First Editions

First edition, one of 132 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Holland paper.
Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Philippe Henriot to Henri Guillaumet.

First edition illustrated with photographs.
Fine copy.
Manuscript signature dated by Lech Walesa.

Rare first edition published anonymously, one of 50 copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 on Japan.
Bradel binding in full brick cloth, smooth spine, double gilt fillet at tail, small cloth loss at foot of spine, library shelf numbering at tail of spine, black shagreen title label, covers preserved.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition illustrated with 51 plates at the end of the volume as well as 23 pages of batteries and bugle calls.
Half-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments, rubbing to headcaps and spine, blind-ruled frame on green paper boards, small lack of paper to lower right corner of front board, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Handsome interior condition despite some occasional light foxing.

First edition illustrated with 12 hors-texte engravings.
Spine cracked with small losses, tears to boards, one transverse tear to front board repaired with adhesive backing, some foxing.
Rare.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Robert Lee.
Half-shagreen brown binding, smooth spine highlighted with black fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, spine rubbed, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Some light foxing.
Our copy is complete with its folding map of Virginia at the end of the volume.

Illustrated edition with 12 plates of cubist illustrations by Edouard Garcia Benito.
Text by Jean Cocteau.
Work also illustrated with sketches of Capelle's aircraft.
Publisher's full paper boards, smooth spine without lettering showing rubbing, illustrated covers, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue historique.
A lack to the foot of the spine, tears to the head and foot of the joints, a small lack to the lower left corner of the back board.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Marc Bloch to his student, the French historian and Alsace specialist Paul Leuilliot, at the head of the front board.

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.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, final endpaper and facing page partially shaded.
The only general of the Second World War to have been elevated to the dignity of marshal during his lifetime, Alphonse Juin was one of the great leaders of the Liberation Army in 1944-1945 and distinguished himself throughout the Italian campaign at the head of the French expeditionary corps, notably at the Battle of Garigliano in May 1944, opening the gates of Rome to the Allies who had been bogged down before Monte Cassino.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half brown morocco binding with corners, spine with three raised bands decorated with gilt dots and adorned with brown morocco pieces depicting cannonballs cutting through the air and red morocco pieces representing the colors of two crossed flags, rubbing to the bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed by Caulet, Toulouse bookbinder.

First editions of these three works by Madame Campan uniformly bound. One portrait frontispiece to the memoirs and a second to the Journal. This journal, called anecdotal, is composed of recollections from numerous conversations with Henriette Campan (Napoleon frequently appears) and unpublished correspondence with her son. In her book on the education of young girls, the treatise is followed by several exemplary theatrical pieces, modeled on those of Madame de Genlis.
Half red Russia leather binding with long grain. Smooth spine decorated with 3 fleurons, thick fillets and a roulette at tail. Red paper boards with long grain. Traces of rubbing. Skinning along the lower joint of volume 1. 10 corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing. Handsome set.
Appointed lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie-Antoinette, after having been reader to the daughters of Louis XV, Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan passed into posterity for her Memoirs, which remain historical testimony on the court in the time of Louis XVI. Close to the queen, her confidante, she allows us to penetrate in a singular manner into her intimacy, notably regarding the famous affair of the queen's necklace. She remained at Versailles for more than two decades. Narrowly escaping the Terror during the French Revolution, she founded in 1794 an institution for young girls that would become famous in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where the daughters of high nobility would pass through. In 1807, Napoleon placed her by imperial decree at the head of the educational establishment of the Legion of Honor at Ecouen, where she devoted herself to training future teachers, with the wish to make Ecouen a university for women.
Rare set of Madame Campan's works in uniform binding.

The rare first edition.
Spine sunned, occasional foxing.

First edition complete in two volumes.
A small lack to the upper right corner of the first cover of the first volume which has another to the upper right corner of the second cover, small lacks to the foot of the spines, some foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Grasset, on the half-title page of the first volume, to the inspector general of Ponts et Chaussées monsieur Thouvenot.
Copy complete with the second volume entitled "Les hommes" which is almost always missing.

First edition, the only one authorized by the author. In 1730 a pirate edition appeared from Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam, in 12mo format. Duguay-Trouin having communicated the manuscript to the Regent, it was copied and published in 1730 by Pierre de Villepontaux who had the audacity to dedicate the edition to Duguay-Trouin himself. Title page in red and black.
The illustration comprises a portrait of Du Guay-Trouin as frontispiece, a vignette after B. Picard engraved by E. Fessard on the title page, and 6 folding plates of ships, squadrons and battles, engraved by J. P. Le Bas, and a folding plan of the capture of Rio de Janeiro in 1711.
Contemporary full brown marbled calf binding, spine with raised bands decorated, title label in brown morocco. Headcap, joints and corners expertly restored. One tear of 10 cm expertly restored (The ship Le Jason surrounded by the English squadron). Some pale scattered foxing, some leaves browned.
Du Guay-Trouin was undoubtedly one of the most famous naval officers of his time, active from the end of the 17th to the beginning of the 18th century. In writing the manuscript of his memoirs which he wished published only after his death, Du Guay-Trouin wanted to restore the truth about the naval combats that occurred during his expeditions.
At the end, list of ships commanded by Du Guay-Trouin with the crew members.

First edition.
Bradel bindings in half sand-colored cloth, smooth spines faded, marbled paper boards.
Work decorated with 7 portraits including 4 as frontispieces, 1 map and 3 facsimiles.
Traces of adhesive tape on verso of title page of the third volume, a small lack at head of the last page of the table of contents of the fourth volume, otherwise handsome interior condition.

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.

The rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally browned.

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.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Joseph Jolinon: "A l'inégalable HAUT PARLEUR Pierre Lazareff. Joseph Jolinon." ("To the incomparable LOUDSPEAKER Pierre Lazareff. Joseph Jolinon.")
One manuscript correction by Joseph Jolinon on the back cover.

First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, the deluxe printing after 2 copies on old Japan paper.
Manuscript ownership inscription on the front free endpaper.
Small corner losses to boards, a full-margined copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by François Duhourcau to madame Léon Daudet: "A madame Léon Daudet, Française, patriote et, si jo'se dire, moderne chouanne, après la suave idylle de Manebieille, ce romanesque pamphlet du Chemin des Dames par quoi l'auteur eût bien voulu casser les reins à M. André Légénaire, député de Seine-et-Eure (et depuis, du territoire de Beaufort) auteur infatué et funeste du traité de Versailles (un "malfaiteur" m'a dit Poincaré, en spécifiant..." ("To madame Léon Daudet, French, patriot and, if I may say, modern Chouan, after the gentle idyll of Manebieille, this romantic pamphlet of Chemin des Dames by which the author would have liked to break the back of M. André Légénaire, deputy of Seine-et-Eure (and since, of the territory of Beaufort) conceited and fatal author of the Treaty of Versailles (a 'wrongdoer' Poincaré told me, specifying...")

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe printing after 30 on Japan paper.
Handsome copy despite the boards slightly shadowed at head.
Work illustrated with sketches by the author and which is an account of captivity of a French soldier taken prisoner by the Germans in August 1914.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Marcel Charpaux: "En hommage au cher pays et distingué Président Mr Lenoble ce petit "essai" qui ne vaut aucun de ceux de Montaigne ! Mais où il trouvera, avec quelques souvenirs, l'esquisse d'une thèse. En témoignage de ma vive sympathie. MCharpaux." (In homage to the dear country and distinguished President Mr Lenoble this little "essay" which is not worth any of those of Montaigne! But where he will find, with some memories, the sketch of a thesis. In testimony of my warm sympathy. MCharpaux.)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, interior in good condition.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to the writer and poet Auguste Dorchain.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on laid Holland paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Boards and spine slightly and marginally shaded, two press clippings included having left a shadow on the endpapers and half-title, small foxing on some deckled edges.
Rare full-margined copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Séché to Gustave Colson who served, during the 1914-1918 war, as battalion commander and lieutenant-colonel in army staff and who became chief of staff of the rear direction.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to the writer and poet Auguste Dorchain.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite the covers being lightly and marginally sunned without consequence.

Original photograph. Period gelatin silver print in black and white. Artist's proof signed on verso.
Portrait of writer Fernand Braudel.
In 1983 began for Bruno de Monès a regular collaboration with Le Magazine littéraire which would last until the mid-nineties.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies
Handsome copy despite the covers marginally lightened.
Preface by General Massu, iconography.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Erwan Bergot to Gilbert Naumer: "... sur les traces de Leclerc... pour faire partager mon admiration envers les soldats..." ["... following Leclerc's footsteps... to share my admiration for the soldiers..."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Preface by Léon Poliakov.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Pascal Ory to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski: "... grand explorateur des imaginaires, ce petit guide noir des Terrae Incognitae de l'enfance - ou Art et Manière de nazifier par la bande, Fraternellement. Pascal Ory." ["...great explorer of imaginaries, this little black guide to the Terrae Incognitae of childhood - or Art and Manner of nazifying through comics, Fraternally. Pascal Ory."]

Edition with some parts in first edition illustrated with 14 black and white hors-texte plates (views, portraits, battles) and 9 hand-colored plates (costumes...). A large folding map at the end of volume 3. Introduction on Carthaginian, Roman, Arab and Turkish dominations; Historical summary on the empire of Morocco. The third volume on the years 1845 and 1846 was published in 1848, the first two for the first time in 1846. The second volume bears the date 1846.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with compartments and cold and gilt fillets. Small lacks (crumbling) at head of volumes 1 and 2. Overall relatively clean set, some gatherings with foxing.
On June 14, 1830, the French landed in Algeria following a diplomatic incident with the dey of Algiers linked to a French debt that the French consul refused to honor. The defeat of Abd-el-Kader, on August 14, 1843, marked the turning point in favor of France and Algeria became constitutionally French territory in 1848. Esteemed and perfectly written history.

First edition in French, one of 105 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, a small lack to head of spine.
Rare copy of this work evoking the Spanish War.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
The testimony of communist sympathizers traveling in Hungary on the eve of the Budapest uprising in 1956.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by the Immortal Jacqueline de Romilly to Catherine David: "... afin de jouer avec les mots et avec mon bon fidèle souvenir." ["...to play with words and with my good faithful memory."]
Novelist, essayist, literary critic, pianist, Catherine David was a pioneer of opinion journalism at Le Nouvel Observateur. Laurent Joffrin, former editor of the newspaper, offering this fine funeral tribute in the January 4, 2023 issue: "... Her passions are eclectic, from music to tai chi, from philosophy to hybrid disciplines, at the frontiers of science and spirituality. Her books bear this mark, a brilliant variation on movement (la Beauté du geste), an essay on Simone Signoret, a spirited biography of Pico della Mirandola, the man of all knowledge, and several volumes of interviews with Stephen Jay Gould, Jean Delumeau, Hubert Reeves or Christiane Desroches Noblecourt.
Such an itinerary could have composed an irritating character, germanopratin, floating above ordinary mortals in the limbo of thought and intellectual chic worldliness. Catherine was quite the opposite, a good friend, living in simplicity and camaraderie, cultivating the art of being a grandmother, in laughter and vigilant attention..."

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A small lack to the upper right corner of the first cover, three light tears to the spine, endpapers entirely sunned.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Louis Dimier to Léon Daudet.

Color photographic portrait, silver gelatin print, of United States President George Bush shown slightly in profile, posing before the American flag.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of George Bush in blue ink in upper right corner of his portrait.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy
Autograph inscription signed by Colonel Rémy to Monique Maire.

First edition of this famous speech by Robespierre justifying the principle of revolutionary government and laying the foundations for the establishment of the Terror.
Small black ink stains, sometimes faded, and some foxing.
In autumn 1793, the threats weighing on the Republic had intensified both at the borders and in the heart of the country: Hébert the extremist "enragé" calling for a popular uprising, the royalist threat still present, the Indulgents demanding an end to the policy of Terror. On 5 Nivôse Year II (December 25, 1793), Robespierre went to the Committee of Public Safety to present the principles of revolutionary government.
He warns from the very first words of his speech: recent victories (Vendée defeats of December 12 and 23, recapture of Toulon on December 19 thanks to the notable action of Captain Bonaparte) must not lull patriots into complacency. Counter-revolution remains very active within the country, the Committee of Public Safety must confound the intrigues of the enemies of liberty and make revolutionary principles triumph. In his words: "Le gouvernement révolutionnaire doit aux bons citoyens toute la protection nationale ; il ne doit aux ennemis du peuple que la mort." ["Revolutionary government owes good citizens all national protection; it owes the enemies of the people nothing but death."]
To carry out its action successfully, the latter must find its way between two extremes: the moderatism preached by the "indulgents" and the excess aspired to by the "enragés."
For Robespierre, the dictatorship of the Committees like the Terror is justified because they alone will make it possible to end civil and foreign war. As long as the country is in conflict, citizens will not be able to fully enjoy the Constitution. Counter-revolution must be annihilated. To this end, Robespierre demands reform of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Reform that would find its culmination in the law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10, 1794): suppression of defense, hearing of witnesses when material evidence is lacking, acquittal or death being the only possible verdicts.
Thus the machinery of Terror is set in motion, replacing with arbitrariness the principles and laws enacted by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and by the Constitution. (cf Delphine DUBOIS and Régis LAPASIN on the site Nouvel éclairage sur l'histoire - L'histoire par l'image).
Very rare copy of this founding speech of the policy of Terror which would ultimately lead its principal instigator, Maximilien Robespierre, to the scaffold.

First edition of this speech delivered at the session of March 13, 1794 to the assembly of the National Convention.
Small stains in the margins of the leaves, a lack at the foot of the last leaf with no damage to the text.
Rare copy presented in its original wrappers.

First edition. Rare copy with hand-colored plates. One frontispiece and 12 plates in volume 1, of which 12 are hand-colored; 18 plates in volume 2, of which 13 are hand-colored. The double plates are not colored. Text vignettes.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments with triple fillets. Black grained cloth boards. Rubbing. Browning on several leaves in the second volume and some scattered foxing.
History of hostels and taverns through the centuries and different nations.

First edition of this work published in Toulouse, the cradle of aeronautics.
Light worming to the boards.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Clément Ader to Ernest Cauvin: « A monsieur Ernest Cauvin membre de l'Aéro-Club. En souvenir du 2 mars remerciements et sincère hommage. » ["To Mr. Ernest Cauvin, member of the Aero-Club. In memory of March 2nd, with thanks and sincere homage."]
This dedication was most likely written on March 2, 1922, on the occasion of a banquet of honor organized by the Aéro-Club de France at the Palais d'Orsay to celebrate the presentation of the Commander's cross of the Legion of Honor to Clément Ader, the first Frenchman who, as early as 1890, made flight attempts with his prototypes named "Éole" and "Zéphyr." This final tribute marked the pinnacle of the career of this brilliant inventor, from whom the French army had nevertheless turned away after the inconclusive takeoff demonstration of his "Aquilon" at Satory in 1897.

Seventh edition with some parts in first edition as revised and corrected.
Spine browned with a small lack at foot, a crease at upper right corner of front cover, light foxing on the covers.
Work illustrated with 55 figures in the text as well as 2 plates hors-texte.
Rare signed autograph inscription from Clément Ader to politician Charles Dumas.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Boards lightly and marginally soiled, without significance.
Remarkable autograph inscription dated and signed by Jacques Attali: "Le 2 Avril 75. A Roger Garaudy cet essai sur l'autogestion en hommage de JAttali." [April 2nd, 75. To Roger Garaudy this essay on self-management in tribute from JAttali.]

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy of this novel set during the Paris Commune.

First edition of this speech delivered by Collot D'Herbois at the session of 14 Prairial Year IV of the National Convention assembly.
Some foxing and small tears at the foot of the leaves.
Copy presented in its original wrappers.

First edition of this speech delivered by Bertrand Barère at the session of 4 Prairial Year II of the National Convention assembly.
Two light dampstains to margins of the last three leaves and small lacks to lower right corners of the final leaves.
Copy presented in its original wrappers.

First edition of this speech delivered by Philippe-Antoine Merlin, elected representative from Douai, to the National Convention assembly.
Handsome copy presented in its original wrappers of this report made the day after the royalist insurrection and which names the generals who crushed it with, in first place, the people's representative Barras designated general-in-chief of the army of the interior while omitting and ignoring any mention of Bonaparte.
The role of Bonaparte, soon nicknamed "General Vendémiaire", would only be recognized later in a report of 30 Vendémiaire by Barras himself who attributed all the merits of suppressing the uprising to himself and who cited "Buonaparte" only as "second in command".

First edition, one of 150 copies on laid paper, deluxe copies after 100 on Holland paper.
Spine slightly sunned.
Letter-preface by the Count of Paris.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed over a page and a half from Albert Pestour to Madame Léon Daudet in the form of a quatrain.

First edition abundantly illustrated.
Publisher's full blue and pink cardboard binding, smooth spine, covers illustrated with drawings by Reiser and Cabu.
We include the historic issue number 1178 of Charlie Hebdo from January 14, 2015 with the famous front page "Tout est pardonné" ["All is forgiven"] showing Mohammed holding a sign reading "Je suis Charlie" ["I am Charlie"].

First edition.
Spine split, some creases to margins of front cover.
Rare.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean-Baptiste Maurice Biélawski to Madame Bathelet.

First edition, one of 88 copies on laid paper, the first 82 being nominative, ours, No. 5, in the name of Léon Daudet.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands heavily rubbed, top headcap worn away, gilt date at foot, author's name and navy blue morocco title label, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, covers and spine preserved, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt on deckled edges.
Precious signed autograph inscription by Charles Maurras below the justification page: "A Madame Léon Daudet , respectueux hommage d'un admirateur, compère et ami. Charles Maurras." ["To Madame Léon Daudet, respectful homage from an admirer, colleague and friend. Charles Maurras."]

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 disait en pleurant ma femme,
Ils ont inventé ce repas,
Pour se faire de la réclame ! "
Mais je lui répondis : "Tais-toi,
Joséphine, c'est mon affaire.
Je ne suis pas fâché, ma foi
De voir de près ce Ministère ! (bis)
Je pars la veille du grand jour
Suivi de toute la fanfare
Les pompiers viennent à leur tour
M'accompagner jusqu'à la gare.
Mille gamins poussent des cris :
Faut il que je sois populaire !
La voyage est à moitié prix :
Un bon point pour le Ministère ! (bis)
Nous étions quatre mille et plus
Entassés dans la grande salle.
Un vrai festin de Lucullus !
A sa place chacun s'installa
Un grand laquais d'un air narquois
Sans cesse me remplit mon verre :
C'est du Bordeaux de premier choix,
Ne blaguons plus le Ministère ! (bis)
"Monsieur, murmure près de moi
Un maire, habitant les montagnes
Vraiment, je ne sais pas pourquoi
Ca va si mal dans nos campagnes ! ..
Oui, m'écriai-je tout à coup
"En soupirant je lui réponds : (phrase barrée)
"Chez nous non plus ça ne va guère !
En attendant, je bois un coup,
A la santé du Ministère ! (bis)
On n'entendait plus plus d'autre bruit
Que le craquement des mâchoires.
Floquet n'avait pas d'appétit,
Mais il calculait ses victoires !
Nous sommes joliment traités,
On nous prend par la bonne chère.
Passez moi les petits pâtés,
Vive à jamais le Ministère ! (bis)
Neuf heures ! Il faut s'en aller,
Tant pis, car la cuisine est bonne.
Je sens mes jambes flageoler,
A mes voisins je me cramponne.
Cahin, caha, chacun portait
Trébuchant et roulant par terre :
Braves gens, mumurait Floquet.
Ils soutiendront le Ministère ! (bis).
Maurice Mac-Nab.
Au dos du troisième feuillet, Maurice Mac-Nab a inscrit la date du 14 juillet 1888 ["Le banquet des maires"
Spoiled child of my canton
For fourteen years I have been mayor
Although I flatter myself, they say,
Of being somewhat reactionary
One fine morning Monsieur Floquet
Sends me a circular:
He invites me to the grand banquet
That the Ministry offers us (repeat)
"I beg you, Hector, don't go there,
My wife said to me, weeping,
They invented this meal,
To advertise themselves!"
But I replied: "Be quiet,
Josephine, it's my business.
I'm not displeased, my word
To see this Ministry up close! (repeat)
I leave the day before the great day
Followed by the entire brass band
The firemen come in their turn
To accompany me to the station.
A thousand children shout:
How popular I must be!
The journey is half price:
A good point for the Ministry! (repeat)
We were four thousand and more
Crammed into the great hall.
A true feast of Lucullus!
Everyone settled in their place
A tall lackey with a mocking air
Constantly refills my glass:
It's first-choice Bordeaux,
Let's not mock the Ministry anymore! (repeat)
"Sir, murmurs near me
A mayor, living in the mountains
Truly, I don't know why
Things are going so badly in our countryside!..
Yes, I cried out suddenly
"Sighing I reply to him: (crossed-out sentence)
"At our place it's not going well either!
Meanwhile, I'll drink a toast,
To the health of the Ministry! (repeat)
No other sound could be heard
Than the cracking of jaws.
Floquet had no appetite,
But he was calculating his victories!
We are nicely treated,
They win us over with good food.
Pass me the little pâtés,
Long live the Ministry forever! (repeat)
Nine o'clock! We must leave,
Too bad, for the cooking is good.
I feel my legs trembling,
I cling to my neighbors.
Tottering, everyone carried on
Stumbling and rolling on the ground:
Good people, murmured Floquet.
They will support the Ministry! (repeat).
Maurice Mac-Nab.
On the back of the third leaf, Maurice Mac-Nab inscribed the date of July 14, 1888"].
Fold marks inherent to being placed in an envelope, creases and small tears also at the foot of the leaves without affecting the text, notes written in blue pencil remain although they have been erased.

First edition illustrated with photographs.
Two small dampstains to upper right corners of boards.
Rare pamphlet printed in honor of Charles Lindbergh's feat of crossing the North Atlantic non-stop and solo: taking off from New York on May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed 33 hours later at Le Bourget where he was triumphantly welcomed.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Gift inscription from a previous owner at the head of an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Frigide Barjot to a friend named Amélie: "... dédie avec émotion le Manuel de survie de la femme moderne pour savoir comment faire pour emmener transept à la une de Marie-Claire ! Mille baisers." ["...dedicates with emotion the Modern Woman's Survival Manual to know how to get transept on the cover of Marie-Claire! A thousand kisses."]

First edition of this diatribe against the French government, guilty of having abandoned its Polish allies during their annexation by Russia.
Some marginal tears to covers, light foxing.
Rare.

Autograph letter signed by Roland Dorgelès addressed to Corporal Jean Richard, alias Carlo Rim, written in blue ink (23 lines) in which he evokes the famous comic strip character created by Carlo Rim: "... Que ce M. Virgule (tel qu'en lui-même enfin...) est donc séduisant..." ["... How seductive this M. Virgule is (such as he is at last...)..."] but also his next assignment related to the war that is beginning and which will not allow him to see him soon: "je rentre en Armée de l'Est (correspondant de guerre en principe) et vais repartir dans quelques jours. Dommage que votre petit hôpital ne soit pas dans le secteur..." ["I am returning to the Army of the East (war correspondent in principle) and will leave again in a few days. Too bad your little hospital is not in the sector..."]
Finally, Roland Dorgelès pities his friend, far from his family and his pleasant civilian occupations: "... comme vous avez été maheureux, sans Alice et sans Babou, sans le soleil de Sanary, les boules de Saint-Cloud, tout ce que nous aimions et qui manque plus encore dès qu'on l'a perdu.." ["... how unhappy you have been, without Alice and without Babou, without the sun of Sanary, the bowls of Saint-Cloud, all that we loved and which is missed even more once it is lost..."]
Central fold mark, two dates inscribed on the verso of the letter: "4. oct.39." and 12 février 40, certainly the date on which the letter was written and that on which Carlo Rim received it.
Fine autograph letter from a former WWI soldier to a WWII mobilized soldier

Photographic portrait of Yitzhak Shamir shown slightly in profile.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature of Yitzhak Shamir, in black ink at the foot of his portrait.

Photographic portrait of Shimon Peres shown facing front, posed before his library.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by Shimon Peres, in blue ink at the foot of his portrait.

Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Léopold Sédar Senghor shown slightly in profile and wearing glasses.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor, in blue ink at the foot of the portrait, to Frédéric Brion.

First edition in original wrappers.
Library stamp on title page, foxing.
Copy presented under blue temporary covers, title label pasted at head of spine, small lacks and corner tears to boards.
Provenance: from the library of Count de Montalembert with his manuscript ownership inscription at head of half-title page.

First edition, with third edition statement.
Half orange morocco binding, smooth spine browned decorated with gilt typographical motifs, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
On an endpaper, a visiting card of Edouard Herriot has been mounted on which he added these manuscript words: "Merci mon cher Richard, je vous lirai la plume à la main. Cordialement Edouard." ["Thank you my dear Richard, I will read you pen in hand. Cordially Edouard."]
Finally, we include two postcards dated December 8, 1918 addressed by Marius Richard to his father and representing two monuments of the city of Metz: the cathedral and the statue of Marshal Ney.
On the first, Marius Richard inscribed these historic words: "Souvenir de la réunion de Metz à la France" ["Souvenir of the reunion of Metz with France"], on the second: "Souvenir de la plus grande minute de tous les temps. Marius." ["Souvenir of the greatest moment of all time. Marius."]
A touching patriotic testimony immortalizing, in the full euphoria of the very recent armistice of November 11, 1918, the attachment of Alsace and part of Lorraine to France.

First edition in book form of this text published in "Revista El Combatiente" issues 56-59 of 1971.
First cover lightly soiled without significance.
Rare pamphlet, complete with its wraparound band bearing two tears, addressing Peronism from the perspective of revolutionary Marxist criticism (revolutionary Marxism to which Peronism was radically opposed).
Joined with, from the same publisher and published in 1972, the pamphlet: "Hoy el peronismo" by Rafael Barletta.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Minor stains of no consequence to edges and spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a photographic gathering at the end of the volume
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lacouture to Revue Esprit on the half-title page.

Rare first edition.
Full glazed fawn calf binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind-stamped typographical motifs, title and author labels lacking, gilt friezes at head and foot, one joint cracked at head, gilt roulettes (faded) on headcaps, frame of gilt frieze on boards struck at their centers with a blind-stamped mandorla, some angular rubbing to boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, gilt edges at head and foot of leading edges, marbled edges, contemporary romantic binding.
Foxing.
Work decorated with one engraving as well as 4 folding plates hors-texte (the first of these with a tear in its left margin), two leaves of manuscript notes relating to the work have been bound at the end of the volume.

First edition illustrated with 15 etched portraits engraved by Jeanron; the portrait of Camille Desmoulins is before letters.
At the beginning of the volume, the index listing the engraved portraits has been marked with blue ink in the left margin of each name.
Some foxing, three lacks at head and foot of spine, small tears and marginal lacks to the dusty angular boards, two portraits (out of 15) are missing from our copy: that of Robespierre jeune and that of Georges Couthon.

First bilingual edition (in French with the English translation on facing pages) of this speech delivered by General De Lattre in Saigon on July 11, 1951.
Small corner losses to the marginally browned boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine.
Handsome copy complete with dust jacket which has two corner tears.
Signed autograph inscription from André Frossard to Jean Deneux.

First edition.
Unlettered grey cloth spine, the title of the work has been added, certainly by the dedicatee, in blue ballpoint pen, some angular creases on the boards.
Moving autograph inscription dated and signed by Louis Ferrand: "A mon ami Marcovitch Louis, mon frère de chaîne à Buchenwald. Fraternel souvenir des années sombres. 11 septembre 1966. Louis Ferrand matricule 81.106." [To my friend Marcovitch Louis, my chain brother at Buchenwald. Fraternal memory of the dark years. September 11, 1966. Louis Ferrand registration number 81.106.]
Communist militant and resistance fighter, Louis Ferrand was arrested on November 1, 1943 and severely tortured to the point of being momentarily paralyzed. He was finally deported to Buchenwald camp on August 22, 1944 where he actively participated in the clandestine resistance, notably by diverting food to feed the children and the weakest of his companions in dreadful misfortune. He also took part in the battles for the liberation of Buchenwald camp on April 11, 1945.
Upon his return to France, Louis Ferrand, as one of the principal leaders of the National Federation of Former Deportees and Interned Resistance Fighters and Patriots, was the tireless defender of the rights of his fellow deportees in their struggle to recover their health and live with dignity.
Precious and poignant copy.

First edition published by Simone and Hélène Galliot to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Marc Sangnier's death.
Handsome and rare copy illustrated with a photographic portrait of Marc Sangnier at the beginning of the volume.

First edition in French for which no deluxe copies were printed.
Foxing to edges, gift inscription from a previous owner in upper right corner of an endpaper.

First edition of this work denouncing the "Ustasha", Croatian fascists, as responsible for the assassination in Marseille of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
A few years later, upon the annexation of Yugoslavia by the troops of the Third Reich and fascist Italy, the "Ustasha" and their founder Ante Pavelić would be installed by Hitler to govern.
Rare work illustrated with photographs.

First edition with a central photographic section.
Spine slightly creased with two small tears at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Spine sunned with two small tears and lacks at head and foot, minor marginal foxing on boards.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Maurras to Noël B. de la Mort, literary pseudonym of Noël Bayon.
Bookplate of Noël B. de la Mort pasted facing the first endpaper.

First edition printed on laid paper for the first two volumes.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full sea-green boards, smooth spine with small tears at foot, spine and boards of the second volume uniformly faded and lightened, corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with figures in the text.
Handsome complete set in 3 volumes.

First edition illustrated with a portrait of Achille Fould as frontispiece and an autograph facsimile at the end.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.

First edition in French of this speech delivered by Kerensky on July 8 and 10, 1918.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition of this lecture given by Henry Rollin at the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on February 22, 1926.
Rare and handsome pamphlet despite some worming to the covers.

First edition of this lecture given by Henry Rollin at the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on December 22, 1924.
Rare and handsome pamphlet despite some worming and small marginal tears to the covers.

Rare first edition.
Boards slightly and marginally soiled.
Printed stamp of a Paraguayan bookstore on the title page which bears a small stain.

First edition illustrated with 10 photographic plates.
Spine and boards marginally discolored and sunned.

First edition complete with its folding map, at end of volume, detailing the Bruay mines visited by Sadi Carnot on June 1st & 2nd, 1889.
Copy tending to come apart.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth, smooth unlettered spine, black fillet frame on front cover.

First edition printed in 50 copies on laid paper of this offprint from the journal l'Amateur de livres.
Brochure presented under green plain wrappers, some interior foxing, gift inscription in pen at head of verso of second cover.
This edition, established by Anatole de Montaiglon, was published from the manuscript of the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole de Montaiglon to monsieur Leblant in upper right corner of the title page.

First edition of this lecture delivered by Albert Thomas to the National Committee for Social and Political Studies on July 9, 1917.
Front cover marginally soiled, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Revue des études islamiques.
Some light dampstains to boards, marginally dusty, handsome interior condition.
Fascicle illustrated with figures in the text and three plates hors-texte.

The rare first edition.
Light clear dampstains to covers marginally and slightly dusty, handsome interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Spine cracked at head and foot, minor tears to board margins without consequence, some light foxing, scratches to margin of second board.
Rare copy complete with its folding plate.

First edition of this work dedicated to messieurs Lamennais, Châteaubriand and Lamartine.
Lacks to head and foot of cracked spine, small tears and corner lacks to boards, some foxing, small lacks to feet of final leaves not touching text.
Rare copy of this apology for social Catholicism considering the Revolution of 1848 as: "a work of the power of God"..

First edition illustrated with a portrait and an autograph facsimile of Giuseppe Garibaldi as frontispiece.
Some light foxing.

New edition.
A minimal lack at foot of spine and upper right corner of back board, handsome interior condition.

First edition in French.
Minor marginal tears and worming to covers.