First Editions

First edition in French, one of 550 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 25 hors commerce copies.
Spine lightly sunned, a small harmless stain on the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition in French translation established by A. Guerne, one of 600 numbered copies on laid paper, the only printing with 40 on vellum.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author by A. Masson.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French, one of the numbered copies, the only printing with 200 service de presse copies.
Preface by André Maurois. Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa vellum, the only issue along with 25 Madagascar and 50 Arches.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this unfinished novel, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by Paul Bourget, handsome copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Rare.

First edition.
Rare autograph inscription from the author, with a frontispiece engraved portrait of the author, illustrated work.
Tears and corner losses to boards, one joint cracked at head, black ink stain at foot of spine.

First edition.
Minimal lacks to head of spine, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

Rare first edition not offered for sale, no mention of deluxe copies.
With frontispiece portrait of the author on Japan tissue.
Foxing affecting the first two and last leaves.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine split with tears and lacks at head and foot.

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

First edition.
Spine faded.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with a portrait and an autograph of M. Jacob.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with a portrait and an autograph of A. Jarry.
Spine sunned.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on tinted vellum, the only printing alongside 13 on Marais vellum.
Minor marginal foxing to the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Concerning J.B. Marat, an angular tear reglued to the first cover, some foxing.
Rare.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
A scratch and a marginal tear on the first cover, marginal dampstaining affecting the very first pages, occasional light foxing.

First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 100 on Japan paper.
Spine slightly faded as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only issue with 350 on chiffon vellum.
Rich iconography.
A trace of tape repair at the head of one joint, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies, only 75 deluxe copies were issued.
Endpapers slightly browned, otherwise fine copy.

First edition, one of 31 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copies after 8 Annam and 9 Montval.
With frontispiece photographic portrait of Germain Nouveau.
Minor marginal stains of no consequence affecting the back cover, gift inscription on endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper reserved for the author, of which no mention is made in the limitation statement.
Small harmless stains to boards, otherwise fine copy.

First edition, one of 473 numbered copies on Lana vellum, the only issue with 7 Japan and 50 pur fil.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Vincent Muselli.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Occasional foxing.

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed at press, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
A tiny marginal lack affecting the back cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Copy almost free from foxing.

First edition, one of 10 hors commerce copies on Madagascar paper, the only deluxe copies, ours unnumbered.
Occasional foxing, rare.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
One repaired tear affecting the front board, occasional light foxing.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second edition, only 85 deluxe copies were printed.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcello-Fabri to Martin saint-René.

First edition on ordinary paper published anonymously, of which only 15 copies were printed on Holland paper.
Preface by A. Gilbert de Voisins.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A repaired tear at the head of one joint, two small marginal lacks to the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 894 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies with 109 reimposed.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed on the press, only 7 were printed on Holland paper.
Preface by L. Belugou. Spine cracked and reglued.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from Emile Vitta in the form of a quatrain.
Additionally, our copy is enhanced with an autograph quatrain by the author addressed to the same dedicatee on a loose slip.
A fine copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper, the only deluxe copies with 13 on pur fil.
With frontispiece portrait of the author by R. Dufy.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.

Second edition.
About Madame Chrysanthème by P. Loti, La terre by E. Zola, Sur l'eau by G. de Maupassant, L'après-midi d'un faune by S. Mallarmé, Choses vues by V. Hugo among others.
Small tears with slight losses to one joint, some worming.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the July 15, 1921 issue.
Handsome copy.

New edition, one of 550 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only issue.
Marginal foxing to front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper; only 66 deluxe copies were printed.
With frontispiece portrait of A. Fontainas by P. Valéry, iconography.
A marginal lack affecting the back cover, spine cracked and reglued with small lacks.

First edition of the French version by Jean-Paul Louis.
Autograph inscription signed by the latter.
Work illustrated with images by S. Hatt-Trocmé, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 900 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only issue with 100 copies on Japan paper.
Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A marginal fold to the front cover, light foxing mainly affecting the first and last leaves, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of 1120 numbered copies on chamois vellum, the only issue with 50 on pur fil.
Introduction by C. Lefèvre-Roujon, handsome copy.

New edition, one of the numbered copies on châtaignier paper. Work illustrated with a drawing by the author, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only issue with 3 Chine and 32 Lafuma.
Handsome copy complete with the publisher's small catalogue.

First edition.
Spine split and reglued with a small loss at foot, scattered foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 50 deluxe copies were printed.
A photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.

First edition.
Illustrated.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 15 Japan and 20 Arches deluxe copies were printed.
Work illustrated with a photographic frontispiece of a work by A. Rodin.
Three stains on spine and first cover.
Light foxing affecting endpapers, otherwise handsome copy.

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

First edition printed on ordinary paper, false statement of 7th edition.
About Racine, Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Baudelaire and Apollinaire.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription from the author on the front cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Roque-Ferrier.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition. H. Murger as seen by one of his characters.
A good copy.

First edition.
The prediction of Cazotte, the metamorphoses of Olivier Basselin, the deliquescences of Adoré Floupette, the songs of Bilitis...
Light worming affecting the endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition of this conference in the Russian working Society of Paris.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies with 5 Japan and 25 Holland.
Fine copy.

First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper established by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, of which only 25 deluxe copies were printed.
Contributions by Machado de Assis, G. Barroso, L. Carneiro, A. Maia, P. Setubal...
Spine faded as usual, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition for which there were no large paper copies.
Spine sunned.

First edition.
Les fleurs et les perles du vieux mélodrame.
A lack at the head of the spine

First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait of F. Ponsard as frontispiece.
Spine split.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue littéraire de l'histoire de France.
Autograph inscription signed by the author.
About Robert Greene's 'Pandosto' (1588) translated into French in 1615.
Covers detached with corner lacks, a slight corner lack to front cover, marginal dampstaining.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Charles Nisard.
Unbound with silent boards showing tears and small marginal lacks.
Rare.

First edition.
This is a bibliography and chronology of Protestant pamphlets against Ronsard's speeches with a critical edition of three unpublished pieces and one little-known piece.
Two minor ballpoint pen marks on spine, first cover slightly and marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the French translation on ordinary paper, with only 10 deluxe copies printed on Holland paper.
A lack at foot of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine faded and clumsily reinforced with tape, marginal lacks to boards, foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
With an etching as frontispiece.
A rare and very good copy with practically no foxing.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of this offprint from the Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Chartes.
Manuscript annotations in pencil.
Tears with small lacks to spine.

First edition.
Two slight lacks to spine, small worming to boards, corner dampstain affecting the final leaves.

First edition of the French translation, false statement of edition, no mention of deluxe copies.
Gift inscription on front cover, three small stains on back cover, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation by Max Buchon, no deluxe copies mentioned.
Some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
About Plutarch, Iambulus, Conon, Xenophon, Eumathe, Petronius...
A tiny marginal lack to the first cover, small traces of adhesive to the endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Small tears to spine, one joint reglued, two small marginal lacks to front board, light interior foxing.

First edition printed in small number of this offprint.
Unpublished texts.
Brochure illustrated with a facsimile.
Two tears at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 44 deluxe copies printed.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 100 deluxe copies printed.
Complete with publisher's slip.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Worming to covers, light foxing mainly affecting the first pages.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 5 copies were printed on deluxe Holland paper.
Worming to covers and spine split.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with a portrait of M. de Staël and established from the letters of M. de Montmorency to Mme. de Staël.
Lacks at head and foot of spine, two small marginal lacks on the front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed to a very small number of copies on vergé.
A very good and rare copy of the first book of the author.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were issued.
Small tear at foot of spine, rare and fine copy.

First edition of this speech delivered at the opening of the Conference of Lawyers and printed at the order's expense; no deluxe copies were issued.
Spine absent, small corner lacks to boards, boards detached, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this pamphlet printed in very small numbers on laid paper.
Some foxing and a marginal tear without consequence to the first cover, minor foxing to interior.
Rare.

First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first issue printed on the press, only 6 copies on Holland paper were printed.
Lacks to spine, one tear at foot of joint, two small adhesive marks on first cover.

First edition, one of 305 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only printing with 5 Japan copies.
Handsome copy despite very slight worming to the front board and a light shadow on the second.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Louise Labé, Christine de Pisan, poets in the 16th century, Mme de la Fayette, Mlle de Scudéry, Mlle de Gournay, la marquise de Caylus, la maréchale Oudinot, Mmes de Sévigné and de Maintenon, Eugénie de Guérin...
A marginal dampstain on the first cover.

First edition of this Balzacian novel featuring a Don Juan and courtesans in the 19th-century style, with all the darkness and nonchalance desired. Illustrated with 20 steel engravings hors texte by Flameng, La Guillermie..., most printed in sanguine. Engravings as head-pieces, initials, tail-pieces...
Full black morocco. Spine with 4 false raised bands. Triple fillet forming 4 compartments each with a decorative tool. Relief escutcheon monogrammed J.D on the upper cover. Edges gilt. Corners somewhat rubbed. Light worming and pale foxing, mainly in the margins of the engravings. Some marginal dampstains on a few isolated leaves.
Handsome edition of this uncommon work. Houssaye was a literary personality of the period, theatre director, he created Hernani, plays by Nerval...

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First edition.
Worn covers with significant loss to spine, foxing.
Rare.

First edition in French.
Full cream cardboard binding, smooth spine.
Light foxing to endpapers and edges.