William FAULKNER, Albert CAMUS
Requiem pour une nonne
Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First French edition, one of 77 numbered copies on pur fil, only deluxe issue.

Preface by Albert Camus.

Nice copy housed under a chemise and slipcase by Devauchelle.
€1,000
Ray BRADBURY
A l'Ouest d'Octobre
Denoël|Paris 1989|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 1000 numbered copies on centaure ivory paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
Sigmund FREUD
Nouvelles conférences sur la psychanalyse
Gallimard|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
€2,000
TOMIOKA EISEN
Images de printemps. Shunga
1920|25 x 240 cm|autre
Series of 8 erotic lithographs depicting Europeans and Japanese women. Famous series by Tomioka Eisen created during the Russo-Japanese War, depicting couplings between Russians (diplomat, bourgeois, soldier, officer) and Japanese women. Chinese printing circa 1920. Japanese soldiers carried shunga collections with them to China and these were later reproduced by the Chinese in lithography, certainly from photographs, what are called photochromes (technique developed in 1888). It was undoubtedly easier to distribute these shunga which did not show Chinese but foreigners, moreover belligerent neighbors. One will note that these images respect the shunga tradition, therefore, the Europeans are
€800
Vicente HUIDOBRO
Monument à la mer
Le cormier|Paris 1956|14 x 20.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of the French version established by Fernand Verhesen printed in 80 numbered copies on marais vellum.
A rare and handsome copy.
Our copy belonged to Guy Lévis Mano and bears Fernand Verhesen's manuscript signature at the colophon.
€350
Alde MANUCE, ARBORIUS
Veilles en l'honneur de Vénus - A une jeune fille trop parée - Exemplaire de l'acteur Mounet-Sully
G. Richard & Cie|Paris 1888|13 x 18 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by F.E. Callot and printed in 450 numbered copies.
Boards soiled.
The first poem being attributed to the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius and the second to the Gallic poet Arborius.
Autograph inscription signed by F. E. Callot to Mounet-Sully: "... hommage de l'un de ses plus sincères admirateurs..." (tribute from one of his most sincere admirers...)

€120
Salman RUSHDIE
La terre sous ses pieds
Plon|Paris 1999|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
One stain to the lower edge, otherwise a handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Salman Rushdie to a man named Bruno.
€1,000
Tom WOLFE
Le gauchisme de Park avenue
Gallimard|Paris 1972|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly yellowed and wrinkled.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Tom Wolfe to a man named Bruno.
Below the autograph inscription, in the lower right corner of the front free endpaper, a date and place have been added by the dedicatee in black ballpoint pen: Paris, Hôtel Ritz 1/6/99, probably the place and date where the inscription was written.
€800
Charles DICKENS
The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
Chapman and Hall|London 1837|13.50 x 21.30 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 43 plates including a frontispiece and title-frontispiece. MCCCXXXVII on title page. 28 plates have captions while the rest have none. Our volume possesses several features attesting to the very first printing: 5 lines at bottom of page 9; p.10 last line, mark between the R and U and M of RUM; Line 29 p. 260: "holding"; p. 341 line 1: L.5 p. 341 Inscriptino; "inbe-licate"; p. 342 line 5: "S. Veller"; p. 432 the F of Posthumous papers of is poorly printed. The engraved title is in second state with Tony Weller's name above the porch, the first state having simply Veller.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with gilt
€2,000
Oscar WILDE
Trois comédies
Dujarric & Cie|Paris 1906|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, printed on laid paper, of the French translation established by Arnelle.
Spine sunned with two small lacks at foot.
Handsome interior condition, service de presse stamp at foot of rear board.
€150
Salman RUSHDIE
La terre sous ses pieds
Plon|Paris 1999|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's red cloth binding, smooth spine, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, complete with illustrated dust jacket in perfect condition.
Autograph signature of Salman Rushdie.
€600
Enrico TERRACINI
D'un soir lointain d'un pays lointain
Edmond Charlot|Alger [Algiers] 1940|16 x 22 cm|agrafé
First edition printed in 350 numbered copies.
Handsome and rare copy.
€300
Valery LARBAUD, Ramon GOMEZ DE LA SERNA
Echantillons
Grasset|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
First French edition established by Valéry Larbaud and Mathilde Pomès, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two small lacks to head and foot of spine, small tears without loss to right margin of front cover.
Introduction by Valéry Larbaud.
Autograph inscription signed by Valéry Larbaud to Marius André with the additional signature of Mathilde Pomès.

€150
Federico GARCIA LORCA
Prologue
Edmond Charlot|Alger [Algiers] 1940|16 x 22 cm|en feuilles
First edition of the French translation established by Emmanuel Roblès and printed in 350 numbered copies.
Handsome and rare copy.
€150
Giuseppe TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA
Le guépard[The Leopard]
Seuil|Paris 1959|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin neige paper reserved for bibliophiles of Sélections Lardanchet, the only deluxe copies.
A small area of sunning at head of spine extending slightly onto the back board.
Rare and handsome copy of this masterpiece magnificently adapted for cinema by Luchino Visconti, (Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1963), with Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon as the principal actors.
Rare and fine copy.
€4,500
Richard BOLESLAVSKI, Hélène WOODWARD
Les lanciers[The Lancers]
Gallimard|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Preface by Joseph Kessel.

€450
Curzio MALAPARTE
Le soleil est aveugle[The Sun Is Blind]
Denoël|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two light traces of sunning without significance at head and foot of spine.
€1,200
Truman CAPOTE
De sang-froid - Récit véridique d'un meurtre multiple et de ses conséquences[In Cold Blood]
Gallimard|Paris 1966|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 51 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, as often.
Rare and handsome copy of this work, splendidly adapted for the screen in 1967 by Richard Brooks, with Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, and John MacLiam in the leading roles.
Richard Brooks even went so far as to film in the actual house where the crime took place, as well as in the same courthouse, where 7 of the 12 jurors played their own roles.
€3,600
Thomas PYNCHON
V
Plon|Paris 1966|13.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's blue paper boards, smooth spine.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has small marginal tears with, occasionally, minute lacks.

€150
Charles DICKENS
Monsieur Minns, Horace Sparkins
Le livre et l'estampe|Paris 1903|18 x 23 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with in-text color and pochoir illustrations by Charles Edmond Hermet under the pseudonym Harry Eliott, one of 240 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing along with 60 other Arches copies.
Endpapers partially and lightly shaded, some minor foxing of no consequence.
€250
Charles DICKENS
The personal history, adventures, experience and observation of David Copperfield the younger of Blunderstone rookeby (which he never meant to be published on any account)
Berhnard Tauchnitz|Leipzig 1849-1850|10.50 x 15.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
First edition published by Berhnard Tauchnitz, the German publisher who made it his mission to introduce English-speaking authors to Europe.
Half-shagreen blue bindings, smooth spines decorated with triple gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some minor rubbing to certain joints, a small dampstain on the last endpaper and preceding page of the first volume with no damage to the text.
A handsome copy, attractively bound.
This work constitutes the 125th volume in Berhnard Tauchnitz's British Authors collection.

€350
Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du DEFFAND, Horace WALPOLE
Letters of the marquise du Deffand to the hon. Horace Walpole, afterwards earl of Oxford, from the year 1766 to the year 1780 - To which are added letters of the madame du Deffand to Voltaire from the year 1759 to the year 1775
Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme|London 1810|11 x 18 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition.
Full caramel calf bindings, spines with fine raised bands highlighted with gilt fillets and decorated with richly ornamented double gilt compartments, author's name in red calf, olive green calf volume labels, triple fillets stamped in blind on boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind-stamped borders framing the pastedowns, two bookplates pasted on a pastedown of the first volume and following endpapers, gilt edges on cuts, red speckled edges, elegant English bindings
Our copy includes, in the first volume, the portrait of the Marquise du Deffand as frontispiece as well as a facsimile of her handwriting after the preface.
Fine copy very handsomely boun
€450
Arthur RACKHAM, Friedrich Heinrich Karl de LA MOTTE-FOUQUE
Ondine
William Heinemann • Doubleday- Page & Cie|London • & New York 1909|15 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated edition with 15 color plates by Arthur Rackham, including a frontispiece, as well as black and white drawings in the text.
Publisher's full blue paper boards, smooth spine faded and decorated with gilt animal motifs, front cover faded and stamped in the center with a gilt illustration, illustrated endpapers and pastedowns with worming, top edge blue and faded.
A small tear without loss at the foot of page 45, not touching the text.

€200
William Makepeace THACKERAY
The virginians - A tale of the last century
Bradbury & Evans|London 1858-1859|13.50 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition with all the features of the first printing: "actresses" line 33 of page 207 of the first volume, chapters 47 and 48 erroneously printed as 48 and 49 in the first volume.
Full grey paper boards, smooth spines decorated with blind fillets and slightly discolored, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Work illustrated by William Makepeace Thackeray, each volume with a frontispiece, a title vignette, 22 plates hors-texte as well as numerous in-text drawings.
Occasional foxing, for each of the 48 plates hors-texte, a placement indication in relation to the text was probably made by the binder so as not to mistake the order of the engravings.
Handsome
€600
Charles DICKENS
Paris et Londres en 1793
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1861|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition in French.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with gilt and blind fillets, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.
€120
Frederick RHEAD, THE BROTHERS LOUIS
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner
Harper & Brothers|New York 1900|15.50 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition adorned with numerous illustrations (nearly a hundred) in black in-text and full-page by the brothers Louis and Frederick Rhead.
The work is also illustrated with a color frontispiece.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, gilt publisher's imprint at foot of spine, front cover decorated with a large color vignette depicting Robinson hunting with rifle in hand, endpapers and pastedowns of cream paper.
Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise handsome copy.

€120
Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE
Histoires extraordinaires
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1856|11 x 17.70 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Spine uniformly sunned. Scattered foxing.
Armorial bookplate, Comte Coustant d'Yanville, Daniel de Grangues.
The first work by Poe translated by Baudelaire, with his preface Sa vie, son oeuvre, first link in Baudelaire's conquest of his literary prose double, destined to definitively establish the name of Charles Baudelaire alongside Poe.
€1,000
Edmond DULAC, ANONYME
Sinbad the sailor & other stories from the arabian nights
Hodder & Stoughton|London s. d. [1914]|21 x 28.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First printing of the 23 color plates by Edmond Dulac.
Publisher's full brick-red cloth binding, smooth spine richly decorated with Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, front board decorated with large gilt Arabesque design on a background of blue roses, small spots of discoloration on the boards, endpapers and pastedowns of brick paper on a background of blue roses.
Half-title and final endpaper pages spotted, otherwise handsome interior condition.

€500
Cecil BEATON, Christian DIOR
Cinquante ans d'élégance et d'art de vivre
Amiot-Dumont|Paris 1954|16 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Text followed by "Portrait de Cecil Beaton" by Violette Trefusis.
Preface by Christian Dior, illustrations by Cecil Beaton.
Handsome copy.

€80
LE TASSE
Jérusalem délivrée
Lehuby|Paris 1848|12 x 19.40 cm|relié
New illustrated edition with 22 plates by Célestin Nanteuil, and some headpieces. Text adapted for young readers. Translation by Le Prince Le brun. First edition of this version for young readers.
Publisher's polychrome mosaic cartonnage binding. Smooth spine with ornaments on red, green and cream ground. Upper cover decorated with 4 shields, 2 red and 2 blue, and a portrait of Tasso on cream ground, all set against Renaissance interlacing patterns. Blind-ruled frame on covers. Edges gilt. On the lower cover, a very elaborate shield on green ground. Tinted paper throughout. Dark traces on the lemon endpapers. Some very occasional and light foxing.

A very handsome co
€300
Selma LAGERLÖF
Mon journal d'enfant
Stock|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
A handsome copy.
€150
Richard STEELE, Joseph ADDISON
Le Spectateur ou le Socrate moderne, où l'on voit un portrait naïf des Moeurs de ce Siécle
Chez Wetsteins & Smith|A Amsterdam 1741|9.50 x 17 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition. The journal first appeared in volume form in 1712. Title pages in red and black. Statement of fifth edition.
Heraldic wheat sheaf device of Maynon de Farcheville in gilt compartments on spine, and bookplate of the same on pastedowns, with three wheat sheaves. Vincent Michel Maynon, president of the fourth chamber of inquiries at the Parliament of Paris, lord of Farcheville.
Contemporary full brown sheep, speckled and glazed. Spine with five raised bands, red morocco title labels, brown morocco volume labels, gilt compartments and floral ornaments. All edges speckled red. Headcap of volume I partly lacking, that of volume III at head partly worn. Lacks to head of volumes
€650
Friedrich von SCHILLER
oeuvres dramatiques de F. Schiller
Ladvocat|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|6 Volumes reliés
First collected edition in French translation by Baron Prosper Brugière de Barante. One lithographed portrait as frontispiece. Lengthy biographical notice on the life and writings of the author. This translation enterprise was the first to aim at being exhaustive of Schiller's theatre. It was decisive for knowledge of the writer in France, which did not see a new complete translation of his theatre until 2005.
Contemporary half black glazed calf binding with corners signed Bibolet at the foot of the first volume (famous binder of the Restoration and binder to Talleyrand). Raised spine decorated with compartments, fillets and rolls at head and foot. Traces of rubbing, particularly on boa
€800
George BARBIER, Sanche de GRAMONT
Antéros - Poèmes en prose
A la belle édition|Paris 1913|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
Edition printed in 507 numbered copies, ours one of 475 on laid paper.
Some minor foxing, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 5 black drawings by George Barbier.

€300
Léopold FLAMENG, Hubert François GRAVELOT
Les dix journées
1873|11 x 17 cm|10 volumes reliés en 4
Illustrated edition with a portrait of Jean Boccaccio as frontispiece to the first volume and 11 etched out-of-text engravings by Léopold Flameng, one of 600 copies on Holland paper in forme.
Half straw-yellow morocco bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, gilt dates at foot, red morocco title and volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, bindings signed by Canape-Helz.
Our copy is exceptionally enhanced with a suite of engravings executed by Gravelot.
Handsome set.
€500
RAYMOND LULLE, Max JACOB (trans.)
Livre de l'ami et de l'aimé - Petits cantiques d'amour dialogues par lesquels l'entendement et la dévotion s'augmentent
Editions de la Sirène|Paris 1919|12 x 15.50 cm|broché
First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by A. de Barrau and Max Jacob.
Tiny lack to upper right margin of front cover, two slight lacks to foot of spine.
Fine copy with unfaded blue covers.
€100
Charles DICKENS, Hablot Knight BROWNE
Little Dorrit
Bradbury and Evans|London 1857|14 x 22 cm|2 volumes reliés
First illustrated edition by Hablot Knight Browne with a frontispiece, an engraved title with vignette and 38 plates including 8 in mezzotint.
As usual, foxing in the margins of all illustrations.
This edition contains all the features of the first issue: 3 lines of errata on page XIV; "William" instead of Frederick on the twenty-seventh line of page 317; the printed notation B2 at the bottom of page 371 instead of BB2; "Rigaud" instead of "Blandois" on pages 469, 470, 472, and 473.
Bound in half navy blue glazed calf with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments richly ornamented with gilt typographical motifs, re
€680
Saul BELLOW, Michel DEON (trans.)
L'homme de Buridan
Plon|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition in French established by Michel Déon, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and mounted.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Pierre Emmanuel: "... ce roman d'une Amérique qu'il connait bien et que je connais grâce à lui..." ("... this novel of an America he knows well and which I know thanks to him...")
€150
Edgar Allan POE, Maurice SACHS
Le sphinx et autres contes bizarres - Exemplaire enrichi de deux dessins originaux et d'un envoi autographe en anglais et à pleine page de Maurice Sachs
Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards marginally soiled and foxed, light foxing to edges.
Original preface by Paul Morand.
Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription, in English, by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: "The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout, and candies and ginger ? We do, said the Big Bear, we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together, 1934" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin: <
€400
Stefan ZWEIG
Balzac-Dickens
Kra|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 Holland and 10 pur fil.
Endpapers lightly and marginally shaded without concern.
A handsome copy.
€500
PAUL-SENTENAC
La lame et le fourreau
Editions Sansot|Paris 1921|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Rare and handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul-Sentenac: "Pour Auguste Dorchain, pour le poète émouvant, pour l'auteur de l'Art des vers, en souvenir de l'accueil affectueux qu'il m'a toujours réservé, et en témoignage de bien sincère sympathie, et bien fidèle, PaulSentenac." (For Auguste Dorchain, for the moving poet, for the author of l'Art des vers, in memory of the affectionate welcome he has always given me, and as testimony of very sincere sympathy, and very faithful, PaulSentenac.)
€100
Herbert George WELLS
Effrois et fantasmagories
Mercure de France|Paris 1911|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French translation, on ordinary paper, with false statement of fifth edition.
Handsome copy of this work written at the dawn of aviation history and which describes an aerial war extending on a global scale.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the two translators, Bronislaw Kozakiewicz, to René Kramer.

€150
Daniel DEFOE
Aventures de Robinson Crusoé
Didier|Paris 1846|11 x 17.70 cm|relié
New edition of this translation by Amable Tastu, first published in 1837. It is illustrated with 2 frontispieces and 50 steel engravings on heavy paper in attractive frames after drawings by Sainson. Notice on Foe and on the Sailor Selkirk, by Louis Reybaud.
Publisher's polychrome and gilt paper boards. First edition in publisher's boards. Black percale cathedral-style boards. Smooth spine decorated with polychrome monastic tools. Upper board decorated with a polychrome cathedral-style pediment with oriental figures in niches and navigation instruments in the center. Gilt edges. Both volumes slightly warped, leaning to the right. Some scattered foxing.
Very handsome copies.
€700
William SHAKESPEARE, Louis Nicolas MENARD
Hamlet
Librairie académique Perrin & Cie|Paris 1886|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Louis-Nicolas Ménard, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Interior foxing and to the covers, a small tear in the left margin of the second cover.

€120
Walter SCOTT, George Washington WILSON
The lady of the lake illustrated by photography
A. W. Benett|London 1865|15.50 x 20 cm|relié
One of the first books illustrated with photography, rare. 14 albumen photographs mounted, under tissue guards, of Scottish views and landscapes including as frontispiece the Gothic ruined tomb of Walter Scott. Each photograph in square format measuring 9x9cm. An edition had appeared in 1863 with only 9 photographs published by Adam and Charles Black.
Publisher's binding. Midnight blue shagreen-grained cloth boards richly decorated. Smooth spine stamped with a special plate featuring monastic ornaments and sword around which verses from the poem are entwined. Large ornamental plate on covers with the Lady of the Lake in a central medallion, a unicorn and a stag. Edges gilt. Rubbing to h
€850
Alejo CARPENTIER
La harpe et l'ombre
Gallimard|Paris 1979|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor scuffs to the slightly wrinkled spine.
Signed autograph inscription by Alejo Carpentier, in French, to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger

€150
John RUSKIN, Robert de LA SIZERANNE
Ruskin et la religion de la beauté
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1897|13 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Small tears at the foot of the spine, some minor foxing, a full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Robert de La Sizeranne to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux on the shaded half-title page.

€300
Graham GREENE
Routes sans lois
La Table Ronde|Paris 1949|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 170 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A small tear of no consequence at the foot of the first cover, handsome copy.

€200
Graham GREENE
La saison des pluies
Robert Laffont|Paris 1960|12.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite a small tear to upper left corner of front cover.
€200
Curzio MALAPARTE
La Peau
Denoël|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on pure thread paper.
Worming to boards, blue spots to spine, light interior foxing, dampstain to head of pages in one signature, ballpoint pen numbering to upper right corner of first endpaper.
Copy expanded with a press clipping extract: "Malaparte mis au "ban de la ville" de Naples."
Rare but in this condition.
€180
Charles DICKENS
Martin Chuzzlewit (the life adventures of)
Chapman and Hall|London 1844|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, first issue, illustrated by Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) with 40 figures including a frontispiece and an engraved title with vignette. On the frontispiece, 100L on the telegraph pole and 7 people in the mail coach. Errata with 14 lines of text and a blank verso. The plate facing page 70 was unfortunately not inserted in the volume. As with all his editions, Dickens worked closely with the illustrator.
Contemporary half glazed havana calf binding with corners. Richly decorated spine with raised bands, multiple roulettes. Red shagreen title label, second black shagreen title label. Combed edges. As with all Dickens editions the text is perfectly fresh and without foxing, and all
€1,000
Paul CELAN, Miklos BOKOR
Poèmes
Editions Unes|Paris 1987|16 x 22 cm|en feuilles
First edition of the French translation by John E. Jackson, one of 44 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, ours being one of 33 copies with an original engraving by Miklos Bokor, deluxe copies after 11 other Arches laid paper copies enhanced with an original drawing.
Our copy includes, as frontispiece, the original engraving numbered and signed in pencil by Miklos Bokor.
Very handsome copy.
€800
François CHENG, LI PO
Poésie chinoise - In Vagabondages N°48
Vagabondages|Paris 1983|11 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy
Introduction by François Cheng, poems by Li Po, Tu Fu and Wang Wei, all three great poets of the Tang period.
Dated autograph inscription signed by François Cheng to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski.

€350
Roger GARAUDY
D'un réalisme sans rivages - Picasso, Saint-John Perse, Kafka
Plon|Paris 1963|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light foxing to rear endpaper.
Preface by Louis Aragon.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to journalist Gilbert Gilleminault.
€70
Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE
Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1858|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Modern brown half-shagreen binding established identically to a contemporary binding, same for the papers on the boards. Paper of immaculate whiteness. The last leaf of text has been backed in the lower margin (we can also distinguish a perforation removing 2 letters of the text), the last leaf of the table has been entirely backed and an internal margin has been added to bind it to the whole.
Handsome copy, well established.

€1,000
Lewis CARROLL
Oeuvres
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1990|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full green grained sheep, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its glassine wrapper and soft slipcase.
€40
Bruno Erich WERNER
Le bateau des esclaves
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 106 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned as often, otherwise a handsome copy.

€120
Joseph-Charles MARDRUS
Les mille et une nuits
Fasquelle|Paris 1908|25 x 33 cm|8 tomes en 4 volumes reliés
Edition in the complete translation by Dr. J. C. Mardrus and illustrated with facsimiles of Persian and Indian miniatures that adorn the original manuscripts. Pages with oriental frames in various colors, green, red, yellow, blue... Chromotypes engraved by Mulot, Kriéger et Cie; Text and Frames printed by Motteroz et Martinet; Color plates printed by G. de Malherbe.
Contemporary half navy blue shagreen bindings with corners signed Flammarion Vaillant at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spines now uniformly green, decorated with oriental tools in mirror effect and inlaid with ochre shagreen. Ruled fillets on boards. Top edges gilt. Some rubbing. Several corners slightly bumped. Inte
€1,200
COLLECTIF
Book of the poets. Chaucer to Beattie. Modern poets
Scott, Webster and Geary|London 1842|13.50 x 21.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this famous anthology reflecting Romantic taste. Printed on tinted vellum illustrated with 90 steel-engraved vignettes as headpieces and tailpieces. 2 title-frontispieces on heavy vellum.
Publisher's binding in full pale green striped boards. Smooth spine composed of interlaced foliage forming cartouches for the titles. Gilt urn at center of boards, blind-stamped decoration framing the urn. Spines uniformly darkened. Minor traces of rubbing. Micro-cuts to joints at head. Copy with very fresh paper, entirely free of foxing except the two title-frontispieces. Some engravings with ink offset on facing page. In margins of some engravings the tissue guard has been removed le
€450
Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE
Une descente dans le maelstrom
A l'enseigne du masque d'or|Paris 1920|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
New edition of Charles Baudelaire's translation, one of 400 numbered copies on normandy vellum, the only printing after 50 various japan copies.
Work illustrated with woodcuts by Marc Roux.
Handsome copy despite two vertical sunning marks in the right margin of the second cover.

€120
Tomi UNGERER
Politrics
Diogènes Kunst Taschenbuch|Zürich [Zurich] 1979|15.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Work illustrated with political and pacifist drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Martine.
€350
Lewis CARROLL
La canne du destin
GLM|Paris 1939|11.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by André Bay, one of 500 numbered copies on white vellum, the only printing along with 15 copies on Japan paper.
Handsome copy.
€150
Jerome David SALINGER
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction
Heinemann|London • Melbourne • Toronto 1963|14.50 x 21.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First English edition.
Publisher's full black cloth binding.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket with slight marginal lacks to the boards.

The two novellas in this collection were first published in the New Yorker in 1955 and 1959.
€120
David ROKEAH
Les yeux dans le rocher
José Corti|Paris 1968|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Preface by Jean Starobinski.
Rare and handsome copy.
€170
Richard RANFT, LUCIEN DE SAMOSATE
Scènes de courtisanes
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1901|17 x 23.50 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with numerous ornaments, black vignettes, decorated letters and 45 color compositions including 15 hors-texte by Richard Ranft., one of 220 numbered copies on handmade laid paper.
Handsome copy.
Work decorated with ornaments framing the text on every page.
€350
Rosamond LEHMANN
The echoing grove
Collins|London 1953|14 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has some minor stains and marginal tears of no consequence.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Rosamond Lehmann to a friend named Louise.
€200
Calder WILLINGHAM
Demain ce seront des hommes
Flammarion|Paris 1951|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 106 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned as usual.
Handsome copy of this work adapted for cinema by Jack Garfein in 1957.
€120
Carlo LEVI
La Montre
Gallimard|Paris 1952|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€200
Denis MARION
La méthode intellectuelle d'Edgar Poe
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1952|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in volume, one of 30 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce copies.
Rare and fine copy.

€150
Taylor CALDWELL
A pillar of iron
Doubleday & Company|New York 1965|15 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full orange morocco binding, smooth spine, endpapers and pastedowns of wood-grain paper, framed with an orange morocco fillet on the pastedowns, all edges gilt, binding signed Lucie Weill.
A very fine copy in perfect condition.
€150
Pierre-André BENOIT, Joan MIRÓ
"... une bonne année commencée avec le soleil ce qui donne envie de circuler..."Unpublished handwritten card, signed and illustrated with a reproduction of a drawing by Joan Miro addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc, wishing him his best wishes for the year 1984
S. n.|Paris 11 Janvier 1984|13.50 x 10 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph signed card from Pierre-André Benoit (8 lines in black ink, written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard, which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc, to whom he extends his wishes for 1984.
The card is illustrated on the recto with a reproduction of a drawing by Joan Miró accompanied by a phrase from Saint Teresa of Avila, envelope included.
The sunny winter favors PAB's good humor: "... une bonne année commencée avec le soleil ce qui donne envie de circuler..." ["... a good year begun with sunshine which makes one want to get about..."] who suggests to his bookseller friend that he come
€150
Lewis CARROLL, Harry FURNISS
Sylvie and Bruno. Sylvie and Bruno concluded
Macmillan and co|London 1889 - 1893|12.50 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
First editions of these 2 volumes, each illustrated with 46 drawings by Harry Furniss. At the end of each volume, 5 pages of Carroll's works and a facsimile of the Alice in Wonderland manuscript.
Publisher's full red cloth binding. Smooth spine with gilt titles, gilt medallions on boards depicting characters from the novels. Triple gilt frame on boards. All edges gilt. The Sylvie and Bruno volume uniformly faded, a split at head and foot of a few millimeters, 2 slight depressions on the spine, along the lower joint, cloth worn and opened for a few millimeters; corners turned in, small stains and soiling. A bookseller's label on the pastedown: Serendip books, Dorset. On the half-title, a
€1,400
Max JACOB
"... je mène l'horrible vie de plage..."Autograph postcard signed from the Côtes du Nord to his friend the writer Nino Frank
S. n.|Ile de Bréhat [Île de Bréhat] s. d. [1938]|14 x 9 cm|une carte
Autograph postcard signed by Max Jacob (12 lines in black ink written from the hotel du port on the island of Bréhat) to his friend the writer Nino Frank.
The postcard depicts a boat leaving Paimpol to sail towards Iceland.
Max Jacob thanks his friend who favorably received his recent work, revealing to him the confidential nature of the latter: "... tes bonnes paroles sur mon livre me vont droit au coeur... il est écrit pour très peu de gens dont tu es..." ["your kind words about my book go straight to my heart... it is written for very few people, of whom you are one..."]
He also extols to him the virtues and expiatory merits of labor: "... travaille
€350
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... de vos demandes (verbales et écrites) vous aurez au moins..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 17 Novembre 1983|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (27 lines in black ink and written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc regarding works that the latter had ordered from him.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
PAB must travel to Montpellier, as his housekeeper is to have surgery there. He will therefore take the opportunity to meet his bookseller friend and bring him some available works among those he had ordered.
Poet, painter, engraver, Pierre-André Benoit or P.A.B. was above all a typographer and printer who produced more than 400 illustrated works bringing
€180
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... il m'est impossible de lire de penser à quoi que ce soit sauf aux méfaits du temps..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 10 Janvier 1985|15 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (22 lines in blue ink and written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc to whom he presents his wishes for 1985 and in which he narrates the damage related to the frost that is ravaging the Gard and damaging his home.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
PAB suffers from the harsh winter that has fallen upon the Gard: "... si je vous écris avec un soleil radieux qui réjouit les yeux il est sans effet et les -15e devant ma porte le 0 à l'intérieur de la maison cela n'a rien de confortable..." ["... if I write to you with
€180
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 5 Janvier 1986|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard region which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him New Year's wishes for 1986.
Envelope included.
In turn, Pierre-André Benoit extends his wishes for the year ahead and writes that he finds it difficult to leave his retreat in the Gard at Rivières-de-Theyrargues : "... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..." ["... I never leave Rivières..."] and therefore favors a telephone appointment with his correspondent: "... oui par téléph
€120
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... oui il y aura des livres si vous en voulez.."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 17 Septembre 1989|14.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Signed autograph letter from Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château de Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him his wishes for the year 1986.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion. Pierre Clerc has inscribed, in pencil at the top of the letter, the name and surname of his correspondent.
Pierre-André Benoit believes his correspondent is busy with his summer occupations, particularly mycological : "... vous êtes sans doite à Chateauneuf de Randon et les champignons ne doivent pas manquer.."
€120
Anne RADCLIFFE
Oeuvres d'Anne Radcliffe
Maradan|Paris 1819|10.50 x 17 cm|10 volumes reliés
First complete French collective edition. Music scores bound in-fine in the last volume.
Contemporary brown half calf bindings, very slightly rubbed to some places, smooth spines ruled in gilt, marbled paper covers.
Small traces of glue to the corners of pastedowns and white flyleaves. Slight marginal tears and missing pieces of paper to the half-title page of the first volume. Small marginal lacks of paper to the half-title page of the fifth volume. Scattered foxing to some volumes.
Volumes 1 & 2: La Forêt ou L'Abbaye de Saint-Clair (The Romance of the Forest), volumes 3 to 6: Les Mystères d'Udolphe (The Mysteries of Udolpho), volumes 7 to 9: L'Italien ou Le Confessionnal des
€3,000
Joseph BREITBACH
Rapport sur Bruno
Gallimard|Paris 1964|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 55 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€200
Gilbert Keith CHESTERTON
Chaucer
Plon|Paris 1935|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€450
Joseph CONRAD
Une victoire[A Victory]
Nrf|Paris 1923|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition of the French translation, one of 108 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma-Navarre laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Some foxing affecting notably the endpapers.
€500
Amos TUTUOLA, Raymond QUENEAU
L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse[The Palm-Wine Drinkard]
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Raymond Queneau, one of 86 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€500
Amos TUTUOLA, Raymond QUENEAU
L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Raymond Queneau, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light offsetting from adhesive paper at head and foot of spine and boards.
€400
Roy HEATH
Orealla
Seuil|Paris 1984|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full black paper boards, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Roy Heath to writer James Baldwin: "For James Baldwin whose work I admire greatly. Roy Health."
James Baldwin's writings describe personal dilemmas questioning the difficult social and psychological pressures that hinder not only the integration of Black people, but also gay or bisexual men in 20th century Western societies, particularly in the United States.
€800
José Maria Ferreira de CASTRO
Emigrantes - [Exemplaire de Raymond Queneau]
Livraria Renascença|Lisboa [Lisbon] 1928|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
Second edition.
Bradel binding in full pebbled paper, smooth spine very slightly faded, navy blue shagreen title-label with a very slight marginal scratch, original wrappers preserved.
Fine full-page autograph inscription dated 1948, written in Portuguese, from José Maria Ferreira de Castro to Raymond Queneau.
€250
(William FAULKNER) Michel MOHRT
Album Faulkner
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1995|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition published in the Bibliothèque de La Pléiade collection and printed on Bible paper.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and soft slipcase.
€80
Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE
Nouvelles Histoires extraordinaires
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1857|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire. No limited issue on luxury paper printed.
Three small chips filled at head and foot of spine, covers marginally and slightly soiled, slight chips and tears to corners of the covers.
A rare copy still in its original wrappers.
€1,000
(Oscar WILDE)
Album Oscar Wilde
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1996|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
€80
(Lewis CARROLL) COLLECTIF
Album Lewis Carroll
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1990|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft case.
€80
Charles DICKENS
The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Chapman and Hall|London 1839|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
Rare first edition illustrated with 40 plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne) including a frontispiece portrait of Dickens with his signature. The printing contains all the errors of the first issue, except the first point: P. 123, "sister" corrected to "visiter". P. 245 l. 10 "flys" for "flies", uncorrected. "Visiters" instead of "Visitors" p. 272. l.2. ; P. 297. l.22 "incontestible" instead of "Inconstable" ; P. 586. l. 24 "suprise" for "surprise". All illustrated editions of Dickens were the result of close collaboration between the author and the illustrator.
Contemporary English half black glazed calf binding with corners. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold grotesque ornament
€1,500