Modern Illustrated books

Jean-Paul QUINT, Honoré de BALZAC
Sur le moyne Amador qui feut ung glorieux abbé de Turpenay
René Kieffer|Paris 1921|21.50 x 23 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with color images by Jean-Paul Quint, one of 580 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown morocco-grained shagreen, spine with two raised bands decorated with blind-stamped motifs, covers entirely decorated with blind tooling depicting figures and animals, top edge gilt, uncut, original wrappers preserved, joints slightly cracked at head with minimal lacks, binding signed by Kieffer.
Occasional light foxing at foot of some leaves without consequence.
Handsome copy perfectly bound by René Kieffer.
€400
Henri POURRAT, [Jean ANGELI as] Jean L'OLAGNE
Sur la colline ronde (films auvergnats)
Imprimerie moderne|Clermont-Ferrand 1922|19 x 24.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure linen, deluxe printing with 50 on pure Ambert rag.
Work illustrated with 72 drawings by François l'Angeli.
Bookplate pasted on a label bearing the manuscript description of our copy by a bookseller.
Handsome copy presented in a chemise and slipcase in full cardboard covered with marbled paper.
Beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Pourrat to academician Jean de Pierrefeu in the form of a poem.

€350
Gaston LA TOUCHE, Albert SAMAIN
Aux flancs du vase
Société du livre d'art|Paris 1906|17.50 x 24.50 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 52 original etchings by Gaston La Touche, including 25 colored headpieces and 27 printed in green including a frontispiece, a title vignette and 25 tailpieces.
The work is printed in 100 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours one of the few copies reserved for collaborators whose name has been properly erased.
Bradel binding in full glazed green marbled calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt tooling on headcaps, covers with double gilt fillet border and fleurons at corners, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré silk, following endpapers of marbled paper, covers and spine preserved, gilt fillets on edges, all edges gilt, slipcase...
€800
André DESLIGNIERES, Romain ROLLAND
Colas Breugnon
Editions Mornay|Paris 1927|15 x 20.50 cm|relié sous étui
Edition illustrated with 35 original two-tone wood engravings by André Deslignières, one of 895 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on pastedown, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, morocco-backed chocolate brown slipcase, marbled paper boards, brown felt lining, elegant binding signed by Alix.
Handsome copy perfectly executed.

€350
Tsugouharu, Léonard FOUJITA, Emile STEINILBER-OBERLIN (Trad.)
Chansons des geishas [Songs of the Geishas]
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1926|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation, one of 470 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only printing after 87 on Japon paper.
Half orange morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, date gilt at foot, moiré-patterned paper boards, upper joint skillfully restored, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, gilt top edge, contemporary binding signed Durvand-Pinard.
A pleasant copy.
Illustrated with watercolours and coloured vignettes by Foujita.
€1,500
Tristan TZARA, Louis MARCOUSSIS
Indicateur des chemins de coeur[Guide to the Paths of the Heart]
Editions Jeanne Bucher|Paris 1928|-|broché
First edition printed in 100 copies, ours numbered on Arches laid paper.
Work illustrated with three hors-texte etchings by Louis Marcoussis, pink laid paper cover decorated with an engraved vignette on the front cover.
Very handsome copy.
€2,800
Jean JOUBERT, Gérard CALVET
Oniriques
L.e.o. éditeur|Montpellier 1965|14.50 x 23 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Rives laid paper with an original drypoint by Gérard Calvet, numbered and signed by him, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.
€180
Georges LE BAYON, Jacques JOSSE
Un jour plus d'autres
Editions Hôtel Continental|Paris 1987|12.50 x 16 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure Lana paper, deluxe copies.
A handsome and rare copy.
Our copy is complete, like the 30 deluxe copies, with the original engraving by Georges Le Bayon which he signed and numbered in pencil.
€150
Jean CAPDEVILLE, Ludovic MASSÉ
Le sang du Vallespir[The Blood of the Vallespir]
Imprimerie Sitget|Céret 1980|26 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in a very small number on B.F.K. de Rives paper.
Work illustrated with 6 original paintings heightened with gouache and chalk by Jean Capdeville.
Title, date, place of publication handwritten by Ludovic Massé and manuscript signatures of Ludovic Massé and Jean Capdeville at end of volume.
Rare and handsome copy.
€2,500
COLLECTIF, Pieter BRATTINGA
Muziekpaper - Musicaper - Papier à music - Notenpapier
Jong & Co|Hilversum 1970|24.50 x 24.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à rabats
First edition hors-commerce consisting of a cadrat sheet resulting from a series of printing experiments in the field of graphic art, plastic arts, literature, architecture and music initiated by the lithographic printers of Steendrukkerij de Jong & Co.
Texts in Dutch, German, English and French.
This music paper contains 16 cubes subdivided into four series of numbers and a playground composed of 16 plans (one sixteen-plan features white lines on black background and one sixteen-plan bearing black lines on white background).
The multiple combinations that result offer numerous possibilities to make, for example, a game, an educational shape recognition exercise for...
€200
Maurice UTRILLO, Francis CARCO
Montmartre vécu par Utrillo[Maurice Utrillo’s Montmartre]
Editions Pétridès|Paris 1947|28 x 38 cm|relié
First edition, one of 240 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, with 22 color lithographs after gouaches, including 12 full-page plates by Maurice Utrillo, printed in the ateliers of Fernand Mourlot and Lucien Détruit.
White aniline calf with gilt titanium joints, ink-painted boards in green and grey, decoration continuing edge-to-edge on the liners, loose endpapers on papier japon dyed with Kakishibu by the binder, title lengthwise on the spine, decorated chemise titled on the spine and matching custom slipcase. Original wrappers and spine preserved.

Binding signed by Julie Auzillon, gilt title by Geneviève Quarré de Boiry and gilt top edge by...
€15,000
François-Louis SCHMIED, Joseph-Charles MARDRUS
Le livre des rois - L'avènement de Salomon[The Book of Kings - The Accession of Solomon]
Gonin & Cie|Lausanne 1930|19.50 x 25.50 cm|Woodcut|relié
Le Livre des rois. L'Avènement de Salomon
Gonin & C^ie | Lausanne 1930 | 19.5 x 25.5 cm | Bradel binding

Edition translated from Semitic texts by Joseph-Charles Mardrus and printed with 195 numbered copies on Arches, ours is one of the 20 hors commerce copies comprising a double set of illustrations in black and in colour.
Bradel binding in half olive green morocco, spine decorated with a set of gilt squares of different sizes, one of them with a piece of pink mosaic morocco in the centre, gilt fillet frame on the snake skin paper boards, olive green endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed Thomas Boichot.
€5,000
Jean TARDIEU, Jean CORTOT
Une page d'antho-entomologie[A Page of Antho-Entomology]
Editions Adélie|Limoges 1995|22 x 28 cm|une feuille dépliante sous chemise et étui cartonnés
Rare first edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the only printing.
This first edition is printed on the right half of each page in an unbroken single column, with the top and bottom margins omitted. The left half, from the first to the last page, is occupied by the contribution of the painter and graphic artist Jean Cortot, in lithography.
The work is presented in the publisher’s board binding, each cover made of three laminated layers of corrugated cardboard, with the upper cover and spine printed; the slipcase is of the same type.
At the end of the volume, a small Limoges ceramic in colour, composed by Jean Cortot, is embedded in the board and protected...
€700
Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, Jean GIRAUDOUX
Fugues sur Siegfried
Editions Lapina|Paris 1930|16.50 x 23 cm|broché sous étui
First edition, one of 49 numbered copies reimposed on imperial Japan paper, deluxe issue after 1 unique Japan and 19 old Japan copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Gorvel and 4 original etchings by Jean-Emile Laboureur.
Handsome copy complete with the double state of the etchings and a proof of the cancelled plates on Japan as stipulated in the justification of issue.
€600
Edmond MARIE, Paul VALÉRY
Choses tues
Editions Lapina|Paris 1930|16.50 x 23 cm|broché sous étui
Edition with most parts in first edition, one of 49 copies reimposed and numbered on Japon impérial, deluxe copies after 1 unique Japon and 19 vieux Japon.
Rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Edmond Marie and 4 original etchings hors-texte as well as numerous in-text drawings by Paul Valéry.
Handsome copy complete with the double state of the portrait engraving, the proof of the cancelled plate and the suite of etchings as stipulated in the justification of the issue.

€450
Jacques DERREY, Maurice MAETERLINCK
Les trésors des humbles
Victor Dancette|Le Vésinet 1949|23.50 x 28.50 cm|3 volumes en feuilles
Illustrated edition with 25 original etchings by Jacques Derrey and printed in 275 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of the 40 deluxe copies containing a suite in first state and a suite in final state on thin Japan paper.
Rare and handsome copy lacking the slipcase.

€150
Jacques CLAUZEL
Les livres de Jacques Clauzel. Espace poétique - espace pictural
Espace Louis Feuillade|Lunel 1997|21 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the exhibition catalogue "Les livres de Jacques Clauzel" at the Louis Feuillade space in Lunel from October 11 to November 2, 1997.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Clauzel to poet Charles Dobzynski.
€60
Khayyam's masterpiece by a master of the Golden Age of Illustration
Khayyam's masterpiece by a master of the Golden Age of Illustration
Omar KHAYYAM, Edmond DULAC
Rubaiyat
Hodder and Stoughton|London 1909|22 x 28.60 cm|relié
Signed limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by the artist.

Original publisher's cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover with elaborate design in gilt.

Colour frontispiece and colour plates mounted on cream paper, captioned tissue-guards, by Edmund Dulac. Cloth soiled, some foxing to margins. With a loose leaflet advertising the exhibition of the original drawings at Leicester galleries in 1909.
€1,200
Audrey PARR, Paul CLAUDEL
Le vieillard sur le mont Omi[The Old Man on Mount Ōmi]
Société d'édition "Le livre"|Paris 1927|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 250 numbered copies on ivoirine paper.
Work illustrated with japonisant butterfly compositions by Audrey Parr reproduced in white gouache by Jean Saudé, the properties of this ivoirine paper allowing one to discern the butterflies printed on both sides of the leaf, some white and the "shadows" of others showing through by transparency.
Handsome copy despite the cockling inherent to the quality of this paper and the fact that each leaf of the work is mounted.
€750
Philippe LORIN, Bernard de VENTADOUR
Dix chansons du coeur épris
Editions Vialetay|Paris s. d. [circa 1960]|28.50 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Illustrated edition with 25 original color compositions painted in gouache and signed by Philippe Lorin, one of 39 numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
Some light foxing, otherwise a handsome copy.
The slipcase is also illustrated with an original lithograph by Philippe Lorin.
Manuscript signatures of Philippe and the publisher below the justification page.

€200
Daniel LOURADOUR, Randal LEMOINE
La violence et l'écume
Pierre Lanauve de Tartas|Paris 1965|27.50 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First illustrated edition with 17 original lithographs by Daniel Louradour, one of 210 numbered copies on grand vélin de lana containing the definitive state of the illustrations.
Some minor foxing on the chemise boards and endpapers, otherwise a pleasant copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Randal Lemoine to President Emilien Amaury enriched with the signatures of Daniel Louradour and Pierre de Tartas de Lanauve.

€350
COLLECTIF, Pieter BRATTINGA
Nu N°2[Nude No. 2]
Jong & Co|Hilversum 1967|25 x 25 cm|broché
First edition of this quadrilingual issue consisting of a series of experiments in printing in the field of graphic art, plastic arts, literature, architecture and music collected by Pieter Brattinga.
Illustrations.
Texts in Dutch, German, English and French.
Covers marginally and slightly sunned without gravity, handsome copy.

€50
Francis CARCO, Pierre DEVAUX
Jésus-la-caille
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1939|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the adaptation in slang, by Pierre Devaux, of this famous novel about male prostitution, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated by Pierre Devaux.
Signed and inscribed by Pierre Devaux to Madeleine Marceron.
€100
Auguste LEPERE, Roger MARX
Nantes en dix-neuf-cent
Emile Grimaud et fils|Nantes 30 juillet 1900|19.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with fifty-nine engravings on copper and wood by Auguste Lepère, one of 220 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper with the Nantes watermark, the only issue, this one printed specially for M. Join-Lambert.
Full tawny calf binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, boards richly decorated with a broad design of compartments, interlacing and shells inlaid with green, mahogany and black calf in the Renaissance taste, silk moiré doublures framed with seven gilt fillets, endpapers of matching silk, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with rubbed and peeling headcaps, Art Nouveau binding signed with the monogram DLR at foot of first...
€2,800
Michel DORIGNÉ, Daniel TAR
Calandine
Errol Buckner|Paris 1958|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 250 numbered deluxe copies, the only grand papier copies.
Illustrated with 7 drawings by Daniel Tar.
Signed autograph inscription by Daniel Tar to a friend enriched with a drawing framing the autograph inscription: "... toutes mes amitiés particulières et autres. Amicalement, cette erreur de puberté. Daniel Tar." ["...all my particular and other friendships. Cordially, this error of puberty. Daniel Tar."]
€100
Georges CHAMPEAUX, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
La grande messe des morts de Hector Berlioz
Columbia Pathé-Marconi|Paris 1944|18.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.
Fine copy.
€80
Sylvain SAUVAGE, Anatole FRANCE
Les sept femmes de Barbe Bleue et autres contes merveilleux
A. & G. Mornay|Paris 1925|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with original woodcuts in black and colors by Sylvain Sauvage, one of 878 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, moiré paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Saulnier.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

€400
Andréa de NERCIAT, Paul-Émile BÉCAT
Le doctorat impromptu
Editions Eryx|Paris 1946|20.50 x 26 cm|en feuilles
Illustrated edition in first printing. Limited edition of 745 numbered copies. One of 50 hors commerce copies, N°XVII. 8 hors-texte compositions and 10 in-text compositions hand-colored with pochoir. Additionally 2 original colored drawings not used for the edition (pencils, watercolor), all in a tissue paper folder.
Publisher's binding. Chemise and slipcase, beige cloth and red marbled paper. Cream folded cover printed in red with vignette. Handsome copy, slipcase and cover in very good condition, leaves and additional material very fresh.
€1,000
Georges GOETZ, Gilbert DUPÉ
La foire aux femmes
S. n.|Paris 1946|19 x 24 cm|broché
New edition printed specially for the author's friends.
Spine very lightly sunned with three small, light dampstains, minor marginal tears to boards.
Work illustrated with color plates by Georges Goetz.
Signed and inscribed by Gilbert Dupé to André Morice, then Minister of Transport.
€80
P.E. LAMAISON, Pierre ALARY
Voyage de l'Avant-matin ou la tabatière magique
Publications françaises|Paris 1962|25.50 x 32.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on Canson paper, ours being one of 150 numbered in Roman numerals and hand-colored for all illustrations, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated by Pierre Alary.
Handsome copy.
We include the subscription bulletin for the work, three menus from dinners aboard the steamship "Flandre" from April 15, 16 and 17, 1957
Our copy is enriched with this manuscript note on a loose leaf of Canson paper by Jean Guitton in red pencil: "Il n'est pas nécessaire qu'un livre soit lu... Parfois un beau titre suffit. Jean Guitton" ["It is not necessary that a book be read... Sometimes a beautiful title suffices. Jean...
€100
Benjamin RABIER, CARAN D'ACHE
L'album. Les maîtres de la caricature[The Album. The Masters of Caricature]
Jules Tallandier|Paris 1902|25.50 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with numerous unpublished drawings in black and in color by Albert Guillaume, Ferdinand Bac, Albert Robida, Lucien Métivet, Jean-Louis Forain, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Job, Charles Léandre, Hermann Paul, Benjamin Rabier, Charles Huard, Henry Gerbault, Abel Faivre, Paul Balluriau...
Publisher’s decorated binding in full cloth, smooth spine decorated with a green floral motif, bevelled boards, the upper cover illustrated by Lucien Métivet showing the masked faces of most of the illustrators of this volume and, above them, a society lady manipulating these caricatures with strings like puppets, endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper slightly discoloured at...
€1,800
Henry LEMARIE, Charles PERRAULT
La belle au bois dormant. - La barbe bleue. - Cendrillon
Jean Porson|Paris 1948-1950|16 x 24.50 cm|3 volumes en feuilles
First printing of the 109 color miniatures by Henry Lemarié, one of the numbered copies on Rives laid paper for each volume.
Small traces of soiling on the inner flaps of the slipcases which also have small paper lacks to the corners.
Handsome and rare set, lacking three of its slipcases, which was originally intended to comprise six tales but of which only three were published.

€250
Anna AKHMATOVA, COLLECTIF
La revue de Belles-Lettres N°1-3 de la 120ème année
La revue de Belles-Lettres|Genève [Geneva] 1996|18 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue entirely devoted to Anna Akhmatova, one of 105 numbered copies on Rivaldi satiné Ivoire, ours one of 25 copies lettered by hand and reserved for friends and collaborators of the review, deluxe issue.
Very fine copy.
Numerous contributions including those by Anna Akhmatova, Isaiah Berlin, Susan Amert, Boris Pasternak, Pierre Voélin, Petra Hesse, Boris Eïkhenbaum, Viktor Vinogradov, Nicolas Bouvier...
Issue illustrated with engravings by Henri Presset.
Our copy retains at the end, like the 105 copies of the deluxe issue, its original print justified and signed by the artist.
€500
Sigfredo ARIEL
El cielo imaginario
Vigia|Matanzas 1996|18 x 27.50 cm|broché retenu par une corde de chanvre
First edition, one of 200 numbered and signed copies, the only issue.
Work illustrated by Violeta Naranjo enhanced by hand and embellished with collages.
Our copy contains a beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Ariel Sigfredo to a French poetess.
€300
Robert du PONTAVICE DE HEUSSEY
L'inimitable Boz. Etude historique et anecdotique sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Charles Dickens
Maison Quantin|Paris 1889|16 x 25 cm|relié
New edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands showing slight scuffs, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt with deckled edges, scuffs with lacks to marbled paper on lower edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Charles Dickens as frontispiece.
Handsome copy.
€300
Maurice LALAU, ANONYME
Les quinze joyes de mariage
Jules Meynial|Paris 1928|23 x 30 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition decorated with 37 original color compositions, plus one on the cover, by Maurice Lalau created for the first time using the graphichromie process invented by the artist, including one on the cover, a title vignette and 37 in the text.
Printing begun in 1926 was completed on November 15, 1928.
Unique print run limited to 150 numbered copies on vélin Madagascar-Lafuma.
Slipcase split at foot, joints of the chemise spine with scratches.
Our copy includes the complete suite of 37 black illustrations on vellum.
Rare and handsome copy.
€800
Raymond ROUSSEL
La poussière de soleils
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work decorated with 17 color illustrations.
Handsome copy despite small foxing mainly affecting the edges.
€80
Emmanuel BOVE, René BEN SUSSAN
Un père et sa fille
Au sans pareil|Paris 1928|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Montgolfier laid paper.
Spine and boards marginally discolored and sunned as usual, a crease mark at foot of first board, bookplate pasted on endpaper.
Work illustrated with 8 lithographs by René Ben Sussan.
Autograph inscription signed by Emmanuel Bove: "A Willy Michel de tout coeur." ["To Willy Michel with all my heart."]
€300
René DAUMAL, Etienne COURNAULT
Le contre ciel[The Counter Heaven]
Université de Paris|Paris 1936|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on Auvergne paper, ours one of 75 not-for-sale copies, the only printing after 10 copies on China and a few hors commerce copies; this copy specially printed for René Daumal.

Frontispiece illustrated with an original lithograph by Étienne Cournault.
Very faint, insignificant foxing to the margins of the covers.
A handsome copy complete with its original wraparound band.

Exceptional and superb signed autograph inscription dated 27 December 1936 from René Daumal to his future partner Véra Milanova : « à Véra Milanova – à toi Véra, d'abord ces anciens mensonges (que je n'ai pu nourrir...
€6,500
Jean ANOUILH, Jane PECHEUR
Antigone
La Table Ronde|Paris 1945|25.50 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition illustrated with 11 original watercolor by Jane Pécheur, one of the 190 numbered copies on vélin crèvecoeur.
Nice copy.
€600
BRASSAÏ
Histoire de Marie
Les éditions du point du jour|Paris 1949|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa vellum.
Introduction by Henri Miller.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Brassaï to Alex and Nadia Bloch.

€300
Prosper MÉRIMÉE, Gaston VUILLIER
Colomba
A. Ferroud|Paris 1913|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 31 original compositions by Gaston Vuillier etched by Omer Bouchery, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper containing the etchings in two states.
Full brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple compartments as well as gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of quadruple gilt fillets on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, covers preserved, top edge gilt, superb full morocco binding signed by Blanchetière.
Superb copy.
Copy established in a very handsome full morocco binding by Blanchetière.
€2,000
Victor BRAUNER, Jacques HÉROLD
Le merveilleux
Les éditions des quatre vents|Paris 1946|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece by Victor Brauner and an hors-texte by Jacques Hérold.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened as usual.
€80
Masterpiece of Eroticism with a capital O
Masterpiece of Eroticism with a capital O
Hans BELLMER (ill.) Pauline RÉAGE [Dominique AURY]
Histoire d'OStory of O
Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Sceaux 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on laid paper, only grands papiers (deluxe) copies besides 20 Arches and 100 service de presse (advance) copies on laid paper.
Our copy is complete with the rare vignette etching drawn and engraved by Hans Bellmer printed 'en sanguine' present in only around 200 copies.
Preface by Jean Paulhan.
Spine very lightly faded.
A beautiful copy of this masterpiece of erotic literature.
€4,000
Démétrios GALANIS, Marcel ARLAND
Edith
Nrf|Paris 1929|11 x 17 cm|broché
First edition, one of 527 numbered copies on vellum.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 2 etchings by Démétrios Galanis.

€80
Lucien FONTANAROSA, Charles DE COSTER
Aventures héroïques, joyeuses et glorieuses de Thyl Ulenspiegel
Union Latine d'Edition|Paris 1969|19 x 24.50 cm|3 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur sous étuis
Edition illustrated by Fontanarosa, one of the numbered copies on pure thread paper.
Publisher's full brown leather bindings, faded spines with four raised bands, front covers enhanced with Gothic lettering and a border of stylized floral motifs, owls stamped in blind on rear covers, top edges gilt.
Some small dark spots on the spines.
Handsome complete set with slipcases.

€150
Vladimir VELICKOVIC, André VELTER
Blanc de scalp
Christian Bourgois|Paris 1974|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with drawings by Vladimir Velickovic.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by André Velter to Charles Dobzynski "... de la pratique du scalp : un poème à blanc." ["... on the practice of scalping: a poem in white."] enriched with the manuscript signature of Vladimir Velickovic.
€80
Alain LE YAOUANC, Louis ARAGON
Le Yaouanc. Lithographies
La pierre d'angle|Paris 1975|27 x 37 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à rabats
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Text by Louis Aragon in French followed by its English translation.
Work illustrated with lithographs by Alain Le Yaouanc.
Manuscript signatures by Alain Le Yaouanc and Louis Aragon at the colophon.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with its original lithograph by Alain Le Yaouanc, which he justified and signed.

€800
Charles DOBZYNSKI, François FÉRET
Journal alternatif
Editions Bernard Dumerchez|s. l. 2000|13.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 copies on Rivoli paper, deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Our copy lacks the original work by François Féret which normally accompanies the 40 deluxe copies.
Manuscript signatures of Charles Dobzynski and François Féret on the justification page.

€80
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO, Edmond BAUDOIN
Le procès-verbal
Gallimard|Paris 1989|22 x 29.50 cm|reliure souple de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with drawings by Edmond Baudoin.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's soft binding.
Our copy is enriched with an autograph inscription and original signed drawing by Edmond Baudoin in black ink depicting a woman's face.
€250
ANONYME, André HUBERT
Les cent nouvelles nouvelles du Roi Louis XI
Union latine d'éditions|Paris 1956|19.50 x 24.50 cm|2 volumes reliés sous étuis
Illustrated edition with drawings by André Hubert executed by Pierre Crampe, one of 500 numbered copies on pur fil dame blanche paper, deluxe issue.
Publisher's full cloth Bradel binding in vellum style, smooth spines with titles and fleurs-de-lys in blind, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, marbled paper slipcases edged with cloth and imitation leather.
Spine of second volume slightly soiled, otherwise a very fine copy.
€200
Franz TOUSSAINT, Léon CARRÉ
Le Jardin des caresses[The Garden of Caresses]
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1914|23.50 x 30 cm|broché sous étui
L'édition d'art, H. Piazza | Paris 1914 | 23.5 x 30 cm | original wrappers, slipcase

An edition of 500 copies, this one of 100 copies on Japon imperial paper, with a black-and-white suite of Léon Carré's 20 color illustrations.
Publisher's blue paper covers with gilt arabesques in relief, spine very slightly creased and sunned, the chemise with a few tears, slipcase with slight tears to two edges.
€2,500
Abram KROL
Hors oeuvre
Editions Noël|Paris 1998|20 x 20 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with sketches by Victorine Séauve.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Abram Krol to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.
€80
André MASSON, Jean-Jacques LÉVÊQUE
Le temps réfléchi
P.A.B.|Ribaute-les-Tavernes 1964|15.50 x 21 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed à 40 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives.
With 3 original engravings by André Masson
Rare and nice copy.
€1,500
Alain LE YAOUANC, Louis ARAGON
Le Yaouanc
La pierre d'angle|Paris 1979|24.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, with the illustrated dust jacket.
Fine copy despite small marginal tears on the dust jacket skillfully repaired with adhesive pieces.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Alain Le Yaouanc.
Our copy is enhanced with two signed autograph inscriptions by Alain Le Yaouanc, dated 1979 and 1993, to the poet Charles Dobzynski, embellished with two original drawings, one of which has suffered a tear that has undoubtedly removed the name of a previous dedicatee with a violence that leaves one wondering about the nature of this mysterious first recipient.
The first endpaper also bears an...
€1,800
Charles DOBZYNSKI, François FÉRET
Lavoir de toutes les couleurs
Cadex éditions|Nîmes 1995|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copy.
spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Handsome copy lacking its slipcase.
Our copy contains an original painting by François Féret which he signed and justified.

€150
Julien GREEN
L'ombre
Plon|Paris 1956|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy wide-margined.
Illustrations by Charles Shoup.
€450
Honoré de BALZAC, François SCHOMMER
Une ténébreuse affaire[A Dark Business]
L. Carteret|Paris 1909|17.50 x 27 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 29 original compositions by François Schommer (including the cover), one of 75 deluxe numbered copies on Japan or Marais laid paper, ours on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Full blue morocco binding, spine very lightly sunned with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt interlaced designs, date and place gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, wide frame of fifteen gilt fillets in interlaced pattern on boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt fillets in interlaced pattern on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on edges, covers preserved, top and fore edges gilt, engraved bookplate pasted on one pastedown, elegant English binding very...
€1,800
Abram KROL
Livres, suites, estampes gravés au burin 1958-1978
A. Krol|Paris 1992|21 x 30 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Illustrated book of numerous reproductions of engraved works by Abram Krol.
Preface by Dominique Daguet.
Iconography.
Autograph dated and signed by Abram Krol to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... two decades of a copper plowman, friendly."
€80
Madeleine SMETS-LEFRANCQ, Arthur RIMBAUD
Bateau ivre[The Drunken Boat]
Ateliers du vieux tilleul|s. l. s. d. [circa 1954]|33 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles
Edition printed in 50 numbered and justified copies on Arches paper by Bonaventure Fieullien, ours printed for André Bocquetin with his bookplate pasted on a guard.
Pleasant copy.
This calligraphed album, engraved and printed on his hand presses by Bonaventure Fieullien (Franciscan monk who studied at the Academy of Brussels under the direction of the Belgian painter Oswald Poreau and who worked in sculpture, stained glass and painting, but who was especially recognized for his remarkable and spectacular illustrated books with amazing idiosyncratic lettering) was illuminated by Madeleine Smets-Lefrancq.
Signatures of Bonaventure Fieullien...
€450
John GRAND-CARTERET, Gustave GIRRANE
L'enseigne. Son histoire & sa philosophie. Ses particularités
Librairie Dauphinoise H. Falque & F. Perrin • Librairie Savoyarde François Ducloz|Grenoble • & Moutiers 1902|22 x 29 cm|relié
First edition printed in a numbered edition of 1,250 copies.
Half tan shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded and rubbed with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt double compartments, gilt friezes at head and foot, a mosaic shagreen piece in sand and black in the middle of the spine representing a sign, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, red top edge, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
Work illustrated with numerous drawings in black and color, within the text and full-page by Gustave...
€250
Charles DOBZYNSKI, François FÉRET
Journal alternatif
Editions Bernard Dumerchez|s. l. 2000|13.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 copies on Rivoli, head print.
Pleasant copy.
Our copy includes the original work of François Féret that he signed and justified.
Handwritten signatures of Charles Dobzynski and François Féret at the justification of the print.
€250
Martine BRODA, Gisèle CELAN-LESTRANGE
Double
La répétition|Paris 2006|19.50 x 29 cm|broché
first edition printed in 150 numbered copies, ours not justified.
Rare and pleasant copy.
Illustrated book of 3 drawings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange.
Autograph signed by Martine Broda to poet Charles Dobzynski.
€200
Jacques VILLON, Robert GANZO
Oeuvre poétique
Paris 1957|20 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Illustrated edition of 8 original etchings by Jacques Villon including 2 in color, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches paper vellum.
Back of the shirt and partially exposed case covers.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signatures of Jacques Villon and Robert Ganzo at the justification of the draw.
€800
Hermine DAVID, Benjamin CONSTANT
Adolphe
Fernand Hazan|Paris 1948|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
Illustrated edition of 14 original vignettes of Hermine David, one of the numbered copies on vellum from the Marais, ours one of the 14 literates comprising an original drawing signed by Hermine David , a series of vignettes on Japan and a colored suite with hand by Hermine David , head print.
Beautiful copy.
€1,000
Henry de MONTHERLANT, Marti BAS
Le chaos et la nuit
Henri Lefèbvre|Paris 1963|28.50 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition illustrated with 32 original lithographs by Marti Bas, one of 200 numbered copies on grand vélin d'Arches, the only issue after 20 Japan and 30 grand vélin d'Arches.
Handsome copy.
€300
Henry de MONTHERLANT, Madeleine MELSONN
Le plaisir et la peur
Henri Lefèbvre|Paris 1952|25 x 32 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on vellum from the Marais, only print after 20 vellum from Montval and 10 vellum from Auvergne.
Illustrated book of chisels with bullfighting subjects by Madeleine Melsonn including 9 full-page and 4 in headers and dead ends.
Partially insolated boards, otherwise pleasant and rare copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Henri de Montherlant to Doctor Bocquentin: "... this pleasure and this fear that often ends up in billiards ..." enriched by an autogrape signature signed by Madeleine Melsonn.
€750
Paul CLAUDEL, Audrey PARR
Sainte Geneviève
Chinchiocha|Tokyo 1923|14 x 33 cm|en feuilles se dépliant en accordéon sous ais de kiri et chemise de percaline
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on special paper called "Hôcho", the only printing along with 12 deluxe copies and 6 hors commerce copies.
Work illustrated with 14 drawings in the text by Audrey Parr engraved on wood by Bonkotsu Igami, "following the Japanese process", with a color composition by Keisen Tomita (on verso), engraved by Bonkotsu Igami, an autograph poem in facsimile, title page drawn by Noémi Pernessin.
Rare and very handsome copy without any foxing, spine of the blue percaline chemise slightly faded as usual.
Provenance: from the library of Doctor Lucien-Graux with his pasted bookplate.
€900
Josette & Georges COLOMER
Les poètes ibéro-américains dans la guerre civile espagnole (1936-1939)
Imprimerie Graphic Eclair|Villemomble 1980|21 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of this bilingual poetic anthology (Spanish-French) established by Josette and Georges Colomer for which it was not printed from large papers.
Publisher's binding in full black cardboard, smooth back, illustrated first cover.
Iconography and original drawings by Josep Castell.
Pleasant copy.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Georges Colomer enriched by the signature of his wife Josette to their friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... those painful poems that tell the tragedy of the Spanish Republic ..."
€80
COLLECTIF
Regards sur Minotaure. La revue à tête de bête
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève|Paris 1987|25 x 29 cm|broché
First edition of this exhibition catalogue held at the Musée Rath in Geneva then at the Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris from 17 October 1987 to 29 May 1988.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.
€80
From Watercolour to Watercolourist
From Watercolour to Watercolourist
ABBÉ PREVOST
Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
Javal et Bourdeaux|Paris 1927|24.50 x 29 cm|relié
L'Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, by the Abbé Prévost. First edition with these illustrations, comprising 15 watercolours by René Lelong, engraved on copper in wash and stipple by Jean-Antonin Delzers in the manner of the 18th century, and printed in colour by register.

One of 100 deluxe copies on blue-tinted Arches vellum, no. 122, for which the justification calls for an additional suite printed in a single colour; this suite is not present in the present copy.

...
€2,000
Jean-Louis VAUDOYER, Charles SAMSON
Images de France
Les Heures claires|Paris s. d. [1951]|16 x 24.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition illustrated with 12 original drypoints by Charles Samson, one of the numbered copies.
Spine of chemise and edges of slipcase marginally sunned, handsome copy.
€40
Edgar Rice BURROUGHS
Tarzan and "the foreign legion"
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc|Tarzana [Los Angeles] 1947|16 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, red top edge, complete with its illustrated dust jacket discreetly reinforced on the interior.
Work decorated with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs.
€500
Edgar Rice BURROUGHS
Tarzan and the forbidden city
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc|Tarzana [Los Angeles] 1938|13.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, red top edge, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Traces of removed labels on the inside of the endpapers.
Work illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs.
€500
Edgar Rice BURROUGHS
Tarzan triumphant
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc|Tarzana [Los Angeles] 1932|13.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, red top edge, the illustrated dust jacket of our copy is not the original one.
Gift inscription in pen and a library shelving indication at the head of an endpaper.
Work illustrated by Studley O. Burroughs.
€500
Marcel COULON
Toute la muse de Ponchon
Editions de la Tournelle|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Work illustrated by V. Le Campion.
Spine and front cover uniformly sunned, back cover marginally sunned.
€30
Emile BERNARD, SALOMON
Le cantique des cantiques qui est de Salomon. C'est le grand & excellent d'entre les autres cantiques
Grasset|Paris 1946|25 x 32.50 cm|broché
Illustrated edition of original woods by Emile Bernard, one of 700 numbered copies on Arches paper vellum.
Pleasant copy.
€250
René BOYLESVE, Lucien MADRASSI
Le dernier mot sur l'amour
Editions Lapina|Paris 1926|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives.
Work illustrated with original drypoints by Lucien Madrassi.
Handsome copy.
€30
SINÉ, Jacques STERNBERG
La géométrie dans l'impossible
Losfeld Le Terrain Vague|Paris 1960|19 x 24 cm|broché
First print of the numerous illustrations by Siné.
Beautiful copy despite two small tears at the top and bottom of the back.
€50
HERMANN-PAUL
Conseils obscurs ou quarante ans d'inexpérience
Léon Pichon|Paris 1925|28.50 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacets et à rabats
First edition consisting of a series of 13 prints of Hermann-Paul engraved on wood in two tones and printed in 150 numbered copies and signed by Hermann Paul on vellum in the form .
Pleasant copy despite small spots at the bottom of the front of the lace-up shirt.
€700
Eugène BEJOT, Maurice GUILLEMOT
Entrac'tes de pierres
Henri Floury|Paris 1899|18.50 x 26 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 11 original etchings by Eugène Béjot, one of 300 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only one print after 25 imperial Japan, variously enriched.
Binding in half brown morocco with corners, back with five nerves, golden date at the tail, traces of friction on the joints, framing of golden nets on the boards of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, slightly blunt corners, wrappers preserved and bound in, golden head, ex-libris glued on a counterplate.
Handwritten signatures of Maurice Guillemot and Eugène Béjot below the justification for the print.
€300
Lucien REBATET, Ralph SOUPAULT
Le diable à l'hôtel Matignon
Editions littéraires de France|Paris s. d. [circa 1936]|20.50 x 27 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à rabats
First edition.
Work illustrated with original illustrations by Ralph Soupault.
Handsome copy despite a light stain at the foot of the second cover of the chemise.
€120
André René Polydore ALYSSAN DE CHAZET
Mémoires, souvenirs, oeuvres et portraits
Postel • Allardin • Dentu • Tessier • Delloye|Paris 1837|13.50 x 21.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition of 11 original etchings by Eugène Béjot, one of 300 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only one print after 25 imperial Japan, variously enriched.
Bindings in fawn half sheepskin, smooth backs adorned with golden romantic arabesques, small losses and slight friction in the back tails, joints slightly split in heads and in tails, marbled paper boards, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, speckled edges , bindings of the time.
Some foxinges.
Illustrated book of three frontispiece portraits and 6 autographed facsimiles.
Our copy is enriched with a handwritten autograph letter dated February 15 (1826) from ARP Allysan de Chazet in...
€350
Paul CLAUDEL, Jean CHARLOT
Le livre de Christophe Colomb
Gallimard|Paris 1933|22.50 x 28.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on Japon impérial, deluxe copy.
Half blue morocco binding, smooth spine, blue morocco frame with gilt fillet on vellum-style box calf boards, blue morocco title vignette stamped at center of front board, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with blue morocco edges, blue paper boards, very elegant binding signed Pierre-Lucien Martin executed in 1954.
One small stain of no consequence at foot of front board of slipcase.
Work illustrated with numerous drawings in text and hors-texte printed in three colors by Jean Charlot.
Fine copy perfectly executed by Pierre-Lucien...
€1,200
Jean-Loup PHILIPPE, Cozette de CHARMOY
La complainte des machines à coudre
Editions Loup & Cozette de Charmoy|Paris 1994|28 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition published in honor of Isaac Merritt Singer and printed in 80 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print after 30 Japan.
Book decorated with 8 original serigraphs by Cozette de Charmoy.
The translation into English of Jean-Loup Philippe's seven poems is located at the end of the volume.
Beautiful copy.
Handwritten signatures of Jean-Loup Philippe and Cozette de Charmoy at the justification of the print.
€250
HANSI
Mon village. Ceux qui n'oublient pas
Henri Floury|Paris 1934|25.50 x 33 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition decorated with 62 original compositions in colors (including 2 on the cover, 1 frontispiece repeated at the end of the work, 1 on the title page, 15 full-page illustrations hors-texte and 43 in-text, including 1 repeated twice).
Publisher's binding in full sky blue boards, smooth unlettered spine, illustrated covers, endpapers and pastedowns of paper with patriotic motifs representing roosters, red edges, binding signed Engel.
Headcaps very lightly rubbed without significance, handsome copy of this work published for the little children of France.
€350
Julien GREEN
L'ombre
Plon|Paris 1956|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with illustrations by Charles Shoup.
€450
Julien GREEN
Sud
Plon|Paris 1953|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours specially printed for Charles Shoup, the illustrator of this work, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy despite two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine.
Work illustrated with 4 illustrations by Charles Shoup.
€450
Auguste BROUET, Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
Le drageoir aux épices
Les graveurs modernes|Paris 1929|22.50 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 54 original etchings by Auguste Brouet, one of 125 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives paper.
The joints of the chemise are fragile, slipcase marginally and slightly split.
Handsome copy.

€350
Jean GIRAUDOUX, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
Anne chez Simon
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1926|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and two vignettes engraved in copperplate by Daragnès.
Handsome copy containing, at the end of the volume, the triple states of the illustrations as in the deluxe copies.
€350