Published correspondences

Georges BATAILLE
« en tout cas imposer une pareille souffrance à un homme exactement pour rien, cela devient comme une maladie, comme un délire. »Autograph letter to Denise Rollin
s. l. • [Paris] [circa 1940-1943]|21 x 27.30 cm|1 page
Autograph letter from Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 14 lines in black ink and pencil.
This letter, from the amorous correspondence that Bataille addressed to Denise Rollin during the war and Occupation, contains in embryo the feelings that explode throughout Bataille's entire work. Incessant ebb and flow of love and suffering, of ecstasy and disappointment, of calm and energy, mixing familiar and formal address, compliments and reproaches, this letter resembles its author and the era: « Comment pouvez-vous être assez aveugle pour ne pas voir le mal que vous me faîtes en vous laissant aller au premier caprice venu ? Que je le veuille ou non, une vie ne peut...
€3,500
Georges BATAILLE
« Mais combien c'est dur de me sentir ainsi tout à coup arraché à vous, de ne plus rien pouvoir vous dire, d'être réduit à cette lettre. »Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1940-1943]|13.40 x 20.40 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
Autograph letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 25 lines in black ink on one leaf.
The first letter Bataille sends to Denise Rollin after her departure for Vézelay. Bataille remains in Paris as he is employed at the Bibliothèque nationale which does not close during the war. The separation has just occurred but Bataille hastens to write: « J'ai hâte de mettre la lettre à la poste, elle vous suivra de très près, comme tout ce que je suis voudrait vous suivre partout. » ["I am eager to post this letter, it will follow you very closely, as all that I am would wish to follow you everywhere."] To reassure her, he seeks in events signs of good...
€3,000
Georges BATAILLE
« Cela me déchire toujours de me séparer de vous.»Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin
s. l. s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 20.80 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet

BATAILLE Georges. Autograph letter, signed, to Denise Rollin: “Cela me déchire toujours de me séparer de vous.” “It always tears me up to part from you.”
N. d. (1943), 13,5 x 20,8 cm, 2 pages on a single leaf
Autograph letter signed from Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 46 lines in black ink to one leaf, dampstain to upper right, not touching text.
The majority of the letter is given over to the search for a house in Vézelay: “I've already seen a house and an apartment.” In 1943, Georges Bataille had the idea of renting a house in Vézelay where the couple could move in with Laurence, the daughter of...
€3,500
Georges BATAILLE
« Maintenant je n'aspire plus qu'à une chose c'est à vous prouver que je n'appartiens plus qu'à vous, que je suis rivé à vous [...] »Autograph letter signed to Denise Rollin
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1940-1943]|20,7 x 27,0 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
Fine and long autograph letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, unpublished, torn in five pieces not affecting readability, 34 lines in black ink on one leaf.
Both frequenting Parisian intellectual and artistic circles, Georges Bataille and Denise Rollin met during 1939. She was notably the friend of Cocteau, Prévert and Breton. Bataille described her thus in his notebooks for Le Coupable: « une illusion aussi fragile qui se dissiperait au moindre souci, au moindre relâchement de l'inattention. » ["an illusion so fragile that it would dissipate at the slightest worry, at the slightest relaxation of inattention."]
Few details remain...
€4,500
Georges BATAILLE
« Je songe à toi dans cette chambre et à tout ce qui arrivera là quand nous serons de nouveau ensemble. »Handwritten signed letter to Denise Rollin: “I think of you in this room and all that will happen there when we are together again.”
Paris s. d. [3 ou 4 juin 1940]|20.90 x 26.90 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
Touching handwritten letter signed by Georges Bataille to Denise Rollin, 37 lines in pencil, small water stain in the top right not affecting the text.
Georges Bataille tries to reassure his companion Denise Rollin: “Je t'en supplie. Il ne faut pas t'inquiéter, mais pas du tout.” “I beg you. You must not worry, not at all.” She moved to Vézelay where Bataille would soon join her. He stayed in Paris where the bombings did not disrupt Parisian lives at all: “Tu n'imagines point à quel point les petits dégâts qu'on voit paraissent insignifiants à côté de la place intacte qu'il y a de tous les côtés. Pendant toute l'alerte, j'ai déjeuné bien tranquille avec mon chef de...
€4,500
Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)
« Dites, Madame, voulez-vous un fétiche ? [...] je porte bonheur moi-même !»Autograph letter signed to Countess Potocka
Paris s. d. [début janvier 1884]|10.20 x 13 cm|4 pages sur un feuillet double
Signed autograph letter from Guy de Maupassant to the Countess Potocka, 67 lines in black ink on a letterhead "GM 83, rue Dulong", envelope attached.
This long letter begins with a commission that was made to Maupassant: " I immediately pay for a commission for which I am charged, although I seem to find a little irony in it. The Princess Ourosow, who has just written to me to ask to see her this evening, begs me, in postscript, to remind her of your memory when I see you. Princess Ourosov was the wife of the Russian ambassador to Paris. With the Countess she was part of that worldly gotha that surrounded authors and artists.
The irony he...
€6,800
Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)
« Maupassant prêtre libre »Autograph letter signed to Countess Potocka
Paris s. d. [16 janvier 1884]|10.10 x 13 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet rempliée
Signed autograph letter of Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 26 lines in black ink on a sheet of laid paper headed "GM 83 Dulong Street".
Maupassant evokes the episode that marks his entry into familiarity with the countess: the famous story of dolls. Following a lost bet, the Countess Potocka sent Maupassant rag dolls representing the ladies invited to a future dinner. By play, Maupassant took six of them and stuffed them with the belly of cloth before autograph dedication of the author them back to the countess. In a word that accompanied the mail, Maupassant boasted of having them all engrossed in one night.
To get out of an evening that he would prefer to...
€7,500
Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)
« vous m'en voudrez un peu pendant longtemps. »Autograph letter signed to Countess Potocka
Triel [Triel-sur-Seine] s. d. [8 juillet 1889]|9.90 x 15.20 cm|3 pages sur un feuillet rempliée
Autograph letter signed by Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 38 lines in black ink on a double sheet.
Published in Marlo Johnston, "Lettres inédites de Maupassant à la comtesse Potocka," Histoires littéraires, no. 40, October-November-December 2009.
Darker than usual, Maupassant seems troubled by some incident he does not mention but for which he apologizes to the Countess: "Je vous demande encore pardon, ce qui du reste n'atténue pas mon remords ; et je vous assure qu'il est cuisant car j'ai cette arrière-pensée que cous m'en voudrez un peu pendant longtemps." ["I ask your pardon once again, which moreover does not diminish my remorse; and I...
€6,800
Guy de MAUPASSANT (to Emmanuela POTOCKA)
« Votre conscience me préoccupe. Je m'efforcerai de bien la diriger. »Autograph letter card signed to Countess Potocka
[Paris] s. d. [décembre 1880-juillet 1884]|11.70 x 9 cm|en feuilles
Autograph letter-card signed by Guy de Maupassant to Countess Potocka, 19 lines in black ink, on letterhead "GM 83, rue Dulong".
Published in Marlo Johnston, "Lettres inédites de Maupassant à la comtesse Potocka", Histoires littéraires, n°40, October-November-December 2009.
Maupassant was part of the circle of suitors of Countess Potocka whom she had nicknamed the "Macchabées". The author was much in social demand and this created scheduling problems for him: "Or, voici le cas [...] Legrand m'avait recommandé de ne pas m'engager [...] à ce dîner en m'annonçant une invitation de sa belle-soeur, invitation qui n'est pas...
€2,500
Paul-Jean TOULET, Émile HENRIOT
Lettres de P.J. Toulet et de Emile Henriot
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Navarre laid paper, deluxe copy after 35 on Rives wove paper.
Handsome copy.
€60
Max JACOB
Lettres à René Rimbert
Rougerie|Mortemart 1983|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Lana wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean GENET
Lettres à Roger Blin[Letters to Roger Blin]
Gallimard|Paris 1966|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Genet to Margaret Bendy.
Illustrations.
Spine slightly sunned, not serious.
€1,200
Stéphane MALLARMÉ
Correspondance inédite de Stéphane Mallarmé et Henry Roujon
Pierre Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.

A nice copy.
€30
Stéphane MALLARMÉ, Georges RODENBACH
L'amitié de Stéphane Mallarmé et de Georges Rodenbach
Pierre Caillier|Genève [Geneva] 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on buff laid paper.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by H. Mondor.
Handsome copy.
€40
Jean COCTEAU, Jacques MARITAIN
Lettre à Jacques Maritain. - Réponse à Jean Cocteau
Stock|Paris 1926|13.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin d'Arche paper, this copy one of 25 hors commerce for each volume, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies with 30 Japon.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded as usual, otherwise nice set with edges preserved.
€450
Jean COCTEAU, Jacques MARITAIN
Lettre à Jacques Maritain. - Réponse à Jean Cocteau
Stock|Paris 1926|13.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on pur fil for each of the volumes.
Spines sunned.
€80
Valery LARBAUD
Lettres d'un retiré
La Table Ronde|Paris 1922|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
€120
Marceline DESBORDES-VALMORE
Lettres de Marceline Desbordes à Prosper Valmore
Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1924|16.50 x 25.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on alfa bouffant paper, the only issue after 18 on pur fil.
Spine and covers marginally discolored and sunned as usual, occasional foxing.
€70
Valery LARBAUD
Lettre d'Italie[Letters from Italy]
La lampe d'Aladdin|Liège 1926|12.50 x 16 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the tirage de tête after 20 on Japan paper.
A very good copy despite a small trace of sunning to foot of spine.
€150
Roger VAILLAND
Lettres à sa famille
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
€300
Maurice SACHS
Lettres[Letters]
Le Bélier|Paris 1968|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Japan nacré paper, the tirage de tête.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece, a very good copy.
€180
Joë BOUSQUET
Lettres à Jean Cassou
Rougerie|Limoges 1970|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
€100
Ezra POUND, James JOYCE
Lettres d'Ezra Pound à James Joyce[The Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce]
Mercure de France|Paris 1970|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
The correspondence is expanded with Pound's essays on Joyce.
Handsome copy.
€350
Paul LÉAUTAUD
Lettres 1902-1918
Editions Mornay|Paris 1929|10.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition, one of 427 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 41 Japan.
A very slight and harmless tear to the head of the spine, handsome copy.
€80
Roger VAILLAND
Lettres à sa famille
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Ex libris pasted onto the first endpaper.
A very good copy.
€300
André DU FRESNOIS
Une étape de la conversion de Huysmans d'après des lettres inédites à Madame de C...
Dorbon-ainé|Paris 1912|11.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of André du Fresnois John Florence.
Illustrated book of a photographic portrait of Huysmans frontispiece.
light stains in margins flat.
€60
Henri REGNAULT
Correspondance recueillie et annotée par Arthur Duparc suivie du catalogue complet de l'oeuvre de H. Régnault
Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1873|-|relié
Second illustrated edition with a portrait of Henri Régnault etched by Laguillermie.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, front board with a white stain at head, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Provenance: from the library of Louis d'Eichtahl with a shelf label pasted on a pastedown.
€80
Eugénie de GUÉRIN
Lettres d'Eugénie de Guérin publiées avec l'assentiment de sa famille par G.S. Trébutien
Didier & Cie|Paris 1865|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
Later edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind double compartments, gilt coat of arms at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Printed library stamps as bookplates.
Some minor foxing.
Handsome copy.
€80
Eugénie de GUÉRIN
Journal et lettres d'Eugénie de Guérin publiées avec l'assentiment de sa famille par G.S. Trébutien
Didier & Cie|Paris 1862|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double blind compartments, gilt coat of arms at tail, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Printed library stamps as bookplates.
Some light foxing.
Handsome copy.
€120
Pierre LOTI
Lettres de Pierre Loti à madame Juliette Adam (1880-1922)
Plon|Paris 1924|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Chine, tirage de tête.
Light foxing to some extended edges, a good copy with good margins.
€300
Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du DEFFAND
Lettres de la Marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole, depuis comte d'Oxford, écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire, écrites dans les années 1759 à 1775 publiées d'après les originaux déposés à Strawberry-Hill
Ponthieu|Paris 1824|13 x 21.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition augmented with extracts from the letters of Horace Walpole.
Half green sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, one corner slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece to the first volume.
Some foxing.
€250
Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Murçay, Comtesse de CAYLUS
Souvenirs et correspondance de Madame de Caylus publiée avec annotation historique, biographique et littéraire et un index analytique par Emile Raunié
Charpentier|Paris 1881|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, gilt date at foot, one joint cracked and fragile, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, elegant later unsigned binding.
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 Flaubert.
Handsome copy pleasantly bound but fragile at one joint.

€200
Eugénie de GUÉRIN
Lettres d'Eugénie de Guérin publiées avec l'assentiment de sa famille par G.S. Trébutien
Didier & Cie|Paris 1865|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
Third edition, false statement of sixth edition on the cover, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands with slight scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Pock fils.
Handsome copy.
€150
Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
Lettres de jeunesse[Early Letters]
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête along with 10 Madagascar hors commerce.
Half black morocco, spine in six compartments, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers of papier uni, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding by Goy & Vilaine.
A very good copy in a handsome binding.
€2,300
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
Lettres
Lefèvre|Paris 1843|13 x 21.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition.
Full red shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with four fine raised bands set with garlands in blind decorated with triple gilt compartments ornamented with gilt fleurons at corners, octuple gilt and blind fillets framing the boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle framing the pastedowns, garlands stamped in blind on the leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant unsigned bindings.
A small tear with loss of skin on the first board of the fifth volume, some minor foxing.
Handsome set in elegant uniform binding.
€400
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
Lettres de madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis
Ménard & Desenne|Paris 1827|8.50 x 14.50 cm|12 volumes reliés
New illustrated edition, with frontispiece in the first volume of a portrait of Madame de Sévigné engraved by Dequevauviller.
Half raspberry calf bindings, spines with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with fleurons and typographical motifs stamped in blind, black calf title and volume labels, raspberry cardboard boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, two corners slightly bumped, elegant contemporary romantic bindings.
Some minor foxing.
Handsome copy, complete in 12 volumes, in charming and elegant contemporary romantic and decorative binding.
€680
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Lettres à une inconnue
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1874|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
Sixth edition with some parts in first edition as entirely revised.
Half brown calf bindings, smooth spines ornamented with gilt dots, brown morocco title-labels and author's name, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
The text is preceded by a study on Mérimée by Hippolyte Taine.
Handsome copy free from any foxing and perfectly established.
€200
VOLTAIRE
Correspondance Tome I : 1704-1738
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1964|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full blue grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, complete with dust jacket and cellophane wrapper.
€35
Henri HEINE
Correspondance inédite
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half-caramel calf bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, small stains at foot of spine of second volume, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, elegant contemporary bindings.
Some light foxing of no consequence.
€200
Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE
Lettres à la princesse
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1873|11 x 18 cm|relié
First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, one joint rubbed and fragile, marbled paper boards with some surface wear, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing affecting mainly the margins.
€50
Caroline JAUBERT
Souvenirs de madame C. Jaubert, lettres et correspondances
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris s. d. [1884]|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
Second edition.
Half blue shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with gilt double compartments ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, minor scratches of no consequence to spine and joints, double fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
About notably Henri Heine and Alfred de Musset, whose mistress Madame Jaubert was.
€80
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Lettres à M. Panizzi 1850-1870
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1881|14 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Bound in half straw yellow shagreen, spines with five raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at whose centers the gilt cipher of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated four times, navy blue morocco title and volume labels, light scratches of no consequence at head of joints, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, near-contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with two portraits of Prosper Mérimée by A. Leveille as frontispieces to the volumes.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and...
€200
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
Paul CLAUDEL, Jacques RIVIÈRE
Cahiers Paul Claudel 12 : Correspondance Paul Claudel - Jacques Rivière
Gallimard|Paris 1984|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 20 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.
€350
(Alphonse de LAMARTINE)
Lettres à Lamartine 1818-1865 publiées par Mme Valentine de Lamartine
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1893|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Letters written by George Sand among others.
A small lack at head of spine, handsome copy with full margins.
€200
Édouard CHAMPION
A propos de la naissance du Duc de Bordeaux. Chateaubriand et les dames de la Halle, correspondance inédite
Honoré Champion|Paris 1917|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on alfa vellum, the only issue with 10 on Holland paper.
Pamphlet complete with its facsimile.
A light and pale marginal dampstain on the covers.
€40
Joseph JOUBERT
Lettres à madame de Vintimille
Au masque d'or|Paris 1921|12.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only issue with 30 on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Vintimille as frontispiece.
Occasional light worming to endpapers, handsome copy.
€40
Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE, Alfred de VIGNY
Lettres inédites publiées avec une introduction et des commentaires de Louis Gillet
Kra|Paris 1929|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Gillet to the poet Armand Godoy mentioning Charles Baudelaire and Edgar Allan Poe
As frontispiece, a facsimile of an autograph letter from Sainte-Beuve to Vigny.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
€50
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Cahiers Céline 5 : Lettres à des amies
Gallimard|Paris 1979|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A pale dampstain on the final endpaper which has slightly warped the boards.
€50
Pierre MONDANEL
Lettres et documents inédits concernant Jacques-Antoine Dulaure, député du Puy-de-Dôme à la Convention Nationale et au conseil des Cinq-Cents
L'Auvergne lLttéraire|Clermont-Ferrand 1968|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
With 7 plates hors texte.
A good copy.
€40
DU DEFFAND
Lettres de la marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrite dans les années 1759 à 1775
Firmin-Didot frères|Paris 1864|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised and completed from the original London edition of 1810.
Half chocolate shagreen bindings, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing.
€80
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Lettres de prison à Lucette Destouches et maître Mikkelsen 1945-1947
Gallimard|Paris 1998|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 111 numbered copies on chiffon de Lana, the only large paper copies.
A fine copy.
€1,800
Joseph de MAISTRE
Lettres inédites de Joseph de Maistre
A. Cluzel|Saint-Pétersbourg [Saint Petersburg] 1858|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
A pale marginal dampstain affecting the body of the work and diminishing through the pages, minimal lacks to spine, three small angular stains to first cover.
Complete with facsimile of an autograph letter by the author.
€80
René DAUMAL
Lettres à ses amis, 1[Letters to His Friends, 1]
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.
Illustrated.
A fine copy.
€450
Ernest RENAN
Lettres à son frère Alain
Auguste Blaizot|Paris 1925|16.50 x 25 cm|relié
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours unjustified, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half lilac cloth with corners, smooth spine, lilac shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 2 unpublished photographic portraits of Ernest and Alain Renan.
Handsome copy.
€280
Clément PANSAERS
Lettres au docteur Schuermans (1921-1922)
Temps mêlés|s. l. 1958|15.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japon, tirage de tête.
A rare and good copy.
€500
[Victor CHERBULIEZ] G VALBERT
La correspondance de Hegel
Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes|(Paris) 1887|15.50 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.
€40
Paul LEAUTAUD
Lettres à Marie Dormoy
Albin Michel|Paris 1966|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil de Madagascar, tirage de tête.
Tiny foxings to the head, insignificant, edges preserved, a very good copy.
€500
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
Lettres inédites
J. Klostermann fils|Paris 1814|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Foxing, a rare copy with softcover, as issued.
€200
Paul CLAUDEL
Billet autographe daté et signé adressé à Thierry MaulnierAutograph note, dated and signed, addressed to Thierry Maulnier
s. n.|Paris [Paris] Mars 1945|11 x 14.50 cm|une feuille rempliée
Autograph note dated and signed by Paul Claudel, one page addressed to Thierry Maulnier (12 lines in blue ink on a single sheet).
Central folds.

€170
Michel MOHRT
"Vos essais aussi bien que vos articles de Combat, ont eu pour l'étudiant provincial que j'étais avant la guerre, une importance considérable..."[FRENCH ACADEMY] Admiring signed autograph letter addressed to Thierry Maulnier regarding his candidacy to the Académie française
S.n. [Imprimerie universelle]|28 Mars 1985|21 x 29.50 cm|4 pages
Autograph letter dated and signed by Michel Mohrt, four pages, addressed to Thierry Maulnier. 69 lines written in blue ink, notably discussing his candidacy for the Académie française to succeed Marcel Brion's vacant seat.
Folds from original mailing. A paperclip holds the two sheets of the letter together.

€300
Louis PONS
Lettre autographe signée à son ami Georges Raillard enrichie de trois dessins originaux dont deux sur l'enveloppe jointe
S. n.|Paris 28 Octobre 2008|20 x 20.50 cm|une feuille
Signed autograph letter from a page by Louis Pons, to his friend the art critic Georges Raillard, specialist in the works of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies, about a work on Monticelli that he recently received from a their mutual friend and for whom Georges Raillard wrote the text.
On the attached envelope which he recomposed in his fanciful and ornithological manner, Louis Pons drew, in black ink, on the front and on the back, two curious beasts: a magpie in a tail coat and a rat of which just the head and the tail emerge from the envelope, the place of its body being crossed by a nail.
Finally, on the sidelines of the handwritten letter, Louis Pons drew a character of...
€300
Guillaume LIBRI
Lettre de M. Libri à M. le président de l'Institut de France
Barthès & Lowell|Londres [London] 1850|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Our copy is presented in plain temporary wrappers, title and author's name inscribed in pen at the head of the front cover, spine faded.
Title page partially sunned, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Rare.
€60
Gaspard LAVATER
Correspondance inédite de Lavater avec l'Impératrice Marie de Russie sur l'avenir de l'âme
Librairie spirite|Paris 1876|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
Edition with some parts in first edition as expanded with notes from the French translation of the original manuscript, deposited at the Imperial Library of Saint Petersburg.
Preface by Alfred Véron.
Rare copy, tears and marginal lacks to boards.
€120
Paul LÉAUTAUD, André BILLY
Correspondance 1912-1955
Le Bélier|Paris 1968|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1550 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies along with 54 on Japan paper.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, minimal worming without consequence at foot of first cover, otherwise handsome copy.
€50
IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND
Madame de Girardin avec des lettres inédites de Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Mlle Rachel
E. Dentu|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Girardin as frontispiece.
Spine and boards uniformly sunned, three small corner lacks to boards and spine, worming to front board, some foxing.
€40
Albert MAURICE
Stanley, lettres inédites
Office de Publicité|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1955|17 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with illustrations and facsimiles outside the text.
Complete with publisher's slip.
€40
Paul VALÉRY
Lettre à Madame C...
Grasset|Paris 1928|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on grey laid Montval paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing with 35 copies on white laid Montval.
Fine copy.
€150
André DERAIN
Lettres à Vlaminck
Flammarion|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very slight dampstains to spine, otherwise a handsome copy complete with the color reproduction of an autograph letter with drawings by André Derain.
€250
Léon BLOY, Josef FLORIAN
Correspondance 1900-1914
L'âge d'homme|Lausanne 1990|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.
€30
Paul VALÉRY, Gustave FOURMENT
Correspondance 1887-1933
Gallimard|Paris 1957|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 31 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
Spine wrinkled, slight traces of marginal fold to lower cover, a good copy.
€300
Charles-Louis PHILIPPE
Lettres à sa mère
Nrf|Paris 1928|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 980 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies along with 26 on Japan paper.
Handsome copy.
€30
Achille JUBINAL
Un nouvel épisode de l'affaire Libri ou lettre à M. le directeur du journal l'Athenaeum
Lib. archéologique de Didron|Paris 1851|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A small harmless tear at head of one joint, occasional foxing.
€80
Eugène de ROBILLARD DE BEAUREPAIRE
Raymond Bordeaux ses oeuvres et sa correspondance
Typ. F. Le Blanc-Hardel|Caen 1878|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Split spine with small lacks, some light foxing.
Rare.
€50
Duc de MONMORENCY
Lettres sur l'opéra (1840-1842)
S. n.|Paris 1921|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 400 copies.
Autograph inscription by Duc de Monmorency.
With frontispiece portrait of the author's great-grandfather.
Spine and front board slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
€70
Guillaume Amfrye de CHAULIEU
Lettres inédites de l'abbé Chaulieu réunies par Raymond de Bérenger
Comon|Paris 1850|14 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Autograph inscription by R. de Bérenger.
Spine restored with a piece of marbled paper, boards uniformly faded, some minor interior foxing without consequence.
€70
(Honoré de BALZAC) Robert du PONTAVICE DE HEUSSEY
Balzac en Bretagne, cinq lettres inédites de l'auteur des 'Chouans'
H. Caillière|Rennes 1885|14 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Unlettered spine with handwritten title showing a small lack, boards marginally faded with two small angular stains, occasional worming.
€70
Henri HEINE
Correspondance inédite, première et deuxième série
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1867|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
First editions.
Small tears to the spines which also show lacks at the foot, one of which has been restored.
Rare minor foxing without significance.
€90
Henri-Dominique LACORDAIRE
Correspondance du R.P. Lacordaire et de Madame Schwetchine publiée par Mr. le comte de Falloux
Auguste Vaton|Paris 1864|13.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
Second edition.
Full dark brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind fillets, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
€60
Ernest RENAN
Lettres intimes 1842-1845 précédées de ma soeur Henriette
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1896|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition as Ma soeur Henriette had appeared previously.
Half turquoise shagreen binding, faded spine with four raised bands decorated with richly ornamented gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy free from any foxing.
€150
Maurice SACHS
Lettres
Le Bélier|Paris 1968|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1550 numbered copies on Annonay vellum, the only issue with 45 Japan.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece, handsome copy.
€40
Alexander von HUMBOLDT
Correspondance scientifique et littéraire recueillie, publiée et précédée d'une notice et d'une introduction par M. de la Roquette
Ducrocq|Paris 1865|14 x 22 cm|relié
First edition.
Publisher's bottle-green cloth binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with blind compartments, head slightly rubbed, blind fillet and interlace frames on boards, Napoleon III's coat of arms gilt at center of front board, gilt medallion depicting a crowned eagle and palms framing the inscriptions Académie de Paris and Prix du concours général at center of rear board, moiré paper doublures and endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Work decorated with two engraved portraits of A. de Humboldt and a facsimile of one of his letters at head, figures throughout the text.
At the end of the volume, we find a biography of Humboldt's correspondents...
€500
Auguste COMTE
Lettres d'Auguste Comte à John Stuart Mill (1841-1846)
E. Leroux|Paris 1877|15 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Bradel binding in half brown morocco, smooth spine showing traces of normal wear decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
€70
André GIDE, Charles DU BOS
Lettres de Charles Du Bos et réponses de André Gide
Corrêa|Paris 1950|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Johannot paper, deluxe issue after 100 on Arches.
With a frontispiece photograph of C. Du Bos.
€50
Stéphane MALLARMÉ
Correspondance inédite de Stéphane Mallarmé et Henry Roujon
P. Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1120 numbered copies on chamois vellum, the only issue with 50 on pur fil.
Introduction by C. Lefèvre-Roujon, handsome copy.
€45
Eugène FROMENTIN
Correspondance et fragments inédits
Plon|Paris 1912|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second edition, only 20 copies were printed on Holland paper as deluxe copies.
As frontispiece, a photographic portrait of the author.
Biography and notes by P. Blanchon.
Two small marginal dampstains affecting the boards, some light foxing.
€70