First Editions

[Nicole VEDRES] Nicole AUTRAIN
Carnet d'une invertie
S. n. • [ Eric Loslfed]|Paris 1955|14 x 19 cm|broché
Rare first edition of this sapphic pornographic novel written under a pseudonym and for which no deluxe copies were printed, contrary to what is announced in the justification page.
Fine copy despite light foxing of no consequence on the first cover and on the first endpaper.

€380
René CHAR
Dans la pluie giboyeuse
Gallimard|Paris 1968|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Beautiful copy.
€450
René CHAR
Le marteau sans maître
Editions Surréalistes|Paris 1934|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 copies of the ordinary drawing.
Some foxinges.
Autograph dedication signed by René Char: "Copy of Francis. His brother. René Char. 211, rue de la Convention. Paris 15th."
€1,200
George ELIOT
Adam Bede
E. Dentu|Paris 1861|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First French edition translated by F. d'Albert-Durade. Preliminary note by the author in English and French giving his consent to the translation. The first English edition was published in London in 1859.
Contemporary half wine-red sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with series of fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Spine uniformly lightened. Some foxing at the beginning of the work, otherwise the whole very fresh.
George Eliot's first work which was immediately recognized as important despite a small print run, and which received Dickens' approval.
€400
Chris MARKER
Commentaires
Seuil|Paris 1961|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
Commentaires

Seuil | Paris 1961 | 14 x 20.5 cm | original wrappers
First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
One clear, small water stain at the top of the very lightly sun-damaged spine, tiny tears at the top and bottom of the spine.
Work decorated with illustrations and photographs by Chris Marker.
Very rare and humorous handwritten presentation signed by Chris Marker to André and [Sacha?]: «et ce n'est pas fini.» («and it isn't finished.»)
€2,000
Gustave FLAUBERT
Lettres inédites à Maxime du Camp, Madame Frédéric Fovard, Madame Adèle Husson et "l'excellent monsieur Baudry"
Le palimugre|Sceaux 1948|16.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on white vellum, deluxe copy.
Fine copy with full margins.
€300
Savinien LAPOINTE
Une voix d'en bas, poésies par Savinien Lapointe ouvrier cordonnier
Au bureau de l'imprimerie|Paris s. d. [1844]|12.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments, black paper boards with surface abrasions, corners slightly bumped, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges, modest contemporary binding.
Preface by Eugène Sue followed by letters addressed to the author by MM. Béranger, Victor Hugo, Léon Gozlan...
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece as well as 12 plates.
Printed stamps on the first endpaper and title page, a manuscript library classification note on the first endpaper.
Some light foxing.
€300
CARZOU, Florent FELS
Carzou
Pierre Cailler|Genève [Geneva] 1959|16 x 18.50 cm|broché
Second edition partly original as revised and enlarged.
Autograph shipment signed by Florent Fels to Doctor Collet enriched with an autograph shipment signed by Carzou as well as an original drawing in colored pencils representing a floral decoration.
Iconography.
Back slightly wrinkled as usual, nice copy.
€150
Sacha GUITRY
Correspondance de Paul Roulier-Davenel
Dorbon l'ainé|Paris 1910|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Back slightly insolated without gravity and with a lack in the head.
Autograph dedication signed by Sacha Guitry to Sam Aron.
€300
Paul MARGUERITTE
A la mer
A. Romagnol|Paris 1906|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on China paper in large octavo format.
Half navy morocco with corners, spine slightly sunned with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by L. Bernard.
Some light foxing.
Work illustrated with 21 original engravings by Henri Zo.
Our copy contains, as stipulated in the justification page, the duplicate suite of illustrations on China paper.
Handsome copy despite the sunned spine.
€150
Jean SARMENT
Je suis trop grand pour moi
F. Sant'Andrea, L. Marcerou & Cie|Paris 1924|17 x 31 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
Autograph signed by Jean Sarment to Paul Bonet.
Beautiful copy wide-margined.
€150
Jacques MONNIER, Jacques PAJAK
Pavot plein rouge
Maurice Bridel|Lausanne 1959|17 x 25 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
first edition printed in 60 numbered copies on Arches paper vellum.
Illustrated book of 8 original drypoints by Jacques Pajak.
Signatures of Jacques Monnier and Jacques Pajak at the justification of the draw.
Shirt flat slightly and marginally insolated without gravity, a small trace of ballpoint pen on the case.
Pleasant copy.
€450
Francis PONGE
Lettres à Jean Thibaudeau
Le temps qu'il fait|s. l. 1999|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Ingres d'Arches paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
€80
Jules RENARD
Causeries
Les cahiers nivernais et du Centre|Paris 1910|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author by P.E. Colin.
Handsome copy despite a transverse fold mark on the first cover and a tiny lack at the foot of the spine.
€100
Victor HUGO
Angelo, tyran de Padoue
Eugène Renduel|Paris 1835|14 x 22 cm|relié
First edition published in the author's complete works.
Our copy exceptionally contains two engraved portraits, one serving as frontispiece.
Full red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, decorative gilt board-edges with gilt dentelle, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on leading edges, very elegant signed binding by Cuzin.
Very fine copy, without statement of edition, perfectly established in full Cuzin binding.
€2,300
André GIDE
Les poésies d'André Walter[The Poems of André Walter]
Librairie de l'Art Indépendant|Paris 1892|15 x 19 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on tinted vellum, the only printing after 10 on Japan paper.
Full black morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, moiré silk endpapers and doublures in beige, gilt fillet border on doublures, all edges gilt, original wrappers and spine preserved, slipcase edged in black morocco with mustard-yellow paper sides, a superb binding signed by Miguet.
A fine copy, perfectly bound.
€2,500
Roger VAILLAND
Expérience du drame
Corrêa|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Marginal stitches on the boards, back slightly exposed.
Autograph signed by Roger Vailland to Jeanne Billard.
.
€50
Jules ROMAINS
Ode genoise
Camille Bloch|Paris 1925|20.50 x 26.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 270 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 40 Arches.
Handsome copy.
€40
André GIDE
Journal 1942-1949
Gallimard|Paris 1950|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on alfama paper.
Publisher's binding executed after Paul Bonet's original design.
Fine copy despite slight sunning at head of spine.
€60
Francis JAMMES
Le poète rustique
Mercure de France|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies of the first broadcast to the press, mention of second edition.
Ex-dono with pen at the head of a guard as ex-libris.
Precious and beautiful autograph signed by Francis Jammes to Jacques-Emile Blanche: "To Jacques Blanche these leaves where the fauna that his genius painted"
€200
Jean ANOUILH
L'arrestation
La Table Ronde|Paris 1975|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japan, head print.
Back and boards slightly and marginally passed without gravity, some witnesses partially passed, otherwise pleasant copy at all margins.
Rare.
€680
Jean ANOUILH
Chers zoiseaux[Dear Boids]
La Table Ronde|Paris 1977|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japon paper, deluxe issue.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, some edges partially toned, otherwise a pleasing copy with full margins.
Rare.
€680
Jean ANOUILH
Le scénario
La Table Ronde|Paris 1976|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Japan, head print.
Back and boards slightly and marginally passed without gravity, some witnesses partially passed, otherwise pleasant copy at all margins.
Rare.
€680
Günter GRASS
Une rencontre en Westphalie
Seuil|Paris 1981|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation for which it was not printed from large papers.
Pleasant copy.
Handwritten signature of Günter Grass on the half title page.
€150
François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
Œuvres complètes. - Œuvres diverses. - Le congrès de Vérone. - Essai sur la littérature anglaise. - Paradis perdu, de Milton. Complete Works. - Miscellaneous Works. - The Congress of Verona. - Essay on English Literature. - Paradise Lost, by Milton.
Ladvocat|Paris 1826-1831 & 1824 & 1838|13 x 21.50 cm|36 volumes reliés
First collected edition, partly original, by far the most important and most sought-after (cf. Clouzot), with Chateaubriand having revised and reworked a large part of his writings.
This set also contains in first edition several texts including Les Natchez, Le Dernier Abencérage, Le Voyage en Amérique, and Moïse (placed at the end of vol. XXII and often lacking).

Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece...
€10,000
Jules ROMAINS
Lucienne
Nrf|Paris 1922|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 108 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.
€120
André ROUSSIN
Un contentement raisonnable... suivi de Lettre sur le théâtre d'aujourd'hui
Grasset|Paris 1965|14.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 32 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€60
Georges BERNANOS
Un crime
Plon|Paris 1935|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, after 17 on Japan and 40 on Holland paper.
A significant shadow affects pages 24-25, otherwise a handsome copy.
€100
Pierre LECOMTE DU NOÜY
L'avenir de l'esprit
Gallimard|Paris 1941|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€100
Yasmina REZA
Une désolation
Albin Michel|Paris 1999|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vellum, only large papers.
Beautiful copy despite two small spots at the bottom of the first board.
Autograph dated and signed by Yasmina Reza to a friend named Ion: "To you, my dear Ion, this copy on vellum N ° IV, for your twentieth birthday! I invite you and your friend Strinberg to snuggle up against me so that we can laugh, laugh, as we like. "
€350
René ÉTIEMBLE
Rey-Millet
Gallimard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 19.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Publisher's binding in full black canvas, smooth back, first board illustrated with a reproduction of a work by Guy Rey-Millet
Beautiful complete copy of his rhodoïd which includes three marginal losses, illustrated work of reproductions of works of Guy Rey-Millet.
Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble: "For André Breton, with a sure eye, with faithful admiration, and the memory of Etiemble".
€200
Louis GILLET
Claudel Péguy
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1946|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on superior bouffant paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€60
Édouard DUJARDIN
Théâtre II
Mercure de France|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Sun back, three spots on the first board, small marginal tears on the second board which also has, at the top, three traces of folds.
Autograph dedication signed by Edouard Dujardin to Benjamin Crémieux.
€60
Jean MORÉAS
Le pélerin passionné
Léon Vanier|Paris 1891|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in brown half-cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, bronze shagreen title-label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in ink serving as bookplate on front cover.

€60
Jean-Paul SARTRE
Explication de l'Etranger
Aux dépens du Palimugre|Sceaux s. d. [1946]|12 x 14.50 cm|broché
First edition hors commerce and printed in small numbers, ours one of 30 copies justified by the publisher on Japan, deluxe copy ("tirage de tête").
Rare and pleasant copy.
€2,800
Paul GAVARNI
Oeuvres choisies. Etudes de moeurs contemporaines. 1- Les enfants terribles. Traductions en langue vulgaire. Les lorettes. Les actrices. Notices par Théophile Gautier et Laurent-Jan. 2- Fourberies de femmes en matière de sentiment. Clichy. Paris le soir. Notices par Laurent-Jan, Auguste Lireux et Léon Gozlan. 3- Le Carnaval à Paris. Paris le matin. Les étudiants de Paris. Notices par Théophile Gautier, A. Barthet et A. de Soubiran. 4- La vie de jeune homme. Les débardeurs. Notices par P.J. Stahl.
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1846 - 1848|18 x 26.80 cm|4 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
First edition and first printing of the 320 wood engravings. Publication of the 4 volumes from 1846 to 1848, which explains why they are found separately.
Contributions by Théophile Gautier, Laurent-Jan, Léon Gozlan, Auguste Lireux and Jules Hetzel under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl among others.
Contemporary half black shagreen bindings. Flat false raised bands spine decorated with ornate compartments. Gilt titles and volume labels. Gilt edges. Blind ruling frame on boards. A. Gaillard at foot. Roulettes on bands. Very fine gold and grey decorative endpapers. Pale scattered foxing on very white paper.
Work illustrated with a general frontispiece, 14 vignettes including one...
€850
Herman MELVILLE, Max ERNST
Mardi
Robert Marin|Paris 1950|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum offset paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Cover illustrated by Max Ernst reproduced as frontispiece.
€380
Gaston BACHELARD
La terre et les rêveries du repos
José Corti|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Lafuma, the only copies on deluxe paper.
Very handsome copy despite a slight shadow on the half-title page.
€1,500
André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES
Le cadran lunaire
Robert Laffont|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 30 numbered copies on pure Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.
€300
Jacques PRÉVERT, André POZNER
Hebdromadaires
Guy Authier|Paris 1972|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
first edition on current paper.
Illustrated cover.
A small tear at the bottom of the back.
Autograph dedication signed by Jacques Prévert to the great Rimbaldian and gallerist Henri Matarasso: "To the matarasso friend-master, to become happy with it. Jacques Prévert." enriched with the autograph signature of André Pozner.
€500
Blaise CENDRARS (inscribed to Giuseppe UNGARETTI)
Le plan de l'aiguille[The Plan of the Aiguille]
Au sans pareil|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
first edition on current paper, one of the review copies service.
A small restoration at the head of the back.
Precious autograph signed by Blaise Cendrars: "To Ungaretti with the good memory of Blaise Cendrars."
€750
Paul KLEE
Journal
Grasset|Paris 1959|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Pierre Klossowski, one of 26 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite slight loss of blue on the first cover.

€500
André MASSON
Entretiens avec Georges Charbonnier
Julliard|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce copies on the same paper.
Preface by Georges Limbour, work illustrated with 8 hors-texte drawings by André Masson.
Handsome copy.

€180
TOUMS [Thomas GOSSET]
Think dirty be naughty feel happy
S. n.|s. l. 2010|16 x 24 cm|broché
Think dirty be naughty feel happy

no publisher | no place 2010
| 16 x 24 cm | original wrappers
First edition printed in 400 copies.
Photographs by Toums.
Autograph inscription signed by Toums: «Fuck art ! Let’s act... Bisous. Toums» enriched with a little drawing representing an inverted crucifix.
€300
Henry de MONFREID
La croisière du hachich[The Haschisch Cruise]
Grasset|Paris 1933|14 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe copy.
Half red morocco binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with fillets and black compartments embellished with black geometric motifs, one joint slightly cracked at foot, marbled paper effect boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.

€800
Alphonse de LAMARTINE
Jocelyn
Librairie de Charles Gosselin • Furne|Paris 1836|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Full green sheep bindings, strictly contemporary. Smooth spines richly decorated with Restoration-era tools. Black sheep title and volume labels. Large decorative blind stamp on boards and gilt ruling frame. Ruling on edges. Spines uniformly faded. Signs of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing, quite pronounced on the second title page and some pages, mostly in the outer margins, the whole showing rather clean. One tear p. 179 in volume 1, without loss.
Handsome copy in full decorated Romantic binding.

€800
Jean LORRAIN, Antoon VAN WELIE
Ellen[Ellen]
Pierre Douville|Paris 1906|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Hollande, the only deluxe paper.
Illustrated cover by Antoon Van Welie.
Full burgundy morocco, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, gilt-tooled dentelle borders on pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on the edges, elegant period binding signed Yseux, successor to Simier.
Our copy is enriched with a two-and-a-half-page autograph letter signed by Jean Lorrain to Laurent Tailhade, in which he recounts the vexations he suffers as a journalist regarding an article he wishes to publish reporting...
€2,000
Théophile GAUTIER
Le capitaine Fracasse[Captain Fracasse]
Charpentier|Paris 1863|12 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
Rare and sought after first edition, according to Clouzot, especially in contemporary binding
Bindings in half shagreen bottle green, back with four nerves adorned with golden and black nets, plates of marbled paper, guards and counterplates of paper in the tank, two slight scratches without gravity on the cuts, bindings of the time.
Very beautiful copy in a particularly desirable condition a fortiori enriched with a signed autograph shipment.
Rare autograph shipment signed by Théophile Gautier to Mr. Achard.
€9,000
Éphraïm MIKHAËL, Bernard LAZARE
La fiancée de Corinthe[The Bride of Corinth]
Camille Dalou|Paris 1888|20 x 27.50 cm|relié
Gilbert Lély, "Ephraïm Mikhaël", Nos Poètes, 15 Feb. 1925, cited in Ephraïm Mikhaël, Poèmes en vers et en prose, edited by Matthew Screech, Droz, 1994
€2,500
Éphraïm MIKHAËL
Le cor fleuri
Tresse & Stock|Paris 1889|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition for which no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Small lacks to margins of certain leaves, a tiny lack at head of first cover.
Created at the Théâtre Libre on December 10, 1888, Le Cor fleuri marks the young poet's theatrical debut. This "fairy play in one act" tells the amorous rapture of a fairy transformed into a woman, and was the subject of a posthumous musical adaptation by his friend the poet Ferdinand Herold to music by Fernand Halphren, student of Gabriel Fauré.

Considered by Victor Hugo as "the hope of French poetry"
€450
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, Jonathan SWIFT
Voyages de Gulliver dans des contrées lointaines
Furne et Cie • H. Fournier|Paris 1838|13 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
First printing of Grandville's illustration. A frontispiece on flying China paper and 450 wood-engraved vignettes in-text, and 5 hors texte, the four titles of the four voyages and the literary allegory as frontispiece to the notice. New translation, biographical and literary notice on Jonathan Swift by Walter Scott.
Contemporary grey glazed calf half-binding in Romantic style. Smooth spine with a long Romantic tool and 2 mirrored tools, with fillets. Light traces of rubbing. Some scattered foxing, mainly marginal. Handsome copy.
"This complete illustration occupies one of the first ranks in Grandville's work." (Carteret, III, 578). This very beautiful illustrated Romantic work is...
€850
Henri MASSIS
L'honneur de servir
Plon|Paris 1937|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Signed autograph Henri Massis François Daudet: "... this" package "of his" old ", affectionately."
€50
Sacha GUITRY, Francis CARCO
Propagande
Roger Da Costa|Paris 1932|18 x 25 cm|broché
Rare first edition of this promotional booklet by publisher Roger Da Costa illustrated with 5 plates including one in relief on nacreous Japan paper, a photogravure in two tones (yellow vellum and painted poster), a photogravure in two colors and one in typography in 3 colors.
Fine copy of this booklet bearing, on the first cover, the printed statement: "A bibliophile would keep it".
Contributions by Odette Pannetier "De la publicité", Francis Carco, Georges de La Fouchardière "Publicité" and Sacha Guitry "Zim ! Boum ! Boum ! ".

€450
Grisélidis RÉAL, COLLECTIF
Claude Aubert
Editions Bertil Galland|Lausanne 1974|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of this collective tribute to the poet Claude Aubert.
Iconography.
Unpublished texts and poems by Claude Aubert followed by a tribute by Grisélidis Réal, Georges Borgeaud, Lorenzo Pestelli, Jean-Georges Lossier, Albert Py and Marcel Raymond.
Grisélidis Real, writer, painter and prostitute, is a great romantic figure of the late twentieth century. A lover, militant, fighter and poet, she upset the customs of Geneva society. She is now buried in the Cemetery of the Kings in Geneva between Jean Calvin and Jorge Luis Borgès.
Nice copy.
Rare autograph dedication dated and signed by Grisélidis Réal: "To Madame Mélamet with my friendship...
€250
Jacques BRANDICOURT
Humourons pour les petits oiseaux
Editions de la Revue Moderne|Paris 1959|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Pleasant copy despite a small marginal tear on the first board.
Signed autograph Jacques Brandicourt to the bookseller Michel Couppé: "... who loves and sells beautiful literature ..."
€30
Henry MONNIER
Les bas-fonds de la société
Jules Claye|Paris 1862|16 x 25 cm|relié
First Edition printed 200 copies numbered on white vellum.
Publisher's binding in full ivory cardboard vellum, back with four nerves set with black threads, framing of double black nets on the boards.
Rare foxinges without gravity.
Beautiful copy established in its binding of the publisher.
Handwritten signature of Henry Monnier to the justification of the draw.
€400
Léon LEMONNIER
Kipling chantre de l'impérialisme anglais
Tallandier|Paris 1939|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
Paul CLAUDEL, André GIDE
Correspondance 1899-1926
Gallimard|Paris 1949|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 362 numbered copies on laid paper.
Preface and notes by Robert Mallet.
One crease mark at head of first cover, very slight marginal tears to covers.
Handsome copy illustrated with photographic portraits of Paul Claudel and André Gide.
€50
Pierre COURTHION
Okamoto
GLM|Paris 1937|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First illustrated edition with 16 inset plates reproducing the works of Taro Okamoto.
Ex-dono manuscript on the half title page.
Rare and nice copy.
€680
Edouard VUILLARD, Paul GÉRALDY
Le prélude
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1924|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece by Edouard Vuillard, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma vellum.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Light traces of rubbing on spine, otherwise handsome copy.

€50
Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO
Le procès-verbal
Gallimard|Paris 1963|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Binding half shagreen havana corners, back with four nerves set with gilded nets, paper plates effects moiré and gold, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
Signed autograph of Francis Carco Marcel Thiébaud: "... meanwhile" Mists ".
€400
Tonino BENACQUISTA
Le contrat. Un western psychanalytique en deux actes et un épilogue
Gallimard|Paris 1999|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Rare autograph signed by Tonino Benacquista to a friend named Pierre: "Pierre This is a working tool (it saves photocopying) while waiting for Hollywood, good to you."
€70
Henry BORDEAUX
Saint François de Sales et notre coeur de chair
Plon|Paris 1924|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 10 Japan and 50 Holland.
A full-margined copy.
€30
Alexandre ARNOUX
Le rossignol napolitain
Grasset • Société bibliophilique des XX|Paris 1937|17 x 26 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper reserved for the bibliophilic society of "XX".
Rare and nice copy under double cover of "XX" and Grasset.
Handwritten signature of Joseph Peyré to the justification of the draw .
€350
Albert CAMUS, Fedor DOSTOIEVSKI
Les possédés
Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the theatrical adaptation by Albert Camus, one of 40 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the author, the most limited deluxe issue after 21 on Hollande paper.
We include on Gallimard editions letterhead, the printed slip "de la part de M. Albert Camus."
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, a pale and small dampstain at foot of spine, a marginal crease to front board.
€1,000
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Les beaux draps
Nouvelles Editions Françaises|Paris 1941|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches paper, deluxe copies ("tirage de tê").
Bound in brown half morocco, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Nice copy.
€6,800
Charles SILVESTRE
La prairie et la flamme
Plon|Paris 1929|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half bottle green morocco binding, faded spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, original wrappers and spine preserved.

€60
André MAUROIS
Nouveaux discours du docteur O'Grady
Grasset|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 195 numbered copies on Rives vellum.
Fine copy.

€30
Roger CAILLOIS
Poétique de Saint-John Perse
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 51 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
Maxime GORKI
Notes et souvenirs
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 30 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine split, faded and with small tears at head and foot, light foxing to some deckled edges.
€80
André BRETON
Position politique du surréalisme
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition with some parts in first edition on ordinary paper.
Small tears to spine which also shows a black felt pen mark at foot, light scratches to head of front cover causing two small losses to orange paper.
€100
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
La suite dans les idées
Au sans pareil|Paris 1927|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 320 numbered copies on Annonay laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on Holland paper.
A tiny lack at foot of spine at the level of deckled edges, handsome copy.
€150
André COLLOT, Pierre LOUŸS
Au temps des juges
Aux dépens d'un amateur|Paris 1933|15.50 x 23 cm|broché sous double chemise et étui
First edition published in a small number of copies on grand vélin d'Arches, ours unnumbered.
Work illustrated with 12 original illustrations attributed to André Collot.
Our copy is complete with the duplicate suite in blue of the 12 illustrations.
Some rubbing to the slipcase.
Handsome copy.
€400
Edouard MONTAGNE
La feuille à l'envers
Ed. Monnier|Paris 1885|16 x 24 cm|relié
First edition, alternately illustrated by Gorguet and Fau with initial letters and tailpieces in black, and 10 superb full-page compositions in black with colored and gilt borders. One of 30 copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe edition, No. 12 numbered and signed by Monnier. Original wrappers preserved under an orange tissue sheet (rarely present).
Contemporary full bordeaux morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 4 small fleurons and blind and gilt fillets. Wide decorative border frame on boards. Interior frieze. Raw silk endpapers. Light rubbing at head and to 2 corners.
Handsome copy, uncut, full-margined, with fresh paper.
Collection of 10 ribald tales, some...
€600
Paul BOURGET
La rechute
Plon|Paris 1931|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on pure thread paper.
Half navy blue shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved.
Handsome full-margined copy.

€50
Paul BOURGET
La vengeance de la vie. - Agnès Delas
Plon|Paris 1930|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Half navy blue shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved.
Pleasant copy with full margins.

€50
David Herbert LAWRENCE
Kangourou
Gallimard|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 367 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

€60
Benjamin FONDANE
Faux traité d'esthétique
Denoël|Paris 1938|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First Edition for which he was not drawn from large paper.
Some bites on the boards.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Benjamin Fondane to the poet Raymond Datheil.
€1,200
Jorge SEMPRÚN
L'algarabie
Fayard|Paris 1981|15 x 23.50 cm|broché
First Edition for which he was not drawn from large paper.
Pleasant copy despite a trace of crease margin of the first board.
Signed autograph of Jorge Semprun Jacques Duchateau.
€250
LUCIEN-GRAUX
La messe avant l'aube
Arthème Fayard et Cie|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Madagascar paper.
Half navy blue shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.

€60
André FRÉNAUD
La sainte face
Gallimard|Paris 1968|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Precious autograph dated and signed by André Frénaud to Raymond and Janine Queneau.
€150
André FRÉNAUD
Notre inhabileté fatale. Entretiens avec Bernard Pingaud
Gallimard|Paris 1979|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Beautiful autograph signed by André Frénaud Georges Raillard and Annabel and Jean-Marie Queneau: "... in memory of his father who is one of the men I loved the most."
€70
Henry BORDEAUX
L'intruse
Plon|Paris 1936|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 44 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copy after 31 Holland.
Half hazel shagreen binding with corners, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, covers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.

€50
Jacques PRÉVERT
La cinquième saison
Gallimard|Paris 1984|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy.
€500
Jules VERNE, [et Michel VERNE]
La Chasse au météore. Le Pilote du Danube[The Chase of the Golden Meteor. The Danube Pilot]
Hetzel|Paris s. d. [1908]|18 x 28 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, front board polychrome signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several frames in black and gold, a gilt elephant head at top left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second board of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, spine decorated with several illustrations in color and gold, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Pen gift inscription on front endpaper.
A fine copy.
€1,000
Francis CARCO
La route du bagne
Ferenczi|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on current paper, it has been printed only 5 Holland paper and 20 vellum in large papers.
Nice copy despite a tiny lack in the foot of the back.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Francis Carco to his friend the painter Luc-Albert Moreau: "To Luc-Albert Moreau, memory, memory, very affectionately Francis Carco."
€150
Blaise CENDRARS
Le plan de l'aiguille
Au sans pareil|Paris 1929|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1030 numbered copies on Montgolfier laid paper.
A tiny lack to the foot of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy with full margins.
€80
Judith MASEFIELD
Mary's spinning
Stanbrook abbey press|Worcester 1970|11.50 x 15 cm|broché
Printed in a limited edition of 180 numbered copies on Japon Kozu-shi
Handsome copy with the Japanese Ogura paper covers well preserved.
€80
André LHOTE, Guy LAVAUD
Marines
Le Divan|Paris 1922|24 x 31.50 cm|en feuilles
First illustrated edition of 15 original drawings by André Lhote, one of 270 numbered copies on Arches paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête") after 25 Holland paper
Nice copy.
€400
André GIDE
Ainsi soit-il ou les jeux sont faits
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1020 numbered copies on pure thread paper.
Handsome copy.
€30