First Editions

First edition of this exhibition catalogue held at the Musée Rath in Geneva then at the Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris from 17 October 1987 to 29 May 1988.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy.

first edition illustrated with photographs of Louis Monier.
Preface by Jean Dutourd, comments by Alain Paucard.
Pleasant copy.
autograph dedication of the author auotgraphe dated and signed by Louis Monier to Charles Dobzynski.

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Publisher's binding in full cardboard, smooth back.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Jacques Darras to Charles Dobzynski.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper, only large papers after 2 Japan.
Bradel binding in half green percaline, smooth back decorated with a golden floral motif, golden date and double thread at the tail, piece of brown shagreen title with rubbing, marbled paper boards, preserved covers, golden head, binding of the era signed Mertens.
Autograph signed by Georges Polti to Jean Ott on the shadow title page which is shaded.

First edition, one of 647 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies with 109 reimposed.

First edition, one of 1242 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 109 reimposed.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 88 copies of the complete press service of his original photograph representing the author and which he signed on the back.
Iconography.
Autograph dedication signed by Robert Benayoun to Charles Dobzynski.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alma du Marais, the only deluxe copies.
This issue comprises a main section:
- Littérature de dérision ou littérature de résurrection with texts by Bertrand d'Astorg "Repères pour une littérature de dérision", Jean Cayrol "D'un romanesque concentrationnaire", C.E. Magny "Un romancier de la passivité : François Mauriac", Other articles by Henri Bartoli "Le prolétariat, mythe ou réalité ?", Adrian Miatlev "Tryptique pour Antonin Artaud".
Stains on the second cover, some light foxing.

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse, the only deluxe copies.
This issue is partly devoted to Czechoslovakia with texts by Robert Kalidova "L'année 1968", Antonin Liehm "Entretien avec A. Bednar".
Other articles by Robert Boyer "Propos d'un justiciable", Casamayor "La loi poison", Maurice Declercq "L'obligation du célibat"...
Some light foxing.

First edition of this issue of this important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on Alma du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
This issue contains a main section:
- Imperialism with texts by Jean Boissonnat "L'économie dominante", Jean-Marie Domenach "L'empire américain", Celso Furtado "Les conglomérats et l'Amérique latine", Stanley Hoffmann "Critiques américaines"...
Other articles: André Frénaud "Poèmes", J. Chalupecky "La nécessité de la liberté"...
Stains on the second cover and some light foxing.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Spine lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn from large papers.
Pleasant copy in spite of very small spots on the back and the first board.
Autograph signed by Jean d'Ormesson to Alain de Keramoal.

First edition.
Complete with its plastic slipcase which has some small losses.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by Paul Delvaux.

First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on bouffant select paper, the only deluxe copies after 80 alfa mousse.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 412 numbered copies on bouffant select paper, the only deluxe copies after 80 on pur fil.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph dedication signed by Pius Servien at Noël B. de la Mort.
Pleasant complete copy of his prayer to insert.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on luxury paper, only large papers.
A tear at the top of the case.
Beautiful copy presented in double shirt and case.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full grained brown sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
Two small lacks to the cellophane wrapper and a marginal stain on the rear panel of the dust jacket.

First edition, one of 47 copies with large margins numbered on vellum, ours one of 20 enriched with a page of the manuscript of the book , only large papers.
Very nice copy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on tinted vellum, single edition with 25 Japan.
Bradel binding in full glazed Havana calfskin, smooth back decorated with a central monogram (A in the Q) and a golden floral pattern, tiny traces of friction without gravity, a black spot at the foot of a bit, date in the tail, golden casters on the caps, repetition of the same golden monogram at the head of the first board, small spots without gravity on the boards, golden nets on the cuts, double framing of golden lace on the guards and the paper counterplates in the tank , fragile double wrappers preserved and bound in, golden edges, ex-libris pasted on the back of the first cover, elegant Contemporary binding.
Autograph signed by Hugues Le Roux to his publisher A. Quantin on the false title page.
Illustrated book of 5 engravings by Paul Avril including 1 in frontispiece.
Shaded false title page, otherwise good interior condition.
Pleasant copy established in an elegant Contemporary binding.
Provenance: library of A. Quantin with his engraved ex-libris.

First edition printed in very small numbers, it was only printed in a few Japan and Whatman in large papers.
Bradel binding in half caramel morocco, smooth back decorated with two golden typographic motifs, slightly rubbed caps, preserved covers, golden head, binding from the contemporary signed Pottier.
Autograph dedication signed by Pierre Quillard to Paul Bernard.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy presented in sheets, in double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 90 numbered deluxe copies, the deluxe issue.
Handsome copy presented in sheets, in double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 220 numbered copies on Holland laid paper.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Arjomari paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Illustrated with images by Marie-France Thebault.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Autograph shipment signed by Georges Hugnet.
Slight traces of sunstroke at the top and bottom of the back, otherwise nice copy.

First edition, one of 170 numbered copies on Johannot, the only large papers with 7 Japan and 23 Madagascar.
Nice send by Jean Laugier.
Back and first board very slightly and marginally passed in feet, beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies and initialed by the author on vellum from the Marais , head print.
Back and boards slightly and marginally passed, pleasant interior condition.
autograph dedication of the author of Tristan Klingsor to Véronique Kovac.

Third edition partly original rare.
Binding in half black shagreen, back with four nerves, scuffs on the flat, blunt corners, slightly posterior binding.
Freckles, a pale wetness at the foot of the first leaves.

first edition on current paper.
Binding in half brown heartache, back with five nerves slightly cleared up and with small traces of friction, golden date in tail, boards, guards and counterplates of marbled paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, binding signed Canape & Corriez.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Jean Royère: "To the poet Armand Godoy / I offer these first beginnings / which were mine / as a testimony of aesthetic communion."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half fir-green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (glued to an endpaper) preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Vermorel.
Handsome interior condition free from foxing.

first edition on current paper.
Small marginal tears on the front cover and the back.
Autograph dedication signed by René Benjamin to Félix Billot and André Lair.

First edition.
Full caramel sheep binding, smooth spines decorated with gilt cartouche and ornamental motifs in gilt and blind, black shagreen title-labels, gilt roulettes on headcaps with minor harmless defects, boards with black sheep frame showing traces of rubbing and two small lacks and decorated with central typographical motifs in blind, gilt fillets on leading edges, marbled edges, contemporary Romantic binding.
Work illustrated with an engraved portrait of the author as frontispiece.
Notice by Collin de Plancy and speeches delivered at the grave of L. de Lancival by Deguerle, Lacretelle & Roger.
Scattered foxing.

First edition, one of 100 numbered deluxe copies, the only grand papier copies.
Gift inscription from a bibliophile on the front free endpaper.
Handsome copy presented unbound and housed in double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on luxury paper, only large papers.
Pleasant copy presented in sheets and in a double shirt and case.

First edition of the French translation, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy despite a slight crease mark of no importance at the head of the front cover.

First edition, one of 38 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.

New partially first edition.
Binding in half chagrin hazelnut, back with five nerves set with black nets, plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of moiré effect paper with a small tear in the foot, preserved covers.
Autograph signed by Georges de Porto-Riche to his publisher Paul Ollendorff.
Provenance: Paul Ollendorff library.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy in sheets under double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 50 numbered luxury copies, only large papers.
Bibliophile's stamp on the cover page.

First edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, red top edge, complete with its illustrated dust jacket discreetly reinforced on the interior.
Work decorated with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies mentioned.
Bradel binding in half old rose cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and decorated with a gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillets at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of pink and gilt paper with moiré effect, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Vermorel.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 10 on China paper.
Bradel binding in half blue-green cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, date at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, upper corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed by Durvand Thivet.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.

First edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, red top edge, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Traces of removed labels on the inside of the endpapers.
Work illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs.

First edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, red top edge, the illustrated dust jacket of our copy is not the original one.
Gift inscription in pen and a library shelving indication at the head of an endpaper.
Work illustrated by Studley O. Burroughs.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 Holland.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented unbound and under double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets and under double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets and under double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented in sheets under double chemise and slipcase.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half chocolate morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with double blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

First edition.
Half burgundy shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, gilt date at foot.
Fine copy free from foxing.

First edition in French, one of 750 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 50 hors commerce copies also on alfa.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

first edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Félicien Marceau to Brigitte Level.
Pleasant copy.

First edition in French, one of the copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 50 on pur fil.
Fine copy.

first edition on current paper, false mention of a thousand.
Autograph dedication signed by Charles Le Quintrec to Roland Bailly and his wife.

First edition, one of 212 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copy.
Spine very lightly sunned as usual, handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum, single print with 10 Chinese and 15 rod of Arches paper.
Binding in half shagreen red leather, back with five nerves, date in tail, preserved covers, golden head.
Beautiful autograph dedication of the author from Jean Royère to A. Godoy evoking Charles Baudelaire, beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Half wine-red shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, wine-red paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine (sunned) preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on pure Lana rag paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Copy in mint condition.

First edition, no deluxe copies were printed.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, bookplate of Baroness Salomon de Rothschild pasted to verso of front board, contemporary binding.
Light foxing affecting endpapers, otherwise handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Half midnight blue calf binding, spine with 4 raised bands decorated, tiny tears, corners slightly bumped.

first edition on current paper.
Publisher's binding in full white canvas, smooth back.
Beautiful complete copy of his jacket.
Referent autograph signed by Jean-Jacques Gautier to Georges Simenon.

First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Work illustrated by V. Le Campion.
Spine and front cover uniformly sunned, back cover marginally sunned.

First edition from which it was not drawn from large papers.
A tiny gri-gri of the dedicatee at the head of the first board, a pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Eliane Lavaud to PJ Guinard, specialist in 18th century Spanish-speaking literature and the press.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
Our copy is presented in chemise and slipcase of vellum-style boards, marbled paper covers.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper, deluxe issue.
Iconography.
Light crease without significance to front cover, handsome copy.

first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Paul Fort to Armand Godoy.

First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Marais vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Half mint green morocco binding, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with gilt stippling, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, preserved lined covers (with corner restoration), top edge gilt, binding attributed to the Laurenchet workshop.
Copy nearly free from foxing, handsomely bound.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on white wove paper, ours one of 30 out of trade, only large papers.
Autograph signed by André Salmon to René Jouglet.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece and Savignac bands.
Beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 262 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper including a page of the manuscript of the book .
Pleasant copy wide-margined very complete of its genealogical table leaflet in fine.

First edition, one of 77 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print after 35 Holland paper.
Beautiful and rare copy wide-margined.

first edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Marcel Arnac to Félicien Champsaur.
Illustrated book of drawings by the author, nice copy.

First edition, one of the 69 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Very nice copy wide-margined and complete in five volumes.

First edition, one of 62 numbered copies on deluxe paper, only the first volume being justified.
Handsome copies, unbound, presented in double chemises and red skyvertex slipcases.

First edition, one of 115 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only deluxe copies ("grand papier") after 43 Holland paper.
Beautiful copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy ("tirage de tête").
Very nice copy.

First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Montval paper, the deluxe issue.
Bookplate pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome full-margined copy.