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

Claude FARRÈRE
Ma dernière Visite à Loti
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1923|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual.
€200
Jean DUTOURD
Scandale de la Vertu
Editions de Fallois • L'âge d'homme|Paris 1997|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure Lana rag vellum, ours one of 7 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies
A handsome copy.
€180
Léon LASCOUTX
Le Médecin des Livres : Delanier
S. n.|Paris 1939|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece photographic portrait of "Père Delanier," the very famous book restorer.
Autograph inscription signed by Léon Lascoutx to Monsieur Picaut, enhanced with an autograph inscription signed by Delanier to the same beneath his photographic portrait.

€80
Robert MERLE
Le Propre de l'Homme
Editions de Fallois|Paris 1989|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
€300
Hervé BAZIN
La Mort du petit Cheval
Grasset|Paris 1950|12 x 18.50 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Montval, deluxe copies with 20 on vélin de Rives reserved for Jean Loize bookshop.
Full tawny morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, boards decorated with curved black morocco plaques representing horseshoes within which pieces of skin evoking the coat of a pinto bay tobiano horse (mixture of brown and cream white) have been applied, brown paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, half chocolate brown morocco chemise with bands, brown-grey paper boards, tawny morocco title label, slipcase edged with chocolate brown morocco, brown-grey paper boards, elegant and spectacular binding signed D. H...
€4,000
[Bernard NOËL as] Urbain d' ORLHAC, François LUNVEN
Le Château de Cène[The Castle of the Last Supper]
Jérôme Martineau|Paris 1969|14.50 x 21 cm|broché sous une boîte cartonnée
Rare first edition of this masterpiece of erotic literature, one of 120 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue, complete with its cardboard box, bears the cover of "Fata Morgana" editions, while the ordinary issue bears the name of Jérôme Martineau editions.
The covers of the "Fata Morgana" edition are slightly and uniformly sunned without gravity.
Our copy, N°22, indeed contains, like the first 50 pure laid paper copies, the original engraving by François Lunven which he signed in pencil.

€2,500
Louis-William GRAUX, Friedrich von SCHILLER
Guillaume Tell
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe printing.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in headpieces and tailpieces by Louis-William Graux.

€150
Gustave FLAUBERT
La Première Education sentimentale
Seuil|Paris 1973|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First separate edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure laid Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
A fold at the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
€380
Francis CARCO
Images cachées
Albin Michel|Paris 1929|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition published one year after the first, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Occasional minor worming affecting some deckled edges without consequence, front endpaper lightly shaded.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€150
Erskine CALDWELL
Un pauvre Type
Gallimard|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine very slightly faded.
€80
Thornton WILDER
La Cabale
Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 66 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Bernard NOËL, Ghislain QUEVY
A vif enfin la Nuit
Fata Morgana|Montpellier 1968|15 x 26 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe edition.
Covers lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
Our copy includes, like the 50 copies of the deluxe edition, the original etching by Ghislian Quévy which he signed and numbered.
€200
Auguste LONGNON
Les Français d'Outre-Mer au Moyen-Age. Essai sur l'Expansion française dans le Bassin de la Méditerranée
Perrin & Cie|Paris 1929|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on Arches laid paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Spine with small tears and corner lacks, endpapers entirely browned, slight marginal lacks to boards.
A full-margined copy, complete with its folding map at rear.
€100
Johannes HUBNER, Rolf SZYMANSKI
Stern auf der Schwelle[Star on the Threshold]
Julliard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Uru paper, deluxe copy.
Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine, a shadow having marginally and vertically lightened the front cover
Like all copies from the deluxe edition, our copy includes the original engraving by Rolf Szymanski which he signed and justified in pencil.
€250
Lucien JACQUES
Vingt et Une Chansons de Shakespeare & de son temps
Chez l'auteur|Manosque 1953|12.50 x 16.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of the adaptation established by Lucien Jacques printed in 200 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 20 linocuts by Lucien Jacques.

€60
Victor SEGALEN
Le Fils du Ciel. Chroniques des Jours souverains[The Son of Heaven. Chronicles of the Sovereign Days]
Flammarion|Paris 1975|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and front cover slightly and marginally yellowed, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.
€1,000
James Thomas FARRELL
La Jeunesse de Studs Lonigan
Gallimard|Paris 1950|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 165 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A fine copy.

€120
Henry CHAPRONT, ACHILLE TATIUS
Les Amours de Leucippe et de Clitophon
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1930|13.50 x 20.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
New edition of the French translation, one of 200 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, deluxe copies.
Minor sunning to head and foot of spines, handsome full-margined copies.
Works illustrated with wood engravings by Henry Chapront.

€80
Georges SCHARF, HORACE [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1931|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, one of 200 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, deluxe copy.
Minor sunning to head and foot of spine, handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Georges Scharf.

€60
Louis ROCHE
Si proche et lointaine
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Louis Roché was a diplomat and resistance fighter close to Radio-Londres.

€150
François-Martin SALVAT, LONGUS
Daphnis et Chloé
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1928|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, one of 300 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, deluxe copy.
Light sunning to head and foot of spine, handsome copy with full margins.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by François-Martin Salvat.

€60
Geneviève ROSTAN, PROPERCE
A la Gloire de Cynthie
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1932|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, deluxe copy.
Small stains to margins of front cover, light sunning to head and foot of spine.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Geneviève Rostan.

€60
René POTTIER, PERSE
Six Satires
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1930|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
New edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, deluxe copy.
Light sunning to head and foot of spine, handsome copy with full margins.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by René Pottier.

€60
Fernand LEGER, Robert GANZO
Orénoque
S. n.|Paris 1937|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 3 original drawings by Fernand Léger and printed in 150 numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
A rare and handsome copy.
€800
Jacques MONORY
Derrière le miroir numéro spécial Jacques Monory
Maeght éditeur|Paris 1978|28.50 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Arches Vellum, only large papers.
Spine of the chemise slightly faded, a beautiful copy.
Issue illustrated with 4 original lithographs by Jacques Monory.
Text by Alain Jouffroy.
A beautiful copy.
Handwritten signature by Jacques Monory in pencil on the colophon.
€700
Bernard WOLFE
Les grands Fonds
Gallimard|Paris 1961|14 x 21 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 41 numbered copies on pure linen, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally faded as usual, otherwise handsome copy

€80
Françoise SAGAN
Bonheur impair et passe
Julliard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€600
Francis CARCO
Morsure
Ferenczi|Paris 1949|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe copy.
First endpaper slightly and partially shadowed, otherwise a handsome and rare full-margined copy.
€250
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Notes sur la Magie et le Vol
Les pas perdus|Paris 1952|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€150
Erskine CALDWELL
Soleil du Sud
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly discolored.
€80
Zalman SHNEOUR
Le Chant du Dniéper
Gallimard|Paris 1950|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 165 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minimal foxing at head of covers.
€150
David Herbert LAWRENCE
L'Homme et la Poupée
Gallimard|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 367 numbered copies on alfa Lafuma, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
SERGE, Constantin FEDINE
Transvaal suivi de Les Moujiks
Editions Montaigne|Paris s. d. [1927]|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil de Rives, deluxe copy.
A handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Serge.

€150
James Thomas FARRELL
Le Jugement dernier
Gallimard|Paris 1951|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Henri ALLEG
Prisonniers de Guerre
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1961|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Fine and rare copy.
Henri Alleg describes here his three years spent in preventive detention at Barberousse, the civil prison of Algiers, among his fellow fighters.

€800
John DOS PASSOS
L'An premier du Siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly discolored and sunned as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
€200
Thornton WILDER
Les Ides de Mars
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 129 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy of this antifascist novel that Thornton Wilder published in 1948, inspired by Sartrean existentialism and drawing parallels between Julius Caesar and Benito Mussolini.
€120
Alphonse DAUDET
Fromont Jeune et Risler Aîné
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1885|14.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First illustrated edition with 12 compositions by E. Bayard engraved by Massard. One of 130 copies on Grand Japon Impérial, first deluxe paper, No. 32. Total edition of 500 copies. Each engraving in double state, before and after letters. Literary notice by Gustave Geffroy.
Contemporary half morocco with corners, signed Grouillet at the top of the first endpaper. Light traces of rubbing (spine, joints, corners, edges). Spine uniformly faded to green. Top edge gilt. Covers and spine preserved. Uncut copy with full margins. Paper perfectly fresh.
Bookplate of Paul Gavault.
Handsome copy.
Considered by many as the author's masterpiece, this realistic novel of manners was...
€550
Hugo von HOFMANNSTHAL
Lettres du Voyageur à son Retour précédé de La lettre de Lord Chandos
Mercure de France|Paris 1969|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Fine copy.
€250
Rex WARNER
Hommes de Pierre
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Pierre LEULLIETTE
Saint Michel et le Dragon
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1961|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned.
Fine and rare copy, complete with the publisher's notice printed on page 7 which was removed from most copies at the author's request.
In this work the author, a volunteer paratrooper active at the front during almost the entire "Algerian War", describes with complete impartiality the abuses committed by the French Army in Algeria, which resulted in "Saint Michel et le Dragon" being seized upon publication.
€680
Roger NIMIER
L'Etrangère[The Stranger]
Gallimard|Paris 1968|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Paul Morand.
Fine and rare copy of this early novel refused by Gallimard in 1948 and published 20 years later.
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
Accompanied by a letter on Gallimard letterhead from Suzanne Duconget informing Marie Nimier of the dispatch of copy No. 51 on deluxe paper of "L'Etrangère" by Roger Nimier.
€1,200
Roger NIMIER
Journées de Lecture
Gallimard|Paris 1965|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Marcel Jouhandeau.
Fine copy.
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€1,000
Louis MOREAU, Paul Henri Dietrich Baron d' HOLBACH
Le bon Sens du Curé Meslier suivi de son Testament
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1930|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation established by Samuel Kahen, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Louis Moreau.

€150
Jean-Claude GUILLEBAUD
Le Rendez-vous d'Irkoutsk
Arléa|Paris 1990|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 27 numbered copies on Ingres laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€100
René CHAR, Pierre CHARBONNIER
Quatre fascinants la Minutieuse
Gallimard|Paris 1951|26.50 x 34 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in 86 numbered copies on chamois Arches paper.
Work illustrated with an original drypoint by Pierre Charbonnier as frontispiece.
Handsome and rare copy.
Manuscript signatures of René Char and Pierre Charbonnier on the colophon.
€800
Micheline MAUREL
Un Camp très ordinaire
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1957|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned.
Preface by François Mauriac.
Fine and rare copy of this poignant testimony describing the daily life of the author, a resistance member, arrested then deported, in the women's concentration camp of Neubrandebourg, near Ravensbrück.
€500
Jacques BOREL
Le Déferlement
Gallimard|Paris 1993|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 16 copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

€180
Howard FAST
La Route de la Liberté
Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 55 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work evoking, in a novelistic manner, the condition and situation of Black people in the southern states of the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War.
€150
Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET
L'Affaire Audin
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Ghaldwill, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Laurent Schwartz.
Maurice Audin, French mathematician and member of the Algerian Communist Party, was arrested during the Battle of Algiers on June 11, 1957 and disappeared without his body ever being found.
While the French army claimed he had escaped, several prominent figures including Pierre Vidal-Naquet protested and denounced his martyrdom after he was certainly tortured by the French army, with General Aussaresses much later acknowledging having given the order to kill Maurice Audin.
Handsome and rare copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band (which has a lack): "Massu et...
€800
Maurice KRIEGEL-VALRIMONT
La Libération - Les Archives du Comac (Mai-août 1944)
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1964|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 27 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine and rare work written by one of the three leaders of the Military Action Committee of the National Council of the Resistance or Comac, supreme command body of the F.F.I., which played a leading role in the liberation of Paris.
€600
Elio VITTORINI
Le Simplon fait un Clin-d'Oeil au Fréjus
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 165 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual, a small tear to upper left corner of front board, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Erskine CALDWELL
Les Voies du Seigneur
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 205 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally discolored as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Paul MORAND
Lettres à des Amis et à Quelques Autres
La Table Ronde|Paris 1978|15.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies with some hors commerce copies, ours being one of the latter.
Very handsome copy.
Preface by Michel Déon.

€780
Roger NIMIER
Le Hussard bleu - L'exemplaire de sa femme Nadine Nimier[[The Blue Hussar - Personal copy of his wife Nadine]
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 copies numbered on pur fil, ours being one of 8 lettered hors commerce copies, printed on large paper.
A fine and rare copy of this foundational text of the Hussards literary movement, which brought together around Roger Nimier and Antoine Blondin Jacques Laurent, Kléber Haedens, Stephen Hecquet, Michel Déon...
Moving provenance: from the library of Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€5,500
Michel de SAINT PIERRE
L'Ecole de la Violence
La Table Ronde|Paris 1962|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Michel de SAINT PIERRE
La nouvelle Race
La Table Ronde|Paris 1961|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€120
Maxime WEYGAND
Le Général Frère. Un Chef, un Héros, un Martyr
Flammarion|Paris 1949|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 175 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy with full margins.
General Aubert Frère was notably a hero of the Resistance as organizer and commander of the Resistance in the army, he was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and died at the Struthof concentration camp on June 14, 1944.
€300
Elio VITTORINI
Les Hommes & les Autres
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned as usual, otherwise fine copy.
€80
MARC-ANTOINE, Jean de LA FONTAINE
Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1939|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Stains at head of second cover.
A full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces consisting of reproductions of Marc-Antoine engravings.
€100
Ivana LEMAITRE, André CHÉNIER
Idylles et Elégies
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1926|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings as head- and tailpieces by Ivana Lemaître.
€150
Bernard ROY, Diego HURTADO DE MENDOZA
Lazarille de Tormes
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Bernard Roy.
€150
François-Martin SALVAT, Jean RACINE
Abrégé de l'Histoire de Port-Royal
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1928|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by François-Martin Salvat.
€150
Denis de ROUGEMONT
Doctrine fabuleuse
Ides et Calendes|Neuchâtel 1947|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on Montgolfier paper, deluxe copy.
Second cover lightly and partially shaded, occasional worming.
Handsome copy.
€150
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Les Belles Images
Gallimard|Paris 1966|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
A very beautiful copy.
€1,800
VOLTAIRE, Geneviève ROSTAN
La Princesse de Babylone[The Princess of Babylon]
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1927|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Geneviève Rostan.

€150
Francis FERRAND, François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
Atala
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1927|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two small light stains on the first cover.
Work illustrated with engraved wood head- and tailpieces by Francis Ferrand.

€150
Simone de BEAUVOIR
La Force des choses
Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
A beautiful copy despite tiny foxing on the spine and another at the foot of the first board.
€3,500
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Tout compte fait
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
Ex-libris glued to the head of an endpaper.
A beautiful copy despite a slightly puckered spine.
€2,000
Henry CHAPRONT, VOLTAIRE
Dialogues philosophiques
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy despite the spine showing two small traces of sunning at head and foot.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Henry Chapront.

€100
Maurice CONSTANTIN-WEYER
Du Sang sur la Neige
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1931|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally lightened as is generally the case.

€80
René BENJAMIN
Saint Vincent de Paul
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1930|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy despite spine and boards lightly and marginally discolored as usual.
Autograph inscription signed by René Benjamin to historian Jean Longnon.
€150
Lucien DUBECH
Poèmes
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1928|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy despite two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Dubech to historian Jean Longnon: "... en souvenir affectueux de nos voyages à l'été de 1928..." ["in affectionate memory of our travels in the summer of 1928..."]
€120
Lucien DUBECH
Poèmes pour les Ombres
A la Cité des Livres|Paris 1922|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 lettered and named copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Fine full-margined copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Lucien Dubech to historian Jean Longnon in the form of a quatrain.
€120
Anna Maria MATUTE
Plaignez les Loups !
Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 26 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
€80
Honoré de BALZAC
Les cent Contes drolatiques mis en Lumière par le Sieur de Balzac, quatriesme Dixain Fragments inédits
La cité des livres • Les cahiers balzaciens|Paris 1925|16.50 x 25 cm|broché sous étui
First edition, one of 12 nominative copies numbered and justified on pink paper by the publisher, ours printed for the wife of historian Jean Longnon, deluxe issue after 12 Japan copies expanded with a suite of illustrations.
Spine of slipcase slightly browned.
Work illustrated with 4 facsimiles.
Handsome copy of No. 4 of the "Cahiers balzaciens".
€170
Joseph CONRAD
Typhon
Nrf|Paris 1918|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by André Gide and printed in 300 numbered copies on Rives paper.
As is generally the case, some light black spots affecting certain leaves in the margins.
Rare and fine copy with unfaded blue covers.
€1,500
Albert CAMUS
La Mort heureuse
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on Holland, the “tirage de tête”.
A beautiful copy of this important text in the work of Albert Camus: although published posthumously, it is indeed his first novel which is considered a first “draft” of L'Etranger.
€2,300
Jacques LAURENT
Les Bêtises[The Blunders]
Grasset|Paris 1971|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy of this work which won the Prix Goncourt in 1971.

€1,700
Jean-Emile LABOUREUR, Jean PAULHAN
Le Guerrier appliqué
Nrf|Paris 1930|11 x 17 cm|broché
First Gallimard edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a vignette by Jean-Emile Laboureur on the first cover.

€150
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Magnificat. Journaliers XIII Mars-Juillet 1963
Gallimard|Paris 1969|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 copies on parchment reserved for the author and on colored paper, the most restricted deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau quoting a passage from the work.

€200
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Les Mandarins
Gallimard|Paris 1954|14 x 21 cm|relié sous chemise et étui
Gallimard | Paris 1954 | 14 x 21 cm | bound in morocco with custom chemise and slipcase

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland, the tirage de tête (deluxe copy).

Binding in full purple morocco, endpapers lined with mauve velvet, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, chemise and slipcase lined in purple morocco, wood-style paper boards, interior of the chemise in grey felt, perfect binding signed Jean-Paul Miguet.
Spine of the chemise faded.

Superb copy perfectly set in a triple binding by Jean-Paul Miguet.
€8,000
(Sacha GUITRY) Alex MADIS
Sacha
Editions de l'Elan|Paris 1950|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 copies on pur fil Lafuma paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€180
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome I
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1964|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Handsome and rare copy of the first volume of this saga about World War II and the Resistance, which comprises ten volumes.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome IV
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the fourth volume of this ten-volume saga about the Second World War and the Resistance.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome V
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the fifth volume of this ten-volume saga about the Second World War and the Resistance.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome II
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1964|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the second volume of this saga on the Second World War and the Resistance which comprises ten volumes.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome VI
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1966|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the sixth volume of this saga on the Second World War and the Resistance which comprises ten volumes.
€100
Alexandre ARNOUX
Ecoute s'il pleut
Fayard|Paris 1922|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on hollande paper, deluxe copy.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, light rubbing to corners, binding signed Kauffmann & Horclois.
Handsome full-margined copy bound without its original wrappers and spine.

€80
Olivier BOURGOIS
Un Néant moins tranquille
Mercure de France|Paris 1981|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on hollande van Gelder paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light foxing affecting the edges, otherwise a handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Olivier Bourgois to Michel François-Poncet.

€80