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Seas and Oceans
  1. Dix-sept histoires de marins
    Claude FARRÈRE

    Dix-sept histoires de marins[Seventeen Sailors’ Stories]

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1914|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue after 25 on China paper.
    Half green morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with two turquoise mosaic morocco cartouches adorned with a scattering of gilt stars as well as gilt ink pot, life buoy and sailor's beret, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant contemporary binding signed Affolter.
    Spine and boards marginally lightened.
    A handsome, perfectly established copy.
    Provenance: from the library of the Duke of Massa with his engraved bookplate mounted on an endpaper.
    €800
  2. La carcasse et le tord-cou
    Jean-Marie CAMUS, Auguste BAILLY

    La carcasse et le tord-cou

    Editions du trèfle|Paris 1947|23 x 26 cm|en feuilles
    Edition ornamented with original color illustrations by Jean-Marie Camus, one of 40 numbered copies on Arches vellum with wide margins, deluxe issue after 10 other Arches copies.
    Our copy includes, as indicated in the print justification, a complete color suite of all illustrations.
    The slipcase and chemise are missing.
    Handsome copy.

    €100
  3. Mirifiques aventures de Maître Antifer
    Jules VERNE

    Mirifiques aventures de Maître Antifer

    Hetzel|Paris 1894|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    First edition large octavo illustrated with chromolithographic plates by George Roux.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding "with pasted portrait" in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, polychrome front cover signed Souze depicting various means of locomotion (balloon, locomotive, ships), a sepia-toned portrait of the author pasted in the center, various navigation instruments heightened in gold in the foreground, back cover type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. HF catalogue at rear.
    Spine very slightly faded and some scattered foxing. Joint cracked at head for a few centimeters on back cover.
    €700
  4. Pen Duick VI
    Eric TABARLY

    Pen Duick VI

    Editions du Pen Duick|Paris 1974|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome copy despite a small lack of the plastic film covering the boards at the head of the spine.
    Iconography.
    Autograph inscription signed by Eric Tabarly.
    €100
  5. "Mémoire de la construction et agréz d'une galère ordinaire, avec l'explication des termes, l'usage des manoeuvres, et de toutes les parties qui composent le corps de la galère et son armement"
    [Jean-Baptiste CHABERT]

    "Mémoire de la construction et agréz d'une galère ordinaire, avec l'explication des termes, l'usage des manoeuvres, et de toutes les parties qui composent le corps de la galère et son armement"Complete autograph manuscript: 'Memoir on the construction and approval of a standard galley, with an explanation of the terms, the use of manoeuvres, and of all the parts making up the hull of the galley and its equipment'

    s. d. [1672-1674]|24 x 34 cm|relié

    Complete autograph manuscript of 106 pages entitled: “Mémoire de la construction et agrèz d'une galère ordinaire, avec l'explication des termes, l'usage des manœuvres, et de toutes les parties qui composent le corps de la galère et son armement”. Penned in a neat, unrubricated hand, with occasional marginal notes in another hand.
     
    Contemporary full vellum binding, lightly soiled with minor wear, smooth spine without lettering.
    A major and invaluable manuscript chronicling the revival of the French galley fleet, written by the most influential galley shipwright of his time: Jean-Baptiste Chabert.
    We have...

    €4,000
  10. L'étang de Berre
    Charles MAURRAS

    L'étang de Berre[The Berre Lagoon]

    Edouard Champion|Paris 1915|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue after 20 on China paper.
    Half grey-blue morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cicada, marbled paper boards, moiré endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
    Pleasant copy perfectly executed.
    €750
  11. "Tristesse sur la mer" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne
    Raoul André ULMANN (Gustave FLAUBERT)

    "Tristesse sur la mer" - Lithographie originale sur Japon - L'Estampe Moderne[“Sadness on the Sea” - Original Lithograph on Japan Paper - L'Estampe Moderne]

    Imprimerie Champenois • pour CH. Masson • H. Piazza|Paris (Novembre 1898)|35 x 23 cm|une feuille et une serpente
    Rare original lithograph in colors, executed by Raoul André Ulmann for L'Estampe Moderne, series number 19 published in November 1898.
    One of 50 deluxe proofs printed on Japan paper with wide margins, artist's monogram in the plate, publisher's dry stamp representing a child's profile in lower margin, numbered stamp of the luxury edition on verso; lithograph preceded by a tissue guard with legend of the artist's name, title, and an extract from a work.
    Lithograph inspired by an extract from the travel narrative in Brittany, Par les Champs et par les Grèves, by Gustave Flaubert, reproduced on the tissue guard of the print.
    Magnificent French monthly...
    €900
  12. La violence et l'écume
    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
  13. Les grands navigateurs
    Alain BOMBARD

    Les grands navigateurs

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1976|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine lightly discolored, otherwise handsome copy.
    Iconography.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Alain Bombard to Madame Raymonde and Michel Coquilleau: "... pour que les grands navigateurs leur donnent le goût des aventures et des voyages..." ["... so that the great navigators give them a taste for adventures and voyages..."]






    €100
  14. La guerre sous les mers
    Edmond DELAGE

    La guerre sous les mers

    Grasset|Paris 1934|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the first 60 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome and rare full-margined copy despite small marginal tears of no consequence to the boards.
    Signed autograph inscription from Edmond Delage to monsieur Geymard.
    €200
  15. Pen Duick VI
    Eric TABARLY

    Pen Duick VI

    Editions du Pen Duick|Paris 1974|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Fine copy.
    Illustrated.
    Signed and inscribed by Eric Tabarly to a man named Eric.
    €100
  16. L'Atlantique en 10 jours. L'histoire d'un record
    Eric TABARLY, Michèle LEMAÎTRE

    L'Atlantique en 10 jours. L'histoire d'un record

    Editions du Pen Duick|Paris 1981|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Illustrated.
    Spine slightly faded as usual, rear board marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Signed and inscribed by Eric Tabarly to a man named Philippe.
    €80
  17. La foire aux femmes
    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
  18. Voyage de l'Avant-matin ou la tabatière magique
    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
  19. Prisonniers dans les glaces
    Georges FATH

    Prisonniers dans les glaces

    Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1881|16 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    Edition illustrated with drawings by the author both in and outside the text.
    Publisher's binding in half bottle-green shagreen, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, binder's name gilt at tail, frame of blind fillets on bottle-green paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of white watered silk with some minor foxing, all edges gilt.
    Some foxing.
    €80
  20. Mémoires du baron d'Haussez dernier ministre de la marine sous la Restauration
    Charles de LONPRE, baron d' HAUSSEZ

    Mémoires du baron d'Haussez dernier ministre de la marine sous la Restauration

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1896|14 x 23 cm|2 tomes reliés
    First edition.
    Half hazelnut morocco bindings with corners, slightly faded spines with five raised bands, gilt dates at foot, marbled paper boards marginally and slightly faded without concern, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edges gilt, bindings signed Bretault.
    Introduction and notes by Count de Circourt and Count de Puymaigre.
    Handsome copy.

    €200
  21. Journal et mémoires de Charles Collé sur les hommes de lettres, les ouvrages dramatiques et les évènements les plus mémorables du règne de Louis XV (1748-1772). - Correspondance inédite de Collé faisant suite à son journal accompagnée de fragments également inédits de ses oeuvres posthumes
    Charles COLLÉ

    Journal et mémoires de Charles Collé sur les hommes de lettres, les ouvrages dramatiques et les évènements les plus mémorables du règne de Louis XV (1748-1772). - Correspondance inédite de Collé faisant suite à son journal accompagnée de fragments également inédits de ses oeuvres posthumes

    Henri Plon|Paris 1864-1868|14 x 23 cm|4 tomes reliés
    First edition for the "Correspondance de Collé" and new edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded with unpublished fragments for the "Journal et mémoires".
    Half bottle-green shagreen bindings, faded spines with five raised bands, spines with minor scratches, marbled paper boards marginally and slightly faded without concern, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
    The correspondence volume is decorated with a frontispiece portrait of Charles Collé.


    €230
  22. Au bout du monde
    Henri QUEFFÉLEC

    Au bout du monde

    Mercure de France|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Slight sunning to head and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Queffelec to M. Jouheaud.
    €50
  24. "des farceurs de matelots chantent des choses émouvantes"
    Jacques-Émile BLANCHE

    "des farceurs de matelots chantent des choses émouvantes"Autograph letter signed on his stay in Dieppe

    15 juin 1890|11.50 x 17.70 cm|une feuille
    Long autograph letter signed by the painter Jacques-Emile Blanche from his childhood villa in Dieppe, Bas-Fort Blanc. He describes the atmosphere of Dieppe and evokes the popular songs of the sailors. 4 pages on a folded sheet.
    "J'ai essayé de prendre ce qu'on appelle du repos. J'avais un peu compté sur le grand spectacle de la mer : pour ne rien faire que lire un peu, mais mon âmes est décidément impropre à jouir des nobles aspects de la nature et je suis en train de constater une fois de plus mon peu de disposition pour le paysage. Le soir, quelques fois, des farceurs de matelots qui sont à la pêche, dans de petites barques, chantent des choses émouvantes...
    €250
  25. Eaux glacées
    Maurice LARROUY

    Eaux glacées

    Arthème Fayard & Cie|Paris 1934|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure thread paper, after only 10 Japan and 20 Holland.
    Clear marginal and harmless traces of adhesive paper on endpapers, some tears on certain deckled edges.
    A full-margined copy.
    €30
  26. La caravane sur l'Atlantique
    Maurice LARROUY

    La caravane sur l'Atlantique

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1926|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 53 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print after only 18 Japan.
    Autograph signature of the author upon justification of the print.
    Clear marginal traces and without gravity of adhesive paper on the guards, small angular tears without consequence at the foot of the first board, pleasant copy at all margins.
    €50
  27. Observations pour le citoyen Vond'horen, armateur du corsaire Le Spartiate, de Bordeaux, intimé, d'une part , contre Stephen Lée, capitaine du navire Le Charles, et les citoyens Lavigne et Comp°, représentés par le citoyen Furtado, tous appelans d'un jugement rendu par le tribunal de commerce établi à Bordeaux, le 12 brumaire an 7, d'autre part , et encore contre le citoyen Peter Aupoix, suite et diligence du citoyen Furtado, substitué aux pouvoirs qu'il avait donnés à son épouse, demandeur en intervention et en remise des denrées par lui chargées sur le navire Le Charles. [Ensemble] Observations pour le citoyen Vond'horen, armateur du corsaire Le Spartiate, de Bordeaux, contre Timothée Russel, ci-devant capitaine du navire La Mary [...] qui a déclaré de bonne prise le navire La Mary et sa cargaison

    Observations pour le citoyen Vond'horen, armateur du corsaire Le Spartiate, de Bordeaux, intimé, d'une part , contre Stephen Lée, capitaine du navire Le Charles, et les citoyens Lavigne et Comp°, représentés par le citoyen Furtado, tous appelans d'un jugement rendu par le tribunal de commerce établi à Bordeaux, le 12 brumaire an 7, d'autre part , et encore contre le citoyen Peter Aupoix, suite et diligence du citoyen Furtado, substitué aux pouvoirs qu'il avait donnés à son épouse, demandeur en intervention et en remise des denrées par lui chargées sur le navire Le Charles. [Ensemble] Observations pour le citoyen Vond'horen, armateur du corsaire Le Spartiate, de Bordeaux, contre Timothée Russel, ci-devant capitaine du navire La Mary [...] qui a déclaré de bonne prise le navire La Mary et sa cargaison

    Chez la veuve Lacourt et Faye.|Bordeaux 1799|18 x 24 cm|2 parties brochées en un volume
    First editions of these two pieces.
    The corsair Le Spartiate gave chase to two vessels flying American flags, the Charles and the Mary; the ships were brought back to port and their cargo confiscated. The Bordeaux tribunal, compliant in the matter, declared the cargo of both ships lawful prize, invoking dubious reasons even though America was in no way numbered among France's enemies, thus permitting the chase and seizure of the ships' goods. The captains were Irish, which provided material for the defense.
    Our copy, presented in wrappers without covers, was apparently removed from a binding.
    €250
  28. Trois voyages avec les drogués
    Michel JAOUEN [dit Le Père JAOUEN] Alain MAUCORPS

    Trois voyages avec les drogués

    Editions du Pen Duick|Paris 1975|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
    first edition.
    Pleasant copy, iconography.
    Autograph signed by Father Jaouen to a friend named Tamara enriched with the handwritten signature of Alain Maucorps.
    €70
  29. Mardi
    Herman MELVILLE, Max ERNST

    Mardi

    Robert Marin|Paris 1950|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum offset paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very handsome copy.
    Cover illustrated by Max Ernst reproduced as frontispiece.
    €380
  30. La croisière du hachich
    Henry de MONFREID

    La croisière du hachich[The Haschisch Cruise]

    Grasset|Paris 1933|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe copy.
    Half red morocco binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with fillets and black compartments embellished with black geometric motifs, one joint slightly cracked at foot, marbled paper effect boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.

    €800
  31. Reportage photographique des établissements Arbel réalisé dans le cadre de la fabrication de la soucoupe plongeante du commandant Cousteau
    (Jacques-Yves COUSTEAU) Raoul WALLEMME

    Reportage photographique des établissements Arbel réalisé dans le cadre de la fabrication de la soucoupe plongeante du commandant CousteauPhotographic report of the etablissements Arbel carried out for the manufacture of Captain Cousteau's diving saucer

    Février 1964|26 x 30 cm|documents et photographies conservés dans un classeur

    Collection of documents formed of 33 original contemporary silver halide print photographs, a reproduction of a press clipping from La Voix du Nord and three mimeographed technical plans, united in a black binder with a label with the inscription «Production Report «press» – press-forming of the ½ spheres of Ct Cousteau's diving saucer – February 1964.» Handwritten title page.
    Signed, handwritten presentation: «Avec les amitiés du reporter photographe Wallemme Raoul» «With love from the photojournalist Wallemme Raoul.»
    Very beautiful and unique collection, testifying to the genius of the making of the Deep Star 4000, a diving saucer invented by...

    €2,300
  32. Marines
    André LHOTE, Guy LAVAUD

    Marines

    Le Divan|Paris 1922|24 x 31.50 cm|en feuilles
    First illustrated edition of 15 original drawings by André Lhote, one of 270 numbered copies on Arches paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête") after 25 Holland paper
    Nice copy.
    €400
  33. Croisière d'hiver en Amérique centrale
    Aldous HUXLEY

    Croisière d'hiver en Amérique centrale

    Plon|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 330 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 40 on pur fil.
    Spine slightly sunned.

    €50
  34. Au large de l'Eden
    Charles FOUQUERAY, Roger VERCEL

    Au large de l'Eden

    Aux éditions du nord|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1943|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
    Edition adorned with 26 original illustrations by Charles Fouqueray, one of the numbered copies on vellum astra.
    Pleasant copy despite two small traces of sunstroke in the head and foot of the back.
    Signed autograph dedication of Vercel to Mr. and Mrs. Emile Ehrbar: "... these boreal images as a kind of sympathy ..."
    €150
  35. La découverte de l'Amérique par les Turcs ou comment Jamil Bichara, défricheur de terres vierges, venu en la bonne ville d'Itabuna pour satisfaire aux nécessités du corps, s'y vit offrir fortune et mariage ou encore Les fiançailles d'Adma
    Jorge AMADO

    La découverte de l'Amérique par les Turcs ou comment Jamil Bichara, défricheur de terres vierges, venu en la bonne ville d'Itabuna pour satisfaire aux nécessités du corps, s'y vit offrir fortune et mariage ou encore Les fiançailles d'Adma

    Stock|Paris 1992|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Pleasant full copy of his jacket illustrated despite a trace of folding in the head of the first sheets.
    Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.
    €150
  36. Vies des plus célèbres marins
    Adrien RICHER

    Vies des plus célèbres marins

    Chez Belin|à Paris 1789|8 x 12.90 cm|12 parties en 6 volumes reliés
    First collected edition. The various parts composing this collection were first published separately from 1780 to 1786. The volume numbering is placed on the half-title. The thirteenth part which completes the collection is absent from this set, the second part of the life of Tourville being missing. 11 portraits at frontispiece. The life of Ruiter is divided into 2 volumes and is found in the second part of the fifth volume and in the first part of the sixth volume. The edition is composed of certain volumes from the first editions to which a half-title has been added.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Red sheep title label, black sheep volume...
    €700
  37. L'évangile du soleil
    Alain GERBAULT

    L'évangile du soleil[The Gospel of the Sun]

    Fasquelle|Paris 1932|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 copies on Japon, this copy specially printed for Madame Fasquelle, included in the copies hors commerce, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
    Small tears to foot of spine on the edges, tiny spots, not serious, on the covers.
    A nice and rare copy with edges preserved.
    €1,200
  38. Navigation de cabotage. Notes pour les mémoires que je n'écrirai jamais
    Jorge AMADO

    Navigation de cabotage. Notes pour les mémoires que je n'écrirai jamais

    Gallimard|Paris 1996|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation by Alice Raillard and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
    Pleasant full copy of his illustrated jacket.
    Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.
    €150
  39. Port d'eaux-mortes
    Pierre MAC ORLAN, Georges GROSZ

    Port d'eaux-mortes

    Au sans pareil|Paris 1926|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Japan of Shidzuoka, head print with 20 vellum.
    Back and marginally insolated boards as generally.
    Illustrated book of 8 original lithographs by Georges Grosz.
    Our copy includes its double suite on Holland paper and China as it is announced the justification of the draw.
    €580
  40. La presqu'île
    Julien GRACQ

    La presqu'île[The Peninsula]

    José Corti|Paris 1970|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches, the tirage de tête.
    A very nice copy.
    €3,500
  41. Mistress Branican
    Jules VERNE

    Mistress Branican[Mistress Branican]

    Hetzel|Paris 1905-1914|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    Illustrated octavo edition decorated with illustrations by L. Benett and two large maps.
    Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, polychrome first cover signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several black and gilt frames, a gilt elephant head in the upper left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Mistress Branican begins in the United States to take the reader to deepest Australia, that of the desert...
    €800
  42. Le naufrage de "La Marietta"
    Henry de MONFREID

    Le naufrage de "La Marietta"

    Grasset|Paris 1934|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
    Spine lightly sunned, small tears at foot of spine at deckled edges, small angular lack at foot of first cover.
    €300
  43. Le naufrageur
    Henry de MONFREID

    Le naufrageur[The Wrecker]

    Grasset|Paris 1935|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
    Spine slightly sunned.
    €400
  44. Voyages dans l'abîme
    Jacques STEVENS

    Voyages dans l'abîme

    Arthaud|Paris 1973|15 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition on current paper.
    Binding half blue half shagreen corners, smooth back discolored and brightened adorned with nets and gold friezes, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, gilded head.
    Iconography.
    Signed autograph of Henri Gheon: "To the unknown reader under the sign of" spiritual "..."
    €60
  45. La Mer
    Jean RICHEPIN

    La MerThe Sea

    Maurice Dreyfous et M. Dalsace|Paris 1894|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper and signed with the publisher's initials.
    Full green morocco, the spine in five compartments, the first cover inlayed with a large and superb plate by Marguerite Lecreux of a horn sculpted in Cameo, featuring a sailboat with its sails unfurled, on the calm sea appears an engraved silverfish set under the plate of the horn and visible in transparency, pastedown in silk decorated with a submarine pattern (coral, jellyfish, starfishes and algae) framed in morocco embellished with quintuple gilt fillets, endpages of iridescence cloth, the following pages in marbled paper, the headband highlighted with a...

    €8,000
  46. La complainte du vieux marin
    Valery LARBAUD (trans.) Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE

    La complainte du vieux marin

    Léon Vanier|Paris 1901|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Valéry Larbaud, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine browned, brown shagreen title-label with traces of marginal rubbing, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    This is the second text by Valéry Larbaud that he had printed at his own expense, like his first, "Les portiques", published in 1896.
    €200
  47. Relation des îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique, composée sur les journeaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilson, et de ses Officiers, qui en août mil-sept-cent-quatre-vingt-trois, y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antelope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales
    George KEATE

    Relation des îles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique, composée sur les journeaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilson, et de ses Officiers, qui en août mil-sept-cent-quatre-vingt-trois, y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antelope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales

    Chez Le Jay et Maradan|A Paris 1788|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    French first edition in octavo, published at the same time as the quarto edition. It is illustrated with 16 plates, including 12 folding ones (views, portraits, objects) and a large folding map, all on heavy paper. This edition appeared the same year as the English original, and the translation was revised by the Count of Mirabeau.
    Contemporary full marbled and glazed sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 4 compartmented fleurons. Red morocco title labels, black morocco volume labels. Triple fillet frame on boards. 2 small cuts at head of volume 2. Narrow split to upper joint at head of volume 1, lower joint cracked at head and tail over 4 cm. Corners bumped, some trimmed with...
    €900
  49. Relation des malheurs et de la captivité, pendant deux ans et cinq mois, du capitaine Woodard, et de quatre de ses compagnons, dans l'isle de Célébes, située sous la ligne équinoxiale [Ensemble] Relation de l'enlevement du navire Le Bounty
    William VAUGHAN, William BLIGH

    Relation des malheurs et de la captivité, pendant deux ans et cinq mois, du capitaine Woodard, et de quatre de ses compagnons, dans l'isle de Célébes, située sous la ligne équinoxiale [Ensemble] Relation de l'enlevement du navire Le Bounty[An Account of the Misfortunes and Captivity, for Two Years and Five Months, of Captain Woodard and Four of His Companions, on the Island of Celebes, Situated on the Equinoctial Line [Together with] Account of the Seizure of the Ship The Bounty]

    Chez F. Buisson • Firmin Didot|à Paris 1805-1790|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First French edition of the Account of the Capture of His Majesty's Ship Bounty translated by Daniel Lescallier. It is illustrated with 3 maps, including one of the voyage in the launch, one of the islands discovered by Lieutenant Bligh, and one of the coasts of New Holland.
    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding, spine with raised bands decorated with urn tools in lozenges, rolled decoration at foot, red morocco title-label. Some rubbing.
    Captain Woodard was held prisoner by the Malays on the island of Celebes for two years and five months; his testimony was collected by Vaughan in England while the captain was making a stopover. Describing his captivity and...
    €1,800
  50. L'ancre de miséricorde
    Pierre FALKE, Pierre MAC ORLAN

    L'ancre de miséricorde

    Pierre Falké|Paris 1945|26 x 34 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Illustrated edition of 79 original etchings by Pierre Falké, one of 125 numbered copies on Montval, ours one of 15 copies of collaborator justified and signed by Pierre Falké .
    The 79 etchings are composed as follows: 1 on the double-page cover, 1 on the frontispiece, 1 on the title page, 21 insets, including 1 double-page, 55 initials and culs-de-lampe.
    Back of the shirt and the case with wetting, stings on the boards of the case which also have some small gaps of paper.
    Rare foxing, otherwise pleasant interior state.
    Provenance: from the library of Anne-Marie Frélaut with her ex-libris engraved by her father, the painter Jean Frélaut.
    €380
  51. Le chant de l'équipage
    Pierre MAC ORLAN

    Le chant de l'équipage

    Gallimard|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition.
    Nice copy.
    Signed autograph of Pierre Mac Orlan: "To Madame Janvier, this attempt to conquer an unknown island.
    €80
  52. Sillages
    Claude FARRÈRE

    Sillages

    Flammarion|Paris 1936|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil.
    Handsome full-margined copy.
    €40
  53. Navale
    Louis GUICHARD

    Navale

    La Nouvelle société d'édition|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
    first edition on plain paper.
    An autograph signed by Louis Guichard to Henri Béraud: "... thinking of the resemblance between the Île de Ré and the Naval school ..."
    A small tear at the foot of the back, second flat featuring stitches and foxinges.
    €50
  54. Le cimetière marin
    Raymond MORETTI, Paul VALÉRY

    Le cimetière marin

    Musée Paul Valéry|Sète 2004|27 x 37 cm|en feuilles
    Illustrated with original lithographs by Raymond Moretti and printed in 300 copies on vergé de Rives.
    Handwritten signature of Raymond Moretti under the justification.
    A nice copy.
    €1,300
  55. Cahiers Renaud-Barrault N°34. Le voyage et le rêve
    COLLECTIF

    Cahiers Renaud-Barrault N°34. Le voyage et le rêve

    Julliard|Paris Mars 1961|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this issue devoted to the sea and the spirit of adventure, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais, the only deluxe copies.
    Contributions by Saint-John Perse "Et vous, mers..." and "Les tragédiennes sont venues...", Stéphane Mallarmé "Au sel souci de voyager", Charles Baudelaire "Le voyage", P.J. Toulet "Journal et voyages", Georges Schéhadé "Manuscrit de scène du premier tableau de "Voyage", André Pieyre de Mandiargues "Le voyage"...
    Handsome copy.
    €200
  56. Jean Bart et la guerre de course
    Armel de WISMES

    Jean Bart et la guerre de course

    René Julliard|Paris 1965|11 x 18 cm|broché
    First edition in paperback format.
    Autographed by Armel de Wismes to Pierre Dumayet.
    Iconography.
    €30
  57. Le navigateur
    Jacques STERBERG

    Le navigateur

    Albin Michel|Paris 1976|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
    Autographed autograph dedication of the author of Jacques Sterberg to Paul Aveline: "... the only real water story ..."
    Pleasant full copy of his trailer.
    .
    €40
  58. Razava ou la jeune-fille-qui-aimait-jouer-avec-les-hommes-forts. Conte du pays malgache
    Jean-Toussaint SAMAT

    Razava ou la jeune-fille-qui-aimait-jouer-avec-les-hommes-forts. Conte du pays malgache

    Fasquelle|Paris 1929|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Madagascar, the only major paper.
    Signed autograph of John Toussaint Samat at Monsarrat captain and his wife.
    Book decorated with illustrations of Renée Jean-Toussaint Samat.
    Tiny gaps minor on the back wrinkled and insolated, small manquesmarginaux on the boards, all copy margins.
    €80
  59. Ports
    Charles KOECHLIN, Daniel BIOT

    Ports

    Collection Formosa-Veritas|Paris 1933|18 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with 33 original photographs, under protective papers, by Charles Koechlin, Daniel Biot and Jean de Morène.
    Illustrated covers with photographs.
    A slight tear glued down to foot of upper cover, small rubbing, not serious, on the joints.
    Internally good.
    €600
  60. Le dit du vieux marin
    André MASSON, Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE

    Le dit du vieux marin

    Collections Vrille|Paris 1946|25.50 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles
    Edition illustrated with 12 original lithographs by André Masson, one of 220 numbered copies on vellum of the Marais.
    autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated by Alain Simon to Marcel Pierre and Etiennette.
    Our copy is incomplete from its holster, small spots on boards which also include slight red ink discharges margins.
    Pleasant inner state.
    €150
  61. Entre terre et mer
    Joseph CONRAD

    Entre terre et mer[Between Land and Sea]

    Nrf|Paris 1929|16.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, reimposed in quarto tellière format, tête de tirage.
    Spine slightly sunned, a pleasing copy.
    €600
  62. Tourville marin de Louis XIV
    Henry LE MARQUAND

    Tourville marin de Louis XIV

    Lardanchet|Lyon 1942|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on bambou paper, the only large paper copies.
    Endpapers slightly faded, otherwise a good copy.
    €70
  63. Eaux brûlantes. Croisières équatoriales
    Maurice LARROUY

    Eaux brûlantes. Croisières équatoriales

    A. Fayard & Cie|Paris 1931|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one copy on Alfa paper.
    Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
    Iconography.
    Back slightly discolored, otherwise nice copy.
    €30
  64. Rhône mon fleuve
    Alexandre ARNOUX

    Rhône mon fleuve

    Grasset|Paris 1944|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on Montfourat vellum, the only deluxe copies after 42 on pure thread.
    Iconography.
    Small tears at head of second cover and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €50
  65. Oeuvres complètes
    Capitaine Frederick MARRYAT

    Oeuvres complètes

    Chez Charles Gosselin|à Paris 1838-1841|13 x 21.50 cm|30 tomes en 15 volumes reliés
    New French edition translated by A.J.B. Defauconpret.
    Half blonde sheep bindings, spine with four raised bands decorated with cold-stamped fillets and fleurons, calf title and volume labels decorated with gilt fillets, some headcaps rubbed, certain joints cracked at head and foot, marbled paper boards and pastedowns, some corners rubbed, speckled edges.
    Some foxing.
    Frederick Marryat began as a ship's captain in the Royal Navy. Subsequently, he was one of the pioneers of maritime fiction, producing several works that appeared in French from 1837 onwards, most often in collections, as is the case with our copy.
    Count Greffulhe's bookplate pasted on each pastedown.
    €1,000
  66. 10 ans et 20 jours
    Karl DÖNITZ

    10 ans et 20 jours

    Plon|Paris 1959|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation which was not drawn large papers.
    Rare handwritten signature of Karl Doenitz, who signed the surrender of the Axis forces in 1945, along with his best wishes.
    complete copy of his illustrated jacket that has two tears without lack.
    €800
  67. The captain's table. A transatlantic log
    Sisley HUDDLESTON

    The captain's table. A transatlantic log

    J.B. Lippincott company|London • & Philadelphia 1932|14.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    first edition.
    Binding to brzdel the editor in full blue-gray cloth, slightly discolored smooth back.
    Precious autograph signed and dated Sisley Huddleston, in French, Henri Beraud for which he says his address.
    Provenance: the Henri Beraud rétaise library.
    €180
  68. Maître du monde - Un drame en Livonie
    Jules VERNE

    Maître du monde - Un drame en Livonie

    Hetzel|Paris 1904|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
    First octavo edition illustrated by George Roux and Benett, including 12 chromotypographic engravings.
    Hetzel publisher's "golden globe" binding in full red percaline signed Engel, polychrome front board signed Blanchelant, second board type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
    Spine slightly sunned, some very minor rubbing to plates, two corners rubbed and original blue endpapers very lightly sunned at margins, as usual.
    €600
  69. L'épopée jaune. Missionnaires et marins en Indo-Chine
    Georges GRANDJEAN

    L'épopée jaune. Missionnaires et marins en Indo-Chine

    S.F.E.L.T. • , Malfère|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Precious signed autograph inscription from Georges Grandjean to Henri Béraud.
    Minimal worming to spine.
    Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library in Ré.
    €100
  70. Le corsaire Duguay-Trouin
    Jean AUZANET

    Le corsaire Duguay-Trouin

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Jean Auzanet to Henri Béraud.
    Small lacks at head of spine and to second cover.
    Provenance: from Henri Béraud's library on the Île de Ré.
    €50
  71. Shahrâ sultane et la mer
    Claude FARRÈRE

    Shahrâ sultane et la mer

    Flammarion|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Claude Farrère to Henri Béraud: "... en toute amitié..." ["... in complete friendship..."]
    Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
    Provenance: from the library of Henri Béraud.
    €80
  72. Le frère-de-la-côte
    Joseph CONRAD

    Le frère-de-la-côte

    Nrf|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 996 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 109 reimposed.
    Signed autograph inscription from the translator, G. Jean-Aubry, to Frédéric Lefèvre.
    Spine slightly sunned without consequence,
    €80
  73. Christophe Colomb
    Antoine-François-Félix ROSELLY DE LORGUES

    Christophe Colomb

    Victor Palmé|Paris 1879|19.50 x 28.80 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition with 5 chromolithographs, one color map, all pages within a wide engraved border featuring marine scenes, landscapes, monuments... The effect of these borders is quite extraordinary when one further considers that they are renewed on each page.
    Publisher's binding in half red shagreen bound by Engel and richly decorated with two special plates, a repeated ornament at head and foot, scattered stars throughout and thick and thin fillets. Special gilt plate created by Souze, an anchor in the foreground, caravels on the sea and the setting sun in which the American continent appears. The same plate is found on the back without the title. Traces of rubbing at the...
    €600
  74. Thomas l'agnelet
    Guy ARNOUX, Claude FARRÈRE

    Thomas l'agnelet

    Javal et Bourdeaux|Paris 1927|25.50 x 33 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Edition of 175 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, with 18 original watercolors full page by Guy Arnoux engraved by Raoul Serres.
    Numerous vignettes, ornate capitals and culs-de-lampe.
    Two small tears, not serious, to slipcase.
    A very good copy.
    €800
  75. Marin de métier pilote de fortune
    André, capitaine de vaisseau JUBELIN

    Marin de métier pilote de fortune

    Editions France-Empire|Paris 1951|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on marais crèvecoeur paper, the only large paper copies.
    A good copy.
    €80
  76. Trop de bonheur
    Maurice LARROUY

    Trop de bonheur

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1928|14 x 21 cm|broché
    Edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, head drawing after 20 Japan.
    Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
    Small marginal tear without gravity, in pie back at the witnesses, and the slightly angular and insolated boards.
    €50
  77. Sirènes et tritons. Le roman du sous-marin
    Maurice LARROUY

    Sirènes et tritons. Le roman du sous-marin

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|14 x 21 cm|broché
    Edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, head drawing after 20 Japan.
    Signing autograph Maurice Larrouy below the justification of the draw.
    Small marginal tear without gravity, in pie back at the witnesses, and the slightly angular and insolated boards.
    €50
  78. Voyage au pays des fjords
    Antoine SALLES

    Voyage au pays des fjords

    Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1898|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half navy sheep binding, faded spine with five raised bands showing scratches, gilt date at foot, cherry red shagreen title-label with two corner tears, marbled paper boards showing traces of discoloration at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Work illustrated with 28 phototypes and complete with its folding map at the end.
    €40
  79. Histoire des naufrages, délaissements de matelots, hivernages, incendies de navires et autres désastres de mer
    Jean-Baptiste Benoît EYRIÈS

    Histoire des naufrages, délaissements de matelots, hivernages, incendies de navires et autres désastres de mer

    Laplace, Sanchez & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1880]|16.50 x 25.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    New edition illustrated with 8 hors-texte plates by Rouargue frères.
    Publisher's binding in half wine-red shagreen, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced with gilt decorative motifs, covers framed with cold-stamped fillets on wine-red paper boards, white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges.
    Some foxing.
    €60
  80. Une aventure amoureuse de monsieur de Tourville, vice-amiral et maréchal de France
    Charles FOUQUERAY, Claude FARRÈRE

    Une aventure amoureuse de monsieur de Tourville, vice-amiral et maréchal de France

    Flammarion|Paris 1930|27 x 33 cm|1 volume broché et 1 en feuilles sous chemise
    First edition illustrated with 40 original lithographs including 12 hors-texte in colors by Charles Fouqueray, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon impérial, deluxe issue after 5 vieux Japon.
    Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification of the issue for copies on Japon impérial, with a progressive suite of the tints and a complete suite in colors for the 12 hors-texte and a suite in black for the 28 in-text lithographs.
    Finally our copy is enhanced with a progressive suite of the tints and a color suite of a rejected plate.
    Handsome copy.
    €500
  81. Histoire des progrès de la puissance navale de l'Angleterre
    Guillaume Emmanuel Joseph de SAINTE CROIX

    Histoire des progrès de la puissance navale de l'Angleterre

    Chez G. de Bure|à Paris 1786|10 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition, partly in first edition, preferable to the first as it was expanded with two books (and supporting documents) and above all corrected and revised by the author (who complains about the first edition in the preface), and the first Parisian edition, after the original published in Yverdon in 1783.
    Bound in full blonde glazed and speckled calf. Smooth spine decorated with 4 tools in compartments. Red morocco title label; round black morocco volume label. Double fillet frame on boards. Handsome copy.
    Reflections on England's extraordinary naval power at the end of the 18th century and during its golden eras. The author, after an introduction on the history of maritime...
    €750
  82. Rafales
    Roger VERCEL

    Rafales

    Albin Michel|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition printed on alfa paper.
    A trace of folding to head of lower cover, a good copy.
    €20
  83. Leçons élémentaires sur l''histoire naturelle des animaux précédées d'un aperçu général sur la zoologie. Conchyliologie
    Jean-Charles CHENU

    Leçons élémentaires sur l''histoire naturelle des animaux précédées d'un aperçu général sur la zoologie. Conchyliologie

    J.J. Dubochet • Le Chevalier & Cie|Paris 1847|16.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, marbled paper boards with very light surface wear of no consequence, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, small tear at head of first board near upper corner.
    Work illustrated with 1244 figures in the text as well as 12 plates at rear.
    Some minor foxing of no consequence.
    €300
  84. Gaspar Ruiz
    Joseph CONRAD

    Gaspar Ruiz

    Nrf|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 995 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies after the 109 reimposed.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  87. Voyage pittoresque sur les bords du Rhin
    Edmond Auguste TEXIER

    Voyage pittoresque sur les bords du Rhin

    Mrizot|Paris 1858|17.50 x 27 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with 24 steel engravings by the Rouargue brothers, including 2 hand-colored woodcuts.
    Contemporary half navy blue shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt compartments. Shagreen-textured cloth boards with blind fillets. Gilt edges. White moiré endpapers.
    Fine copy, in perfect condition, free from foxing and retaining its tissue guards.
    This book which visits all the cities along the Rhine was published during the golden age of tourism there; the spa towns of the Rhine were then fashionable, as were the Swiss and German cities. The work consists of descriptions, contemporary and historical anecdotes and notes on customs.
    €500
  88. Voyage autour du monde
    Charles A. WILSON

    Voyage autour du monde

    La Compagnie de l'imprimerie moderne|Montréal [Montreal] 1923|16 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full navy blue cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, some scratches to spine and joints, blind fillets framing the boards.
    Autograph inscription signed by Charles A. Wilson.
    Iconography.
    Some light foxing of no significance.
    €80
  90. Trois hommes dans un bateau
    Jerome K. JEROME

    Trois hommes dans un bateau

    Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1926|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation on ordinary paper, false statement of sixth edition, no mention of deluxe copies.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, two corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
    €50
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