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

First edition on current paper.
Half percaline binding periwinkle blue periwinkle with corners, smooth back adorned with a gilded floral motif, golden date and double fillet in tail, title piece of shagreen bronze, marbled paper plates, covers and back preserved, binding of l 'time.
Scattered foxing.
Signed autograph of Jean Moreas to Louis Bourdery.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies justified by Louis Conquet on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 4 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux and 8 headpieces and tailpieces by Hector Giacomelli.

First edition, one of 47 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.

Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.

Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag Rives paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on pure laid vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

Edition with most parts in first edition (except for "Beylamour" and "A l'honneur de la chair"), one of 66 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on pure rag laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on laid paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure Rives wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on laid Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 42 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 colored parchment hors commerce copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure Rives rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure laid paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag Rives vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

Gallimard, Paris 1957, 14x19cm, original wrappers.
First edition of the French translation by philosopher Jean Baufret and Kostas Axelos. No deluxe copies issued.
Nice copy.
Signed copy by Jean Beaufret to his daughter Marie-Louise and son-in-law Ernesto with the autograph signature of Kostas Axelos.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Glue residue on an endpaper due to a bookplate that was removed and then replaced by a smaller one.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of 57 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag Rives vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Fine copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author by Alexandre Séon.
Spine browned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
A tear glued to the back of the head.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Maurice Toesca to Jean-Paul Sartre: "... this paradoxical essay (he remembers Alain's attention to" Consuelo ", cordial tribute of a classmate."

First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted to an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, ours bearing N°1, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on pure vellum wire, only leading copies.
Two ex-libris glued on a guard.
Beautiful copy enriched with the handwritten signature of Pierre Gascar on the fake title page .

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure laid vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Dutch laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 4 nominative laid paper copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy illustrated by the author.

Rare first edition, illustrated with a very handsome etched frontispiece by Célestin Nanteuil. Charpentier catalogue at rear of 4 pages.
Half bronze-gilt percaline binding with corners signed U. Zaugg ca 1880. Smooth spine. Black glazed shagreen title-label. Poppy-patterned paper on gold ground. Top edge gilt. Binding executed on uncut wrappers. Original jonquil covers preserved. Scattered browning. Traces of rubbing to headcaps.
Joseph Dumas bookplate designed and engraved by Henry André (1922) depicting a ruined castle on a promontory within a Gothic altarpiece. Joseph Dumas: resistance fighter, deputy of the Seine and great collector of romantic works.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
The play narrates the dark machinations of a young social climber who impregnated Angèle through political calculation. The play refers particularly to the July Revolution of 1830.

Collective first edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on offset.
Autograph signed by René Char Maurice Béjart: "thank you for" Lettera amorosa "."

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Very slightly insolated back without gravity.
Signed autograph of Jean Beaufret to his ex-daughter-in-law Marie-Louise and son-in-law Ernesto on each volume.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated.
Signed autograph Bertrand Poirot-Delpech to a friend: "Michele, I kiss you B."

First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

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

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.

First edition, one of 1600 numbered copies on Alfa paper, ours one of 100 out of trade, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Iconography.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Marcel Doisy to Madeleine Horn-Monval.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Small, non-serious spots on the first board.
Autograph dedication signed by Paul Leautaud.

First edition, one of 112 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A photographic portrait of Charles Dullin as frontispiece.
Handsome copy.

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

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 Madagascar.
Spine slightly creased.

First edition presented in the form of 10 fascicles abundantly illustrated by Toulouse-Lautrec, Zyg Brunner, Dignimont, Charles Léandre, Mich, Lucien Boucher...
Some minor foxing without consequence, handsome copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back very slightly insolated.
Beautiful autographed and signed Devaulx Christmas autograph to Alexandre Alexeieff, with whom he played on the letters of his last name between Cyrillic and Roman alphabets, and his wife Claire: "A Claire and Alyosha, but you still have your Yuli basset Would she like this strange gossip?

First edition, one of 650 numbered copies on Alfa paper.
Some small foxing mainly affecting the slices.
Signed autograph of Marcel Jouhandeau Jean Touzot.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 on pur fil.
Spine slightly sunned, two small tears at foot of spine.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Spine lightly sunned, small tears at foot of spine at deckled edges, small angular lack at foot of first cover.

First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on Alfa paper, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Spine slightly sunned.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite small blue ink marks in the lower margins.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Illustrations, nice copy.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Joan Miro to his friend and "compagnon de travail" Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly sunned without gravity.

First edition on current paper.
Back very slightly insolated, a stain on the margin of the second board.
Signed autograph of Dominque de Roux to the celler Pierre Monnier: "For you, dear Pierre with the friendship of Dominique de Roux."

First edition on current paper.
Yellowed paper as generally.
Autograph signed by Henry Poulaille Mademoiselle Blottière.

First edition, rare, limited to 500 copies in total after 300 numbered copies of which 100 specially bound. Copy belonging to Hans Maria Lux with his stamp and a note in blue ink dated 1975. Under the stamp of Hans Maria Lux's signature, 2 Chinese or Japanese stamps. Hans Maria Lux was an author of children's books and an educator.
Publisher's binding in grey marbled paper with a green title label. Grey chemise with title on the front board and spine. Some foxing in the margins, which seems to affect all copies due to the paper used. The marbled paper covering the spine is split lengthwise with small losses. The chemise shows tears to the spine with the head torn off.

L'Art décoratif d'aujourd'hui [The Decorative Art of Today]Second edition, with numerous illustrations.
Contemporary binding in half burgundy shagreen, green shagreen, boards in marble paper.
Rare autograph inscription dated 1925 and signed by Le Corbusier to the film director [Jean] Grémillon. Our copy is enhanced, on the first free page, with a second autograph dated 1928 by Le Corbusier: “To Mr E. Mercier. It is not a question here, in fact, of the decorative art, but of the spirit that animates this magnificent epoch and is so poignant.”
A precious copy, in a strictly contemporary binding and enhanced by two successive autographs by Le Corbusier.

First edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots, small traces of rubbing on the spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, one lower corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding
Copy slightly trimmed.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Henri Pichette to Marcel Schneider: "... the weapon of tears ..."

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

La volonté de puissance. Essai d'une transmutation de toutes les valeurs [Will to power], Mercure de France, Paris 1903, 13x18,5cm, 2 volume in original wrappers.
First edition of the French translation, one of 12 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
One small trace of folding, not serious, to lower cover of the second volume, endpapers very slightly and partially shaded.
Nice and rare copy with untrimmed edges.

Poems in Prose First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon paper, the only grands papiers (deluxe) copies.
Burgundy morocco binding, spine in five compartments set with black fillets, gilt heraldic eagle at the bottom, heraldic coat of arms stamped in the centre of the boards, endpapers with geometric motifs, bordered with a burgundy morocco strip on the inner covers, gilt top edge, contemporary binding signed by Creuzevault.
Some small foxing on the endpapers and some very fine tears in the margin of the final endpapers.
Beautiful copy, nicely bound.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 Madagascar.
Handsome copy.
Provenance: from the library of Françoise Verny with her printed stamp on the title page.

First edition, one of 570 numbered copies on pur fil paper.
Endpapers partially shaded.
Autograph inscription signed by Philippe Pétain to Marcel Rey.