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

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to Jean Paulhan.
Pleasant copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Fine autograph inscription from the author to Jean Paulhan: "... des guerriers sans application..."
Spine very slightly faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Spine and covers very slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.

First edition, one of the numbered service de presse (advance) copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded without gravity, retaining publisher's wraparound band.

First edition of the French translation established by Fernand Crommelynck, one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies with 10 on Holland paper.
Two light traces of sunning without gravity at head and foot of spine, covers slightly and marginally faded, a small stain without gravity on the first deckled edge, otherwise handsome copy with full margins.

First edition in French, one of 37 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Spine and boards uniformly faded, a marginal tear at foot of front board, endpapers very slightly and partially faded, a full-margined copy.

First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies alfa, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First French edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
A handsome full-margined copy.

First French edition, one of 37 numbered copies on Hollande paper, deluxe issue.
Minimal worming of no consequence affecting some deckled edges as well as the first endpaper, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.

First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on grey laid Montval paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing with 35 copies on white laid Montval.
Fine copy.

First edition in French, one of 620 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A fold to the front cover.

Edition with some parts in first edition, one of 30 copies numbered in Roman numerals on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Fine full-page inscription by Jacques-Noir.
Work decorated with headpieces, initial letters, tailpieces, 5 illustrations including two in color and two facsimiles.
Spine lightly sunned otherwise handsome full-margined copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers preserved, top edge gilt.
Copy virtually free from any foxing.

First edition, one of 490 numbered copies on laid paper, ours one of the hors commerce copies.
Friendly inscription from the author to Emile Henriot.
Two small lacks at head and foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated cover. Light harmless scratches on the spine.

First collected edition, one of the service de presse copies.
Fine inscription from Jules Monnerot to Julien Gracq.
Spine sunned.

First edition, one of 175 numbered copies on Lana rag paper, deluxe copy with 165 pure Arches thread.
Four clear traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers, light marginal worming affecting some pages, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of the advance copies.
Charming autograph inscription from Albert Vidalie.
Spine slightly faded with a small tear in the middle, a fold mark at the foot of the back cover.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Spine creased, otherwise handsome copy.

The first collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies of this selection established by Marcel Arland.
Texts by R. Belleau, F. Rabelais, A. d'Aubigné, Mme de Sévigné, Molière, A. de Lamartine, Stendhal, G. Sand, G. Flaubert, E. Zola, Alain-Fournier; C. Péguy...

First edition, one of the numbered copies on pure Montgolfier laid paper.
Handsome copy with full margins.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by Michel Poniatowski.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated cover with central roundel.
Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 20 deluxe copies were printed on pur fil paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of edition.
Illustrated cover.
Spine sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 13 vellum deluxe copies were printed.
Illustrated cover, with a portrait of Auguste Comte as frontispiece.
Three slight tears of no consequence to the front board, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition in French printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition printed on ordinary paper, false statement of third edition.
A small stain on the first cover, handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated cover.
Fine copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French on ordinary paper established by Benjamin Goriély, from a limited edition of only 50 alfa deluxe copies printed.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small marginal stain at foot of second cover, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of second thousand.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy considering the poor quality of this wartime paper.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of third thousand.
Iconography.
As frontispiece, the reproduction of Théophile Gautier's bookplate.
Spine slightly faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 20 deluxe copies printed on vellum.
Illustrated cover, iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 25 deluxe copies printed on laid paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrated with a portrait and a facsimile.
Spine sunned.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with false statement of second edition.
Light staining to spine and covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 25 copies were printed on laid paper.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Illustrated cover.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrated with 2 reproductions.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of edition.Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies, the only issue with 25 hors commerce copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.

First edition in French on ordinary paper.
Paper yellowed as is generally the case.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Work illustrated with a portrait of J.K. Huysmans as frontispiece.

First edition in French, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this work printed in "a few copies".
The work has a blank cover, the title page bears a stain in the corner of the first cover. Previously unpublished piece by François Villon. Fine copy.
Rare.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Inscribed by the author to the journalist Noël B. de la Mort.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Maximilien Luce.
Spine faded with small light stains.

First edition. Collaborations by A. André, J. Boher, M. Gorki, F. Jourdain, F. Jourdain, Kokoschka, K. Kraus, A. Maillol, Ch. - L. Philippe, M. Pottecher, J. renard, Van Dongen, Valloton, L. Werth. The work features a reproduction of a drawing by Albert Marquet as frontispiece. There are also numerous illustrations in the text by the aforementioned artists. Handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by Paul Morand.
Spine sunned with two small tears, marginal tear to back board.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing alongside 6 on Japan paper and 10 on San Francisco paper.
Spine very lightly sunned, small light stains of no consequence to second board, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Spine faded, a lack at the head of the half-title page where an inscription by the author should have appeared.

First edition.
Work illustrated by Jacques Leman. Contributions by A. Houssaye, L. Ratisbonne, G. Boissier, Sully Prudhomme...
Parchment-covered wrappers with marginal tears and lacks, which seems inevitable given their fragility, occasional light foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of 7th edition.
Spine slightly warped, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition printed in 550 numbered copies on Annonay laid paper.
Some spotting affecting mainly the first cover, light traces of adhesive tape on endpapers, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 50 Japan.
Our copy is complete with the double state of Waroquier's frontispiece.
Spine very slightly faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 1200 copies on bouffant paper, the only printing with 150 copies on bouffant afnor.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 700 numbered copies on Arches paper, this copy unnumbered, the only printing with 25 on Japan and 50 on Holland paper.
A trace of a fold in the center of the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red cloth binding with corners, smooth spine, yellowed endpapers, annotations on the title page, occasional foxing. Ernest Renan was commissioned to compile an inventory of oriental manuscripts preserved in Italian libraries. This mission, completed in June 1850, resulted in two reports.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press.
Autograph inscription signed by André Suarès.
Light worming affecting exclusively the margins, handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 31 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
Spine wrinkled, slight traces of marginal fold to lower cover, a good copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper and justified by the printer, the only printing with 25 Japan copies.
First endpaper very lightly and partially shadowed, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 335 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only printing along with 5 on old Japan, 15 on Japan imperial and 30 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in 300 numbered copies on laid paper, ours inscribed to Emile Henriot.
Endpapers very lightly and marginally shaded without consequence, handsome copy.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Inscribed by the author to Pierre Fresnay.
Three pale dampstains to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome inscription from the author to Georges Simenon.
Work illustrated with drawings by the author.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Printed bibliophile's stamp at head of front endpaper, handsome copy.

First edition of this satirical play in Norman dialect.
Foreword, variants and dialectal notes by C. Guerlin de Guer. Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, bookseller's label pasted at head of front endpaper, marginal foxing on endpapers, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by Hermann-Paul to Karl Boès.
Illustrated with drawings by the author.

First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Outhenin-Chalandre paper, the only issue with 20 on Japan paper.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 1540 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing with 301 other deluxe papers.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a portrait of the author by Berthold Mann.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue with 78 Japan and 130 Montval.
Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with a portrait of the author by Berthold Mann.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the endpapers and certain margins.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on wove paper.
Some shadows on certain margins, retaining its deckled edges.

First collected edition, an advance copy.
Inscribed by the author to Raymond Gallimard.