First edition

Lucien METIVET

Jean-qui-lit et Snobinet

Henri Laurens, Paris s.d. (1909), 21x27cm, broché.

first edition and first print of Lucien Métivet's 142 illustrations, one of the 20 numbered copies printed in Japan printed specially for the A. Melet bookshop, only large papers.
Pleasant copy

300 €

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First edition

HUMBERT de ROMANS

Humberti quinti generalis sacrosancti ordinis predicatorum magistri Sermones ad diversos status. ...

Pallas Spangel, impensis Johann Rynmann in officina industrii Henrici Gran, Haguenau 1508, In Folio (20x29cm), 82f. sig.

In the absence of a copy of 1507 in public libraries (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, French Catalogs, English Catalogs, British Library, German and Swiss catalogs), or a copy prior to that date, this edition appears to be the Very first, one finds only editions of 1508 in Haguenau at the [...]

1 800 €

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Romain GARY

Frère Océan : Pour Sganarelle. - La danse de Gengis Cohn. - La tête coupable

Gallimard, Paris 1965-1968, 14,5x21,5cm, 3 volumes brochés.

First edition, one of the 27 copies (for the first volume) and of the 23 copies (for the two other) numbered on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête for each volume.
A very slight tear to head of first cover of the first volume.
Extremely rare and nice set of the complete trilogy Frère Océan.

12 000 €

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Alphonse RABBE

[Album d'un pessimiste] Oeuvres posthumes

Librairie de Dumont, Paris 1835, In-8 (13x20cm), 310pp. et 409pp., 2 volumes reliés.

Edition originale, très rare. On distingue 3 états : le premier, le nôtre, se distingue par la page de titre intitulée Oeuvres posthumes, comme pour le faux-titre. Le second état substitue une nouvelle page de titre intitulé Album d'un pessimiste, le faux-titre indiquant toujours Oeuvres [...]

2 500 €

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Henri-Frédéric PEDRONI fils

L'art du souffleur à la lampe et au chalumeau

Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 1849, 9x15cm, relié.

first edition illustrated with 3 folding boards in-fine with 93 figures.
Half chagrin binder with chocolate brown, back with five nerves decorated with golden florets, plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper to the vat, speckled slices.
Rare and pleasant copy.

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150 €

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First edition, Signed book

Claude AVELINE

Epiphanie

S.n., Avignon 1952, 10,5x16cm, broché.

first edition, one of the 96 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, the only print after 2 Japan.
Claude Aveline's signature autograph shipment to a friend: "This donkey story is so beautiful that it is for my Anne-Isabelle." AI de Hi-han (same author himself century)."
Pleasant and rare copy.
 

80 €

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Honoré de BALZAC

Le lys dans la vallée

Werdet, Paris 1836, 12x19,5cm, 2 volumes reliés.

The rare and very sought-after first edition (cf Clouzot).
Contemporary Romantic half green sheep over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt Romantic typographical motifs, gilt friezes to head and foot of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges.
Occasional minor spotting, [...]

10 000 €

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Juliette BENIERE

Plumette

Paul Ollendorff, Paris s.d. (circa 1900), 12,5x19cm, relié.

first edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, only large papers after 3 Japan.
Half-maroon binder with mustard with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded cartouche and black typographic motifs, framing of gilded nets on marbled paper plates, guards and counterplates of paper [...]

150 €

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