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

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First Editions
  1. Déjà jadis ou du mouvement Dada à l'espace abstrait
    Georges RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES

    Déjà jadis ou du mouvement Dada à l'espace abstrait

    Julliard|Paris 1958|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Light adhesive tape marks at head and foot of endpapers.
    Iconography.
    With the illustrated dust jacket and complete with publisher's slip.
    Autograph inscription signed by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes to Lucie Faure.
    €100
  2. Oeuvres complettes de Marivaux
    Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de MARIVAUX

    Oeuvres complettes de Marivaux

    Chez La veuve Duchesne|A Paris 1781|12.50 x 20 cm|12 volumes reliés

    First complete collected edition, published in Paris in 1781 in twelve volumes. For the first time, it brings together in a single set Marivaux’s plays, novels, periodical writings, and a number of prose works previously scattered across separate publications. Portrait of Marivaux as frontispiece, painted by Pougin de Saint-Aubin, within an ornamental frame designed by Clément-Pierre Marillier and engraved by François-Robert Ingouf, known as Ingouf le Jeune.

     

    Uniform contemporary full mottled tan calf. Spines with raised bands, gilt compartments and rolls at foot; tan...

    €2,000
  3. La porte ouverte
    CHAS LABORDE

    La porte ouverte

    Henri Jonquières|Paris 1931|15 x 20.50 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with 75 annotated drawings by Chas Laborde, one of 524 numbered copies on vellum, the only issue after 1 on Japan paper and 75 on Annam paper.
    A handsome copy.
    €150
  4. Sur la pierre blanche
    Anatole FRANCE

    Sur la pierre blanche

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1903|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half-shagreen binding in burgundy, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black fillets, some rubbing to the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.


    €120
  5. Proses et bois originaux
    Gabriel BELOT

    Proses et bois originaux

    E.F. d'Aligan|Paris 1919|21 x 28.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on handmade paper with deckle edges.
    Handsome copy despite two tiny lacks at head and foot of spine.
    €100
  6. La négresse du Sacré-Coeur
    André SALMON

    La négresse du Sacré-Coeur

    Nrf|Paris 1920|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reimposed.
    Spine sunned with two small lacks, dampstain to lower right corner of final leaves.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Cher Robert de Wotrenge, vous me demandez de vous signer, à l'instant de votre départ, hélas, ce livre que je n'ai pu vous offrir dans l'instant heureux de votre arrivée. Que ce roman de jeunesse vous montre ce qui survit aux écroulements, nous nous retrouvons ! A bientôt, de tout coeur. André Salmon Paris / II / 1943" (Dear Robert de Wotrenge, you ask me to sign for you, at the moment of your departure...
    €120
  8. Provence et pureté
    Marcel PROVENCE, Emile LOMBARD

    Provence et pureté

    Edition du Bastidon|Aix-en-Provence 1957|20.50 x 26 cm|broché
    First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with compositions by Emile Lombard.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Emile Lombard: "A madame Marie David qui a su dans sa reconnaissance pour ma soeur aimée, madame Laurent, nouer les liens d'amitié avec ma famille, ce livre en souvenir de l'heureux temps où j'eus le plaisir de la rencontrer au N°53 de la rue Nationale. Respectueux hommage. E. Lombard. Aix le 13 janvier 1958." (To Madame Marie David who knew how, in her gratitude for my beloved sister, Madame Laurent, to forge bonds of friendship with my family, this book in memory of the happy time when I had the pleasure of meeting her at No. 53 rue...
    €120
  9. Promenades subversives
    Adolphe RETTÉ

    Promenades subversives

    Bibliothèque artistique & littéraire|Paris 1896|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of some parts, with no mention of deluxe copies.
    Brief praise of anarchy by the author of 'Reflections on Anarchy'.
    Two blue marks on the second cover.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €80
  10. Le docteur Pascal
    Émile ZOLA

    Le docteur Pascal[Doctor Pascal]

    Charpentier|Paris 1893|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    The genealogical table is lacking in our copy.
    Half-red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt name at foot, blind-ruled frame on red paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

    €300
  11. Diptyque de Flandre, triptyque de France
    Robert de MONTESQUIOU

    Diptyque de Flandre, triptyque de France

    E. Sansot|Paris 1921|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 Japan, 20 Holland and 20 Alfa.
    Work illustrated with 5 portraits.
    Handsome copy.
    €120
  12. Deux heures du matin... quartier Marbeuf
    Jean LORRAIN, Gustave COQUIOT

    Deux heures du matin... quartier Marbeuf

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1904|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite two small tears of no consequence at head and foot of spine.
    €100
  13. Oublier Klara
    Isabelle AUTISSIER

    Oublier Klara

    Stock|Paris 2019|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
    Autograph inscription signed by Isabelle Autissier to a couple of friends named Manon and Guillaume.
    Navigator Isabelle Autissier is the first woman to have completed a solo round-the-world race in a competition in 1991
    €80
  14. Passe-temps
    Paul LÉAUTAUD

    Passe-temps

    Mercure de France|Paris 1929|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half red sheep binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, front wrapper preserved, modest binding.
    Brief but fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Leautaud: "A Louis Mandin"drial esclave", son camarade d'esclavage. P. Léautaud."
    €250
  15. Adrienne Mesurat
    Julien GREEN

    Adrienne Mesurat

    Plon|Paris 1927|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 212 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe copy.
    Last gathering coming loose, final endpaper partially creased, light foxing on first endpaper and some deckled edges.
    Handsome copy with full margins.
    €200
  16. Carzou
    CARZOU, Florent FELS

    Carzou

    Pierre Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1955|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Iconography.
    Handsome copy despite light worming on spine and endpapers.
    Autograph inscription signed by Florent Fels to Robert Rey with an additional autograph inscription signed by Carzou as well as an original drawing in black ink depicting a harbor scene.

    €150
  17. Le médecin imaginaire
    Jean FREUSTIÉ

    Le médecin imaginaire

    Grasset|Paris 1978|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Fine copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Freustié to Pascal Jardin.
    €100
  18. Le chant de personne
    Daniel PICOULY

    Le chant de personne

    Flammarion|Paris 1995|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Full-page autograph inscription signed by Daniel Picouly to a friend named André: "André vous avez un fils qui fait de très belles images. Moi je me débrouille a essayer avec les mots. Daniel." (André, you have a son who makes very beautiful images. I manage to try with words. Daniel.)
    €60
  19. Histoires extraordinaires
    Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Histoires extraordinaires

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1856|11 x 17.70 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Spine uniformly sunned. Scattered foxing.
    Armorial bookplate, Comte Coustant d'Yanville, Daniel de Grangues.
    The first work by Poe translated by Baudelaire, with his preface Sa vie, son oeuvre, first link in Baudelaire's conquest of his literary prose double, destined to definitively establish the name of Charles Baudelaire alongside Poe.
    €1,000
  20. La mer
    Jules MICHELET

    La mer

    Hachette & Cie|Paris 1861|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
    €120
  21. Madame de Sées
    Pierre LAPRADE, Claude ANET

    Madame de Sées

    Grasset|Paris 1927|17.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with 15 in-text vignettes watercolored by Pierre Laprade, one of 325 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 25 copies on Japan paper variously enhanced.
    Some minor foxing.
    A handsome copy.
    €100
  22. Le bon vouloir
    Louise HERVIEU

    Le bon vouloir

    Librairie de France|Paris 1927|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with 104 illustrations by Louise Hervieu including 20 plates, one of 350 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only issue after 16 Japan and 35 Holland copies.
    Unlettered spine sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €100
  23. Le roman inachevé [L'affiche rouge]
    Louis ARAGON (Missak MANOUCHIAN)

    Le roman inachevé [L'affiche rouge]

    Gallimard|Paris 1956|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Spine sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, boards marginally sunned.
    This collection of poems contains the famous "Strophes pour se souvenir", a poem paying tribute to the members of the F.T.P. - M.O.I. of Missak Manouchian shot at Mont Valérien on February 21, 1944. This moving poem would be set to music and performed in 1959 by Léo Ferré under the title "L'affiche rouge" referring to the ignominious red poster displayed by the Vichy regime depicting the F.T.P.-M.O.I. as vulgar and criminal foreign terrorists.
    Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Jean Ballard who was the director of the literary...
    €750
  24. Le boy de sa majesté
    Frans MASEREEL, Pierre HUMBOURG

    Le boy de sa majesté

    René Kieffer|Paris 1928|20.50 x 26.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours unnumbered as it is hors commerce and printed specially for the author, the only issue with 10 Japan copies.
    Work illustrated with 7 original wood engravings by Frans Masereel.
    Three small lacks to spine, handsome interior condition.
    Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Humbourg to a friend named Laurence: "A Laurence ce vieux petit livre où passe un peu de la tristesse du monde, ces paysages où ne fleurirent pas les roses... le boy de sa majesté n'est ni gai, ni encourageant c'est en somme un brave garçon aussi mystérieux que tout le monde. Il lui sera beaucoup...
    €500
  25. Les désirs de Jean Servien
    Anatole FRANCE

    Les désirs de Jean Servien

    Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1882|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Spine cracked with small lacks at head and foot, occasional foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
    Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to the historian of the Revolution and First Empire, man of letters and journalist Henri Welschinger.
    €200
  26. Le cahier rose de madame Chrysanthème
    Félix REGAMEY

    Le cahier rose de madame Chrysanthème

    Bibliothèque artistique & littéraire|Paris 1894|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on imitation Holland paper.
    Work decorated with original illustrations by the author.
    Front cover soiled, discreet printed bookseller's stamp on verso of front cover, some foxing.
    €150
  27. Le juif errant
    Eugène SUE, Paul GAVARNI

    Le juif errant

    Paulin|Paris 1845|18.50 x 27.50 cm|4 volumes reliés en 2
    First edition superbly illustrated by Gavarni with 83 hors-texte plates as well as 600 in-text vignettes.
    Between pages 254-255 of the third volume, our copy is complete with the folding map showing the Progressive March of Cholera Morbus in Asia and Europe from 1817 to 1832.
    Half-brown shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with four raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Some foxing as usual.
    Le juif errant is one of the greatest bestsellers of the 19th century, published just after Les mystères de Paris. To the narrative qualities of Les mystères de Paris...
    €500
  28. Le plaisir de rompre
    Jules RENARD, Félix VALLOTTON

    Le plaisir de rompre

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1898|14 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in brown half cloth, smooth spine, black shagreen title-label, combed paper boards, small discoloration stains to board margins, illustrated covers by Félix Vallotton preserved, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Cover illustrated by Félix Vallotton.
    €100
  29. Petites misères de la vie humaine
    Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, OLD NICK

    Petites misères de la vie humaine

    Henri Fournier|Paris 1843|16 x 24 cm|relié
    First edition decorated with a double frontispiece (the second bearing the printed mention "Joco-Seria" as on the half-title), as well as 48 plates and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text.
    Half caramel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and lined with small restorations.
    Some foxing.
    Handsome copy complete with its covers.
    €1,000
  30. Galerie des belles amours
    Joseph HÉMARD

    Galerie des belles amours

    René Kieffer|Paris 1935|19 x 24 cm|broché
    Edition illustrated with pochoir-colored illustrations by Joseph Hémard, one of 940 numbered copies on handmade vellum, the only issue after 60 imperial Japan copies variously enriched.
    Spine and boards marginally yellowed as often, small adhesive paper marks at head and foot of endpapers, pleasant interior condition.



    €150
  32. Chronique privée de l'an 40
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    Chronique privée de l'an 40

    Stock|Paris 1940|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Foxing to endpapers and throughout all leaves in their margins.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne: "A André Fraigneau bien sympathiquement. Jacques Chardonne."

    €300
  33. Images d'Amérique
    Philippe BURNOT, Jean-Marie CARRÉ

    Images d'Amérique

    H. Lardanchet|Lyon 1927|16.50 x 23 cm|broché
    Edition with original woodcuts by Philippe Burnot, one of 345 numbered copies on handmade vellum, ours one of 25 lettered hors commerce copies, the only printing after 30 copies on Japan paper.
    Boards lightly and marginally shaded without gravity, otherwise handsome copy.


    €120
  34. Le testament d'Orphée
    Lucien CLERGUE, Jean COCTEAU

    Le testament d'Orphée

    Editions du Rocher|Monaco 1961|13.50 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition on ordinary paper illustrated with photographs by Lucien Clergue.
    Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, front cover illustrated with a photographic vignette.
    Handsome copy.



    €120
  35. Le père Milon
    Guy de MAUPASSANT

    Le père Milon

    Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1899|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half sky-blue cloth, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label with scratches, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
    €250
  36. Histoire de la caricature moderne
    CHAMPFLEURY

    Histoire de la caricature moderne

    Dentu|Paris s. d. [ca 1875]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Second edition with some parts in first edition.
    Half-brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted to head of one endpaper.
    Work illustrated with engravings in text and plates.
    Copy without foxing.
    €120
  37. Paulina 1880
    Pierre Jean JOUVE

    Paulina 1880

    Nrf|Paris 1925|17 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on laid paper pur fil Lafuma Navarre and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
    Spine slightly sunned, a stain to upper left margin of one endpaper and to half-title and title pages, occasional light worming to interior.









    €380
  38. Londres comme je l'ai vu
    Charles-Lucien HUARD

    Londres comme je l'ai vu

    Eugène Rey|Paris 1908|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition illustrated with drawings in and out of text by the author.
    Half black morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with gilt animal motif, light scratches of no consequence to spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed René Kieffer.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed.










    €150
  39. Roll-mops
    Gus BOFA

    Roll-mops

    Société littéraire de France|Paris 1919|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with drawings by the author.
    Beautiful illustrated cover by the same.
    Handsome copy.
    €70
  40. Le trophée des vulves légendaires - Neuf sonnets sur les héroïnes de Wagner rêvés au pied du Vénusberg en Août 1891
    Francis HERTENBERGER, Pierre LOUŸS

    Le trophée des vulves légendaires - Neuf sonnets sur les héroïnes de Wagner rêvés au pied du Vénusberg en Août 1891

    Aux dépens d'un groupe de bibliophiles parisiens|Paris 1948|18.50 x 23.50 cm|en feuilles

    First edition printed in 300 numbered copies on pure rag vellum from the marais, ours being one of the 246 containing illustrations in the text.
    Work illustrated with 18 unsigned drypoints in the text by Fernand Hertenberger.
    Boards uniformly and lightly sunned.
    Rare and handsome copy.

    €1,000
  41. La gravure sur bois en France au XIXe siècle
    Paul-Emile COLIN, Pierre GUSMAN

    La gravure sur bois en France au XIXe siècle

    Albert Morancé|Paris 1929|22.50 x 28 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on China paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated with 96 hors-texte plates.
    Handsome copy despite inevitable light foxing inherent to the quality of China paper, light traces of adhesive tape at head and foot of endpapers.
    Our copy, as stipulated in the print justification, is indeed complete, at the end, with the 10 additional wood engravings distributed across 8 plates.
    €800
  42. La Symphonie de la peur
    Gus BOFA

    La Symphonie de la peur

    L'artisan du livre|Paris 1937|22.50 x 28.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland.
    Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
    Fine copy lacking its slipcase.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to journalist Maurice Noël.
    €300
  43. Entretiens avec Arrabal
    Alain SCHIFRES, Fernando ARRABAL

    Entretiens avec Arrabal

    Pierre Belfond|Paris 1969|12.50 x 18 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Amusing autograph inscription signed by Fernando Arrabal to Robert Kanters: "A Robert Kanters, je vous déteste, Fernando Arrabal ayant rayé ce dernier mot et le remplacer par "aime", Arrabal.
    €150
  44. Mon journal d'enfant
    Selma LAGERLÖF

    Mon journal d'enfant

    Stock|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 120 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
    A handsome copy.
    €150
  45. Le retour au livre
    Edmond JABÈS

    Le retour au livre

    Gallimard|Paris 1965|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jabès to the Bulletin du livre.
    €120
  47. Trente ans de Paris
    Alphonse DAUDET, Felician MYRBACH

    Trente ans de Paris

    C. Marpon et E. Flammarion|Paris 1888|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Handsome copy despite two small tears at head of spine.
    Work illustrated with in-text illustrations by Felician Myrbach, Luigi Rossi, Louis Montégut...

    €100
  48. Le voeu d'une morte
    Émile ZOLA

    Le voeu d'une morte

    Achille Faure|Paris 1866|11 x 18 cm|relié
    The rare first edition of this early novel by the author, overshadowed by the Rougon-Macquart series, but which prefigures naturalism and whose story is based on a news item. The novel is followed by Esquisses parisiennes, a collection of 4 short stories. The second edition would not appear until 1889 with Charpentier.
    Contemporary half-brown shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with black fillets. Signs of rubbing and corners slightly bumped.
    €550
  49. L'amour s'amuse
    Sylvain BONMARIAGE

    L'amour s'amuse

    Editions Adonis|Paris 1957|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 hors commerce copies on deluxe vellum, deluxe copy.
    Minor tears without damage to margins of boards.
    Handsome copy with full margins.
    Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Sylvain Bonmariage to publisher Edouard Aubanel: "A monsieur Edouard Aubanel, homme sérieux, car l'amour s'amuse encore, l'histoire, et souvent le lecteur. L'histoire est le plus beau des romans et les bons romans sont de l'histoire pure et vraie, les romanciers n'étant pas des historiens. C'est une absurdité que de prétendre faire de l'histoire un jugement moral des faits qu'elle altère et ne devrait que relater, Sylvain Bonmariage." (To...
    €180
  50. Pierre Loti. Sa vie - son oeuvre
    Nicolas SERBAN

    Pierre Loti. Sa vie - son oeuvre

    Les presses françaises|Paris 1924|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Iconography, preface by Louis Barthou.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Nicolas Serban to Madame and Monsieur Paul Labbé.
    €120
  51. Marseille porte du sud
    Albert LONDRES

    Marseille porte du sud

    Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|13 x 20 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe issue.
    Handsome full-margined copy.
    In 1926, Albert Londres, who had already traveled to numerous countries in his capacity as a reporter, settled in the Phocaean city. Marseille porte du Sud, an account consisting of twelve articles, is a true documentary and above all a tribute to this cosmopolitan city.
    €1,500
  52. Les destinées sentimentales
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    Les destinées sentimentales

    Grasset|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on japon impérial, deluxe issue.
    Spine slightly sunned with minor lacks at foot.

    €1,200
  53. La part du roi
    Catulle MENDÈS

    La part du roi

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1872|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
    Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
    Autograph inscription signed by Catulle Mendès to Paul Foucher in pencil on the front endpaper.
    €250
  54. oeuvres dramatiques de F. Schiller
    Friedrich von SCHILLER

    oeuvres dramatiques de F. Schiller

    Ladvocat|Paris 1821|13 x 21 cm|6 Volumes reliés
    First collected edition in French translation by Baron Prosper Brugière de Barante. One lithographed portrait as frontispiece. Lengthy biographical notice on the life and writings of the author. This translation enterprise was the first to aim at being exhaustive of Schiller's theatre. It was decisive for knowledge of the writer in France, which did not see a new complete translation of his theatre until 2005.
    Contemporary half black glazed calf binding with corners signed Bibolet at the foot of the first volume (famous binder of the Restoration and binder to Talleyrand). Raised spine decorated with compartments, fillets and rolls at head and foot. Traces of rubbing, particularly on...
    €800
  55. Le Mannequin d'Osier
    Anatole FRANCE

    Le Mannequin d'Osier

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1897|11 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding in half chocolate brown morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, elegant contemporary binding signed by Durvand
    A handsome copy beautifully executed.
    €180
  56. Sapho - Moeurs parisennes
    Alphonse DAUDET

    Sapho - Moeurs parisennes

    Charpentier et Cie|Paris 1884|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine enriched with a vertical fillet of old rose mosaicked morocco, minor rubbing traces on joints, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
    Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to the fencer, writer, art critic, collector and journalist Adolphe Tavernier.
    €700
  57. L'Anneau d'Améthyste
    Anatole FRANCE

    L'Anneau d'Améthyste

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1899|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half red morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Durvand.
    A handsome copy beautifully executed.
    €180
  58. La Nichina
    Hugues REBELL

    La Nichina

    Mercure de France|Paris 1897|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half brown morocco with corners, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt decorated compartments, gilt date at foot, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Hugues Rebell to the symbolist and occultist poet Paul Redonnel who was an ardent defender of the Occitan language.
    €450
  59. Iphigénie
    Jean MORÉAS

    Iphigénie

    Mercure de France|Paris 1904|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
    Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.
    €150
  60. Le secret de M. Ladureau
    CHAMPFLEURY

    Le secret de M. Ladureau

    E. Dentu|Paris 1875|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Full saffron cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets and typographic motif, black date at foot of spine, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, near-contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
    Some light foxing, our copy is complete with the envelope at the end of the volume titled "ce que contenait le portefeuille".
    Autograph inscription signed by Champfleury to the French art critic, draughtsman, lithographer and collector Philippe Burty.
    €450
  61. La terre
    Émile ZOLA

    La terre[The Earth]

    G. Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition printed on ordinary paper.
    Heavy foxing, primarily at the beginning and end of the volume.
    In original wrappers as issued.

    €250
  62. Les contes d'un matin
    Jean GIRAUDOUX

    Les contes d'un matin

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    €250
  64. Rigodon
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Rigodon

    Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper with the correct imprint dated February 4, 1969.
    Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which has a small tear at the head.
    €100
  65. Outamaro - Le peintre des maisons vertes. - Exemplaire de Pierre Loti
    Edmond de GONCOURT (inscribed to Pierre LOTI)

    Outamaro - Le peintre des maisons vertes. - Exemplaire de Pierre Loti[Outamaro – The Painter of the Green Houses – Pierre Loti’s Copy]

    Charpentier|Paris 1891|11 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding with the pasted label of Henry Mériot on the front pastedown, bookbinder established in Rochefort since 1878 and friend of Pierre Loti.
    Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond de Goncourt: "A Loti, avec ses amitiés, E. de Goncourt" (To Loti, with his friendship, E. de Goncourt).
    €1,200
  66. La maîtresse
    Jules RENARD, Félix VALLOTTON

    La maîtresse

    H. Simonis Empis|Paris 1896|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition illustrated with 28 in-text wood engravings by Félix Vallotton.
    Handsome copy.
    Félix Vallotton also illustrated the first cover.
    €250
  67. Ci-gît Sophie Dorothée de Celle
    Paul MORAND

    Ci-gît Sophie Dorothée de Celle

    Flammarion|Paris 1968|14.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's full white cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with small tears at head of spine.
    Handsome copy.
    Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand to a couple of friends: "A Marcel et Juliette, cette petite histoire romanesque, mais non romancée, des origines de l'actuelle maison royale d'Angleterre. Avec la reconnaissance de Paul Morand." (To Marcel and Juliette, this little romantic but not romanticized story of the origins of the current English royal house. With the gratitude of Paul Morand.)


    €200
  68. Toutes réflexions faites
    Sacha GUITRY

    Toutes réflexions faites

    L'Elan|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Minor stains of no consequence to the covers.
    Autograph inscription signed by Sacha Guitry in pencil: "Pour monsieur Guy Bonnet avec tous mes voeux de bonheur. Sacha Guitry."
    €250
  69. Entretiens avec le professeur Y
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Entretiens avec le professeur Y

    Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Half red morocco binding with bands, spine with six raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet frame on wood-grain paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €4,500
  70. Cher monsieur Jean-Marie-mon-fils
    Raymond QUENEAU

    Cher monsieur Jean-Marie-mon-fils

    Gallimard|Paris 2003|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very handsome copy.
    €350
  72. La Pomme - Diane au bois - Gringoire - Les Fourberies de Nérin - Florise
    Théodore de BANVILLE

    La Pomme - Diane au bois - Gringoire - Les Fourberies de Nérin - Florise

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1865|11.50 x 18.50 cm|5 volumes reliés en 1
    First edition for four of the plays, only the Fourberies de Nérine being a reprint.
    Half mint green calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Exceptional collection enhanced with three signed autograph inscriptions to the actress Zélia Ponsin which allow us to follow the career of this member of the Comédie française: a young leading lady in La Pomme, she inspires Banville to write a laudatory autograph six-line poem, a bourgeoise dressed in purple in Gringoire, she remains a "Venus", while in Florise the dedication is laconic, as...
    €700
  73. Le joli page de Balzac (Madame Marbouty)
    (Honoré de BALZAC) Arsène ARUSS

    Le joli page de Balzac (Madame Marbouty)

    Sansot|Paris 1924|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper, with only 10 deluxe copies printed on pur fil paper.
    A handsome copy.
    €50
  74. Les olympiques
    Jean-Michel RENAITOUR

    Les olympiques

    Edward Sansot|Paris 1923|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this collection of poems dedicated to sports, automobiles and aviation.
    First cover with a stain running its full length in the left margin, handsome interior condition.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Michel Renaitour to Louis de Gonzague-Frick.
    €100
  75. Supplément au dictionnaire des romans, du 1er Janvier 1824 au 1er Janvier 1828, avec un choix des meilleures productions, le cercle des plus célèbres romanciers, le classement des auteurs avec leurs ouvrages - Exemplaire de Pierre Louÿs
    A. MARC

    Supplément au dictionnaire des romans, du 1er Janvier 1824 au 1er Janvier 1828, avec un choix des meilleures productions, le cercle des plus célèbres romanciers, le classement des auteurs avec leurs ouvrages - Exemplaire de Pierre Louÿs

    chez l'auteur|Paris 1828|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in full sienna cloth, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, headcaps rubbed, black shagreen title label with some scratches, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
    Provenance: from the library of Pierre Louÿs with his red printed stamp as bookplate on the half-title page.
    €150
  76. Mademoiselle du Vissard
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Mademoiselle du Vissard

    José Corti|Paris 1950|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
    Very handsome copy.
    €300
  77. Chroniques des grands siècles de la France
    Guillaume APOLLINAIRE

    Chroniques des grands siècles de la France

    Les arts graphiques|Vincennes 1912|14.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Publisher's full red cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with a geometric floral motif in blind, front cover illustrated showing Bonaparte at the Bridge of Arcole.
    Work illustrated with 12 illustrations.
    Shaded endpapers, some foxing.
    €100
  78. Maître de sa joie
    Jean DOLENT

    Maître de sa joie

    Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1902|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Handsome copy despite slight creases to upper right margin of front cover.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Monsieur Féré de Rivières.


    €100
  79. Un aventurier de l'insolite : Claude Seignolle
    Bernard PLANQUE

    Un aventurier de l'insolite : Claude Seignolle

    Pierre Fanlac|Périgueux 1960|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally discolored and foxed, handsome interior condition.

    €100
  80. Histoire du pied et autres fantaisies
    Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO

    Histoire du pied et autres fantaisies

    Gallimard|Paris 2011|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A very handsome copy.
    €300
  81. Coeur brûle et autres romances
    Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO

    Coeur brûle et autres romances

    Gallimard|Paris 2000|15 x 231 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very fine copy.
    €300
  82. L'immortel - L'ignorant
    Jorge Luis BORGES, Philippe JACCOTTET

    L'immortel - L'ignorant

    Nrf|Paris 1er Septembre 1953|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Fine copy.
    Other contributions by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle "Récit secret", Mircea Eliade "Les mythes du monde moderne", Jean Grenier "Une conversation avec Drieu", Jean Giono "Angelo (III)", Henri Michaux "Adieux à Anhimaharua."
    €150
  83. Dix filles dans un pré
    Marie LAURENCIN, Jean-Richard BLOCH

    Dix filles dans un pré

    Au sans pareil|Paris 1926|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Annonay laid paper.
    Spine and back cover entirely faded as is often the case, front cover marginally faded, handsome interior condition.
    Work illustrated with 4 etchings by Marie Laurencin.
    €200
  84. Ourania
    Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO

    Ourania

    Gallimard|Paris 2006|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A very handsome copy.
    €300
  85. Ritournelle de la faim
    Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO

    Ritournelle de la faim

    Gallimard|Paris 2008|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A very handsome copy.
    €400
  86. Romanesques
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    Romanesques

    Stock|Paris 1937|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
    Spine and covers marginally and slightly yellowed.
    Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne to Monsieur Brissac.
    €300
  87. "Even though I’ve had a higher education, I sometimes find myself unable to drive a locomotive. – You lack ambition, replied the lovely Gaviale, and that’s why I love you.”
    Manuscrit autographe signé de la nouvelle "Les pas vernis"
    Boris VIAN

    Manuscrit autographe signé de la nouvelle "Les pas vernis"[Autograph manuscript signed of the short story “Les pas vernis”]

    S. n. • [chez l'auteur]|s. l. s. d. [7 juin 1948]|21 x 27.50 cm|8 pages sur 4 feuillets

    Original autograph manuscript, 8 pages on 4 squared leaves, extensively revised and signed by Boris Vian. Subtle horizontal folds.
    This short story, written on 7 June 1948 according to Noël Arnaud, was first published in issue no. 2 of the magazine Dans le train, and later included in the collection Le Loup Garou. The manuscript differs slightly from the printed versions.

    €7,000
  88. L'homme de Buridan
    Saul BELLOW, Michel DEON (trans.)

    L'homme de Buridan

    Plon|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition in French established by Michel Déon, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and mounted.
    Autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Pierre Emmanuel: "... ce roman d'une Amérique qu'il connait bien et que je connais grâce à lui..." ("... this novel of an America he knows well and which I know thanks to him...")
    €150
  89. Pour une connaissance authentique de Gide
    André MALRAUX

    Pour une connaissance authentique de Gide

    Gallimard|Paris 1973|14 x 20.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition printed in 50 copies on bouffant alfa paper and consisting of an offprint of the preface to Cahiers de la Petite Dame by Maria van Rysselberghe.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Malraux to his friends Karl-Hans and Minka [Strauss].
    Minka, granddaughter of the Rothschilds, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the old writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this...
    €600
  90. Le sphinx et autres contes bizarres - Exemplaire enrichi de deux dessins originaux et d'un envoi autographe en anglais et à pleine page de Maurice Sachs
    Edgar Allan POE, Maurice SACHS

    Le sphinx et autres contes bizarres - Exemplaire enrichi de deux dessins originaux et d'un envoi autographe en anglais et à pleine page de Maurice Sachs

    Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Boards marginally soiled and foxed, light foxing to edges.
    Original preface by Paul Morand.
    Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription, in English, by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: "The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout, and candies and ginger ? We do, said the Big Bear, we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together, 1934" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin...
    €400
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