Women Writers

Renée VIVIEN
"Tu veux entrer dans mon cœur ? — Mon cœur n'est qu'un miroir où tu te mires..."Signed Autograph Love Letter to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Londres] [London] Le 20 mars [1900]|9.90 x 15.20 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
Very long autograph manuscript letter from Renée Vivien signed "Pauline" written in black ink on a double sheet of headed paper from 24 Hyde Park Street. Transverse folds inherent to posting.
Fine love letter sent from London while Renée was with her family: "Quelle lente et lourde journée, mon tout petit ! — j'en ai tout le poids sur le cœur — Dieu, que j'ai mal, que je m'ennuie ! — Ce matin, j'avais un faible rayon d'espoir, je croyais peut-être te rejoindre bientôt, ou même tout de suite, hélas ! hélas ! hélas ! — Il est arrivé ce que je craignais, — j'ai dû rester — On se serait étonné, on aurait trouvé ça louche, si j'étais partie tout de même."...
€3,000
Renée VIVIEN
"Je te l'ai dit par la voix brute du télégraphe, Natalie, le moment n'est pas venu de nous revoir. "Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] Le 1er avril [1902]|11.50 x 15.90 cm|7 pages 1/2 sur deux doubles feuillets
Handwritten signed letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney: “I told you by the raw voice of the telegraph, Natalie, the time has not come for us to see each other again.”
[Paris] 1st April [1902] | 11.5 x 15.9 cm | 7 pages 1/2 on two double leaves
Handwritten letter signed “Pauline” from Renée Vivien addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in black ink on two double leaves edged with violettes. Transverse folds from having been sent.
Interesting letter mentioning Brumes de fjords and Freddy Manners-Sutton.

“Tu te trompes en croyant retrouver dans Brumes de fjords un reflet de femme ou...
€3,000
Renée VIVIEN
"Les docteurs disent tous qu'il n'y a plus d'espoir."Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Londres] [London] Le 16 octobre [1900]|11.30 x 17.50 cm|10 pages sur 2 doubles feuillets et 1 feuillet simple
Very long autograph manuscript letter by Renée Vivien signed "Ton fervent Paul" written in black ink on two double sheets and one single sheet. Transverse creases inherent to the mailing, envelope included.
Moving letter recounting Renée Vivien's first encounters with suffering and death. Having returned to her family in London, the Violet Muse watches over her dying cousin : "Mon pauvre cousin va de plus en plus mal. Je crains horriblement que ce ne soit la fin. Il est la plupart du temps en proie à la fièvre et au délire. Ou bien il dort d'un mauvais sommeil de prostration et de faiblesse, à la suite des piqûres de morphine. [...] Cela me fait mal de voir le...
€3,500
Renée VIVIEN
"Je suis en proie à un de mes accès de mélancolie noire et sauvage, - je ne peux plus voir personne."Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1er semestre 1900]|12.30 x 16.70 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
Handwritten signed letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney: “I am in the grips of one of my bouts of black and wild melancholy, - I can no longer see anyone.”
[Paris 1st half-year 1900] | 12.3 x 16.7 cm | 2 pages on a double leaf
Handwritten letter from Renée Vivien signed “Paule” and written in pencil on a double leaf with a silver-coloured heart with the poet's monogram at the top of the first sheet. Transverse fold from having been sent.
Beautiful letter of apology after a dispute with the Amazone: “Suis en proie à un de mes accès de mélancolie noire et sauvage, – je ne peux plus voir personne. Je m'en vais demain à Fontainebleau pour y...
€2,300
Renée VIVIEN
"Tes lettres te seront renvoyées sans être lues, - ne m'envoie pas de fleurs, elles seront refusées."Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1905-1906]|11.50 x 15.90 cm|3 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed "Pauline" by Renée Vivien addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in violet ink on a double sheet bordered with violets. Transverse creases inherent to the mailing.
Icy and a fresh attempt at rupture or at the very least a rebuff, this letter is completely devoid of courtesy and tenderness: "Je ne suis pas pareille à toi, - j'ai de l'orgueil et de la fierté, - cet orgueil, tu l'as blessé, cette fierté tu l'as froissée, - je ne m'exposerai plus à des dégoûts de ce genre. Tes lettres te seront renvoyées sans être lues, - ne m'envoie pas de fleurs, elles seront refusées. Je vois peu de gens, dans l'horreur où je vis des êtres, j'en...
€2,500
Renée VIVIEN
"Tu vois bien que mes pensées te reviennent toujours."Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] 30 mars 1905|11.50 x 15.90 cm|6 pages 1/2 sur deux doubles feuillets
Autograph letter signed "Pauline" by Renée Vivien addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in violet ink on two double sheets edged with violets. Transverse folds inherent to posting.
Very fine love letter evoking the only novel by the Violet Muse, Une femme m'apparut.
"Comment aurais-je pu ne point songer à toi Natalie, moi qui écrivais « Une femme m'apparut » - qui l'écrivais pour la seconde fois avec mes yeux nouveaux, et devenus plus clairs - avec mon cœur plus calme et plus profond ?" ["How could I not have thought of you Natalie, I who was writing 'Une femme m'apparut' - who was writing it for the second time with my...
€3,500
Renée VIVIEN
"Tu es pareille à une sirène cruelle qui aurait aveuglé un esclave et qui se couronnerait étant nue, de l'indifférence de l'esclave aveugle devant sa beauté."Signed Autograph Love Letter to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca. 1905]|12.50 x 16.70 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed ("Pauline" and "P.M.T.") by Renée Vivien addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in black ink on a double folio with silver-violet letterhead and the address 3 rue Jean-Baptiste Dumas. Transverse fold inherent to mailing.
Very fine love and reproach letter written after the long two-year separation and probably upon return from Mytilene (Lesbos): "Est-ce vraiment pour moi que tu restes demain, Tout-Petit ? ... Qui le saura jamais ? ... Ce doute, que le passé justifie un peu, entrave mes plus hautains élans, et fait de moi la créature misérable et triste que je suis." ["Is it really for me that you stay tomorrow, Little One?...
€2,800
Natalie Clifford BARNEY
"Il y aura aussi 3 poèmes que j'ai écrits à la mémoire de Renée Vivien."Signed autograph letter to a friend
Paris samedi 29 novembre 1952|13.50 x 20.80 cm|une page sur un feuillet
Handwritten signed letter addressed to a friend: “There will also be three poems that I wrote in memory of Renée Vivien”

Paris Saturday 29 November 1952 | 13,5 x 20,8 cm | one page on a leaf

Handwritten letter signed by Natalie Clifford Barney addressed to a friend and written in black ink on a stationery from 20 rue Jacob (Paris VI^e). Central fold from having been sent.

Interesting letter mentioning a future reading of Natalie Clifford Barney:
”A literary hour must be devoted to me this Wednesday at 5pm 41 rue des Petits champs. This session of my poems and thoughts will be accompanied by 4 melodies by...
€1,800
Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires
Jouaust|Paris 1890|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition in first issue with 41 etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, 9 plates including a frontispiece portrait and 32 in-text.
Unnumbered copy on Holland paper.
Contemporary half brown morocco binding. Spine with raised bands ornately decorated in compartments. Author, title, volume number and date in gilt. Peacock-eye paper boards. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly faded. Some rubbing. Original wrappers preserved. Paper perfectly fresh. Handsome copy.

€400
Renée VIVIEN
"Je compterai les secondes aux battements de mon coeur."Signed autograph card addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca 1900]|9.50 x 5.60 cm|une carte rédigée des deux côtés
Autograph manuscript card signed "Pauline" and addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney, written in black ink on both sides.
Two small pinholes at the top of this card which accompanied a bouquet: "Méchante d'être partie si vite ! - voici des orchidées blanches, - elles te défendront contre les doutes et les pensées tristes. Elles te protègeront et t'assureront de ma profonde et éternelle tendresse. Ne sois pas en retard ce soir. Je compterai les secondes aux battements de mon coeur. Ces fleurs, ce sont mes lèvres, mon âme et mon coeur qui vont vers toi - Toujours." ["Naughty to have left so quickly! - here are white orchids, - they will defend you against...
€1,200
Renée VIVIEN
"Mon si fragile bonheur, sois très prudente et ménage ta jolie santé frêle qui m'est si précieuse."Signed autograph card addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca 1900]|9.50 x 5.60 cm|une carte rédigée des deux côtés
Autograph manuscript card signed "Pauline" and addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney, written in black ink on both sides.
"Repose-toi aujourd'hui, chérie. Je suis inquiète de toi et cela me rend affreusement triste. Repose-toi bien n'est-ce pas ? Mon si fragile bonheur, sois très prudente et ménage ta jolie santé frêle qui m'est si précieuse. A ce soir, mais si tu es fatiguée, envoie-moi un mot, je viendrai chez toi." ["Rest today, darling. I am worried about you and it makes me terribly sad. Rest well, won't you? My so fragile happiness, be very careful and take care of your pretty frail health which is so precious to me. Until tonight, but if you are...
€1,200
Renée VIVIEN
"Tout-Petit que j'aime, je t'envoie des pensées, toutes blanches. Garde-les dans ta chambre, auprès de toi, où sont mes vraies pensées, tu le sais."Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca. 1900]|12.30 x 16.50 cm|1 page1/2 sur un double feuillet
Autograph manuscript letter by Renée Vivien signed "Pauline," addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in black ink on a double sheet with the poetess's silver monogram letterhead.
A very charming letter evoking the flowers so dear to Renée ("Tout-Petit que j'aime, je t'envoie des pensées, toutes blanches. Garde-les dans ta chambre, auprès de toi, où sont mes vraies pensées, tu le sais." ["Little one I love, I send you pansies, all white. Keep them in your room, near you, where my true thoughts are, you know."]) as well as a gift from her "tout petit chéri" ["dear little one"]: "J'adore mes tablettes, tu te rappelles les...
€2,300
Renée VIVIEN
"Il ne faut plus souffrir pour moi, ma Douceur blonde, je t'aime, je te guérirai."Autograph Love Letter to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca. 1904]|11.50 x 15.90 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter from Renée Vivien addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in black ink on a double sheet bordered with a violet trim. Transverse fold inherent to mailing.
A beautiful love letter marking the reconciliation of the Muse of Violets and the Amazon after a two-year separation: "Your letter was cruelly sweet to me, I wept reading it and something within me rejoiced despite everything to think that between us the bond was so powerful and subtle that only death could entirely untie it, if death is definitive."
Weary and very jealous of Natalie's infidelities, Renée had made the radical decision to leave her. The Amazon had then...
€3,000
Renée VIVIEN
"Avril, mon doux petit Avril, chaque fois que tu t'en vas, tu emportes un peu de mon cœur, qui ne peut se détacher de toi, et te suit tristement."Signed autograph letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [ca. 1900]|12.30 x 16.50 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed "Pauline" by Renée Vivien, addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and written in black ink on a double sheet with the poetess's silver monogram letterhead.
Very beautiful and poetic love letter from the Muse of violets, languishing for her "dear white Lily": "Je n'ai pas pu te demander cet après-midi si je te verrais demain, mon doux Avril, mais tu as bien compris n'est-ce pas ? qu'il me serait aussi impossible de vivre un jour sans toi, que de me priver des lumières, du soleil ou des fleurs. [...] Avril, mon doux petit Avril, chaque fois que tu t'en vas, tu emportes un peu de mon cœur, qui ne peut se détacher de toi, et te...
€2,500
Nellise CHILD
Jerry Frish Détective
Librairie des Champs-Elysées|Paris 1936|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's binding in full bicolored yellow and black boards, smooth spine, complete with its dust jacket illustrated by Jean Bernard.
Minor marginal tears to the dust jacket, not affecting the illustration.
Very handsome copy

€50
Jacqueline ROUSSEAU-DUJARDIN
Couché par écrit. De la Situation psychanalytique
Galilée|Paris 1981|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite small stains at foot of second cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacqueline Rousseau-Dujardin to Nadine Nimier, wife and widow of Roger Nimier.
€60
Renée VIVIEN
"Je t'écris ce mot dans le train, tu t'en apercevras vite en observant l'irrégularité de mon écriture."Autograph Letter to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. Vendredi soir [printemps 1900]|12.50 x 8.40 cm|6 pages sur 3 cartes
Handwritten letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney: “Je t'écris ce mot dans le train, tu t'en apercevras vite en observant l'irrégularité de mon écriture.” “I write this to you on the train, you will quickly notice that by observing the irregularity of my handwriting.”
s.l Friday evening [Spring 1900], 12.5 x 8.4 cm, 6 pages on 3 cards
Handwritten letter from Renée Vivien, written in pencil on three blue cards with the poet's monogram. This letter has been published in “Renée Vivien et ses masques” (in A l'Encart n°2 April 1980)
A very beautiful letter written on a train: “Je t'écris ce mot dans le train, tu t'en apercevras vite en observant l'irrégularité de mon...
€3,000
Jeanne BOURIN
Les Pérégrines
François Bourin|Paris 1989|15 x 22 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a small tear at the upper left corner of the first cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Jeanne Bourin to a friend named Colette.
€40
Natalie Clifford BARNEY
"J'ai du mal à vous pardonner le mal que vous vous êtes fait à vous-même !"Signed autograph letter addressed to Dr. Francis Mars
Paris 17 novembre 1966|20.70 x 13.50 cm|une page sur un feuillet, enveloppe jointe
Handwritten signed letter addressed to Docteur Francis Mars: "j'ai du mal à vous pardonner le mal que vous vous êtes fait à vous-même !” “I find it difficult to forgive you for the harm you have done to yourself!”
Paris 17 November 1966, 20.7 x 13.5 cm, one page on a leaf, envelope attached

Handwritten letter signed by Natalie Clifford Barney addressed to Doctor Francis Mars, a few lines written in black in on a leaf of headed paper from 20 rue Jacob (Paris VI^e), envelope attached. Central fold from having been sent.
"Cher ami Francis, j'ai du mal à vous pardonner le mal que vous vous êtes fait à vous-même ! Natalie (PS: Je ne serai à Nice que vers le 5 déc.)” “My...
€600
Gisèle FREUND
Gespräche mit Rauda Jamis[Conversations with Rauda Jamis]
Schirmer - Mosel|München [Munich] • & Paris • & London 1993|12 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine slightly sunned without consequence.
Work illustrated with photographs by Gisèle Freund.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Gisèle Freund to Ulrike Bergweiler who was Antoine Gallimard's secretary.

€250
Françoise SAGAN
Bonheur impair et passe
Julliard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€600
Renée VIVIEN
Poème autographe à Kérimé "Que la volupté est triste...!" [Paroles soupirées]Handwritten poem to Kerima
Constantinople [Istanbul] s. d. [1907]|21 x 27 cm|1/2 page et quelques lignes sur un feuillet
Handwritten poem to Kérimé « Que la volupté est triste...!» [Paroles soupirées]
Constantinople [1907] | 21 x 27 cm, 1/2 page and a few lines on a leaf
Handwritten poem entitled « Que la volupté est triste... ! », dedicated and offered to Kérimé. Half a page written in black ink on a leaf of headed paper from the Constantinople Péra-Palace & Summer-Palace, a total of 15 alexandrine verses.
The poem was published under the title «Paroles soupirées» in Flambeaux éteints (Edward Sansot & C^ie, 1907). This first manuscript version has several variations from the printed text. Some verses have even been totally abandoned: “Pareille au chant brisé...
€6,000
Renée VIVIEN
Poème d'amour autographe à Kérimé "Je cacherai ma flûte"Handwritten poem to Kerima
s. l. s. d. [1907]|15.70 x 23.10 cm|1 page 1/2 sur 2 feuillets
Handwritten poem to Kérimé « Je cacherai ma flûte »

[1907] | 15,7 x 23,1 cm | 1 page 1/2 on 2 leaves

Handwritten poem entitled « Je cacherai ma flûte », dedicated and offered to Kérimé («Pour le petit faune »). One and a half pages written in purple ink on two leaves edged with border of violets, in total 32 alexandrine verses.
The poem was published under the same title in Flambeaux éteints (Edward Sansot & C^ie, 1907). This first manuscript version has some variations from the printed text.
Je m'écoute, avec des frissons ardents,
Moi, le petit faune au regard farouche...
L'âme des...
€6,000
Renée VIVIEN, Camille LEMERCIER D'ERM
La Muse aux violettes
Sansot|Paris 1910|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed with a small number of copies.
A poem by Renée Vivien at the top of the work.
A beautiful and very rare copy.
In memoriam...
€480
Renée VIVIEN
Poème d'amour autographe inédit à Natalie Clifford Barney "A l'absente"Unpublished handwritten poem to Natalie Clifford Barney
s. l. 20 mars 1900|10 x 15.70 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
Unpublished handwritten poem to Natalie Clifford Barney « à l'absente »

20 March 1900 | 10 x 15,7 cm | 2 pages on a double leaf

Handwritten poem entitled « à l'absente » (“To the absent one”) and addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney. Two pages written in black ink on a double leaf, headed 24 Hyde Park Street.

To our knowledge, this three-verse, octosyllabic poem is unpublished. It is preceded, on the first section of this double leaf, by a little handwritten message: “These are the verses I have made, – I would rather say the tears which I have shed – for you. Turn the page, you will find them there, in all their...
€4,000
Renée VIVIEN
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Natalie Clifford Barney et enrichie d'un poème intitulé "Le Miroir"Handwritten signed letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and enriched with a poem entitled Le Miroir
s. l. • [Londres] [London] 24 mars 1900|10 x 15.70 cm|6 pages sur 2 doubles feuillets
Handwritten signed letter addressed to Natalie Clifford Barney and enriched with a poem entitled « Le Miroir »

[London] 24 March 1900 | 10 x 15,7 cm | 6 pages on 2 double leaves

Handwritten manuscript letter by Renée Vivien signed “Pauline” and written in black ink on a double leaf, headed 24 Hyde Park Street. This letter contains a handwritten alexandrine poem entitled “Le Miroir”; never published on the initiative of the poet, but it has been transcribed in “Renée Vivien et ses masques” (in à l'encart, April 1980):

Je t'admire et ne suis que ton miroir fidèle
Car je m'abîme en toi pour t'aimer un peu mieux;
Je...
€6,000
Renée VIVIEN
La Vénus des aveuglesThe Venus of the Blind
Lemerre|Paris 1904|13 x 19 cm|relié
La Vénus des aveugles [The Venus of the Blind]

Lemerre | Paris 1904 | 13 x 19 cm | in original wrappers

First edition for which no grand papier (deluxe) copy were printed.
Cover illustrated by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer. Spine discreetly restored.

Rare inscription from the author to Jeanne de Bellune “à mon amour de petit Jeannot” ("To my love, little Jeannot").

End-of-century cocotte, the Viscountess of Juromenha was the lover of several intellectual female figures in the early 20th century, such as Renée Vivien and Liane de Pougy, who described her as “little gnome”. There remains...
€3,500
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
George SAND
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Alphonse Peyrat
s. d. [mai 1868]|13.50 x 20.70 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to Alphonse Peyrat, two pages written in black ink on a double sheet. Transverse folds inherent to mailing.
Interesting letter evoking one of her faithful friends: Jean Patureau-Francoeur.
George Sand had published a long obituary article in tribute to this close friend in L'Avenir national on May 2, 1868. She described her late friend with great tenderness: "C'était un simple paysan, un vigneron des faubourgs de Châteauroux. Il avait appris tout seul à écrire, et il écrivait très remarquablement, avec ces naïves incorrections qui sont presque des grâces, dans un style rustique et spontané...
€1,200
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
Nathalie SARRAUTE
Portrait d'un Inconnu
Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, with second edition statement.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre.
Signed and inscribed by Nathalie Sarraute to Jean Claval.
€120
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
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
Thyde MONNIER
L'Huile vierge
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite the slightly sunken spine.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Thyde Monnier to Madame Tourre.
€70
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
Germaine TILLION
L'Afrique bascule vers l'Avenir[Africa Turns Toward the Future]
Editions Tirésias - Michel Reynaud|Paris 1999|15 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned.
Precious autograph inscription dated 1976 and signed by Germaine Tillion to the sociologist and feminist activist Evelyn Sullerot: "... courageuse combattante, cette préhistoire d'un "front" qu'elle a bien connu." ["... courageous fighter, this prehistory of a "front" that she knew well."]

€350
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
Zoubeïda BITTARI
O mes Soeurs musulmanes, pleurez !
Gallimard|Paris 1964|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by Miriam Cendrars.
Rare two-color autograph inscription dated and signed by Zoubeïda Bittari to madame Levêque.
€150
Cristina LACASA
Poemas de la Muerte y de la Vida
Instituto de estudios ilerdenses|Lérida [Lleida] 1965|12 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Fine copy complete with its wraparound band.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Cristina Lacasa to poet Marcel Hennart, in which she specifies her address in Lérida, Spain.
€50
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
George SAND
Œuvres complètesComplete Works
Félix Bonnaire • Victor Magen • Comon • Hippolyte Souverain|Paris 1837-1841|13 x 20.50 cm, longueur totale de la série 72 cm|27 volumes reliés
Extremely important edition, comprising a large number of works appearing here in their first edition. The complete set of these 27 volumes is rare (Clouzot). The titles present in first edition are: Mattea, Lettres d’un Voyageur, La Dernière Aldini, Les Maîtres mosaïstes, L’Uscoque, Spiridion, Les Sept Cordes de la lyre, Gabriel,
€9,000
George SAND
"Je suis toujours enfermée pour écrire, ou sortir pour me promener."Signed autograph letter addressed to Léon Curmer
Paris jeudi 7 mai [1840]|13.60 x 20.90 cm|une page sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to publisher Léon Curmer. One page written in black ink on a double sheet.
This letter was published in the complete correspondence compiled by Georges Lubin.
"Monsieur, J'ai parcouru votre recueil avec beaucoup d'intérêt, et j'accepte la collaboration que vous m'avez offerte, mais je ne pourrais m'occuper de vous satisfaire que dans six semaines ou deux mois. Si cette époque vous convient veuillez bien me le faire savoir ainsi que les conditions de la rédaction." ["Sir, I have perused your collection with great interest, and I accept the collaboration you have offered me, but I could not undertake...
€1,000
Ludmila TCHERINA
Europe à Coeur
Editions Opas|Paris 1992|24.50 x 31 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with reproductions of sculptures by Ludmila Tcherina.
Full black paper boards, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, corners and headcaps slightly bumped.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Ludmila Tcherina: "Au proffesseur (sic) Jean Malaurie c'était le soir du grand jour "panthéonien" où le feu même gela ! Comme vous voyez... je ne vous oublie pas." ["To Professor Jean Malaurie it was the evening of the great 'Pantheon' day when even fire froze! As you can see... I haven't forgotten you."]
€200
Simone de BEAUVOIR
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Antoinette Boulesteix
2 Juillet 1980|14.50 x 20.50 cm|1 page + 1 enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Simone de Beauvoir consisting of 9 lines addressed to Antoinette Boulesteix, with envelope enclosed.
A central fold inherent to the mailing and an envelope mark at the foot of the letter, the envelope and letter having been glued together then separated.
"Chère mademoiselle,
je suis très touchée de cette lettre mais je n'ai pas le temps de rencontrer votre mère. Je quitte Paris pour aller me reposer à la campagne. Dites lui mes regrets, et croyez à mes meilleurs sentiments. Simone de Beauvoir." ["Dear Mademoiselle, I am very touched by this letter but I do not have time to meet your mother. I am...
€400
Marthe Lucie Lahovary, princesse de BIBESCO
Croisade pour l'Anémone (Lettres de Terre sainte)
Plon|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Princess Bibesco: "A mon ami Alfred Fabre-Luce avec un sixième lettre imaginaire, en souvenir d'une anémone de mer, cueillie à Biarritz" ["To my friend Alfred Fabre-Luce with a sixth imaginary letter, in memory of a sea anemone, picked at Biarritz"].
€100
André MAUROIS
Adrienne ou la Vie de Mme de La Fayette
Hachette|Paris 1961|15.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Marais vellum, the only deluxe copies after 40 on Arches
Half burgundy shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Spine and boards very slightly and marginally lightened without gravity.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€80
George SAND (to Gustave FLAUBERT)
"Je t'écris en courant ce matin ..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Gustave Flaubert
Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 6 mars 1876|13.20 x 20.70 cm|deux pages sur un feuillet remplié
Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to Gustave Flaubert. Two pages written in black ink on a double sheet bearing, at the head of the first page, the sender's dry stamp.
This letter was published in the complete correspondence of George Sand established by Georges Lubin.
Fine letter written by George Sand a few months before her death and addressed to her lifelong friend, Gustave Flaubert.
The writer wishes to offer her friend a seat so he may attend the revival of her play Le Mariage de Victorine : "Je t'écris en courant ce matin parce que je viens de recevoir de Mr Perrin avis de la 1ère représentation de la reprise du Mariage...
€4,000
George SAND
"Je suis bien d'âge à être votre mère, car j'ai 55 ans, et j'ai de bonnes mains bien adroites, mais pas belles du tout."Signed autograph letter addressed to Ernest Feydeau
Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 16 août [18]59|13.50 x 20.90 cm|4 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to Ernest Feydeau. Four pages written in blue ink on a double sheet bearing, at the head of the first page, the sender's blind stamp.
This letter was published in the complete correspondence of George Sand established by Georges Lubin.
Fine and lengthy letter discussing literature and friendship between writers.
Initially a stockbroker and specialist in Antiquity, Ernest Feydeau launched himself late into fiction. Anxious to occupy a literary space in which he did not feel justly appreciated, he used his connections and maintained a regular epistolary relationship with illustrious correspondents...
€4,800
George SAND
"On n'est jamais plus heureux et inspiré que quand on croit n'avoir pas le temps de l'être."Signed autograph letter addressed to René Biémont
Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 14 mars 1863|13.40 x 20.60 cm|3 pages sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by George Sand addressed to René Biémont. Three pages written in blue ink on a double sheet bearing at the head of the first page the blind stamp of Sand's initials. Envelope included.
Folds inherent to mailing.
This letter was published in the complete correspondence of George Sand established by Georges Lubin.
Fine letter of congratulations addressed to René Biémont after sending his work Le Petit Fils d'Obermann:

"Your little book is very original and you show qualities of talent that will develop, if you look ahead."

As an attentive reader much solicited by her young peers, Sand...
€2,500
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
Maud SACQUARD DE BELLEROCHE
L'Ordinatrice a cinquante ans
La Jeune Parque|Paris 1978|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
A handsome copy.
Exceptional signed autograph inscription from Maud Sacquard de Belleroche: "Pour madame Valéry Giscard d'Estaing la plus gracieuse des Présidentes, ce très respectueux hommage d'une féministe sans hargne. Maud de Belleroche." ["For Madame Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the most gracious of First Ladies, this most respectful homage from a feminist without rancor. Maud de Belleroche."]
€80
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
Tsugouharu, Léonard FOUJITA, Kikou YAMATA
Les huit renommées
André Delpeuch|Paris 1927|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with 47 unpublished drawings by Léonard Foujita.
Handsome copy.

€150
RACHILDE
"Je ne veux pas du tout vous laisser croire que l'oeuvre de Claude Farrère, les Petites Alliées, est un ouvrage de basse littérature"Autograph letter signed about Claude Farrère
Bas-Vignons 24 août 1910|13.70 x 21 cm|2 pages sur un double feuillet
Unpublished autograph letter signed by Rachilde, two pages written in black ink on a double sheet with Mercure de France letterhead.
Interesting letter addressed to an unknown recipient, perhaps a "naval officer". Rachilde defends Les Petites Alliées by Claude Farrère and his style in general: "Je ne veux pas du tout vous laisser croire que l'oeuvre de Claude Farrère, les Petites Alliées, est un ouvrage de basse littérature [...] Claude Farrère est un très joli écrivain qui joint aux becs de sa plume une pointe de dandysme, laquelle pointe peut le faire mal juger aussi bien par vous que par moi, mais n'en demeure pas moins...
€400
Élisabeth ROUDINESCO
Philosophes dans la tourmente
Fayard|Paris 2005|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes brochés
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Elisabeth Roudinesco to Gisèle Halimi.
Provenance: from the library of Gisèle Halimi.
€150
Jeanne BOURIN, Jeannine THOMASSIN
Les recettes de Mathilde Brunel. Cuisine médiévale pour table d'aujourd'hui
Flammarion|Paris 1983|18.50 x 27 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full yellow boards, smooth spine, illustrated covers.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscriptions signed by Jeanne Bourin and Jeannine Thomassin to the editorial staff of "Lu" magazine.
€70
ARLETTY
La défense
La Table Ronde|Paris 1971|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite a small discolored band in the margin of the second cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Arletty to a couple of friends: "A Monsieur et Madame Goumy en souvenir de Belle-Isle, Arletty" ["To Mr. and Mrs. Goumy in memory of Belle-Isle, Arletty"]

€250
Henry FIELDING, Elena RICCOBONI
Amelie
Brocas et Humblot|Paris 1762|9.50 x 17.20 cm|3 parties en un volume relié
First edition of the translation and free adaptation by Madame Riccoboni.
Contemporary full blonde marbled and glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Traces of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. A strip of discoloration at the top of the upper cover. Title page of the second part shorter at lower margin. Leaves 197 to 203 of the last part are shorter at upper margin. Good copy.
19th-century armorial bookplate of the Bauffremont family, illustrious family of feudal nobility originally from Lorraine, with its two mottos: Dieu ayde au premier chretien and Plus de deuil que de joye.
In the preface, the translator apologizes for her poor...
€350
TCHICAYA U TAM'SI [Gérald-Félix TCHICAYA] (inscribed to Régine DEFORGES)
Les phalènes[The Moths]
Albin Michel|Paris 1984|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition for which was no grand papier (deluxe) copy.
Pleasant copy of this work which received the Prix Fémina in 1984.
Rare and precious handwritten inscripttion, dated and signed by Tchicaya U Tam'si to Régine Deforges: “Pour Régine Deforges qui a écrit quelques mots que j'aurais voulu mettre en guise de dédicace mais ma mémoire est moins fidèle que moi. à elle toute la poésie de ce 'roman'.” (“For Régine Deforges who wrote some words that I would have liked to include as a dedication but my memory is less faithful than me. To her, all the poetry of this 'novel'.”)

Provenance: from the library of Régine...
€800
François CAVANNA (inscribed to Régine DEFORGES)
La belle fille sur le tas d'ordures[The Pretty Girl on the Garbage Heap]
Presses de la Cité|Paris 1984|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated with drawings by Cabu.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band: "Touche pas à ma planète !" ["Don't touch my planet!"].
Precious autograph inscription signed by François Cavanna to his friends Régine Deforges and Wiaz: "A Régine, à Wiaz, qui le liront ensemble ou se le raconteront..." ["To Régine, to Wiaz, who will read it together or tell it to each other..."]
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.
€300
Sonia RYKIEL
Tatiana Acacia. 12 contes de Sonia Rykiel
Flammarion|Paris 1984|21.50 x 29.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's rose pink paper boards, smooth spine.
Handsome copy of this children's book.
Illustrated with drawings by Charles Matton-Pasqualini.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Sonia Rykiel to her close friend Régine Deforges: "Pour toi, Régine, ma douce. Sonia." ["For you, Régine, my sweet. Sonia."]
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.
€300
Régine DEFORGES
La bicyclette bleue[The Blue Bicycle]
Editions Ramsay|Paris 1985|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on French wove paper, the only deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.
€1,700
George SAND (Maurice SAND)
Manuscrit autographe signé à propos du "Coq aux cheveux d'or" de Maurice Sand
Nohant [Nohant-Vic] 19 semptembre 1872|13.20 x 20.60 cm|20 pages 1/2 sur 21 feuillets
Autograph manuscript signed by George Sand written in black ink on 21 leaves of white paper. Deletions and corrections.
One page of the manuscript appears to have been lost.
The final version of this chronicle, whose text conforms to the manuscript we offer, was published in Impressions et souvenirs (Paris, M. Lévy, 1873). George Sand would devote another article to her son's novel in Questions d'art et de littérature in 1878.
The first edition of Maurice Sand's Coq aux cheveux d'or was published by Lacroix and Verboeckhoven in 1867.
€3,500
Violette LEDUC
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Adriana Salem
9, 10 et 16 janvier 1963|16.60 x 21.90 cm|3 pages sur 2 feuillets
Autograph letter signed by Violette Leduc addressed to Adriana Salem, written in three stages in blue ink on two sheets detached from a schoolchild's notebook.
The three stages of this letter concern the regretted purchase of a record player that Violette Leduc wishes to exchange for a transistor radio.
€450
Elsa TRIOLET
Le cheval roux ou les intentions humaines
Editeurs français réunis|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Three small tears at head and foot of spine, minor tears of no consequence to margins of boards.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Elsa Triolet: "A Maurice Druon, les chevaux se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas ! - amicalement - Elsa Triolet." ["To Maurice Druon, horses follow each other but are not alike! - warmly - Elsa Triolet."]
Provenance: from the library of academician Maurice Druon.
€300
Kees VAN DONGEN, Roland DORGELÈS
Au beau temps de la Butte
Nouvelle librairie de France|Paris 1949|22 x 28.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
Edition illustrated with 20 original lithographs in 8 and 10 colours by Kees Van Dongen and printed with 110 copies, ours is one of the 10 hors-commerce without the series of lettered and named lithographs on Rives vellum.
We attach the presentation prospectus to the work.
Rubbings and tears in the margins of the slipcase and on the joints of the chemise.
A beautiful and rare copy.
€8,000
Elsa TRIOLET
Ecoutez-voir
Gallimard|Paris 1968|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Iconography.
Spine very lightly sunned without gravity, handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Elsa Triolet: "A Maurice Druon cette longue lettre. Elsa."
Provenance: from the library of academician Maurice Druon.
€300
Elsa TRIOLET
Le rendez-vous des étrangers
Gallimard|Paris 1956|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly sunned without damage, paper yellowed.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Elsa Triolet: "A Maurice Druon en souvenir de nos rendez-vous de novembre 1956 ! Elsa Triolet." ["To Maurice Druon in memory of our November 1956 meetings! Elsa Triolet."]
Provenance: from the library of academician Maurice Druon.
€300
Elsa TRIOLET
L'âme
Gallimard|Paris 1963|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Elsa Triolet to Maurice Druon: "A Maurice en courant après l'âme. Elsa." ["To Maurice, running after the soul. Elsa."]
Provenance: from the library of academician Maurice Druon.
€300
Elsa TRIOLET
Le monument
Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Elsa Triolet: "A Maurice Druon cette longue lettre. Elsa."
Provenance: from the library of academician Maurice Druon.
€300
Elsa TRIOLET
Les manigances, journal d'une égoïste
Gallimard|Paris 1962|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Elsa Triolet: "A Maurice Druon, le secret de la conversation avec soi-même. Elsa." ["To Maurice Druon, the secret of conversation with oneself. Elsa."]
Provenance: from the library of academician Maurice Druon.
€300
Dora TEITELBOÏM
Réveil de l'aube
Pierre Seghers|Paris 1963|12.50 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of the French translation established by Ratimir Pavlovic, of which there were no deluxe copies.

Handsome copy.

Autograph inscription dated and signed by Dora Teitelboim to her friend the poet Charles (Dobzynski): "... A Charles avec tout mon coeur..." ["... To Charles with all my heart..."]

€50
Katherine MANSFIELD
Poèmes
Edition de la nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1946|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on Annam vellum, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Guillaume Monin.
Handsome copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band.
€350
COLETTE
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Adrien Peytel
Marseille s. d. [novembre 1923]|13.70 x 18.70 cm|une page sur un double feuillet
Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend, the man of letters and lawyer Adrien Peytel, one page written in black ink on a double sheet with letterhead from the Grand Hôtel de Noailles et Métropole in Marseille.
A central fold inherent to the mailing of the letter.
Handsome letter addressed from Marseille while Colette was conducting a lecture tour: "I'm finishing my tour. I'll be in Paris on Sunday, and we'll take care of this matter, - which I still haven't understood anything about."
"In November 1923, she dealt with (...) a subject she knew by heart, Le Théâtre vu des deux côtés de la rampe. Her very young lover...
€700
COLETTE
"Voilà La Cigale qui me réclame demain soir..."Signed autograph letter addressed to Adrien Peytel
Marseille s. d. [circa 1920]|19.80 x 25.20 cm|une page sur un feuillet
Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend, the man of letters and lawyer Adrien Peytel, nine lines written in black ink.
Some folding marks inherent to the mailing of the letter.
"And then damn it, enough already. Here La Cigale is calling me for tomorrow evening, and I haven't stolen it, since I accepted, and even asked, to do the café-concert criticism on the same level as the other."
€500
COLETTE
"Je suis sans nouvelles de Sidi. Je me fais toute une chevelure de soucis."Signed autograph letter addressed to Adrien Peytel
Paris 1914|13.60 x 21.20 cm|en feuillets
Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend, the man of letters and lawyer Adrien Peytel, two pages written in black ink in hurried handwriting on a double sheet with L'Eclair newspaper letterhead.
A central fold inherent to the folding of the letter for mailing.
Fine letter from Colette, testimony to the confusion that seized France at the dawn of the Great War: "Nothing is working. I am stuck here for a piece they are asking me to write." The writer worries: "I have no news from Sidi [Henry de Jouvenel]. I am creating a whole head of worries for myself. I don't know where he is, he wrote to me that he was leaving...
€900
Germaine PERREE-GERPRE, Alcide Théophile ROBAUDI
Au hasard de la route
Stendhal & Cie|Paris 1927|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan imperial paper, the only deluxe copies.
Full green morocco binding, faded spine with four raised bands, black roulettes on headcaps, boards marginally faded, pastedowns in full almond green morocco set with a vegetal frieze of forest green mosaicked morocco, moiré silk and embroidered endpapers, following endpapers of marbled paper, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, superb full morocco doublure and mosaic binding by Marius Michel.
Cover illustrated by Alcide Théophile Robaudi.
Copy established in a full morocco doublure and mosaic binding by one of the most important binders of the 20th...
€200
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Les bas-bleus - "Ah vous trouvez que mon dernier roman..."
Chez Aubert|Paris s. d. [1844]|24.30 x 32.10 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph for Le Charivari, printed on heavy paper. Signed on the plate.
Delteil, 718
Occasional light foxing.
€100
Honoré DAUMIER
Lithographie originale en noir et blanc - Les bas bleus - "Adieu mon cher, je vais chez mes éditeurs;..."
Chez Aubert|Paris s. d. [1844]|25.90 x 34.40 cm|une feuille
Original black and white lithograph, second state, for Le Charivari, printed on heavy paper. Signed on the plate.
Delteil, 687
Some pale foxing.
€120
Suzanne F. CORDELIER
La vie brève de la Argentina
Plon|Paris 1936|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 8 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 21 plates.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€120
COLETTE
"Désormais tes cadres sont moches, tes miroirs troubles comme une conscience d'honnête homme, et tes papillons sont - horreur ! - fidèles !"Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson
s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [circa 1935]|17.70 x 22.50 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
Beautiful autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson. Two pages written in ink on blue paper. Transverse creases inherent to the folding of the missive.
This letter was probably addressed to Bolette following a gift made to her "old friend": "Ah! dangerous Bolette! I can say nothing in front of you. Here are the two charming thick little vessels that emigrate to my home." This is an opportunity for Colette, very pleased with this new gift, to humorously devalue the designer's previous works: "From now on your frames are ugly, your mirrors troubled like an honest man's conscience, and your...
€1,000
COLETTE
"On croit toujours que la pensée, qui est une force, touche son but aussi bien qu'un message écrit."Autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson
Paris s. d. [12 mars 1936]|17.80 x 22.60 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet
Fine autograph letter signed by Colette addressed to her friend Bolette Natanson. Two pages written in ink on blue headed paper from the Marignan building, the writer's residence between 1936 and 1938. Transverse folds inherent to the folding of the letter for mailing.
Moving letter addressed by Colette to her close friend following the death of her father Alexandre Natanson: "[...] ce dimanche va être un dimanche bien pénible. Je t'écris à l'heure juste où tu conduis ton père." ["this Sunday is going to be a very painful Sunday. I am writing to you at the very moment when you are laying your father to rest."] Conscious of the suffering and...
€1,500
Charles, Jeanne-Marie Clotilde BRIATTE, comtesse PILLET WILL ORINO
Echos d'un autre monde - Révélations extra-terrestres
Félix Juven|Paris 1905|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Spine slightly sunned and wrinkled.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy.
€380
Josane DURANTEAU (Albertine SARRAZIN)
Albertine Sarrazin
Editions Sarrazin • Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris 1971|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only deluxe copies after 100 pur fil.
Our copy lacks the two engravings present in the 400 deluxe copies.
Signed and inscribed by Julien Sarrazin to Jani Brun.
€80
Anne-Louise ÉLIE DE BEAUMONT
Lettres du Marquis de Roselle
Chez Louis Cellot|à Paris 1764|9.50 x 16.50 cm|2 parties en un volume relié
First edition.
Contemporary marbled full calf binding. Decorated smooth spine. Marbled brown calf title label. Head frayed with lacks. Rubbing. Corners bumped and worn. Some signatures protruding. Worming to upper margins in the middle of the book on several occasions. Black marks pp. 96 and 97 in the same place as the worming. Tear p. 180.
This forgotten novel by Madame de Beaumont was a great success and was immediately translated in England where it was compared to Richardson's epistolary novels. A rather weak sequel was made by Desfontaine (Lettres de Sophie...). "The marquis de Roselle begins his worldly life with an unbridled passion for an Opera actress, who employs a...
€200
Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY
Les Bas bleus
Victor Palmé • G. Lebrocquy|Paris • & Bruxelles [Brussels] 1878|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half mustard yellow shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments, black morocco title and volume labels, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges. Some very slight rubbing to headcaps, corners and on title and volume labels.
Reading marks in blue pencil in margins of the last three pages.
Autograph inscription signed by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly "à Monsieur Charles Buet / écriture déguisée pour cette plume moderne, mais sentiment vrai toujours".
Provenance: from the library of P. Tissot with his stamp...
€1,500
Marguerite YOURCENAR
Quoi ? L'éternité
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the 80 numbered copies on Holland paper, the "tirage de tête" (first deluxe copies).
Very nice copy.
€2,000
Silvina OCAMPO
Autobiografia de Irene
Sur|Buenos Aires 1948|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Some rubbing to spine and board margins.

€80
Clara ZETKIN
Les batailles révolutionnaires de l'Allemagne en 1919
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) s. d. [circa 1920]|12 x 19 cm|agrafé
First edition in French of this offprint from the article published in No. 9 of "Internationale communiste" from February 1920.
Spine and boards marginally sunned and soiled, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

€80