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

First edition published in a small number of copies, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Inscribed by Georges Brunet, under pseudonym, to a close friend.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Superb full-page inscription from the author to Germaine Beaumont.

First edition on ordinary paper, only a few Holland deluxe copies were printed.
Half black sheep binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double blind compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Two pale angular dampstains affecting the very first and very last pages, some light foxing.
This is the second book of the famous 'Histoire des origines du christianisme'.

First edition.
The frontispiece portrait, first endpaper and half-title page are lacking from our copy which is presented in its original wrappers.
Occasional light foxing.

New edition of the French translation established by Léon de Wailly.
Half bottle-green sheep bindings, spines with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
As a preface, the life of Laurence Sterne by Sir Walter Scott.
Rare foxing.

First edition of the Spanish translation freely established by Alfonso Reyes.
Spine faded, marginal tears to boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper of the first work published in the famous 'Edgar Poe' collection.
Light worming and small stains on the boards.

First edition.
Minor insignificant lacks and marginal spotting to dust jacket flaps, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 82 numbered copies on Arches paper, deluxe printing with 17 on Auvergne.
First endpaper shaded and spotted, pale marginal dampstain at head of pages.

First edition of the French translation established by Marie Canavaggia, one of 210 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on pur chiffon, deluxe issue with 2 Angoumois laid papers.
Fine inscription from Michel Mercoeur to a close friend.
Rare.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the deluxe issue after 10 on Madagascar.
Handsome and rare full-margined copy.

First edition on ordinary paper for Protée, reprint for La cantate à trois voix, only 20 copies were printed on deluxe Arches laid paper. Handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation established by Valéry Larbaud, one of 830 numbered copies on pur fil paper, one of 120 re-imposed.
Foxing mainly affecting the very first and very last pages.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Work illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and 16 heliogravure plates.
Two tiny nicks to spine, very light foxing to front board.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with black and color illustrations by Baldrich, B. Mann and Vertès.
At the end, a text by J. Giraudoux entitled 'Barbe'.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated by M. Van Moppès.

First edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full green cloth, dust jacket preserved with very slight corner losses.
Illustrations by Robert King.

First American edition.
Publisher's half vellum-style boards, green paper boards, smooth unlettered spine.
A pale marginal dampstain at foot of pages.

First edition, one of 100 numbered hors commerce copies on alfa paper, deluxe issue.
Autograph inscription from Henri Bordeaux.
Minor foxing to boards and front endpaper, an angular crease mark on the back board.

First edition in French, one of 130 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 27 on pur fil.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe issue with 60 on Ingres.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux under special wrapper printed specially for the Séquana collection.
Spine slightly faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Spine and covers marginally faded, internally good.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Light marginal worming without consequence to the front board, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
Autograph inscription from Léon Riotor to Paul Bonhomme on the first cover.
A small trace of restoration using a piece of tape at the foot of the spine, marginal lacks to the boards, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from Henry Spiess.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Handsome full-page autograph inscription from the author to Edmond Haraucourt.
A tiny tear without loss to head of front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition under publisher's reissue covers at Floury, one of 240 numbered copies on English paper, the only printing with 32 Japan copies.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Eugène Montfort to Jean Moréas.
Small corner lacks to covers, foxing.
Rare.

First edition in French, one of 300 numbered copies on pure watermarked rag paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies.
Tiny corner lacks to the head of the first board, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition printed in 500 numbered copies justified by the author.
Fine autograph inscription from the author to Georges Oudard.
Paper yellowed.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher's binding in full burgundy boards, smooth spine, one headcap with slight damage but no loss, red edges. Iconography, autograph facsimiles.
Annotations and highlighting in colored pencils by the previous owner of the work.

First edition, one of 11 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Small tears of no consequence at foot of one joint at the deckled edges and a tear without loss at head of spine, otherwise handsome full-margined copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Occasional light foxing, a marginal tear at head of second board discreetly repaired with tape.
Rare.

First edition, one of 25 copies on laid paper, the deluxe issue after 1 Japan.
Foxing to boards, endpapers lightly shaded.
Rare.

First edition, one of 25 copies on laid paper, deluxe copies after 1 Japan.
Three slight corner lacks at head of covers, worming on endpapers.
Rare.

First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on tinted paper justified by the author, the only printing with 5 Japan, 10 Holland and 20 Japan français.
Inscription from Charles Esquier to Edmond Haraucourt.
Beautiful illustrated cover, foxing on the first cover and endpapers, a small tear at the head of the first cover.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Sebastien-Charles Leconte.
Spine sunned with small restorations and very slight lacks at head and foot, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper, of which only 3 copies on Japan paper and 12 on Holland paper were printed as deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription by André Ferdinand-Herold.
Front board detached, spine split and worn.

First edition printed in a small number, no mention is made of deluxe copies
Rare inscription from Jean Carrère to Robert Vallée.
Spine slightly faded, tiny worming to boards.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
Inscription from Bard Ab Alor in Breton.
This work has the particularity of being in bilingual edition: in Breton and, below, the French translation.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies mentioned.
Preface by a fumiste.
One corner lacking at head of front cover, some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed and inscribed by Henri de Régnier to Albert Erlande.

First edition.
Half navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing slight traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some rare minor foxing.

First edition, one of 15 copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies with 5 Japon not announced.
A very good copy with good margins.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper under double wrappers, deluxe printing with 15 on Japan paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse de Chateaubriant.
Spine sunned with a dampstain in its center, a tear at head of first board, a full-margined copy.
Provenance: from the library of André Castelot.

First edition.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, dates at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary bindings.
Complete set with the fourth and final volume entitled: 'Les contemporains'.
Occasional minor foxing.

First edition, one of 60 copies on Madagascar paper.
Spine with lacks and affected by a large tear, a full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 100 copies on ordinary paper, the only issue with 25 on laid paper.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition, service de presse copy, only 10 copies printed on pur fil paper.
Friendly inscription from the author.
Spine faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Precious autograph inscription from Julien Guillemard to Henry Bataille.
First gathering detached.
Spine faded with lack at foot, foxing.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies along with 100 on Holland paper.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Holland paper specially printed for the Bibliophiles du Nord, deluxe copy with 5 Annam.
Author's signature on the endpaper.

First edition. Rare.
In original wrappers. Lacking right corner of title page (the letter E of "lune" is therefore missing), and lower right corner.
A satire of the French Revolution. Cousin Jacques was the pseudonym of the journalist Beffroy de Reigny to whom he owed his celebrity. He is the author of comic pieces on the French Revolution and the political and social transformations of his time.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Inscribed by Nicolas Beauduin to Albert de Bersaucourt.
Work illustrated by Maurice de Linière.
Spine slightly faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands showing slight traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to verso of front board and stamp of the same bibliophile at foot of title page.
Anglo-American poets and novelists, the Puritans, poetry of revenge, the young Acadian woman...
Occasional foxing affecting mainly the first pages of the volume.

First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on laid Grifo paper, the only issue with 50 on pure thread.
Beautiful full-page autograph inscription from the author to a close friend.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition, one of the copies on chestnut paper, the only printing with 550 Bonet. Minor marginal lacks not affecting text on the pages of the first leaf which was badly cut, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 915 copies on ivory centaur paper, the only printing after 85 on laid paper.
Cover illustrated by Antoni Tapiès.
Light dampstain affecting the head of the spine and second cover, otherwise a very fine copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue.
A photographic portrait of the author pasted onto the endpaper which also bears a pasted bookplate.
Manuscript annotations by a previous owner on the rear endpaper, a corner crease mark on the front board, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue with 30 on Japan paper.
Light traces of corner creases without consequence at foot of boards, handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A tear and lack to head of spine. Marginal tears to covers.
A full-margined copy.

First edition.
Friendly inscription from the author to a friend.
One stain and crease to front cover, spine sunned.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Marais paper, deluxe printing.
Work illustrated with 8 illustrations by Kirszenbaum.
Minor spotting of no consequence to the front board, handsome copy.

First edition, one of the few hors commerce copies reserved for friends of the publishing house.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Michel Seuphor to the Apollinaire specialist Michel Decaudin.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author to one of his close friends.
One stain to the rear cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscription by John Blackwood in French to one of his friends.
Our copy is enhanced with an autograph note by the author, in French, addressed to the same person.
Spine and boards uniformly faded, handsome interior condition.

New edition, one of the numbered copies on Alfama paper, this one unnumbered, the only issue.
A slight tear repaired at foot, spine and covers marginally faded.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Tears and corner losses to covers, pages marginally creased.
Rare.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Lacking spine and boards.
Rare.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Lacking spine and boards.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small angular lack at the foot of the second cover, occasional light foxing, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Marginal restoration to the first cover, scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Tears and corner lacks to covers, scattered foxing.
Rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Lacking spine and covers, occasional light foxing.
Rare.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Lacking spine and boards, occasional light foxing.
Rare.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Lacking spine and boards, occasional light foxing.
Rare.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing with 12 Japan and 77 Lafuma.
Inscribed by the author's wife to a couple of her friends.
Spine restored with cracking and a small lack at foot, three small marginal stains of no consequence on the boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Rare autograph tribute from the author.
Tiny lack at foot of one joint, pale corner dampstain at head of first pages, some foxing.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on Holland paper.
Speeches by P. Bourget and E. Haraucourt, with autograph inscription signed by the latter.
Work illustrated with 3 photographic reproductions of portraits of G. Flaubert.
Spine and covers marginally sunned, foxing to endpapers, first endpaper marginally stained, occasional light foxing.

First edition.
Rare inscription by Delrieu.
Frontispiece with an engraving illustrating a scene from this five-act play.
A significant lack at the foot of the spine with a slight additional one at the head, copy presented in plain temporary wrappers on which some bibliophilic notes relating to the work have been written, occasional light foxing.

First edition, one of the copies on laid paper, the only printing with 75 Amatruda laid paper copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light marginal worming to the boards, otherwise a handsome copy.

New edition illustrated with 50 original drawings in the text.
Publisher's full chocolate boards, smooth spine decorated with blind decorative motifs, front board decorated with gilt and blind decorative motifs, blind frames on the rear board.
Rare and handsome copy, free from foxing, in boards of exceptional freshness.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours unnumbered, after only 5 Japan and 15 Holland copies.
Spine sunned, minimal marginal spotting to covers and endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies along with 70 on pure thread.
About P.J. Proudhon, H. Rochefort, J. Vallès, L. Bloy among others.
Light marginal tears and spotting to covers without significance, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 355 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Light worming to edges, otherwise a handsome copy.