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<p>Copies inscribed by the author, i.e. a handwritten dedication to a close friend. As moving accounts of the genesis of the book and the writer's links with the people of his time, inscriptions are a unique record of the author's life.</p>
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Copies inscribed by the author, i.e. a handwritten dedication to a close friend. As moving accounts of the genesis of the book and the writer's links with the people of his time, inscriptions are a unique record of the author's life.

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  3. L'amour enfant de Bohème
    Paul FORT, Ignacio ZULOAGA
    L'amour enfant de Bohème
    Armand Jules Klein|Paris 1930|19.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First Edition printed 200 copies numbered and justified by Paul Fort on laid, ours specially printed for Jean Comte.
    Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of Paul Fort by Ignacio Zuloaga.
    Back slightly insolated, a small lack at the top of the first board, a shadow on the page next to the portrait left by the snake protecting him.
    Signed autograph dedication of Paul Fort to his Jean Comte with this quote: "It is only love to be happy to the world."
    €60
  4. Vol d'oiseaux noirs au temps des cerises
    Paul FORT
    Vol d'oiseaux noirs au temps des cerises
    A.J. Klein|Paris 1932|19.50 x 29 cm|broché
    First edition not put on the market, one of 45 copies numbered and initialed by the author on Japan, ours printed especially for Jean Comte, head print.
    Nice copy despite the back very slightly insolated as generally.
    Work adorned with a frontispiece, cul-de-lamp and vignettes by Paul Welsch.
    Signed autograph dedication from Paul Fort to Jean Comte on a guard: "... this book is a great deal of trouble and little joy, this flight of black birds to cherries ..." enriched two pages further from this handwritten thought: "Light is the life of all my thoughts."
    €120
  5. Naufrage sous l'arc-en-ciel
    Paul FORT, Gino SEVERINI
    Naufrage sous l'arc-en-ciel
    Armand Jules Klein|Paris s. d. [1937]|19.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition out of trade, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours printed specially for Jean Comte, only draw with 30 Japan.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of a frontispiece and a cul-de-lamp of Gino Severini.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Paul Fort to Jean Comte: "This book, or rather this shipwrecked shipwrecked boat under the rainbow of hope ... with the affectionate memory of an old finder of our France ".
    €80
  6. La mode et la mort. Suivi d'un essai sur Soriano et l'Italie.
    André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES, Giacomo LEOPARDI
    La mode et la mort. Suivi d'un essai sur Soriano et l'Italie.
    Fata Morgana|Fontfroide 1989|19 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles
    First edition of the French translation by André Pieyre of Mandiargues, one of 50 copies numbered on "pur-fil" paper Arches paper, only leading copies, ours one of the 20 copies enriched with a color suite of engravings signed and numbered by Juan Soriano.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of two original engravings by Juan Soriano that he has numbered and signed .
    Handwritten signature of André Pieyre of Mandiargues to the colophon.
    Our copy is enriched with a business card of Juan Soriano on which it was split of an autograph shipment dated and signed for Alice and Georges (Raillard), envelope attached.
    €1,200
  13. Le prisonnier
    Bernard PINGAUD
    Le prisonnier
    La Table Ronde|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies after 10 on pure thread paper.
    Foxing on spine, otherwise handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Bernard Pingaud to his friend Georges (Raillard): "Pour Georges, à qui ce livre doit beaucoup, et pour Alice Raillard, qui voudra bien, j'espère, se pencher elle aussi sur le malheureux prisonnier, avec toute mon affection." ["For Georges, to whom this book owes much, and for Alice Raillard, who will be willing, I hope, to also look upon the unfortunate prisoner, with all my affection."]
    €100
  15. J'avais 20 ans... ou la mission
    Trajan SAINT-INÈS, Alfred Baring GARROD
    J'avais 20 ans... ou la mission
    Editions Nicolas|Niort 1955|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Some slight bites without gravity on the boards, nice copy.
    Illustrated book of 42 photographs and 46 drawings of the author.
    Our copy is complete of his trailer on which a previous owner of the book wrote this handwritten note about the author: "Totally eliminated from the RTF since December 1957 ... It was his only additional livelihood . "
    Signed autograph from Trajan Saint-Inès to Jean Mahé: "... last confident hope of the author in a bit of human justice ..."
    €50
  18. L'an prochain à Jérusalem
    Jérôme & Jean THARAUD
    L'an prochain à Jérusalem
    Plon|Paris 1924|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper.
    Binding half shagreen green bottle with corners, smooth back lined with double gold cartridges and decorated with golden typographic patterns, initials gilt tail tail, framing of golden nets on marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , preserved covers, gilded head on witnesses, ex-libris glued on a contreplat, Contemporary binding.
    Signed autograph of Jerome or Jean Tharaud Jean Comte.
    €50
  19. Les petits drames du poste
    Jean DRAULT
    Les petits drames du poste
    Mame & fils|Tours s. d. [circa 1910]|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
    Bradel binding in half morocco havana with corners, smooth back decorated with golden cartridges and decorated with gilded typographic motifs, framing of double golden threads on the plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, red head, Contemporary binding.
    Our copy is enriched by an autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Drault, at the head of the anti-Semitic newspaper La Libre Parole, in which he apologizes for not being able to honor an appointment made previously with his correspondent.
    €60
  23. Des Juifs quittent l'Europe
    François-Jean ARMORIN
    Des Juifs quittent l'Europe
    La Jeune Parque|Paris 1948|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on current paper.
    Binding in full blue sheepskin, back with two nerves, scratches and friction on the joints, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, modest Contemporary binding.
    Beautiful and moving autograph dated François Jean Armorin to Henri Merscovici: "... Vercors, Saint Martin, the cave of Porri, and who was a friend of the hanged ... this story (later) when the war continued elsewhere ... "
    €200
  41. L'art décoratif d'aujourd'hui
    LE CORBUSIER
    L'art décoratif d'aujourd'hui
    The Decorative Art of Today
    Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1925|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    L'Art décoratif d'aujourd'hui [The Decorative Art of Today]
    Georges Crès & Cie | Paris 1925 | 15.5 x 24.5 cm | contemporary shagreen
    Second edition, with numerous illustrations.
    Contemporary binding in half burgundy shagreen, green shagreen, boards in marble paper.
    Rare autograph inscription dated 1925 and signed by Le Corbusier to the film director [Jean] Grémillon. Our copy is enhanced, on the first free page, with a second autograph dated 1928 by Le Corbusier: “To Mr E. Mercier. It is not a question here, in fact, of the decorative art, but of the spirit that animates this magnificent epoch and is so poignant.”
    A precious copy, in a strictly contemporary binding and enhanced by two successive autographs by Le Corbusier.
    €4,000
  57. Olive Tamari
    OLIVE TAMARI, Luc ESTANG
    Olive Tamari
    Galerie J.C. de Chaudun|Paris s. d. [circa 1976]|22.50 x 28 cm|en feuilles
    First edition.
    Texts by Luc Estang and Olive Tamari.
    Beautiful autograph signed by Olive Tamari to (Gérard) Mouizel: "There is the blue friendly too, more affectionate than the red, I give it to the young Mouizel Olive Tamari."
    We add two original engravings by Olive Tamari, each of which has an autograph dedication to the same Gérard Mouizel: "To Mouizel, the beloved!" Olive Tamari "and" A Mouizel & to the artist. "The scholar, fine scholar, to Admiral, in friendly memory, Olive Tamari. "
    Small foxing on the margin of one of the engravings.
    There are also reproductions of Olive Tamari's works, probably from an exhibition catalog.
    €200
  59. La vie passionnée de André-Marie Ampère
    Tancrède de VISAN
    La vie passionnée de André-Marie Ampère
    Agence Archat|Lyon s. d. [circa 1936]|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition of which there is no mention of great papers and published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the death of Andre-Marie Ampere.
    Small foxing on the margins of the boards.
    Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of André-Marie Ampère and 5 inset photographic plates.
    Autograph signed by Tancède de Visan to Claude Carret: "... this little essay on a big Gone ..."
    €30
  86. L'Orient vu de l'Occident
    Étienne DINET, Sliman BEN IBRAHIM
    L'Orient vu de l'Occident
    P. Geuthner • H. Piazza|Paris s. d. [1921]|11.50 x 19 cm|relié

    First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Small foxing on covers marginally and slightly sunned, one joint cracked and glued down to foot, a small tear to head of spine.
    Illustrated, as frontispiece, with a drawing by Etienne Dinet.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Etienne Dinet to Georges Rochegrosse : "A G. Rochegrosse cordial souvenir de son vieil ami."

    €1,500
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