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Fin de Siècle & Belle Epoque

Fin de siècle & Belle Époque: history from 1870 to 1914, industrialization, colonial expansion and early 20th century society

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Fin de Siècle & Belle Epoque
  1. Paris horrible et Paris original
    Georges GRISON

    Paris horrible et Paris original

    E. Dentu|Paris 1882|12 x 19 cm|relié
    The first edition, with no mention of deluxe copies, false statement of second edition.

    Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved and mounted on guards, contemporary binding.



    €150
  2. Paris-escarpe
    Charles VIRMAITRE

    Paris-escarpe

    Albert Savine|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned, false statement of seventh edition.
    Bradel binding in half vellum-style cardboard, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, original covers preserved and lined, contemporary binding.

    €150
  3. Le vol à Paris
    Georges AURIOL, Pierre DELCOURT

    Le vol à Paris

    Alphonse Piaget|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
    The rare first edition with no mention of deluxe copies, with statement of second edition.
    Bradel binding in half cardboard vellum-style, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marginally reinforced original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Covers illustrated by Georges Auriol.

    €200
  4. La belle France
    Georges DARIEN

    La belle France

    P.V. Stock|Paris 1901|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine, chocolate brown morocco title-label, covers preserved, signed binding by Thomas Boichot.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    Autograph inscription signed by Georges Darien to Henri Fèvre.
    €1,000
  5. La débauche à Paris
    Jean de MERLIN

    La débauche à Paris

    Librairie Antony|Paris 1901|12 x 19 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, original covers preserved and bound in, contemporary binding.

    €150
  6. Paris-cocu
    Charles VIRMAITRE

    Paris-cocu

    Librairie Antony|Paris s.d. (ca 1890)|12 x 19 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Bradel binding in half vellum-style boards, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, illustrated covers preserved, contemporary binding.

    €150
  7. Histoire générale du Bund, un mouvement révolutionnaire juif
    Henri MINCZELES

    Histoire générale du Bund, un mouvement révolutionnaire juif

    Denoël|Paris 1999|15 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy, illustrated.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Minczeles to Bernard Kouchner: "... en souvenir d'une rencontre à Varsovie le 15 avril 2008..." (in memory of a meeting in Warsaw on April 15, 2008...)
    Founder of Médecins sans frontières then Médecins du monde, Bernard Kouchner was appointed Secretary of State for Social Integration then Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Humanitarian Action in Michel Rocard's government from 1988 to 1991.

    €150
  8. Photographie originale dédicacée au critique d'art Vittorio Pica
    Emile ZOLA

    Photographie originale dédicacée au critique d'art Vittorio Pica

    Benque & Cie|Paris s.d. (ca 1880)|10.50 x 16.50 cm|une feuille
    Original dedicated photograph representing Emile Zola facing forward, head slightly turned to the right. Vintage silver gelatin print.
    The photograph is mounted on cardboard. On verso, studio stamp of Benque & Cie.
    Worming to verso of the photograph. Small stain in lower left margin of the photograph and a clear fingerprint stain in lower right margin.
    Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to the art critic and great friend of the Goncourt brothers Vittorio Pica.
    Art critic of Neapolitan origin, Vittorio Pica took an early interest in French naturalist and symbolist movements: "Curious about all avant-garde movements, he first...
    €3,500
  9. Zola photographe
    (Emile ZOLA) Robert MASSIN

    Zola photographe

    Denoël|Paris 1979|21.50 x 27.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with 480 documents selected and presented by François Emile-Zola and Massin.
    Handsome copy despite light foxing to edges.
    Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with illustrated dust jacket.
    Autograph inscription signed by Massin with a small drawing of an eye to the Immortal Pierre-Jean Rémy, nom de plume of Jean-Pierre Angremy: "Pour Jean-Pierre Angremy (qui a l'oeil), avec l'amitié fidèle, Massin." ("For Jean-Pierre Angremy (who has the eye), with faithful friendship, Massin.") with the manuscript signature of François Emile-Zola.
    €150
  10. La république et la littérature
    Emile ZOLA

    La république et la littérature

    Charpentier|Paris 1879|14 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Full tawny morocco binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets bearing small stains at foot, gilt fillet frame on burgundy morocco pastedowns, brown watered silk endpapers, following endpapers of marbled paper, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt, elegant signed binding by Georges Cretté.
    Scattered foxing, covers marginally and lightly faded.
    Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to the painter and photographer Eugène Montrosier at the head of the title page.
    €2,000
  11. Lettre autographe signée du maréchal Hubert Lyautey
    Hubert, Maréchal LYAUTEY

    Lettre autographe signée du maréchal Hubert Lyautey

    Thorey (Meurthe-et-Moselle) [Thorey] 19 Août 1933|21 x 27 cm|une page
    Autograph letter dated and signed by Marshal Lyautey to Monsieur Lanvoisin, journalist at the daily newspaper "Les débats", 11 lines in black ink written from his property at Thorey in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
    Crease marks inherent to postal folding.
    The Marshal congratulates and thanks his correspondent for his latest article: "Avec quelle émotion je lis ce matin "Les débats" ! Comme je suis touché de la façon dont vous parlez de ma "maison morte" et de ma "maison ressuscitée"..." (With what emotion I read "Les débats" this morning! How touched I am by the way you speak of my "dead house" and my "resurrected house"...)
    and invites him to visit...
    €150
  12. Le guépard
    Giuseppe TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA

    Le guépard[Il Gattopardo][The Leopard]

    Seuil|Paris 1959|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin neige paper reserved for bibliophiles of Sélections Lardanchet, the only deluxe copies.
    A small area of sunning at head of spine extending slightly onto the back board.
    Rare and handsome copy of this masterpiece magnificently adapted for cinema by Luchino Visconti, (Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1963), with Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon as the principal actors.
    Rare and fine copy.
    €4,500
  13. Bel-Ami
    Guy de MAUPASSANT

    Bel-AmiBel-Ami

    Victor-Havard|Paris 1885|13 x 19.50 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.

    3/4 blue morocco Bradel binding, spine with five raised bands highlighted with gilt dots and decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt date at tail, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled paper flyleaves and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut, binding signed Canape.

    Rare copy of Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece beautifully bound in an elegant signed binding.

    €13,500
  14. La vie de Bohême
    Henry MURGER, André GILL

    La vie de Bohême

    Librairie illustrée|Paris s. d. [1877]|18 x 27.50 cm|relié
    Illustrated edition with coloured plates by André Gill.
    Each title page is decorated with a border by Eugène Grasset.
    Half brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands adorned with gilt friezes and decorated with double gilt fillets, some rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Handsome interior condition despite some light foxing.











    €150
  15. Paris province étranger
    Charles-Lucien HUARD

    Paris province étranger

    Eugène Rey|Paris 1906|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
    Preface by Henry Bataille.
    Bradel binding in blue-green half-cloth, smooth spine, blue sheep title-label, cat's-eye paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved.

    €150
  16. Le singe dégénéré, notes et impressions d'un singe à travers le monde ancien et moderne
    [PHILADELPHEUS as] Filadelf GORILLA

    Le singe dégénéré, notes et impressions d'un singe à travers le monde ancien et moderne

    Henri Jouve|Paris 1893|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, light rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Filadelf Gorilla is the pseudonym of Alexandros Themistokles Philadelpheus (1866-1954), director of the Acropolis of Athens and its museum until 1920.

    €680
  17. Paris province étranger - Exemplaire de Jean Richepin
    Charles-Lucien HUARD

    Paris province étranger - Exemplaire de Jean Richepin

    Eugène Rey|Paris 1906|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition consisting of 100 drawings by Charles Huard.
    Preface by Henry Bataille.
    Spine cracked with small losses, four marginal losses to boards, handsome interior condition despite light foxing to endpapers.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Charles Huard to Jean Richepin.

    €150
  18. L'organisation socialiste de la France - L'armée nouvelle
    Jean JAURÈS

    L'organisation socialiste de la France - L'armée nouvelle[The Socialist Organization of France – The New Army]

    Jules Rouff & Cie|Paris 1911|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, some stains to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some marginal rubbing to boards, contemporary binding.
    Marginal lack affecting 3 letters on pp. 467-469, some reading marks by the dedicatee in pencil in margins of certain paragraphs.
    Rare autograph inscription signed by Jean Jaurès: "Au citoyen Mauranges. Jean Jaurès."
    Georges Mauranges (1884-1975), lawyer at the Parliament of Paris and member of the Socialist Party from 1905 (identified with the "right wing" of the movement). He was a member of the 11th SFIO section of Paris...
    €2,800
  19. Through the dark continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone river to the atlantic ocean
    Henry Morton STANLEY

    Through the dark continent or the sources of the Nile around the great lakes of equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone river to the atlantic ocean

    Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington|London 1878|14.50 x 23 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
    First edition.
    Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth spines illustrated in black with African landscapes, gilt publisher's imprints at foot of spines, front boards decorated with black illustrations depicting African landscapes and stamped at their centers with a map of Africa crossed by the gilt Livingstone river framed by the two gilt lakes Victoria and Tanganika, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
    Work illustrated with 2 frontispiece portraits, 8 maps, 2 large folding maps contained in a pocket at the end of each volume, as well as 33 plates and numerous illustrations in the text.
    Two small black stains on the rear board of the first...
    €1,400
  20. Souvenirs du dîner Bixio
    Jules CLARETIE

    Souvenirs du dîner Bixio

    Charpentier|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First posthumous edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bradel binding in full brick-red percale, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy despite some minor stains on boards.
    Deferential and beautiful autograph inscription signed by Georges Clarétie, the author's son, to Raymond Poincaré: "... en souvenir de son père qui aimait tant vous rencontrer à ces dîners dont vous étiez pour lui un des charmes." (in memory of his father who so loved to meet you at those dinners where...
    €150
  21. Le docteur Pascal
    Émile ZOLA

    Le docteur Pascal[Doctor Pascal]

    Charpentier|Paris 1893|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    The genealogical table is lacking in our copy.
    Half-red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt name at foot, blind-ruled frame on red paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

    €300
  22. La Troisième république, 1870 à nos jours - Les arts plastiques
    Jacques-Émile BLANCHE

    La Troisième république, 1870 à nos jours - Les arts plastiques

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1931|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 40 numbered suralfa copies, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Preface by Maurice Denis.
    Manuscript signature of Jacques-Emile Blanche below the justification page.
    €250
  23. Souvenirs de police (Au temps de Ravachol)
    Ernest RAYNAUD

    Souvenirs de police (Au temps de Ravachol)

    Payot|Paris 1923|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.
    Preface-letter by Louis Barthou.
    Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Raynaud to Edmond Teulet.
    €100
  24. Très importantes et dernières archives en main privées comprenant manuscrits, tapuscrits, épreuves corrigées, tirés à part, éditions originales
    Léon WALRAS, William JAFFE

    Major final private holdings comprising manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs, offprints, and first editions

    S. n.|s. l. 1887|divers|11 pages sur 7 feuillets pour les manuscrits + 4 feuillets pour la transcription

    Very important and last remaining archives in private hands, including autograph manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs, offprints, first editions, etc.

     

    Exceptional collection of manuscript and printed archives – the last in private hands – of the founder of liberalism and modern economics, Léon Walras, preserved and annotated by his most prominent scholar William Jaffé. One of the 5 most important sets of personal archives belonging to Walras, considered by Schumpeter “the greatest of all economists”.

     

    This collection of 42 important documents, including complete autograph manuscripts, corrected proofs, abundantly annotated offprints...

    €75,000
  25. La chasse aux pirates (Tonkin)
    Louis CARPEAUX

    La chasse aux pirates (Tonkin)

    Grasset|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
    Light marginal foxing on covers, manuscript notation in black ink below title: "les légionnaires en colonne" on front cover.
    Autograph inscription signed by Louis Carpeaux to mademoiselle Montgenault.
    €100
  26. Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée au magnat de la presse Arthur Meyer à qui il recommande Louis de Robert "... vous trouveriez sans doute en lui un excellent rédacteur pour "Le Gaulois"
    Émile ZOLA (Arthur MEYER)

    Lettre autographe datée et signée adressée au magnat de la presse Arthur Meyer à qui il recommande Louis de Robert "... vous trouveriez sans doute en lui un excellent rédacteur pour "Le Gaulois"

    Paris 5 Avril 1893|13.50 x 20.50 cm|une page et demie

    Autograph letter dated and signed by Emile Zola, 23 lines in black ink on a page and a half, addressed to press baron Arthur Meyer
    Folds inherent to postal delivery.
    Emile Zola intervenes with Arthur Meyer, proprietor of the high-circulation newspaper "Le Gaulois", on behalf of his friend Louis de Robert: "Vous sentirez comme moi que c'est un garçon d'avenir, et je suis convaincu que vous l'utiliserez... Je le connais et je désire qu'il travaille." ["You will feel as I do that he is a young man with a future, and I am convinced that you will make use of him... I know him and I want him to work."] in whom he recognizes a talented writer: "Me...

    €1,500
  27. Le voleur
    Georges DARIEN

    Le voleur

    P.V. Stock|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper and without statement of edition.
    Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine very slightly darkened decorated with a central gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, some rubbing to headcaps, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved very slightly trimmed, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing, particularly on the cover boards.
    We include a correspondence of 5 letters and telegrams, spanning the year 1955, between two admirers of Georges Darien's work who wish to preserve his memory and have his works republished: Georges Quesnel whose father served as model...
    €1,700
  28. "N'oubliez pas que nous sommes des sectaires."
    Léon BLUM

    "N'oubliez pas que nous sommes des sectaires."Signed autograph letter addressed to a journalist recommending that he rewrite an article in accordance with the obedience of the newspaper's management and its readers

    Paris s. d. [circa 1897]|11 x 18 cm|deux pages et demie
    Autograph signed letter addressed to a fellow journalist, 45 lines written in purple ink.
    Central fold inherent to the mailing.
    Léon Blum warns his fellow journalist about his article which differs from the editorial line of his own (probably La Revue Blanche to which Alexandre Varenne contributes, who is cited at the beginning of the letter): "... I confess to you in all frankness - that the very substance of the article was troublesome for our readership. First, in your enumeration, a term was missing: the priests. Don't forget that we are sectarians. Furthermore, a sentence about financiers could seem, in our publication, rather singular..." and...
    €600
  29. La chaussée des géants
    Pierre BENOIT

    La chaussée des géants

    Albin Michel|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, with printed service de presse stamp at foot of back cover.
    Bradel binding in full sea-green boards, smooth spine with some light rubbing, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Benoit: "A Madame Léon Daudet , pour lui dire mon amitié, et aussi qu'elle se trompe absolument en ce qui concerne le jeune Laboulbène. Son Pierre Benoit" ["To Madame Léon Daudet, to express my friendship, and also that she is absolutely wrong about young Laboulbène. Her Pierre Benoit"].
    €80
  30. Pot-Bouille
    Émile ZOLA

    Pot-Bouille[Pot-Bouille]

    Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1882|11 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after a few rare copies on China paper.
    First cover skillfully restored, printed library stamp with numbering on the half-title page.
    Copy as issued.

    €1,200
  31. Un homme libre
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Un homme libre

    Albert Fontemoing|Paris 1904|13.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition as expanded with an unpublished preface.
    Half marbled sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt cartouche, some rubbing to spine, top headcap worn down, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, beige paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
    Precious signed autograph inscription by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet , son ami. Maurice Barrès." ["To Léon Daudet, his friend. Maurice Barrès."]
    €300
  32. Huit Jours chez M. Renan
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Huit Jours chez M. Renan

    Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1913|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First collected edition, one of the numbered copies from the first issue reserved for the author.
    Bradel binding in half marbled sheep, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche, top headcap worn, some rubbing to spine, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, beige paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet , son ami. Maurice Barrès." [To Léon Daudet, his friend. Maurice Barrès.]
    €350
  33. Leurs figures
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Leurs figures

    Félix Juven|Paris s. d. [1902]|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition, with service de presse stamp at end of volume.
    Bradel binding in half brown cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, one tear to lower edge, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Barrès: "A Léon Daudet, souvenir amical. Maurice Barrès."
    €350
  34. Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires"
    Maurice MAC-NAB

    Humoristique chanson autographe en octosyllabe datée et signée intitulée "Le banquet des maires"

    S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 14 juillet1888|13.50 x 21 cm|trois feuillets
    Autograph song in octosyllables dated and signed by Maurice Mac-Nab entitled "Le banquet des maires", 58 lines in black ink on three leaves.
    Maurice Mac-Nab, poet and hydropath songwriter (he wrote a thesis on hangovers), performed notably at the famous Montmartre cabaret Chat Noir where he recited "advertising songs".
    "Le banquet des maires"
    Enfant gâté de mon canton
    Depuis quartorze ans je suis maire
    Bien que je me flatte, dit-on,
    D'être un peu réactionnaire
    Un beau matin monsieur Floquet
    Me dépêche une circulaire :
    Il me convie au grand banquet
    Que nous offre le Ministère (bis)
    "Je t'en prie, Hector, n'y va pas,
    Me...
    €400
  35. Au service de l'Allemagne
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Au service de l'Allemagne

    Félix Juven|Paris 1906|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in brown half cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Barrès at the head of the half-title page: "A Léon Daudet, son ami Maurice Barrès"

    €300
  36. Ironique pensée manuscrite signée
    Henri ROCHEFORT

    Ironique pensée manuscrite signée

    S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1900]|21 x 58.50 cm|une feuille
    Amusing signed manuscript note by the pamphleteer Henri Rochefort, six lines written in black ink on a sheet:
    "I don't know why people claim that the current generation is old before its time. I met two young men yesterday of about nineteen years. They seemed very well preserved to me. Henri Rochefort."
    €120
  37. « So that justice finally be done for women »
    « Pour qu'enfin justice soit rendue à la femme »
    Victor HUGO (Léon RICHER)

    « Pour qu'enfin justice soit rendue à la femme »Signed autograph letter addressed to Léon Richer : « So that justice finally be done for women »

    Mardi 7 novembre [1871]|13.30 x 20.80 cm|2 pages sur un feuillet double

    Autograph letter signed by Victor Hugo to Léon Richer, two pages in black ink on a double sheet framed in black. Crosswise folds inherent to envelope inserting. A central tear at the junction of the two sheets. Published in Œuvres complètes de Victor Hugo (Ollendorff, 1905).
    Manuscript housed in a blue half morocco chemise and slipcase, marbled paper boards, marbled paper slipcase, signed Boichot.


    A magnificent and important letter to Léon Richer, one of the first male feminist activists, considered by Hubertine Auclert as the "father of feminism" and later regarded by Simone de Beauvoir as its "true founder". This deeply humanist text is a compendium of...

    €18,000
  39. Le veau gras
    HERMANN-PAUL

    Le veau gras

    Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1904|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 copies on China paper printed specially for the bookseller Carteret, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
    Work consisting of 87 plates of drawings by the author which he captioned in order to ridicule bourgeois marriage.
    Bradel binding in half green morocco with corners, smooth spine slightly discolored, gilt date at foot, marbled paper sides, covers and spine preserved, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, top edge gilt on deckled edges, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
    Handsome full-margined copy agreeably bound in contemporary binding signed Durvand.
    €500
  40. Les justes
    Albert CAMUS

    Les justes

    Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the deluxe issue after 2 reimposed on pur fil vergé hors commerce reserved for Jacques Hébertot and 13 on holland paper.
    A handsome and rare copy of this response by Albert Camus to Jean-Paul Sartre's "Les mains sales".

    €4,500
  41. Le syndicalisme révolutionnaire
    Victor GRIFFUELHES

    Le syndicalisme révolutionnaire

    La publication sociale|Paris 1909|10.50 x 17 cm|agrafé
    First edition
    First cover marginally shaded and foxed, handsome interior condition.
    €50
  42. Antisémitisme et histoire
    Alfred NAQUET

    Antisémitisme et histoire

    Gallimard|Paris 1895|11 x 16.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this speech delivered at the session of May 27, 1895 of the Chamber of Deputies.
    Adhesive tape stains on the first and last pages of the text, copy unstapled.
    Alfred Naquet denounces and expresses concern about the virulent antisemitism agitating France.



    €450
  44. Revue blanche La N°59 de la sixième année
    COLLECTIF

    Revue blanche La N°59 de la sixième année

    La Revue Blanche|Paris 15 Novembre 1895|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Contributions by Paul Adam "De la pudeur", Debagori-Mokrievitch "Souvenirs sur Bakounine", Gutave Kahn on Jules Soury, the memoirs of General Rossignol (1793), Raoul Chélard "Le millénaire de la Hongrie", Jean de Mitty, Tristan Bernard...
    Issue illustrated with 3 woodcuts by Charles Maurin.
    Spine slightly warped, small marginal tears to boards.
    €100
  45. Carnet de chèques
    CARAN D'ACHE

    Carnet de chèques

    E. Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1892|28 x 12.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this collection of ferociously anti-Semitic caricatures presented in the form of a booklet of 24 checks.
    Bradel binding in full olive cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, very light scratches of no importance to the right margin of the front cover, endpapers and pastedowns of decorative patterned paper, front cover preserved.
    Some inevitable minor restorations to the check stub area, some foxing at the end of the volume, handsome copy.

    €300
  46. Le socialisme - Notions élémentaires
    Georges TOURNAIRE

    Le socialisme - Notions élémentaires

    Chez l'auteur|Paris 1909|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Half red cloth binding, spine with gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top corners very slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Foxing.
    Preface by Gustave Hervé.

    €50
  47. Paz en la guerra
    Miguel de UNAMUNO

    Paz en la guerraPaz en la Guerra

    Libreria de Fernando Fe|Madrid 1897|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
    Paz en la Guerra
    Libreria de Fernando Fe | Madrid 1897 14 x 21,5 cm | full cloth
    First edition of the first work by Miguel de Unamuno.

    Binding in full marbled cloth, spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and adorned with gilt fleurons, title pieces and name of the author in olive green sheep, some scratches on the spine ends and in the margins of the boards, marbled endpapers.
    Two restored tears affecting the text to pages 305-306 and 319-320, ex-dono in purple pencil by a former owner of the work on the half-title page, library stamp printed on the title page.

    Rare autograph presentation signed by Miguel de...
    €1,800
  48. L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1909 et 1910 complètes
    COLLECTIF

    L'amateur d'autographes - Revue historique et biographique bi-mensuelle - Années 1909 et 1910 complètes

    Noël Charavay|Paris 1909-1910|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half sienna cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at tail, brown shagreen title-label with some marginal scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    Pencil annotations on the blank endpapers of the binding, some light foxing of no consequence.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  51. Au service de l'Allemagne
    Maurice BARRÈS

    Au service de l'Allemagne

    Félix Juven|Paris 1906|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Bradel binding in half almond-green percale, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, pebbled paper boards, original covers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Small lack at head of one endpaper.
    Handsome copy.
    €50
  52. Adolphe Guillot
    Paul BONNET

    Adolphe Guillot

    Imprimerie Berger-Levrault & Cie|Nancy 1907|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a small number of copies of this speech delivered during the session of January 7, 1907 at the Paris Court of Appeal.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €60
  53. André Gide et le premier groupe de La nouvelle revue française : La formation du groupe et les années d'apprentissage 1890-1910 - L'âge critique 1911-1912 - Une inquiète maturité 1913-1914
    Auguste ANGLÈS

    André Gide et le premier groupe de La nouvelle revue française : La formation du groupe et les années d'apprentissage 1890-1910 - L'âge critique 1911-1912 - Une inquiète maturité 1913-1914

    Gallimard|Paris 1978-1986|14 x 22.50 cm|3 volumes brochés
    First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Signed autograph inscription by Auguste Anglès, at the head of the first volume, to a couple of friends named Eric and Martine: "A Eric, pour qu'il en parle, et à Martine, pour qu'elle ne lise pas cela, en amitié !" ["To Eric, so he may speak of it, and to Martine, so she won't read this, in friendship!"]
    We include three signed autograph letters by Auguste Anglès (dated November 27 and December 8, 1964, and April 10, 1978), the first two on letterhead from the Maison française of Oxford University, addressed to his friend named Eric.
    €150
  54. Le Colonel Marchand - Soudan - Fachoda - Chine
    COLLECTIF COMITE COLONEL MARCHAND, Jean-Baptiste MARCHAND

    Le Colonel Marchand - Soudan - Fachoda - Chine

    L. de Soye & fils imprimeurs|Paris 1906|15.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this brochure paying tribute to Colonel Marchand and his battles for colonial France against the British Empire
    Two small corner lacks on the title page due to the former presence of adhesive paper.
    Brochure illustrated with 3 maps hors-texte.
    Texts by Ernest Judet and Etienne Lamy.
    Photographic portrait of Jean-Baptiste Marchand as frontispiece.
    Autograph inscription signed by Colonel Marchand to Monsieur Lagarde below his photographic portrait.
    Our copy is enhanced with an autograph letter signed by Jean-Baptiste Marchand, dated May 1906, of 18 lines in which he apologizes for being unable to respond to the solicitations of committees...
    €200
  55. Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°3 "A la niche !"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Louis LEPINE)

    Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°3 "A la niche !"[AFFAIRE DREYFUS] [Museum of Horrors - Original Color Lithograph Poster - No. 3 'To the Doghouse!']

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [octobre 1899]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche
    Original lithographed color poster representing Louis Lépine as a dog. Behind him is drawn an imposing sign on which is indicated: "Liberté ! Egalité ! Fraternité !!! Ordre d'arrêter et de conduire immédiatement au poste tous les vendeurs du Musée des horreurs" ["Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!!! Order to arrest and immediately conduct to the station all sellers of the Musée des horreurs"], in reference to the arrests of street vendors selling the publication.
    Transverse folds, one tear without loss to left margin partially filled by a paper stamp.
    Distributed between October 1899 and December 1900 in a France inflamed by the Dreyfus Affair, these immense colored satirical portraits...
    €900
  56. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°4 "Le Roi des Porcs"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Émile ZOLA)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°4 "Le Roi des Porcs"Original colour lithographed poster

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [novembre 1899]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche
    Musée des horreurs – Original colour lithographed poster – n° 4 “Le Roi des Porcs”
    Imprimerie Lenepveu | Paris [November 1898] | 49,8 x 65,2 cm | one poster
    Original colour lithographed poster depicting Émile Zola in the shape of a pig, sitting on a tub containing his fictional works and smearing “international poop” on the map of France.
    Transverse folds, some tiny tears, two small holes above Zola's head, without affecting the image.
    The representation of Émile Zola as a pig does not date back to Lenepveu, as Guillaume Doizy highlights in his article dedicated to pig caricatures (“Le porc dans la caricature politique (1870-1914)...
    €2,500
  57. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°6 "Le Traître"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Alfred DREYFUS)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°6 "Le Traître"Original colour lithographed poster

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [novembre 1899]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche
    Musée des horreurs – Original colour lithographed poster – n° 6 “Le Traître”
    Imprimerie Lenepveu | Paris [Novembre 1899] | 49,8 x 65,2 cm | one poster
    Original colour lithographed poster depicting Alfred Dreyfus as a Gorgonian headed hydra pierced by a military sword.

    Far from the classic zoomorphic codes usually used by caricaturists, Alfred Dreyfus is associated here with the hydra, a mythical creature emblematic of evil. Beyond this symbolism, the choice of a monster with sprawling and perpetually regenerating heads gives the image a strong anti-Semitic charge, exceeding that of the Dreyfus Affair.
    Ironically, it is the...
    €2,500
  58. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°14 "L'Eléphant du Jourdain"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Jean JAURÈS)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°14 "L'Eléphant du Jourdain"Original colour lithographed poster

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [janvier 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche

    Original colour lithographed poster depicting Jean Jaurès as an elephant sitting on a chair and holding a bottle of “water from the Jordan”. Until then portrayed as a dog – caricaturists mocking his aggressiveness – Jean Jaurès is here, for the first time, represented as an elephant. It is a question here of highlighting his potbelly and his pachyderm silhouette, but we can, nevertheless, highlight the great dignity of this massive personality with a high gaze. The water from the Jordan is held on one of his hoofs and alludes to the rumour that he had his son baptised in the scared river, thus acting against his anticlerical policy. Despite the caricaturist's desire to...

    €3,000
  59. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°21 "Del-Lâchoda devant l'Angleterre 11xbre 1898"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Théophile DELCASSÉ)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°21 "Del-Lâchoda devant l'Angleterre 11xbre 1898"

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [mars 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche

    Original lithographed color poster depicting Théophile Delcassé as a circus poodle.
    Transverse folds and minor marginal tears without loss.

    Distributed between October 1899 and December 1900 in a France inflamed by the Dreyfus Affair, these immense color caricature portraits are the work of Victor Lenepveu who announced the publication of 150 then 200 drawings and ultimately produced only about fifty. Despite the 1881 press freedom law allowing the distribution of politically subversive imagery, the publication of this nightmarish pantheon was interrupted by order of the Ministry of the Interior.

    The fragility of the paper and the imposing format of these...

    €700
  60. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°27 "Ministre-bâillon"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Georges LEYGUES)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°27 "Ministre-bâillon"

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [avril/mai 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche

    Original color lithographed poster depicting Georges Leygues as a donkey.
    Transverse folds and minute marginal tears without loss.

    Distributed between October 1899 and December 1900 in a France inflamed by the Dreyfus Affair, these immense satirical color portraits are the work of Victor Lenepveu who announced the publication of 150 then 200 drawings and ultimately produced only about fifty. Despite the 1881 press freedom law allowing the distribution of politically subversive imagery, the publication of this nightmarish pantheon was interrupted by order of the Ministry of the Interior.

    The fragility of the paper and the imposing format of these extremely violent...

    €700
  61. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°28 "Luci-pouah !"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Louis LUCIPIA)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°28 "Luci-pouah !"

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [mai 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche

    Original color lithographed poster depicting Louis Lucipia as a dog wearing a masonic sash.
    Transverse folds and minute marginal tears without loss.

    Distributed between October 1899 and December 1900 in a France inflamed by the Dreyfus Affair, these immense satirical color portraits are the work of Victor Lenepveu who announced the publication of 150 then 200 drawings and ultimately produced only about fifty. Despite the 1881 press freedom law allowing the distribution of politically subversive imagery, the publication of this nightmarish pantheon was interrupted by order of the Ministry of the Interior.

    The fragility of the paper and the imposing format of these...

    €700
  62. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°34 "Que le chambardement commence !"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Joseph REINACH)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°34 "Que le chambardement commence !"

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [juin 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche

    Original color lithographed poster depicting Joseph Reinach in the guise of a king slumped on his throne.
    Transverse folds and minute marginal tears without loss.

    Distributed between October 1899 and December 1900 in a France inflamed by the Dreyfus Affair, these immense satirical color portraits are the work of Victor Lenepveu who announced the publication of 150 then 200 drawings and ultimately produced only about fifty. Despite the 1881 press freedom law allowing the distribution of politically subversive imagery, the publication of this nightmarish pantheon was interrupted by order of the Ministry of the Interior.

    The fragility of the paper and the imposing...

    €900
  63. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°32 "Le Traître Philipp"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Jude PHILIPP)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°32 "Le Traître Philipp"

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [mai 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche

    Original color lithographed poster depicting Jude Philipp in the guise of a vulture nailed to a wall.
    Transverse folds and minute marginal tears without loss.

    Distributed between October 1899 and December 1900 in a France inflamed by the Dreyfus Affair, these immense satirical color portraits are the work of Victor Lenepveu who announced the publication of 150 then 200 drawings and ultimately produced only about fifty. Despite the 1881 press freedom law allowing the distribution of politically subversive imagery, the publication of this nightmarish pantheon was interrupted by order of the Ministry of the Interior.

    The fragility of the paper and the imposing format...

    €700
  64. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°26 (exceptionnel) "Un bal à l'Elysée"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Émile ZOLA)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°26 (exceptionnel) "Un bal à l'Elysée"Original colour lithographed poster

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [mai 1900]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche
    Musée des horreurs – Original colour lithographed poster – n° 26 (exceptionnel) “Un bal à l'Elysée”
    Imprimerie Lenepveu | Paris [May 1900] | 49,8 x 65,2 cm | one poster
    Original colour lithographed poster depicting Émile Loubet as a bear holding a tambourine marked “Panama”, Émile Zola as a pig, Dreyfus as a hydra, Joseph Reinach as a monkey, the rabbi Kadoc Kahn as a donkey and Georges Picquart as a dromedary.

    This imposing poster, featuring several people already caricatured in the previous issues, is a direct reference to the Panama Scandal. This large-scale corruption affair, which saw the resignation of Émile Loubet, then...
    €3,000
  65. Mélie - Histoire d'une Cocotte de 1900
    Marthe de KERRIEU, Francis POULENC

    Mélie - Histoire d'une Cocotte de 1900

    Arrault & Cie|Tours 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
    Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Preface by Francis Poulenc, iconography.
    Autograph inscription dated December 1936 and signed by Marthe de Kerrieu to a couple of friends presenting her wishes and wishing them happy holidays for the end of year, enhanced with the signature of Francis Poulenc.
    €400
  66. [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°1 "Boule de Juif"
    Victor LENEPVEU (Joseph REINACH)

    [AFFAIRE DREYFUS] Musée des horreurs - Affiche originale lithographiée en couleurs - n°1 "Boule de Juif"Original colour lithographed poster

    Imprimerie Lenepveu|Paris s. d. [1er octobre 1899]|49.80 x 65.20 cm|une affiche
    Musée des horreurs – Original colour lithographed poster – n° 1 “Boule de Juif”
    Imprimerie Lenepveu | Paris [1st october 1899] | 49,8 x 65,2 cm | one poster
    Original colour lithographed poster depicting Joseph Reinach as a monkey. Here is the description given to this first poster announced in the press through L'Intransigeant: “Issue number 1 of the series depicts Boule-de-Juif as a hamadryas. The resemblance between the hideous Yousouf and the guest of the great coconut trees is so perfect that it would not even need a caption since the same exclamation came to all lips. Perhaps the only criticism is that this...
    €1,200
  67. Livre d'hommages des lettres françaises à Emile Zola
    Georges CLEMENCEAU, Octave MIRBEAU

    Livre d'hommages des lettres françaises à Emile Zola

    Georges Balat • Société libre d'édition des gens de lettres|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition published in the wake of the resounding and historic front page "J'accuse" printed in the newspaper "L'Aurore", one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, each justified by the publisher.
    Bound in red half-shagreen, spine with four raised bands gilt-ruled with dotted fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
    Some rubbing along the joints, pleasingly fresh interior.
    Illustrated with a photographic portrait of Emile Zola as frontispiece.
    Includes numerous contributions, among them Paul Alexis, Jean Psichari, Elisée Reclus, Joseph Reinach, Paul Adam, Maurice Bouchor...
    €700
  68. Les Brissac Maison de Cossé
    Duc de BRISSAC

    Les Brissac Maison de Cossé

    Fasquelle|Paris 1952|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Small tear at foot of spine, light worming to upper left corner of front board.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by a member of the Brissac family: "Un cousin de l'auteur et un ami de Vincennes touché de l'intérêt que vous portez à une famille qui a connu jusqu'aux cachots du donjon. Charles de Cossé de Brissac 22 Novembre 1957." ["A cousin of the author and a friend from Vincennes, touched by the interest you show in a family that has known even the dungeons of the keep. Charles de Cossé de Brissac November 22, 1957."]
    €50
  69. Les Drapeaux des Etats-Unis. - The american flags (Old glory)
    Alfred RIGNY, Pierre NOURY

    Les Drapeaux des Etats-Unis. - The american flags (Old glory)

    Gründ|Paris 1945|13 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with drawings by Pierre Noury.
    Minor stains of no consequence to foot of second cover.
    Handsome copy of this work tracing the history and evolution of the American flag.

    €150
  70. Lettres de Gauguin à sa Femme et à des Amis
    Paul GAUGUIN

    Lettres de Gauguin à sa Femme et à des Amis

    Grasset|Paris 1946|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 312 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 28 on laid paper.
    Handsome copy.
    Iconography.






    €80
  71. "Je désire simplement toucher au sujet dans mon livre, pour le besoin du petit drame commercial qui me sert de fable."
    Émile ZOLA

    "Je désire simplement toucher au sujet dans mon livre, pour le besoin du petit drame commercial qui me sert de fable."Autograph letter, signed, unpublished, addressed to Léon Carbonnaux, head of department at Le Bon Marché and advice for the writing of Au bonheur des Dames

    Médan 23 juin 1882|13.40 x 21.60 cm|1 page 1/2 sur un double feuillet - enveloppe jointe
    Autograph letter signed by Emile Zola - apparently unpublished - addressed to Léon Carbonnaux, written in black ink on a double sheet. Folds inherent to mailing. Envelope included.
    Important testimony to the colossal documentation work and the capital role of Emile Zola's informants in depicting his immense natural and social fresco.
    This letter was sent to Léon Carbonnaux, department head at Bon Marché who transmitted precious information to Emile Zola for the creation of the eleventh volume of the Rougon-Macquart series: Au Bonheur des Dames.
    Only two letters from Léon Carbonnaux to Emile Zola are known: they can be...
    €2,800
  72. La Route de la Liberté
    Howard FAST

    La Route de la Liberté

    Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 55 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy of this work evoking, in a novelistic manner, the condition and situation of Black people in the southern states of the United States in the aftermath of the Civil War.
    €150
  73. La France de M. Fallières
    Jacques CHASTENET

    La France de M. Fallières

    Arthème Fayard|Paris 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 2 Holland.
    Fine copy despite a crease mark at the head of the second cover.
    €80
  74. Les Princes d'Orléans
    Marcel BARRIERE

    Les Princes d'Orléans

    Gallimard|Paris 1933|13 x 20 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Barrière to Alfred Fabre-Luce.
    €50
  75. Dans la Rue. Chansons et Monologues Volumes I, II & III . - Sur la Route. Ensemble complet en 4 volumes
    Aristide BRUANT, Théophile Alexandre STEINLEN

    Dans la Rue. Chansons et Monologues Volumes I, II & III . - Sur la Route. Ensemble complet en 4 volumes[In the Street. Songs and Monologues Volumes I, II & III. – On the Road. Complete set in 4 volumes]

    Furne & Cie|Paris 1885-1900|13.50 x 19 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition of each of the four volumes, one of 50 copies (for the first and third works) or one of 150 copies (for the second and fourth) printed on Japan paper, the only deluxe issue.
    Bradel bindings in citron half morocco with corners, smooth spines slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, pebble-grained endpapers and pastedowns, covers and backstrips preserved in one piece, contemporary bindings signed Champs.
    Covers and in-text or full-page drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen for the first and second volumes, by Francisque Poulbot for the third, and by Louis Borgex for the fourth and final volume.
    Each volume bears Aristide Bruant’s autograph signature...
    €4,000
  76. Histoire de Belgique
    Adrien de MEEÜS

    Histoire de Belgique

    Plon|Paris 1928|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened, otherwise a handsome copy attractively bound.
    €70
  77. La Française du siècle
    Octave UZANNE

    La Française du siècle

    A. Quantin|Paris 1886|17.50 x 25.80 cm|relié
    First edition. Printed on laid paper. Illustrated covers on Japan paper. Watercolor illustrations by Albert Lynch, engraved in colored etching by Eugène Gaujean. 20 colored engravings (including 10 full-page), 10 illustrated colored initials, numerous tailpieces and vignettes in black.
    Contemporary full mosaic shagreen binding in blue and brown. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons in ornate compartments. Head and tail rolls. Bordeaux morocco title label, ornate brown shagreen date label. Covers with mosaic work featuring a large rectangular frame very richly decorated in the manner of lace-work bindings, corner and angular tools, multiple framing fillets. Broad inner...
    €800
  78. Au pied du Sinaï
    Georges CLEMENCEAU

    Au pied du Sinaï[At the Foot of Sinai]

    Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1920|13 x 20 cm|relié
    New edition, one of 550 numbered copies on vellum, the only large-paper issue.
    Illustrated wrappers.
    Half chocolate-brown morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers preserved, top edge gilt on witnesses, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
    Autograph presentation signed by Georges Clemenceau to his secretary Jean Martet on the front wrapper.
    €1,200
  80. Colette Baudoche
    André DESLIGNIERES, Maurice BARRÈS

    Colette Baudoche[Colette Baudoche]

    Librairie Delagrave|Paris 1928|22.50 x 28.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Edition illustrated with original woodcuts within and outside the text by André Deslignières, one of 100 numbered copies on tinted laid Rives paper, the deluxe edition after 50 Annam copies.
    Full orange morocco binding, spine very lightly darkened with four raised bands set with black fillets, gilt roulettes on the headcaps, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, frame of gilt fillets finished at the corners with floral motifs in yellow and green mosaic morocco pieces as well as a brown mosaic morocco fillet, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, gilt fillets on the edges, slipcase bordered with orange morocco, boards of moiré-effect paper, binding signed J. Van West.
    €800
  81. Les élégantes
    Hermann VOGEL, François FLAMENG

    Les élégantes

    Hachette & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|23 x 30 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan, the “tirage de tête”.
    Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and decorated with double gilt panels decorated with gilt typographic and floral motifs, frame of gilt fillets on the water-effect paper boards, marbled endpapers, fragile parchment covers (two marginal restorations to the backs of the boards) and spine preserved, top edge gilt on the rough, ex-libris glued to a paste down, contemporary binding signed by Pouillet. Literary contributions from Gaston Maspéro, René Doumic, Gaston Boissier, Gustave Schlumberger, Gaston Paris, Emile Gebhardt, Edmond Rostand, Jules Lemaître, Gustave...
    €680
  82. Trois ans de guerre [guerres des Boers]
    Christian DE WET

    Trois ans de guerre [guerres des Boers]

    Félix Juven|Paris s. d. [circa 1905]|17.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
    First edition in French.
    Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with dotted lines and decorated with gilt double compartments adorned with gilt typographic motifs, double gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
    Illustrated work with, as frontispiece, a portrait of Christian De Wet, photographic plates and a folding map at the end of the volume.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  83. L'histoire d'Alsace racontée aux petits enfants par l'Oncle Hansi
    HANSI

    L'histoire d'Alsace racontée aux petits enfants par l'Oncle Hansi

    Henri Floury|Paris 1913|28 x 35.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition illustrated with color images by Hansi and Huen.
    Publisher's full sky blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, illustrated covers, endpapers and pastedowns of decorative patterned paper.
    Small spots of discoloration on covers, occasional foxing, last inner hinge split at head and foot.
    Handsome copy of this work published for the little children of Alsace and France.
    €300
  84. Sainte Marie des fleurs
    Charles DUVENT, René BOYLESVE

    Sainte Marie des fleurs[Our Lady of the Flowers]

    Le livre contemporain|Paris 1914|13.50 x 19.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Edition illustrated with 54 original color etchings by Charles Duvent and printed in 123 numbered copies on vellum.
    Full navy blue morocco binding, spine very slightly darkened with four raised bands set with black fillets extending onto the boards, gilt date at foot, cold-stamped roulettes on boards, blue watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, frame of quintuple gilt fillets and gilt fleurons at corners on pastedowns, following endpapers of marbled paper, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase with navy blue morocco entry, marbled paper boards, blue felt lining, elegant contemporary binding signed by Septier.
    Fine copy perfectly bound in full morocco by Septier.
    €750
  85. Pour le peuple russe. Contre le Tzar
    Edouard VAILLANT

    Pour le peuple russe. Contre le Tzar

    L'Humanité|Paris 1908|11.50 x 17.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of this speech delivered to the Chamber of Deputies during the session of June 29, 1908.
    Light worming and a small stain at the foot of the front cover.

    €50
  87. Jules Guesde l'apôtre de la loi
    Claude WILLARD

    Jules Guesde l'apôtre de la loi

    Les Editions Ouvrières|Paris 1991|13 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Handsome copy, iconography.
    Autograph inscription signed by Claude Willard to Jacques Zwirn.

    €30
  89. Le néo-malthusianisme
    Paul ROBIN

    Le néo-malthusianisme

    Librairie de la régénération|Paris 1905|10.50 x 17.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition.
    Covers and spine with marginal tears and small lacks, copy disbound, name of a previous owner written in pen at the head of the front cover.
    Rare libertarian and Malthusian pamphlet.

    €60
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