Inscribed Books

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to Jean-Marie Paepegaey: "Bons voyages aux sources ! E. Orsenna" (Good travels to the sources! E. Orsenna)

First edition printed on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen binding in black, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, boards slightly and marginally lightened, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, stained covers preserved, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Lorrain to the writer and playwright Georges Grisier: "... qui aime mieux les pièces à femmes..." (who prefers plays with women...)

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie Darrieussecq to Michel Contat.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie Darrieussecq to Michel Contat.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue historique.
A lack to the foot of the spine, tears to the head and foot of the joints, a small lack to the lower left corner of the back board.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Marc Bloch to his student, the French historian and Alsace specialist Paul Leuilliot, at the head of the front board.

First edition dedicated to the Duchess of Rohan, one of the rare nominative copies printed on Holland paper, this one for the poetess Marie Marguerite Herminie Henriette Auguste de la Brousse de Verteillac de la Tour Blanche, Duchess of Rohan.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, brown shagreen title-label showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers preserved, contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
First endpaper and last text page entirely foxed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Auguste Germain to the Duchess of Rohan enhanced with the manuscript signature of Robert Trébor: "A l'exquise poétesse de Laude Fleurie à madame la Duchesse de Rohan marraine de Fred avec notre profonde reconnaissance Auguste Germain. R. Trébor."

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Bradel binding in half navy blue sheep, spine with five raised bands showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved and marginally soiled, bookplate pasted on pastedown, modest contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Anna de Noailles to Doctor Robin.

First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard.
Preface by Henry Bataille.
Spine cracked with small losses, four marginal losses to boards, handsome interior condition despite light foxing to endpapers.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Charles Huard to Jean Richepin.

First edition.
Small tears to head of spine and to margins of covers which also show slight corner lacks without consequence, foxing to endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Abbé Relave to Madame la Générale Dupuis.

First collected edition on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition.
A tear in the middle of the spine, paper yellowed and marginally brittle as usual.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain to the theater man Edouard de Max: "A de Max, ce théâtre dont il sut si bien incarné le prince Rotherik de la Mandragore et le Morald d'Ennoïa en souvenir de Béziers et de Prométhée. Jean Lorrain. Nice 1906." (To de Max, this theater of which he knew so well how to embody Prince Rotherik of the Mandragore and Morald of Ennoïa in memory of Béziers and Prometheus. Jean Lorrain. Nice 1906.)

First edition.
Contemporary half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, some stains to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some marginal rubbing to boards, contemporary binding.
Marginal lack affecting 3 letters on pp. 467-469, some reading marks by the dedicatee in pencil in margins of certain paragraphs.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Jean Jaurès: "Au citoyen Mauranges. Jean Jaurès."
Georges Mauranges (1884-1975), lawyer at the Parliament of Paris and member of the Socialist Party from 1905 (identified with the "right wing" of the movement). He was a member of the 11th SFIO section of Paris and would run in the 1919 legislative elections.

Edition illustrated in black and color by François Cormon, Jean-Paul Laurens, Antonio de La Gandara, Gaston Latouche and Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet.
Half-green shagreen binding, spine lightened with five raised bands bordered by black fillets, marbled paper boards, boards marginally lightened, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners very slightly bumped.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with an original watercolor, mounted on a stub before the title page, depicting a portrait of l'Aiglon crossed by an imperial seal.
Autograph inscription signed by Octave-Denis-Victor Guillonnet to Henry Marcel at the top of the original drawing.

First edition, one of 940 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reissued.
Spine sunned with a small tear at foot.
Dated autograph inscription signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Peinture d'un monde à la veille d'une guerre faite au lendemain de cette guerre signée pour mon cher Robert de Wotrenge au long - si long - d'une autre guerre. Ah ! la belle époque ! Mais la poésie n'a pas d'âge. A vous, de toute mon amitié. André Salmon Paris / II / 1949" ("Painting of a world on the eve of a war made in the aftermath of this war signed for my dear Robert de Wotrenge during the long - so long - course of another war. Ah! the beautiful era! But poetry has no age. To you, with all my friendship. André Salmon Paris / II / 1949").

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light adhesive tape marks at head and foot of endpapers.
Iconography.
With the illustrated dust jacket and complete with publisher's slip.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes to Lucie Faure.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine warped, boards soiled, a blue ink stain on the fore edge.
Rare dated and signed autograph inscription from Edouard Garcia Benito to the Uruguayan painter Pablo Mané and his wife.

First posthumous edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full brick-red percale, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy despite some minor stains on boards.
Deferential and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Georges Clarétie, the author's son, to Raymond Poincaré: "... en souvenir de son père qui aimait tant vous rencontrer à ces dîners dont vous étiez pour lui un des charmes." (in memory of his father who so loved to meet you at those dinners where you were for him one of the charms.)

Complete edition
Half-caramel sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif and bearing small traces of rubbing without gravity, gilt fillet at foot, navy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, modest contemporary binding.
Small marginal lacks to first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Edouard Dujardin.

First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reimposed.
Spine sunned with two small lacks, dampstain to lower right corner of final leaves.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Cher Robert de Wotrenge, vous me demandez de vous signer, à l'instant de votre départ, hélas, ce livre que je n'ai pu vous offrir dans l'instant heureux de votre arrivée. Que ce roman de jeunesse vous montre ce qui survit aux écroulements, nous nous retrouvons ! A bientôt, de tout coeur. André Salmon Paris / II / 1943" (Dear Robert de Wotrenge, you ask me to sign for you, at the moment of your departure, alas, this book that I could not offer you in the happy moment of your arrival. May this novel of youth show you what survives the collapses, we shall meet again! See you soon, wholeheartedly. André Salmon Paris / II / 1943).

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with compositions by Emile Lombard.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Emile Lombard: "A madame Marie David qui a su dans sa reconnaissance pour ma soeur aimée, madame Laurent, nouer les liens d'amitié avec ma famille, ce livre en souvenir de l'heureux temps où j'eus le plaisir de la rencontrer au N°53 de la rue Nationale. Respectueux hommage. E. Lombard. Aix le 13 janvier 1958." (To Madame Marie David who knew how, in her gratitude for my beloved sister, Madame Laurent, to forge bonds of friendship with my family, this book in memory of the happy time when I had the pleasure of meeting her at No. 53 rue Nationale. Respectful homage. E. Lombard. Aix January 13, 1958.)
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with an original painting by fire by Emile Lombard: "Aix landscape".

New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full flexible navy blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, sky blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Mathieu: "Pour SAR monseigneur le comte de Paris avec les pensées déférentes et sensibles de Mathieu. 80." (For His Royal Highness Monseigneur the Count of Paris with the deferential and heartfelt thoughts of Mathieu. 80.)

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Isabelle Autissier to a couple of friends named Manon and Guillaume.
Navigator Isabelle Autissier is the first woman to have completed a solo round-the-world race in a competition in 1991

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red sheep binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, front wrapper preserved, modest binding.
Brief but fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Leautaud: "A Louis Mandin"drial esclave", son camarade d'esclavage. P. Léautaud."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy despite light worming on spine and endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Florent Fels to Robert Rey with an additional autograph inscription signed by Carzou as well as an original drawing in black ink depicting a harbor scene.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marie Darrieussecq to English poet Ian Monk with a small drawing of a baby bottle: "... amitiés et bon courage. Marie Dq."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Freustié to Pascal Jardin.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Full-page autograph inscription signed by Daniel Picouly to a friend named André: "André vous avez un fils qui fait de très belles images. Moi je me débrouille a essayer avec les mots. Daniel." (André, you have a son who makes very beautiful images. I manage to try with words. Daniel.)

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, boards marginally sunned.
This collection of poems contains the famous "Strophes pour se souvenir", a poem paying tribute to the members of the F.T.P. - M.O.I. of Missak Manouchian shot at Mont Valérien on February 21, 1944. This moving poem would be set to music and performed in 1959 by Léo Ferré under the title "L'affiche rouge" referring to the ignominious red poster displayed by the Vichy regime depicting the F.T.P.-M.O.I. as vulgar and criminal foreign terrorists.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Jean Ballard who was the director of the literary review Les Cahiers du Sud.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours unnumbered as it is hors commerce and printed specially for the author, the only issue with 10 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with 7 original wood engravings by Frans Masereel.
Three small lacks to spine, handsome interior condition.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Humbourg to a friend named Laurence: "A Laurence ce vieux petit livre où passe un peu de la tristesse du monde, ces paysages où ne fleurirent pas les roses... le boy de sa majesté n'est ni gai, ni encourageant c'est en somme un brave garçon aussi mystérieux que tout le monde. Il lui sera beaucoup pardonné, puisqu'il n'a jamais pu beaucoup aimer. Tendrement et fraternellement Pierre." (To Laurence this old little book through which passes some of the world's sadness, these landscapes where the roses did not bloom... the boy of her majesty is neither cheerful nor encouraging, he is in sum a good fellow as mysterious as everyone else. Much will be forgiven him, since he has never been able to love much. Tenderly and fraternally Pierre.)

First edition.
Spine cracked with small lacks at head and foot, occasional foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to the historian of the Revolution and First Empire, man of letters and journalist Henri Welschinger.

New edition, first edition in part as completed with the account of the 1953 expedition, limited to one thousand copies.
Preface by Félix Trombe, work illustrated with 46 heliogravures.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small tears at head of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Haroun Tazieff to Jean Libbe.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Foxing to endpapers and throughout all leaves in their margins.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne: "A André Fraigneau bien sympathiquement. Jacques Chardonne."

First edition, one of 144 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 copies on Japan paper.
Some light foxing affecting mainly certain leaves at their margins.
As frontispiece, work illustrated by Don with a portrait of Tristan Bernard.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Bernard to Paul Bouju.

Edition illustrated with 178 drawings by Louis Morin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt floral motif, brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary signed binding
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Morin to Léon Hennique: "A mon cher maître Léon Hennique de tout coeur..." with an original pencil drawing.
Provenance: from the library of Léon Hennique with his bookplate pasted at head of pastedown.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Hubert Reeves to a woman named Anne-Florence.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some reading marks and annotations in black ballpoint pen on certain pages.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline on the half-title page accompanied, opposite, by a drawing of a flower.

First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland.
Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
Fine copy lacking its slipcase.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to journalist Maurice Noël.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Fernando Arrabal to Robert Kanters: "A Robert Kanters, je vous déteste, Fernando Arrabal ayant rayé ce dernier mot et le remplacer par "aime", Arrabal.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jabès to the Bulletin du livre.

New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Dekobra to Madame Xhignesse: "... ce roman écrit en Californie..." (this novel written in California)

First edition, one of 100 hors commerce copies on deluxe vellum, deluxe copy.
Minor tears without damage to margins of boards.
Handsome copy with full margins.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Sylvain Bonmariage to publisher Edouard Aubanel: "A monsieur Edouard Aubanel, homme sérieux, car l'amour s'amuse encore, l'histoire, et souvent le lecteur. L'histoire est le plus beau des romans et les bons romans sont de l'histoire pure et vraie, les romanciers n'étant pas des historiens. C'est une absurdité que de prétendre faire de l'histoire un jugement moral des faits qu'elle altère et ne devrait que relater, Sylvain Bonmariage." (To Mister Edouard Aubanel, serious man, for love still amuses itself, history, and often the reader. History is the most beautiful of novels and good novels are pure and true history, novelists not being historians. It is an absurdity to claim to make history a moral judgment of the facts it alters and should only relate, Sylvain Bonmariage.)

First edition, one of 40 numbered suralfa copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Maurice Denis.
Manuscript signature of Jacques-Emile Blanche below the justification page.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography, preface by Louis Barthou.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Nicolas Serban to Madame and Monsieur Paul Labbé.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa vellum, the only deluxe copies after 90 on Arches vellum.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by Françoise Sagan to François Orsini.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Catulle Mendès to Paul Foucher in pencil on the front endpaper.

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine enriched with a vertical fillet of old rose mosaicked morocco, minor rubbing traces on joints, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to the fencer, writer, art critic, collector and journalist Adolphe Tavernier.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half brown morocco with corners, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt decorated compartments, gilt date at foot, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Hugues Rebell to the symbolist and occultist poet Paul Redonnel who was an ardent defender of the Occitan language.

First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.

First edition.
Full saffron cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets and typographic motif, black date at foot of spine, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, near-contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some light foxing, our copy is complete with the envelope at the end of the volume titled "ce que contenait le portefeuille".
Autograph inscription signed by Champfleury to the French art critic, draughtsman, lithographer and collector Philippe Burty.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half dark green sheep binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Louis Blériot, one of the most famous pioneer aviators, to Monsieur Devout.
On July 25, 1909, aboard the Blériot XI, his latest prototype, he flew from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes and thus became the first man to cross the English Channel by air.

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding with the pasted label of Henry Mériot on the front pastedown, bookbinder established in Rochefort since 1878 and friend of Pierre Loti.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond de Goncourt: "A Loti, avec ses amitiés, E. de Goncourt" (To Loti, with his friendship, E. de Goncourt).

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
One joint reglued at head of front board, spine slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Colette: "Au cher Moreux-ami. Colette."

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full white cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with small tears at head of spine.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand to a couple of friends: "A Marcel et Juliette, cette petite histoire romanesque, mais non romancée, des origines de l'actuelle maison royale d'Angleterre. Avec la reconnaissance de Paul Morand." (To Marcel and Juliette, this little romantic but not romanticized story of the origins of the current English royal house. With the gratitude of Paul Morand.)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor stains of no consequence to the covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Sacha Guitry in pencil: "Pour monsieur Guy Bonnet avec tous mes voeux de bonheur. Sacha Guitry."

First edition complete in two volumes.
A small lack to the upper right corner of the first cover of the first volume which has another to the upper right corner of the second cover, small lacks to the foot of the spines, some foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Grasset, on the half-title page of the first volume, to the inspector general of Ponts et Chaussées monsieur Thouvenot.
Copy complete with the second volume entitled "Les hommes" which is almost always missing.

First edition under this title, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper containing a state of the etchings.
Full old rose morocco binding, spine with four wide false raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments with cherry branch designs stamped in blind, boards decorated with a large plate framed with fillets representing a war helmet abandoned in a landscape of ruins surmounted by a cherry branch, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Work illustrated with etchings and wood engravings by Paul Baudier.
Large manuscript signature of Georges Duhamel on the half-title page.
Handsome copy well established in a binding with decoration characteristic of René Kieffer's work.

First edition for four of the plays, only the Fourberies de Nérine being a reprint.
Half mint green calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Exceptional collection enhanced with three signed autograph inscriptions to the actress Zélia Ponsin which allow us to follow the career of this member of the Comédie française: a young leading lady in La Pomme, she inspires Banville to write a laudatory autograph six-line poem, a bourgeoise dressed in purple in Gringoire, she remains a "Venus", while in Florise the dedication is laconic, as she has, in the meantime, become Madame Ponsin-Provost...
Handsome copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
Preface-letter by Louis Barthou.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Raynaud to Edmond Teulet.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this collection of poems dedicated to sports, automobiles and aviation.
First cover with a stain running its full length in the left margin, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Michel Renaitour to Louis de Gonzague-Frick.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite slight creases to upper right margin of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Monsieur Féré de Rivières.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Luc Dardenne to journalist and cultural editor of L'Humanité Marie-Josée Sirach.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "L'histoire d'un enfant trop curieux. La curiosité n'est plus un défaut. Surtout quand on lit Joffo. Amitiés" (The story of a child too curious. Curiosity is no longer a fault. Especially when one reads Joffo. Best wishes) on the half-title page accompanied, on the facing page, by a drawing of a flower.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "Pour Jacqueline, témoiignage de mes rêves d'adolescent, et l'amitié en prime" (For Jacqueline, testimony of my adolescent dreams, and friendship as a bonus) accompanied by a drawing of a flower.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne to Monsieur Brissac.

First edition in French established by Michel Déon, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and mounted.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Pierre Emmanuel: "... ce roman d'une Amérique qu'il connait bien et que je connais grâce à lui..." ("... this novel of an America he knows well and which I know thanks to him...")

First edition printed in 50 copies on bouffant alfa paper and consisting of an offprint of the preface to Cahiers de la Petite Dame by Maria van Rysselberghe.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Malraux to his friends Karl-Hans and Minka [Strauss].
Minka, granddaughter of the Rothschilds, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the old writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this youthful passion which inspired his first work, La Voie Royale.

First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards marginally soiled and foxed, light foxing to edges.
Original preface by Paul Morand.
Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription, in English, by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: "The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout, and candies and ginger ? We do, said the Big Bear, we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together, 1934" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin: "and for a pastime the Big Bear translated English stories into French stories and these are some that he gives to M. L. B. with much affection. M.S."
("Le Sphinx demanda à l'Ours : qui aime le miel et la truite, les bonbons et le gingembre ? Nous, dit le Gros Ours, nous les ours. Alors le Sphinx se transforma en ours et ils vécurent heureux ensemble, 1934" ; "et comme passe-temps le Gros Ours traduisait des histoires anglaises en français et en voici quelques-unes qu'il donne à M. L. B. avec beaucoup d'affection. M.S.")

First edition, service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
One crease in left margin of first cover.
Dated manuscript signature of Saint-Georges de Bouhélier on the endpaper.

First edition, service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
Light marginal foxing on covers, manuscript notation in black ink below title: "les légionnaires en colonne" on front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Carpeaux to mademoiselle Montgenault.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece wood engraving by Firmin Maglin.
First cover trimmed, spine lightly sunned.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Stéphane Servant to the publisher's daughter: "A mademoiselle Marguerite Fontanes, à la plus jeune des fées dont il soit question en cet ouvrage, je dédie ces joyeuses et émerveillantes aventures, avec mes souhaits de récréation pour elle et l'expression de ma très grande estime pour son père." (To Miss Marguerite Fontanes, to the youngest of the fairies mentioned in this work, I dedicate these joyful and wondrous adventures, with my wishes for recreation for her and the expression of my very great esteem for her father.)

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers marginally discolored as usual.
Autograph signature of Han Ryner below the justification page.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Joseph Jolinon: "A l'inégalable HAUT PARLEUR Pierre Lazareff. Joseph Jolinon." ("To the incomparable LOUDSPEAKER Pierre Lazareff. Joseph Jolinon.")
One manuscript correction by Joseph Jolinon on the back cover.

First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, the deluxe printing after 2 copies on old Japan paper.
Manuscript ownership inscription on the front free endpaper.
Small corner losses to boards, a full-margined copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by François Duhourcau to madame Léon Daudet: "A madame Léon Daudet, Française, patriote et, si jo'se dire, moderne chouanne, après la suave idylle de Manebieille, ce romanesque pamphlet du Chemin des Dames par quoi l'auteur eût bien voulu casser les reins à M. André Légénaire, député de Seine-et-Eure (et depuis, du territoire de Beaufort) auteur infatué et funeste du traité de Versailles (un "malfaiteur" m'a dit Poincaré, en spécifiant..." ("To madame Léon Daudet, French, patriot and, if I may say, modern Chouan, after the gentle idyll of Manebieille, this romantic pamphlet of Chemin des Dames by which the author would have liked to break the back of M. André Légénaire, deputy of Seine-et-Eure (and since, of the territory of Beaufort) conceited and fatal author of the Treaty of Versailles (a 'wrongdoer' Poincaré told me, specifying...")

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine split.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Louys to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Rare and handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul-Sentenac: "Pour Auguste Dorchain, pour le poète émouvant, pour l'auteur de l'Art des vers, en souvenir de l'accueil affectueux qu'il m'a toujours réservé, et en témoignage de bien sincère sympathie, et bien fidèle, PaulSentenac." (For Auguste Dorchain, for the moving poet, for the author of l'Art des vers, in memory of the affectionate welcome he has always given me, and as testimony of very sincere sympathy, and very faithful, PaulSentenac.)

Second edition.
Spine split with small lack at foot, boards marginally and lightly soiled, pleasant interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Blockx fils to the critic and military historian (Edouard) de La Barre Duparcq.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press service.
Spine very slightly browned without significance, copy complete with its errata slip.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Giraudoux to the writer Bernard Barbey.

Rare first edition.
Light dampstain to head of spine, boards stained.
Precious autograph inscription signed by René Dussaud: "A monsieur Maurice Barrès de l'Académie Française, respectueux hommage".

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Henry Leyret.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe printing after 30 on Japan paper.
Handsome copy despite the boards slightly shadowed at head.
Work illustrated with sketches by the author and which is an account of captivity of a French soldier taken prisoner by the Germans in August 1914.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Marcel Charpaux: "En hommage au cher pays et distingué Président Mr Lenoble ce petit "essai" qui ne vaut aucun de ceux de Montaigne ! Mais où il trouvera, avec quelques souvenirs, l'esquisse d'une thèse. En témoignage de ma vive sympathie. MCharpaux." (In homage to the dear country and distinguished President Mr Lenoble this little "essay" which is not worth any of those of Montaigne! But where he will find, with some memories, the sketch of a thesis. In testimony of my warm sympathy. MCharpaux.)

New edition.
Boards lightly soiled.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to Edouard de Morsier.

First edition illustrated by Eddy Legrand, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Study by Ramon Fernandez.
Handsome copy to which is joined an invitation card to a conference by Jacques de Lacretelle: "Les beaux voyages en Grèce"
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques de Lacretelle to René Kramer.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Sellière to Alfred Capus.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, interior in good condition.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to the writer and poet Auguste Dorchain.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on madagascar paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the authors to Albert Policard.

First edition in French translation, on ordinary paper, with false statement of fifth edition.
Handsome copy of this work written at the dawn of aviation history and which describes an aerial war extending on a global scale.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the two translators, Bronislaw Kozakiewicz, to René Kramer.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, spine and boards marginally and lightly sunned.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by André Lebey: "... pour lui montrer aussi que l'idéalisme n'est pas toujours où on le croit et que le plus désintéressé est le plus noble. Blen sincèrement. AL." (to show him also that idealism is not always where one believes it to be and that the most disinterested is the noblest. Very sincerely. AL.)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor lacks to foot of sunned spine and to board margins.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Barbusse to Jules Cornely.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Small tears and slight lacks to spine, a lack to lower right corner of back board, some foxing.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Loti to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux: "A monsieur Hanotaux, hommage de sympathique reconnaissance, Pierre Loti."

First edition, one of the service de presse (advance) copies.
Covers slightly soiled.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Pierre-Jean Jouve to Madame Sokolniwska.

First edition published under pseudonym in 250 numbered copies on Holland paper.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.
Book dedicated to the Gauls alone, to those who still love the ribaldry and the salty and spicy words of our forefathers.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jho Pâle to Monsieur Patay below his portrait, we include a visiting card of the author when he was a publicist.