First Editions

Michel FRANCISQUE, Édouard FOURNIER
Histoire des hotelleries, cabarets, hotels garnis, restaurants et cafés
Librairie historique, archéologique et scientifique de Seré|Paris 1851|17 x 27.30 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
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.
€450
Clément ADER
Les vérités sur l'utilisation de l'aviation militaire avant et pendant la guerre[Truths About the Use of Military Aviation Before and During the War]
Les frères Douladoure|Toulouse 1919|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
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...
€1,000
Clément ADER
L'aviation militaire
Berger-Levrault|Paris • & Nancy 1911|14 x 22 cm|Broché
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.

€800
Jacques ATTALI
La parole et l'outil
P.U.F.|Paris 1975|15 x 22 cm|broché
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.]
€100
Jean-Pierre CHABROL
Le canon fraternité
Gallimard|Paris 1970|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
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.
€200
Jean-Marie COLLOT D'HERBOIS
Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public, liquidation et secours, réunis, sur les pensions, indemnités et secours à payer aux familles des défenseurs de la Patrie
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 14 Prairial An IV (7795)|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
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.
€300
Bertrand BARERE
Rapport sur l'assassinat de Collot D'Herbois, représentant du peuple, lu à la Convention Nationale, au nom du Comité de Salut Public - Réflexions des citoyens Couthon et Collot D'Herbois sur le même objet
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 4 Prairial de l'An II (1794)|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
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.
€450
Philippe-Antoine MERLIN
Rapport fait au nom des Comités de Salut Public et de Sûreté générale, sur les évènemens des 11, 12, 13 et 14 Vendémiaire de l'an quatrième de la République française
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1795|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
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...
€450
Albert PESTOUR
L'appel au Roi - Poèmes civiques
Librairie d'Action française|Paris 1934|14 x 19 cm|broché
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.
€100
CABU, CHARB
Charlie Hebdo - Les Unes 1969-1981
Les Echappés|Paris 2014|27.50 x 34 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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"].
€150
Jean-Baptiste Maurice BIELAWSKI
32e régiment de mobile - Histoire du bataillon de Riom, campagnes de la Loire et de l'est 1870-71
Barot-Duchier|Clermont-Ferrand 1915|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine split, some creases to margins of front cover.
Rare.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean-Baptiste Maurice Biélawski to Madame Bathelet.
€150
André MALRAUX (LE CORBUSIER)
Oraisons funèbres
Gallimard|Paris 1971|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 80 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned.
€120
Charles MAURRAS
Les conditions de la victoire - Tome 1 : La France se sauve par elle-même - De juillet à mi-novembre 1914
Nouvelle librairie nationale|Paris 1916|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
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...
€300
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
(Charles LINDBERGH) COLLECTIF
Réception par le Sénat de l'aviateur américain Charles Lindbergh et de son excellence M. Myron T. Herrick, amabassadeur des Etats-Unis à Paris (27 mai 1927)
Groupe sénatorial de l'aviation|Paris 1927|16.50 x 24 cm|agrafé
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.
€400
Martin Luther KING
Où allons-nous ? La dernière chance de la démocratie américaine
Payot|Paris 1968|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
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.

€80
Frigide BARJOT, Basile de KOCH
Manuel de survie de la femme moderne
Presses de la renaissance|Paris 2007|14 x 19 cm|broché
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."]
€50
Charles-Antoine RAVEL
Tisiphone - Au ministère Casimir Périer et à tous les doctriniares de deux chambres
Chez les libraires de Clermont-Ferrand|Clermont-Ferrand 1831|14 x 22 cm|broché
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.
€150
Roland DORGELÈS
Lettre autographe signée adressée à Carlo Rim alors mobilisé comme infirmier militaire dans un hôpital du Gard
Paris s. d. [1939]|13.50 x 18 cm|une feuille
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...
€150
Yitzhak SHAMIR
Portrait photographique signé d'Yitzhak Shamir
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1985]|8.50 x 12.50 cm|une feuille
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.
€150
Shimon PERES
Portrait photographique signé de Shimon Peres
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [1975]|15 x 11 cm|une feuille
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.
€150
Léopold Sédar SENGHOR
Portrait photographique dédicacé par Léopold Sédar Senghor
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1980]|14 x 21.50 cm|une feuille
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.
€150
Pierre-Louis ROEDERER
Mémoire pour servir à une nouvelle histoire de Louis XII, le père du peuple
Imprimerie de Firmin Didot|Paris 1819|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
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.
€70
Marius RICHARD
L'autre revanche - Exemplaire de Jean Richard, père de l'auteur et grand-père de Carlo Rim
Boivin & Cie|Paris 1916|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
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...
€150
ANONYME, Rafael BARLETTA
El peronismo - Hoy el peronismo
Ediciones Barbara|Caracas 1973 & 1972|15.50 x 21.50 cm|agrafé & en feuilles
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.
€250
Jean LACOUTURE
Pierre Mendes France
Seuil|Paris 1981|17.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
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.

€50
Agricol-Joseph, marquis de FORTIA D'URBAN
Essai sur l'origine de l'écriture, sur son introduction dans la Grèce et son usage jusqu'au temps d'Homère, c'est-à-dire jusqu'à l'an mille avant notre ère
H. Fournier jeune|Paris 1832|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
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...
€450
Jean-Barthélémy HAURÉAU
La Montagne - Notices historiques et philosophiques sur les principaux membres de la Montagne
J. Breauté|Paris 1834|16 x 24 cm|broché
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.
€300
Jean de LATTRE DE TASSIGNY
Appel à la jeunesse vietnamienne - A call to vietnamise youth
S. n.|Saïgon [H?u Ngh?a] 1951|16 x 24 cm|broché
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.

€50
[Charles DE GAULLE] André FROSSARD
La France en général - Une certaine idée de Gaulle et des français
Plon|Paris 1975|13.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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.
€70
Louis FERRAND, COLLECTIF
Un secteur de la Résistance française - Le livre blanc de Buchenwald
Les Éditions de la Déportation et de la Résistance|Paris s. d. [circa 1955]|24 x 31 cm|broché
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...
€300
Simone GALLIOT, Hélène GALLIOT
Marc Sangnier (1873-1950)
Imprimerie commerciale|Le Mans s. d. [1960]|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
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.
€50
Angela DAVIS
Autobiographie
Albin Michel|Paris 1975|15 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€50
Jelka POGORELEC
Les secrets des organisations terroristes au service du terrorisme
Publication La paix internationale|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
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.
€400
Éliane BRAU
Le situationnisme ou la nouvelle internationale
Nouvelles éditions Debresse|Paris 1968|11 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition with a central photographic section.
Spine slightly creased with two small tears at head and foot of spine.
€80
Charles MAURRAS
Le mauvais traité : de la victoire à Locarno, chronique d'une décadance - Tome 1 seul
Editions du Capitole|Paris 1928|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
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.
€70
René de LESPINASSE
Histoire générale de Paris - Les métiers et les corporations de la ville de Paris XIVe-XVIII siècle : Ordonnances générales métiers de l'alimentation. - Orfèvrerie, sculpture, mercerie, ouvriers en métaux, bâtiment et ameublement. - Tissus, étoffes, vêtement cuirs et peaux, métiers divers
Imprimerie Nationale|Paris 1886-1897|24 x 34.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
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.
€380
Hippolyte CASTILLE
Achille Fould
E. Dentu|Paris 1860|9 x 14 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with a portrait of Achille Fould as frontispiece and an autograph facsimile at the end.
Some foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
€60
Alexandre Fiodorovitch KERENSKY
La situation générale en Russie
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris s. d. [circa 1918]|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition in French of this speech delivered by Kerensky on July 8 and 10, 1918.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.
€100
Henri ROLLIN
Une nouvelle étape de la révolution russe : le congrès du parti socialiste
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris 1926|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€100
Henri ROLLIN
Les réalités et les tendances de la russie actuelle
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris 1924|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€100
Juan Rodolfo BORDON
La penetracion imperialista y la cuestion social en el Paraguay
S. n.|Buenos Aires 1932|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
Rare first edition.
Boards slightly and marginally soiled.
Printed stamp of a Paraguayan bookstore on the title page which bears a small stain.
€250
Gil Gilberte REICHER
Les légendes basques dans la tradition humaine
Adrien Maisonneuve|Paris 1946|14 x 23 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with 10 photographic plates.
Spine and boards marginally discolored and sunned.

€60
Sadi CARNOT, COLLECTIF
Itinéraire de la visite à Bruay de monsieur le président de la république, 1er & 2 juin 1889
Imprimerie Paul Dutilleux|Douai 1889|9 x 13.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
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.

€150
TÉRENCE, Anatole de MONTAIGLON
Fragment d'un dialogue latin du IXe siècle entre Térence et un bouffon
Imprimerie de Giraudet et Jouaust|Paris 1849|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
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.

€60
Albert THOMAS
La situation de la Russie
Comité national d'études sociales et politiques|Paris s. d. [circa 1917]|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
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.
€100
Jean-Gabriel LEMOINE
Les anciens procédés de calcul sur les doigts en Orient et en Occident
Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner|Paris 1935|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
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.

€60
Albert CHAMBERLAND
Le conflit de 1597 entre Henri IV et le parlement de Paris
Honoré Champion • L. Michaud|Paris • & Reims 1904|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
The rare first edition.
Light clear dampstains to covers marginally and slightly dusty, handsome interior condition.

€60
Alfred MOREL-FATIO
Rapport adressé à M. le ministre de l'Instruction publique sur une mission philologique à Valence suivi d'une étude sur le "Livre des femmes", poème valencien du XVe siècle, de maître Jaume Roig
S. n.|Paris 1885|16.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
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.
€60
Jean-Louis VAISSE
Une voix sortie des cieux
S. n.|Paris 1852|13 x 21 cm|broché
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"..
€150
Hippolyte CASTILLE
Garibaldi
E. Dentu|Paris 1859|9 x 14 cm|broché
First edition illustrated with a portrait and an autograph facsimile of Giuseppe Garibaldi as frontispiece.
Some light foxing.
€40
Hippolyte MAGEN
Les deux cours et les nuits de Saint-Cloud, moeurs, crimes et débauches de la famille Bonaparte
Chez tous les libraires|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris s. d. [circa 1870]|8.50 x 14 cm|broché
New edition.
A minimal lack at foot of spine and upper right corner of back board, handsome interior condition.
€45
Karl KAUTSKY
Terrorisme et communisme, contribution à l'histoire des révolutions
J. Povolozsky & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1920]|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Minor marginal tears and worming to covers.
€70
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
Henri MARTIN
La monarchie au XVIIe siècle - Etude sur le système et l'influence personnelle de Louis XIV principalement en ce qui concerne la cour, les lettres, les arts et les croyances pendant la première période du gouvernement de ce prince, vues comparées de Louis XIV et de Bossuet
Plon frères|Paris 1848|17 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition of the thesis by one of the most important historians of the 19th century.
Interior foxing also affecting the board margins, two small lacks at head and foot of the warped spine.
€150
Auguste LAFORET
Le bâton - Etude historique et littéraire
Typographie Marius Olive|Marseille 1876|17 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 200 copies, ours one of the 30 on Holland paper, deluxe copies.
Spine slightly browned with small lacks and tears at head and foot, slight lacks and tears to board margins, handsome interior condition despite clear foxing on the final endpaper.
Rare.

€450
Tobias SCHIFF
Revenir - Drancy - Auschwitz - Bergen-Belsen
Talus d'approche|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1995|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Presented by Jean-Marc Turine.
Autograph inscription from the latter to Georges Goldfayn.

€60
Fabien OUAKI, COLLECTIF
50x50 - Catalogue de l'exposition des 50 ans de Tati
Fabien Ouaki|s. l. 1998|23 x 31 cm|broché
First edition of this exhibition catalogue celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tati's existence at the Union centrale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris from March 13 to April 5, 1998.
The catalogue is illustrated with 50 photographs by Xavier Lambours, Jean Larivière, Céline Larmet, Tanguy Loyzance, Toby Mac Farlan Pond, Chema Madoz, Dolorès Marat, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Sarah Moon, Xavier de Nauw, Judy Olausen, Ouka Lele, Martin Parr, Olivier Rebuffa, Liz Redeal, Paolo Roversi, Richard Schroeder, Michel Séméniako, Malick Sidibé, JeanLoup Sieff, Peggy Sirota, Eric Traoré, Donna Trope and Robert Van der Hilst.
Handsome copy.

€80
Etienne-Antoine de, évêque de Troyes BOULOGNE
Instruction pastorale de Monseigneur l'évêque de Troyes, sur l'impression des mauvais livres, et notamment sur les nouvelles oeuvres complètes de Voltaire et de Rousseau
Adrien Le Clere|Paris 1821|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition.
Copy in blue temporary wrappers.
Handsome copy, with an engraving pasted to the verso of the second board of the temporary wrappers.
€100
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
Roger GARAUDY
Le terrorisme occidental
Editions Dar El Oumma|Alger [Algiers] 2002|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition.
Cellophane film creased on the front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to Pierre and Réjane Le Baud.
€70
COLLECTIF
Rapport présenté au bureau socialiste international par le parti socialiste et révolutionnaire arménien Daschnaktzoutioun
Fédération révolutionnaire arménienne • Imprimerie Paul Singer|Stuttgart 1907|13 x 18.50 cm|agrafé
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Dampstains around the staples, two folds on the first cover also affecting some leaves at the beginning.
Very rare.
€200
Pierre SAINT OLIVE
Etude sur le merveilleux au XVe siècle - Un miracle à St-Genis d'Aoste, une affaire de sorcellerie aux Avenières
Imprimerie Louis Chaduc|Belley 1912|16 x 24.50 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in 80 numbered copies on laid paper.
Rare and handsome copy despite light marginal foxing to the covers.
€50
Eugène-François VIDOCQ
Les voleurs, physiologie de leurs moeurs et de leur langage - Ouvrage qui dévoile les ruses de tous les fripons, et destiné à devenir le Vade mecum de tous les honnêtes gens
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1837|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition.
Some light foxing. One hole affecting the text on page 395, the following leaf shows two repaired tears without loss.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt compartments, black embossed paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Illustrated work, as frontispiece to the first volume, with a portrait of Eugène-François Vidocq by Eugène Devéria.
Manuscript signature of Eugène-François Vidocq below his portrait.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a precision and manuscript modifications on the title page: he added "de Paris" after his patronymic...
€1,200
Alain JUPPÉ
France, mon pays - Lettres d'un voyageur
Robert Laffont|Paris 2006|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy despite small, harmless stains on the edges.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Alain Juppé to a woman named Ginette.
€50
Paul BONNECARRERE, Joan HEMINGWAY
Rosebud
Fayard|Paris 1973|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally discoloured, foxing on edges.
Signed and inscribed copy from Paul Bonnecarère to film industry figure Jean-Pierre Richard, son of Carlo Rim, enhanced with a signed autograph tribute from Joan Hemingway.
€120
ANONYME
Instruction sur l'établissement des comités de la Convention Nationale, conforme au rapport fait par Eugène Gossuin
Convention Nationale|Paris s. d. [circa 1793]|14 x 21 cm|broché de 16 pages
First edition.
Rare and handsome.
€120
ANONYME
Observations d'un citoyen, sur la nécessité et la possibilité d'un impôt unique, en replacement des tailles, capitation, aides, gabelles et tabac
S. n.|Paris 1789|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché de 27 pages
First edition.
Rare and handsome.
A classification notation in ink at the head of the front cover, some marginal creases.
€150
Anne TRISTAN, Annie de PISAN
Histoires du M.L.F.
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1977|14 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A fold to upper left corner of first cover, stains to top edge not touching text.
Preface by Simone de Beauvoir.
Autograph inscription signed by Anne Tristan to Gilbert Guilleminault "... ni mégères, ni frustrées..." ["... neither shrews, nor frustrated..."] enriched with the signature of Annie de Pisan.
€150
René DU GUAY-TROUIN
Memoires de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin[The Memoirs of M. du Gué-Trouin]
Chez Pierre Mortier|Amsterdam 1740|19.50 x 26 cm|relié
Pirate edition (!) with Amsterdam imprint of Pierre Mortier, published the same year as the original Parisian edition, with perfectly identical collation, but with a different title vignette.
The illustration comprises a portrait of Du Guay-Trouin as frontispiece, 5 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 calf binding, spine with five raised bands richly decorated, triple blind fillet frame to boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges red. Headcaps and corners skillfully restored. Some gatherings browned.
Du Guay-Trouin was undoubtedly one of the most...
€2,500
Robert de HESSELN
Dictionnaire universel de la France
Desaint|à Paris 1771|10.50 x 17.20 cm|6 volumes reliés
First edition.
Contemporary full marbled and polished brown calf binding. Spine richly gilt in compartments with raised bands, gilt roll tooling at head- and tailbands. Red morocco title labels, tan morocco volume labels. Headcaps of volumes I and V worn; headcap of volume VI torn off. Upper joint of volume I split at foot. Fourteen corners rubbed. Occasional minor foxing, heavier browning to endpapers and half-titles.

€900
Pierre PERRET, LOUP
Les grandes pointures de l'histoire
Plon|Paris 1993|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's full white paper boards, smooth spine, illustrated front cover.
Work illustrated with humorous drawings by Loup.
Signed and inscribed by Pierre Perret to Brigitte Forest.
€60
Martin Luther KING
La Force d'aimer
Casterman|Paris 1964|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€200
Jean GIONO
Le Désastre de Pavie - 24 Février 1525[The Disaster of Pavia – 24 February 1525]
Gallimard|Paris 1963|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Holland paper, the tirage de tête.
Two slight sunning marks at head and foot of the spine.
A fine and rare copy.
€3,000
Cosme DE LA TORRIENTE
La liga de los naciones, trabajos de la secunda asamblea
Imprenta y papeleria de Ramble, Bouza y Ca|Habana [Havana] 1922|17 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Copy with a folding photographic frontispiece.
Half brown shagreen binding, lightened spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Cosme de La Torriente, in Spanish, to the Cuban French-language poet Armand Godoy.
€120
Tamara MOTYLOVA
Les jeunes dans la guerre mondiale
Bureau d'éditions|Paris s. d. [1934]|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Handsome copy despite a small tear neatly repaired at head of spine.
Rare pamphlet of Spartacist inspiration denouncing in 1934 "international capitalism preparing for war".
€80
A. CASTAING
Les Gaulois étudiés au point de vue moral
Maisonneuve frères • Charles Leclerc|Paris 1885|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper of this offprint from the Société d'Ethnographie.
Rare and handsome copy.

€100
Yves COPPENS
Le présent du passé - L'actualité de l'histoire de l'Homme
Odile Jacob|Paris 2009|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Yves Coppens to Francis Tyszkiewicz.

€100
Edgar FAURE
12 Mai 1776. La Disgrâce de Turgot
Gallimard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy complete with its wraparound band and cellophane wrapper.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Edgar Faure to Pierre Troillard: "... en très amical souvenir de leur ancien "contrôleur général"..." ["... in very friendly remembrance from their former "controller general"..."]
€100
Armand BOURGEOIS
Etude historique sur Louis XVII suivie de Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de Bourbon depuis sa sortie du Temple jusqu'à son arrivée à Vienne et d'un post-scriptum à l'arrestation de Louis XVI à Varennes
H. Daragon|Paris 1905|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Interior foxing, light marginal stains on covers.
Preface by M. Louise d'Alq.
Autograph inscription signed by Armand Bourgeois to Séverine: "... le touchant et pénétrant auteur de autour d'un problème..." ["... the touching and penetrating author of around a problem..."]
€100
Jean CALVIN
Lexicon iuridicum iuris romani simul, et canonici [avec] Complementum lexici perfecti[Legal Lexicon of Roman and Canon Law [with] Supplement to the Perfect Lexicon]
Apud haeredes Andreae Wecheli [Andreas Wechel]|Francofurti [Francfort] [Frankfurt am Main] 1600|21.50 x 34 cm|relié
Rare first edition. Text in two columns. Very fine printer's device on the title page and at the colophon.
Contemporary full vellum binding, smooth spine with pen-and-ink title, some stains on boards.
Some worming without touching the text as well as scattered dampstains.
Originally from Hesse, Calvin was professor of jurisprudence at the University of Heidelberg as well as a compiler and author of manuals on politics, Roman law and Mosaic law.
€1,700
David TCHIRADJIAN
La cohérence des actes présents et antérieurs du gouvernement ottoman et de la nation arméno-catholique par rapport au synode de Bzoummar et au Licet ou bien Confutation de l'opuscule : Solution des difficultés soulevées contre la Bulle Reversurus
Imprimerie J. Kafafian et A. Baronian Compagnie|Constantinople [Istanbul] 1873|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Tears and small lacks to spine, clear dampstain to front cover, rear cover marginally soiled, minor corner lacks to covers.
Rare.
€400
M. REINAUD
De l'état de la littérature chez les populations chrétiennes arabes de la Syrie
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1856|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition presented under plain blue temporary wrappers.
Small tears and minor lacks to covers, dampstaining affecting the entire text block.
Rare.
€150
Adolphe THIERS
Discours sur les libertés politiques prononcé par M. Thiers au corps législatif dans la séance du 28 Mars 1865
Lheureux & Cie|Paris 1865|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Some foxing.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with triple gilt fillets, gilt arms at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner slightly damaged, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Adolphe Thiers to the Marquis de Bouillé.
Provenance: from the library of the Marquis de Bouillé with his gilt arms at foot of spine.
€300
Pierre PORTAIL
Deux aspects de la criminalité systématique dans les camps de concentration allemands : La psychose collective allemande - Terrain et facteurs de développement
Imprimeries réunies • Université de Paris - Faculté de Droit|Chambéry 1947|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this thesis defended by Pierre Portail.
Two small repaired tears on the lightly sunned spine.
Rare.
Moving and precious autograph inscription signed by Pierre Portail to Frédéric-Henry Manhès, known as Colonel Manhès, who was Jean Moulin's deputy then arrested by the French police and deported to Buchenwald: "Au colonel Manhès, Président de la F.N.D.I.P." ["To Colonel Manhès, President of the F.N.D.I.P."], avec mes sentiments respectueux. P. Portail. Février 1948." ["with my respectful sentiments. P. Portail. February 1948."]
After the war Colonel Manhès was president of the National Federation of Deported and Interned Resistance Fighters...
€450
Michel LEIRIS, Julien BENDA
Miroir de la tauromachie - In La Nrf N°302 du 1er Novembre 1938
Nrf|Paris 1er Novembre 1938|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Other contributions by Julien Benda "Les démocraties devant l'Allemagne", Jean Giraudoux "Choix des élues (Partie I)", Armand Petitjean "Prière pour les copains", Jean Schlumberger "Contre l'humiliation", Marcel Arland, Jean Grenier...
Spine and covers marginally sunned, first page and rear endpaper darkened.
€150
Jean-François CHAMPOLLION
Lettres à M. le duc de Blacas d'Aulps relatives au musée royal égyptien de Turin - Première lettre - Monuments historiques
Firmin Didot père & fils • Treuttel & Würtz|Paris 1824|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Small corner lacks to boards, some foxing, the first plate is marginally browned.
Work illustrated with three plates hors-texte at the end of the volume.
€450
Antoine Isaac, Baron SILVESTRE DE SACY
Notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. Abel Rémusat
Imprimerie de Madame Veuve Agasse|à Paris 1834|13.50 x 21.50 cm|en feuillets
First edition of this speech read at the public session of the Academy of Inscriptions, on July 25, 1834.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

€200
Louis Marie de SAINTE-MARIE
Opinion M. de Sainte-Marie, député de la Nièvre, sur le commerce de la boucherie de Paris
Imprimerie de Madame Veuve Agasse|à Paris 1834|13.50 x 21.50 cm|en feuillets
First edition of this speech read at the session of the Chamber of Deputies on July 18, 1824.
Some light foxing, back cover entirely shaded.
Rare.

€100
Edmond LASKINE
Les socialistes du Kaiser, la fin d'un mensonge
H. Floury|Paris 1915|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Boards marginally discolored, corner spotting to boards, handsome interior condition.
€40