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

First edition, a service de presse copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Emmanuel Berl, attractive copy retaining publisher's wraparound band with a small defect.

First edition in French, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue. Minimal foxing to head of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Latin text facing.
Rare.

First edition published from the autograph manuscript and printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Publisher's binding in full flexible red cardboard, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, blind frames on boards, a significant stain on the front board and a few other small stains slightly affecting both boards without damage to the interior condition.

Rare first edition.
Half-shagreen binding in blue, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt roulettes and floral motifs, traces of rubbing at head and foot, one corner slightly bumped.
Some light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen binding in burgundy, spine with five raised bands showing minor traces of rubbing, joints lightly rubbed at head, covers preserved, fine bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Handsome interior condition, gift inscription by the owner in pencil on front cover.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Emmanuel Berl on the half-title page which has a small marginal tear repaired with tape.

First edition, one of the rare copies on laid paper of which no mention is made.
Half navy blue shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs showing slight traces of rubbing, date at foot, joints rubbed at head, covers preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, corners slightly bumped.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Ulbach.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.

The rare first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from 'L'almanach du sonnet'.
Autograph inscription signed by the author.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were made.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine with minor rubbing, edges rubbed, one corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding signed by Barast.
About the depravities of high society. Rare.

Very rare first edition, absent from French and English catalogues, and from the Hollis catalogue of Harvard library. Complete with the portrait and frontispiece which are often lacking.
20th-century binding using a 19th-century manuscript vellum, smooth spine with red morocco title label. Dampstaining throughout the work. The frontispiece and portrait have been laid down.
It is undoubtedly, according to the exchange of verses at the beginning of the volume, when quite young that Thomas de Lorme, sieur de Bordes, from Dauphiné and native of la côte Saint André, lawyer at parliament, wrote this collection of rondeaux, epitaphs... At the end of the work, judgments on writers, poets,

First edition. Absent from the BN de France and French catalogues, one copy at the British Library and several in English catalogues. Le somnambule is on deluxe paper. Les nouveaux opuscules de Fleury are in first edition.
Half blue cloth binding from the first half of the 19th century. Corners slightly bumped.
French woman of letters (1737-1813), Countess Anne Marie Françoise de Beauharnais wrote novels, tales, plays and verse pieces, which are collected in this volume. Besides containing verse fables, les nouveaux opuscules de Feutry brings together a collection of texts on the birth and development of Castilian, Arab and Italian, Portuguese poetry of great interest. Biography of

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Iconography.
Two manuscript corrections.

First edition in French.
About Tolstoy, Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol...
Minor spotting to boards, otherwise a handsome copy. Rare.

First edition.
Half green sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, contemporary binding.
About peregrinations in Mexico.
Some foxing.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies with no mention of deluxe copies.
Fine autograph inscription from R.G. d'. Helle to Noël B. de la Mort.
Work illustrated with a color plate by M. Le P.T.F. Introduction by Georges Fourest in a truculent and preliminary pseudo-sonnet.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition in French, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Spine faded with some losses.
Our copy is from the library of Maurice Fombeure who wrote his name in ink as well as a chronological notation on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 8 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A small angular stain of no consequence to the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Bradel binding in full purple boards, smooth spine faded decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, brown title-label with minor rubbing.
Inscribed by P. de Saint-Victor, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 166 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 40 on pur fil paper.
With a portrait of a 'companion' and a somewhat wild preface...
Undoubtedly a masterpiece of argot literature and companionship. Author's signature on the justification page, some light foxing.

First edition.
Two lacks to head of spine, occasional foxing.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only printing with 30 on Lana vellum.
Small marginal lacks to the first cover.
With frontispiece portrait of the author by A. Beaudin.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from the author.
A corner lack to the front free endpaper, small harmless stains to the rear board.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
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First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on alfa, the only printing with 35 Hollande.
A very good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Small tears with slight lacks to head and to foot of the joints.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
A small minor stain on the first cover, a pale dampstain to the margin of the second cover, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition, no mention of deluxe copies.
Worming and a tear at head of spine, small tears at head and foot of joints, angular lack to rear board, occasional light foxing.

Published before the first edition.
Softcover, as issued.
Occasional foxing.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition, no mention of deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from Paul Olivier to Henri Lefort.
With a preface-poem by Jean Richepin.
Split spine with small lacks, small corner lacks to front board. Rare.

First edition, false statement of 1000 copies.
Eloquent illustrated cover.
Back cover marginally faded and also bearing a small stain, small angular tears with sometimes tiny lacks to covers.
Rare.

First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece.
Full vellum binding with overlapping edges. Smooth spine with handwritten title. Endpapers renewed.
Important Greek-Latin dictionary. The German humanist E. Lubin (1565-1621) taught poetics at the University of Rostock from 1595 to 1605 before becoming professor of theology. Fine Elzevier edition in small type. Between 1620 and 1680, Elzevier production experienced a golden age of typography. The origin of small formats and small type (a technical feat at the time) lay in cost considerations, as printing was then in crisis.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Rare and handsome autograph inscription by Maxime Rude.
Collection of poems, some of which are dedicated to T. de Banville, J. Barbey d'Aurevilly, C. Monselet, P. Arène among others.
A lack at head of spine, a tear with a loss to the front cover, slight marginal tears without loss to the front cover, occasional light foxing. Inscription page torn without loss.
Rare.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full light grey cardboard binding, smooth spine, burgundy shagreen title-label, joints slightly cracked at head and foot, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription by Gyp in purple ink.
Work illustrated with 100 photographs from nature.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Contemporary half blue sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and dots, slight rubbing to one joint, one lower corner slightly bumped.
Contributions by Charles Cros, Charles Monselet, Gustave Nadaud, Georges Ohnet...
One angular lack not affecting text to pages 181-182, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition, published in a small number of copies.
Occasional foxing, two lacks to head and foot of spine.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt typographical motif, date at foot, brown shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.

First edition published anonymously.
Rare autograph inscription by the author on the front cover which has been laid down and also has a corner lacking at foot. Full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, original wrappers preserved.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 12 plates.
Annotations mostly in pencil on the front free endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy of these very interesting memoirs by the author.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 50 copies were printed on deluxe paper.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription from the author.
A small lack at the head of the spine.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition, service de presse stamp on the back cover.
Very slight corner spotting on the back cover.

First edition.
Spine sunned with a small tear at head, handsome condition internally.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed, false statement of third edition.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Three tears at head and foot of spine, small angular lack to first cover, second cover lacking, handsome interior condition. Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Illustrated with woodcuts by Frank Innocent. A suite of monochrome illustrations has been added, accompanying the 25 hors commerce copies on pure Lafuma laid paper (copies signed by the author and illustrator).
One of 25 hors commerce copies, marked O.
Lengthy circumstantial autograph inscriptions by the author and illustrator to Elie-Léon Bramy, gallery owner and poet.
Preface by Mac Orlan. First edition limited to 200 copies.
In original wrappers. Folded covers.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop upon request within 48 hours.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

Edition limited to 100 numbered copies, ours being n°1 of the 96 on English laid paper after 4 on China paper.
Blue marbled paper Bradel binding. Black sheepskin title label in landscape format.
Textual reprint of the first edition of 1575, reproducing the title page, of this poetry by Guillaume de la Taysonnière, gentleman from Bresse who practiced poetry as pure distraction. L'attiffet is followed by other poems. The editors' note presents La Taysonnière's bibliography emphasizing the rarity of the editions, always highly sought after.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Half-shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt initials at foot, gilt fillet frame on boards, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, light foxing on endpapers.
Autograph inscription from Marc Stéphane, the dedicatee's name has been cut out.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition, false statement of edition. Illustrated covers.
A pale dampstain affecting the spine and more significantly the verso of the front board and front endpaper.

First edition, one of 950 numbered copies, the only printing with 50 on chiffon.
With a portrait from the author by Zadkine.

New edition but first for many parts, one of 250 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies with 20 Japon.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Plain paper cover.
Rare.

First edition on chestnut.
A small marginal tear without gravity on the second board, nice complete copy of his trailer.

First edition en volume, one of 300 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only printing with 60 on papier grossier dit 'Chandelle' and 30 on Whatman.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition, one of rare copies on China paper of which there is no mention in the justification of the print run, nor in the 'Talvart', the 'Carteret' or the 'Clouzot'.
Spine cracked, faint marginal dampstain to edges.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition.
From the 'Dada' collection.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of only 45 numbered copies on vergé.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition.
Publisher's yellow cover, this copy, uncut, retains the handsome portrait of the author as frontispiece.notre exemplaire, non rogné, est complet du très beau portrait gravé de l'auteur en frontispice. Large but pale foxing to almost every leaf.

First edition of which only 10 Holland deluxe copies were printed.
A small repaired tear at foot of spine, another marginal tear on front cover, otherwise handsome copy almost free of foxing.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A rare and very good copy.

First edition printed to a very small number of copies.
Covers very slightly and marginally faded, a very good and rare copy.

First edition.
Spine of the second volume slightly cracked, marginal dampstains affecting the very first and last pages of the first volume, a faint angular dampstain affecting the opening pages of the second volume, copies almost entirely free of foxing.
Rare.

First edition in French, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, after only 25 on Japan and 50 on Hollande.
Handsome copy.