<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>

Inscribed Books

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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Inscribed Books
  1. Poupées électriques
    Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI

    Poupées électriquesElectric Puppets

    E. Sansot & Cie|Paris 1909|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso
    Poupées électriques
    [Electric Puppets]
    E. Sansot & Cie, Paris 1909, 11,5 x 19 cm, paper binding
    First edition for which there is no mention of grand papier (deluxe) copies.
    Black paper boards, wrappers and spine preserved, binding by de Goy & Vilaine.
    Autograph inscription from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti to his close friend Bougnol.
    Occasional small foxing.
    $ 1 250
    €1,000
  2. Hymno a Roma
    Giovanni PASCOLI

    Hymno a Roma

    Imprensa national|Rio de Janeiro 1933|25 x 32 cm|broché

    First edition of the Portuguese translation established by Aloysio de Castro, one of 187 numbered copies on Astor paper, ours specially printed for Robert Garric, the only deluxe copies after 68 on parchment.
    Autograph inscription signed by Aloysio de Castro below the justification page.
    Light worming to covers, a small tear at foot of one flap of the rear cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

    €50
  3. Histoire du radicalisme
    Albert MILHAUD

    Histoire du radicalisme

    S.E.F.I.|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Signed autograph inscription from Albert Milhaud "To my dear president Quenéler his old friend who regrets not having been able to give him his book on the day of the congress, faithfully." ["Mon cher président Quenéler son vieil ami qui regrette de n'avoir pu lui remettre son livre le jour du congrès, fidèlement."]
    A small stain on the spine, light foxing on the boards.
    €40
  4. Reviews of the Waverley novels from the Rob Roy to the chronicles of the Canongate inclusive, with some miscellanous articles
    Nassau William SENIOR

    Reviews of the Waverley novels from the Rob Roy to the chronicles of the Canongate inclusive, with some miscellanous articles

    The Quarterly Review • The London review|London s. d. [circa 1850]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this collection of articles.
    Elegant English contemporary light brown long-grained morocco, spine in five compartments with gilt garlands and blindstamped typographic devices, gilt note "bibliothèque de Michel Chevalier" to foot of spine, dark brown morocco title piece, gold fillet frame to covers, brown paper endpapers and pastedowns, blindrolled dentelle frame to pastedowns, blindruled edging to edges of covers, brown edges.
    Rare and handsome autograph inscription signed by the great economist William Nassau Senior to the French economist Michel Chevalier.
    Provenance : from the library of Michel Chevalier with his ex libris on pastedown.
    €1,800
  5. Assez - Exemplaire du peintre Geer Van Velde
    Samuel BECKETT (inscribed to Geer van VELDE)

    Assez - Exemplaire du peintre Geer Van Velde

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1966|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition. One of 100 deluxe advance copies on B.F.K. de Rives, only deluxe copies along with 512 others on B.F.K. de Rives.

    Precious copy inscribed and dated April 1966 by Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.

    Nice copy.

    “What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight, without force, without shadow? Here everything moves, swims, fells, comes back, falls apart...
    €1,500
  6. Sans - Exemplaire du peintre Geer Van Velde
    Samuel BECKETT (inscribed to Geer van VELDE)

    Sans - Exemplaire du peintre Geer Van Velde[Sans – Copy from the painter Geer Van Velde]

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1969|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 hors commerce (advance) copies on BFK de Rives paper, the only deluxe copies with 642 other copies on BFK de Rives paper.

    Precious copy inscribed and dated January 1970 by Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.

    Nice copy.

    “What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight, without force, without shadow? Here everything moves, swims, fells...
    €1,500
  7. Poèmes
    Samuel BECKETT

    Poèmes

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1968|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 hors commerce (advance) copies on B.F.K. de Rives, the only deluxe copies with 662 other B.F.K. de Rives.

    Precious autograph inscription dated Février 1968 and signed from Samuel Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.
    Samll stains to upper cover, marginally and slightly sunned.


    “What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight, without...
    €1,500
  8. Bing - Exemplaire de Geer Van Velde
    Samuel BECKETT (inscribed to Geer van VELDE)

    Bing - Exemplaire de Geer Van Velde[Bing – Geer Van Velde’s Copy]

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1966|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 100 hors commerce numbered copies on BFK de Rives paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies with 662 other copies on BFK de Rives paper.
    Precious copy inscribed and dated October 1966 by Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.
    Nice copy.
    “What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight, without force, without shadow? Here everything moves, swims, fells...

    €1,500
  9. Film suivi de Souffle - Exemplaire de Geer Van Velde
    Samuel BECKETT (inscribed to Geer van VELDE)

    Film suivi de Souffle - Exemplaire de Geer Van Velde[Film followed by Breath – Geer Van Velde’s Copy]

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1972|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché

    First edition of the author's French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, an hors commerce copy, the only large paper copies with 292 other vélin d'Arches paper.
    Precious copy inscribed and dated December 1972 by Samuel Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.
    Spine and back cover slightly discolored.

    What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight...

    €1,500
  10. Comédies et actes divers
    Samuel BECKETT

    Comédies et actes divers

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1966|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.

    Precious copy inscribed by Beckett to his friend the painter Geer (Van Velde) and his wife Lise.

    Small holes on the first cover.


    “What to say of the sliding planes, the shimmering contours, the cut-out figures in the fog, the balance that any little thing can break, breaking and re-forming themselves under our very eyes? How to talk about the colors that breathe and pant? Of the swarming stasis? Of this world without weight, without force, without shadow? Here everything moves, swims, fells, comes back, falls apart, re-forms. Everything stops, non-stop. One would say it's the revolt of the internal...
    €1,200
  11. Les livres du second rayon, irréguliers et libertins
    Émile HENRIOT, Jules Léon PERRICHON

    Les livres du second rayon, irréguliers et libertins

    Le livre|Paris 1925|16 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Signed autograph inscription from Emile Henriot to Jérome and Jean Tharaud.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece and vignettes engraved on wood by Jules Léon Perrichon.
    Light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, two minor tears of no consequence to the spine.
    €120
  12. Le mythe de Rimbaud
    (Arthur RIMBAUD) René ÉTIEMBLE

    Le mythe de Rimbaud

    Gallimard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Signed and inscribed by René Etiemble to (Max-Philippe) Delatte.
    Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
    €60
  13. Un caillou au paradis et autres nouvelles
    Norman MAILER

    Un caillou au paradis et autres nouvelles

    Robert Laffont|Paris 1973|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation for which there were no large paper copies.
    Autograph inscription from Norman Mailer to Bob Calen.
    A good copy.
    €400
  14. Autopsie du stalinisme, avec le texte intégral du rapport Krouchtchev
    Angelo ROSSI

    Autopsie du stalinisme, avec le texte intégral du rapport Krouchtchev

    Pierre Horay|Paris 1957|14 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Affectionate autograph inscription dated and signed by Angelo Rossi to a friend: "A Maurice, cette tentative d'explication d'une époque qui nous a été commune, en amical hommage." ["To Maurice, this attempt to explain an era we shared, in friendly homage."]
    A small and light dampstain of no consequence at the foot of the spine.

    €60
  15. Un propriétaire & divers autres récits
    Paul-Michel LINTIER

    Un propriétaire & divers autres récits

    Imprimerie-librairie V. Bridoux|Mayenne 1911|10.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition published in a small number of copies.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul-Michel Lintier to his uncle and aunt.
    Spine cracked with a small lack at foot, light foxing on the back cover.
    Provenance: from the library of Henri Béraud on the island of Ré.
    €300
  16. L'homme qui était mort
    David Herbert LAWRENCE, Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

    L'homme qui était mort

    Nrf|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, translated by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle and Jacqueline Dalsace, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    Handsome autograph inscription signed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle : "A Henri Béraud cette histoire polissonne [For Henri Béraud, this polyphonic story]."
    Slight insignificant foxing to covers and endpapers.
    €1,500
  17. Le diner de Vieulaine
    Roger PRUVOST

    Le diner de Vieulaine

    Editions de Paris|Paris 1957|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Autograph inscription from Roger Pruvost to Jean-Paul Sartre.
    This "active teaching" experiment produced an astonishing novel written by 6 young students (aged 12 to 15) from the small school of Vieulaine under the guidance of their teacher.
    €150
  18. Mascaras
    Pedro UHART, Luis MIZÓN

    Mascaras

    Galerie Biren|Paris 1980|16 x 22 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à rabats
    First edition of the French translation printed in 70 copies numbered and justified by Luis Mizon on Arches laid paper.
    Publisher's binding in full aubergine cloth, smooth spine, front cover with cut-out revealing the color screen print by Pedro Uhart illustrating the front wrapper.
    Work illustrated with 8 original hors-texte color screen prints by Pedro Uhart which he signed.
    Signed autograph inscription, in Spanish, by Luis Mizon enhanced with an original pencil drawing by Pedro Uhart at the end, on the justification page.
    We include an invitation card to the opening of the presentation of this work, a Polaroid of Pedro Uhart, and a...
    €580
  19. Pierre Brisson. Le journaliste, l'écrivain, l'homme
    André LANG

    Pierre Brisson. Le journaliste, l'écrivain, l'homme

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1967|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 1050 numbered copies on white vellum.
    Signed autograph inscription from André Lang to Jean Hamelin below the justification page.
    Iconography, handsome copy.
    €60
  20. Pierre Lampédouze
    Henri BOSCO (inscribed to Henri BÉRAUD)

    Pierre Lampédouze

    G. Crès & Cie|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 2,800 copies from the regular issue, following 60 copies on cream Japon imitation paper.
    Minor spotting to the boards, foxing to the endleaves.

    Valuable signed autograph inscription from Henri Bosco to Henri Béraud.
    Provenance: from the Île de Ré library of Henri Béraud.

    €500
  21. Terra nostra
    Carlos FUENTES

    Terra nostra

    Gallimard|Paris 1979|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Signed and inscribed by Carlos Fuentes to Pierre Yswal.
    Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.
    €250
  22. Sursis au désespoir
    Henri PETIT

    Sursis au désespoir

    Plon|Paris 1972|13 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Signed autograph inscription from Henri Petit to Gérard Mouizel: "dont la fidèle sympathie me touche, en toute gratitude..." ["whose faithful sympathy touches me, with all gratitude..."]
    Handsome copy.
    €30
  24. L'atelier d'Olive Tamari
    Charles LEVY, OLIVE TAMARI

    L'atelier d'Olive Tamari

    Le soleil dans la tête|Toulon 1960|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Signed autograph inscription from Charles Lévy to Gérard Mouizel expanded with a signed autograph inscription from Olive Tamari.
    Work illustrated with drawings within the text and full-page by Olive Tamari.
    Preface by Maurice Chapelain.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  25. Deux records du monde
    Dieudonné COSTES, Maurice BELLONTE

    Deux records du monde[Two World Records]

    Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.
    Handsome and rare autograph inscription signed by Dieudonné Costes to Henri Béraud.
    Small marginal foxings on the covers
    Provenance : Henri Béraud's library, from Île-de-Ré.
      €680
    • Le jeu d'autant
      Jean BOUHIER

      Le jeu d'autant

      Editions du temps parallèle|Eygalières 1976|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
      First edition printed on ordinary paper.
      Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Bouhier to Gérard Mouizel: "... ce jeu d'autant qui en vaut d'autres et où il n'y a rien à gagner pour lui. Car pour ma part j'ai gagné le plaisir d'une cordiale journée conclue par le don de ce livre. Et que ce jour ne soit pas sans lendemain. Son très cordial Jean Bouhier." ["...this game that is worth as much as any other and where there is nothing for him to gain. For my part, I have gained the pleasure of a cordial day concluded with the gift of this book. And may this day not be without a tomorrow. His very cordial Jean Bouhier."]
      Handsome copy.
      €30
    • De mille endroits...
      Jean BOUHIER

      De mille endroits...

      Pierre Seghers|Paris 1952|11 x 18 cm|broché
      First edition printed on ordinary paper.
      Autograph inscription dated 1976 and signed by Jean Bouhier to Gérard Mouizel: "... qui a l'indulgence de lire des pages d ema préhistoire, avec toute mon amitié..." ["...who has the indulgence to read pages of my prehistory, with all my friendship..."]
      Handsome copy.
      €40
    • Septembre, poèmes
      Marius BRUNO

      Septembre, poèmes

      Editions du cancer|s. l. 1972|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
      First edition on ordinary paper.
      Autograph inscription dated and signed by Marius Bruno to Gérard Mouizel: "... ces quelques îles du voyage qui ne s'achève jamais..." ["... these few islands of the journey that never ends..."]
      Handsome copy.
      €30
    • L'amour et les hommes
      Marius BRUNO, OLIVE TAMARI

      L'amour et les hommes

      Signes du temps|s. l. s. d. [circa 1960]|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 Holland and 30 alfa.
      Autograph inscription dated and signed by Marius Bruno to Gérard Mouizel: "... ce voyage inachevé vers l'impossible amour..." ["... this unfinished journey toward impossible love..."]
      Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Olive Tamari.
      Handsome copy.
      €40
    • Prisme
      Abel GANCE (inscribed to Henri BÉRAUD)

      Prisme

      Nrf|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of seventh edition.
      Precious and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Abel Gance to Henri Béraud: "Il y a de si beaux mensonges que la vérité se tend vers eux comme une déesse altérée; vous en trouverez quelques uns dans ce livre, mon cher Béraud, vous que j'admire comme un des derniers vrais amoureux de la France..." ["There are such beautiful lies that truth reaches toward them like a thirsting goddess; you will find some of them in this book, my dear Béraud, you whom I admire as one of the last true lovers of France..."]
      Spine sunned, worming to boards, a pen mark to front board, foxing to endpapers.
      €450
    • L'âge de craie suivi de Hedera
      André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES

      L'âge de craie suivi de Hedera

      Gallimard|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition on ordinary paper for "L'âge de craie".
      Autograph inscription signed by André Pieyre de Mandiargues to Henri and Geneviève Parisot.
      Work illustrated with a frontispiece photographic portrait of the author.
      Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.
      €70
    • Une maison de miroirs
      Jean-Marie STAIVE, Jean JOUBERT

      Une maison de miroirs

      1984|16.50 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles
      First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid ivory paper, ours unnumbered.
      Work illustrated with 16 original linocuts by Jean-Marie Staive.
      Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Marie Staive to Gérard Mouizel: "... cet espace, voué aux noirs et aux blancs, où le jour s'espace à la nuit calme."
      Our copy is exceptionally expanded with an original engraving on Arches signed by Jean-Marie Staive, reserved for deluxe copies and bearing a second autograph inscription signed by the illustrator to Gérard Mouizel; with an original color impression also dedicated by the same to Gérard Mouizel as well as an autograph letter dated and signed by the publisher, Patrick...
      €150
    • En court métrage
      Charles BOURGEOIS

      En court métrage

      Chez l'auteur|s. l. s. d. [circa 1982]|15.50 x 21 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
      First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
      Autograph inscription from Charles Bourgeois.
      A good copy.
      €40
    • Tourisme confidentiel
      François CRUCIANI

      Tourisme confidentiel

      Rougerie|Mortemart 1980|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 300 copies on bouffant paper, the only issue with 10 on Arches.
      Signed and dated autograph inscription from François Cruciani to Gérard Mouizel.
      Pencil annotations by the recipient on an endpaper.
      Handsome copy despite a tiny insignificant nick at the foot of the spine.
      €30
    • Sur simple sommation
      Jean BOUHIER

      Sur simple sommation

      Rougerie|Mortemart 1980|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 150 copies on deluxe paper, the only printing with 5 Arches.
      Fine dated and signed autograph inscription from Jean Bouhier to Gérard Mouizel: "... dans la vie, il n'y a peut-être que le poème qui ne se fasse pas Sur simple sommation, et seule l'amitié en fait le prix" ["... in life, there is perhaps only the poem that cannot be made upon simple demand, and only friendship gives it its worth"].
      Handsome copy.
      €30
    • La dépossession. Journal de Ligenère
      Jacques BOREL

      La dépossession. Journal de Ligenère

      Gallimard|Paris 1973|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
      First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
      Fine and surprising signed autograph inscription from Jacques Borel to Gérard Mouizel: "... busoquement, balèvrement, fardaillement, galinement, poutarguement, grisolement, sangloutement, ces lambeaux, avec amitié..." ["... abruptly, stammering, painting, merrily, with roe, graying, sobbing, these fragments, with friendship..."]
      Spine sunned, press clippings included.
      €60
    • Les moyens du bord
      François CRUCIANI, OLIVE TAMARI

      Les moyens du bord

      L'espadon|Six-Fours les plages [Six-Fours-les-Plages] 1962|16 x 20.50 cm|broché
      First edition printed in 400 numbered copies on offset paper.
      Autograph inscription signed by François Cruciani to Gérard Mouizel: "... au provisoire matelot-pédagogue Gérard Mouizel pour que ces Moyens du bord lui soeint en souvenir de ses escales sous les palmiers du mas".
      Work illustrated with 7 original lithographs by Olive Tamari.
      Handsome copy.
      €60
    • Les parents paresseux
      Tristan BERNARD

      Les parents paresseux

      Editions des portiques|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
      Amusing autograph inscription signed by Tristan Bernard to Henri Béraud: "... A l'ami Béraud. Tristan Bernard pontife." ["To friend Béraud. Tristan Bernard pontiff."]
      Worming to boards which are marginally warped.
      Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library on the Île de Ré.
      €100
    • Les pinceaux roses de chairs, fous
      OLIVE TAMARI

      Les pinceaux roses de chairs, fous

      Le soleil bleu|Vincennes 1972|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
      First edition printed in 500 copies.
      Autograph inscription signed by Olive Tamari to Gérard Mouizel: "... érudit pondéré qu'on écoute volontiers, avec ma fidèle amitié..." ["... measured scholar whom one listens to willingly, with my faithful friendship..."]
      Very handsome copy.
      €60
    • Ici la mer prend fin
      OLIVE TAMARI

      Ici la mer prend fin

      Le soleil bleu|Vincennes 1977|17 x 24 cm|broché
      First edition printed in 300 numbered copies, ours unnumbered.
      Autograph inscription signed by Olive Tamari to Gérard Mouizel: "... au beau jeune homme qui a beaucoup de talent..." ["... to the handsome young man who has much talent..."]
      Our copy contains a second autograph inscription (unsigned) by Olive Tamari, on a loose leaf, continuing the first autograph inscription: "On pourrait dire qui a beaucoup de talent et plait aux finlandaises chocolatées (mais ce ne serait pas correct devant la gravité de la mort de la mer)." ["One could say who has much talent and pleases chocolate-colored Finnish women (but that would not be proper given the gravity of the death of the...
      €100
    • Je me retiens au mur qui tombe
      OLIVE TAMARI

      Je me retiens au mur qui tombe

      Le soleil bleu|Vincennes 1970|18.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
      First edition printed in 500 numbered copies, this one unnumbered.
      Autograph inscription signed by Olive Tamari to Gérard Mouizel: "... au jeune homme qui connait déjà tant de choses..." ["... to the young man who already knows so many things..."]
      Very handsome copy.
      €60
    • C'est bon l'aspirine
      OLIVE TAMARI

      C'est bon l'aspirine

      Le soleil bleu|Vincennes 1973|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
      First edition printed in 500 numbered copies, this one unnumbered.
      Autograph inscription signed by Olive Tamari to Gérard Mouizel: "... au poète que j'admire..." ["... to the poet I admire..."]
      Handsome copy not containing the four plates illustrated by the author mentioned in the justification page.
      €30
    • Contes Batabraf pour les enfants des environs d'Illeux
      Michel SEUPHOR

      Contes Batabraf pour les enfants des environs d'Illeux

      All' insegna del Pesce d'Oro|Milano [Milan] 1981|12 x 17 cm|broché
      First edition illustrated with six single-line drawings by the author and of which no deluxe copies were printed.
      Autograph inscription signed by Michel Seuphor to Gérard Mouizel presenting his wishes: "... bon pour un bond heureux pour l'année 1983..." ["...good for a happy leap for the year 1983..."]
      Pleasant copy.
      €100
    • Le carreleur
      Adoplhe CIESLARCZYK, Patrick STEFANETTO

      Le carreleur

      Chez Alain Sanchez|Libos [Monsempron-Libos] 1977|29 x 38.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
      First edition printed in 46 numbered copies on Arches vellum.
      Work illustrated with 3 original color engravings by Adolphe Cieslarczyk.
      Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Patrick Stefanetto to Gérard Mouizel in the form of a quatrain.
      Autograph signatures of Patrick Stefanetto and Adolphe Cieslarczyk on the justification page.
      Minor spotting of no consequence on the first endpaper.
      Rare and handsome copy.
      €450
    • Contes domestiques
      CHAMPFLEURY

      Contes domestiques

      Victor Lecou|Paris 1852|11 x 18 cm|relié
      first edition.
      Bound in half red shagreen, back smoothes decorated with gilded nets, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, sprinkled edges, contemporary binding.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of his friend Champfleury Vain.
      Some foxing.
      €250
    • Noir et bleu
      OLIVE TAMARI

      Noir et bleu

      Vacance|Toulon 1957|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on offset Navarre, one draw with 20 Arches paper.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Olive Tamari a colleague poet, art critic and artist.
      Book illustrated with 14 original lithographs Olive Tamari.
      Tiny marginal minor bites on the first board.
      €80
    • Les provinces inébranlables. L'Austrasie - La question d'Alsace-Lorraine - Metz - La Wallonie
      Georges DUCROCQ

      Les provinces inébranlables. L'Austrasie - La question d'Alsace-Lorraine - Metz - La Wallonie

      Les marches de l'Est|Paris 1913|15.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
      Edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper which he makes no mention.
      Binding half morocco blue, burnished smooth back adorned with a cross of Lorraine struck palladium, framing of double net palladium on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, palladium head, preserved covers .
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Georges Ducrocq Bookseller Clouzot and his wife.
      Some small foxing, a joint with some traces of friction Length.
      €200
    • Essai sur la psychologie de Blaise Pascal
      Albert MAIRE

      Essai sur la psychologie de Blaise Pascal

      Société de graphologie|Paris 1922|21 x 28 cm|relié
      first edition printed in small number on rod.
      Binding to bradel half black shagreen, smooth spine, a joint with traces of friction, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding signed Franz.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Albert Maire Viscount Sartiges.
      €80
    • Ambulando
      Michel SEUPHOR

      Ambulando

      Rougerie|Mortemart 1989|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
      First edition.
      Autograph inscription from Michel Seuphor to Daniel Leuwers.
      A very good copy.
      €70
    • L'évanouissement
      Jorge SEMPRÚN

      L'évanouissement[The Fainting Fit]

      Gallimard|Paris 1967|12 x 19 cm|broché

      Edition, review copy.
      Complete copy of his please insert.

      Autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Semprun to Jean Freustié.

      €250
    • Le sursis - Les chemins de la liberté II
      Jean-Paul SARTRE

      Le sursis - Les chemins de la liberté II

      Gallimard|Paris 1945|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
      Later edition.
      Half maroon morocco over marbled paper boards by Goy & Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved.
      Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Paul Sartre to Geneviève Calliat.
      €1,200
    • Ce que je n'ai pas dit... (souvenirs d'un reporter)
      René DELPÊCHE

      Ce que je n'ai pas dit... (souvenirs d'un reporter)

      S.E.P.E|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
      Edition, one of 60 copies hors commerce numbered on vellum only leading copies.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by René Delpêche Paul Antonini: "... the brother of a good friend who has known many other chapters ..."
      Preface by Pierre Lazareff.
      Cover.
      spine slightly insolated, nice interior state.
      €80
    • Clément
      Max ERNST, Joseph BREITBACH

      Clément

      Seghers|Paris 1958|11.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
      first edition on the current paper, the French translation.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Joseph Breitbach Bernard Minorets.
      Illustrated cover of a Max Ernst drawing.
      €80
    • La grande épitaphe-misère
      Jacques GAUCHERON

      La grande épitaphe-misère

      Editions Raison d'être|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
      Edition, one of 15 numbered copies on fine ppaier and off trade, only large papers with another 135 numbered copies on fine paper.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Jacques Adda Gaucheron Madame Gerard.
      Book, illustrated with a portrait of the author as a frontispiece.
      A scorch marks on the second flat and the last layers.
      Trailer retained.
      €80
    • Les ouvriers
      Eugène MANUEL

      Les ouvriers

      Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1870|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
      Edition of the year of the original.
      Binding half black cardboard covered with speckled paper, smooth back, as part of Red shagreen, marbled paper plates, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Eugène Manuel to his friends and cousins ??Leon Philippe and his wife.
      Foxing.
      €50
    • La ville charnelle
      Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI

      La ville charnelleThe Carnal City

      E. Sansot & Cie|Paris 1908|13.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
      MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso
      La Ville charnelle [The Carnal City]
      E. Sansot & Cie, Paris 1908, 13,5 x 17,5 cm, original wrappers
      First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, falsely stated the 5th edition.
      Autograph inscription from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: “A mon cher maître Maurice Le Blond...” on half title and, on the opposite page, his address in Milan.
      A clear spot and a trace of an angular fold to upper cover, tiny spots on the first free endpaper.
      $ 1 250
      €1,000
    • Le coffret de santal
      Charles CROS

      Le coffret de santal

      Alphonse Lemerre • J. Gay & fils|Paris 1873|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
      First edition printed in 500 copies on vergé paper
      Half brown shagreen over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments decorated with double blindruled fillets and gilt points, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, corners slightly rubbed, ex libris of Eugène Le Senne, signed by Vanteyne on pastedown
      Rare and precious autograph inscription from Charles Cros to Charles Le Senne, who would become the artists', writers', and publishers' lawyer, specializing in literary and artistic rights
      Under the inscription, the poem Charles Cros inscribed onto Nina de Villard's (the dedicatee) copy is copied out in pencil.
      €3,500
    • Place de l'anthropologie dans les sciences sociales et problèmes posés par son enseignement
      Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

      Place de l'anthropologie dans les sciences sociales et problèmes posés par son enseignement

      Unesco|Paris 1954|13.50 x 21.50 cm|agrafé
      Rare first edition for which he was not drawn to this leading copies reprinted printed small number of the collective work: Social Sciences in Higher Education published the same year.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Claude Levi-Strauss in English won the first cover plate.
      Some reading marks in red ink in the margins of some leaves, probably dedicatee.
      Marginally flat and slightly insolated not serious.
      €480
    • La geste d'Asdiwal
      Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS

      La geste d'Asdiwal

      Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1958|13 x 21 cm|agrafé
      First Edition printed in small numbers of this reprint for which it was not drawn of great papers.
      Autograph signed by Claude Lévi-Strauss in English at the head of the first cover.
      Marginal and slightly discolored boards without gravity.
      €480
    • L'imagination est une science exacte
      Félicien MARCEAU, Charles DANTZIG

      L'imagination est une science exacte

      Gallimard|Paris 1998|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
      first edition on current paier.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Félicien Marceau to the historian Rene Remond.
      Pleasant complete copy of his trailer.
      €50
    • Bouvard et Pécuchet, de Gustave Flaubert
      Michel MOHRT

      Bouvard et Pécuchet, de Gustave Flaubert

      Gallimard|Paris 1998|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
      First edition on ordinary paper.
      Autograph inscription from Michel Mohrt to the historian René Rémond.
      A good copy.
      €50
    • Les enfants naturels
      Jacques AUDIBERTI

      Les enfants naturels

      Fasquelle|Paris 1956|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
      First edition on ordinary paper.
      Autograph inscription from Jacques Audiberti to Henri Bouillier.
      A good copy.
      €80
    • Ecrits de jeunesse 1917-1927
      Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

      Ecrits de jeunesse 1917-1927

      Gallimard|Paris 1941|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First collected edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
      Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to Pierre Chaussade.
      Printed stamp of recipient at the back on the first free endpaper, small traces of pale dampstain, not serious, to foot of spine.
      €580
    • Du miel aux cendres
      Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS (inscribed to Raymond FIRTH)

      Du miel aux cendres[From Honey to Ashes]

      Plon|Paris 1966|15.50 x 24 cm|broché

      First edition, for which no copies on larger paper were produced.
      A pleasing copy, with press clippings laid in.
      Exceptional autograph presentation copy inscribed in English by Claude Lévi-Strauss to the anthropologist Raymond Firth.

      €500
    • Molière en Afrique ou le journal de 4 comédiens.
      Pierre RINGEL

      Molière en Afrique ou le journal de 4 comédiens.

      1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
      first edition.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Mr. Pierre Ringel to Deflin.
      Iconography.
      Letter-foreword by Louis Jouvet.
      Small freckles on the upper edge, a slight hitch in the middle of the second board.
      €20
    • Eden
      Marie-Jeanne DURRY

      Eden

      Seghers|Paris 1970|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
      Edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only major paper.
      Bel autograph signed by Marie-Jeanne Durry Etiemble René and his wife.
      Nice copy.
      €50
    • Puissances du roman
      Roger CAILLOIS

      Puissances du roman

      Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1942|12 x 19 cm|broché
      Original Ediiton on current paper.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Roger Caillois Pierre Leiris.
      Two small tears stuck back in the top and bottom of the back.
      €150
    • Histoire de Paola Ferrani
      Jacques de LACRETELLE

      Histoire de Paola Ferrani

      Flammarion|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition printed on alfa paper.
      Autograph inscription from Jacques de Lacretelle.
      A good copy.
      €50
    • Longue distance
      Jacques GIRARD

      Longue distance

      Penthièvre|Bédée 1994|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
      Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Jacques Girard Francis Vigouroux.
      Nice copy.
      €20
    • Mobiles
      Jacques GIRARD

      Mobiles

      Penthièvre|Bédée 1993|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
      Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Jacques Girard Francis Vigouroux.
      Nice copy.
      €20
    • Failles
      Denis EMORINE

      Failles

      Lacombe et associés|Mantes-la-Ville 1989|12.50 x 21 cm|broché
      Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Denis Emorine Francis Vigouroux.
      Nice copy.
      €20
    • Civils et militaires
      Émile DURANDEAU

      Civils et militaires

      Tresse|Paris 1878|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
      first edition.
      Binding to bradel half red calico, smooth back thinned with a gold floral motif, double net gilded tail, as a piece of blue shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
      Bel autograph signed Emile Durandeau: "My dear sir, please please welcome my book, the book of a painter Please also accept my respectful homage.."
      €150
    • La belle France
      Georges DARIEN

      La belle France

      P.V. Stock|Paris 1901|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
      First edition.
      Bradel binding by Thomas Boichot of paper boards, dark brown morocco title label to spine, covers preserved. 
      Autograph inscription by Georges Darien to Henri Fèvre.
      A good copy in an attractive binding.
      €1,000
    • Clément
      Joseph BREITBACH

      Clément

      Seghers|Paris 1958|11.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
      First French edition on ordinary paper.
      Handsome autograph inscription from Joseph Breitbach to Albert Camus "... en hommage admiratif..."
      One small tear to foot of spine, slightly faded.
      €450
    • Le Vésuve
      Emmanuel ROBLÈS

      Le Vésuve

      Seuil|Paris 1961|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
      first edition on the current paper.
      Autograph signed and dated by the historian Emmanuel Robles Rene Remond "... the story of two lovers hunted in Naples in 1944 ..."
      Nice copy.
      €50
    • Naissance de l'idéologie fasciste
      Zeev STERNHELL, Mario SZNADJER

      Naissance de l'idéologie fasciste

      Fayard|Paris 1989|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
      Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph dated Zeev Sternhell to the historian Rene Remond "... very friendly as always for so long ..."
      Nice copy.
      €100
    • Les mendiants
      Louis-René DES FORÊTS

      Les mendiants

      Gallimard|Paris 1986|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
      Final edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Louis-René Jean Pierre Des Forests Salzas.
      Slightly soiled in the margins of the boards.
      €150
    • Tout va finir
      Emile HENRIOT

      Tout va finir

      Plon|Paris 1936|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
      Edition, one of 50 copies hors commerce numbered on Alfa paper and reserved to the press office.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Henriot Emile André Chevrillon "... loving tribute to his cousin and friend ..."
      A small tear in foot of the back, slight traces of minor creases in margins flat.
      €40
    • David Golder
      Irène NÉMIROVSKY

      David Golder

      Grasset|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper, an advance (service de presse) copy.
      Autograph inscription from Irène Némirovsky to the publisher Arthème Fayard.
      A bookseller's label pasted to head od an endpaper, small spots mostly on the first and last leaves.
      €800
    • Les revenants dans la boutique
      Joseph JOLINON

      Les revenants dans la boutique

      Les éditions Rieder|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper only leading copies after 50 Holland paper.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Robert Joseph Jolinon Cornuet.
      A small lack marginal minor as the first board.
      €60
    • Fils du jour
      André THÉRIVE

      Fils du jour

      Grasset|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press office.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by André Thérive Charles Laval.
      Nice copy.
      €40
    • Trop de bonheur
      Maurice LARROUY

      Trop de bonheur

      Les Editions de France|Paris 1928|14 x 21 cm|broché
      Edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, head drawing after 20 Japan.
      Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
      Small marginal tear without gravity, in pie back at the witnesses, and the slightly angular and insolated boards.
      €50
    • Sirènes et tritons. Le roman du sous-marin
      Maurice LARROUY

      Sirènes et tritons. Le roman du sous-marin

      Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|14 x 21 cm|broché
      Edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, head drawing after 20 Japan.
      Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
      Small marginal tear without gravity, in pie back at the witnesses, and the slightly angular and insolated boards.
      €50
    • La suite dans les idées
      Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

      La suite dans les idées

      Au sans pareil|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
      First edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.
      With an autograph inscription from Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to the publisher A. de Ridder.
      A very good copy, retaining its advertising slip.
      €580
    • Italia
      Théophile GAUTIER

      Italia

      Victor Lecou|Paris 1852|12.50 x 18 cm|relié

      First edition
      Contemporary red half Russian morocco, the spine with double gilt fillets, corners very lightly rubbed.
      Presentation copy, inscribed by Théophile Gautier to Monsieur Bufquin des Essarts on half-title.

      €3,000
    • Chant provincial
      Jules DELACRE

      Chant provincial

      Henri Lamertin • Henri Gaulon|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1913|13 x 19 cm|broché
      first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Jules Delacre to Mr. and Mrs. Engel Bathori.
      Lack head back.
      €70
    • Prière aux mains coupées
      Charles PLISNIER

      Prière aux mains coupées

      Les écrivains réunis|Paris 1930|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
      First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only 25 leading copies after Japan and 25 Holland paper.
      autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Charles Plisnier to the actress and theater Andrée Tainsy woman.
      Nice copy.
      €60
    • La raiz verdadera
      Jorge Enrique MOBILI

      La raiz verdadera

      Talleres graficos Alamos|Buenos Aires 1947|16.50 x 24 cm|relié
      Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Enrique Mobili in the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
      Our copy is enriched by the author's business card.
      €200
    • Elegia
      Jorge Enrique MOBILI

      Elegia

      Imprenta Balmes|Buenos Aires 1948|16.50 x 24 cm|broché
      Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
      autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jorge Enrique Mobili in the singer Jane Bathori who was the companion of the actress and theater woman Andrée Tainsy.
      Our copy is enriched by the author's business card.
      €300
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