First edition, Signed book

Henri de MONTHERLANT

Service inutile

Grasset, Paris 1935, 12x19cm, broché.

Edition originale, un des exemplaires du service de presse.
Petites piqûres sur le spine légèrement insolé.
Précieux envoi autographe signé d'Henri de Montherlant : "A Charles Maurras avec mon ancienne admiration."

1 200 €

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George SAND

Histoire de ma vie

Victor Lecou, Paris 1854, 13,9x22,2cm, 20 volumes reliés.

Very rare and sought-after first edition of one of the most important autobiographical works in the history of French literature, masterpiece and major work by George Sand.
Bindings in fawn half sheepskin, back with four nerves set with golden garlands adorned with golden and black threads, [...]

23 000 €

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William CHAMBERS LEFROY, Alfred-Louis BRUNET-DEBAINES

The ruined abbeys of Yorkshire

Seelay, Jackson, and Halliday, London 1883, Pet. in-Folio (25x35,5cm), 71pp., relié.

Seelay, Jackson, and Halliday, London 1883, Petin-Folio (25 x 35.5 cm), 71pp., bound

First edition illustrated with 11 wonderful etchings and one in a wash drawing style by Brunet-Debaines and H. Toussaint drawn on arches paper. 33 in-text figures (plans, details, views...). Text in [...]

2 500 €

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(Georges SIMENON) Jean-Jacques GAUTIER

La chambre du fond

Julliard, Paris 1970, 13,5x21cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

first edition on current paper.
Publisher's binding in full white canvas, smooth back.
Beautiful complete copy of his jacket.
Referent autograph signed by Jean-Jacques Gautier to Georges Simenon.

70 €

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(Georges SIMENON) Wanda SCONA

Poésie

Editore Gabrieli, Roma 1973, 16x21,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur.

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
Publisher's binding in full purple moiré cardboard, smooth back.
Copy tending to derail and complete with its dust jacket, the second board of which has gaps and spots.
Admirative signed autograph, in French, from [...]

50 €

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(Raymond QUENEAU) Henri CALET

Rêver à la Suisse

Editions de Flore, Paris 1948, 11x16,5cm, broché.

first edition on current paper.
Warning for the Swiss reader by Jean Paulhan.
A slight marginal scratch without gravity on the first board, otherwise pleasant copy.
Precious and fun autograph signed by the author to Raymond Queneau "... very cordially / between academics / ..."

300 €

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Léon GAMBETTA

Thèse pour la licence soutenue par Léon Gambetta

Charles de Mourgues frères, Paris 1859, 14,5x22,5cm, relié.

first edition printed in small numbers on wove paper.
Bradel binding in full vellum, partially stained smooth back, title, finial and date in tail in red and black, preserved covers.
Thesis on the subject of mortgages and defended on January 19, 1860 by Léon Gambetta then aged 22.
An [...]

600 €

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(Alfred de VIGNY) Comte de MARCELLUS

Un dernier mot sur la Vénus de Milo

Bureau de la Revue contemporaine, Paris 1854, 16x25,5cm, relié.

First edition printed in small numbers of this print apart from the Contemporary Review.
Bradel binding in half percaline sand, smooth back with handwritten label containing the name of the author and the title of the book, paper boards in the tank, preserved cover, Contemporary [...]

500 €

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