First editions, fine papers and deluxe printings of French and foreign literature, 16th to 21st century

First edition, one of 2080 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Upper headcap slightly sunken, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 4 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Very rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Ventura Garcia Calderon by Marie Laurencin.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Gabriel Matzneff to Jean-Claude Barat, adoptive son and universal legatee of Henri de Montherlant: "Pour vous, cher Jean-Claude, afin de remplacer l'exemplaire oublié dans les wagons-lits, cette histoire où il y a beaucoup de lits, mais peu de wagons... avec ma fidèle amitié. Gabriel le 25 VI 74." (For you, dear Jean-Claude, to replace the copy forgotten in the sleeping cars, this story where there are many beds, but few wagons... with my faithful friendship. Gabriel 25 VI 74.)
An admirer of Henri de Montherlant who committed suicide on September 21, 1972, Gabriel Matzneff scattered, in Rome, with his friend Jean-Claude Barat, the writer's ashes between the stones of the temple of Fortuna Virilis and into the Tiber.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding with gilt and moiré decorative paper signed Goy & Vilaine, smooth spine, black morocco title-label, top edge gilt, fragile covers and spine (lined) preserved.
Signed and inscribed by Jean Cocteau: "To my dear friend Marcel Herrand. Jean Cocteau. 1920."
In the first article of Carte blanche (1919), Jean Cocteau praises the young actor Marcel Herrand, then aged twenty-two: "The new spirit is stirring all branches of art. Young actors are putting themselves at the service of modern poetry. Marcel Herrand (who created 'Les Mamelles de Tirésias' and various masked roles in 'Le Dit des jeux du monde') was the first to surprise us with his rhythm, his straight voice and his disdain for effect. Gestures, intentions, bleats, shouts, smiles, the nuances beneath each syllable, the play of timbre, all disappear here to make way for a typographic reading. An inky black. Clean-cut words fall off the page one after the other. The actor does not substitute his emotion for that of the poet. He serves him instead of using himself."
During the 1920s, Cocteau entrusted several roles to the talented Marcel Herrand: first as a phonograph in "Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel" (1921), he won the male lead in 'Roméo et Juliette' (1924) and even played the angel Heurtebise in the first cast of his famous 'Orphée' in 1926.
Moving and early inscription by Jean Cocteau, in homage to one of his favorite actors.

 

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue after 10 Japan.
Handsome copy.
Our copy contains all 6 illustrations by Kristians Tonny.
Exceptional bicolored autograph inscription signed by Pierre de Massot to Suzy (Solidor), muse of 1930s Paris and paragon of the "Garçonne": "Pour Suzy adorée, si belle qu'un beau livre n'est plus rien sous ses yeux, ces quelques pages qui n'auraient aucune importance si je ne les lui offrais avec tout mon coeur. Je t'embrasse mille et mille fois fraternellement et tendrement. Pierre. 11.X.32" (For beloved Suzy, so beautiful that a beautiful book is nothing under her eyes, these few pages which would have no importance if I did not offer them to her with all my heart. I embrace you a thousand and a thousand times fraternally and tenderly. Pierre. 11.X.32) with a small drawing of a heart pierced by an arrow.

First edition of some parts on ordinary paper.
Fine copy complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant finlandia.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip and errata sheet.
Work illustrated with 4 illustrations by André Jean.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Mac Orlan to Daniel Morrette: "... le texte de qui était mon projet avant la réalisation du film... il y a quelques différences..." (... the text which was my project before the film's realization... there are some differences...)
Original screenplay by Pierre Mac Orlan, directed by André Zwobada, music by Georges Auric, with, in the principal roles, Serge Regianni (sic) and Renée Faure.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with dust jacket illustrated by Jean Jacquelin.
Publisher's binding in full burgundy cloth, smooth spine.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine slightly sunned, complete with publisher's wraparound band.
Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Guillevic to Roger Caillois: "A Roger Caillois en amitié admirative (1) Guillevic. (1) pas sûr que ce soit du français correct." ("To Roger Caillois in admiring friendship (1) Guillevic. (1) not sure this is correct French.")

First edition, one of 2000 numbered copies on wove paper.
Publisher's binding after Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on wove paper.
Very handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and soft cardboard slipcase.
Publisher's boards after the original design by Mario Prassinos.

Edition illustrated by Riou and Montaut.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, front board polychrome signed Engel presenting the title in the black and gilt fan, several black and gilt frames, a gilt elephant head at top left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second board type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine with lighthouse decorated with several color and gilt illustrations, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Head slightly sunken, corners slightly twisted, some light foxing at beginning of volume, trace of label at head of one blue endpaper.
Five Weeks in a Balloon is Jules Verne's first novel published by Hetzel and tells of the exploration of the African continent then incompletely known to Europeans.
Journey to the Center of the Earth narrates the discovery of an ancient runic manuscript by a German scholar and his nephew; they undertake a journey toward the center of the Earth by entering through a dormant Icelandic volcano.

First edition of this rare fascicle, unnumbered, and printed in a small number on Dutch laid paper. Illustrated with a portrait of Albert Cuyp after Maurin.
In sheets under gray-green publisher's wrapper printed in black and red, 5 pages of lithographed music (Imp. Delanchy), publisher's wet stamp on blank verso of last leaf. Very small nicks at head and tail of soft cover spine, copy in pristine condition.
Poetic and musical portrait of the Dutch Golden Age painter Albert Cuyp, created jointly by Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn who accompanies the writer's verses with a piano melody.
This is the first of four portraits of painters that Proust and Hahn admired at the Louvre (they devoted the following ones to Paul Potter, Anton Van Dyck and Antoine Watteau). The luxurious fascicles were sold separately as indicated on the printed cover. For each of them, Proust's verses specially composed for the occasion are printed in italic characters under reproductions of old engravings offering portraits of the painters evoked. The poems would be published the same year in the first edition of Plaisirs et les Jours. Hahn's melodies were premiered at Madeleine Lemaire's on May 28, 1895, in the presence of prestigious spectators, including Princess Edmond de Polignac, Count Robert de Montesquiou, José Maria de Heredia to whom the poems were dedicated, Count Primoli, as well as Anatole France.

"The interposition of the poem between painting and music has therefore proven to be an excellent conduit between the arts thanks to the fact that Hahn scrupulously respected the spirit of the poem while preserving his autonomy in his composition. The link between music and painting reveals itself after the other materials unite with each other; it is in this alliance that an astonishing complementarity then operates, desired on the soothing light of Albert Cuyp" (Nicolas Vardon)

Precious copy of utmost rarity, a superb manifestation of the immense artistic complicity between Marcel Proust and Reynaldo Hahn.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil de lana, only deluxe issue.

Nice copy.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Copy in mint condition.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the covers at their margins and the edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Francis Ponge to the graphic designer, typographer, illustrator, layout artist, and writer Robert Massin, known as Massin: "Pour Massin, ce gros pavé - ou plutôt cette mosaïque dont il a si bien su mettre en place et ajuster les éléments, avec la fidèle amitié (admirative) de Francis Ponge." (For Massin, this big paving stone - or rather this mosaic whose elements he knew so well how to place and adjust, with the faithful (admiring) friendship of Francis Ponge.)

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in 2000 numbered copies on laid paper.
Very handsome copy.

First edition printed by "Cercle nouveau du livre" before the deluxe edition by Julliard a few months later, one of the numbered copies, the only printing.

Very handsome copy complete with its rhodoid.

Publisher's binding in full green cloth, smooth spine, title and author's name stamped in gilt on the front cover.

 

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on Holland paper, after 20 on China paper and 10 on Japan paper.
Half-brown shagreen bindings with corners, spines with five raised bands very slightly faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt retaining deckled edges.
Some minor foxing without consequence.
A handsomely bound copy.

Rare first edition of this one-act play in verse dedicated to Marshal Foch and to the glory of French soldiers.
Boards marginally soiled and dusty, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Emile Poiteau to a couple of friends.
The author was himself poisoned by gas at Dompierre in October 1916 during the First World War.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on handmade paper, ours being one of 100 containing a signed and unused engraving by Max Papart, the only issue with 10 Chapelle copies.
Work illustrated with 11 original engravings by Max Papart which he signed in pencil.
Manuscript signatures of Jacques Prévert and Max Papart on the justification page.
Autograph inscription signed by Max Papart to Jean-Pierre Chauvency enhanced with an original signed drawing depicting a stylized bird flying toward a sun.
A pale dampstain of no consequence to the heads of the slipcase boards, fine interior condition.

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel to Paul Lombard.

First edition.
Half-straw yellow shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind-stamped compartments at whose centers the gilt cipher of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin is repeated five times, gilt date at foot, turquoise morocco title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, elegant near-contemporary unsigned binding.
Work illustrated with a drawing by Georges Rochegrosse printed on China paper.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, deluxe issue.
Full bordeaux oasis binding, smooth spine, cat's eye paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase bordered with bordeaux oasis, cat's eye paper boards, the whole signed by Montécot.
Fine copy attractively bound.

First edition, one of 440 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half-shagreen binding with morocco corners in red, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Montécot.
Some foxing mainly at the beginning of the volume.
A handsomely bound copy.

First edition illustrated with 32 plates including 2 frontispieces and 2 engraved titles by George Cruikshank, engraved in aquatint by Brooke, Rowlandson and hand-painted (watercolored). First issue, without the footnote on page 9. The table of plates correctly lists 32 plates. 3 leaves of music.
Half-cherry red glazed calf binding with corners ca 1870. Spine with raised bands richly decorated with leaves and flowers, roulettes at head and foot. Tobacco calf title-label, dark green calf volume label. Lower joints of volumes 1 and 2 with some cracking and rubbing, but joints solid and consistent. A small fragment missing from the head of volume II. A fine copy.
In many respects, the work is a guide to London, but it is also a satirical novel that presents life in London through the adventures of 3 characters, Tom Corinthian, Jerry Hawthorne and Bob Logic. The three companions thus visit many places in London, their perception being influenced by their social rank. Real life in London is in fact a sequel and imitation of Life in London by Pierce Egan, whose author is unknown. The work, in a comic vein, had great popular success; much more significant than its model: Life in London.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 60 on vergé d'Arches.
Final endpaper with stains to lower left margin.
Half red morocco with corners, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, slightly soiled covers and backed spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Montécot.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Savoie vellum.
Full red morocco-grained shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, one scratch on a band, black paper endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillets framing the pastedowns, covers (one tear without loss to margin of second cover) and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Lavaux.
Discreet scratch marks on the boards, one clear mark from adhesive tape discharge at head of page bearing the autograph inscriptions.
Work illustrated with images by Pierre Monnier alias Pierre-Marie Renet.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline to Monsieur Josette enhanced with this fine autograph inscription signed by Pierre Monnier: "A Josette pour qui personne ne peut rien et qui peut tout, hommage de l'illustrateur Pierre Monnier (PM Renet)." ("To Josette for whom no one can do anything and who can do everything, homage from the illustrator Pierre Monnier (PM Renet).")

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the third volume of the complete works contains the following two titles: Un roi prisonnier de Fantômas and Le policier apache.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine faded, copy lacking its cellophane wrapper, light foxing to edges.
Rare dated and signed autograph inscription from Marcel Allain to his neighbors Madame and Monsieur Joseph Lourdens.

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the sixth volume of the complete works contains the following two titles: Le mariage de Fantômas and L'assassin de Lady Beltham.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine faded, copy lacking its cellophane wrapper, foxing to edges.
Rare dated and signed autograph inscription from Marcel Allain to his neighbors Madame and Monsieur Joseph Lourdens.

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the eighth volume of the complete works contains the following two titles: L'évadée de Saint-Lazare and La disparition de Fandor.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine faded, copy lacking its cellophane wrapper, light foxing to edges.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Marcel Allain to his neighbors Mrs. and Mr. Joseph Lourdens.

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the fourth volume of the complete works contains the following two titles: Le pendu de Londres and La fille de Fantômas.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine faded, copy lacking its cellophane wrapper.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Marcel Allain to his neighbors Mrs. and Mr. Joseph Lourdens.

First edition, one of 440 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by Maylander.
Handsome copy, beautifully bound.

First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 25 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed anonymously, one of the few copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Spine and boards marginally faded, small tears on some deckled edges, full-margined copy.
Preface by Alexandre Dumas fils.

First edition, one of 25 copies on Arches paper, this one unumbered, most limited deluxe issue.
Cover illustrated by Mario Prassinos.
A small tear restored to the foot of the spine, light marginal spotting on the second cover, good condition inside.
Very rare.

First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, only deluxe issue after 10 copies on Chine paper and 50 copies on pur fil.
Illustrated with drawings by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes.
Spine and covers very slightly and marginally faded, as usual, but not seriously so.
A rare and fine copy.

First edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies on 'vélin labeur' paper.
Publisher's cloth binding after an original design by Paul Bonet.
A very fine copy, without rhodoïd (plastic dust jacket).

First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on laid paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Very handsome copy lacking its cellophane wrapper.

First edition printed in 800 numbered copies.
Iconography.
Handsome copy of this essential Céline "bible".

First edition, one of 175 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the slightly sunned spine.
Autograph signature of Christiane Rochefort on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with drawings by André Verdet.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by André Verdet to a friend named Jacqueline: "Pour Jacqueline du haut de mes galaxies" (For Jacqueline from the heights of my galaxies) with an original drawing depicting Halley's comet.

First edition in French, one of 525 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies announced along with 25 hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with an etching by A. Dunoyer de Segonzac as frontispiece.
Handsome copy despite the spine and covers being marginally sunned without consequence.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin de Rives, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome full-margined copy.

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the seventh volume of the complete works comprises the following two titles: La livrée du crime and La mort de Juve.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine sunned, copy lacking its cellophane wrapper, light foxing to edges.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Marcel Allain to his neighbors Madame and Monsieur Joseph Lourdens.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Small ink stains to left margin of front cover, otherwise handsome copy retaining its wraparound band: "... et quelques autres fortes têtes..."
Autograph inscription signed by Jean L'Hôte to Pierre Laurent.
A few years later, the work evoking the resistance of the Camisards against the persecutions of Louis XIV's troops was adapted by the author for television with, in the main roles, Jacques Dufilho, Jean Luisi, Bernard Tiphaine.

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the fifth volume of the complete works comprises the following two titles: Le fiacre de nuit and La main coupée.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine faded, complete with its cellophane wrapper affected by small angular lacks, some light foxing.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by Marcel Allain to his neighbors Madame and Monsieur Joseph Lourdens.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second edition.
A label pasted at the upper left corner of the back cover.
Autograph inscription signed by André Salmon to Madame Wildlocher: "... in memory of a great day of art and poetry in Champagne...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome autograph inscription signed by Edward Limonov: "A Anne-Marie Moreau, voilà Limonov à la sadique. Votre E.L."

First edition large octavo illustrated with 78 illustrations and 12 chromotypographic plates by George Roux and 2 colored maps.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "au portrait collé" in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, polychrome first cover signed Souze depicting various means of locomotion (balloon, locomotive, ships), a sepia-toned portrait of the author mounted at center, various navigation instruments heightened in gold in the foreground, second cover type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. HF catalogue at rear.
Spine very lightly darkened, corners slightly bumped, some minor foxing.
Maritime adventures recounting a treasure hunt, taking the hero from Tunisia to the Gulf of Guinea, then to Scotland, to Spitzberg Island, and finally to Sicily.

First edition printed in 1050 numbered copies on roto blanc, ours one of 150 hors commerce copies.
Half-fawn morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with black fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original covers preserved though slightly soiled.
Work illustrated with 7 etchings by André Jacquemin.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by René Benjamin to his friend Marcel Gondard: "... l'ami de coeur pour qu'il me lise simplement... avec son coeur..." ("...the friend of the heart so that he may read me simply... with his heart...")

Extremely rare never-published and true first edition, which remained as a proof copy under a blank cover printed for Gallimard proofreaders; the deluxe paper copies announced (13 pur fil and 1,050 Bonet hardback publisher's bindings printed on esparto paper) were never printed.
Printer's imprint dated July 31, 1944, the entire print run of this edition has been destroyed.
Small tears to corners and lacks of paper to margins of the boards, three light spots on the second board; traces of discoloration due to glue on the bare spine, intended to welcome a softcover that, to our knowledge, has never been produced.
An extremely rare work, one of probably only a few dozen copies printed for Gallimard proofreaders.

First edition printed in 750 numbered copies on Auvergne paper.
Work illustrated with 66 drawings by Henri Charlier.
Handsome copy despite the half-title page and last endpaper partially shaded
Autograph inscription signed by Henri Pourrat to Jean Germe: "... au poète de Liesses et lions et de Simon le Magicien, ces feuilles vertes sans magies mais ressassées sous le pommier d'Auvergne et du Forez avec mon compliment meilleur." (...to the poet of Liesses et lions and of Simon le Magicien, these green leaves without magic but retold under the apple tree of Auvergne and Forez with my best compliments.)

First edition illustrated with 85 drawings by Benett and a map of central Florida on page 33.
Hetzel "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" publisher's binding signed Engel, first board signed Engel, "i" type second board as indicated by Jauzac, spine "dos au phare" with several colored and gilt illustrations, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Spine lightened, small discoloration to lower right corner of first board, second board with light black discolorations, blue endpapers lightened to margins as usual.
This adventure story set during the American Civil War marks Jules Verne's return to adventure novels after several science fiction novels.

First edition illustrated with 101 drawings by Benett as well as a map.
Publisher's polychrome boards known as "A l'éventail et à un éléphant", all edges gilt, original blue endpapers, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac.
Spine lightened, upper corners slightly frayed, blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual.
Adventure novel in a humorous vein rare for the author. The action takes place around the Black Sea. A tobacco merchant, Keraban, refuses to pay the tax imposed by the sultan to cross the Bosphorus strait, so he decides to reach Constantinople by going around the Black Sea.
Handsome copy.

First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 chromolithographs as well as 3 maps. Catalogue D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait collé", plate signed Paul Souze on the cannonball and Lenègre et cie at foot of spine and on the anchor, spine with lighthouse, all edges gilt, second cover of Lenègre "e" type according to Jauzac.
Foxing, right corners of first cover very slightly darkened.
Science fiction novel in which an island containing an entire city is propelled by propellers. The protagonists are a quartet of musicians, allowing Verne to convey his love of music. Several acerbic remarks about Wagner can be read therein. A large part of the novel takes place in French Polynesia.

Illustrated edition with drawings by Léon Benett including a frontispiece engraved by Meaulle and 2 full-page maps.
Polychrome binding with gilt globe type 3, second cover type Engel "h" according to Jauzac.
Headcaps slightly sunken, spine lightened, pleasant copy.
Verne chose India as the setting for this adventure and anticipation novel, where the steam house is a sort of train whose locomotive is a steam elephant, the machine running without rails and even capable of being amphibious.

Edition with illustrations by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, first cover polychrome signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several black and gilt borders, a gilt elephant head in the upper left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several color and gilt illustrations, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Small discoloration to margins of blue endpapers constituting the verso of first cover of binding and following page, spine slightly faded, two light angular stains on first cover, one upper corner slightly frayed.
Handsome copy.

First separate edition published on the occasion of the theatrical release of the masterful film adaptation directed by Jean Renoir assisted by Jacques Becker and Georges Darnoux.
Handsome copy.
The film Boudu sauvé des eaux was one of the greatest successes of French cinema of the inter-war period with, in the leading roles, Michel Simon, Charles Granval, Marcelle Hainia and Jacques Becker.

First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no deluxe copies. Covers and spine preserved.
Modern half black morocco binding with corners, second half of the 20th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Top edge gilt. Scattered pale foxing.
Copy perfectly executed in a fine binding inspired by a contemporary binding.

First edition of Sainte-Beuve's first collection of poetry.
Half navy blue calf binding, spine in four compartments decorated with typographical motifs stamped in blind, gilt frieze at foot of spine, traces of rubbing to joints, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, contemporary Romantic binding
Some foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Copy slightly warped, some light foxing to edges.
Bradel binding in half bottle-green cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, fawn shagreen title-label with some small lacks, original wrappers preserved, corners bumped, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Gyp to Aurélien Scholl.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Bradel binding in full teal cloth, smooth spine decorated with central gilt fleuron, initials, date and double gilt fillet at foot, fawn shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Henry Kistemaeckers to the writer Pierre Mortier: "Au spirituel, et délicat, et pénétrant écrivain Pierre Mortier, qui ressuscite au XXème siècle le charme et la "manière des petits maîtres du XVIIIéme" en témoignage de grande amitié littéraire et de grande amitié tout court !" (To the witty, and delicate, and penetrating writer Pierre Mortier, who resurrects in the 20th century the charm and the "manner of the petit maîtres of the 18th" as testimony of great literary friendship and great friendship in general!)

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small black stains at head and foot of one joint.
Half box binding with tan bands, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.

First hors commerce edition printed in a small number of copies reserved for booksellers.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jean Rouaud to Dominique Faure.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Pascal Quignard to Alexis Crochet.

First edition published on the occasion of the centenary of Honoré de Balzac's death, one of 48 numbered copies on Rives vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite the spine and covers very slightly and marginally sunned without consequence.
Previously unpublished text established and presented by Pierre-Georges Castex.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jorge Semprun to actor and film producer Pierre-Henri Deleau: "... que j'ai connu et apprécié dans les lieux biarrots et bayonnais que j'évoque ici..." ("...whom I knew and appreciated in the places of Biarritz and Bayonne that I evoke here...")

First edition, illustrated with 40 hors-texte by H. K. Browne, frontispiece and engraved title included dated 1850. This first volume edition follows closely the serial publication that appeared during 1849/1850. Some first issue points: P. 16 "recal" instead of "recall"; six lines of errata on one leaf; mezzotint engraving facing page 482; chapter XXVII is on p. 282 while it is noted as page 283 in the index; the third i on p. viii is not aligned; p. 132 line 20 "screwed" instead of "screamed". Like all Dickens books illustrated by Phiz (H. K. Browne), a close collaboration presided over this achievement, Phiz having illustrated no fewer than 10 works by the author.
Contemporary dark green half-shagreen binding (English binding) with corners. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with roulettes on the bands and fillets. Traces of rubbing. Text fresh and clean, the hors-texte engravings as always bearing browning and foxing but moderate, mainly at edges. Pale dampstain on one engraving: Changes at home. Fine copy.
"the most perfect of all the Dickens novels" (Virginia Woolf). A coming-of-age novel narrated by the hero himself, which leads him from childhood to maturity. Tinted with the author's own experience, David Copperfield is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful novels written about childhood. Dickens himself will emphasize in a later preface: "Of all my books, I like this the best."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours one of 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Fine copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band which has left a shadow on the spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to Gilbert Marical: "... et vive le Brésil..."

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Vadim to Madame Molinier: "... une de mes premières lectrices..."

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Marais crèvecoeur paper, the only deluxe copies along with some hors commerce copies also on Marais crèvecoeur and 5 madagascar copies reserved for the author.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper, deluxe copy.
Iconography.
Handsome copy despite a shadow left by the print run justification bookmark.

First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Jacques Laurent to Christian Giudicelli: "... ce livre d'un jeune écrivain pour un jeune écrivain, avec toute ma vive sympathie..." (...this book from a young writer for a young writer, with all my warm sympathy...)

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Marais vellum, deluxe copy.
Light pinprick marks of no significance to boards, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Lo Duca to the screenwriter, film historian and novelist Maurice Bessy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Some worming to edges, otherwise a handsome copy retaining the illustrated dust jacket.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Calixthe Beyala: "A Violaine qui va vers l'autre, l'amour aux doigts, ces mots d'une femme du 9-3 à une autre, avec tendresse." (To Violaine who goes toward the other, with love in her fingers, these words from one woman of the 9-3 to another, with tenderness.)

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and slipcase.

First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
Dated manuscript signature of the author.
With a press clipping that has left a shadow on the endpapers and half-title.
Rare.

New edition revised by Marcel Allain and presenting the definitive text.
This volume which constitutes the sixth volume of the complete works comprises the following two titles: L'arrestation de Fantômas and Le magistrat cambrioleur.
Publisher's full red cloth binding, smooth spine faded, complete with its cellophane wrapper affected by some angular tears, foxing on edges.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by Marcel Allain to his neighbors Madame and Monsieur Joseph Lourdens.

Exceptionally rare first edition of this pamphlet published a few days after Japan's surrender.
Covers detached, rusted staple.
Nevertheless a very fine copy.
Precious autograph signature of General de Gaulle on the cover.

First edition printed on blue paper.
One crease mark in left margin of leaf, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

Very rare edition printed under the supervision of Paul Hartmann while he was in exile in Chambéry.
Very minor marginal tears to the covers without consequence.
A handsome copy considering the fragility of this resistance publication.

First edition printed in 33 numbered copies on B.F.K. Rives paper.
Work illustrated with 6 original engravings by Alin Bar.
Rare and handsome copy complete with its plexiglass slipcase.
Autograph signatures of Marie-Claire Bancquart and Alain Bar on the colophon.



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