First edition

Honoré de BALZAC

Le dernier chouan ou la Bretagne en 1800

Urbain Canel, Paris 1829, 10x17,5cm, 4 volumes reliés.

Very rare and highly sought-after first edition of Balzac's first novel signed by his name. Published a small number of copies, this first novel whose original title is inspired by the last of the Mohicans James Cooper, reappeared, reworked in 1834 under a new title: The Chouans .
This [...]

14 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Alfred JARRY

Messaline

Editions de La revue blanche, Paris 1901, 11,5x18,5cm, relié.

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Bradel binding in half morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, modern binding.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Alfred Jarry to Charles-Henry Hirsch : "... un admirateur de "la Possession"..."

 

6 800 €

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First edition, Signed book

Paul VERLAINE

Jadis et naguère

Léon Vanier, Paris 1884, 11,5x18,5cm, relié.

First edition printed in 500 copies, of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Half morocco, covers preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Paul Verlaine to Émile Le Brun.
This copy includes handwritten [...]

8 000 €

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First edition

Paul ELUARD, Max ERNST

Les malheurs des immortels révélés par Max Ernst et Paul Eluard

Librairie Six, Paris 1922, 19x25,5cm, relié.

Les Malheurs des immortels révélés par Max Ernst et Paul éluard [Misfortunes of the Immortals revealed by Ernst & éluard]


Librairie Six | Paris 1922 | 19 x 25.5 cm | Bradel binding.
The first edition on simili-Japon paper.
Bradel grey cloth [...]

7 800 €

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First edition

Guillaume APOLLINAIRE

Le guetteur mélancolique

Gallimard, Paris 1952, 12,5x19cm, broché.

First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, the tirage de tête. 
Illustrated with a frontispiece by Pablo Picasso, preface by André Salmon.
Rare and nice copy despite a small tear in the margin of lower cover.

1 800 €

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First edition, Signed book

Victor HUGO

Religions et religion

Calmann Lévy, Paris 1880, 15,5x24cm, relié.

first edition, one of the 25 numbered copies on laid to the form numbered and justified by the publisher, only large papers.
Binding in full maroon, bordeaux, back with five nerves adorned with quadruple gilded cartridges and a listel of morocco green of water, gold date in tail, golden wheels [...]

18 000 €

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First edition, Signed book

Georges BATAILLE

Lettre autographe signée à Denise Rollin : « je songe à toi dans cette chambre et à tout ce ...

Paris s.d. [3 ou 4 juin 1940], 20,9x26,9 cm, 2 pages sur un feuillet.

Handwritten signed letter to Denise Rollin: “I think of you in this room and all that will happen there when we are together again.” “ je songe à toi dans cette chambre et à tout ce qui arrivera là quand nous serons de nouveau ensemble.”
Paris s.d[3 or 4 June 1940], 20.9 x 26.9 cm, 2 [...]

4 500 €

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First edition, Signed book

Guy de MAUPASSANT

Lettre autographe signée à la Comtesse Potocka : « Dites, Madame, voulez-vous un fétiche ? ...

Paris s.d. [début janvier 1884], 10,2x13 cm, 4 pages sur un feuillet double.

Signed autograph letter from Guy de Maupassant to the Countess Potocka, 67 lines in black ink on a letterhead "GM 83, rue Dulong", envelope attached.
This long letter begins with a commission that was made to Maupassant: " I immediately pay for a commission for which I [...]

5 000 €

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