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

First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Spine repaired, small filled-in lacks in the margins of the first leaves, paper yellowed.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Raymond Queneau to Simone de Beauvoir.

Partly first edition, one of 35 numbered copies on vellum of the Marais, leading print.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Montgolfier paper, ours unnumbered, deluxe copy.
Two fold marks on the first cover.
Handsome full-margined copy complete with its "Coupable de fidélité" band which shows some foxing and two tears.

First edition printed in 250 numbered copies.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece reproduction of a Botticelli painting.

First edition, one of 452 numbered copies on Gris-Hidalgo paper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece reproduction of a Botticelli painting.

First edition, one of 522 numbered copies on simple papier de viduité.
Handsome copy despite a tiny tear and very light foxing at foot of front cover.

First edition in French established by André Tchernia, one of 509 numbered copies on bulle catholique paper.
Handsome copy.
Bookplate pasted on verso of front cover.

First edition of the French translation established by Henri Robillot, one of 421 numbered copies on green solitaire paper.
A handsome copy despite a clear dampstain to upper corner of front cover.

First edition of the French translation, one of 387 numbered copies on simili papyrus delta paper.
A handsome copy.
Bookplate pasted to verso of front cover.

First Edition, one of 440 numbered copies, only print after 60 leading copies.
Slight non-gravity dumps of adhesive paper on the title page.
Illustrated book of 5 snapshots of Jiri Kolar's original collages-chismages
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard presenting his wishes for the year 1983.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Some small foxing, ex-dono and a date at the head of a guard.
Autograph dedication signed by Paul Guimard to Pascal Pia.

First edition for which it was not printed large papers printed on the occasion of the exhibition of the works of Pierre Alechinsky in Brussels from May 6 to June 26, 1988.
Binding of the editor in full brown cardboard, smooth back, first flat illustrated.
Beautiful full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Pierre Alechinsky.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Alechinsky, in pencil, to his friend Georges Raillard

First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Ludovic Janvier "Ecoute", Nguyên Huy Thiêp "Nostalgie de la campagne", Henri Raczymow "Le Pounem", Philippe Barthelet "Visite à M. Gracq"...
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Contributions by Claude Roy "Poèmes", Marc Baconnet "Les labyrinthes d'Ariane", Jean-Pierre Colombi "Ligaments déchirés", Jean Roudot "Noël Devaulx en marge du cadastre"...
Handsome copy.

First edition abundantly illustrated with 2 engraved titles with vignettes and very numerous in-text vignettes by the author, as well as 46 plates by Richard Doyle.
Contemporary English binding in half green calf with corners. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Brown shagreen title and volume labels. Rubbing to headcaps, joints and corners. Brown dampstain to engraved titles in margin, and to the first 3 plates, the dampstain becoming pale on all plates, more or less pronounced, sometimes minimal, sometimes present.
The tribulations of a young English gentleman seeking his place in society and in life, the novel is a satire of human nature and Victorian aristocratic...

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant illustrated copy of drawings by Louis Pons.
Signed autograph of Louis Pons, on the title page, his friend Georges Raillard: "For Georges Raillard with a small Chinese greeting of the old bird" enriched, on the page opposite, a drawing of a bird in the Louis Pons, with his huge head.
On the inside flap of the first cover, Louis Pons enhanced a drawing of him in red ink and drew an arrow from the mouth of his character to lead to a "sniop".
We are enclosing an invitation card for an exhibition around Louis Pons at the Alain Paire bookshop in Aix-en-Provence, on which Alain Paire has written a...

First edition.
Full copy of its plastic case that has small gaps.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works by Paul Delvaux.
Autograph signed by Marcel Paquet Georges Raillard.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on pure laid paper for the friends of Alain Decaux.
Handsome copy illustrated with photographs.
We include a one-page typed letter from André Castelot, on Editions Perrin letterhead, thanking the generous donors who participated in financing Alain Decaux's académicien sword.

First edition.
A tear in the foot of a bit, small traces of marginal creases on the boards.
Signed autograph of Jean Ménard to Jean Legrand: "To my dear friend, to you, Jean, with all my friendship."

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the deluxe issue with 50 unnumbered hors commerce copies on laid paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Paul Morand, Albert Béguin, Antoine Livio, Paul Vallotton, Elie Gagnebin, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Scialom, Freddy Buache...

First Edition printed 600 copies numbered on laid.
Small tears without gravity margins of some leaves, back and marginally insolated boards, a slight lack in the foot of the first board.
Precious autograph signed by Charles Forot: "To my master Paul Valéry, these songs of autumn in testimony of deep admiration."

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe edition.
One repaired tear at foot of spine, handsome full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Patrice de La Tour du Pin to Robert Mainguet.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vellum, ours bearing the N ° 1.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed Guy Lavaud to his publishers Robert and Albert Emile-Paul: "... in memory of happy years and a long friendship ..."

First edition published under the pseudonym Loyson-Bridet, one of the first issue copies.
Binding in brown half morocco, back with five nerves set with black threads, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, Contemporary binding signed Moens .
Three press clippings and a bookstore description label pasted at the top of the volume on the White Guards.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Marcel Schwob, under his pseudonym of Loyson-Bridet, to Lucien Descaves.

First Edition consisting of a reprint from the Obliques magazine.
Back and flat slightly and marginally insolated.
Illustrated copy of full-page compositions by Michel Vachey.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Signed autograph of Jean-Edern Hallier to Mrs. Mounier.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated without gravity.
Autograph tribute signed by Michel Crozier.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
A tear and a fold at the foot of the second board which also has three small marginal spots.
Autograph signed by Armen Tarpinian to Simone Barilleau.

First edition printed on the occasion of the exhibition Antoni Tapies at the New York Moma held from May 6 to August 9, 1992.
Publisher's binding in full black canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket.
Illustrated book full-page reproductions of works by Antoni Tapies.
Text by Deborah Wye.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies, and his wife Alice.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Adhesive paper dumps due to the original collage on the mailing page.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard enriched, on the page opposite, an original collage representing a red mouth.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy to Gilbert Lascault.

First edition of the Spanish translation.
Binding of the publisher in full gray canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his jacket and its rhodoïd which have small marginal tears.
Illustrated book full-page reproductions of works by Antoni Tapies.
Text by Werner Schlamenbach.
Handwritten precisions, in pencil and at the bottom of certain reproductions of works, by the dedicatee.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies: "To the collective Raillard with the greatest friendship."

first edition.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of 5 original lithographs by Antonio Segui.
Signed autograph dedication of Gilbert Lascault Alice and Georges (Raillard): "... in the" chimerical city "with tango dancers and thugs voyeurs ..."

First Edition printed 130 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, ours unjustified.
boards slightly and marginally insolated.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Claude Sernet to the composer Jean Wiener: "... in testimony of an admiration ly distant, now fraternal."

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer to insert.
Autograph dedication signed by Raymond Queneau to Luc Estang.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble to André Breton: "... this book, which I would like all to not like him too, with esteem and friendship.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A nice copy despite a trace of folding to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Julien Green to a friend named Robert.

First edition of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Paper yellowed as usual, a small filled-in lack to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Emil Michel Cioran to Gérard Binola.

First edition, one of the numbered copies.
Binding of the publisher in full gray cloth, smooth back, guards and contreplats of cream paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph of Joseph Guglielmi Georges Raillard.

First edition.
Beautiful illustrated copy of an original lithograph by Antoni Tapies on cover.
Iconography.
Text by Joan Teixidor.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and a great specialist in the work of Antoni Tapies.

First edition printed in a small number of copies on laid paper of this address given by Georges Raillard on the occasion of the publication, by Robert Blanchet, of an illustrated edition with original engravings by Virgilije Nevjestic of "La création du monde" by André de Richaud.
Rare and handsome copy

First edition of the French translation, one of 110 numbered copies on Alfa paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper, ours being one of 3 lettered hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, only leading copies.
Some punctures on the margins of boards, nice interior state.
Our copy is very complete of the original engraving signed and justified by Pierre Cadiou that contains the copies on Holland paper.

First edition of this unpublished poem by Michel Butor accompanying Grégory Masurovsky's recent drawings presented by La Hune in June 1966, one of 1000 numbered copies, ours one of the first 35.
Pleasant illustrated copy of 8 reproductions of works of Grégory Masurovsky.
Our copy is incomplete of the original engraving of Grégory Masurovsky to enrich the first 35 copies of the draw.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper illustrated with drawings by Colette Deblé.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph signed Colette Deblé Georges Raillard enriched with an original drawing of a window, in which is enclosed the autograph, framed by a sun of rain and a sun darting its rays.

First edition of this unpublished poem by Michel Butor accompanying Grégory Masurovsky's recent drawings presented by La Hune in June 1966, one of 1000 numbered copies, ours one of the first 35.
Pleasant illustrated copy of 8 reproductions of works of Grégory Masurovsky.
Our copy is incomplete of the original engraving of Grégory Masurovsky to enrich the first 35 copies of the draw.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies and consisting of an offprint from the magazine "Les arts plastiques".
Translation by E. Bille-De Mot.
Rare.

First edition, one of 165 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition on current paper.
Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Pierre Alechinsky.
Autographed and signed autographs by Pierre Alechinsky and Pierre Daix to their friend Georges Raillard and his wife Alice.

First edition on current paper.
Back and flat lightly and marginally insolated, some marks of reading and annotations of the dedicatee in pencil of paper and blue pen in margins of some leaflets.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet to his friend Georges Raillard: "... something like" my big glass "with my friendship."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph Jacques Hérold, in pencil, his friend Georges Raillard and his wife Alice.

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer to insert.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard on a guard, enriched, on the previous guard, an original folding.

First edition of the French translation and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.

First edition of the French translation by Alice Raillard and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Pleasant full copy of his illustrated jacket.
Signed autograph dedication of Jorge Amado, in Portuguese, to his translator Alice (Raillard) and her husband the art critic Georges.

First edition.
Pleasant copy, annotations and marks of reading, in pencil of paper and with post-its, of Georges Raillard on the margins of certain leaflets.
Illustrated book of reproductions of Albert Rafols-Casamada's works.
Our copy is enriched with an invitation card for the opening of the exhibition Rafols-Casamada at the Vandres Gallery on March 5, 1980 in Madrid, which Albert Rafols-Casamada transformed into a postcard which he signed and addressed to Alice and Georges Raillard.

First edition.
Binding of the publisher in full white canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his jacket illustrated flawless.
Rich iconography.
Signed autographs by Pierre Astier and Eduardo Arroyo to art critic Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Claude Simon to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed by Michel Butor, orange felt, his friend Georges Raillard enriched with a small sun obtained with a perforation around which Michel Butor has drawn orange rays.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

Rare invitation card to the exhibition of 85 original etchings made by Roger Chastel to illustrate "The bestiary" by Paul Eluard and presented at the gallery Maeght from 11 to 21 February 1949.
Beautiful illustrated copy of a drawing by Roger Chastel on the first board.
Rare and beautiful copy.

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

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

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Nice copy.
Autographed and signed autographs by René Depestre and Claude Couffon to Alice Raillard.

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated, annotations of the dedicatee to the black felt and the pencil of paper on the last guard white.
Autograph dedication signed by Pascal Quignard, on his first novel, Georges Raillard.

First edition of this historical novel written by Antony Thouret while incarcerated in the prisons of Saint-Waast.
Binding in half morocco green morocco, smooth back decorated with a central and gilded floral pattern, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets (dirty and doubled) preserved, binding of XIXth posterior of a few decades at work.
Rare book illustrated with a portrait of the author and an off-text figure engraved on wood by Eugene Forest.
Our copy is enriched by a signed autograph letter of three pages Antony Thouret to his publisher Ladvocat in which it is particularly question a second edition of the book...

Rare invitation card to the exhibition of recent sculptures by Fenosa presented at the Galerie Jacques Dubourg from 6 to 20 June 1952.
Nice copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

Rare invitation card to the exhibition of the works of Rufino Tamayo at the Beaux-Arts Gallery from November 8 to December 9, 1950.
Nice copy.
The invitation card is illustrated with a drawing by Rufino Tamayo.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor scratches of no consequence to the spine.
Work decorated with 75 illustrations in black and watercolored with pochoir by Georges Bottini, Auguste François-Marie Gorguet and Charles Lucas.
Cover illustrated by Georges Bottini.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête.
A nice copy despite tiny spots, not serious, on the first free endpaper.
Illustrated, as frontispiece, a portrait of the author by Modigliani and a drawing hors-texte by Hans Bellmer.

First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pur-fil paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête") after 20 Holland paper.
Nice copy.

First edition.
Nice copy.
Rich iconography.
Introduction of Michel Butor.
In the first volume, autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his close friend and biographer Georges Raillard on a cardboard included in a small collage.

First edition.
Binding of the editor in full red cardboard, smooth back cleared, traces of discoloration in the margin of the second board.
Light bites without gravity on the shirt.
A work punctuated by Jean Effel's reflections, humorously treating the greatest masterpieces of painting and sculpture.
Signed autograph dedication of Jean Effel Louis Flamme enriched with a drawing of a butterfly that forages a flower.

First edition of this exhibition catalog of works by Antoni Tapies presented at the Waddington Gallery in London from April 7 to May 7, 1994.
Binding of the editor in full red canvas, smooth back, first flat illustrated with a vignette representing a work of Antoni Tapies.
Nice copy.
Iconography, we join an invitation card to a retrospective of the works of Antoni Tapies at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Barcelona on February 17, 2004.
Text by Manuel J. Borja-Villel.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni...

First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers.
Pleasant copy despite the second marginally curled.
Signed autograph dedication of Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard: "... to look north."

First edition, one of 970 numbered copies on Johannot vellum.
Fine copy containing the new cassette (the cellophane wrapper is missing), which consists of the recording of the book read by Michel Butor.

First Edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours bearing the No. 1, leading print.
A small tear in the foot of the first board.
A moving autograph dated and signed by Henri Bosco to his godson Henri Raillard to whom Barboche is dedicated: "For my dear godson Henri Raillard, this good dog famous in the Luberon by his grace, his fidelity, his courage - the wriggling tail. .. "

Rare invitation card to attend the conferences of Raymond Duncan, in the works of Louis Anquetin gathered and presented at Cubat on December 12 and December 16, 1922.
Nice copy.
The invitation card is illustrated with a wood engraved by Louis Anquetin.

Rare invitation card to attend the exhibition of tunics created by Raymond Duncan, in the theater-gallery he founded at 34, rue du Colisée, from April 25 to June 1, 1922.
Beautiful and rare copy.
Raymond Duncan was fascinated by ancient Greece since his childhood: the aesthetics and fashion of
The life he promoted at the Akademia was marked by this influence.
The press of the time glossed over the clothes worn
by Raymond Duncan and his disciples: "Greek-style" tunics
that he / she was making himself. Behind the supposed ridicule of
this accoutrement, these unisex tunics was a way of abolishing the
differences in gender and class...