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Nobel Prize in Literature

420 results
Nobel Prize in Literature
  1. Les séquestrés d'Altona
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Les séquestrés d'Altona

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the 45 numbered copies on Holland paper, the "tirage de tête" (first deluxe copies).
    Nice copy.
    €1,500
  2. Situations, IV. Portraits
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Situations, IV. Portraits

    Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 Holland.
    Handsome copy.
    €120
  3. Zacharie l'escarcelle et autres récits
    Alexandre SOLJENITSYNE

    Zacharie l'escarcelle et autres récits

    Julliard|Paris 1972|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by two of the translators Lucile and Georges Nivat to Mr. and Mrs. Toboul.
    €70
  4. Jocaste et le chat maigre
    Anatole FRANCE

    Jocaste et le chat maigre

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed in blind by Petitot.
    A tiny angular lack at head of first endpaper.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel: "... ce très mauvais livre..." ["... this very bad book..."]
    €250
  5. Le mannequin d'osier
    Anatole FRANCE

    Le mannequin d'osier

    Calmann Lévy|Paris s. d. [circa 1915]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to Petitot.
    A small tear at head of spine at one raised band.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Henriette Lefebure.
    €250
  6. Le procès-verbal
    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
  7. Vie de Jeanne d'Arc
    Anatole FRANCE

    Vie de Jeanne d'Arc

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1904-1908|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Half navy blue morocco bindings, spines with five raised bands showing some minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, contemporary bindings signed Petitot.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to Madame Félix Roussel on the first volume.
    €400
  8. Trois des quatre soleils
    Miguel Ángel ASTURIAS

    Trois des quatre soleils

    Albert Skira|Genève [Geneva] 1971|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation.
    Small traces of film on the back and the boards, second board marginally exposed.
    Rich iconography.
    Autograph dedication signed by Miguel Angel Asturias to Charles Dobzynski: "... poet I admire ..."
    €150
  10. Sam Dodsworth
    Sinclair LEWIS

    Sam Dodsworth

    Plon|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of the copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 50 on pur fil.
    Fine copy.
    €40
  11. Album Gide
    (André GIDE) COLLECTIF

    Album Gide

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1985|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    First edition.
    Richly illustrated.
    Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, glassine wrapper and soft slipcase.
    €80
  12. Album Sartre
    (Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL

    Album Sartre

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition.
    Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Richly illustrated.
    Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
    €80
  13. Souvenirs
    Rabîndranâth TAGORE

    Souvenirs

    Nrf|Paris 1924|17 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 108 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    €120
  14. Sauf-conduit
    Boris PASTERNAK

    Sauf-conduit

    Corrêa|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 100 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only large papers.
    Beautiful copy.
    €150
  15. Les Thibault
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault[The Thibaults]

    Nrf|Paris 1922-1940|12 x 19 cm|11 volumes brochés
    First edition for each of the volumes with print runs varying from 297 to 1,250 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies along with the reimposed copies.
    Spines and front covers of volumes 4 and 6 partially sunned, one endpaper foxed, otherwise handsome set.
    €1,800
  16. Manuscrit inédit sur l'idéologie bourgeoise et la Révolution française
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Manuscrit inédit sur l'idéologie bourgeoise et la Révolution française [Unpublished Manuscript on Bourgeois Ideology and the French Revolution]

    s. d. [1952]|-|12 feuillets

    Autograph manuscript of 12 pages on squared sheets, written in blue ink, with numerous passages underlined.
    A previously unpublished set of reflections by Jean-Paul Sartre on social structure and bourgeois ideology, probably written in 1952 as part of a projected screenplay on the revolutionary period. This series of interior dialogues on the nature of individual and collective power constitutes an early draft of the ideas later developed in his 1960 masterpiece, Critique of Dialectical Reason. Through the example of the French Revolution and the Terror, Sartre questions the role of the citizen and of property, drawing on the writings of Kant, Marx...

    €4,500
  18. Lettres
    André GIDE

    Lettres

    A la lampe d'Aladdin|Liège 1930|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 157 numbered copies on tea-tinted laid paper, the only printing after 3 Japan, 5 Holland and 25 Madagascar.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  19. Le feu sur la terre
    François MAURIAC

    Le feu sur la terre

    Grasset|Paris 1951|14 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 470 numbered copies on alfa paper.
    A full-margined copy.
    €40
  20. L'élu
    Thomas MANN

    L'élu

    Albin Michel|Paris 1952|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 77 numbered copies on Lana vellum, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €300
  21. Exil
    SAINT-JOHN PERSE

    Exil

    Editions des lettres françaises|Buenos Aires 1942|23.50 x 31 cm|broché
    Second edition, with some parts of the text in first edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy with 10 Whatman.
    Worming to first cover, handsome copy.
    €300
  22. Saül
    André GIDE

    Saül

    Nrf|Paris 1923|9.50 x 16 cm|broché
    Edition published for the first performance of the play and printed in 110 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  23. Les poésies d'André Walter
    André GIDE

    Les poésies d'André Walter[The Poems of André Walter]

    Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1892|15 x 19 cm|relié sous étui
    First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on tinted vellum, the only printing after 10 on Japan paper.
    Full black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, moiré silk endpapers and doublures in beige, gilt fillet border on doublures, all edges gilt, original wrappers and spine preserved, slipcase edged in black morocco with mustard-yellow paper sides, a superb binding signed by Miguet.
    A fine copy, perfectly bound.
    €2,500
  24. Journal 1942-1949
    André GIDE

    Journal 1942-1949

    Gallimard|Paris 1950|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on alfama paper.
    Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
    Fine copy despite slight sunning at head of spine.
    €60
  25. Une rencontre en Westphalie
    Günter GRASS

    Une rencontre en Westphalie

    Seuil|Paris 1981|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation for which it was not printed from large papers.
    Pleasant copy.
    Handwritten signature of Günter Grass on the half title page.
    €150
  26. Comment dire
    Samuel BECKETT

    Comment direWhat Is The Word

    S. n. • [ Jean-Jacques Sergent]|s. l. s. d. [1998]|17 x 25.50 cm|broché
    Comment dire [What Is The Word]


    no publisher | no place [ca 1980] | 17 x 25.5 cm | original wrappers
    A curious and fascinating Lettrist publication about which we have not been able to find any publication details.
    A good and very rare copy in tracing-paper covers, occasionally interlaced with leaves of flexible plastic, the whole sewn and protected with a cover of thicker tracing paper.
    he text is illustrated with images that now recall the Middle Ages and now look forward into modernity.
    A very good copy despite the missing initial self-adhesive sticker on silver paper at the beginning of the volume bearing the title.
    €1,000
  27. Explication de l'Etranger
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Explication de l'Etranger

    Aux dépens du Palimugre|Sceaux s. d. [1946]|12 x 14.50 cm|broché
    First edition hors commerce and printed in small numbers, ours one of 30 copies justified by the publisher on Japan, deluxe copy ("tirage de tête").
    Rare and pleasant copy.
    €2,800
  28. Correspondance 1899-1926
    Paul CLAUDEL, André GIDE

    Correspondance 1899-1926

    Gallimard|Paris 1949|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 362 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Preface and notes by Robert Mallet.
    One crease mark at head of first cover, very slight marginal tears to covers.
    Handsome copy illustrated with photographic portraits of Paul Claudel and André Gide.
    €50
  29. Le procès-verbal
    Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO

    Le procès-verbal

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Binding half shagreen havana corners, back with four nerves set with gilded nets, paper plates effects moiré and gold, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
    Signed autograph of Francis Carco Marcel Thiébaud: "... meanwhile" Mists ".
    €400
  30. Les possédés
    Albert CAMUS, Fedor DOSTOIEVSKI

    Les possédés

    Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the theatrical adaptation by Albert Camus, one of 40 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the author, the most limited deluxe issue after 21 on Hollande paper.
    We include on Gallimard editions letterhead, the printed slip "de la part de M. Albert Camus."
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, a pale and small dampstain at foot of spine, a marginal crease to front board.
    €1,000
  32. Ainsi soit-il ou les jeux sont faits
    André GIDE

    Ainsi soit-il ou les jeux sont faits

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 315 copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue after 56 on Madagascar.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  33. Lettres du Japon
    Jeanne-Henriette TIRMAN, Rudyard KIPLING

    Lettres du Japon

    René Kieffer|Paris 1925|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation illustrated with decorations by Jeanne-Henriette Tirman, one of 1000 copies on tinted laid paper.
    Spine slightly discolored.
    Signed gift inscription at the head of an endpaper.
    €50
  34. L'oeuf de héron
    William Butler YEATS, Max ERNST

    L'oeuf de héron

    Les éditions premières|Paris 1950|13 x 17 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on Marais Crèvecoeur paper, deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with a cover by Max Ernst.
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  35. Album Sartre
    (Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL

    Album Sartre

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition.
    Publisher's full brown grained sheepskin, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Richly illustrated.
    Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
    €80
  36. Les troyennes
    EURIPIDE, Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Les troyennes

    Gallimard|Paris 1965|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the adaptation established by Jean-Paul Sartre, one of 80 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
    Light spotting to spine and rear board, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €250
  37. Philoctète. - Le traité du Narcisse. - La tentation amoureuse. - El Hadj
    André GIDE

    Philoctète. - Le traité du Narcisse. - La tentation amoureuse. - El Hadj

    Mercure de France|Paris 1899|14.50 x 19 cm|relié
    first edition for "Philoctète" and "El Hadj", one of 300 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only draw.
    Binding in the bradel half carton vellum style, smooth back, title label of heartbreak blue marbled paper plates, insolated blankets and heavily burnished back, golden head, binding signed Jean Courty.
    Nice copy.
    Precious autograph dedication signed by André Gide: "To Félix Fénéon, cordially."
    A fervent anarchist, visionary and influential art critic, Félix Fénéon made himself very early, the defender of Arthur poets Rimbaud, Jules Laforgue, Stéphane Mallarme, Paul Valery and Guillaume Apollinaire, or post-impressionist pictorial...
    €3,000
  38. La comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muette
    Anatole FRANCE

    La comédie de celui qui épousa une femme muette

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1913|16 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in trade, one of 75 numbered copies on Holland paper.
    Two tears at head and foot of one joint, title page partially and lightly shaded.
    A full-margined copy.
    €80
  39. Le docteur Faustus
    Thomas MANN (inscribed to Maurice MARTIN DU GARD)

    Le docteur Faustus[Doctor Faustus]

    Albin Michel|Paris 1950|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, on current paper, of the French translation.
    Rare autograph dedication signed by Thomas Mann, in French, to Maurice Martin du Gard: "Dedicated to Madame Auger, Paris 12. V. 50. Thomas Mann"
    €2,300
  40. Correspondance 1970-1984
    Jean DUBUFFET, Claude SIMON

    Correspondance 1970-1984

    L'Echoppe|Paris 1994|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Nice copy.
    Autograph signed by Claude Simon to his friend Georges Raillard.
    €100
  41. Les Thibault - Sixième partie. La Mort du père
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault - Sixième partie. La Mort du père

    Nrf|Paris 1929|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 115 copies on laid paper Lafuma-Navarre reimposed in Tellière quarto format, ours one of 10 hors commerce lettered copies, deluxe issue.
    Spine slightly sunned, small tear at foot of first board, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €400
  42. Les Thibault - Quatrième partie. La consultation
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault - Quatrième partie. La consultation

    Nrf|Paris 1928|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 122 copies on laid Lafuma-Navarre paper, reimposed in Tellière quarto format, ours one of 10 hors commerce lettered copies, deluxe copy.
    Spine very lightly sunned, slight tear to margin of front cover, otherwise handsome copy.
    €400
  43. Les Thibault - Troisième partie. La belle saison
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault - Troisième partie. La belle saison

    Nrf|Paris 1923|16.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes brochés
    First edition, one of 108 copies on vergé pur fil paper Lafuma-Navarre re-imposed in Tellière quarto format, the tirage de tête.
    Spine discolored with small tears on the headpieces, otherwise nice set.
    €500
  44. Les Thibault - Deuxième partie. Le pénitencier
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault - Deuxième partie. Le pénitencier

    Nrf|Paris 1922|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 108 copies on laid Lafuma-Navarre paper, reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
    Spine very lightly sunned, handsome copy.
    €400
  45. Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard
    Fernand SIMEON, Anatole FRANCE

    Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard

    Editions Mornay|Paris 1923|17.50 x 22 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with original etchings and woodcuts by Fernand Siméon, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours being one of 24 hors commerce copies, the most limited deluxe paper printing after a unique copy on old Japan paper.
    Handsome copy despite a small light dampstain at foot of front cover and on its rear flap verso.
    Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with its suite of woodcuts on Japan paper and the proof before letters of the etchings.
    €600
  46. L'imagination
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    L'imagination

    Félix Alcan|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the author's first work, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Manuscript ownership inscription on an endpaper, occasional foxing, spine sunned as usual.
    €70
  48. Considérations sur la mythologie Grecque [et] et La Décadence de la liberté (I) (2ème article) in La Nouvelle Revue française n°72 de l'année 1919
    André GIDE, Jacques RIVIÈRE

    Considérations sur la mythologie Grecque [et] et La Décadence de la liberté (I) (2ème article) in La Nouvelle Revue française n°72 de l'année 1919

    Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française|Paris 1919|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché

    First edition. Pre-original edition of Considérations sur la mythologie Grecque by André Gide.
    Other contributions by Jacques Rivière, Georges Simon, André Lhote, Paul Claudel, Albert Thibaudet.
    With the NRF subscription bulletin, handsome copy of one of the first issues of the most famous French literary review.

    €45
  49. Considérations in La Nouvelle Revue française n°1 de l'année 1909 - Le premier numéro de cette considérable revue
    Jean SCHLUMBERGER, André GIDE

    Considérations in La Nouvelle Revue française n°1 de l'année 1909 - Le premier numéro de cette considérable revue

    Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française|Paris 1er février 1909|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition. Pre-original edition of Considérations by Jean Schlumberger.
    Other contributions by André Gide (La Porte étroite, 1st part), Lucien Jean, Jean Croué and Michel Arnaud.
    Worming at beginning of volume and some stains on the cover, spine rubbed at head.
    Very rare first issue of the most famous French literary review of the twentieth century.
    €400
  50. Nationalisme et littérature (1ère partie) in La Nouvelle Revue française n°5 de l'année 1909
    André GIDE, Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN

    Nationalisme et littérature (1ère partie) in La Nouvelle Revue française n°5 de l'année 1909

    Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française|Paris 1er juin 1909|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the rare deluxe copies on Japan paper. Pre-original edition of Nationalisme et littérature (1ère partie) by André Gide.
    Other contributions by Francis Vielé-Griffin, Edmond Jaloux, André Lafon, René Bichet and André Ruyters.
    An extremely rare deluxe copy of one of the very first issues of the most famous French literary review of the twentieth century.
    €280
  51. Actuelles II - Chroniques 1948-1953
    Albert CAMUS

    Actuelles II - Chroniques 1948-1953

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
    A few reading notes in the margin.
    Bradel binding in half morocco, covers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
    Autograph inscription signed by Albert Camus to Gilbert Sigaux : "AVec l'affectueuse pensée de son vieux camarade..."
    €2,500
  52. Les Thibault
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault

    Nrf|Paris 1922-1940|12 x 19 cm|11 volumes brochés
    First edition for each of the volumes with print runs varying from 297 to 1,250 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies along with the reimposed ones.
    Two spines slightly sunned, rare light worming on four endpapers, otherwise handsome set.
    €2,500
  53. Tandis que j'agonise
    William FAULKNER

    Tandis que j'agonise

    Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 210 copies numbered in Roman numerals on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Preface by Valéry Larbaud.
    Minor light foxing at head of first endpaper.
    Handsome copy.
    €450
  54. Les plus beaux contes de Kipling illustrés par Van Dongen
    Kees VAN DONGEN, Rudyard KIPLING

    Les plus beaux contes de Kipling illustrés par Van DongenThe finest tales by Kipling illustrated by Van Dongen

    Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1920|22.50 x 30.50 cm|Lithograph|relié sous chemise et étui
    Edition adorned with 23 original color illustrations, ornaments, and a layout by Kees Van Dongen, one of 250 numbered copies on mould-made vellum, ours unnumbered.
    Full old rose box binding, smooth spine, front cover pierced to reveal a reproduction of Kees Van Dongen’s illustration on page 37, rear cover decorated at the center with a vignette reproducing the ornament appearing at the foot of each page and drawn by Kees Van Dongen, grey suede endleaves and pastedowns, covers preserved, gilt edges, chemise with bands and flaps in old rose box, grey paper boards, white paper lining, slipcase edged with old rose box, boards and interior in grey suede, a handsome ensemble signed by...
    €3,000
  55. Portrait de Peter Handke. Photographie originale tirée par l'artiste.
    Marc TRIVIER (Peter HANDKE)

    Portrait de Peter Handke. Photographie originale tirée par l'artiste.

    Par l'auteur|s. l. 1980|22 x 22 cm|1|une feuille
    Large original black and white photographic portrait of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature winner by Marc Trivier.
    Original unsigned silver gelatin print, like most of Trivier's works.
    Precious original silver gelatin print by the famous Belgian photographer, one of the most secretive contemporary artists, who despite early international success, preferred to limit his production to preserve the coherence of his work. Marc Trivier does not make new prints of his old portraits, and the printing paper he used is no longer commercially available. The artist "makes his own prints on Ilford baryta paper, devoting several days of work to each one, with particular concentration on...
    €800
  56. L'an 1905
    Boris PASTERNAK

    L'an 1905

    Debresse|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation by Benjamin Goriély, cold stamp press service.
    Back and flat slightly and marginally discolored without gravity.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed Benjamin Gorely: "To Charles Dobzynski, a pasternien" in the line "with my admiration for the poet".
    €50
  57. La rencontre avec Pascal suivi de l'isolement de Barrès
    François MAURIAC

    La rencontre avec Pascal suivi de l'isolement de Barrès

    Editions des Cahiers Libres|Paris 1926|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 Japan.
    Work illustrated with a portrait of François Mauriac by Uzlac.
    Endpapers lightly and partially shaded, otherwise handsome copy.
    €40
  58. Les noces corinthiennes
    Anatole FRANCE, Auguste LEROUX

    Les noces corinthiennes

    Edouard Pelletan|Paris 1902|16.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    Edition illustrated with 20 original compositions by Auguste Leroux, one of 183 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
    Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, handmade laid paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
    Handsome copy pleasantly bound.
    €250
  59. Robert - Supplément à l'Ecole des femmes
    André GIDE

    Robert - Supplément à l'Ecole des femmes

    Nrf|Paris 1929|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First Edition, one of 547 numbered copies on Holland paper and under blue cover.
    Signed autograph of André Gide to Louis Daniel Hirsch.
    Back and flat slightly and marginally discolored as usual, partially shaded guards.
    €300
  61. Lecture et contemplation
    Octavio PAZ, Gérard BARTHÉLÉMY

    Lecture et contemplation

    La délirante|Paris 1982|15.50 x 24.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    First edition of the French translation, one of the 100 numbered copies on vergé and justified by the editor .
    Autographed autograph dedication of the author of Octavio Paz to Genevieve (Picon) in Spanish.
    Autograph signatures of Octavio Paz and Gérard Barthélémy to the justification of the draw.
    Our copy, like the copies of the prints, is complete of his engraving by Gérard Barthelemy in frontispiece.
    Pleasant copy.
    €750
  62. Comédies et actes divers
    Samuel BECKETT

    Comédies et actes divers

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1966|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Autograph inscription signed by Samuel Beckett to Gaetan Picon.
    €1,200
  63. Comment c'est
    Samuel BECKETT

    Comment c'est

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Autograph inscription signed by Samuel Beckett to Gaetan Picon.
    Spine sunned.
    €1,200
  64. Une certaine mulâtresse
    Miguel Ángel ASTURIAS

    Une certaine mulâtresse

    Albin Michel|Paris 1965|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
    first edition of the French translation from which it was not taken from large papers.
    Autographed autograph dedication of the author signed and dated from Miguel Angel Asturias to Paul Aveline.
    Pleasant copy.
    €120
  65. Voyage en Alcarria
    Camilo José CELA

    Voyage en Alcarria

    Gallimard|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and boards slightly, marginally discolored and sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
    €60
  67. Le Mur
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Le Mur[The Wall]

    Gallimard|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|relié sous étui
     

    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vélin pur fil paper, the tirage de tête (deluxe copies).

    Full morocco, covers and spine preserved, slipcase, elegant binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.

    Provenances: mostly from Robert Desprechins' library with his ex-libris drawn by Jean Cocteau, and by Louis de Sadeleer with his engraved ex-libris.

    A very nice copy beautifully bound morocco signed by Semet & Plumelle.

    €9,000
  68. Le larron qui ne croyait pas au ciel
    Miguel Ángel ASTURIAS

    Le larron qui ne croyait pas au ciel

    Albin Michel|Paris 1970|13 x 20 cm|broché
    first edition of the French translation from which it was not taken from large papers.
    Autographed and dated signed and signed by Miguel Angel Asturias to Jean-Pierre Laporte.
    A pale paste without gravity in feet of the back and boards.
    €100
  69. Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch
    Alexandre SOLJENITSYNE

    Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch

    René Julliard|Paris 1963|12.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 325 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only leading copies with some Alfa paper foam off-trade.
    Restorations on the back.
    Rare and nice copy.
    €1,000
  70. Discours de Stockholm
    SAINT-JOHN PERSE

    Discours de Stockholm

    Cahiers du sud|Marseille 1960|14 x 22.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition consisting of an offprint from No. 358 of Cahiers du Sud, one of 100 numbered hors commerce copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few author's copies.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €380
  71. Saint Genet comédien et martyr
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Saint Genet comédien et martyr

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Hollande paper, this copy one of 6 lettered copies hors commerce, the tirage de tête.

    A nice copy despite a small tear to head of first cover.
    €1,500
  72. Amal et la lettre du roi
    Rabîndranâth TAGORE, André GIDE

    Amal et la lettre du roi

    Nrf|Paris 1924|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation established by André Gide, one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bradel binding in half cardboard imitating vellum, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy.
    €150
  73. Olivia par Olivia
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD (trans.) Rosamonde LEHMANN

    Olivia par Olivia

    Stock|Paris 1949|13 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation by Roger Martin du Gard and the author, one of 550 numbered copies on Alfama du Marais vellum, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine very lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  74. Situations, IX. Mélanges
    Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Situations, IX. Mélanges

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
    Bookplate pasted on a guard.
    Nice copy.
    .
    €450
  75. L'affaire Henri Martin
    Jean-Paul SARTRE, Michel LEIRIS

    L'affaire Henri Martin[The Henri Martin Affair]

    Gallimard|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
    Texts by Michel Leiris, Jacques Prévert, Vercors, Hervé Bazin and commentaries by Jean-Paul Sartre.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Paul Sartre to Mademoiselle Marchais.
    €580
  76. Les troyennes
    EURIPIDE, Jean-Paul SARTRE

    Les troyennes

    Gallimard|Paris 1965|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the adaptation by Jean-Paul Sartre, one of 80 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    A handsome copy.
    €450
  77. Le roi Candaule
    André GIDE

    Le roi Candaule

    Nrf|Paris 1930|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 1012 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing after 330 copies on Holland paper.
    Spine slightly sunned.
    €20
  78. Trois troupiers
    Rudyard KIPLING

    Trois troupiers

    P.V. Stock|Paris 1908|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, on current paper, the French translation by Albert Savine.
    Signed autograph Albert Savine Charles Foley.
    spine wrinkled, insolated and having petitts gaps, light angular gaps on the second flat.
    €80
  79. L'histoire des Gadsby, conte sans intrigue
    Rudyard KIPLING

    L'histoire des Gadsby, conte sans intrigue

    Mercure de France|Paris 1908|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation established by Louis Fabulet and Arthur Austin-Jackson, with statement of sixth edition.
    Bradel binding in half olive green cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Top edge blackened, occasional light foxing.
    €50
  80. Jocaste et le chat maigre
    Anatole FRANCE

    Jocaste et le chat maigre

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1879|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in full watered-effect paper, smooth spine, hazelnut morocco title-label, gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, slightly soiled covers and spine preserved, lower corners slightly bumped.
    Occasional foxing.
    Provenance: from the library of Juan Hernandez with his bookplate engraved on China paper and bearing library shelf numbering.
    €100
  81. Histoire comique
    Anatole FRANCE

    Histoire comique

    Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1903|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in full moiré-effect paper, smooth spine, hazelnut morocco title-label, gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, corners bumped, contemporary binding signed by Yseux.
    Provenance: from the library of Juan Hernandez with his bookplate engraved on a leaf of Japan paper and bearing a library shelf numbering system.
    €100
  82. L'oeuf de héron
    Max ERNST, William Butler YEATS

    L'oeuf de héron

    Les éditions premières|Paris 1950|13 x 17 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 750 numbered copies on alfama paper, the only deluxe copies after 25 on Marais paper and a few hors commerce copies.
    Work illustrated with a cover by Max Ernst.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as is often the case, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €70
  83. L'an 1905
    Boris PASTERNAK

    L'an 1905

    Debresse|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation by Benjamin Goriely, press service of cold buffer.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Benjamin Goriely Jean Cassou: "... for an old friendship ..."
    spine and boards slightly and marginally idécolorés not serious.
    €45
  84. Hommage à André Gide
    André GIDE, COLLECTIF

    Hommage à André Gide

    Gallimard|Paris Novembre 1951|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition of this issue of N.r.f. entirely devoted to André Gide, one of 1200 copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 100 on Holland paper.
    Contributions by André Gide with unpublished texts, by Saint-John Perse, Jean Giono, Paul Valéry, Jean Cocteau, Paul Léautaud, Jean Paulhan, Ernst Jünger, John Steinbeck, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Thomas Mann...
    Work illustrated with a photographic portrait of André Gide.
    Light sunning at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
    €50
  85. Le Prométhée mal enchaîné
    André GIDE

    Le Prométhée mal enchaîné

    Mercure de France|Paris 1899|9.50 x 15.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Three restored tears to spine which also has a lack at foot, three lacks to back board.

    €60
  88. Récit
    Boris PASTERNAK

    Récit

    Emmanuel Vitte|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
    Edition on current paper of the French translation by Benjamin and Michel Goriely Aucouturier.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Benjamin Goriely Jean Cassou: "... the first Pasternak in France ..."
    spine and boards slightly and marginally insolated, complete copy of his illustrated jacket.
    €50
  89. L'an 1905
    Boris PASTERNAK

    L'an 1905

    Debresse|Paris 1958|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation by Benjamin Goriely, press service of cold buffer.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Benjamin Goriely Jean Cassou: "... for an old friendship ..."
    spine and boards slightly and marginally idécolorés not serious.
    €60
  90. Album Sartre
    (Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL

    Album Sartre

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Rich iconography.
    Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper as well as its slipcase.
    €80
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