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
Pierre-Eugène VIBERT, Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE
Les Affinités électives
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Pierre-Eugène Vibert.
€180
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
Léon TROTSKY, Victor SERGE
La Révolution trahieThe Revolution Betrayed
Grasset|Paris 1936|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation by Victor Serge, one of 26 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only large-paper issue.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, grey paper endpapers and boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, signed binding by Goy & Vilaine.
Born in Belgium to anti-tsarist émigré parents, Victor Serge became politically engaged from the age of fifteen, militating within the ranks of the Young Socialist Guard. An antimilitarist and libertarian, he took part in numerous anarchist demonstrations and was sentenced for having sheltered members of the Bonnot Gang. In 1919, he placed himself at the service of the revolution and
€2,800
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
Honoré BROUTELLE, Alfred de VIGNY
Servitude et Grandeur militaires
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.
Work illustrated with engraved wood head- and tailpieces by Honoré Broutelle.

€150
Henry CHAPRONT, PÉTRONE
Le Satyricon
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1938|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 Henri Chapront.

€150
Henry CHAPRONT, MOLIÈRE
Le Tartuffe
A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1928|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 Henri Chapront.

€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
Les cahiers balzaciens • La cité des livres|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
Georges RIAT
Gustave Courbet Peintre
Henry Floury|Paris 1906|20.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on japon paper, the only deluxe issue.
Tawny half sheep binding with corners, spine in three compartments with gilt fillets, typographical motif stamped in blind at the centre of the spine (faded), author’s label and title label in red Russian morocco, minor repair at head of spine along one joint, marble-covered paper boards, combed-paper endpapers, original wrappers and spine preserved, one upper corner slightly rubbed, contemporary binding.
Illustrated with 18 plates, here in double state as in the other japon paper copies; text illustrations also present.
€600
(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
Jean GALTIER-BOISSIÈRE
Trois Héros
La Jeune Parque|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vellum, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, one stain in margin of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Galtier-Boissière to Robert Laurence.
€80
Jean-Pierre RICHARD
Nausée de Céline
Fata Morgana|Montpellier 1973|12.50 x 19.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on mustard popset paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€150
André CASTELOT
Joséphine
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1961|14 x 23 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui cartonnés
First edition, one of 50 copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy in double chemise and red cloth slipcase, spine of chemise slightly faded.
€120
Jules de SAINT-FELIX, Godefroy DURAND
Les Nuits de Rome
E. Dentu|Paris 1864|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which there is no mention.
Spine slightly split at head, otherwise handsome copy with full margins.
Work illustrated with 11 engravings by Godefroy Durand.

€150
Pierre KYRIA
Vincent Hauttecoeur
Grasset|Paris 1998|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 15 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a tiny insignificant nick to the middle of the spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Kyria to Pierre Canavaggio: "... Là où commence le destin des héros du 'Partage des ombres' dans le tumulte de familles qui cherchent à s'exclure et d'une nation qui cherche sa voie." ["... Where begins the destiny of the heroes of 'The Sharing of Shadows' in the tumult of families seeking to exclude each other and of a nation seeking its path."]

€120
Louis-Charles ROYER
Les Fiancées d'Heidelberg
Editions de Paris|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered and named copies on alfa paper.
Spine creased.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Charles Royer below the justification page.
€80
Peter WESTERMEIER
La Souche
Aux dépens de l'auteur|s. l. 1980|24.50 x 31 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
First edition printed in 40 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours one of 11 to include a punched plate embedded in the chemise at the beginning of the volume.
Chemise in full black cloth, smooth spine unlettered.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 12 original engravings by Peter Westermeier which he has all signed and numbered.
Manuscript signature by Peter Westermeier at the colophon.
€400
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Le Pont de Londres. - Guignol's Band IILondon Bridge - Guignol's Band II
Gallimard|Paris 1954|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue.
Bound in full jansenist dark green morocco, smooth spine very lightly sunned, grey suede endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, housed in a slipcase trimmed with dark green morocco, paper-covered boards with a wood-grain effect, grey paper lining; a superb full morocco binding signed by A. Bourdet.
A pleasant copy, finely bound and preserved.
Provenance: from the library of the distinguished bibliophile François Ragazzoni, with his bookplate mounted on an endpaper.
€12,000
Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN, Walt WHITMAN
Thrène pour le président Lincoln
Bibliothèque de l'Occident|Paris 1908|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition of the transposition of the poem by Walt Whitman by Francis Viélé-Griffin, one of 100 copies on Holland, only print.
Small tears and gaps on the back and in the margins of the boards which have been internally patched at the head and the foot, spine and boards marginally sun-damaged, good internal condition.
Modern ex-libris glued to the foot of the verso of the first board.
Rare.
€300
Jacques MONORY, Gérard TITUS-CARMEL
Chorus 8/9
Chorus|Paris 1972|18 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies, the only ones to be enriched with a piece of crumpled paper signed by César, an etching signed by Titus-Carmel and an original lithograph by Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch, the “tirage de tête”.
Numerous text and graphic contributions including those by Jacques Monory, Boltansky, Pierre Tilman, Le Gac, Peter Klasen, Daniel Biga, Hamilton, Gérard Titus-Carmel, Rémi Esnault,Françoise Thieck, Pierre Della Faille, Claude Held, César, etc...
A rare and beautiful copy of the “tirage de tête” of this issue of the Chorus magazine, published from 1968 to 1973.
€2,800
Theodor PLIEVER
Stalingrad par un Allemand
Flammarion|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 300 numbered copies on fine paper, ours one of the 150 initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows no defects.
€200
Friedrich PAULUS
Stalingrad
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Letters and documents assembled by Walter Gorlitz, foreword by Ernst Alexander Paulus.
A handsome copy.

€300
Jean-Pierre CHAMBAS
A Propos de Scènes de la Vie d'Acteur de Denis Podalydès. Carnet Croquis
Seuil • Archimbaud|Paris 2005|13 x 18 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum, ours unnumbered at the colophon, the only deluxe copies.
A small light stain in margin of front cover, fine copy.

€100
Yves BRAYER, Roger PEYREFITTE
La Grèce, notre mère[Greece, Our Mother]
Michèle Trinckvel|Paris 1982|31 x 29 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous coffrets toilé et cartonné
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies properly containing an original watercolor and lithograph signed by Yves Brayer, deluxe copies.
Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, complete with illustrated dust jacket, its orange full cloth slipcase with flaps as well as its full kraft-style paper box.
Work decorated with illustrations by Yves Brayer.
Very handsome copy.
The signed original lithograph and watercolor are placed under separate chemises within the orange full cloth chemise with flaps.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Yves Brayer to Bernard Gauche enriched with an original
€1,200
Robert DAGO
Une Vie gouachée
S. n.|s. l. 1987|29.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of the numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Publisher's full sand cloth binding, smooth spine.
Preface by Michel Droit.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Robert Dago.
Very handsome copy to which is added an invitation card to an exhibition of Robert Dago's works.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Robert Dago to a friend named Gordana enriched with an original drawing in blue felt-tip pen depicting a painter painting a canvas mounted on an easel.
€200
Claudine LOQUEN
Résonances singulières
Lelivredart|s. l. 2017|42.50 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
Edition printed in 300 copies numbered and justified by Claudine Loquen with her dry stamp, the only deluxe copies.
Publisher's full burgundy cloth binding, smooth spine, copy complete with its slipcase and its mauve silk ties at the margins of the covers.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Claudine Loquen.
Very handsome copy.
Preface and selected texts by Jean-Marie Le Goff
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean-Marie Le Goff to a friend named Dorothée.

€200
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Le Pont de Londres. - Guignol's Band IILondon Bridge - Guignol's Band II
Gallimard|Paris 1954|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on Hollande paper, deluxe issue.

Binding in half black morocco-grained shagreen with bands, smooth spine, gilt date at tail, gilt fillet frame on mouse-grey paper boards, guards and pastedowns of black paper, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut, full black morocco-grained shagreen slipcase with black paper interior, binding signed Montécot.

A fine copy.
€8,500
Victor MEUSY, Eugène RAPP
Chansons d'Hier & d'Aujourd'hui. Répertoire du Chat Noir. - Ière Série
J.B. Ferreyrol|Paris 1891|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, justified by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt wavy fillets, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated covers preserved, red top edge, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by Eugène Rapp, music by Paul Delmet.
Preface by Coquelin-Cadet.
Handsome copy, pleasantly bound.
€300
Victor MEUSY, Fernand FAU
Chansons modernes. Répertoire du Chat Noir. - IIème Série
J.B. Ferreyrol|Paris 1891|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, justified by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt wavy fillets, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated by Fernand Fau.
Handsome copy, pleasantly bound.
€300
Yves BRAYER, Jean GIONO
Quand les Mystères sont très malins...[When the Mysteries Are Very Cunning]
Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophiles|Neuilly-sur-Seine 1973|38 x 30.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
Strictly hors commerce edition illustrated with 64 original etchings by Yves Brayer and printed in 100 copies, all numbered on Arches wove paper, ours being one of 20 containing the suite on Japon Torinoko, and among these, one of the few copies enriched with 5 cancelled copperplate matrices.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with two original watercolors by Yves Brayer which he signed: one on a sheet of 27x19.5cm mounted on cardboard and presented under mat, representing an equestrian scene; the second, a Camargue landscape, on the half-title page and dedicated in pencil by the artist to Bernard Gauche.
The copy is also enriched with a greeting card for the yea
€1,500
Jean CORDESSE, Jean-Marie QUENEAU
2 Stances pour émouvoir
Editions de la Goulotte|Vézelay 1995|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 50 numbered copies on vellum, ours one of the 15 hors commerce copies.
Work illustrated by Jean-Marie Queneau.
Manuscript signatures of Jean-Marie Queneau and Jean Cordesse in pencil at the colophon.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Cordesse in pencil to Claude Couffon: "... en témoignage d'estime et d'amitié ce peu, mais habillé de luxe par des "amis substanciels" de J. Cordesse." ["in testimony of esteem and friendship this little work, but dressed in luxury by "substantial friends" of J. Cordesse."]
€350
Jean GIONO
Le grand Troupeau[The Great Herd]
Nrf|Paris 1931|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 copies numbered on Lafuma pure wove paper and reset in quarto tellière format, deluxe issue.
Two discreet restorations to the head and tail of the spine.
A pleasing copy.
€1,200
John DOS PASSOS, Blaise CENDRARS
Panama or the Adventures of my seven Uncles[Panama ou les aventures de mes sept oncles]
Harper & Brothers|New-York [New York] • & London 1931|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition of the English translation established by John Dos Passos and printed in 300 copies on Utopian laid paper.
Bookplate pasted to verso of front cover, spine sunned with a tear at foot with minimal lacks, a stain in margin of front cover, small adhesive paper marks at head and foot of last endpaper and inner flap.
Work illustrated with original illustrations by John Dos Passos.
Autograph signatures of B. Cendrars and J. Dos Passos on the justification page.
€700
Raymond RADIGUET
Règle du Jeu
Editions du Rocher|Paris 1957|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper, ours being one of the 10 hors commerce copies justified in pencil, from the deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€150
Michel FOUCAULT
Sept Propos sur le septième Ange
Fata Morgana|Montpellier 1986|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on laid paper, deluxe issue.
Bookplate pasted on endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€350
Auguste BAILLY
La Vie de Sénèque
H. Piazza|Paris 1929|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Gabriel LEGUÉ
Urbain Grandier et les Possédées de Loudun
Ludovic Baschet|Paris 1880|19 x 28 cm|relié
Second edition printed on laid paper.
Full red morocco binding, spine slightly browned with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, gilt fillets on the leading edges, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, gilt dentelle border on the pastedowns, original parchment front cover preserved, top edge gilt, light rubbing to corners, modern bibliophile's label pasted at foot of endpaper as bookplate, elegant unsigned binding.
Work illustrated with 16 hors-texte plates including the frontispiece (the folding plate placed between pages 258 and 259 with a marginal tear restored with an adhesive piece).
Autograph inscription signed by Gabriel Leg
€380
Ferdinand, Maréchal FOCH
Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de la Guerre 1914-1918
Plon|Paris 1931|16.50 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 95 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe copy.
Work decorated with 12 maps and illustrated with 18 engravings for the first volume and 4 maps and 26 engravings for the second.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without severity, small angular tears on the boards.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€800
Pablo CURATELLA MANES, ANONYME
Ollantay, drama kjechua
Agrupacion de amigos del libro de arte|Buenos Aires 1931|22.50 x 31.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
Bilingual Franco-Spanish edition, printed in 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, translated from Quechua by Miguel A. Mossi and Gavino Pacheco Zegarra.
Bookplate of a bibliophile pasted at the foot of the verso of the first cover of the chemise, the latter with three small tears and splits.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise and full straw-pattern paper slipcase.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 wood-engraved colored headpieces by the Argentine and Montparnos artist Pablo Curatella Manes who was a student of Antoine Bourdelle and Aristide Maillol at the "Grande Chaumière"
Our copy was printed for the Peruvian diplomat and writer Garcia Ventura Calderon.
€450
André GIDE
Isabelle
Nrf|Paris 1911|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
New "first edition", printed in 500 copies on laid Arches paper and consisting of the second printing of this text (completed on June 20, 1911).
This edition, published less than a month after the original which appeared on May 29, 1911, is considered the first edition of this text, as the latter was almost entirely destroyed, André Gide being dissatisfied with the printing because three pages did not have the regular number of lines.
Half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, date and binder's name gilt at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on one pastedown, blue covers and spine un
€1,500
Maxime GORKI
Souvenirs de ma Vie littéraire[Memories of My Literary Life]
Simon Kra|Paris 1923|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author.
Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed by blind fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, gilt-stamped allegorical figure as ex-libris on the covers, double gilt fillets along the edges, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, gilt sextuple fillet border on the doublures, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, an immaculate contemporary binding signed Canape.
Spine very slightly faded, without significance.
A fine and rare copy, entirely uncut, handsomely bound in full m
€1,200
Jean CHAUVEL
Commentaire. De Vienne à Alger 1938-1944. - D'Alger à Berne 1944-1952. - De Berne à Paris 1952-1962
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1971-1973|14.50 x 22.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition, one of a few numbered copies on alfa paper for the first volume, one of a few numbered copies on Japan bamboo paper for the second and one of a few numbered copies on alfa paper for the third and final volume, the only deluxe copies.
Bound in half chocolate brown shagreen with corners, spines with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spines preserved, top edges gilt on deckled edges.
A handsome copy handsomely bound and complete in three volumes.
€300
Claude SIMON
La Route des Flandres[The Flanders Road]
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1960|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on pure wove paper, ours being one of 7 hors commerce, the only deluxe copies printed.
A fine copy.
€1,800
Henri AMOUROUX
Le 18 Juin 1940
Fayard|Paris 1966|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Michel DEBRÉ
Au Service de la Nation
Stock|Paris 1963|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 220 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Jean LARTÉGUY
Les Chimères noires
Presses de la Cité|Paris 1965|14.50 x 21 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 115 numbered deluxe copies, the only deluxe copies.
Slipcase split at the bottom.
Handsome copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
€120
Jules SUPERVIELLE
Le Survivant
Nrf|Paris 1928|17.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on laid Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half navy blue straight-grained morocco, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, bibliophile's label pasted at foot of one pastedown as bookplate.
Handsome copy.
€150
ANONYME
Lettres sur l'Etat actuel de la Ville souterraine d'Hercule'e et sur les Causes de son Ensevelissement sous les Ruines du Vésuve
Editions du raisin|Dijon 1927|19 x 26 cm|broché
New edition printed in 100 numbered copies on Japan paper and consisting of the 1750 reprint.
Text by Charles de Brosses.
Work illustrated with 4 plates hors-texte.
Some light foxing, a bibliophile's label pasted at foot of endpaper as bookplate.
Handsome copy.
€100
Gaston BERGERY
Air Afrique Voie impériale
Grasset|Paris 1927|19 x 26 cm|broché
First edition, one of 16 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours one of 6 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 13 photographic plates hors-texte.
Some light foxing, small marginal tears to covers, full-margined copy.
Manuscript note by Gaston Bergery on the front endpaper: "Pour donner à L. FL l'envie de partir. G." ["To give L. FL the desire to leave. G."] as an autograph inscription.
€300
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
Vingt-cinq années de liberté. Tome II seul : L'Epreuve (1939-1946)
René Julliard|Paris 1963|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few other pur fil du Marais hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.
Volume II only.
Provenance: from the family library of Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€60