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

First edition of these 3 works bound in 2 volumes. Following the Trial of messieurs de Béranger and Baudouin, 14 manuscript songs retained by the prosecutor general against Béranger and censored. One understands the interest of this copy since the song collection was sold out or seized.
Contemporary full straight-grained green morocco binding. Luxury binding from a major atelier but unsigned. Smooth spine decorated with a blind stamp with floral semé within a double gilt fillet frame. Boards decorated with multiple blind frames doubled with gilt fillets. Gilt edges. Triple gilt interior fillet. Spines uniformly faded. Small dark areas on the boards of one volume. Traces of rubbing. Scat

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Rivoli vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine browned, paper yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Véry to the poet Albert-Jean who was close to the Grand-Guignol theatre.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur chiffon de rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 Holland.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Spine and boards marginally discolored, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

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.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Small light angular stains on the covers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Pencil annotations by the dedicatee on the rear endpaper.
Signed autograph inscription from Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the slightly wrinkled spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Françoise Sagan to photographer Serge Tamagnot.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy of this novel set during the Paris Commune.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on first endpaper.
Very fine copy.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on white laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work retrospectively awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1946 for the year 1940.
Signed autograph inscription from Francis Ambrière to Janine Paoly: "... dont j'espère depuis si longtemps que je prévois la voir davantage avec un espoir toujours plus entêté et ma vieille et respectueuse amitié." ["... whom I have hoped for so long that I foresee seeing her more with an ever more stubborn hope and my old and respectful friendship."]

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.

First edition, service de presse stamp at foot of back cover.
Spine very lightly sunned, two small stains in right margin of front cover, complete with publisher's slip.
Signed and inscribed by Emmanuel Berl to film producer and director Roland Tual who was close to the Surrealists: he opened the Surrealist gallery in 1926 with the exhibition "Paintings by Man Ray and Objects from the Islands".

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copy.
Double bookplate pasted on the first endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag Rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography assembled and annotated by Georges Poisson, autograph inscription signed and dated by the latter to Madame Durand on the half-title page.
Handsome copy complete with its rhodoid which has a small cut at the level of the first cover, its dust jacket and its flexible slipcase.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.

True first edition, one of 271 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue with 15 on Whatman and 38 on Bulle paper.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on alfa Navarre paper, the only deluxe copies after 8 on antique laid paper.
Publisher's Bradel binding following the original design by Mario Prassinos.
Spine with two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
A very fine copy.
Moving and beautiful inscription by Daniel Pennac to his great friend Franklin Rist (to whom he dedicated Comme un Roman) added below the printed dedication: "Et grâce à ton amitié, Franklin, qui nourrit chaque ligne, et dont un lecteur attentif trouverait même la trace entre les mots. D. Pennac" [And thanks to your friendship, Franklin, which influenced each line, an observant reader would even find its trace between the words. D. Pennac] with a drawing of a little man carrying, like Atlas or Sisyphus, a

First edition of both issues of this magazine, each consisting of two folded sheets.
On the first sheet of each issue, a color woodcut representing Jules Verne and Jules Hetzel by André Gill.
On the following sheets, text by Pierre and Paul in first edition entitled "Jules Verne" and "P.J. Stahl (Hetzel)".
Handsome set bringing together one of the most popular and widely read writers of the very end of the 19th and very beginning of the 20th centuries and his famous publisher.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine and slipcase.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly sunned.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned at head and foot.

First collected edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine lightly sunned, without gravity.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite minor sunning to foot of spine.

First edition consisting of a suite of 14 original etchings by Jean Frélaut printed in 26 numbered copies on vellum and signed by Jean Frélaut.
Each proof on cream vellum is mounted under mat, signed and numbered in pencil by Jean Frélaut.
Two tears at head and foot of the slipcase spine.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition, one of 7 hors commerce copies out of 87 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
Signed and inscribed by Claude Simon using a sentence of page 306: "Mais comment savoir, que savoir?" [But how to know, what to know?]
Rare first edition inscribed by the author.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly sunned at head and foot.

First edition, one of 410 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine very slightly sunned at head and foot, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 70 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 on pure thread paper.
Handsome copy despite two small sun-faded spots at head and foot of spine.

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

First edition, one of 177 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite tiny worming at head of front board.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Small rust stains on the first endpaper, small stains to the upper right corner of the title page, otherwise a handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to photographer Serge Tamagnot.

First edition of this surrealist tale, one of the numbered copies, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 40 collages reminiscent of Max Ernst's style
Publisher's full red moiré cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket whose spine and covers are slightly yellowed as is usual.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Bernadette Morand to a couple of friends.

First edition, one of 310 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 80 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Hollande.
Spine lightly sunned without significance, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma
Handsome copy with full margins, a shadow at the head of the dedication left by a bookseller's description label.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Duhamel to Monsieur Loret: "... qui guide notre barque par de très mauvais temps..."

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, with printed service de presse stamp at foot of back cover.
Bradel binding in full sea-green boards, smooth spine with some light rubbing, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Pierre Benoit: "A Madame Léon Daudet , pour lui dire mon amitié, et aussi qu'elle se trompe absolument en ce qui concerne le jeune Laboulbène. Son Pierre Benoit" ["To Madame Léon Daudet, to express my friendship, and also that she is absolutely wrong about young Laboulbène. Her Pierre Benoit"].

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two small sunning marks at head and foot of spine.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half burgundy cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, double gilt fillet at foot, black sheep title-label with a small lack, headcaps slightly rubbed, marbled paper boards, one interior hinge split, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with medallion portraits of George Sand and Alfred de Musset.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Charles Maurras: "A Léon Daudet, cordial hommage de son admirateur et complice. Ch. M." ["To Léon Daudet, cordial tribute from his admirer and accomplice. Ch. M."]

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Small dampstain at foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pure paper, the only deluxe copies with 45 on Holland paper.
Minor sunning at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on snow-white vellum, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 355 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 120 on Holland paper.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly browned, otherwise handsome copy of this work set against the backdrop of the 1940 exodus.

First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite boards imperceptibly sunned at margins.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 14 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the slightly sunned spine.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without significance.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper Lafuma-Navarre, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Some sunning to foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 535 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned, small marginal tears to boards, a full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Fine copy despite the spine being lightly sunned.

First edition, one of 145 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on Holland paper.
Spine lightly sunned, final endpaper shadowed due to the presence of press clippings, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Sequana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without gravity, a small tear at the head of the first gathering.

First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without significance.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Léonid Guirchovitch with an original drawing of a violinist on the facing page.