Inscribed Books

Victoria OCAMPO
Testimonios[Testimonies]
Editorial Sudamericana|Buenos Aires 1946|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome signed and dated autograph inscription in French from Victoria Ocampo to the singer (Jane) Bathori, who was the partner of the comedian Andrée Tainsy : "... qui a travaillé pour la musique en Argentine with tant de générosité and de chaleur..."
Iconography.
Spine sunned.
€750
Francis CARCO
Verotchka l'étrangère ou le goût du malheur
Albin Michel|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition, one of the copies Alfa paper.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... no hard feelings ..."
spine slightly insolated.
€100
Francis CARCO
La Bohême et mon coeur
Albin Michel|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
Complete Edition, review copy.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... Remember, remember ..."
spine slightly insolated, small angular lack of boards.
€80
Francis CARCO
L'équipe, roman des fortifs
Albin Michel|Paris 1925|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition, one of the copies Alfa paper.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... no hard feelings ..."
spine slightly insolated.
€60
Francis CARCO
Le roman de François Villon
Paris 1930|19 x 28.50 cm|broché
Edition adorned with 65 illustrations from the documents of the National Library, one of 400 numbered copies on Arches paper, one draw after 20 and 10 outside Japan trade.
Precious autograph signed by Francis Carco Descaves to Lucien: "... for his many readers of the Journal ..."
Two gaps at the head and foot of the back, otherwise nice copy.
€150
Maurice BARRÈS
Toute licence sauf contre l'amour
Perrin & Cie|Paris 1892|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
first edition.
Binding half sheepskin pine green, smooth back, plates, guards and contreplats paper moiré, preserved covers, gilded head, contemporary binding signed cold.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph Maurice Barres Francis Chevassu.
Light marginal gaps on the first text reached without slip.
Nice copy.
€150
Léon LAURENT-PICHAT
Libres paroles
Comptoir des imprimeurs-unis|Paris 1847|15 x 24 cm|relié
first edition printed in small numbers.
Full binding shagreen midnight blue, back with four nerves set with gold decorated with double black boxes threads and golden, light head scrapes back, framing of double gold and black nets on the boards, guards and white moiré silk contreplats containing small foxing, framing a set of triple gilt fillets on contreplats, all edges gilt, net gilded on the cuts, both corners with traces of friction, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph quatrain signed Leon Laurent-Pichat.
Some minor foxing.
€300
Marcel PRÉVOST
Dernières lettres de femmes
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1897|15.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition, one of the 15 copies on China, deluxe edition after 5 and 10 Whatman Japan.
Our copy is the publisher Alphonse Lemerre who signed the book by "copy editor" enriched his initials under the justification of the draw.
A wetting at the foot of the second half of the body of the work.
€80
Jules CLARETIE
Le million
E. Dentu|Paris 1882|-|relié
first edition.
Binding to bradel in full brown calico, smooth back thinned with a gold central finial, date and double gold thread tail, navy blue shagreen as an exhibit, preserved Blankets, two corners bumped, then binding signed in cold Pierson.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Jules Clarétie Albert Delpit: "... his colleague and friend ..."
Our copy is enriched with an engraved portrait of Jules Clarétie.
Nice copy.
€100
Roger de BEAUVOIR
Safia
Dumont|Paris s. d. [1843]|13 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
first edition.
Binding half navy blue shagreen, back with four nerves set with double gilded nets decorated with double gilded boxes, marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and the tank ..
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph of Roger de Beauvoir in her kind friend the Marquis de Foresta.
The autograph was trimmed by the bookbinder, foxing.
€300
Albert CAMUS
Actuelles II - Chroniques 1948-1953
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Autograph inscription from Albert Camus to Raymond Peju.
Spine lightly, but insignificantly, sunned.
€1,800
Armand SILVESTRE
Rimes neuves et vieilles
E. Dentu|Paris 1866|11 x 18 cm|relié
first edition.
Bound in half red shagreen, back with five nerves set with black nets decorated with double gilded coffered, gold tail date caps slightly rubbed minor, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, marbled edges, corners blunted.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Armand Silvestre to Monsieur de Margorie.
Our copy has been enriched with a portrait of the author pasted next to the title page.
Preface by George Sand.
€100
Georges de SEGOGNE
Notice sur Henry Pascalis avocat à la cour d'appel, docteur en droit, né à Bougival le 30 Août 1857, mort à Paris le 16 Juin 1887
Alcan-Lévy|Paris 1877|16.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition of this speech delivered at the opening session of the Beccaria conference on November 14, 1887.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges de Segogne to his colleague Sanlaville.
Handsome copy despite small marginal stains on the boards.
€60
Miguel ZAMACOÏS
Les bouffons
Librairie Théâtrale|Paris 1907|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
first edition.
Binding half morocco mint green, back smoothes decorated with typographical motifs and a golden cartridge, chocolate brown morocco title document, time golden tail piece in a mosaic morocco chocolate brown, net gilded on the boards of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, elegant binding signed the Petitot apoque.
Our copy is enriched with an original watercolor of a castle resembling the one in which the action takes place and the Jesters below which Miguel Zamacoïs added these words: "This document of the sixteenth century may well represent Castle Moat -Maupré where the action takes place these buffoons, if one refers to...
€250
NADAR [Félix TOURNACHON]
Les dicts & faicts du chier cyre Gambette le Hutin en sa court [The Sayings & Deeds of the dear sire Gambette the Hutin in his court]
chés l'auctheur|Paris s. d. [1882]|14 x 19 cm|relié
first edition of this Rabelaisian style pamphlet directed against Gambetta, one of 300 numbered copies on paper of the Netherlands.
Binding to open bradel ivory wove, smooth back, red mesh frame compositions painted boards and boards to centers: a bookplate and a monogram on the first front cover and Léon Gambetta dabbling in a bathtub on the second, fragile parchment wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding signed Dodé.
Nadar handwritten signature under the justification of the draw.
Book adorned the author of illustrations.
Provenance: Library of Frederick Lachèvre, bibliographer, specialist in French poetry, with its large bookplate...
€400
NADAR [Félix TOURNACHON]
La Passion illustrée sinon illustre de N.-S. Gambetta [The Illustrated, if not Illustrious, Passion of N.-S. Gambetta]
chés l'auctheur|Paris s. d. [1882]|14 x 19 cm|relié
first edition of this Rabelaisian style pamphlet directed against Gambetta, one of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Binding to open bradel ivory wove, smooth back, red mesh coaching boards and boards painted in watercolor compositions centers: a bookplate and a monogram on the first front cover and Léon Gambetta embodying Christ crucified, fragile parchment wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding signed Dodé.
Nadar handwritten signature under the justification of the draw.
In addition, this copy is enriched with a handwritten correction Nadar pencil in The Passion, p. 45, to orveitan [sic].
Book adorned the author of illustrations.
€400
André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES
Le deuil des roses
Gallimard|Paris 1983|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
first edition in large part.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed andre Pieyre Mandiargues journalist Jean-Claude Lamy who collaborated notably France-Soir.
€70
Daniel BOULANGER
L'ombre
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by the journalist Daniel Boulanger Jean-Claude Lamy who collaborated notably France-Soir referring to Georges Brassens: "Jean-Claude, you just have to Brive that we can bring in our market. I have no vanity wonders ... "
spine and insolated with small clear waterstains.
€40
Germaine BLONDIN
Le jeu de l'oie
Editions Corymbe|Paris 1937|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Autograph inscription from Germaine Blondin to the journalist and film historian Pierre Leprohon.
Spine slightly sunned.
€50
COLLECTIF
Bibliothèque de M. René Descamps-Scrive
Léopold Carteret • Emile Raoust-Leleu|Paris • & Lille 1925|23 x 28.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
first edition.
"Bradel" binding half wedge cardboard vellum way back smooth decorated with a gold jewel, date and dual gold mesh tails caramel as shagreen parts with a stain and scratches, nets gilded frames on boards marbled paper guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, gilded heads, the time bindings signed by Asper, bookbinder in Geneva.
Part One: old books, first editions and illustrated books of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, wonderful books to figures of the eighteenth century, richly bound copies.
Second part: Book the Romantic contemporary, great writers and various authors, illustrated books of the nineteenth printed on papeir...
€500
Lorédan LARCHEY
Dictionnaire des noms contenant la recherche étymologique de vingt mille deux cent noms relevés sur les annuaires de Paris
Aux dépens de l'auteur|Paris 1880|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper and justifés by the author, only big papers.
Binding to bradel half percaline pine green, smooth back, date and dual tail golden net, as Red shagreen piece with small scratches, rips two head back, marbled paper boards, preserved covers, binding of time signed by Pierson.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Loredano Larchey Jules Richard.
Bookplate engraved by Henry René Millaud Chapront pasted on a contreplat.
Nice copy almost free of freckles.
€250
Ferdinand FABRE
Un illuminé
Charpentier|Paris 1890|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Bound in brown half shagreen, spine raised on four bands set with gilded nets, small black spots on the back without gravity which also has very slight scratches are not serious, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, binding of time.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Ferdinand Fabre Mr. Allard.
€150
François MAURIAC
Asmodée
Grasset|Paris 1938|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête.
Autograph inscription from François Mauriac to Louis Brun, director of Editions Grasset : "... mon pemier essai au théâtre..."
Louis Brun's ex-librisprinted in front of the half title.
A very good copy with good margins.
€1,000
Max RADIGUET
Reflets de tableaux connus
J.B. & A. Lefournier|Brest 1874|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies, written justification of the author who numbered our copy.
Binding to bradel half cherry red morocco with corners, back with five nerves with a gold monogram, small traces of black wax on the back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats paper to the tank, a light without a hitch gravity on a cut, gilded head, elegant binding signed Canape-Belz.
Signed autograph of Max Radiguet to Gabriel du Tillet.
A rare and beautiful example pleasantly set in a charming binding signed Canape-Belz.
€150
Samuel RICHARDSON, Jules JANIN
Clarisse Harlowe
Librairie d'Amyot|Paris 1846|11.50 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the French translation by Jules Janin.
Binders full glossy red calf, back with four nerves set with ornate golden dotted double gilded nets and gilded boxes decorated with golden typographical reasons, two split bits and restored heads and feet, wheels on golden headdresses, supervision of a wide gold lace and a lace cold stamped on the boards, gilded with gold initials hit the centers of plates, nets gilded on the cuts, framing a golden lace on contreplats, guards and contreplats paper to the bowl, gilt edges, upper corners very lightly bumped, beautiful bindings then signed Lebrun.
Signed autograph of her dear Jules Janin Massol, "... I ask you to keep...
€300
Jean-Daniel MAUBLANC
G. Delatousche
La pipe en écume|Paris 1941|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated works by Germain Delatousche reproductions, including 15 boards inset in-fine.
Signed autograph of John Daniel Maublanc Albert Sardin.
Tears on the inner flaps of cover boards, otherwise nice copy.
€40
Henri RAMET
Histoire de Toulouse
Librairie Tarride • Imprimerie régionale|Toulouse s. d. [1935]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 15 boards inset and numerous vignettes.
Tribute autograph Henri Ramet head of the title page.
A tear in foot of the back, which is inevitable in view of the fragility of this volume of 922 pages, two small angular gaps on the second board.
€100
Jean ROUSSELOT
Les heureux de la terre
Albin Michel|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition printed on Alfa paper and for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Signed autograph of John Rousselot Jean Sauteron "... the proud of the earth ... that's us!"
Pleasant copy.
€30
Henry KISTEMAECKERS
La flambée
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1912|12 x 19 cm|relié
first edition.
Binding blue half morocco with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gold set with double gilded coffered decorated in their centers dotted parts sand and red morocco mosaic depicting a flower pistil and enriched with gold typographical grounds in their petals, framing gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head, elegant contemporary binding signed Vermorel.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Henry Kistemaeckers to actress Madeleine Bouvier, wife of Henri Daniel-Rops Petiot alias: "To my lovely interpètre tomorrow (and after ...) Madeleine Danielrops (sic) until something...
€200
Charles FOLEŸ
Drames de coulisses
Librairie Molière|Paris 1902|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Binding to bradel half percaline mint green, smooth back with a gold jewel, date and dual gold tail thread back, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his friend Theodore Lhomer "... Memories of his old comrade ..."
Pleasant copy.
€80
Roger VAILLAND
La fête
Gallimard|Paris 1960|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Vailland Carmen Tissier.
Printed pads underneath the autograph on the title-page fake and head of the title page, a small bright spot in the second flat foot.
€80
Charles YRIARTE
Campagne de France 1870-1871. La retraite de Mézières effectuée par le 13ème corps d'armée aux ordres du général Vinoy
Henri Plon|Paris 1871|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
first edition of this thesis.
Marine half calf binding, slightly browned flat spine decorated with gilt fillets and cold, gold monogram of Count Henri de Greffulhe tail back, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, corners very lightly bumped, binding the unsigned time.
Signed autograph of General Vinoy to Henri Greffulhe count.
Pleasant beautifully drawn copy.
€150
Lucien PINVERT
Mérimée et le combat de Schwardino, le vrai enlèvement de "La redoute"
Alphonse Picard & fils|Paris Mai-Juin 1914|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue des études historiques.
Half red shagreen binding, spine slightly browned with three raised bands decorated with the gilt paraph of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated three times, spine and covers bearing traces of black wax, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Pinvert to Roger de Cormenin.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave...
€100
Achille Arthur DESJARDINS
Les trois flèches d'Hassan, conte
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1888]|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
Edition printed small number on rod.
Signed autograph Arthur Desjardins Achilles Madame Charles Buloz.
Rare copy and pleasant.
€120
Charles FOLEŸ
Zéphyrin Baudru
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1899|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half red calico, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title Bordeaux shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his friend Theodore Lhomer.
Pleasant copy.
€80
Charles FOLEŸ
Mulot & gendres
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
first edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
Binding to bradel half percaline periwinkle, smooth back with a gold floral design, double net gilded tail, part of title hazelnut shagreen, marbled paper plates, wrappers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Charles Foley to his old friend Theodore Lhomer.
Pleasant copy.
€80
Albert de POUVOURVILLE
L'homme qui a mis les boches dedans
Eugène Figuière|Paris 1919|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper which he is no mention, only large papers.
Bound in black morocco half, back with five nerves, golden tail date marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, gilded head, elegant contemporary binding signed Creuzevault.
Tribute autograph dated and signed by the author.
Rare and enjoyable copy all beautifully set margins.
€400
Sacha RICAS
Le salon bleu d'Arthénice par son ombre agrémenté de quelques aperçus touchant les prosateurs de ce temps
Plon|Paris 1912|14.50 x 19 cm|relié
first edition published anonymously, one of 15 copies hors commerce numbered on Japan, our specially printed for Professor Albert Robin.
Binding half morocco Chocolate corners, back with four nerves, nets gilded framing of marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head on witnesses, wrappers and back preserved and bound in, elegant binding signed Marot-Rodde.
Very nice autograph signed full-page Sacha Ricas Professor Robin: "... my best friend Professor Robin who not only perpetuates human life, but still afraid to revive the ghosts since it is through her magnetic presence qu'Arthénice must have awakened from a lethargy of more than two hundred...
€350
Ernest RENAN
L'eau de jouvence
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1881|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
first edition.
Binding half caramel calf, back smoothes decorated with gilded nets and dotted, golden tail date, title piece of chocolate morocco small traces of restoration on a bit, marbled paper plates, a slight lack of skin Length of the first flat, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, dotted gilded on the cuts, sprinkled edges, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph Ernest Renan to his friends Perrot.
autograph dedication of the author having been trimmed slightly by the bookbinder.
Pleasant copy.
€200
Jean DOLENT, Eugène CARRIÈRE
Monstres
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition illustrated, frontispiece, an etching of Eugène Carrière engraved by Félix Bracquemond.
Signed autograph Jean Dolent Charles Martel: "... let us learn the words ..."
Pleasant copy fragile parchment flawless coverage.
€300
Ferdinand FABRE (inscribed to Ferdinand de LESSEPS)
L'abbé Tigrane candidat à la papauté[Abbé Tigrane, Candidate for the Papacy]
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1873|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
first edition of the author's masterpiece.
Binding half morocco navy with corners, back with five nerves decorated with gilded nets set with double ornate gilded coffered typographical motifs, golden tail date coaching gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , gilded head, wrappers and back preserved and bound in (slightly dated back), gilded head, perfect binding signed Devauchelle.
Precious and exceptional autograph signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps to Fabre: "To the French, Ferdinand de Lesseps, testimony of profound respect, Ferdinand Fabre".
Provenance: the Gryse Georges library with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
€600
Léon LAURENT-PICHAT
La sibylle
Librairie Nouvelle|Paris 1859|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition.
Binding in full caramel shagreen, back with five nerves set with black nets adorned with double black boxes, title of the golden work wrongly spelled "Sybille", golden casters on the caps, framing of double black nets on the boards, framing of a golden lace on the counterplates, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, all golden edges, golden thread on the cuts, elegant binding from the time signed by Simier and executed for the author.
Touching autograph shipment signed by Léon Laurent-Pichat to his sister Rosine.
Beautiful copy perfectly established in a full Simier binding and enriched with a moving autograph signed by the author to his...
€300
Lucien PINVERT
Un post-scriptum sur Mérimée
Librairie Henri Leclerc|Paris 1911|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Half caramel shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, faded turquoise morocco title label, gilt date at foot, tiny lack at foot of one joint, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Franz.
Signed autograph inscription from Lucien Pivert to vicomte (Roger) de Cormenin.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Prosper Mérimée.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de...
€80
Auguste BARBIER
Nouvelles satires, Pot-de-vin et Erostrate
Paul Masgana|Paris 1840|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bound in half cherry red Russian morocco with corners, spine with five fine raised bands set with double gilt fillets decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt romantic tools, gilt date at foot, one joint showing traces of rubbing, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, handsome binding in the Romantic taste signed by Canape.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Auguste Barbier to Monsieur Oliveira.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins of certain leaves.
Handsome copy perfectly bound in a handsome pastiche...
€350
Henri POURRAT, François ANGELI
La veillée de novembre
Aux éditions de la cigale|Uzès 1937|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
New edition printed on higher vellum.
Autograph signed by Henri Pourrat to his auvergne friend Robert Garric: "... this story of a poet who comes from the sun to the light ..."
Reform Catholic, he was the founder of the "Social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to constitute a social elite and to bring the good word on the confraternity born from the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of the patronages . Simone de Beauvoir, then a student of Robert Garric in philosophy at the Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a young girl": "Garric appeared; I forgot...
€100
FRANC-NOHAIN
Fables
Grasset|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the...
€50
Georges BLOND
La grande aventure des migrateurs
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1955|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of George Brown to John Chabillon "... hoping that these migratory become friends ..."
Iconography.
€30
FRANC-NOHAIN
Nouvelles fables
Editions Spes|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered...
€50
Louis FARGES
Ma terre. Visions et souvenirs de l'Auvergne et du Massif Central
Impimerie P. Carrère • chez l'auteur|Rodez • & Aurillac 1932|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
first edition on the current paper.
Full binding brown shagreen, slightly thinned smooth back, framing a net gilded on the boards, guards and contreplats paper moiré, preserved cover, binding signed Nicolas.
Dated and signed autograph dedication to Louis Farges his young cousin Robert Garrabos: "... for he loves with equal love the Auvergne thief and the heath of Biscay and thus becomes or Chancellor or Marshal ..."
€60
Louis JALENQUES
Quelques jolies lettres de Vermenouze
Imprimerie moderne|Aurillac 1923|16.50 x 25.50 cm|agrafé
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Louis Jalenques the Auvergne Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he...
€50
Maurice MARTIN DU GARD
Vérités du moment
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper, false mention of fifth.
Signed autograph of Maurice Martin du Gard Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we...
€50
Pierre-Henri SIMON
L'école et la nation. Aspects de l'Education Nationale
Les éditions du cerf|Juvisy [Juvisy-sur-Orge] s. d. [1934]|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Pierre-Henri Simon Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had...
€60
Marcel ARLAND
Où le coeur se partage
Nrf|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of wich no leading copies exists, review copy.
Signed autograph Marcel Arland Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he...
€20
Georges VALOIS
Guerre ou révolution suivi de Réflexions sur le Panthéon : images du Panthéon, symboles de l'ancienne culture
Librairie Valois|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Georges Valois Robert Garric and review of youth.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he...
€80
[ASSOCIATION RHIN & DANUBE] Jean de Lattre Maréchal de France. Le soldat - l'homme - la politique
Plon|Paris 1953|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on Alfa paper, ours unjustified but specially printed for Robert Garric, only large paper after 35 "pur-fil" paper.
Our copy is enriched with a business card of the Association of Veterans "Rhine & Danube" on which were inscribed "with its sincere thanks."
Some small foxing mainly leaflets margins, light stains on boards.
€80
Roger VERCEL
Jean Villemeur
Albin Michel|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Vercel Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the...
€50
Michel TOURNIER
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Gallimard|Paris 1981|22.50 x 31.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with photographs of Pat York and Sygma.
Binding to bradel Editor open carton, flat spine, illustrated boards.
Signed autograph Michel Tournier: "A Aymeric with the smile of Michel Tournier ..."
Pleasant copy.
€150
Daniel HALÉVY
Pays parisiens
Grasset|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Daniel Halevy Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the...
€45
FRANC-NOHAIN
Saint Louis
Flammarion|Paris 1932|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Franc-Nohain Robert Garric: "... Remember Lille ..."
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he...
€50
Pierre RICHARD
Jean-Marc Bernard dauphinois
Galerie Dromoise|Valence [Valence] 1926|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 650 numbered copies on laid "bouffant" paper, one draw with 15 Holland paper.
Signed autograph of Pierre Richard in French journalist Paul Mathieix Action.
In addition, our copy is enriched with an autograph ticket Pierre Richard Paul Mathieix thanking him for mentioning in his book reviews the book in question and asking him to make him more publicity to publicize the house of edition of "The DROMOISE gallery".
Book illustrated with a portrait of Jean-Marc André Bernard Bost frontispiece.
Pleasant copy.
€80
Gustave KAHN
Domaine de fée
Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1895|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on colored paper, one draw with 10 Holland paper.
Signed autograph of the author Henry Febvre.
Small tears with three light gaps on the back and the boards, foxing on the guards.
€150
Édouard DRUMONT, Lucien MÉTIVET
Les tréteaux du succès : Figures de bronze ou statues de neige
Flammarion|Paris 1900|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph from the author to the French journalist Paul Mathieix Action.
Book decorated with illustrations of Lucien Métivet.
A few minor scratches on his back lightly browned, some spots on the flat poremier well as the earliest and latest leaflets.
€450
Édouard DRUMONT, Gaston COINDRE
Vieux portraits vieux cadres
Flammarion|Paris s. d. [1903]|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper.
autograph dedication of the author signed autograph from the author to the French journalist Paul Mathieix Action.
spine slightly faded with scratches that caused shortages of paper, spots on boards and guards.
Book illustrated with 110 drawings of Gaston Coindre.
€300
Edmond HIPPEAU, Jean-Louis DUBUT DE LAFOREST
L'affaire du "Gaga" avec une lettre de Dubut de Laforest
Dentu|Paris 1886|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition printed few.
Signed autograph from the author to composer and music critic Oscar Comettant.
Two small rips on the back, light angular gaps in the back and walk on the flat.
Rare.
€200
Paul SIGNAC, Jean AJALBERT
Sur les talus[On the Embankments]
Léon Vanier|Paris 1887|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition printed in 51 copies numbered and initialled by the author on Whatman.
Playful and striking signed presentation inscription from Jean Ajalbert to Henry Fèvre: "... ex-écrevisse de rempart, ces vers de l'auteur des bastions..."
Illustrated with an original lithograph by Paul Signac as frontispiece.
Minor spots on the lower cover, a rare and handsome copy.
€1,500
Georges DARIEN
Bas les coeurs! 1870-1871
Albert Savine|Paris 1889|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, service de presse (advance) stamp to lower cover.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Georges Darien to Monsieur Conil.
Two small tears repaired on the spine, angular lacks on the upper cover with three tears, foxing on covers.
Rare.
€600
Bernard GRASSET
Remarques sur le bonheur
Gallimard|Paris 1931|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, a 1800 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Signed autograph Bernard Grasset Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, the dedicatee was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at the Institut Sainte-Marie of Neuilly remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he...
€60
Bernard GRASSET
Psychologie de l'immortalité
Gallimard|Paris 1929|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition, a numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Signed autograph Bernard Grasset Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at the Institut Sainte-Marie of Neuilly remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had...
€60
Marcel ARLAND
La vigie
Gallimard|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph Marcel Arland Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at the Institut Sainte-Marie of Neuilly remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the...
€30
Roger VAILLAND
Bon pied bon oeil
Corrêa|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of the author Christian Melchior-Bonnet.
Two small clear spots at the top of the first guard.
€80
Francis CARCO
Ombres vivantes
J. Ferenczi & fils|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Tribute autograph signed by the author.
A small scratch on the back that also has a slight tear in the foot.
€40
Samuel BECKETT
Mal vu mal dit
Editions de Minuit|Paris 1981|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
Editions de Minuit, Paris 1981, 14x19,5cm, original wrappers.
First edition, one of 114 numbered copies on alfa mousse, this one of 15 hors commerce (advance) copies.
Signed and inscribed by Samuel Beckett to a friend.
A very good copy.
€1,200
Jacques CHARDONNE
Eva ou le journal interrompu
Grasset|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Alfa paper and reserved to the press service.
Signed autograph of the author Robert Garric.
Some small foxing mainly affecting the guards.
€120
Maurice BARRÈS
L'appel du Rhin - La minute sacrée
Société littéraire de France|Paris 1919|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
first edition on the current paper it is printed on Rives 30 leading copies.
Signed autograph of the author Robert Garric.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece engraved on wood by Alexandre Noll.
€150
Victor HUGO
Le Pape
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1878|15 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 15 copies on Whathman paper
Contemporary Bradel binding by Paul Vié in red cloth, gilt fleuron to spine, midnight blue morocco titlepiece, double fillet and date at foot of spine
Handsome autograph inscription from Victor Hugo to Leconte de Lisle, poet and head of the Parnassianist movement, who would go on to take over Hugo's chair at the Académie Française.
€8,000
Victor HUGO
Les Burgraves
E. Michaud|Paris 1843|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half blue-grey cloth Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by Champs, spine with gilt stylized floral motif, date and double gilt fillet to foot, navy blue shagreen title-piece with a small angular lack to top, covers preserved.
Autograph inscription signed by Victor Hugo to his friend, the literary critic Henri Trianon.
Small manuscript correction to the first page of the introduction, a few small wormtracks to the title and half-title.
Provenance : Morizet collection, collection of Raymond Boueil with his engraved ex libris, Maurice Escoffier (Le mouvement romantique N°1557), Robert Schumann, manuscript initials (1965...
€4,500
Paul CELAN (Trad.) (inscribed to Edgar JENÉ)
Die Jünge Parze - Exemplaire d'Edgar Jené[The Young Parca — Edgar Jené’s copy]
Insel verlag|Wiesbaden 1960|21.50 x 33.50 cm|broché sous étui
First edition of the german translation by Paul Celan, printed on vergé.

Slight foxings, not serious, on one cover of the slipcase.
A good copy.
Autograph inscription, signed and dated, by Paul Celan to the surrealiust painter Edgar Jené and his wife : "Für Erica und Edgar Jené herzlich, Paul Celan. Paris, am 30. Oktober 1960".

€2,300
Vladimir MAIAKOVSKI
Le nuage dans le pantalon et suivi d'autres poèmes
Les revues|Paris 1947|14 x 20 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation established by Benjamin Goriély, one of 2000 numbered copies on white vellum.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Vladimir Mayakovsky by Granovski.
Signed autograph inscription from Benjamin Goriély to the journalist, screenwriter and producer Pierre Dumayet, one of the pioneers of French television.

€50
Gustave LE ROUGE
Verlainiens et décadents
Editions Marcel Seheur|Paris 1928|13 x 18 cm|relié
Original edition on the current paper.
Binding half morocco cherry, back with five nerves, golden tail date marbled paper plates, paper contreplats guards and the tank cover and spine preserved (back insolated), gilded head, elegant binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Rare autograph signed by the author to his friend Aristide Boureaud.
Iconography.
Nice copy pleasantly established.
€680
Gustave LE ROUGE
Verlainiens et décadents
Editions Marcel Seheur|Paris 1928|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête.
Elegant half cherry-red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved (spine sunned with filled-in lack at head), top edge gilt.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Gustave Le Rouge to Monsieur Crottet.
Iconography.
A very good copy in a nice binding.
€1,800
Claude BONNEFOY (inscribed to Raymond QUENEAU)
Entretiens avec Eugène Ionesco - Exemplaire de Raymond Queneau[Conversations with Eugène Ionesco – Raymond Queneau’s Copy]
Pierre Belfond|Paris 1966|11 x 18 cm|broché
First edition, of which no copies on deluxe paper were issued.
Spine slightly faded as usual.
Precious signed presentation inscription from Eugène Ionesco to Raymond Queneau: "Pour Raymond Queneau, le Satrape, avec mon admiration affectueuse (et que tant je voudrais revoir plus que de temps à autre). Eugène Ionesco."

€1,000
Jean COCTEAU
Reines de la France[Queens of France]
Grasset|Paris 1952|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Madagascar, tirage de tête.
Autograph inscription from Jean Cocteau to Roger Bradier.
Spine re-inforced to head and foot.
€800
André BRETON
Point du jour
Nrf|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
With an autograph inscription from André Breton to Robert de Saint-Jean.
Good copy, retaining its advertising slip.
€680
Louis MOREAU, Marcel PÉNITENT
Flammes vertes
Editions Marcel Pénitent|Paris 1926|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with original woodcuts inset color of Louis Moreau, one of 25 numbered copies on Imperial Japan, deluxe edition.
Signed autograph of the author to his friend Raymond Bezard.
Nice copy.
€200
Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY
Du dandysme et de G. Brummell. - Memoranda
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1887|9.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
Later edition.
Autograph inscription from Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly to Madame Salomon : "... parce qu'il est plus moi que mes autres livres, je vous l'offre...[since it is more like me than my other books, I give it to you…]" What an inscription!
With a frontispiece portrait of the author by Martinez.
The front free endpaper with the inscription very slightly and partially faded.
Autograph inscriptions by Barbey d'Aurevilly on this work are rare and much sought after.
€2,500
Georges LE MEILLEUR, Alfred de MUSSET
Sur trois marches de marbre rose
Chez l'illustrateur|Paris 1928|21 x 27.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 17 original woodcuts drawn and engraved by George Best, one of 112 numbered copies on Arches, only 23 draw with Japan variously enriched.
Signed autograph of George Best in Clement-Janin "... the critical aspect as friendly, cordial tribute to his old friend ..."
Nice copy.
€300
Alfred Amédée MASSON-FORESTIER
Autour d'un Racine ignoré
Mercure de France|Paris 1910|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the copies of the press service.
Binding sheepskin half hazelnut, back with five nerves filetsnoirs crimped, flat timber so paper and spiral effect, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, red head.
Signed autograph of the author: "Henry original end Bidou teller, who would displease Racine unless displease Debates ..."
Frontispiece, a Racine portrait.
A little lack of paper heads white guards binding, nice interior state.
€80
Georges GATINEAU
Des pattes du Tigre aux griffes du destin
Les presses du mail|Paris 1961|14 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on select bouffant only major papers.
Dated and signed autograph dedication from the author to full page Serge Pain: "... I am pleased to dedicate this book, in which he found in food and drink, as it is unconventional Perhaps the distraita. t it? I hope so ... "
Pleasant specimen with all margins.
€80
Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)
Trois primitifs[Three Primitives]
Albert Messein|Paris 1905|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper; only 17 copies were printed on deluxe Japanese paper.
Bradel binding in full boards covered with glazed marbled paper, smooth spine, navy Russian morocco lettering piece, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge; an elegant signed pastiche binding by T. Boichot.
Illustrated with 6 plates hors texte.
A fine copy, handsomely presented in a pastiche binding.
With a precious signed autograph inscription by Joris-Karl Huysmans to his friend and literary executor Lucien Descaves.
Lucien Descaves, a naturalist writer, Communard, libertarian and anti-militarist, founded the Joris-Karl Huysmans Society in 1927.
€1,500
Jean DONNAY, Valery LARBAUD
Rues et visages de Paris
A la lampe d'Aladdin|Liège 1927|17 x 22 cm|broché
Edition after a few months to the original one of 1020 numbered copies on colored vellum, ours one of the 20 hors commerce justified by the publisher.
Binding to bradel full percaline sand, smooth back, as part of olive morocco first dish covered with a map of Paris and surrounding suburbs, preserved covers and backs, gilded head, signed G. Gauché binding.
Signed autograph of the author Madame (Madeleine) Harting "... with my respectful homage and gratitude for Savigny ..."
Madeine Harting attended literary and artisitiques circles, was a bookseller and publisher of texts by André Gide, Paul Valery, Francis Carco, Valery ... Larbaud, founder of the publishing house "At...
€500