Inscribed Books

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in grey half cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, black shagreen title label with marginal tear, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 12 plates hors-texte.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Ginisty to Henri Lavedan.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth, smooth spine, title-label and authors' names in black shagreen, gilt date at foot, gilt monogram at head, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved.
Amusing bookplate of Jules Couët, librarian archivist of the Comédie-Française, pasted on a pastedown: "Ex-libris du cabinet d'un vieux bibliophile".
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Perey to Maurice Tourneur-Souverain enriched with the signature of Gaston Maugras.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label and authors' names, gilt date at foot, gilt monogram at head, marbled paper boards, front cover preserved (the back cover with a significant lack filled in).
Work illustrated with a portrait of Louise d'Epinay as frontispiece.
Charming bookplate of Jules Couët, librarian-archivist of the Comédie-Française, pasted on a pastedown: "Ex-libris du cabinet d'un vieux bibliophile".
Signed autograph inscription from Lucien Perey to Maurice Tourneur enhanced with Gaston Maugras's signature.

First edition of the issue of this magazine directed by Marcel Hiver and which intends to lambast and wage war on “the traffickers of art and criticism”
Spine and boards slightly discoloured, discrete restorations on the board margins,
Precious handwritten presentation signed by Marcel Hiver: “A Antonin Artaud dont j'ai lu avec le plus vif intérêt la rayonnante réponse aux surréalistes. En signe de très sincère estime intellectuelle.” “To Antonin Artaud, whose radiant response to the Surrealists I have read with the greatest interest. A sign of utmost intellectual respect.”
We also attach a printed carte de visite by Marcel Hiver on which he added these words for the attention of Antonin Artaud: “Il faudrait un «Marat» de la critique, n'est-ce pas ?” “It would take a “Marat” of criticism, right?” in reference to the role of Jean-Pierre Marat played by Antonin Artaud in Abel Gance's 1927 film “Napoléon”.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Montgolfier laid paper.
Spine and boards marginally discolored and sunned as usual, a crease mark at foot of first board, bookplate pasted on endpaper.
Work illustrated with 8 lithographs by René Ben Sussan.
Autograph inscription signed by Emmanuel Bove: "A Willy Michel de tout coeur." ["To Willy Michel with all my heart."]

Illustrated edition with a portrait of Colette by Luc-Albert Moreau, one of 300 numbered hors commerce copies on Ivoirine paper.
Restorations to spine and joints, small corner lacks filled on boards, handsome interior condition.
Exceptional and precious autograph inscription signed by Colette: "Pour Drieu La Rochelle en souvenir de Colette." ["For Drieu La Rochelle in memory of Colette."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Jean Tardieu to André Laude.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Casamayor: "A Raymond Aron pour rester dans le concret..." ["To Raymond Aron to remain in the concrete..."]

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jorge Amado to Daniel Odier.

First edition.
Half midnight blue shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands, marbled paper boards with moiré effect, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled top edge.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Marion to his friend Rebelleau.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Garnier to his friend, the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Bitter to his friend, the poet Charles Dobzynski, with a manuscript annotation by Maurice Bitter on page 17.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very lightly sunned without significance and with two small tears at head and foot, otherwise handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed copy from Louis Althusser to Pierre Abraham.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a crease on the back cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Edouard Dujardin to Henry Charpentier.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of President Hénault.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, blue shagreen title label with traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed Petitot.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed copy from Henri Lion to Monsieur Truffier: "... à l'artiste et au voisin..." ["...to the artist and neighbor..."]
Our copy is exceptionally contains a signed autograph letter from Henri Lion to the same.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite small traces of corner creases on the first cover.
Confessions of a thief of beautiful sedans turned away from cars!
Autograph inscription dated and signed by René Château to Jean-Jacques Bitoun.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Pascal Quignard to Frédéric Verney.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite two small tears and two slight lacks at head and foot of spine.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Joachim Herlant: "A monsieur Bergson professeur au Collège de France, hommage de respectueuse reconnaissance. Joachim Herlant." ["To Mr. Bergson professor at the Collège de France, tribute of respectful recognition. Joachim Herlant."]

Cazin edition composed with the first edition printed by Philippe-Denis Pierre, with a half-title and a relay title bearing Cazin's address and dated 1786.
Full brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments richly adorned with gilt floral motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of sextuple gilt fillets on boards decorated at corners with gilt fleurons, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant nineteenth-century binding.
A handsome copy with very wide margins and perfectly established.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Auguste Le Breton to Roger Colombani "... en souvenir d'un mauvais souvenir. Ah ! ces truands à la con !" ["... in memory of a bad memory. Ah! those damn crooks!"]

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Françoise Parturier to Boris Kidel.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Honoré Gévaudan to Roger Colombani.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Daniel Guérin to Roger Colombani.

First edition.
Half marbled fawn sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt undulating fillets decorated with gilt fillets and typographical motifs stamped in blind, red shagreen title and author labels, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.
Autograph inscription signed by Professor Carrasco to his colleague Ernest Robidet.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 25 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies after 15 Holland and 40 pur fil.
Spine and margins of covers skilfully restored.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline "A Madame Marthe Pujol Bien affectueusement L.F. Céline".
Precious deluxe copy with an autograph inscription by the author.

First edition printed in 500 numbered copies at press and bearing Aimé Morot's signature on the justification page.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine.
Introduction by C. Moreau-Vauthier.
Work illustrated with 60 plates reproducing works by Aimé Morot.
Light foxing affecting the endpapers.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Three stains at top of rear cover, three small light stains on front cover.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "For Janine Brun of Sauve in the Languedoc from Lawrence Durrell 40 rue de l'Université chez Julian. 1969" ["For Janine Brun of Sauve in the Languedoc from Lawrence Durrell 40 rue de l'Université chez Julian. 1969"] enhanced with a small drawn sun and a Greek frieze bordering the autograph inscription on its left.
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 Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, where the young girl wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of "Buttons," praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep 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, one of 30 numbered copies on Hollande, only deluxe copies issued.
Bound in cornered red morocco, spine with compartments tooled in black, gilt date at the foot of the spine, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, binding signed Devauchelle.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Louis Anquetin bearing the autograph signature of Paul Verlaine on the lower part.
Provenance: Charles Hayoit library (bookplate on the pastedown endpaper).

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to Léon Bérard: "... avec confiance..." ["with confidence..."] on the endpaper.
Spine sunned, endpaper with small tear at foot, paper yellowed.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two adhesive paper marks at foot of spine which also has a lack and a tear.
Signed autograph inscription from André Dhôtel to Maître Maurice Garçon.

First edition on ordinary paper, statement of fourth edition.
A red stain at foot of first cover, paper yellowed.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Cassou to Jacques-Henri Jouheaud.

First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine and boards soiled with small tears or corner lacks.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Raymond Queneau to Jacques-Henry Jouheaud on this text.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining the illustrated dust jacket.
Signed and dated autograph inscription from Alain Mabanckou to Michel Serres.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with drawings by Roland Topor.
Autograph inscription signed by Roland Topor to Cécile Barthelemy enriched with the manuscript signature of Nicolas Topor.

Edition en partie originale ornée illustrations d'Alain Gauthier.
Agréable exemplaire.
binding à la bradel de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage, spine lisse, plats illustrés.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Michel Tournier : "Pour Florence en souvenir du premier jour de printemps. Michel Tournier..."

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on laid paper, the most limited deluxe edition with 13 tinted paper copies.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine, brown morocco title-label, top edge gilt on deckled edges, modern binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Signed autograph inscription by Jules Noriac, below the justification page, to Edouard Delessert.
Work illustrated with 70 illustrations in and hors-texte by Armand-Dumarescq, G. Janet, Pelcoq, Morin and Deuxétoiles.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with all the proofs of the illustrations printed on China paper.
Occasional light foxing and marginal stains at foot of some leaves.
Unique copy.

First paperback edition published the same year as the first edition.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from François Mitterrand to Simone Denizet.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly wrinkled.
Fine and important autograph inscription signed by René Etiemble to Emmanuel Mounier: "Pour E. Mounier à qui on ne saurait marchander de l'écriture. Etiemble" ["To E. Mounier to whom one cannot haggle over writing. Etiemble"]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Slight sunning to head and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Queffelec to M. Jouheaud.

The first edition, with no mention of deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned, bibliophile's printed stamp at head of title page.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Henri Thomas to César Santelli.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa vellum paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Handsome signed autograph inscription from Camille Lemercier: "A mon amie Régine Deforges dont j'admire le talent et la beauté, bref qui est la séduction même ! Ce dimanche de la Pentecôte 1986. Camille L. Dutourd." ["To my friend Régine Deforges whose talent and beauty I admire, in short who is seduction itself! This Pentecost Sunday 1986. Camille L. Dutourd."]

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a small lack at foot of spine and three stains at head of first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by René Fallet: "Pour madame Virmaux cet amour en miettes et les plus amicales et entières pensées de René Fallet." ["For Mrs. Virmaux this love in pieces and the most friendly and complete thoughts of René Fallet."]

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly sunned otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jorge Semprun: "A madame Lelièvre ce roman ne pouvant servir à rien (qu'à passer le temps)." ["To Mrs. Lelièvre this novel which can serve no purpose (other than to pass the time)."]

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of the 25 nominative copies, the only deluxe copies after 26 Marais vellum hors commerce and 34 pure thread.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel de Saint-Pierre below the justification page.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa vellum.
Introduction by Henri Miller.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Brassaï to Alex and Nadia Bloch.

First edition printed at the author's expense on laid paper.
Handsome and rare copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jehan Rictus to Jules Clarétie.

First 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.

 

 

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
Small corner lacks to spine and covers.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Tristan Tzara: "A André Masson de tout coeur (un petit coeur dessiné). Tristan Tzara 10 Juillet 52." ["To André Masson wholeheartedly (a small heart drawn). Tristan Tzara July 10, 52."]

First edition, an advance copy.
Spine and covers lightly soiled without significance.
Very precious autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau: "Pour Pablo Picasso avec mon souvenir ému. Marcel Jouhandeau." ["For Pablo Picasso with my fond remembrance. Marcel Jouhandeau."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to Germaine Rouanet.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Nice copy.
Cover illustrated by Piem.
Signed handwritten inscription by Boris Vian to Christine Gouze-Raynal : "... avec toute mon amitié et mes respectueux hommages..."

First edition printed on laid paper.
Half navy blue morocco-grained shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, top edge gilt, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
Precious and handsome autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain: " A Charles Maurras aëde de la mer thyrenienne (sic), un bohémien de forêt bleue"

First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
Half bottle-green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, top edge gilt, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Paul Claudel to Charles Maurras.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies ("grands papiers"), statement of second edition on the first cover and no statement of edition on the title page.
Binding in half morocco, signed by Goy & Vilaine.
Rare handwritten inscription dated and signed by Raymond Roussel to Monsieur Pally.

First collected edition on ordinary paper, sixth edition statement.
Paper yellowed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Jean Paulhan to Maurice Garçon: "La pampa du Brésil abonde en rhinocéros, animal que l'on peut imaginer si l'on a vu des licornes. (Thévenet, singularités de la France antarctique, 1585). A Maurice Garçon, ces quelques causes célèbres (ou licornes choisies) avec amitié. Jean Paulhan. 19.3.1950." ["The Brazilian pampas abound in rhinoceros, an animal one can imagine if one has seen unicorns. (Thévenet, singularities of Antarctic France, 1585). To Maurice Garçon, these few famous cases (or chosen unicorns) with friendship. Jean Paulhan. 19.3.1950."]

First edition of the adaptation and French translation established by Ventura Gassol printed in 1100 numbered copies on cream laid paper.
Handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Ventura Gassol to Marcel Herrand.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Maxime Alexandre on this text to Marcel Arland: "Est-il rien sur la terre qui soit plus surprenant que la grande misère du pauvre Juif errant ? (la complainte). Hommage de ma sympathie respectueuse." ["Is there anything on earth more surprising than the great misery of the poor wandering Jew? (the lament). Tribute of my respectful sympathy."]

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from François Fejtö to Jean Blanzat.

New edition published a few days after the first edition.
Some small foxing to spine, covers and edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Anna Langfus to Madame Goasguen: "... en souvenir de notre "bizarre rencontre" et de tout coeur..." ["... in memory of our "strange encounter" and with all my heart..."]

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Lawrence Durrell to his close friend Janine Brun.

After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Les citrons acides), he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the "Tartès house," his large dwelling surrounded by trees, he wrote the second part of his work, his monumental Avignon Quintet, devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends, including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, London publisher Alan G. Thomas, and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho.
Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, in the mid-1960s he met the young and sparkling "Jany" (Janine Brun), a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty, who worked in the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of "Buttons," praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep 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 artworks signed with his artist pseudonym, Oscar Epfs.

First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine and covers lightly and marginally spotted and sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by Lawrence Durrell to his close friend Janine Brun: "Janine pour Lawrence. Souvenirs 1968." ["Janine for Lawrence. Memories 1968."]

After many years spent in Greece, Egypt and Rhodes, the travel writer Lawrence Durrell was forced to flee Cyprus following popular uprisings that led the island to its independence from the British crown. Rich only in a shirt and a typewriter but crowned with the success of his novel Bitter Lemons of Cyprus (Les citrons acides), he arrived in France in 1956 and settled in the Languedoc village of Sommières. In the "Tartès house," his large dwelling surrounded by trees, he wrote the second part of his work, his monumental Avignon Quintet, devoted himself to painting and received his illustrious friends, including the couple Henry Miller and Anaïs Nin, violinist Yehudi Menuhin, London publisher Alan G. Thomas, and his two daughters Penelope and Sappho.
Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, in the mid-1960s he met the young and sparkling "Jany" (Janine Brun), a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty, who worked in the Antiquities department of the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, where the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of "Buttons," praising her beauty and eternal youth in exceptional unpublished letters. The three companions spent memorable Parisian evenings of which we keep 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 artworks signed with his artist pseudonym, Oscar Epfs.

First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne to Claude Martine: "... avec beaucoup de considération..." ["... with much consideration..."]

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by two of the translators Lucile and Georges Nivat to Mr. and Mrs. Toboul.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Arthur Adamov to Marcel Arland.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Arthur Adamov to Marcel Arland.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Grenier on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by José Cabanis to Monsieur Régnier.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned with a tiny tear at foot, small stains on boards.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Jean Lurçat.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Jean Marcenac to the poet Charles Dobzynski: "A mon frère Charles que j'aime pour les raisons du coeur et de la terre..." ["To my brother Charles whom I love for reasons of the heart and of the earth..."] enriched with an autograph inscription signed by Jean Lurçat.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A small stain at the foot of the first cover.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean-Pierre Luminet to the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... grand-maître de l'opéra comique..." ["... grand master of comic opera..."]

New edition with illustrations.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to a friend named André.

First bilingual Spanish-German edition.
Handsome copy illustrated with drawings by Guillermo Nunez.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Guillermo Nunez to Georges Raillard and his wife Alice with an original drawing.

First edition illustrated with numerous illustrations by Gregory Masurovsky.
Numerous contributions including Michel Butor, Georges Raillard, Grégory Masurovsky, Shirley Goldfarb...
Spine lightly sunned.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gregory Masurovsky to Georges Raillard.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite pale dampstaining affecting the last leaves at foot.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Darcy Ribeiro, in Portuguese, to the translator Alice (Raillard).

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a crease mark at the foot of the text block.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Marcenac to the poet Charles Dobzynski and his wife Eliane: "... ce livre écrit pour eux..." ["... this book written for them..."]
Our copy is enhanced with two manuscript corrections by the author on pages 48 and 144.

First collected edition.
Illustrated with lithographs by Bazaine, Gromaire, Picasso, Villon...
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri Pichette to Charles and Eliane Dobzynski: "... ce livre écrit souvent avec des déchirements..." ["... this book often written with heartbreak..."]
The illustration by Jean Bazaine, as frontispiece, has been heightened by him in watercolor.

First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Illustrated with 2 drawings by Françoise Blanc.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Christian Gali to Charles Dobzynski on the title page enhanced with an original signed drawing by Françoise Blanc on an endpaper.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite a crease mark at the head of the first cover.
Dated autograph inscription signed by René Depestre, in Spanish, to a woman named Elisa.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Bradel binding in full pebbled paper, smooth spine, grey sheep title label, two corners slightly bumped, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Jean Martet to Tristan Bernard: "... qui n'a pas l'air d'y toucher et qui va jusqu'au fond des âmes..." ["... who doesn't seem to be affected by it and who goes to the depths of souls..."]

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small tear to head of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri Guyot.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean-Pierre Luminet to the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... pour commencer en littérature cette année mondiale de l'astronomie 2009, 400 ans tout juste après que l'oeil de Galilée se soit (sic) tourné pour la 1ère fois vers les étoiles..." ["... to begin in literature this world year of astronomy 2009, exactly 400 years after Galileo's eye turned for the first time towards the stars..."]

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Jean-Marie Lewigue.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Rousselot to the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition illustrated with drawings by Vladimir Velickovic.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by André Velter to Charles Dobzynski "... de la pratique du scalp : un poème à blanc." ["... on the practice of scalping: a poem in white."] enriched with the manuscript signature of Vladimir Velickovic.

Edition en format livre de forme.
Petites rousseurs en marges du premier plat.
Envoi autographe signé d'Eugène Guillevic à Jean-Baptiste Para.

First edition in French, printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a small marginal stain on the back cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Lawrence Durrell to Maurice Noël.
Provenance: from the library of Maurice Noël with his amusing bookplate pasted on an endpaper and his motto: "Adada sur mon bidet. Tout et rien !" ["Adada on my bidet. Everything and nothing!"]

First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Lawrence Durrell to Maurice Noël.
Provenance: from the library of Maurice Noël with his amusing bookplate pasted on an endpaper and his motto: "Adada sur mon bidet. Tout et rien !" ["Adada on my bidet. Everything and nothing!"]

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a small repaired tear at foot of spine.
Work illustrated with numerous drawings by Sapho.
Signed autograph inscription from Sapho to Anne-Marie Vaneau with an original drawing representing a woman from the front, perhaps the dedicatee.
Our copy is expanded with a large original drawing by Sapho, executed in black felt-tip pen in the manner of Pablo Picasso on a paper tablecloth from the brasserie La Coupole - famous gathering place of the Montparnos, representing the faces of a group of 9 friends and which was entitled by Sapho "Où est mon autocar de camarades?"
The drawing has been captioned at top left in blue felt-tip pen, probably by Anne-Marie Vaneau "La Coupole, 8 Mai 1985 24h30. Poncho - Benoit - Anne-Marie (dessin de Sapho).

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned and foxed, adhesive paper marks at head and foot of endpapers.
We include a postcard reproducing an ink and pastel by Michel Butor on which he wrote an autograph inscription dated and signed for Anne Sarraute.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Text by Louis Aragon in French followed by its English translation.
Work illustrated with lithographs by Alain Le Yaouanc.
Manuscript signatures by Alain Le Yaouanc and Louis Aragon at the colophon.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with its original lithograph by Alain Le Yaouanc, which he justified and signed.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Rousselot to the poet Charles Dobzynski.