Francis AMBRIÈRE
Les grandes Vacances 1939-1945
Les Editions de la Nouvelle France|Paris 1946|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on white laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work retrospectively awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1946 for the year 1940.
Signed autograph inscription from Francis Ambrière to Janine Paoly: "... dont j'espère depuis si longtemps que je prévois la voir davantage avec un espoir toujours plus entêté et ma vieille et respectueuse amitié." ["... whom I have hoped for so long that I foresee seeing her more with an ever more stubborn hope and my old and respectful friendship."]

€350
Jean-Pierre CHABROL
L'illustre fauteuil et autres récits
Gallimard|Paris 1967|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
€100
Philippe LE GUILLOU
Le donjon de Lonveigh
Gallimard|Paris 1991|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Henri THOMAS
Le gouvernement provisoire
Gallimard|Paris 1989|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

€150
Jean FOLLAIN
Espaces d'instants
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Jean FOLLAIN
D'après tout
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.
€120
Bertrand POIROT-DELPECH
Le golfe de Gascogne
Gallimard|Paris 1989|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag Rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€80
NORGE
Le stupéfait
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€120
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
L'homme-journal 1966-1967
Plon|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€100
François-Marie BANIER
Hôtel du lac
Plon|Paris 1975|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean-Bertrand PONTALIS
L'amour des commencements
Gallimard|Paris 1986|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€250
Arthur ADAMOV
Paolo Paoli
Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.

€100
Daniel PENNAC
Monsieur Malaussène[Mr. Malaussène]
Gallimard|Paris 1995|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A very fine copy.
Moving and beautiful inscription by Daniel Pennac to his great friend Franklin Rist (to whom he dedicated Comme un Roman) added below the printed dedication: "Et grâce à ton amitié, Franklin, qui nourrit chaque ligne, et dont un lecteur attentif trouverait même la trace entre les mots. D. Pennac" [And thanks to your friendship, Franklin, which influenced each line, an observant reader would even find its trace between the words. D. Pennac] with a drawing of a little man carrying, like Atlas or Sisyphus, a
€1,200
Roger GRENIER
Le silence
Gallimard|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned at head and foot.
€100
Arthur ADAMOV
Théâtre III
Gallimard|Paris 1966|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned, without gravity.

€100
Arthur ADAMOV
L'homme et l'enfant
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minor sunning to foot of spine.
€100
Jean FRÉLAUT
Ombre et lumière
Aux dépens des cinq-vingt|s. l. 1935|30 x 40 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition consisting of a suite of 14 original etchings by Jean Frélaut printed in 26 numbered copies on vellum and signed by Jean Frélaut.
Each proof on cream vellum is mounted under mat, signed and numbered in pencil by Jean Frélaut.
Two tears at head and foot of the slipcase spine.
Handsome and rare copy.
€1,800
Claude SIMON
La Route des Flandres
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1960|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 7 hors commerce copies out of 87 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
Signed and inscribed by Claude Simon using a sentence of page 306: "Mais comment savoir, que savoir?" [But how to know, what to know?]
Rare first edition inscribed by the author.
€2,500
Julien BENDA
Esquisse d'une histoire des français dans leur volonté d'être une nation
Nrf|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 177 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite tiny worming at head of front board.
€80
Jacques CARELMAN
Saroka la géante
Le terrain vague|Paris 1965|22.50 x 29 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of this surrealist tale, one of the numbered copies, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 40 collages reminiscent of Max Ernst's style
Publisher's full red moiré cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket whose spine and covers are slightly yellowed as is usual.
€60
José CABANIS
Le bonheur du jour
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.
Handsome copy.

€200
Roger GRENIER
Les monstres
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€70
Camille BOURNIQUEL
Le blé sauvage
Seuil|Paris 1955|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€120
Julien BENDA
Les cahiers d'un clerc
Emile-Paul|Paris 1950|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
€150
Henri THOMAS
Histoire de Pierrot et quelques autres
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Small dampstain at foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

€100
Pierre-Henri SIMON
Le somnambule
Seuil|Paris 1960|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on snow-white vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.

€150
Vladimir POZNER
Deuil en 24 heures
Grasset|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly browned, otherwise handsome copy of this work set against the backdrop of the 1940 exodus.

€80
Marguerite DURAS
L'homme assis dans le couloir
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1980|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite boards imperceptibly sunned at margins.
€180
Roger GRENIER
Brefs récits pour une longue histoire
Gallimard|Paris 2012|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€70
José CABANIS
Les cartes du temps
Gallimard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without significance.

€120
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Le silence suivi de Le mensonge
Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma-Navarre, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
€500
Henri THOMAS
Le parjure
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Some sunning to foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

€100
Louis ARAGON
Servitude et grandeur des français
La Bibliothèque Française|Paris 1945|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 535 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned, small marginal tears to boards, a full-margined copy.
€150
Julien BENDA
Mémoires d'infra-tombe
Julliard|Paris 1952|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Sequana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€250
Roger GRENIER
Le Pierrot noir
Gallimard|Paris 1986|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without gravity, a small tear at the head of the first gathering.

€100
José CABANIS
L'auberge fameuse
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€150
Roger CAILLOIS
Esthétique généralisée
Gallimard|Paris 1962|21.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€400
Alphonse de CHÂTEAUBRIANT, Jean FRÉLAUT
La Brière
Société des Amis des Livres|Paris 1942|14 x 20.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition printed in 104 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 14 named copies reserved for collaborators, and illustrated with 74 original drypoints by Jean Frélaut.
The illustrations comprise: 3 full-page hors-texte including 1 frontispiece, 51 in-text and 20 tailpieces.
Our copy is enriched with a menu from a luncheon organized by the Société des Amis des Livres on Saturday March 13, 1943, the menu is illustrated with an original drypoint by Jean Frélaut which he justified.
Cover boards shaded, spine and boards of the chemise and slipcase marginally sunned.
Fine and rare copy.
€1,200
Jean GUÉHENNO
Ce que je crois
Grasset|Paris 1964|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Hollande paper, deluxe copy.
Final endpapers slightly shaded and spotted, otherwise handsome copy.
€150
Jean-Paul SARTRE
La putain respectueuse
Nagel|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum alma paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€200
Roger VAILLAND
Eloge du cardinal de Bernis
Fasquelle|Paris 1956|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two light sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
€250
Julien BENDA
Du style d'idées
Gallimard|Paris 1948|15 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours one of 3 lettered hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two very slight sunning marks at head and foot of spine.

€250
Arthur ADAMOV
Ici et maintenant
Gallimard|Paris 1964|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours bearing No. 31, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
iconography.
€100
Maurice SACHS
Histoire de John Cooper d'Albany
Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
With an autograph calling card from Madame Maurice Sachs.
€250
Francis CARCO
Morsure
Ferenczi|Paris 1949|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe issue.
Minute worming to first cover, light foxing affecting some deckled edges, final endpaper marginally shaded, a full-margined copy.
€200
Marguerite DURAS
L'amant
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1984|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A fine copy of this novel, winner of the 1984 Prix Goncourt.
€3,500
Claude SIMON
Histoire
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1977|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe copy.
A tiny tear on the spine which is slightly sunned at head and foot, minimal adhesive tape residue at head and foot of endpapers.
€600
Albert CAMUS, Arthur KOESTLER
Réflexions sur la peine capitale
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1957|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, one of 260 numbered copies on tinted laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Introduction and study by Jean Bloch-Michel.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, a shadow left by a bookseller's description label in the margin of an endpaper.
€1,000
Marguerite DURAS
L'amour
Gallimard|Paris 1971|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Rare and handsome copy.
€700
Claude SIMON
La bataille de Pharsale
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1969|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma paper, deluxe copy.
Spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
€350
Robert MERLE
Malevil
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
Rare and handsome copy.
€1,500
Julien BENDA
Un régulier dans le siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.

€250
Alexandre DUMAS, Jean-Paul SARTRE
Kean
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's adaptation, one of 46 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies.
Two small sun marks at head and foot of spine.
Handsome copy.
€800
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Tous les hommes sont mortels
Gallimard|Paris 1946|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.
€2,500
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Vous les entendez ?
Gallimard|Paris 1972|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy despite the back cover being lightly and marginally sunned without consequence.
€400
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Entre la vie et la mort
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned without consequence at head and foot.
€400
Jules LEMAÎTRE
Les vieux livres
Lucien Gougy|Paris 1906|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in a small number on laid paper and offered by the author.
This is a speech given by Jules Lemaître on the singularity of the book collector.
Full pasteboard binding in vellum style, smooth spine, frame of blue painted fillets on marbled paper boards, some areas where the fillet paint has faded, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Jules Lemaître: "A Marthe Léon Daudet, son vieil ami. Jules Lemaître." ["To Marthe Léon Daudet, his old friend. Jules Lemaître."]
€200
Charles MAURRAS
Les conditions de la victoire - Tome 1 : La France se sauve par elle-même - De juillet à mi-novembre 1914
Nouvelle librairie nationale|Paris 1916|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 88 copies on laid paper, the first 82 being nominative, ours, No. 5, in the name of Léon Daudet.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands heavily rubbed, top headcap worn away, gilt date at foot, author's name and navy blue morocco title label, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Charles Maurras below the justification page: "A Madame Léon Daudet , respectueux hommage d'un admirateur, compère et ami. Charles Maurras." ["To Madame Léon Daudet, respectful homage from an ad
€300
Michel HOUELLEBECQ
En présence de Schopenhauer[In the Presence of Schopenhauer]
L'Herne|Paris 2017|11 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€350
Pierre MAC ORLAN
La nuit de Zeebrugge
Le Masque|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vélin Lafuma, ours one of the 10 hors commerce specially printed for José Germain who was the director of this collection 'Aventures et légendes de mer', deluxe copy.
First cover illustrated with a frontispiece by the author.
Light foxing on the covers, endpapers slightly shadowed, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.
€300
Benoîte GROULT, Flora GROULT
Il était deux fois...
Denoël|Paris 1968|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€300
Jean-René HUGUENIN
Journal
Seuil|Paris 1964|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on snow-white vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by François Mauriac.
A handsome and rare copy.
€1,000
Blaise CENDRARS, Robert DOISNEAU
Le lotissement du ciel
Denoël|Paris 1949|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
Bound in half fawn morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Blaise Cendrars by Robert Doisneau.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.

€5,000
Jacques d' ADELSWÄRD-FERSEN, Ernest BRISSET
Le sourire aux yeux fermés
L'édition moderne|Paris 1912|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 copies signed and numbered by the publisher on hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Small tears and minute losses of paper to the margins of the soft cover, a repaired joint at foot, some foxing. Untrimmed copy with wide margins slightly bent.
Cover illustrated by Ernest Brisset.
Inscribed copy, signed and dated by Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen to bookseller and publisher Léon Michaud : "... prince of the artist publishers."
Extremely rare.
€6,800
André GAVOTY
La Grassini - Première Cantatrice de S.M. l'Empereur le Roi
Grasset|Paris 1947|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Montval paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy.

€120
Charles MORICE
Tristan Corbière
Albert Messein|Paris 1912|16.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition printed for the benefit of the monument dedicated to Tristan Corbière, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Some interior foxing, a full-margined copy.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a photographic portrait of Tristan Corbière.
€100
Alfred CAPUS, Emmanuel ARÈNE
L'adversaire
Charpentier • Fasquelle|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours bearing the N°, the only deluxe copies.
Covers very lightly soiled and spotted, handsome copy.
€120
Paul DELAIR
Garin
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1880|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Handsome copy despite some very occasional light foxing.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt.
Precious and beautiful signed autograph inscription from Paul Delair to Coquelin cadet, major figure of late 19th-century theater: "A mon cher Coquelin - absent de l'interprétation, vous ne l'étiez pas de l'oeuvre, à laquelle ont contribué vos conseils, et vous savez que vous ne le serez jamais du coeur de l'auteur." ["To my dear Coquelin
€150
The landmark work of the "Harlem Renaissance" in a deluxe edition
The landmark work of the "Harlem Renaissance" in a deluxe edition
Carl VAN VECHTEN, Paul MORAND (pref.)
Le paradis des nègres [Nigger Heaven]
Editions Kra|Paris 1927|20 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 10 numbered copies on Lafuma wove paper, ours unnumbered, printed on deluxe paper.
A rare and handsome copy, uncut, of one of the landmark works of the literary and poetic movement "Harlem Renaissance," which strove for the recognition of African-American culture.
Controversial since its publication owing to its title, the novel recounts the adventures of a young couple from Harlem, in the cabarets and soirées of the New York neighborhood. Van Vechten tirelessly supported African-American artists and writers, even after the decline of the movement that had drawn so many white intellectuals to Harlem.
€1,800
Léopold Sédar SENGHOR, Marc CHAGALL
Lettres d'hivernage
Seuil|Paris 1973|23 x 28.50 cm|Relié
First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on Arches.

Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, chemise in half raspberry-red morocco, flat spine with title gilt-stamped lengthwise, author gilt-stamped at head and illustrator stamped horizontally at foot, modern marbled paper boards, slipcase edged with raspberry morocco at head and foot, modern marbled paper boards and spine, chemise and slipcase signed by Boichot.
A very fine copy.
Illustrated with 9 original full-page lithographs in black and colors by Marc Chagall including one on the cover.
Signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Marc Chagall at the colophon.
€3,000
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Londres
Gallimard|Paris 2022|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on rivoli vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Edition established by Régis Tettamanzi.
Copy in mint condition.
€2,800
Marc ANDRY
Charles Trenet
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Preface and poems by Charles Trenet, iconography.

€100
Roger GAILLARD
La vie d'un joueur - Trente ans de souvenirs
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1953|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin alfama paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the wrinkled spine, small marginal scratches on the boards.
Inscribed by Roger Gaillard to one of his friends named Yvonne.
€80
Julien GRACQ
Un beau ténébreux
Librairie José Corti|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|relié
Second edition published four months after the very rare first edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Half blue box binding, smooth spine, date, title and author's name in palladium, boards with abstract patterned paper, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, front cover preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed by Boichot workshops.
Very handsome copy elegantly bound.
€1,500
TÉRENCE, Anatole de MONTAIGLON
Fragment d'un dialogue latin du IXe siècle entre Térence et un bouffon
Imprimerie de Giraudet et Jouaust|Paris 1849|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition printed in 50 copies on laid paper of this offprint from the journal l'Amateur de livres.
Brochure presented under green plain wrappers, some interior foxing, gift inscription in pen at head of verso of second cover.
This edition, established by Anatole de Montaiglon, was published from the manuscript of the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole de Montaiglon to monsieur Leblant in upper right corner of the title page.

€60
Remy de GOURMONT, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
Le livret de l'imagier
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1920|16 x 16.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition established by André Malraux, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe printing.
Preface by Gabriel-Albert Aurier.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece, 6 headpieces as well as 3 tailpieces engraved on wood by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.
Fine full-margined copy complete, as stipulated in the print run justification, with the suite of woodcuts on China paper.
€450
HERMANN-PAUL
Le veau gras
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1904|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 copies on China paper printed specially for the bookseller Carteret, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Work consisting of 87 plates of drawings by the author which he captioned in order to ridicule bourgeois marriage.
Bradel binding in half green morocco with corners, smooth spine slightly discolored, gilt date at foot, marbled paper sides, covers and spine preserved, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
Handsome full-margined copy agreeably bound in contemporary binding signed Durvand.
€500
Jules CLARETIE, Charles JOUAS
La Corde
Les Amis des Livres|Paris 1900|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in only 125 numbered copies on strong laid paper.
Work illustrated by Charles Jouas with 12 compositions engraved with etching and burin by Boisson, including one frontispiece and eleven in-text. These engravings were printed on China paper in Wittman's workshops and mounted on laid paper.
Full lavallière morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, place and date at foot, quintuple gilt compartment framing the boards, important gilt stamped decoration framing the pastedowns, combed paper endpapers, double gilt fillet on the edges, guilloche headcaps, original covers preserved, all edges gilt, binding signed Chambolle-
€700
Max JACOB
Le cornet à dés II
Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 16 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
A transverse fold to the head of the rear board, otherwise a handsome copy.
€200
Marcel GARRIGOU, Raoul DUFY
Les maîtres de la reliure - Georges Cretté
Arts et formes|Toulouse 1949|12 x 18.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition printed in 450 numbered copies.
Very handsome copy.
Illustrated work, complete with all 205 binding plates (plate 79, then 79 bis).
Under the direction of Marcel Garrigou, with contributions by Raoul Dufy, Roger Devauchelle, René Kieffer, Pierre-Lucien Martin, André Dunoyer de Segonzac...
€400
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Londres
Gallimard|Paris 2022|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on vélin rivoli paper, the only deluxe copies.
Edition established by Régis Tettamanzi.
Copy in mint condition.
€2,800
François MAURIAC
Orages
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1913|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two stains at the center of the first cover.
Autograph inscription signed by the publisher, Edouard Champion, to Maurice Queille.
€250
François MAURIAC
Le fils de l'homme
Grasset|Paris 1958|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Montval paper, deluxe copy.
Endpapers very lightly and partially shaded, without consequence.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€230
Philippe DELERM
Le trottoir au soleil
Gallimard|Paris 2011|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€100
Aimé PORTE DU TRAIT DES AGES
Les yeux marrons - Heures noires, poèmes mystiques
Vulliermet|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 1904|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed in 100 numbered copies.
A small lack to the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
€100
Jean PAULHAN, Raoul DUFY
Le pont traversé
Camille Bloch|Paris 1921|11.50 x 14.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 575 numbered copies on handmade Arches laid paper.
Work illustrated with a vignette by Raoul Dufy on the cover.
Spine lightened as is generally the case, otherwise handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Jean Paulhan at the foot of the first endpaper.
€120
André SUARÈS
Trois grands vivants - Cervantès, Baudelaire, Tolstoï
Grasset|Paris 1938|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 4 numbered copies on China paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified "chine" below the justification page and at the foot of the second cover, deluxe copy.
Fine full-margined copy.
€350
Albert LONDRES
Marseille porte du sud[Marseille, Gateway to the South]
Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Three minor tears of no consequence at the foot of the first cover.
A handsome full-margined copy.
In 1926, Albert Londres, who had already traveled to numerous countries in his capacity as a reporter, settled in the Phocaean city. Marseille porte du Sud, an account comprised of twelve articles, is a true documentary and above all a tribute to this cosmopolitan city.
€1,500
Auguste LAFORET
Le bâton - Etude historique et littéraire
Typographie Marius Olive|Marseille 1876|17 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 200 copies, ours one of the 30 on Holland paper, deluxe copies.
Spine slightly browned with small lacks and tears at head and foot, slight lacks and tears to board margins, handsome interior condition despite clear foxing on the final endpaper.
Rare.

€450
Julien BENDA
Le rapport d'Uriel
Flammarion|Paris 1947|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without consequence.
Handsome full-margined copy.

€150