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

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue after 20 on China paper.
Half grey-blue morocco binding with bands, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cicada, marbled paper boards, moiré endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Pleasant copy perfectly executed.

First edition in French, one of 20 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite the endpapers being very slightly and partially shaded.

First edition from a limited printing of 116 copies. Unnumbered copy on Holland paper. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding with corners. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Double fillet border on boards. Top edge gilt. Dark spotting to spine of volume 4, one spot on volume 3 and spine of volume 6. Traces of rubbing. Uncut copy.
Minister to Louis XV, the Count de Maurepas commissioned Pierre de Clairambault, genealogist, to compile all the libertine pieces written under Louis XIV and Louis XV, resulting in 40 volumes. The selection of pieces contained in Poulet-Malassis's collection is attributed to Jules Gay, the latter having judiciously...

First edition on ordinary paper, with eighth edition statement.
Handsome copy.
Full-page dated autograph inscription signed by Michel de Saint-Pierre to Madame André Monteil: "... ce petit livre sur un grand cousin... avec mes hommages respectueux et mes voeux - en attendant le vif plaisir de la rencontrer et de lui être présenté." ["... this little book about a great cousin... with my respectful homage and best wishes - looking forward to the keen pleasure of meeting her and being introduced to her."]

First edition printed in 1050 numbered copies on white vellum.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by André Lang to Roland Dorgelès.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Chassé to Monsieur Mornet.

First edition printed in 100 copies, ours numbered on Arches laid paper.
Work illustrated with three hors-texte etchings by Louis Marcoussis, pink laid paper cover decorated with an engraved vignette on the front cover.
Very handsome copy.

First edition. We note the following two errors that characterize the first edition: "capitaine" instead of "capitale" (page 152) and "éphémérides" instead of "éphémère" (page 295).
Contemporary half navy blue shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 fleurons. Gilt title within a frame. Light traces of rubbing. It should be noted that numerous pages have suffered from slight ink transfer from the facing leaves and show the watermark of another impression. Paper of superb freshness, immaculate white with some rare and very pale foxing.

First edition, one of 160 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies with 60 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite some worming to the spine.
Unsigned autograph inscription from Louis Aragon to Jacques Blumenthal.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Roland Barthes to Hubert Juin.

First edition of Yves Bonnefoy’s debut work, one of 300 copies on coated paper, the only issue after 1 on beige paper, 10 on grey paper and 50 on Chamois.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, as usual.
Inscribed and signed by Yves Bonnefoy to a couple of friends, dated 1976: "1946-1976 cher Pierre, chère Simone, il est grand temps de vous remettre cette pièce à conviction... Avec affection. Yves."

First edition of each volume, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies for the first.
A small tear at the head of the spine of the first volume which is lightly sunned.
Rare signed autograph inscription by Alain Badiou to Jean Ballard co-founder of éditions du Seuil on the half-title page of the first volume.

First edition in French, printed on ordinary paper.
Complete with its dust jacket which has small corner losses.
Preface by Henry Miller.
Manuscript signature by Milton Mezz Mezzrow in turquoise ink on the half-title page.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light foxing to spine, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
Autograph inscription signed by Marcel Jouhandeau: "Pour maître Chérier avec mon souvenir et mon amitié". ["For master Chérier with my remembrance and my friendship"]

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Rives laid paper with an original drypoint by Gérard Calvet, numbered and signed by him, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Ingres laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated by Rapeno.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Two tears with small lacks to the sunned spine, paper yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Gaston Chérau to François Porché.

Complete pre-original edition in 5 installments and 5 volumes from July 1st to September 1st 1939.
Small tears at head and foot of spines, some occasional light foxing at the beginning of volumes.
Rare and handsome set.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure Lana paper, deluxe copies.
A handsome and rare copy.
Our copy is complete, like the 30 deluxe copies, with the original engraving by Georges Le Bayon which he signed and numbered in pencil.

First edition printed in a very small number on B.F.K. de Rives paper.
Work illustrated with 6 original paintings heightened with gouache and chalk by Jean Capdeville.
Title, date, place of publication handwritten by Ludovic Massé and manuscript signatures of Ludovic Massé and Jean Capdeville at end of volume.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition printed in 600 numbered copies on laid chamois paper
A handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly browned with a small tear at head.
We include documents relating to the town of Beauvais.
Work illustrated with 108 plates.
Striking autograph inscription signed by Jean Ajalbert to Jean Lefranc: "... en marge de la littérature empoisonnée de tous les virus de la politicaille arrondissementière et locale..." ["... on the margins of literature poisoned by all the viruses of local and district politics..."]

First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
A tiny lack at foot of spine, two small stains at head of first board.

First edition printed in 150 numbered copies on laid paper.
Spine restored but still with some lacks, corner lacks to boards.
Printed bookplate of René l'Esprit on the half-title page.
Signed autograph inscription from L.-Henry Lecomte to John Grand-Carteret.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo on the half-title page accompanied, on the facing page, by a drawing of a flower.

First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on Madagascar vellum, deluxe copy.
A small stain and a tiny snag of no consequence to the spine
Handsome copy.

First edition of the theatrical adaptation, one of 8 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours one of the 3 lettered hors commerce copies, deluxe copy.
Light marginal tears of no consequence to the boards.
Handsome and rare copy.

New edition with some parts in first edition printed in 200 numbered copies on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with 11 watercolors hors-texte by Alcide Théophile Robaudi as well as 35 watercolors in-text by Adolphe Giraldon.
Full havana morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with a gilt floral composition climbing the spine executed with pieces of green and brown mosaic morocco, date and place gilt at tail, gilt roulettes on headcaps, work's title composed of pieces of red mosaic morocco set in gold at head of first cover, rich gilt floral composition running the full height of the first cover along its right margin and comprising pieces of red, green and brown...

First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
The French text appears alongside the original English text.
A small tear to the protective film covering the first cover at the head.
Autograph inscription dated and signed, in French and written from Paris, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, publisher of the Beat Generation writers, to a lady named Marie-Odile.

Four typescripts, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard, each of 39 lines of Boris Vian's song "Trompette d'occasion" initially entitled "Le jazz hot".
For three of them, Boris Vian crossed out "Le jazz hot" to modify the title by hand and rename the song "Trompette d'occasion".
Boris Vian wrote the text in 1957, Henri Salvador composed the music and performed it on numerous occasions, notably for advertising.
Provenance: Fondation Boris Vian.

First collected edition. The first 22 volumes are dated 1869, the last two (Miscellaneous Essays) were published in 1886, and it is very rare to find them together. Abundant illustration with plates (approximately 250 engravings) and text illustrations (1500 wood engravings) by the author, Doyle, Walker, Du Maurier and others. The novels contain a frontispiece and an engraved title. Some volumes still have conjugate leaves.
Publisher's full green cloth binding, gilt. Smooth spine elaborately gilt in compartments. Boards stamped in blind with decorative plate and central gilt monogram of WPT. One small split to headcap of volume 2 of The Newcomes, 2 to the Burlesques volume, otherwise...

First and only publication of this pamphlet published in the review Combat directed by Thierry Maulnier.
Vertical fold inherent to the distribution of this review, small marginal tears.
Other contributions by Robert Brasillach "Ce qui est perdu", Thierry Maulnier "Les deux violences", Pierre Andreu "Fascisme 1913", Jean de Fabrègues "Indépendance ? Oui, sauf de la vérité...
Very rare document bearing witness to the anti-democratic period of the young Maurice Blanchot.

First edition and sole publication of this pamphlet published in the magazine Combat directed by Thierry Maulnier.
Vertical fold inherent to the distribution of this magazine and small marginal tears.
Other contributions: Robert Brasillach "La machine à botter les culs", Thierry Maulnier "Sortirons-nous de l'abjection française ? ", Georges Blond "Chapeau bas devant la casquette", Jean-Pierre Maxence "A nous la liberté ! "...
Very rare document testifying to the anti-democratic period of the young Maurice Blanchot.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light marginal tears to boards, endpapers partially shaded, bookplate pasted to verso of front board.
Rare copy of this work dedicated: "To the memory of the martyrs of the New Faith: of the human International. To Jean Jaurès, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg, Kurt Eisner, Gustav Landauer, victims of ferocious stupidity and murderous lies, liberators of men, who killed them."

First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on pure linen paper, ours one of 8 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 21 plates.
Handsome full-margined copy.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally yellowed, handsome interior condition.
Signed autograph inscription from Claude Lévi-Strauss to Claude Roy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.

Edition with some parts in first edition, containing 52 previously unpublished pieces out of 158. A portrait of Bilitis by Albert Laurens as frontispiece, after the polychrome bust in the Louvre Museum. One of 550 copies on vellum, no. 445.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners signed Champs-Stroobant at the top of the endpaper. Smooth spine with mosaic work, decorated with mirrored mosaic tooling in red and black, with Greek key roll borders. Fillet lines on boards. Top edge gilt. Spine uniformly faded. Traces of rubbing.
Very fresh copy, with original wrappers preserved, uncut paper, full margins.
Handsome copy.
Literary hoax in which Bilitis is presented in the...

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Holland paper.
Front cover vertically and slightly shaded in margin, otherwise handsome copy.

Two complete autograph manuscripts, on five perforated leaves, of 46 lines for the first and 52 lines for the second, written in blue ink, of the song entitled "Place Blanche" which exists in two versions both entitled "Place Blanche" but with varying text: the first beginning with "J'étais allé dimanche me promener" and the second with "Les amoureux l'dimanche vont deux par deux".
Each manuscript in our possession corresponds to one of the two versions and is extensively corrected, crossed out and reworked while remaining consistent with the final state of the song.
We include, on two perforated leaves (one mounted on flexible cardboard), a complete typescript for...

Complete autograph manuscript on one sheet (24 lines), written in blue ink, of the song entitled "T'as bien quinze ans passés", presenting the final text of this song.
Finally, we include, on two perforated sheets, one of which pasted on flexible cardboard containing, at the head, the handwritten title of the song in pencil and, at the end of the song, this addition also by Boris Vian: "... commence ! , commence ! " in blue ink, two complete typescripts of "T'as bien quinze ans passés".
Fine collection of this song which was written between 1954 and 1959 and which was never performed.
Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Louis Althusser: "Pour Jean Kahn (qu'il sache que j'estime plus que tout au monde le jugement d'un juriste : Marx aurait dû écrire : "le droit et l'idéologie juridique continuent l'anatomie (mot souligné) de toute l'idéologie bourgeoise) . Avec ma considération et mon amitié" ["For Jean Kahn (let him know that I value a jurist's judgment above all else in the world: Marx should have written: 'law and legal ideology continue the anatomy (word underlined) of all bourgeois ideology') . With my consideration and my friendship"].

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 28 on pur fil, ours unnumbered.
Minor traces of sunning to head and foot of spine.

First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies after 23 on Madagascar.
Bradel binding in full abstract-patterned grey and cherry red paper, smooth spine, mouse-grey morocco title label, original wrappers and spine preserved, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Handsome copy.

First edition.

A light dampstain to margins of covers having also affected all leaves at their feet, three minute corner lacks to covers.

Rare but in this condition.

Two complete autograph manuscripts, on seven perforated sheets, of 52 lines for the first and 75 lines for the second, written in blue ink, of the song entitled "Le fêtard" consisting, for the first, of the final state of the song and, for the second, of a draft very abundantly crossed out, corrected and presenting variants with the final text.
We include, on three sheets, two of which are perforated (one pasted on flexible cardboard), a complete typescript and two printed and photocopied scores of "Le fêtard".
Fine ensemble of this song which was written in 1958 and whose music was composed by Henri Salvador.
The latter performed "Le fêtard" ["The...

Two typescripts of 32 lines each of Boris Vian's song "Choisis ta route" on two perforated sheets, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard.
We include the printed score of this song.
Boris Vian wrote the text in 1958, Henri Salvador composed the music.
Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.

Two typescripts of 36 lines each of Boris Vian's song "Donne, donne, donne" on two perforated sheets, one of which is mounted on flexible cardboard.
Boris Vian wrote the text in 1958, Henri Salvador composed the music.
We include a reproduction of the manuscript score of this song.
"Donne, donne, donne" ["Give, give, give"] had several performers including Henri Salvador from 1960.
Provenance: Boris Vian Foundation.

Set of four working manuscripts, of nearly 90 lines on five perforated sheets written in blue ink and pencil, of the song entitled "Ou... Ou... Ou..." presenting differences from the final state of the song.
Each manuscript is crossed out, corrected and therefore presents variants, sometimes significant, from the final text.
Completing the set, a typescript of the song accompanies the manuscripts.
We include, on three sheets, the manuscript score of "Ou... Ou... Ou..." written by Henri Salvador.
A handsome set of this song which was written between 1957 and 1959 and whose music was composed by Henri Salvador.
Provenance: Boris Vian...

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copies after 36 on Holland paper.

Handsome copy.

The first part of Féerie pour une autre fois having failed to achieve the expected success, Céline wished to surround the release of the second part - Normance - with maximum publicity and restore his reputation after his years of exile in Germany and Denmark. Wishing to distance himself from the solemn form of the publisher's slip, he proposed to Gaston Gallimard this eulogy written in the manner of an imaginary interview between himself and Professor Y alias Colonel Réséda, a prostatic old man. The text of this zany « interviouwe » would be...

First collected edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Worming to top edges, otherwise fine copy.
We include a membership bulletin for the Paul Claudel Society.

First edition in French, one of 16 numbered copies on Annam paper, this copy bearing number 1, from the deluxe edition.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition on ordinary paper consisting of a set of proofs before correction and presented in sheets without cover.
Rare.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine illustrated cover.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly creased as usual.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on deckle-edged vellum, ours being one of the few hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very slightly sunned, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Jean Jouve to Louise Blaizot, secretary of Mercure de France.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deckle-edged vellum, ours being one of the few hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very slightly sunned at head and tail, handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Pierre Jean Jouve to Louise Blaizot, secretary of Mercure de France.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author etched by Just.
Bradel binding in half dark blue morocco with corners, smooth spine, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted at head of one pastedown, elegant unsigned binding.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Autograph letter dated and signed, one page (10 lines) addressed to Jani Brun regarding an interview she requests with the philosopher then immersed in completing "un ouvrage difficile" ["a difficult work"] (Le Je-ne-sais-quoi et le Presque-rien, probably), envelope included.
Central fold inherent to the mailing.
"9 Avril 1981,
Madame, je préférerais, si un ajournement vous semble possible, remettre l'entretien que vous me proposez à la fin de mai ou au cours de juin. J'achève en ce moment un ouvrage difficile qui me prend beaucoup de temps.
Pourriez-vous à cette occasion, m'indiquer le nom (mot souligné) de la revue pour laquelle vous envisagez...

The posthumous first edition, published in 1864 after Vigny's death by his literary executor Louis Ratisbonne. A frontispiece portrait sometimes missing, mounted on China paper on heavy vellum; this portrait was engraved after a photograph by Adam Salomon. Printed on vellum.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartments with triple fillets. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Occasional foxing.
Les destinées contains 11 pieces, 7 of which were published from January 15, 1843 to January 15, 1864 in the Revue des deux mondes. The last piece in the collection, L'esprit pur, was written 14 days before the author's death. This is...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light foxing to spine.
Contributions by René Dumont "La commune de Ceylan et le chômage", Jacques Caroux "Les ouvriers aisés", other articles contained in this issue: "Les intellectuels russes et l'année Lénine, Lettre d'un hôpital spécial, Le procès de Nathalie Gorbanevskaïa, Qui est fou ? c'est à nous, psychaitres de le dire...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very light foxing to spine.
Contributions by Joseph Rovan "Treblinka", André Laude "Kateb Yacine", Maximilienne Jacques "La liberté de conception", other articles contained in this issue: "Les Chrétiens et les Juifs" by Joseph Hoffmann, Lucien Lazare and F. Lovsky, Arturo Serrano Plaja "Le chant de l'exil", Jean Meyer "Chili 1966"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist journal founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Marc Beigbeider "Théâtre philosophique ?", J.J. Brieux "La Chine de Mao Tse-Tung : I. Bilan du Kuomintang", J. Vialatoux and A. Latreille "christianisme et laïcité"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Pierre Lieulliette "Aventure d'un parachutiste" and Benoit Verhaegen "Le sous-développement" in the Algérie viable section, Gilles Ferry "Guerre scolaire ? ", Simone Lacouture "Gel de la culture en Egypte"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Etienne Jovignot "L'enfance inadaptée", Konrad Bieber "La casemate de l'Oncle Sam", Casamayor "Justice française ? ", Henri Lefebvre "Marxisme et technique"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by F. Jeanson "Montaigne et l'expérience du soi", A. Serrières "De la Corée au Viet-Nam", A. Béguin "Massis historien", A. Bazin "Carné et la désincarnation", A. Dansette "L'église et l'Action française"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Lanza Del Vasto "Le problème de la bombe", Serge Mallet "Gaullisme et néo-capitalisme", Jean Rabaut & Madeleine Reberioux "Jean Jaurès", Ephraïm Tari "A propos du Dernier des justes"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite light worming to the first cover.
Contributions by Yves Bertherat "Ode numéro 9", Alfred Simon "Le T.N.P. de Vilar à Wilson", Henry Kissinger & Stanley Hoffmann "Les Etats-Unis dans le monde"...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Alfred Simon "Le théâtre est-il mortel ?", Harry Bloom "Mort d'un nègre", Kostas Axelos "Politique planétaire", Marc Jussieu & Paul Thibaud "Crise financière, mouvements sociaux...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Pierre Sourys "Langue et réification", Robert Marteau "Le lieu de la poésie", André Siniavski "La poésie de Pasternak", L'affaire Siniavski-Daniel...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Paul Thibaud "Sur place ou innnovation ?" ["In Place or Innovation?"], Michel Winock "La contradiction du P.C.F." ["The Contradiction of the P.C.F."], François Fetjo "Le Lénine anti-stalinien" ["The Anti-Stalinist Lenin"], Candido Mendès "L'armé au Pérou" ["The Army in Peru"], Jacques Madaule "Antijudaïsme; antisémitisme, antisionisme" ["Anti-Judaism; Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism"]...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two stains on the first cover.
Contributions by Daniel Artigues "Qu'est-ce que l'Opus Dei ?" ["What is Opus Dei?"], Robert Marteau "Le message biblique de Chagall" ["Chagall's Biblical Message"], Henri Corbin "Un chemin sans écho" ["A Path Without Echo"], Roger Akriche "La paix entre Israël et les Arabes" ["Peace Between Israel and the Arabs"], Jean-Marie Domenach "Les anti-mémoires" ["The Anti-Memoirs"]...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with plates.
A vertical crease to the front cover, spine very lightly sunned.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Poiret to a lady.

First edition.
Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine, date gilt at foot, brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a fine frontispiece by E. Loviot.
Our copy is enhanced with an original photograph of Paul de Saint-Victor mounted facing the frontispiece.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Alidor Delzant to Louise Read: "A mademoiselle Read hommage respectueux." ["To Miss Read, respectful homage."]

Rare first edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the only printing.
This first edition is printed on the right half of each page in an unbroken single column, with the top and bottom margins omitted. The left half, from the first to the last page, is occupied by the contribution of the painter and graphic artist Jean Cortot, in lithography.
The work is presented in the publisher’s board binding, each cover made of three laminated layers of corrugated cardboard, with the upper cover and spine printed; the slipcase is of the same type.
At the end of the volume, a small Limoges ceramic in colour, composed by Jean Cortot, is embedded in the board and protected...

First edition, printed in a small number of copies, consisting of Antonin Artaud's response to his expulsion from the Surrealist movement by André Breton.
A small tear at the foot of the spine.

First edition, one of 49 numbered copies reimposed on imperial Japan paper, deluxe issue after 1 unique Japan and 19 old Japan copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Gorvel and 4 original etchings by Jean-Emile Laboureur.
Handsome copy complete with the double state of the etchings and a proof of the cancelled plates on Japan as stipulated in the justification of issue.

Edition with most parts in first edition, one of 49 copies reimposed and numbered on Japon impérial, deluxe copies after 1 unique Japon and 19 vieux Japon.
Rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author by Edmond Marie and 4 original etchings hors-texte as well as numerous in-text drawings by Paul Valéry.
Handsome copy complete with the double state of the portrait engraving, the proof of the cancelled plate and the suite of etchings as stipulated in the justification of the issue.

First edition.
Handsome copy, numerous reading marks in pencil and rarer ones in black felt-tip pen on certain leaves by the dedicatee.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Albert Rafols-Casamada, in Spanish, to Georges Raillard and his wife Alice.

Illustrated edition with 10 portraits of the most celebrated actresses of the time by Alexandre Lacauchie, printed outside the text.
Half red calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with garlands and double gilt compartments, some scuffs notably to the upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a small harmless nick to the top edge, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two small tears to the spine and at the head of the front cover, light scuffs at the foot of the front cover, occasional foxing.

First edition. Fine edition, well printed on laid paper, complete with the errata leaf at the end.
Half emerald green morocco binding with corners ca 1860 signed on endpaper Champs. Smooth spine richly decorated with 6 successive Restoration-style tools. Gilt title and date at foot. Foxing to endpapers, some occasional foxing in the text on an otherwise clean copy. Full-margined copy, untrimmed.
Carteret: "Rare work, masterpiece of Hégésippe Moreau." The author is, despite himself, one of the cursed Romantic poets, who died at age 28 of tuberculosis, just as this first collection that would make him known was being published. 4 novellas or tales followed by poetry.

Complete autograph manuscript on four perforated sheets, approximately one hundred lines, written in pencil, of the song titled "Cours ta chance" very heavily crossed out and corrected, with the verso of one of the four sheets presenting variants from the final text.
Our collection is completed with a manuscript draft of 16 lines written in blue ink with numerous corrections, additions and crossings out, also providing variants from the final text.
Finally, we include, on two perforated sheets, one of which is pasted on flexible cardboard, two complete typescripts of "Cours ta chance".
Handsome collection of this song which was composed in 1958.

First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting François Coppée by Emile Cohl.
On the following, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition titled "François Coppée".
Paul Verlaine, perpetually impecunious, would be the only contributor to the review whom Léon Vanier, its director, would agree to remunerate in order to provide him financial assistance.

First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting Edouard Dujardin by Louis Anquetin.
On the following, text by Théodore de Wyzewa in first edition titled "Edouard Dujardin".

First edition of this magazine issue consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears to the sheets without significance.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Paul Bourget by Emile Cohl.
On the following, text by Jules Laforgue in first edition entitled "Paul Bourget".