu, le fil cassé.

First edition in French translated by Francis Viélé-Griffin printed in 300 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome full-margined copy.

First edition of the theatrical adaptation at T.N.P. for both texts, one of 50 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation established by Jean and André Camp, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small tears at foot of spine very slightly sunned.
Beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Miguel Angel Asturias to René Wilmet enhanced with André Camp's signature.

First edition in French printed in 350 copies, ours one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Translated by Suzanne Kra.
Handsome copy despite a slight crease mark on one leaf, retaining its deckled edges.
Very rare as a deluxe copy.

First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Günter Grass, in German, to Jean Jubremont.

First edition of the French translation by Jean Thibaudeau, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, light foxing to boards.
Rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Edoardo Sanguineti, in French, to philosopher and sociologist Lucien Goldmann, additionally with a signed autograph inscription by Jean Thibaudeau.

Edition illustrated with 15 original compositions colored in stencil by Boris Zworykine, one of 145 numbered copies on imperial japan paper, complete with its suite in black, the deluxe copies (tirage de tête) after 35 other Imperial Japan containing a double suite and a watercolor.
Spine very slightly lightened, corners of the chemise slightly dull, beautiful copy.
The cover, frames, headers and cul-de-lampes are also by Boris Zworykine.

First edition in French translation, on ordinary paper, for each of the volumes.
Spine of the second volume slightly sunned and with a small lack, a small tear at the foot of the first cover of the first volume.

First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on Annam vellum, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Guillaume Monin.
Handsome copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band.

First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Philippe Jaccottet.
Spine and boards marginally sunned as often.
Rare complete copy in 4 volumes.

First French edition, one of the few named copies on Japan paper for each of the volumes, the recipient's name having been neatly erased.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally lightened.

L'Anniversaire de l'infante
[The Birthday of the Infanta]Edition illustrated with paged and unpaged drawings by Alastair with 110 printed copies, ours is one of 100 copies printed on Holland Van Gelder Zone, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies after 10 Japan Imperial. Scattered foxing, most noticeable at the beginning and end of the volume.

New edition of the French translation illustrated with original compositions by Henri Deluermoz engraved by Louis-Joseph Soulas, one of 35 copies on Holland paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing after 1 unique Japan copy.
Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, frame of triple vertical gilt fillets separated by gilt squares on the pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, a small lack at head of second cover, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.
A shadow on one endpaper and its facing page.
A full-margined copy handsomely bound.

First edition of the French translation established by Albert Camus, one of 65 numbered copies on laid paper, deluxe copy.
Albert Camus also wrote the preface.
Handsome copy.

First collected edition. The first 22 volumes are dated 1869, the last two (Miscellaneous Essays) were published in 1886, and it is very rare to find them together. Abundant illustration with plates (approximately 250 engravings) and text illustrations (1500 wood engravings) by the author, Doyle, Walker, Du Maurier and others. The novels contain a frontispiece and an engraved title. Some volumes still have conjugate leaves.
Publisher's full green cloth binding, gilt. Smooth spine elaborately gilt in compartments. Boards stamped in blind with decorative plate and central gilt monogram of WPT. One small split to headcap of volume 2 of The Newcomes, 2 to the Burlesques volume, otherwise headcaps sunken but superb set. Paper very clean with some foxing to endpapers and first leaves. Exceptionally fine preservation.
Armorial bookplate of the XIXth Baron de Bellet
Contents of the edition: VANITY FAIR vols. I-II; THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS vols. I-II; THE NEWCOMES vols. I-II; THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND; THE VIRGINIANS vols. I-II; THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP vols. I-II; THE PARIS SKETCH BOOK and THE YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS; THE MEMOIRS OF BARRY LYNDON and THE HISTORY OF SAMUEL TITMARSH AND THE GREAT HOGGARTY DIAMOND; THE IRISH SKETCH BOOK and NOTES OF A JOURNEY FROM CORNHILL TO GRAND CAIRO; THE BOOK OF SNOBS and SKETCHES AND TRAVELS IN LONDON; BURLESQUES; THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS OF MR. M.A. TITMARSH; BALLADS AND TALES; THE FOUR GEORGEES and THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS; ROUNDABOUT PAPERS and THE SECOND FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON; DENNIS DUVAL and LOVEL THE WIDOWER; CATHERINE, LITTLE TRAVELS, and THE FITZBOODLE PAPERS; MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, SKETCHES AND REVIEWS; and CONTRIBUTIONS TO "PUNCH.

First edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
Issue illustrated with a cover by Pederson.
Other contributions by John Brunner "Le secret de Gorgone", Algis Budrys "Le Veld", Jack Williamson "La planète masquée".

First edition.
Small holes to top edge, copy lacking dust jacket.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "For Janine Brun / from Lawrence Durrell /Sommières / 1968".
Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a woman from Montpellier in her thirties of devastating beauty, who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the spell of "Buttons," praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we retain precious autograph traces through their epistolary exchanges. Recommended by Durrell, she made numerous trips notably to England from where she received vast correspondence from the writer as well as original works of art signed with his artist pseudonym, Oscar Epfs.

First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Fine copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed in French by Anthony Burgess: "Pour Jack Lang avec l'admiration et les amitiés de l'auteur. Anthony Burgess." ["For Jack Lang with the admiration and friendship of the author. Anthony Burgess."]

Rare suite of woodcuts by Itchô Hanabusa (英一蝶) on Japanese folk tales, printed in black ink. Only one volume of a three-volume set, possible 19th-century reprint.

Bound in Japanese style, pages bound by a seam, blue soft cover with title label, folds, small stains and lacks of blue paper to corners, ink stain in title piece not affecting the text.

Itchô Hanabusa was part of the Kanō school and studied under Kanō Yasunobu, however he rejected this training to become a renowned painter and calligrapher.

Illustrations of Japanese legends with genre scenes, animals and flowers. The technique of Ukiyo-e, or Japanese printmaking, is very close to the original drawing, since the ink drawing was affixed to a piece of wood that the engraver carved out, precisely following the lines of the drawing, itself destroyed in the process.
Japanese bookplate, stamped in red ink.

First edition of the complete French translation, produced by Mme de Kourzrock and illustrated - as frontispiece - with a portrait of the author.
Contemporary full blonde calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with dentelle, fillets and starred typographical motifs, boards framed with gilt roulettes, the front covers stamped at their center with the inscription "Hommage de l'amitié et de l'estime à la piété sincère", Greek-style roulettes framing the pastedowns and paste-paper endpapers, all edges gilt.
On the first volume, joint of the upper board cracked at head, that of the second board entirely split. Joint of the first board of the third and final volume also split along its entire length. Headcap of the second volume partially damaged. Some corners slightly bumped and bindings rubbed essentially at the level of the joints. White endpapers marginally soiled.
First complete French translation of this famous German text inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost.

First edition in French which appears to have been published before the German edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande paper initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Some light foxing on the first endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on Johannot paper, the deluxe issue.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 12 copies were printed on Japan paper.
Fine illustrated cover, iconography.
Some light foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition. Many contributions, an Edouard Vuillard drawing.