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

First collected edition of this selction of text choosen by Suzy Leparc, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper, the tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on marais paper, the tirage de tête.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half sea-green cardboard with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, date at foot, brown shagreen title-label showing traces of wear, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Poulnays.
With frontispiece portrait of the author, illustrated cover.
Worming and shadows on binding endpapers, copy almost entirely free of foxing.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vergé américain, the only large paper copies.
A rare and very good copy.

Elzevirian edition with some parts of the text in first edition.
Full black paper boards binding, spine in four compartments decorated with gilt compartments and gilt fillets, two small tears without loss to joints, boards with blind frames, top and edges gilt.
Handsome copy almost free from foxing.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full boards, smooth spine faded, shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, headcaps rubbed.
Headcap torn.
Work preceded by an introduction on the temporal power of the Pope and followed by considerations on the future of Italy.
Scattered foxing.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Very slight marginal stains to upper cover, otherwise a rare and very good copy.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription by the author.
A tiny lack at foot of spine, handsome copy.

First edition of the first poetic work of the author for which was not drawn great papers.
André Rolland from Renéville is sent.
Our copy is enriched with two beautiful autographed letters of the author addressed to the dedicatee and which concern this work.
Illustrations of Edmond Rocher, rare and beautiful copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
About G. Sand, A. de Musset, C. Nodier, P. Mérimée among others.
Very slight lack at foot of spine.

First edition of the adaptation in French by Jean Richepin, one of the copies on red paper.
One joint glued.
Rare.

Edition first in part, one of 200 numbered copies on papier de Rives.
Like new.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Bilingual full-page autograph inscription from the author to Nathalie and Raymond Sarraute.

First edition in French.
A lack affecting a joint, another marginal one affecting upper cover, occasional foxing.

Twenty-second edition, with some parts in first edition.
Publisher's binding in full red cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and compartments, boards illustrated with gilt motifs.
Work illustrated with engravings printed in two colors.
Front and back boards slightly and marginally browned, some light foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition, service de presse stamp.
Half black sheep with corners, spine with five raised bands, covers and spine preserved.
Autograph inscription by the author to A. Godoy.

First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
Contributions by L. Tailhade, Sully-Prudhomme, V. Margueritte, L. Dierx among others.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Bradel binding in half green shagreen with corners, smooth spine.
Autograph inscription from the author to A. Godoy, handsome copy of this collection of poems.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red morocco binding, spine in five compartments with slight damage, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Canape.
Autograph inscription from Ernest Prévost to A. Godoy.
Handsome copy elegantly bound.

First edition of this offprint from the issue of the Revue Générale of 15 March 1928, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine in two compartments, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Fine autograph inscription from the author to A. Godoy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe edition after only 1 vellum and 20 Japan copies.
Half red sheep binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Affectionate autograph inscription from Raymond Queneau.
Contributions from L. Calaferte, R. Fallet, Y. Gibeau, among others.

First edition.
Half bottle-green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, spine detached but present.
Freedom of conscience, freedom of the press, divorce, regicide, relations between the spiritual and temporal...

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copies.
Three tiny tears without loss to spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, spine showing a trace of rubbing at head with four raised bands decorated with blind compartments.
Head of spine missing.
Some light foxing.

First edition printed in 355 copies, ours one of 145 numbered by hand on laid paper.
Half burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands showing slight traces of rubbing, top edge gilt, binding signed by Herluison.
Occasional light worming.

First edition.
Publisher's grey soft paper boards.
Illustrated with 38 portraits and documents.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, an advance copy.
Half raspberry cloth binding with corners, smooth spine, bordeaux shagreen title-label, covers and spine preserved.
Autograph inscription by the author to A. Godoy, handsome copy.
Concerning P.L Courier, Madame de Sévigné, Bossuet among others.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 5 deluxe copies were printed.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
About the precocity of J.A. Rimbaud, Rachilde's imagination, Verlaine's renown, the relevance of Leconte de Lisle... Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Hustner.
Autograph inscription from J. Second to A. Godoy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Rives paper, ours specially printed for the author.
Half mint shagreen binding with corners, spine in five compartments with a scratch at foot, date at tail, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Kustner.

First edition.
Half hazel sheep Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with typographical motifs and gilt fillets with a lack at head and small tear at foot, one joint rubbed.
Illustrations by Robida, fine interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half bordeaux shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, front board marginally sunned, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
With frontispiece portrait of J. Montalvo, fine interior condition.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of eleventh edition.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, bookplate pasted to verso of front board.

First edition.
Half olive calf bindings, smooth brownish spines decorated with gilt typographical motifs.
Rare autograph inscription from Bonnejoy-Perignon to the Countess of Chalon.
Foxing affecting almost exclusively the endpapers, half-title and title pages.

First Gallimard edition of the French translation, one of 90 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half vellum-style boards with corners, smooth spine, chocolate shagreen title-label, gilt fillet frames on boards, small marginal stains on first cover, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Fine interior condition.

First edition.
Foxing, a rare copy with softcover, as issued.

First collected edition.
Half black sheep binding, spine in four compartments showing traces of rubbing, joints very rubbed, upper corners slightly bumped.
Foxing.

First edition.
Half olive cloth binding, smooth spine, original wrappers preserved.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine in four compartments decorated with blind-tooled panels, traces of rubbing to boards.
Gift inscription in ink, scattered foxing.

First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
One joint slightly scuffed.
Some light foxing.

First edition.
Cover and spine soiled, foxing.
Rare.

First edition of which there was no mention of large paper copies.
Tiny marginal lacks affecting the upper cover, otherwise a good copy.

First edition. Rare. One copy at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and one at Bristol in England, another in the catalogues of West Germany. A second edition appeared in 1675 with 2 new parts. 2 very handsome frontispieces
Later full vellum binding. 20th-century black title-label and endpapers. Light worming on the first 2 pages and the last 5. Scattered foxing.
Otto Aicher (1628-1705), Benedictine and professor, was an Austrian playwright, professor of rhetoric and grammarian, but also a historian. In this book he gathers epitaphs from all periods, notably of Roman emperors and kings, the whole constituting a theatre of death as epitaphs are like voices from beyond the grave...

First edition.
Publisher's red cardboard binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with dotted lines and gilt ornamental compartments, blind-ruled frames on boards, stains on boards, corners slightly bumped, edges gilt, soiled moiré endpapers.
Work illustrated with black illustrations and plates by Henri de Montaut.

First edition printed in very small numbers on laid paper.
Half sky-blue cloth binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, navy shagreen title label, original wrappers preserved, one upper corner very slightly bumped, binding signed by Vermorel.
Rare.

First edition in French translated by L. Barthou, one of the numbered copies from the first impression printed under the press, no mention is made of deluxe copies. Spine sunned with a small lack at foot, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this collection of humorous texts principally based on ribaldry and drinking.
Later mid-19th century binding in half wine-colored glazed calf (spine lightened) with raised bands and gilt and blind fillets.
The work contains 12 texts by different authors whose titles are sufficiently significant in their irreverent character (one will note several Disputatio, but on cucurbits or the right to jest). The text is written in Latin and not in the vernacular, making it a violent satire against the learned and the church, which was not mistaken when it placed the book in its index of forbidden books.
Mattheus Delio de arte Jocandi, Nicodemi Frischlini in ebrietatem...

First edition printed on laid paper in a run of 100 copies of this pantomime in three acts interspersed with dialogues.
Autograph inscription signed by R. de. Najac.
Music by Léon Przepiorski de Cay.
Spine absent, front cover loose with slight corner lacks.
Very rare.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Ingres paper, the only issue with 4 Japan and 4 Holland copies.
Rare autograph inscription from the author, the dedicatee's name has been partially erased.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 12 Japan and 15 Holland deluxe copies printed.
First cover restored and reattached.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Lacks to spine and boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on wove paper under double wrappers.
Worming affecting both covers of the first set of wrappers, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were issued, one of the service de presse copies.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 50 on vélin du Marais.
Work illustrated with 10 illustrations and two unpublished drawings.
Spine and boards uniformly faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were issued.
Preface by Luigi Pirandello.
Spine slightly faded, small foxing spots on the front cover.
Press cutting included.
Rare.

First edition.
About Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, G. Sand, E. Zola, A. Daudet, M. Rollinat...
Spine faded, handsome interior condition.

First editions of these three rare novels. Not held by the BNF or French catalogs but present in English catalogs (Oxford and British Library).
Contemporary full calf binding, spine with raised bands decorated with red morocco title-label. Upper headcap with 2/3 missing. 2 cracks of 1 and 2 cm to upper joint. 2 worn corners. One border open with loss of leather.
Collection in one volume of these three exotic novels, the first of which is drawn from ancient history and set in Sicily, the other two novels taking place in India. Louis Adrien Duperron, abbé de Castéra made numerous translations from Latin, Spanish and Italian, and wrote several novels. Montcrif is a better-known...

First edition.
Spine cracked with small worming and a lack at foot, foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with a bust of R.M. Rilke by F. Huf.
Handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy, only 72 deluxe copies were printed.
A repaired tear at foot of spine, another on one joint, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition of which there has not been deluxe copies ("grands papiers").

First edition published in a very small number of copies.
Rare and handsome copy of this small collection of poems celebrating the pioneers of French Aviation.

First edition of this thesis presented for a university doctorate at the faculty of letters in Paris.
Autograph signature by the author on the title page.

First edition. Spine clumsily restored with tape repair, copy almost entirely free from foxing. Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Two manuscript corrections in the text, work illustrated with a plan of the Marais in the 17th century.
Small lacks to spine and boards.

First edition. Spine broken and reglued, copy free from foxing.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies and reimposed on vergé d'Arches paper, the tirage de tête.
Occasional marginal foxing.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Bible vellum, the only deluxe copies along with 10 on pure linen.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on pur fil, the deluxe copies after only 5 on Holland paper.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
One joint reattached, minor lacks without consequence to the other joint, three tiny marginal lacks to the second cover, some foxing. Rare.

First edition, one of 74 numbered copies on alfa Djebel paper, deluxe copies after 26 special alfa Djebel.
About notably H. Bazin, R. Fallet, L. Calaferte, Y. Gibeau.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly faded.

First edition.
Corner lacking affecting the first 5 pages without touching the text, some foxing and small marginal dampstains of no consequence.

First edition of which there is no mention of deluxe copies.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands, contemporary binding.
Some very occasional foxing, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed in 350 copies, ours one of 300 copies on laid paper.
Bradel binding in full mouse-grey cloth, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label with a small lack, marginal foxing to boards, original wrappers preserved, modest contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by J. Kerremans.
Some occasional foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Uncommon.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Half chocolate shagreen binding, spine in four compartments decorated with dotted lines and gilt floral motifs, double gilt fillets at head and foot, corners bumped. Foxing affecting essentially the very first and very last pages.
Rare.

Second edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine with minor wear marks decorated with gilt fillets, library labels at head and foot, some corners slightly bumped, library stamps.
Poems by E. Boulay-Paty, A. Pommier, L. Colet, C. Millevoye among others.
Fresh interior.

First edition.
Full red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Work illustrated with plates.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full caramel cardboard, smooth spine with small lacks at head and foot decorated with gilt fillets, title-label and volume label in red shagreen with small scratches, tears on edges. Work complete with the frontispiece portrait of Mr de Fongeray and the facsimile of his handwriting.
Foxing.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
With a note by Paul Valéry.

First collected edition.
Tears with lacks to head and foot of spine of temporary binding, some minor foxing without gravity.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing with 55 other deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from Maryse Elot.
Stamp and gift inscription from the dedicatee, stains to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue along with 50 on Japan paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half moiré-effect cardboard, red half-shagreen title-label, later binding.
Complete with the dedication to Honoré Daumier. Foxing.
Rare.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Light tears with small lacks at head and foot of spine, two small corner lacks and two stains on first cover, occasional light foxing.