Jean DUTOURDLe paradoxe du critique suivi de Sept saisonsFlammarion|Paris 1972|15.50 x 22.50 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.Handsome copy.Sold
Joseph-Charles MARDRUSLe livre des mille et une nuitsCharpentier • Fasquelle (5 last volumes) • Editions de La revue blanche (11 first volumes)|Paris 1899-1904|14 x 22.50 cm|16 volumes brochésFirst edition, on current pay, of the literal and complete translation established by Jean-Charles Mardrus.Pleasant and rare together despite some rare bites and foxing margins of some boards and some guards.We enclose a printed business card of Jean-Charles Mardrus.Our copy is enriched, at the head of the first volume, of a signed autograph letter of two pages of Joseph-Charles Mardrus to a correspondent (Gabriel Hanotaux) that he covers with praise about articles on Islam published recently and which favor the autograph dedication of the author by Jean-Charles Charles, by way of its recognition, of the 16 volumes that counts "the Thousand and one nights" that it adapted.Sold
Louis JOUVETPrestiges et perspectives du théâtre français. Quatre ans de tournée en Amérique latine 1941-1945Gallimard|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, one of 48 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.A good copy.Sold
Luigi PIRANDELLOUn personne et cent milleNrf|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition in French, translated by Louise Servicen, one of 75 copies numbered on pur fil, the only large paper copies.Autograph inscription by Louise Servicen to Raymond Gallimard.A good copy.Sold
Joseph KESSEL, Georges SUAREZLe Onze maiGallimard|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition, one advance (service de presse) copy.Handsome autograph inscription signed by Joseph Kessel to Henri Béraud : "A mon cher Béraud avec mon inaltérable and fidèle amitié."Spine faded and sunned, as usual, a pale dampstain in the amrgins of the first leaves.Sold
ANONYMECorrespondance diplomatique relative à la guerre de 1914 (24 Juillet-29 Août)Hachette & Cie|Paris 1915|15 x 23 cm|brochéSixth edition.A small tear with loss at foot of spine, a stain on the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.€40
Louis DESGRAVESLes livres imprimés à Bordeaux au XVIIème siècleDroz|Paris • & Genève [Geneva] 1971|16 x 24.50 cm|brochéFirst edition.A rare and very good copy.€100
(Paul ADAM) Marcel BATILLIATPaul AdamBibliothèque internationale d'édition|Paris 1903|12 x 19 cm|brochéFirst edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.Autograph inscription by the author.With a frontispiece portrait of P. Adam by Jacques Blanche.Work decorated with tailpieces by Orazi.Illustrated biography with portraits, caricatures and autograph facsimiles, handsome copy.€70
F. ROUSSELLe bonheur irréelEdition du réveil|Gand [Ghent] 1894|12 x 15.50 cm|brochéFirst edition printed in only 250 numbered copies on Hollande paper.Cover illustrated with an interlaced design.Significant lack at head of spine, tiny marginal lack to second cover, otherwise rare and handsome copy.€100
Jean-Baptiste DELAMBRERapport sur les progrès des sciences mathématiques depuis 1789 et sur leur état actuelImprimerie Impériale|Paris 1810|21.50 x 27 cm|brochéFirst edition printed on laid paper.A small corner lack to the first cover, very pale marginal dampstain affecting the first few pages, a small corner lack to the front endpaper, otherwise handsome interior condition.€300