First edition

André MALRAUX

La condition humaine

Nrf, Paris 1933, 12x19cm, broché.

First edition, one of 339 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies after 1 Chine and 39 vergé pur fil re-imposed.
A very nice copy.

6 800 €

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First edition

Michel Alexandre, comte KLECZKOWSKI

Cours graduel et complet de chinois parlé et écrit

Maisonneuve & Cie, Paris 1876, 17,5x27cm, relié.

First edition printed on laid.
Binding in full morocco chocolate brown Russia, back with five nerves slightly lightened adorned with triple black boxes, golden wheels on the headdresses, initials gold on the first board, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, framing of triple golden nets on [...]

2 000 €

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First edition

Pavel PIASSETSKY

Voyage a travers la Mongolie et la Chine

Hachette, Paris 1883, Grd. et fort in-8 (19x27,5cm), 563pp., relié.

First edition illustrated with 90 engravings after the sketches of the author and a map, including 61 inset and a color.
Binding in half shagreen red editor signed Magnier tail. False nerve decorated with richly decorated boxes. boards of red percaline. Friction in caps. 3 blunt corners. [...]

450 €

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First edition, Signed book

Pham VAN KY

Frères de sang

Seuil, Paris 1947, 14,5x19,5cm, broché.

First Edition, one of 55 nuimérotés copys on vellum snow, ours one of the 5 hors commerce, only leading copies.
Back slightly warped, marginally insolated boards.
Signed autograph of Pham Van Ky.

450 €

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Pierre François HENRY

Route de l'Inde, ou Description géographique de l'Égypte, la Syrie, l'Arabie, la Perse et l'Inde

Carteret & Dentu, Paris 1798, In-8 (12,5x20,2cm), viij, 457pp., relié.

Rare first edition, illustrated with a folding map.

Binding half green sheepskin contemporary. Smooth back decorated with nets. Golden title. Hook in headdress with missing. A bare corner of paper. Friction. Trace of pale wetness on the map and the first page of text on p. 69 in the [...]

400 €

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First edition

Emile DUBOC

35 mois de campagne en Chine, au Tonkin. Courbet - Rivière (1882-1885)

Charavay, Paris 1886 (S.d), In-4 (24x33,3cm), 324pp., relié.

First edition, richly illustrated with 95 woodcuts in and inset by P. Marie and A. Brun.
Binding half shagreen red corners. Back to nerves adorned. Nets on the boards.

550 €

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First edition

Gerhard Friedrich MULLER

Voyages et découvertes faites par les Russes le long des côtes de la Mer Glaciale & sur l'Ocean ...

Chez Marc Michel Rey, à Amsterdam 1766, In-12 (10,5x17cm), x (2) 388pp. et iv, 207pp. (25), 2 volumes reliés.

First edition, rare.
Binders full marbled vintage calf. Smooth back decorated. Title piece and tomaison in red morocco. A wormhole at the head of Volume I. Traces of friction in caps and corners. Nice copy.

1 700 €

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First edition

William MAKINTOSH & John CAPPER

Voyages en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique, contenant la description des moeurs, coutumes, loix, ...

Chez Regnault, à Paris 1788, In-8 (12x20cm), xxiv, 486pp. et viij, 414pp., relié.

Second edition, after the first published in 1786, at the same publisher. It is illustrated with 3 folding cards on hard paper, one from Europe, a second from the middle of Asia, a third from the North Pole.
Binders full marbled vintage brown calfskin. Smooth back decorated with 4 florets. [...]

550 €

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