Alfred FABRE-LUCE
Vingt-cinq années de liberté. Tome III seul : La Récompense (1945-1961)
René Julliard|Paris 1964|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 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 III only.
Provenance: from the family library of Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€60
Pierre DOMINIQUE
Tu ne tueras point
A l'enseigne du cheval ailé|Genève [Geneva] 1947|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minimal worming to spine, boards and bottom edge.

€60
Jean-Yves PLANCOT
Le Style Toutenant
Julliard|Genève [Geneva] 1984|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Dutch laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Grateful signed autograph inscription from Jean-Yves Plancot to publisher Bernard de Fallois thanking him for his encouragement.

€80
Charles MORGAN
Le Passage
Stock|Paris 1945|13 x 21 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 245 numbered copies on alfa du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
A slight tear at the head of the spine.
Handsome copy.

€70
Jean EFFEL
Ce Crapaud de Granit bavant du Goémon
Gallimard|Paris 1971|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 4 nominative pure laid copies.
A small sunning to the head of the front cover.
Handsome copy illustrated by the author.
€80
Maurice de VLAMINCK, Paul BONET
Haute FolieHaute Folie
Scripta et Picta|Paris 1964|28.50 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise-étui
First edition illustrated with 48 color lithographs by the author, one of a few named copies on japon reserved for the principal collaborators of the publication, ours specially printed for the celebrated bibliophile Colonel Sickles, deluxe issue.

This copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification, with the duplicate set of lithographs in black and in color.

The work is also illustrated with 40 decorated initials designed by the prestigious bookbinder Paul Bonet.

This is Maurice de Vlaminck's most important illu
€5,500
Françoise XENAKIS
Aux Lèvres pour que j'aie moins Soif
Tchou|Paris 1968|12 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€80
Albert CAMUS
Carnets II. Janvier 1942 - Mars 1951
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome full-margined copy.
€1,350
Albert CAMUS
Carnets I. Mai 1935 - Février 1942
Gallimard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome full-margined copy.
€1,350
Juan GOYTISOLO
Pièces d'Identité
Gallimard|Paris 1968|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 45 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the front free endpaper.
Spine and boards slightly discolored as is generally the case.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
Deuil au Paradis
Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
Fiestas
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
Jeux de Mains
Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and covers slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Juan GOYTISOLO
La Chanca précédé de Terres de Nijar
Gallimard|Paris 1964|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 31 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
Spine and covers slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
€150
Henry de MONTHERLANT, Charles GUYOT
Histoire Naturelle imaginaire
Editions du Trianon|Paris 1933|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Annam paper, deluxe copy.
Illustrated with four copperplate engravings by Charles Guyot.
Spine slightly sunned, handsome copy.
€300
Prince de FAUCIGNY-LUCINGE
Dans l'Ombre de l'Histoire
André Bonne|Paris 1951|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition published by André Castelot of these memoirs of the grandson of the Duke of Berry, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine lightened with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

€80
Very handsome copy with five original drawings by Georges Leroux, finely bound in full morocco.
Very handsome copy with five original drawings by Georges Leroux, finely bound in full morocco.
J.H ROSNY AINE, Georges LEROUX
Helvgor du Fleuve bleu[Helvgor of the Blue River]
Cent centraux bibliophiles|Paris 1930|22 x 28 cm|relié
First edition printed in 130 copies, all nominative and numbered, on Rives vellum.
Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with four double raised bands framed by black fillets extending onto the covers, gilt date at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, endpapers and pastedowns of hand-made paper, quintuple gilt fillet borders on the pastedowns, double gilt fillets on the board edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, 15 plates and 6 vignettes by Georges Leroux engraved on copper by Raoul Serres.
This copy is supplemented, at the end of the volume, with a suite of the 22 illustrations together with the printed menu for the dinner
€1,200
Pierre-Yves TREMOIS, Henry de MONTHERLANT
Pasiphaé
Editions Archat|Paris • & Lyon 1953|29.50 x 39 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 29 original engravings by Pierre-Yves Trémois etched and engraved and printed in 225 numbered copies on Rives vellum.
Slipcase slightly and marginally split without consequence.
Handsome copy.

€500
Armand LANOUX
A quoi jouent les enfants du Bourreau
René Julliard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies with some pure rag du Marais hors commerce copies.
Half black shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with cold fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsomely bound copy.
€80
Louis NOGUÈRES
Le véritable Procès du Maréchal Pétain
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1955|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half green shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Spine discolored and sunned.

€80
Jean HUMBERT
J.G. Lacuée Comte de Cessac, Général de Division, Ministre de Napoléon Ier 1752-1841
Imprimerie F. Paillart|Paris 2000|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition printed in a limited edition of 200 numbered hors commerce copies.
Introduction by General Marquis de Brantes.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by General de Brantes, great-great-grandson of J.G. Lacuée, to Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€150
Julio ÁLVAREZ DEL VAYO
Les Batailles de la Liberté (Mémoires d'un Optimiste)
François Maspero|Paris 1963|11.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of 170 numbered copies reserved for subscribers.
A small tear at the head of the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy of these memoirs by Julio Alvarez Del Vayo who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Spanish Civil War.
€150
Giuseppe BOFFA
Les Etapes de la Révolution russe
François Maspero|Paris 1962|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of 250 numbered copies reserved for subscribers.
Light worming to first endpaper.
€80
COLLECTIF
Fidel Castro ou Tshombé ? La Voie algérienne vers le Socialisme
François Maspero|Paris 1962|11.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition published by the Cercle Taleb-Moumié, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of 300 numbered copies reserved for subscribers.
Handsome copy.
€80
Pierre MAURIAC
La Médecine et l'Intelligence
Delmas|Paris 1949|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
About Littré, Claude Bernard, Louis Pasteur, Jean Charcot, Honoré de Balzac, Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola, Eugène Delacroix, Stendhal, Prosper Mérimée, Georges Clemenceau, Paul Valéry, Charles Baudelaire...
€100
Maurice COUVE DE MURVILLE
Une Politique étrangère 1958-1969
Plon|Paris 1971|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€150
Yves LE FEBVRE
Le Génie du Christianisme
Edgard Malfère|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€50
Pierre LESOURD, Claude PAILLAT
Dossier secret. L'Eglise de France, Tome I : De Clovis à la Révolution. - Tome II : De la Révolution à nos Jours
Les Presses de la Cité|Paris 1967-1968|14.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on deluxe paper for each volume, the only deluxe copies.
Half brown shagreen bindings with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edges gilt retaining deckled edges.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
€150
Raymond QUENEAU
Cher monsieur Jean-Marie-mon-fils
Gallimard|Paris 2003|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.
€350
Robert SABATIER
La Mort du Figuier
Albin Michel|Paris 1962|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Minor worming to spine.
€60
Hans KROLL
Mémoires d'un Ambassadeur
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1968|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition in French, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half tawny shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Spine and boards marginally lightened.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
€80
Pierre VARILLON
L'Aventure atomique - Ses Aspects politiques et techniques
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Fine copy handsomely bound.
€150
Jules BERTAUT
Marie-Louise femme de Napoléon Ier (1791-1847)
Amiot-Dumont|Paris 1952|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, lightened spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.
A handsomely bound copy.
€120
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
Djinn. Un Trou rouge entre les Pavés disjoints
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1981|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Alain Robbe-Grillet to Claude Couffon.
€350
Adrien de MEEÜS
Histoire de Belgique
Plon|Paris 1928|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened, otherwise a handsome copy attractively bound.
€70
Esther van LOO
Le vrai Don Juan Don Miguel de Manara
S.F.E.L.T.|Paris 1950|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen with corners, spine very slightly faded with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, retaining deckled edges.
A handsome copy attractively bound.
€120
Jacques RAMONDOT, Blaise CENDRARS
Du Monde entier : Les Pâques à New York. - La Prose du Transsibérien. - Le Panama ou les Aventures de mes sept Oncles
Les bibliophiles de France|Paris 1966|33.50 x 24.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étu
Edition illustrated with 31 original etchings by Jacques Ramondot and printed in 145 nominative copies on Fabriano laid paper.
Spine of chemise and slipcase lightened, boards lightly and marginally shaded without gravity.
Bookplate pasted opposite the colophon.
Our copy is complete with the very beautiful multicolored poster folded in 4, reproducing the decoration of the chemise and slipcase.
Each of the three texts is printed on laid paper of different color: grey for "Les Pâques à New York", taupe grey for "La Prose du Transsibérien" and mustard yellow for "Le Panama ou les Aventures de mes sept Oncles".

€1,350
Yves BRAYER, Pierre MAZARS
Aquarelles
Ides et Calendes|Neuchâtel 1978|30.50 x 29.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui toilé + 1 aquarelle de 54x40cm sous marie-louise et cadre
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its cloth slipcase, publisher's full cream cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Yves Brayer, text by Pierre Mazars.
Manuscript signature of Yves Brayer below the justification page at the end of the volume.
Our copy, like the 20 deluxe copies, is complete with its large original watercolor by Yves Brayer, framed and signed by him, ours, reproduced in this work is entitled: "L'Arrivée à l'Ile de Rhodes, 1975".
€1,500
Jean CHAUVEL
Commentaire
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1971-1972|14.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on alfa paper for the first volume, one of the few numbered copies on Japan bamboo paper for the second, the only deluxe copies.
Half chocolate brown shagreen bindings with corners, spines with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spines preserved, top edges gilt retaining deckled edges.
A handsome set attractively bound.
€200
Paul-Marie de LA GORCE
La République et son Armée
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1963|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half havana shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.
Spine lightly sunned, fine copy handsomely bound.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul-Marie de la Gorce to Bernard Gauche, manuscript signature of Paul-Marie de la Gorce below the justification page.
€120
Michel DRANCOURT
Les Clés du Pouvoir
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1964|15 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half aubergine shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Conclusion by Louis Armand.
Handsome copy pleasantly bound.

€120
Jean de LA VARENDE
Six Lettres à un jeune Prince
La Palatine|Paris • & Genève [Geneva] 1955|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Jean de La Varende to Louis Charlot: "Pour maître Charlot, ces souvenirs, ces regrets, ces remords..." ["For master Charlot, these memories, these regrets, these remorse..."]
Our copy is enhanced with an original lightened photograph representing the painted portrait of the Commandeur de Galart above a chest of drawers, Jean de La Varende having inscribed on the back: "Le fantôme du Commandeur de Galart, portrait de 1779. LV" ["The ghost of Commandeur de Galart, portrait from 1779. LV"].
€400
Yves BRAYER, Federico GARCÍA LORCA
Romancero gitan
Les Bibliophiles du Palais|Paris 1975|25.50 x 32.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise-étui
Edition illustrated with 17 original full-page lithographs by Yves Brayer and printed in 200 numbered copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise and slipcase.
Autograph inscription signed by Yves Brayer to Bernard Gauche enhanced with an original watercolor depicting two toreros.
€500
André MANNON, Léa MARCOU
La République fédérale allemande. Evolution politique, économique et sociale de sa création à nos jours
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa, the only deluxe copies.
Half burgundy shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Spine very lightly sunned without gravity.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

€150
Jacques DUCLOS
Mémoires[Memoirs]
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1968-1972|13 x 19.50 cm|6 volumes reliés en 7
First edition for each of the volumes: one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper for volumes I, II and III and III bis, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper for volumes IV & V, the last and sixth volume printed in 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bound in half red shagreen with corners, spines with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spines preserved, top edges gilt, retaining deckled edges.
Spines slightly faded.
Handsome copy attractively bound and complete in 7 volumes (the third volume comprising two volumes).

€600
Pierre EMMANUEL
Evangéliaire
Seuil|Paris 1961|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
A tiny insignificant tear at foot of spine.
Handsome copy.
€200
Robert MARGERIT
Le Dieu nu
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly browned without consequence.

€170
Henri DUVERNOIS
La Maison des Confidences
Flammarion|Paris 1914|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine full-margined copy.
€100
René SCHWOB
Moi, Juif Livre posthume
Plon|Paris 1928|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine wrinkled, small tears at foot of spine, full-margined copy.
€200
Maurice ANDRIEUX
Les Français à Rome
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1968|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Handsome copy handsomely bound.
€150
Raymond LAFAYE
Pour Monia
Gallimard|Paris 1957|11 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€50
Ludwig REINERS
Frédéric II
Amiot Dumont|Paris 1956|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition in French, one of 10 numbered copies on Annonay laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half black shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.
Handsome copy beautifully bound of this biography devoted to Frederick II of Prussia.
€150
Maurice DRUON
Théâtre. Mégarée. - Un voyageur ou A beau parler qui vient de loin. - La Contessa ou la Volupté d'Etre
René Julliard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Montval paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite some minor foxing in the margins of certain leaves.
€200
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Explication de l'Etranger[Explanation of The Stranger]
Aux dépens du Palimugre|Sceaux s. d. [1946]|12 x 14.50 cm|broché
The first hors commerce edition, published in a small number of copies, ours one of 30 copies on Japan paper justified by the publisher, deluxe copy.
Endpapers very lightly and partially shadowed without consequence.
Rare and handsome copy.
€2,000
Adolphe JULLIEN, Hector BERLIOZ
Hector Berlioz sa vie ses oeuvres
Librairie de l'art|Paris 1888|24.50 x 32.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated with 14 original lithographs by Adolphe Fantin-Latour printed on China paper as well as 12 portraits of Hector Berlioz, 3 plates hors-texte and 122 engravings, facsimiles of autographs, caricatures...
Binding in full red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt rolls on headcaps, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, fine engraved bookplate mounted on one pastedown, gilt dentelle border on pastedowns, covers preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on edges, perfect contemporary binding signed Cuzin.
Our copy is enhanced with an autograph note signed by Hector Berlioz m
€2,300
Françoise DES LIGNERIS
Fort Frédérick
Grasset|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€50
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Textes et documents, 3
Bibliothèque de l'Université Paris 7|Paris 1984|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed in 400 numbered copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Georges CLEMENCEAU
Au pied du Sinaï[At the Foot of Sinai]
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1920|13 x 20 cm|relié
New edition, one of 550 numbered copies on vellum, the only large-paper issue.
Illustrated wrappers.
Half chocolate-brown morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers preserved, top edge gilt on witnesses, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Autograph presentation signed by Georges Clemenceau to his secretary Jean Martet on the front wrapper.
€1,200
Victor HUGO
Torquemada
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1882|15 x 25 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Contrary to what bibliographers indicate (Clouzot, Carteret and Vicaire), the print run on this paper does not appear to be 15 copies but indeed 10 as mentioned on the justification page. This paper was moreover, upon publication, at 40 francs, the most expensive, China paper being only 20 francs and Holland 15.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Handsome copy.
€3,000
Victor MAURICE-VERNE, Robert HAARDT
Palace-Hôtels
Editions Montaigne|Paris 1882|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated with original woodcuts by Robert Haardt including the cover.
Fine copy.
€120
Jacques MARITAIN
Quatre Essais sur l'Esprit dans sa condition charnelle
Desclée Debrouwer & Cie|Paris 1939|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Adhesive paper stains at head and foot of endpapers, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
€100
André KÉDROS
Le Lit de Procuste
Julliard|Paris 1957|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies also on Corvol.
Light scratches of no consequence on the verso of the boards.
Handsome copy.

€60
CHAMPFLEURY, Jules ADELINE
Le violon de faïence. La légende du violon de faïence
Librairie Conquet|Paris 1885 - 1895|13 x 19.30 cm|2 volumes reliés
Finely illustrated edition with 34 etchings by Jules Adeline. Deluxe copy, one of 150 copies on Japan Imperial paper, No. 129. La légende du violon de Faïence, first edition, one of 150 on Japan Imperial paper, deluxe copy. A blue composition for the cover and 8 etchings by Jules Adeline. Bibliophilic gems reflecting the refined taste of late 19th-century book collectors.
Full blue morocco binding for le Violon de Faïence. Half blue morocco binding with corners for La légende... The first signed by Maylander at the bottom of the front pastedown, the second on the endpaper. Spine with raised bands decorated, having turned green. Triple-ruled frame for le violon de faïence, wide inner bor
€1,100
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Les Garçons[The Boys]
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14 x 20.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon Torinoko paper, deluxe copy.
Full pistachio green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, khaki box calf endpapers and pastedowns, frame of triple gilt fillets and mauve box calf listel on pastedowns and endpapers, following endpapers of marbled paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with pistachio green morocco entry, marbled paper boards, mauve paper interior, signed by Bontaz.
Very handsome copy.
€800
Christian MURCIAUX
La Fontaine de vie
Grasset|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 23 copies on pure thread paper, deluxe copy.
Endpapers very lightly shaded, without concern, a small tear at head of first cover.
Handsome copy.
€80
Algernon Charles SWINBURNE, Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN
Laus Veneris
Mercure de France|Paris 1933|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition in French translated by Francis Viélé-Griffin printed in 300 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€80
Robert de MONTESQUIOU
Le mort remontant
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1922|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Small worming to the covers, endpapers and some leaves.
€600
Alphonse DAUDET
Sapho Moeurs Parisiennes
Ferroud|Paris 1925|20 x 26.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated by Auguste Leroux, one of 25 numbered copies on Grand Japon, containing four states of the illustrations including one state with some tints and a large original signed watercolor by Auguste Leroux, deluxe copy.
Work decorated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece etched by Decisy and 46 compositions drawn by Auguste Leroux and H. Bouché-Leclercq and colored with pochoir, including a title vignette (repeated on the half-title), 15 plates, 15 headpieces and 15 tailpieces). The different states of the illustrations have been bound at the end of the volume.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with roulette
€3,500
Jean GIONO
Deux Cavaliers de l'Orage[Two Horsemen of the Storm]
Gallimard|Paris 1965|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
One endpaper lightly and partially shadowed due to the presence of a press cutting.
Handsome copy.
€800
Henri QUEFFÉLEC
Sous un Ciel noir
Mercure de France|Paris 1962|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Jules BERTAUT
La Vie aventureuse de Louis XIII
Lardanchet|Paris 1949|14 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on vélin alfa paper reserved for the bibliophilic association "Amis des Beaux Livres", the only deluxe copies along with 300 other vélin alfa copies.
Fine full-margined copy.
€60
Jean ANOUILH, André BARSACQ
L'Invitation au château
La Table Ronde|Paris 1948|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on pur fil Johannot paper, deluxe copies.
Cover and illustrations by André Barsacq.
Spine very slightly sunned, small lack at foot of spine, handsome interior condition.
€180
Clément VAUTEL, Georges de LA FOUCHARDIÈRE
Monsieur Mézigue
Librairie Les lettres|Paris 1914|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on handmade Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Beautiful cover illustrated by Edouard-Louis Cousyn.
Two minor tears of no consequence on the second cover.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€250
Michel MOUSSEAU, Zéno BIANU
Une passion précise
Del Arco|s. l. 2004|11 x 11 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition printed in 125 copies numbered on Arches paper and justified by Zéno Bianu and Michel Mousseau.
Publisher's binding in full grey boards, the poem unfolding accordion-style.
Work illustrated with serigraphs by Michel Mousseau.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Zéno Bianu with additional manuscript signature by Michel Mousseau.

€80
Yacine KATEB, Tankred DORST
Les Ancêtres redoublent de férocité. - La Grande Imprécation devant les murs de la ville
Collection T.N.P.|Paris 1967|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the theatrical adaptation at T.N.P. for both texts, one of 50 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
COLLECTIF, Marcel DÉAT
Comité du Plan. - Une nouvelle France. Ses Principes et ses Institutions
Fasquelle|Paris 1936|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare personalized copies printed on Holland paper, ours for Paul Boncour.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets, navy blue and red shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrapper preserved, contemporary binding.
Preface by Marcel Déat.
Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Fasquelle to Paul Boncour, important politician of the Third Republic and considered the best orator of his time.
€250
COLLECTIF, Marcel DÉAT
Comité du Plan. - Le Plan français. Doctrine et Plan d'Action
Fasquelle|Paris 1935|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the rare personalized copies printed on Holland paper, ours for Paul Boncour.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets, navy blue and red shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Preface by Marcel Déat.
Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Fasquelle to Paul Boncour, important politician of the Third Republic and considered the best orator of his time.
€250
Gaëtan PICON, René BERTELÉ
Panorama des Idées contemporaines
Grasset|Paris 1938|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of these selected texts presented under the direction of Gaëtan Picon, one of 36 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours one of 6 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Gaëtan Picon to René Bertelé: "Pour René Bertelé ce triomphe de notre commune persévérance et en souvenir d'affectueuse amitié." ["For René Bertelé this triumph of our common perseverance and in memory of affectionate friendship."]
€150
Rainer Maria RILKE
La Chanson de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke
Kra|Paris 1927|18.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French printed in 350 copies, ours one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Translated by Suzanne Kra.
Handsome copy despite a slight crease mark on one leaf, retaining its deckled edges.
Very rare as a deluxe copy.
€1,500
Mouloud FERAOUN
Journal 1955-1962
Seuil|Paris 1962|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on vélin neige, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and very fine copy of this work published in the same year as the author's assassination by the O.A.S.

€600
Vincent VAN GOGH
Lettres à sa mère
Falaize|Paris 1952|11.50 x 17 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe issue.
A handsome copy.
€300
Gérard SEREE, Marie-Claire BANCQUART
Peut-être Qui
Atelier Gestes et Traces|Saint-Laurent-du-Pont 2005|12.50 x 10.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition entirely handwritten and printed in 15 numbered copies on vellum.
Work illustrated with 10 original engravings by Gérard Serée.
Rare and handsome copy.
Manuscript signatures of Marie-Claire Bancquart and Gérard Serée on the colophon.

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€150
Rumer GODDEN
La Bataille de la villa Fiorita
Albin Michel|Paris 1964|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 125 numbered copies on superior vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€80
Raymond GUÉRIN
La Main passe[La Main passe” → “The Hand Passes]
Editions du Scorpion|Paris 1947|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Malacca Japan paper, deluxe copy.
A cut at foot of first pages which also show a paper clip mark
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Joseph Rivière.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Raymond Guérin to his friend Michel Caste: "Pour mon ami Michel Caste ce petit livre qui m'est assez cher - ah, qui n' a pas ses faiblesses ! - avec l'hommage affectueux de celui qui allait devenir le Grand Dab. De tout coeur. R. Guérin. 2 juin 1953" ["For my friend Michel Caste this little book which is quite dear to me - ah, who doesn't have their weaknesses! - with the affectionate tribute of one who was to
€380
COLLECTIF
Sciences Po. Henri de Saint-Victor, Claude de Renty, Hervé Lamarre présentent Les Sciences Politiques
Plon|Paris 1949|22 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Some foxing on covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare booklet illustrated with caricatures
Texts by Jean-François Deniau, René Henry-Gréard, Gilbert Gidel, Jacques Belin.
€150
Claude FARRÈRE
Quatorze Histoires de Soldats
Flammarion|Paris 1916|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 44 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe edition.
Half red morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt triple cartouches ending in interlaced patterns enhanced with green mosaicked morocco pieces, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved, elegant contemporary binding signed Charles Lanoë.
Some light rubbing to one joint and to upper corners.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

€400
Pablo NERUDA
Aun
Nascimento|Santiago de Chile [Santiago] 1969|17.50 x 27 cm|broché
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies, ours being one of the 250 hors commerce copies reserved for the author.
A handsome copy.
€800
Raymond DUMAY
Le printemps des hommes
Gallimard|Paris 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
First endpaper lightly and partially shaded, not serious.
Rare and handsome copy.
€80
Pierre MORTIER
Conversation familière avec le Prince de ligne
Fasquelle|Paris 1953|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of this speech delivered in Brussels on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of the Prince de Ligne, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Three small dampstains at foot of front cover and head of back cover, some light interior foxing.
€50
Roger NIMIER
Amour et néant
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned but without significance, handsome copy.
€750