World War II

Norman MAILER
Les nus et les morts
Albin Michel|Paris 1966|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Preface by André Maurois.
Two fold marks at upper corner of front cover and lower corner of back cover, small stains on bottom edge.
Rare bilingual autograph inscription signed by Norman Mailer: "To Jean-Claude merci pour les bons mots. Cheers Norman Mailer".
€1,000
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Londres
Gallimard|Paris 2022|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on vélin rivoli paper, the only deluxe copies.
Edition established by Régis Tettamanzi.
Copy in mint condition.
€2,800
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Textes sous une occupation 1940-1944
Gallimard|Paris 1953|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on vellum.
Publisher's full cardboard binding after Paul Bonet's original design.
Spine with two small areas of sunning at head and foot as often found, otherwise a handsome copy.
€100
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
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
Alphonse BOUDARD
L'étrange monsieur Joseph
Robert Laffont|Paris 1998|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Alphonse Boudard to André Ventelon.

€70
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Cahiers de prison Février-Octobre 1946
Gallimard|Paris 2019|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Copy in mint condition.

€1,200
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Bariona
S. n.|s. l. 1962|15 x 20 cm|broché
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies of this play created for Christmas Eve 1940 by Jean-Paul Sartre for his comrades at stalag XII D in Trier.
A small restored tear at the foot of the spine, gift inscription from a previous owner in the lower right corner of the title page.
A rare and handsome copy.
€600
William STYRON
Sophie's Choice
Jonathan Cape|London 1979|16 x 24 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Sophie's Choice

Jonathan Cape | London 1979 | 16 x 24 cm | publisher's binding

First English edition.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth. Complete of its printed jacket illustrated with the photographic portrait of the author, with two small missing pieces at the top of the spine.

Surprising autograph inscription signed and dated by Meryl Streep, a year before she played the title role in the movie adaptation by Alan J. Pakula, for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1983: "For Keith, thanks for an interesting afternoon, 16/10/1981, London"
This "Keith" could very well be Keith Barish, producer of the Pakula...
€1,500
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Guerre
Gallimard|Paris 2022|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 270 numbered copies on vélin rivoli, the only deluxe copies.
Edition established by Pascal Fouché with a foreword by François Gibault.
Copy in mint condition.
€1,800
Marcel BLEUSTEIN-BLANCHET
Sur mon antenne - Souvenirs d'une radio libre
Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on deckle-edged paper, ours specially printed for General Koenig.
Bradel binding in full white cardboard simulating vellum, spine with four compartments decorated with panels outlined in red, red fillet frame on boards, front cover preserved, top edge red.
Precious autograph inscription from Marcel Bleustein, who took the pseudonym Blanchet during the Resistance, to General Koenig, the great victor of the battle of Bir Hakeim: "Pour monsieur le général Koenig, en témoignage de ma grande admiration et de mon respectueux attachement. Son ancien officier de presse Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet le 24 Nov. 1948" [For General Koenig, as a...
€750
REMY
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome XV
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1969|13.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Iconography.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Colonel Rémy to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably a friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.
€80
Pierre MONNIER
Les pendules à l'heure
Editions du Flambeau|1992|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's white paper boards, slight damage to headcaps without consequence, photographic cover.
Autograph inscription from Pierre Monnier to Jean-Pierre Rudin: "... qui aime que les pendules soient à l'heure avec l'amitié de Pierre Monnier." ["...who likes the clocks to be on time with the friendship of Pierre Monnier."]

€60
Louis de FOUQUIERES
Parade pour une armée défunte - Histoire de l'armée française de 1939 à 1962 - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
Muller édition|Issy-les-Moulineaux 1997|16 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Louis de Fouquières to Pierre Clostermann: "Pour notre grand as Pierre Clostermann avec toute mon admiration et mon amitié. L. de Fouquières." ["To our great ace Pierre Clostermann with all my admiration and friendship. L. de Fouquières."]
€100
Daniel COSTELLE
Les prisonniers - 380 000 soldats de Hitler aux U.S.A. - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
Flammarion|Paris 1975|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a slight tear on the front cover diminishing to disappear from the following two pages.
Iconography
Precious autograph inscription signed by Daniel Costelles to Pierre Clostermann: "Pour Pierre avec ma très très grande reconnaissance. D.C.." ["For Pierre with my very very great gratitude. D.C.."]
€80
Marie-Magdeleine SAEYEYS
Les voix de Saint-Gilles - Exemplaire de l'as des as des Forces aériennes françaises libres Pierre Clostermann
Editions Solédi|Liège 1948|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy despite covers slightly and marginally sunned without significance.
Exceptional autograph inscription signed by Marie-Magdeleine Saeyeys to the ace of aces of the Free French Air Forces (F.A.F.L.) Pierre Clostermann: "Au wing commander Pierre Clostermann. A chacun son combat, aux uns la splendeur des étoiles, aux autres les ténèbres... lorsqu'il est inscrit en nous pour éternellement le devoir accompli, qu'importe l'oubli des foules. M.M. Saeyeys. 19 août 1968." ["To wing commander Pierre Clostermann. To each his own combat, to some the splendor of the stars, to others the darkness... when duty accomplished is inscribed in us for eternity, what...
€300
JAQUE [Christian Christian Albert François MAUDET]
Lettre autographe signée adressée à son ami Carlo Rim
S. n.|Cassis 7 Janvier 1940|21 x 13.50 cm|une feuille
Signed manuscript letter from the director and stage director, then mobilized, addressed to his friend and collaborator Carlo Rim (27 lines in black ink)
"Sunday 7 - 1 - 40",
"Mon cher collègue (car moi, aussi je suis caporal ! ). Un nouveau calendrier a été accroché au mur ! .. Puisse-t-il nous rendre à chacun tout le bonheur que nous avons laissé loin derrière nous ! A toi, vieux frère, je souhaite une bonne santé... de la patience... et une mise en affectation spéciale pour tout terminer. Ces mêmes-voeux je les adresse à Alice et Babon que tu embrasseras pour moi. Quant à "Tourelle 3" j'ai bien l'impression que ce n'est pas cette année...
€250
Tristan BERNARD
Carte postale adressée à son ami Carlo Rim
S. n.|Clayes-sous-Bois [Les Clayes-sous-Bois] 3 Novembre 1939|13.50 x 9 cm|une feuille
Humorous handwritten postcard signed by Tristan Bernard to his friend Carlo Rim then mobilized as a corporal in Fontanès in the Gard.
"3 November,
Dear Carlo,
I am replying somewhat belatedly to your amusing letter of 19 October. Blame only my congenital laziness, further increased by the state of war. We have been since 24 September at Hessel's in Clayes sous Bois (Seine et Oise). We are very well. And we think tenderly of our friends Carlo, Alice and Babou. We embrace you. Tristan Bernard."
During the Occupation, Tristan Bernard takes refuge in Cannes and stays at the Windsor hotel while his friend Carlo Rim proposes in vain that he stay at his house so...
€100
Roger MARTIN DU GARD
Carte postale adressée à son amie Alice Rim
S. n.|Cassis 13 Décembre 1933|9.50 x 14 cm|une feuille
Humorous autograph postcard signed by Roger Martin du Gard addressed from Cassis to Alice Rim (21 lines in black ink) describing the Provençal winter.
"Cassis. 13 dec.33,
Dear Madam,
Thank you for these few lively and friendly pages. Don't regret Cassis. It's freezing here. Not that it's as cold as elsewhere, but we don't know how to heat ourselves. The "Réserve" is empty. There we find a drowsy son-in-law, alone, roasting his shins by the big central stove stuffed like a locomotive and smoking just the same. The port is deserted. I believe the Mediterranean (sic) is carrying ice floes. (To be verified...) Congratulations to Carlo Rim for the Marraine...
€100
Jacques LAURENT
Le petit canard
Grasset|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on Montval, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.
€230
Edmond JOUHAUD
La Vie est un Combat (Souvenirs 1924-1944)
Fayard|Paris 1974|14 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket (which has small tears and adhesive residue from postal envelope tape on an inner flap) and its tricolored wraparound band.
Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jouhaud to the wife of General Pierre Marette, recently widowed, presenting his condolences: "... j'apprends le deuil cruel qui vous touche en la personne de votre époux, mon ami, avec qui je me trouvais à Saint Cyr en 1924..." ["I learn of the cruel loss that touches you in the person of your husband, my friend, with whom I was at Saint Cyr in 1924..."], envelope...
€100
Georges ARNAUD
Maréchal P...
Petite bibliothèque républicaine|Paris 1958|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small marginal tears to boards, paper yellowed.
Signed autograph inscription from Georges Arnaud to François Erval.
€60
Martin GRAY
La Vie renaîtra de la Nuit
Robert Laffont|Paris 1977|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by Martin Gray on the front free endpaper.
€50
Louis ARAGON, Alain BORNE
Poésie 43 N°XII
Seghers|Paris 1943|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few copies reset and with large margins.
Minor corner losses to boards, some foxing on certain deckled edges.
Contributions by Louis Aragon: "Domaine privé", Paul Gilson: "Quatre poèmes", Pierre Emmanuel: "Sodome enfin quittée", Alain Borne "Roi (fragment)", Elsa Triolet: "Un livre de Raymond Queneau Pierrot mon ami"...
€60
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
Louis PARROT
Nous reviendrons
Robert Laffont|Paris 1946|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€60
COLLECTIF
Hollywood 1927-1941. La Propagande par les Rêves ou le Triomphe du Modèle américain. - Harlem 1900-1935. De la Métropole noire au Ghetto, de la Renaissance culturelle à l'Exclusion
Gallimard|Paris 1991-1993|17 x 25 cm|2 volumes brochés sous étui
First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed for the second volume, reprint for the second.
Very handsome set presented in publisher's slipcase.
Rich iconography.

€100
Jacques BRENNER
Histoire de la Littérature française de 1940 à nos Jours
Fayard|Paris 1978|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to upper margins.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Brenner to journalist and director of Le Figaro Patrice de Plunkett.

€50
Micheline MAUREL
Un Camp très ordinaire
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1957|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned.
Preface by François Mauriac.
Fine and rare copy of this poignant testimony describing the daily life of the author, a resistance member, arrested then deported, in the women's concentration camp of Neubrandebourg, near Ravensbrück.
€500
Maurice KRIEGEL-VALRIMONT
La Libération - Les Archives du Comac (Mai-août 1944)
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1964|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 27 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine and rare work written by one of the three leaders of the Military Action Committee of the National Council of the Resistance or Comac, supreme command body of the F.F.I., which played a leading role in the liberation of Paris.
€600
Peter TOWNSEND
Duel dans la Nuit. La suite de Duel d'Aigles
Robert Laffont|Paris 1987|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Peter Townsend, in French, to Joël Pampin.
€120
Maxime WEYGAND
Le Général Frère. Un Chef, un Héros, un Martyr
Flammarion|Paris 1949|16.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 175 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy with full margins.
General Aubert Frère was notably a hero of the Resistance as organizer and commander of the Resistance in the army, he was arrested by the Nazis in 1943 and died at the Struthof concentration camp on June 14, 1944.
€300
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome I
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1964|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Handsome and rare copy of the first volume of this saga about World War II and the Resistance, which comprises ten volumes.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome IV
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the fourth volume of this ten-volume saga about the Second World War and the Resistance.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome V
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1965|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the fifth volume of this ten-volume saga about the Second World War and the Resistance.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome II
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1964|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the second volume of this saga on the Second World War and the Resistance which comprises ten volumes.
€100
VERCORS
La Ligne de Démarcation Tome VI
Librairie académique Perrin|Paris 1966|15 x 22.50 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, under double chemise and cream white slipcase.
Fine and rare copy of the sixth volume of this saga on the Second World War and the Resistance which comprises ten volumes.
€100
Theodor PLIEVER
Stalingrad par un Allemand
Flammarion|Paris 1948|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 300 numbered copies on fine paper, ours one of the 150 initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows no defects.
€200
Friedrich PAULUS
Stalingrad
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1961|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Letters and documents assembled by Walter Gorlitz, foreword by Ernst Alexander Paulus.
A handsome copy.

€300
Henri AMOUROUX
Le 18 Juin 1940
Fayard|Paris 1966|14.50 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Jean GALTIER-BOISSIÈRE
Mon Journal depuis la Libération
La Jeune Parque|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor worming to spine and boards without consequence.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Galtier-Boissière to Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€80
Jean GALTIER-BOISSIÈRE
Mon Journal pendant la grande Pagaïe
La Jeune Parque|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Some foxing affecting mainly the spine and front cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Galtier-Boissière to Alfred Fabre-Luce.
€80
Albert CAMUS
Carnets II. Janvier 1942 - Mars 1951
Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome full-margined copy.
€1,350
Albert CAMUS
Carnets I. Mai 1935 - Février 1942
Gallimard|Paris 1962|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome full-margined copy.
€1,350
Louis NOGUÈRES
Le véritable Procès du Maréchal Pétain
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1955|14 x 23 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half green shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands set with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges.
Spine discolored and sunned.

€80
Henri DE MAN
Réflexions sur la Paix
Editions de la Toison d'or|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1942|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Worming to front cover.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri De Man to Alfred Fabre-Luce: "Hommage cordial à Alfred Fabre-Luce. H. De Man. 27.VIII.42" ["Cordial tribute to Alfred Fabre-Luce. H. De Man. 27.VIII.42"]
€100
Charles DE GAULLE
Mémoires de guerre
Plon|Paris 1954, 1956, 1959|14.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 1550 numbered copies on roto blanc Aussèdat paper printed under sky blue covers.
Spine of the third volume and boards marginally sunned, a small tear at the foot of the spine of the first volume, otherwise a handsome set.
Our copy is enhanced with a visiting card by Charles De Gaulle mounted on a stub in the first volume on which he added these words: "Merci, bien sincèrement de la sympathie que vous m'avez témoignée. C.G." ["Thank you, very sincerely for the sympathy you have shown me. C.G."].
Also mounted on a stub below the card, we include the envelope stamped by the Presidency of the Republic and addressed to Claude Morgan, recipient of the...
€2,500
Jacques ISORNI
Philippe Pétain
La Table Ronde|Paris 1972|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jacques Isorni to Alfred Fabre-Luce: "... le rapprochement de la vérité et de la réalité..." ["... the convergence of truth and reality..."]
€70
Jean MADIRAN
Maurras
Nouvelles éditions latines|Paris 1992|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Madiran to the great Céline scholar Pierre Monnier: "... honorable successeur de Charles-Quint, cet hommage au maître-horloger." ["...honorable successor of Charles V, this tribute to the master clockmaker."]

€50
Joseph HALLÉGUEN
Aux quatre vents du gaullisme 1940-1952. Introduction au désordre français
Dervy|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
A small lack at head of first endpaper.
Complete with publisher's wraparound band: "Pourquoi De Gaulle a échoué."
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Halléguen to André Lelort.

€50
Romain GARY
Tulipe
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 220 numbered copies on vélin blanc du Marais, deluxe copies.
A rare and handsome copy despite a tiny repaired tear at the head of the spine.
€1,800
Jacques DUCLOS
Mémoires. Tome 3 : Dans la bataille clandestine. Première partie 1940-1942. De la Drôle de guerre à la ruée vers Stalingrad
Fayard|Paris 1970|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Duclos to Europe 1 journalist Jacques Ourévitch.
€50
Régine DEFORGES
La bicyclette bleue[The Blue Bicycle]
Editions Ramsay|Paris 1985|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on French wove paper, the only deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of Régine Deforges.
€1,700
[Lucien SCHELER as] Jean SILENCE
Mille neuf cent quarante quatre
Le club des amis du livre|Paris 1964|18.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition of this selection of poems on the Resistance.
Publisher's full yellow cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket and cellophane wrapper which has a lack to the head of the rear panel.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Lucien Scheler, alias Jean Silence, to Robert Gallimard: "... cette lampe-tempête souvenir du temps mort, avec l'amitié de Jean Silence."

€60
Jean VINCENT
Derrière l'horizon. Aux armées, Janvier-Mars 1940
Desclée de Brouwer|s. l. 1941|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Vincent to Jean-Marie Depaix.

€80
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Notes pour comprendre le siècle
Gallimard|Paris 1941|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Signed and inscribed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to Dr. Buesche.
€700
Georges BERNANOS
Ecrits de combat
Problèmes français|Beyrouth [Beirut] 1944|11.50 x 16.50 cm|agrafé
New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€30
Georges BERNANOS
Ecrits de combat
Problèmes français|Beyrouth [Beirut] 1944|11.50 x 15 cm|agrafé
New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite a repaired tear at foot of spine.
Rare publisher's wraparound band included: "Bernanos. Petit livre. Grand texte. Pour comprendre. Pour juger."
€50
ANONYME
L'insurrection de Paris 19 Août - 26 Août 1944
Parti Communiste Français|Paris 1944|11 x 18 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Photographic cover and photographs in the text.
Preface by Jacques Duclos.
Minor creases at foot of the first few leaves.
€40
COLLECTIF
De la contre-révolution à la collaboration ou la trahison des Messalistes
Fédération de France du Front de Libération Nationale|Paris s. d. [circa 1959]|11.50 x 15.50 cm|broché
First edition of this pamphlet distributed by the French F.L.N. federation.
Rare pamphlet.

€70
François D'ASTIER DE LA VIGERIE, COLLECTIF
L'épuration arme politique
Les Editions de la Nouvelle France|Paris 1947|11.50 x 18 cm|agrafé
First edition.

One gathering detached.

€40
Julian HUXLEY
Le problème racial en Europe
Oxford University press|Oxford 1943|12 x 18 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.

€30
COLLECTIF
[RESISTANCE] Bulletin d'information et d'organisation du Front National[FRENCH RESISTANCE - Information and Organizational Bulletin of the National Front]
Front National|Paris Novembre 1944|13 x 20 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Rare and handsome copy of this bulletin of the Front National, a French Resistance movement created by the French Communist Party in 1941.

€250
Pierre VIDAL-NAQUET
Les assassins de la mémoire. "Un Eichmann de papier" et autres essais sur le révisionnisme
La Découverte|Paris 1987|11.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Vidal-Naquet to a couple of his friends.
€70
André LATREILLE
La seconde guerre mondiale
Hachette|Paris 1966|15.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half old rose morocco binding with corners, spine very lightly faded with four raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Burkhart.
Handsome copy.
€120
Charles GOLDSTEIN
Sept dans un bunker
L'air du temps|Paris 1967|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light worming to boards and minor foxing to endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed, in French, by Charles Goldstein to Charles Dobzynski.
€200
Pietro NENNI
Vingt ans de fascismes de Rome à Vichy
François Maspero|Paris 1960|11.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the translation in French.
Nice copy.
€30
Georges HERMENT
Evadé d'Allemagne
Grasset|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of eighth edition.
Spine sunned, paper inevitably yellowed given the very poor quality of this wartime paper, a tear without loss to the middle of the title page and two following pages.
Autograph inscription signed by Georges Herment to Jean-François Tournaire.
€70
Pierre GOURDON
Les fiancés de la Résistance
Collection Durandal • P. Lethielleux|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and fine copy.
€100
Robert BRASILLACH
Lettres écrites en prison. Octobre 1944 - Février 1945
Les sept couleurs|Paris 1952|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two faint shadows on the first endpaper and half-title page left by the justification slip.
€450
Henri CALET (inscribed to Francis PONGE)
Les murs de Fresnes - Exemplaire de Francis Ponge[The Walls of Fresnes – Francis Ponge’s Copy]
Editions des quatre vents|Paris 1945|14.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition on ordinary paper.

Publisher’s full cloth binding, flat spine, minor inconsequential wear to headcaps and corners.

Illustrations.

Rare and valuable presentation copy to Odette and Francis Ponge.

€1,200
Henri BÉRAUD
Gringoire, Ecrits 1928-1937. - Ecrits 1937-1940. - Ecrits 1940-1943
Consep|Paris 2004-2006|15.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Rives paper for each volume, deluxe printing.
Illustrations by Bécan, Charlet, Pavis, Pedro and Roger Roy, Carb, Rafer, Bib, Gus Bofa, Don, Ferjac.
Index and tables at the end.
Copies in mint condition for this trilogy.
€500
Henri BÉRAUD
Gringoire, Ecrits 1928-1937. - Ecrits 1937-1940. - Ecrits 1940-1943
Consep|Paris 2004-2006|15.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Bouffant paper for each volume, the only printing after 50 copies on Rives.
Illustrations by Bécan, Charlet, Pavis, Pedro and Roger Roy, Carb, Rafer, Bib, Gus Bofa, Don, Ferjac.
Index and tables at the end.
Copies in mint condition for this trilogy.
€250
Georges BLOND
Le débarquement
Fayard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Slightly curled copy.
Autograph signed by Georges Blond to Maurice Gaït.
Complete copy of his illustrated jacket.
€30
Jean MIGEAT
Dachau matricule 77.164
S. n.|s. l. s. d. [circa 1946]|12 x 15 cm|broché
first edition.
A small lack at the bottom of the back, slight foxing without gravity in the margins of the boards.
Moving autograph signed Jean Migeat: "To Mr. Father Hesse in memory of sad moments and in all sympathy".
€80
Colonel REMY
L'opération "Jéricho"
Editions France-Empire|Paris 1954|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Iconography.
Pleasant full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Beautiful autograph dated and signed by Colonel Remy: "To Professor Charonnat, the comrade of combat, in memory of a sad but glorious time, a tribute of faithful friendship."
€80
Jean LEROY-THIEBAUT
Présence de Leclerc. "Le vrai visage du général"
S. n.|Paris 1948|13.50 x 21.50 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Pleasant copy despite tiny bites without gravity on the boards.
Preface by General Leclerc de Hautecloque.
We enclose the reproduction of a photograph autographed by General Leclerc.
Handwritten signature of Jean Leroy-Thiébaut.
€40
Roger NIMIER
Les épées
Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Yellowed paper as usually, a small tear in the foot of the back.
Rare copy of the first novel by Roger Nimier in which insolence, tenderness, political provocation will tip the main character of the Resistance to the Militia.
Beautiful autograph signed by Roger Nimier to Charles Orengo, journalist and creator of Editions du Rocher in 1943: "For Mr. Charles Orengo - now that Laudenbach shows him my letters, I dare to send him this novel.
It starts badly, but rest assured: it ends well. Roger Nimier with the appearance of his respect for his new publisher. "
€1,500
René LOUVAT, Germaine KANOVA
Affiche de la France libre : "French resistance helps throttle the Boche"Free French poster: "French resistance helps throttle the Boche"
Londres [London] 1944|-|2|une feuille
Free French poster: “French resistance helps throttle the Boche”

Londres 1944 | 49 x 75 cm | one poster

Rare original Free French poster published in London in 1944, with the tagline: “French resistance helps throttle the Boche”.
One tear without loss, very skillfully repaired.

Executed by René Louvat after a photograph by Germaine Kanova, the first female war correspondent for the Armed Forces Film Service (SCA).

The color lithograph, signed “R. Louvat, 1944, photo G. Kanova” shows two hands with red-white-and-blue flames coming out of them strangling a German soldier, recognizable by his helmet...
€2,000
COLLECTIF, Jacques ISORNI
Après le procès du maréchal Pétain. Documents pour la révision
André Martel|Paris 1948|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Johannot laid paper, ours one of 20 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite a small tear at head of spine.
€120
Henri BÉRAUD
Quinze jours avec la mort - Manuscrit autographe complet signé et enrichi de dessins en couleurs in-texte d'Henri Béraud [Fifteen Days with Death – Complete Autograph Manuscript Signed and Enriched with In-text Colour Drawings by Henri Béraud]
S. n.|s. l. 1946 - Pâques 1948|13.50 x 21 cm|203 feuillets sous chemise et étui
Full autograph manuscript, signed, written in black and red markers for the title page and in blue ink for the text.

Our manuscript is presented under shirt and case in full gray canvas made for Henri Béraud, label of title glued at the top of the shirt.
Back and flat of the case and the shirt insolated and having foxinges.

Complete manuscript in 204 sheets, 203 of which are foliaged and the title page signed with the author's initials and dated 1946, in 12-inch format, single-sided and enriched with in-text color drawings and initials of the author.

Provenance: Henri Béraud's library.
€5,000
Lucien REBATET
Les mémoires d'un fasciste II 1941-1947
Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris 1976|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon mat, the tirage de tête.
A very nice copy.
€1,700
Mendel MANN
La chute de Berlin
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1963|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation for which it was not drawn great papers.
A fold at the bottom of the first board.
Handwritten signature of Mendel Mann at the head of the first guard.
€50
Louis ARAGON
Distiques pour une carmagnole de la HonteAutograph poem : "Distichs for a Carmagnole of Shame”
s. d. [1944-1945]|19.80 x 26.50 cm|une feuille sous étui-chemise
Exceptionally rare autograph satirical poem by Louis Aragon, entitled Distiques pour une Carmagnole de la Honte, written between September 1944 and February 1945. 26 lines penned in black ink on a single leaf, with a note from the author in blue ink at the foot of the page.
Our manuscript belongs to a group of thirteen poems composed during the first half of 1945, intended for publication in a poetry anthology (Aragon, published by Pierre Seghers in Paris, Collection “Poètes d’aujourd’hui” no. 2, 20 July 1945). It was sent by Aragon as a working copy to his editor and friend Claude Roy. This autograph poem is the only known...
€5,000
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Journal 1939-1945[Journal 1939–1945]
Gallimard|Paris 1992|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Rare and nice copy.
€1,800
Michel BORWICZ
Ecrits des condamnés à mort sous l'occupation nazie
Gallimard|Paris 1973|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition in part original, one of the review copies service.
Autographed and signed autograph of Michel Borwicz: "A l'Information Juive".
Wrinkled back.
€30
Paul VOIVENEL
Les sources profondes de notre énergie
Edouard Aubanel|Paris 1941|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
first edition on plain paper.
Signed autograph signed by Paul Voivenel to Henri Béraud.
Some small foxinges, a clear wetting at the head of the title page.
€50
Marc DVORJETSKI
Ghetto à l'est
Robert Marin|Paris 1950|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation from Yiddish by Arnold Mandel, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
€300
Pierre MONNIER
Les pendules à l'heure. A l'ombre des grandes têtes molles 1939-1951
Le Flambeau|Paris 1992|15.50 x 24.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition under this title and for which there is no mention of large papers.
Binding of the publisher in full cartonnage.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed Pierre Monnier full-page to Pierre-Robert Leclercq: "... free man (which today does not go unnoticed) this disrespectful and necessary remission of the clocks on time ..."
Pleasant copy.
€50
Alfred FABRE-LUCE
Vingt-cinq années de liberté. Tome II seul : L'épreuve (1939-1946)
René Julliard|Paris 1963|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies along with some other pur fil du Marais hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.
Volume II only.
€50