Some "tirages de tête" (most limited deluxe issues)

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...
€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
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...
€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
LING CHOU, Victor SEGALEN
René Leys
Les cent une|s. l. 1952|22 x 32 cm|2 volumes brochés sous chemise en bois laqué et étui remplié en pleine toile moirée
Illustrated edition with 38 original engravings by Ling Chou, copper-engraved and hand-printed in sanguine, printed in 134 nominative and numbered copies on double Yu-Pan China paper.
The book, separated into two fascicles hand-sewn and covered in green moiré silk, is protected by two black lacquer plates and laces, work of the master lacquerer Tchou-Tze-Tsin.
The whole is contained in a moiré silk case closed by two ivory clasps, following the illustrator's design.
The case is partially and lightly discolored, with a light stain at the head of the first board of the case, handsome copy.
Signatures of Ling Chou, of the president and vice-president of the...
€1,500
Pierre SAINT OLIVE
Etude sur le merveilleux au XVe siècle - Un miracle à St-Genis d'Aoste, une affaire de sorcellerie aux Avenières
Imprimerie Louis Chaduc|Belley 1912|16 x 24.50 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in 80 numbered copies on laid paper.
Rare and handsome copy despite light marginal foxing to the covers.
€50
Paul GÉRALDY, André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC
Vous qui passez...
Stock|Paris 1956|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 980 numbered copies on vélin du marais paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by André Dunoyer de Segonzac.
Handsome unsigned autograph thought by Paul Géraldy on the half-title page: "Une ancienne tradition veut encore aujourd'hui qu'à Paris, quand on donne une pièce au public pour la première fois, le nom de l'auteur ne figure pas sur les affiches. Les spectateurs sont avertis que c'est une pièce de théâtre, et non pas un auteur, qui leur est présentée. Quand tout est terminé, le rideau se relève. Un des comédiens s'avance et nomme l'auteur, pour référence, accessoirement." ["An old...
€100
Robert MERLE
Fortune de France - Le glaive et les amours
Editions de Fallois|Paris 2003|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on B.F.K. de Rives pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€300
Jean RASPAIL
Les yeux d'Irène[Irène’s Eyes]
Albin Michel|Paris 1984|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on handmade laid paper from Rives, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine and rare copy.
€1,200
Jean RASPAIL
Les royaumes de Borée[The Kingdoms of Borea]
Albin Michel|Paris 2003|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vélin chiffon du marais, the most limited deluxe paper before 30 on Holland paper.
A very fine and rare copy.
€1,200
Ignace LEGRAND
La patrie intérieure
Librairie des Champs-Elysées|Paris 1928|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 lettered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Some foxing to margins of first cover, a tear to upper right corner of second cover.
A full-margined copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Ignace Legrand to the Venezuelan painter and engraver Elisa Elvira Zuloaga: "A madame Zuloaga, hommage de l'auteur Ignace Legrand."
€120
Tristan DERÈME
L'onagre orange
Grasset|Paris 1939|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 copies on imperial Japan paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€120
Jean FREUSTIÉ
Le droit d'aînesse
Grasset|Paris 1968|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on alfa, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€100
Maurice GENEVOIX
Beau-François
Presses de la Cité|Paris 1965|14.50 x 20 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Copy presented under double chemise and slipcase in full cream cloth.
Spine of the slipcase slightly faded, one stain at head of second cover of the slipcase.
Work complete with its loose card at beginning of volume.
€180
Gustave GUETANT, Albert SAMAIN
Polyphème
Société des Amis des Livres|Paris 1922|21 x 29 cm|broché
Edition printed in 100 numbered copies on handmade laid paper and decorated with original illustrations by Gustave Guétant engraved on wood by A. Thévenin.
Two small tears repaired with minimal losses at head and foot of spine.
Fine and rare copy.

€400
Martin LE FRANC
L'estrif de fortune et de vertu - Etude du manuscrit 9510 de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique provenant de l'ancienne librairie des "Croy" de Chimay par Alphonse Bayot
Oeuvre nationale pour la reproduction de manuscrits à miniature de Belgique|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1928|21 x 29 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacets, chemise et étui
New edition, one of 42 nominative copies on heavy Arches paper, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated with 21 plates hors-texte presented in a separate chemise and at the end of the volume.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with a suite of 11 color separations of the frontispiece plate.
Fine and rare copy.

€400
Constant DRATZ, Albert GIRAUD
Le laurier
Société des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1921|21 x 29 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacets et étui
Edition illustrated with 19 original etchings by Constant Dratz, one of 90 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe issue.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with the portrait of the author signed in pencil by Constant Dratz as well as the duplicate suite of the 19 etchings (two of which are signed by Constant Dratz).
A handsome copy.

€280
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Les fruits d'or
Gallimard|Paris 1963|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 47 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
€1,500
Charles PÉGUY
Morceaux choisis des Oeuvres poétiques
Librairie Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1914|9.50 x 19 cm|relié
First collected edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, binding signed by Vermorel.
Very rare and handsome copy of this edition planned and conceived by Charles Péguy.

€2,800
Stefan ZWEIG
Derniers messages
Editions Victor Attinger|Paris 1949|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 32 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A crack reglued at head of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

€2,500
Jos BOUUAERT, Charles VAN LERBERGHE
La chanson d'Eve
Société des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique|Paris 1924|13 x 22 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à rabats et étui
Illustrated edition with a black frontispiece and 23 bistre lithographs including full-page plates by Jos Bouuaert, one of 90 numbered copies on Japan paper with a black suite of the 11 full-page plates, deluxe copy.
Small foxing on the boards and spine slightly sunned.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise with flaps and slipcase.
€400
Georges GOBO, Charles MAURRAS
L'étang de Berre
Société des amis du livre moderne|Paris 1927|22.50 x 30 cm|broché sous étui
Illustrated edition with 100 original lithographs in-text and hors-texte by Georges Gobô, one of 125 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue along with 41 other vellum copies.
Light foxing to endpapers and edges.
Handsome copy complete with its slipcase.
We include the menu from a dinner of the bibliophile association of the Société des amis du livre moderne.
Our copy is enriched with an original black drawing by Georges Gobô.

€400
Albert CAMUS
Discours de Suède
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Additionally, 210 copies were printed on pure thread paper and, hors commerce, 50 copies on Madagascar paper.
A very handsome copy of Camus's finest text on commitment and the responsibility of new generations facing the challenges of the world to come.
€3,800
Jean GIONO
Le Désastre de Pavie - 24 Février 1525[The Disaster of Pavia – 24 February 1525]
Gallimard|Paris 1963|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Holland paper, the tirage de tête.
Two slight sunning marks at head and foot of the spine.
A fine and rare copy.
€3,000
Jean GENET
Fragments... et autres textes
Gallimard|Paris 1990|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
Edition with some parts in first edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography.
One marginal tear without loss affecting the half-title page, otherwise a handsome copy.
€380
Alexandre POUCHKINE, Jean LÉBÉDEFF
Le conte du coq d'or
Aux folies de l'ymagier|Paris 1954|12.50 x 16 cm|en feuilles sous couverture, chemise et étui
First edition of Jean Lébédeff's compositions printed in 350 numbered copies on strong vellum.
Calligraphy and colored images by Jean Lébédeff, signed by him on the justification page.
Shadows from the folded-over cover, very fine copy in publisher's chemise and slipcase.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Lébédeff to André Goukowsky.
€450
Robert POULET
La hutte de cochenille
Plon|Paris 1953|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure Lafuma laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Robert Poulet to Maurice Bourdet.
€230
Stephen HECQUET
Les collégiens
La Table Ronde|Paris 1960|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Stephen Hecquet to Roland Bailly.
€350
André MALRAUX (Léopold Sédar SENGHOR)
Hôtes de passage
Gallimard|Paris 1975|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on holland paper, deluxe copy.
Very handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by André Malraux to his friends Minka and Karl-Hans [Strauss] enhanced with two small drawings in red and blue ink representing cats.
Minka, a Rothschild descendant, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the elderly writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this youthful passion that inspired his first work...
€2,500
Françoise SAGAN
Les violons parfois
Julliard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.
€480
Lorand GASPAR
Derrière le dos de dieu
Gallimard|Paris 2010|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€150
Henry MEILHAC, Ludovic HALÉVY
Lolotte
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1879|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of this one-act comedy, one of the rare copies on laid paper, of which no mention is made.
Rare and handsome copy with full margins.
€150
Jean RICHEPIN, William SHAKESPEARE
Macbeth
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1914|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French version, in verse and prose, established by Jean Richepin, one of the rare copies on pink paper of which no mention is made.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy despite small angular tears of no consequence.
€150
Jean RICHEPIN
Miarka
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1905|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of this drama set to music by Alexandre Georges, one of the rare copies on pink paper of which no mention is made.
A rare and handsome copy with full margins.
€150
Jean COCTEAU
Lettres à Jean Marais
Albin Michel|Paris 1987|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
Preface and notes by Jean Marais, iconography.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Marais: "Pour Micheline, avec mes voeux de bonheur" ["For Micheline, with my wishes for happiness"].

€800
Octavio PAZ, Maurice BLANCHOT
La N.R.F. N°102 du 1er Juin 1961
Nrf|Paris 1961|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure laid paper.
Contributions by Octavio Paz "Courant alternatif", Maurice Blanchot "Rêver, écrire", Roger Caillois "Pilate", Norge "Les quatre vérités", Jean Dutourd "Du journal en général"...
Handsome copy.
€120
André GIDE, Louis GUILLOUX
La N.R.F. N°268 de la 24ème année
Nrf|Paris 1er Janvier 1936|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure rag paper.
Contributions by André Gide "Pages de journal", Jules Supervielle "Lettre à l'étoile", Louis Guilloux "Verre à liqueur", André Suarès "Dictature et dictateurs", Alain, Julien Benda, Albert Thibaudet...
Spine lightly browned, otherwise a handsome copy.
€100
Michel LEIRIS, Julien BENDA
Miroir de la tauromachie - In La Nrf N°302 du 1er Novembre 1938
Nrf|Paris 1er Novembre 1938|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Other contributions by Julien Benda "Les démocraties devant l'Allemagne", Jean Giraudoux "Choix des élues (Partie I)", Armand Petitjean "Prière pour les copains", Jean Schlumberger "Contre l'humiliation", Marcel Arland, Jean Grenier...
Spine and covers marginally sunned, first page and rear endpaper darkened.
€150
Paul CLAUDEL, Julien BENDA
Du côté de chez Ramuz - In La Nrf N°302 du 1er Février1938
Nrf|Paris 1er Février1938|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Other contributions by André Suarès "Un grand homme en enfer", Jacques Chardonne "Le bonheur de Barbezieux (Partie II)", Francis Jammes "Air de décembre", Jean Grenier "Sur Charles Maurras"...
Spine browned, covers marginally and lightly sunned, first page and rear endpaper darkened.
€80
Emmanuel ROBLÈS
La croisière
Seuil|Paris 1968|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on snow vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite small worming to the edges.
€150
Georges BLOND
Julie des Arques
Julliard|Paris 1978|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€100
Jean-Pierre CHABROL
Les chevaux l'aimaient
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil vellum, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
One crease at foot of front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
€150
Albert FLAMENT
La Malibran
Flammarion|Paris 1937|18 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies along with 20 on pur fil.
Light foxing to some deckled edges, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
€80
Paul CLAUDEL
Mes idées sur le théâtre
Gallimard|Paris 1966|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 39 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€300
Olivier de LA HAYE
Poëme de la grande peste de 1348
Henri Georg|Lyon 1888|11 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed in 175 numbered copies on laid paper and published by Georges Guigue from the manuscript preserved in the Saint-Pierre palace library.
Minor corner losses to covers and spine, a transverse fold on the back cover, some foxing mainly affecting the edges, otherwise handsome interior condition.
€80
Adolphe WILLETTE, Rodolphe SALIS
Le Chat noir N°150 de la troisième année du samedi 22 Novembre 1884
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1884|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies on laid paper.
The issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a double-page interior drawing by Adolphe Willette "C'est un conte blanc - C'est un conte noir".
Literary contributions by Georges Auriol, Rodolphe Salis, Xernand Fau, Adolphe Willette...
Handsome copy.
Le Chat noir is a weekly review created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name whose memory it sought to preserve. The texts declaimed during performances were published there. It constitutes, moreover, an important literary and artistic testimony of the late nineteenth century...
€80
Adolphe WILLETTE, Alphonse ALLAIS
Le Chat noir N°152 de la troisième année du samedi 6 Décembre 1884
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1884|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies on laid paper.
The issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a comic strip by Adolphe Willette on an interior page: "Monstres de Paris. Les peintres incompris : M. Carolus Durand".
Literary contributions by Alphonse Allais "Moeurs de ce temps-ci", Georges d'Esparbès "Les juges", Jean Lorrain "Miss Miser", Camille de Sainte-Croix "La chanson de la mer de Victor Margueritte" under the semi-pseudonym of Xernand Fau "La guerre aux abus"...
Handsome copy.
Le Chat noir is a weekly review created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name whose...
€80
Charles CROS, Alphonse ALLAIS
Diamant enfumé - In Le Chat noir N°154 de la troisième année du samedi 20 Décembre 1884
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1884|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies on laid paper.
The issue is illustrated with a drawing by Adolphe Willette "Il est né le divin enfant ! ".
Other contributions by Alphonse Allais "Le veau", Rodolphe Salis, Auguste Marin...
Handsome copy.
Le Chat noir is a weekly magazine created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name whose memory it sought to preserve. It published the texts declaimed during the shows. It is, moreover, an important literary and artistic testimony of the end of the 19th century, around the bohemian life and the Parisian effervescence that was its own.
€180
Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN, Charles CROS
Un drame interastral - In Le Chat noir N°239 de la cinquième année du samedi 7 Août 1886
Au cabaret Le Chat noir|Paris 1886|31 x 45 cm|en feuillets
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on laid paper.
The issue consists of 4 pages and is illustrated with a comic strip by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen "La rose".
Literary contributions by Charles Cros "Un drame interastral", Caran d'Ache "Carnet de la semaine", Albert Tinchant "Philanthropie"...
Handsome copy.
Le Chat noir is a weekly magazine created by Rodolphe Salis and Emile Goudeau, published from 1882 to 1897, with the aim of promoting the famous cabaret of the same name of which it considered itself the memory. It published texts recited during the shows. It is, moreover, an important literary and artistic testimony of the late nineteenth century, around...
€180
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Situations I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX & X - Ensemble en tirage de tête et complet en 10 volumes
Gallimard|Paris 1947-1976|12 x 19 cm|10 volumes brochés sous chemises-étuis
Each volume in its first edition: one of 30 numbered copies on Pur fil paper for the first, one of 14 numbered copies on Hollande for the second and third, one of 36 numbered copies on Hollande from the fourth to the ninth, one of 35 numbered copies on Hollande for the tenth and last.
Each work is presented in a brown half morocco slipcase, smooth spine slightly sunned, gilt date at the foot of spine, marbled paper boards, wood-like paper inside.

A very nice complete set in 10 volumes and a very rare collection of first editions. There were only 14 copies ever printed on Hollande paper of the second and third volumes, meaning that there are possibly only 14 complete...
€4,500
Jean LESCURE
Gnomides
Editions proverbe|Marchainville 1999|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches vellum reserved for friends of the author.
Handsome copy illustrated with 3 illustrations by Raoul Ubac, Gustave Singier and Léon Gischia.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lescure to Georges Goldfayn: "... qui a des faiblesses pour mes bavardages, voici ceux de mes gnomides bien pires mais l'amitié est d'abord celle de Jean Lescure." ["... who has weaknesses for my chatter, here are those of my gnomides much worse but friendship is first that of Jean Lescure."]
€80
Albert HENRY
Langage et poésie chez Paul Valéry
Mercure de France|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on Rives laid paper, ours unnumbered but properly justified Rives, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite slight traces of sunning at head and foot of spine and to margins of boards.

€80
Janine AEPLY
Une fille à marier
Mercure de France|Paris 1969|11.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy of this erotic novel written by Jean Fautrier's wife.
€350
Franz KAFKA, Max ERNST
Un Divertissement[An Entertainment]
GLM|Paris 1938|12.50 x 16 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon impérial paper, from the deluxe issue.
Discreet restorations at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
Illustrated with a frontispiece by Max Ernst.
€1,800
Renée VIVIEN, Camille LEMERCIER D'ERM
La Muse aux violettes
Sansot|Paris 1910|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
A poem by Renée Vivien at the beginning of the work.
Fine and very rare copy.
In memoriam...
€1,200
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Cahiers de prison Février-Octobre 1946
Gallimard|Paris 2019|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Copy in mint condition.

€1,200
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Bariona
S. n.|s. l. 1962|15 x 20 cm|broché
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies of this play created for Christmas Eve 1940 by Jean-Paul Sartre for his comrades at stalag XII D in Trier.
A small restored tear at the foot of the spine, gift inscription from a previous owner in the lower right corner of the title page.
A rare and handsome copy.
€600
COLLECTIF
Esprit N°403 de la 39ème année
Esprit|Paris Mai 1971|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Esprit: "Avortement, quelle liberté ?" ["Abortion, what freedom?"], Jack Jones: "Le socialisme des profondeurs" ["Socialism from the depths"], Louis Soubise: "Présence de Nietzsche" ["Presence of Nietzsche"], Hicham Djait: "L'idée d'unité arabe" ["The idea of Arab unity"], Marcio Moreira Alves: "La gauche chilienne au pouvoir" ["The Chilean left in power"], Michel Winock "Drumont et l'antisémitisme" ["Drumont and antisemitism"]...
Some worming to spine and boards, handsome interior condition.
€60
COLLECTIF
Esprit N°8 de la 17ème année
Esprit|Paris Août 1949|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Bernard d'Astorg: "La sirène et le mécano", Emmanuel Mounier: "Le décret du Saint-Office", J. Iwaszkiewisz: "Le moulin sur le Lutynia"...
Some light foxing.

€60
Chris MARKER, COLLECTIF
Orphée - In Esprit N°11 de la 18ème année
Esprit|Paris Novembre 1950|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Other contributions by Albert Béguin: "Fidélité et imagination", Charles Piquois: "Au pays de mes pères", Antoine Pelletier: "Le protestantisme aux Etats-Unis", André Berthelot: "Le problème de l'élimination des armes atomiques"...
Light worming without significance.

€120
COLLECTIF
Esprit N°389 de la 38ème année
Esprit|Paris Février 1970|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of this important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies. Contributions by P.C. Nappey: "Lettre sur l'homosexualité", Jacques Brault: "Patience", Robert Marteau: "Giacometti", André Clair: "Freud et le fait de la violence", Jacques Madaule: "Visages de Claudel", Michel Mesnil "Le jeune cinéma japonais"...
Three stains to covers, handsome interior condition.

€60
COLLECTIF
Esprit N°382 de la 37ème année
Esprit|Paris Juin 1969|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue of this important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Michel Winock: "Les élections présidentielles", Roger Errera: "L'indifférence au génocide", Robert Marteau: "Marat, de David", Pierre Vidal-Naquet: "Le procès stalinien"...
Handsome copy.

€60