First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe printing along with 25 copies on Japan paper. Endpapers partially shadowed, otherwise a handsome copy.
First edition printed on laid paper. Spine with minor restoration marks at head and foot, boards marginally shaded, some foxing affecting mainly the very first and last leaves.
Le messager boiteux|Paris 1951|11 x 13.50 cm|agrafé
First edition, one of 300 copies, ours unnumbered. Our copy is complete with the engraving by René Passeron. A transversal mark on the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
Librairie de France|Paris 1920|14 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition. Illustrated with photographic plates. Half blonde marbled calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with small wheels on the bands. Good copy.
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First edition, illustrated with portraits, views and autograph in frontispiece and hors-texte. Half marbled tan calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets on the bands. Original wrappers preserved. Rubbing to headcaps. Good copy. Critical study containing the correspondence with Sainte-Beuve.
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First edition, one of 250 copies on offset paper, the only printing with 5 numbered hors commerce copies. Illustrations hors-texte. A handsome and rare copy.
First edition in French translated by Eugène Guillevic, of which there were no deluxe copies. Inscribed by Georges Somlyo, in French, to a couple who were his friends, enriched with Guillevic's signature. Spine and covers very lightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
Imp. & Lithographie Vve Marius Olive|Marseille 1859|16 x 24.50 cm|broché
The first edition, published in a small number of copies. Autograph inscription from M. de Pongerville at head of front cover. A small tear at head of spine, light foxing to covers, handsome interior condition. Rare.
The first edition, published in a small number of copies. Illustrations in the text. Minor tears without loss at head of front cover which also has a tiny corner chip at foot. Rare.
First edition printed in 950 numbered copies. Unlettered spine slightly faded as usual and with a small lack at head, endpapers marginally and slightly shadowed, handsome interior condition.
First edition. Work illustrated with 35 plates and numerous in-text figures. Spine and boards marginally faded as usual, three small angular lacks at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.
Arthème Fayard & Cie|Paris 1923|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 325 numbered copies on pure laid paper. Very occasional foxing affecting some deckled edges. A crack to the joint of the front cover also with an angular lack to the lower margin. Small paper loss to the spine at the level of the deckled edges.
First edition published in a small number of copies under the pseudonym Job-Lazare. Work illustrated with an etching by A. Esnault as frontispiece. Two slight lacks of no consequence at head and foot of spine, a tiny marginal lack at foot of second cover, foxing on first endpaper, otherwise handsome interior condition.
First edition with no mention of deluxe copies. Inscribed by Michel Georges-Michel to Marcel Espiau with a small drawing of a flower. Illustrated with drawings by Roger de Valério. Preface by Pierre Mac-Orlan. Spine sunned, two small harmless spots on first cover.
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies. Endpapers marginally and lightly shadowed, handsome full-margined copy. Rare.
First edition on ordinary paper, only 10 Japan and 12 Holland copies were printed on deluxe paper. Laudatory inscription from Jean Hytier to a fellow poet. A lack at the head of the spine, handsome interior condition.
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies. Inscribed by Georges Piroué. Two minute scratches at foot of spine very slightly faded, otherwise handsome copy.
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce. Inscribed by Lucie Faure. Spine very slightly faded without any gravity, handsome copy.
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce copies. Autograph inscription signed by François Clément to Roland Bailly. Spine very slightly faded without any gravity, handsome copy.
First edition, one of 49 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only deluxe copies. Signed and inscribed by Alain Bosquet. A small tear and a crease mark at the foot of the back cover.
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with some hors commerce. Fine inscription by Gérard Mourgue. Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, handsome copy.
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies. Inscribed by Marie de Balkany. Handsome copy.
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce copies. Inscribed by Anne Huré. Spine very slightly faded without any significance, handsome copy.
First edition, one of 30 numbered alfa copies, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce. Autograph inscription by Jean-Jacques Gautier to Roland Bailly. Handsome copy.
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies. Fine autograph inscription by Robert de Poccadaz. Handsome copy.
First edition, one of the numbered copies reserved for friends of "Lettres nouvelles", the only deluxe copies. Inscription by François Sonkin. Handsome copy.
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies. Inscription by Hélène Parmelin. Spine very lightly faded without gravity, handsome copy.
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few hors commerce. Inscription by Christian Mégret. Spine very slightly faded without any concern, handsome copy.
Mercure de France|Paris 1933|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Francis Viélé-Griffin printed in 300 numbered copies on laid paper. A small stain to the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy with full margins.
First edition, one of 23 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue with 19 Japan copies. Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, tiny marginal foxing on first endpaper, handsome full-margined copy.
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Inscribed by the author to a close friend. Small stains at head of front board, rear board soiled, handsome interior condition.
The first edition published in a small number of copies. Our copy is presented in plain wrappers, with manuscript annotation on the first cover. Light worming to covers, handsome interior condition.
First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only issue with 20 alfama. Work illustrated with a frontispiece by G. Zendel. Handsome copy.
First edition published under the pseudonym of Marquis de Villemer. About T. Gautier, Garibaldi, C. Baudelaire, H. Berlioz... Some occasional light foxing affecting the first cover and the very first leaves.
First edition on ordinary paper. Only 8 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format. Fine inscription from Robert Goffin. Cover illustrated with an oil portrait by Liliane Barbin, reproduced in black and white. Iconography. Spine very slightly pinched at head and tail, handsome copy.
First edition on ordinary paper. Only 8 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format. Inscribed by Alain Bosquet. Cover illustrated with a black and white photographic portrait. Iconography.
Editions hispaniques|Paris 1975|16.50 x 25 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition. Signed autograph inscription from Charles Vincent Aubrun to one of his colleagues. Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
Sic-Petithory|s. l. • [Paris] 1970|20.50 x 29 cm|broché, sous couverture à rabats
First edition, one of the Sirène offset copies reserved for the press service; only 56 Arches deluxe copies were printed. Fine inscription by Arlette Albert-Birot. Dampstains to foot of spine and marginally to boards, tiny nick to head of first board, handsome interior condition. We include with this copy the subscription card and invitation to the dinner organized for the book's publication in March 1970.
First edition, on ordinary paper. Only thirty Alfa copies were printed on deluxe paper. Inscribed by the author. Black and white photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece. We include with this copy two fascicles of press extracts about the author's work. Handsome copy.
Mercure de France • N.R.B.|Paris • - Bruxelles [Brussels] 1943|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, printed on ordinary paper. Only 5 Holland and 17 Vellum deluxe copies were printed. Fine inscription from the author. Covers and spine marginally faded, a few tiny spots on the covers.
First edition, on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies. Inscribed by the author. Spine and boards very slightly faded, otherwise a handsome copy.
First edition. Inscription by Pierre Camo addressed to M. Pierre Edmond Lévy "to complete his collection of rarities", on the half-title page. Covers and spine marginally and slightly faded, two tiny corner lacks at head of first endpaper.
First edition, one of 750 copies on ordinary paper. Only 2 copies were printed on special paper. Autograph inscription by the author. Work illustrated with a drawing by Félix Labisse. Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded.
First edition, one of 750 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies along with 109 recomposed copies. Endpapers lightly and marginally aged, handsome copy.
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 25 Holland and 60 pure thread copies. Inscribed by André Frénaud. Spine very lightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.
First edition on ordinary paper. Warm autograph inscription from the author. Spine sunned, two small pink stains on front cover, handsome interior condition.
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Hélioneige laid paper, the only deluxe copies. Inscribed by the author. Cover illustrated with a fragment of a Carpaccio painting. Handsome copy.
First edition, one of 450 copies on offset paper, the only deluxe copies with 50 Arches. Fine autograph inscription by Claude Stéphane to one of his friends. Furthermore, our copy, like all copies from the deluxe issue, contains an original color watercolor by the author, which he has signed, mounted facing the endpaper where the inscription appears. Finally, our copy retains the complete etching by Claude Stéphane, on loose sheet, as frontispiece and engraved by Jacques David. Boards very slightly and marginally faded at head, handsome copy. Rare.
André de Rache|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1965|25.50 x 32.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 copies on bouffant Costa reserved for the press service. Signed autograph inscription by Georges Charaire. Cover illustrated by Paul Ackerman. A tiny nick without loss at foot of spine, fine copy.
First edition, one of 240 hand-numbered copies on Licorne offset, the only printing with 40 on Rives. Beautiful full-page inscription by the author to a couple who were friends of his.
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Inscribed by the author to a couple of his friends. Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Autograph inscription by the author. Small stains to front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Inscribed by Jean Rousselot with a small drawing of a locomotive. Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.