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

Françoise MALLET-JORIS
Les signes et les prodiges
Grasset|Paris 1966|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€100
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Dernières années et mort de Véronique
Gallimard|Paris 1953|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€100
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
L'arbre de visages
Gallimard|Paris 1940|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine partially and lightly sunned, otherwise rare and handsome copy.
€150
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Ana de madame Apremont
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
A light shadow on the first endpaper.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€120
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Elise architecte suivi de L'incroyable journée
Grasset|Paris 1951|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Montval paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€120
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
La ferme en folie
Gallimard|Paris 1950|11 x 17 cm|broché
First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy despite a light shadow at the head of the first endpaper.
€120
Charles Ferdinand RAMUZ
Besoin de grandeur. In La nouvelle revue française N°282 de la 25ème année
La Nouvelle Revue Française|Paris 1er Mars 1937|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Other contributions by Pierre Jean Jouve "Récitatif", Léon-Paul Fargue on Paul Claudel, Alain "Entretien chez le sculpteur", Vladimir Nabokov "Pouchkine", Egyptian texts by Jean-Claude Mardrus...
Spine and boards slightly faded.
€50
Pietro ARETINO
Le maréchal
I. Liseux|Paris 1892|12 x 17 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation printed in 110 numbered copies on laid paper.
A small stain on the spine which also has two slight lacks at head, endpapers slightly toned.
Rare.
€100
HERMANN-PAUL
Conseils obscurs ou quarante ans d'inexpérience
Léon Pichon|Paris 1925|28.50 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise à lacets et à rabats
First edition consisting of a series of 13 prints of Hermann-Paul engraved on wood in two tones and printed in 150 numbered copies and signed by Hermann Paul on vellum in the form .
Pleasant copy despite small spots at the bottom of the front of the lace-up shirt.
€700
Paul CLAUDEL, Jean CHARLOT
Le livre de Christophe Colomb
Gallimard|Paris 1933|22.50 x 28.50 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on Japon impérial, deluxe copy.
Half blue morocco binding, smooth spine, blue morocco frame with gilt fillet on vellum-style box calf boards, blue morocco title vignette stamped at center of front board, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with blue morocco edges, blue paper boards, very elegant binding signed Pierre-Lucien Martin executed in 1954.
One small stain of no consequence at foot of front board of slipcase.
Work illustrated with numerous drawings in text and hors-texte printed in three colors by Jean Charlot.
Fine copy perfectly executed by Pierre-Lucien...
€1,200
Jean-Loup PHILIPPE, Cozette de CHARMOY
La complainte des machines à coudre
Editions Loup & Cozette de Charmoy|Paris 1994|28 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition published in honor of Isaac Merritt Singer and printed in 80 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print after 30 Japan.
Book decorated with 8 original serigraphs by Cozette de Charmoy.
The translation into English of Jean-Loup Philippe's seven poems is located at the end of the volume.
Beautiful copy.
Handwritten signatures of Jean-Loup Philippe and Cozette de Charmoy at the justification of the print.
€250
Pablo PICASSO
Les quatre petites filles
Flammarion|Paris 1968|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€300
Julien GREEN
L'ombre
Plon|Paris 1956|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy.
Work illustrated with illustrations by Charles Shoup.
€450
Julien GREEN
Sud
Plon|Paris 1953|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours specially printed for Charles Shoup, the illustrator of this work, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy despite two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine.
Work illustrated with 4 illustrations by Charles Shoup.
€450
Basile DEMTCHENKO
L'alimentation en combustible des moteurs d'aéronautique par le système AM
Gauthier-Villars|Paris 1937|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Astra paper, deluxe copy.
Full tan sheep binding, smooth unlettered spine, black shagreen title vignette on the first cover also decorated with green and black shagreen strips, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 75 figures and photographs in the text and 19 tables at the end of the volume.
€200
Jean GIRAUDOUX, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
Anne chez Simon
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1926|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and two vignettes engraved in copperplate by Daragnès.
Handsome copy containing, at the end of the volume, the triple states of the illustrations as in the deluxe copies.
€350
Jean PAULHAN, Jean FAUTRIER
Douze lettres à Fautrier[Twelve Letters to Fautrier]
Paroles peintes Odette Lazar-Vernet|Paris 1975|22.50 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of the 13 numbered copies on Japon, ours one of the 3 hors commerce, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful and rare copy.
Foreword by André Pieyre de Mandiargues.
Illustrated with 16 etchings by Jean Fautrier.
The 16 etchings by Jean Fautrier illustrating these letters were engraved around 1944 and were originally intended to decorate "Animated" by Paul Eluard, but the project was abandoned.
€2,300
André MALRAUX
Carnet du Front Populaire 1935-1936[Notebook of the Popular Front, 1935–1936]
Gallimard|Paris 2006|17.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€350
René Marill ALBÉRÈS
La révolte des écrivains d'aujourd'hui
Corrêa|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a shadow on the first endpaper and the facing page which is the verso of the first cover.
About Georges Bernanos, Albert Camus, André Malraux, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Anouilh, Louis Aragon and Jean Giraudoux.
€70
René CREVEL
Pour la simple honnêteté - In Les Cahiers du Mois N°21-22
Les Cahiers du Mois|Paris 1926|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches, deluxe copy.
Other contributions by Philippe Soupault "Déposition", Ramon Fernandez "Humanisme de l'action" and "Marcel Proust", Jean Prévost, Denis de Rougemont...
Spine lightly sunned, one transverse crease on the front cover, a small repaired tear at foot of the back cover, some light foxing affecting principally the endpapers.
€150
Emmanuel BOVE
La coalition
Pour les frères Emile-Paul|Paris 1928|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in a very small number of copies on Holland paper.
A rare and handsome copy.
€300
Miguel de UNAMUNO
Vérités arbitraires (Espagne contre Europe)
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1925|20.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Francis de Miomandre, one of the rare lettered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue with 2 other numbered Japan copies.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy.
€350
Lewis CARROLL
Lettres adressées à Alice et à quelques autres suivi de Alice à la scène et de Fantasmagorie
Flammarion|Paris 1975|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Henri Parisot, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Henri TROYAT
La case de l'oncle Sam
La Table Ronde|Paris 1948|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Light foxing to the front cover and first leaves.
€80
Odilon-Jean PÉRIER
Le passage des anges
Nrf|Paris 1926|17 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
A handsome copy.
€50
Antonin ARTAUD
Nouveaux écrits de Rodez, lettres au docteur Ferdière et autres textes inédits suivis de Six lettres à Marie Dubue
Gallimard|Paris 1977|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography, preface by Dr Ferdière.
A very handsome copy.
€200
Steve PASSEUR
Pas encore suivi de La traversée à la nage
Nrf|Paris 1927|17 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€45
Maurice BARRÈS
Autour des églises de village
Albert Messein|Paris 1913|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue.
Endpapers lightly offset, rare and handsome full-margined copy.
€200
Maurice BARRÈS
N'importe où hors du monde
Plon|Paris 1958|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Spine and boards very lightly and marginally faded without gravity, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.
€200
Michel BUTOR
Illustrations II
Gallimard|Paris 1969|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
A handsome copy.
€250
COLETTE
La jumelle noire (IVe journée)
Ferenczi|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Minimal occasional pinpricks to margins, a handsome copy.
€250
Maurice CLAVEL
Une fille pour l'été
Julliard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€70
Jean COCTEAU
Journal d'un inconnu
Grasset|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 copies on Montval laid paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€200
Francis CARCO
Le couteau
A l'Enseigne de la Porte Etroite|Paris 1925|12 x 16 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
A tiny lack and small tear reglued at foot of spine, handsome and rare copy.
€200
François MITTERRAND
Réflexions sur la politique extérieure de la France. Introduction à vingt-cinq discours (1981-1985)
Fayard|Paris 1986|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan bamboo paper, only deluxe copies ("grand papier").
Very nice copy.
€1,200
Emmanuel BERL
Trois faces du sacré : Vinci, Rembrandt, l'ère des fétiches
Grasset|Paris 1971|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 34 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
€250
Emmanuel BERL
La culture en péril
La Table Ronde|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, ours one of 20 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very slightly faded without consequence, a shadow left by the justification bookmark on the first page of text, otherwise a handsome copy.
€230
Thomas MANN
L'élu
Albin Michel|Paris 1952|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 77 numbered copies on Lana vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€300
Robert POULET
Le meilleur et le pire
Denoël & Steele|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copy.
Fine and rare copy.
€230
Jean PRÉVOST
Nous marchons sur la mer
Nrf|Paris 1931|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, ours bearing number 1 and printed for Henry Church, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€200
David Herbert LAWRENCE
Jack dans la brousse
Gallimard|Paris 1938|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 95 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by François Mauriac, fine copy.
€120
Eugène IONESCO
Théâtre IV
Gallimard|Paris 1966|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition with most parts in first edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A fine copy.
€200
André GIDE
Saül
Nrf|Paris 1923|9.50 x 16 cm|broché
Edition published for the first performance of the play and printed in 110 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy.
€50
Gilles DELEUZE, Jean-Robert IPOUSTÉGUY
Un nouvel archiviste[A New Archivist]
Fata Morgana|Montpellier 1972|12.50 x 20 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Arches paper, head print.
Illustrated book of drawings by Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy.
Pleasant copy.
Our copy, like all the copies of the head print, is very complete with the original drypoint by Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy which he justified and signed in pencil.
€600
Jules ROMAINS, Pierre GANDON
La vérité en bouteilles
Editions M.P. Trémois|Paris 1927|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite the covers being marginally and slightly creased.
Illustrated work with a frontispiece portrait of Jules Romains by Pierre Gandon.
€100
BRASSAÏ
Histoire de Marie
Les éditions du point du jour|Paris 1949|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 126 numbered copies on Alfa paper with the original etching by Brassaï which he signed, ours one of the 26 lettered copies reserved for the friends of the author, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Foreword by Henry Miller.
Beautiful copy.
Rare autograph dated and signed by Brassaï to Janine and Raymond Queneau: "... these alms (sic) made by Marie ... very little Claudelian. With Brassaï's friendship."
€2,800
René CHAR
Dans la pluie giboyeuse
Gallimard|Paris 1968|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy.
€450
Gustave FLAUBERT
Lettres inédites à Maxime du Camp, Madame Frédéric Fovard, Madame Adèle Husson et "l'excellent monsieur Baudry"
Le palimugre|Sceaux 1948|16.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on white vellum, deluxe copy.
Fine copy with full margins.
€300
Jean SARMENT
Je suis trop grand pour moi
F. Sant'Andrea, L. Marcerou & Cie|Paris 1924|17 x 31 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
Autograph signed by Jean Sarment to Paul Bonet.
Beautiful copy wide-margined.
€150
Vladimir KARIAKINE
Stress eustress
La pensée universelle|Paris 1985|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on cream vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome and rare copy.
€80
Jacques MONNIER, Jacques PAJAK
Pavot plein rouge
Maurice Bridel|Lausanne 1959|17 x 25 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
first edition printed in 60 numbered copies on Arches paper vellum.
Illustrated book of 8 original drypoints by Jacques Pajak.
Signatures of Jacques Monnier and Jacques Pajak at the justification of the draw.
Shirt flat slightly and marginally insolated without gravity, a small trace of ballpoint pen on the case.
Pleasant copy.
€450
Francis PONGE
Lettres à Jean Thibaudeau
Le temps qu'il fait|s. l. 1999|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Ingres d'Arches paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€80
Christian BERARD, Jean GIRAUDOUX
Sodome et Gomorrhe
Grasset|Paris 1943|17 x 25 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with 9 original color compositions by Christian Bérard, one of 110 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Jean ANOUILH
Chers zoiseaux[Dear Boids]
La Table Ronde|Paris 1977|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japon paper, deluxe issue.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, some edges partially toned, otherwise a pleasing copy with full margins.
Rare.
€680
Jean ANOUILH
Le scénario
La Table Ronde|Paris 1976|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japan, head print.
Back and boards slightly and marginally passed without gravity, some witnesses partially passed, otherwise pleasant copy at all margins.
Rare.
€680
Jules ROMAINS
Lucienne
Nrf|Paris 1922|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 108 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€120
André ROUSSIN
Un contentement raisonnable... suivi de Lettre sur le théâtre d'aujourd'hui
Grasset|Paris 1965|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€60
Pierre LECOMTE DU NOÜY
L'avenir de l'esprit
Gallimard|Paris 1941|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€100
Yasmina REZA
Une désolation
Albin Michel|Paris 1999|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum, only large papers.
Beautiful copy despite two small spots at the bottom of the first board.
Autograph dated and signed by Yasmina Reza to a friend named Ion: "To you, my dear Ion, this copy on vellum N ° IV, for your twentieth birthday! I invite you and your friend Strinberg to snuggle up against me so that we can laugh, laugh, as we like. "
€350
Louis GILLET
Claudel Péguy
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1946|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on superior bouffant paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€60
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Explication de l'Etranger
Aux dépens du Palimugre|Sceaux s. d. [1946]|12 x 14.50 cm|broché
First edition hors commerce and printed in small numbers, ours one of 30 copies justified by the publisher on Japan, deluxe copy ("tirage de tête").
Rare and pleasant copy.
€2,800
Herman MELVILLE, Max ERNST
Mardi
Robert Marin|Paris 1950|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum offset paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Cover illustrated by Max Ernst reproduced as frontispiece.
€380
Gaston BACHELARD
La terre et les rêveries du repos
José Corti|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Lafuma, the only copies on deluxe paper.
Very handsome copy despite a slight shadow on the half-title page.
€1,500
André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES
Le cadran lunaire
Robert Laffont|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 30 numbered copies on pure Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
€300
Paul KLEE
Journal
Grasset|Paris 1959|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Pierre Klossowski, one of 26 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite slight loss of blue on the first cover.

€500
André MASSON
Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier
Julliard|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce copies on the same paper.
Preface by Georges Limbour, work illustrated with 8 hors-texte drawings by André Masson.
Handsome copy.

€180
MONTESQUIEU
Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate
Impressions des deux-collines|Lyon 1920|33 x 36 cm|broché
New edition, one of 10 numbered copies on China paper, ours specially printed for Jean Comte.
Some tears at the deckled edges of certain leaves, two small stains on the front cover, a slight hole on the endpaper due to the paper quality.
€120
Henry de MONFREID
La croisière du hachich[The Haschisch Cruise]
Grasset|Paris 1933|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe copy.
Half red morocco binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with fillets and black compartments embellished with black geometric motifs, one joint slightly cracked at foot, marbled paper effect boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.

€800
Jean LORRAIN, Antoon VAN WELIE
Ellen[Ellen]
Pierre Douville|Paris 1906|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Hollande, the only deluxe paper.
Illustrated cover by Antoon Van Welie.
Full burgundy morocco, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, gilt-tooled dentelle borders on pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on the edges, elegant period binding signed Yseux, successor to Simier.
Our copy is enriched with a two-and-a-half-page autograph letter signed by Jean Lorrain to Laurent Tailhade, in which he recounts the vexations he suffers as a journalist regarding an article he wishes to publish reporting...
€2,000
Éphraïm MIKHAËL, Bernard LAZARE
La fiancée de Corinthe[The Bride of Corinth]
Camille Dalou|Paris 1888|20 x 27.50 cm|relié
Gilbert Lély, "Ephraïm Mikhaël", Nos Poètes, 15 Feb. 1925, cited in Ephraïm Mikhaël, Poèmes en vers et en prose, edited by Matthew Screech, Droz, 1994
€2,500
Léon LEMONNIER
Kipling chantre de l'impérialisme anglais
Tallandier|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Les beaux draps
Nouvelles Editions Françaises|Paris 1941|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tê").
Bound in brown half morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Nice copy.
€6,800
Georges-Antoine ROCHEGROSSE, Richard WAGNER
Quatre poèmes d'opéras précédés d'une lettre sur la musique
A. Durand & fils • Calmann Lévy|Paris s. d. [1893]|13 x 19 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with original illustrations by Georges Rochegrosse and F. Marcotte, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€150
Charles SILVESTRE
La prairie et la flamme
Plon|Paris 1929|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half bottle green morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved.

€60
Roger CAILLOIS
Poétique de Saint-John Perse
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 51 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
Maxime GORKI
Notes et souvenirs
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 30 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine split, faded and with small tears at head and foot, light foxing to some deckled edges.
€80
André COLLOT, Pierre LOUŸS
Au temps des juges
Aux dépens d'un amateur|Paris 1933|15.50 x 23 cm|broché sous double chemise et étui
First edition published in a small number of copies on grand vélin d'Arches, ours unnumbered.
Work illustrated with 12 original illustrations attributed to André Collot.
Our copy is complete with the duplicate suite in blue of the 12 illustrations.
Some rubbing to the slipcase.
Handsome copy.
€400
David Herbert LAWRENCE
Kangourou
Gallimard|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 367 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€60
Jacques PRÉVERT
La cinquième saison
Gallimard|Paris 1984|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy.
€500
Judith MASEFIELD
Mary's spinning
Stanbrook abbey press|Worcester 1970|11.50 x 15 cm|broché
Printed in a limited edition of 180 numbered copies on Japon Kozu-shi
Handsome copy with the Japanese Ogura paper covers well preserved.
€80
Michel CARROUGES, Marcel DUCHAMP
Les machines célibataires
Librairie Arcanes|Paris 1954|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Marais pur fil paper, ours unnumbered.
Handsome copy.
Illustrated work, with frontispiece of "The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even", glass by Marcel Duchamp reproduced according to a diagram established from photographic documents by Roger Aujame.
€800
Henry de MONTHERLANT
La guerre civile
Gallimard|Paris 1965|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
Second edition, one year after the first edition published by Henri Lefebvre, one of 43 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours bearing number 1, deluxe copy.
Handsome full-margined copy despite minimal worming to the spines.
€250
Joan MIRO [dessin original] Ivan GOLL
Bouquet de rêves pour NeilaBouquet of Dreams for Neila
Fernand Mourlot|Paris 1967|25.50 x 33 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Bouquet de rêves pour Neila
[Bouquet of Dreams for Neila]
Fernand Mourlot | Paris 1967 | 25.5 x 33 cm | in leaves in a chemise and slipcase

Illustrated edition with 18 original insert lithographs in colour by Joan Miró, one of 150 numbered copies on Rives vellum, only print after 25 vellum and 25 non-trade.
Very beautiful copy.
Handwritten signature of Joan Miró on the print details page.
Our copy is enriched with a handwritten inscription dated and signed by Joan Miró to Armand Blanc accompanied with an original drawing in pencil.
€4,800
Jacques PERRET
Objets perdus
Gallimard|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 38 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two slight sunning marks at head and foot of spine.

€350
Fernand LENNEL
Histoire de Calais
Imprimerie moderne J. Peumeury|Calais 1908|19 x 28.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Half black shagreen bindings with corners, spines faded and sunned with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards with light scratches of no consequence, endpapers and pastedowns of floral-patterned paper, red edges.
Some small annotations often chronological in pencil and reading marks in black ink on certain leaves and in the table of contents, some light foxing.
Our copy is also extra-illustrated with press clippings and leaves of reading notes written by a previous owner.
Work decorated with 13 plates hors-texte which do not appear to be contained in the...
€800
ADLEN, SERGE [Maurice Féaudierre]
Clowns de Paris
Les éditions des presses du Temps présent|Paris 1959|26.50 x 35.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition consisting of an album of 27 prints colored or in black in or inset, most numbered and justified by Adlen, one of the 243 numbered copies on offset Sirène du Marais.
Some small foxing mainly affecting the very first and last leaves.
Our copy is quite complete of the 27 prints it must contain, and not 25 as erroneously announced to the justification of the print.
Serge's text.
Signed autograph dedication of Adlen to Armand Lanoux below the justification of the draw.
€750
Hélène MAURRAS
Nouvelles de l'invisible suivi de Bruits de bottes. - Les méchantes filles. - L'homme perdu
Editions d'histoire et d'art|Paris 1974|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered hors commerce copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€30
Henri MASSIS
Au long d'une vie
Plon|Paris 1967|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Henri Massis to Mr. Jean Pétillard: "... these pages to serve the history of an era that we now witness."
€120
Pierre LOTI
Prime jeunesse suite au Roman d'un enfant
Calmann Lévy|Paris s. d. [1919]|18 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Two small tears in the head and foot of the spine, nice copy wide-margined.
€800
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
La voyageuse de nuit
Plon|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Alfred Fabre-Luce to Dr. J. Quelet.
€100