Foreign Literature

Pierre-André BENOIT
"... de vos demandes (verbales et écrites) vous aurez au moins..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 17 Novembre 1983|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (27 lines in black ink and written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc regarding works that the latter had ordered from him.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
PAB must travel to Montpellier, as his housekeeper is to have surgery there. He will therefore take the opportunity to meet his bookseller friend and bring him some available works among those he had ordered.
Poet, painter, engraver, Pierre-André Benoit or P.A.B. was above all a typographer and printer who produced more than 400 illustrated works bringing...
€180
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... il m'est impossible de lire de penser à quoi que ce soit sauf aux méfaits du temps..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 10 Janvier 1985|15 x 21 cm|une feuille
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (22 lines in blue ink and written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc to whom he presents his wishes for 1985 and in which he narrates the damage related to the frost that is ravaging the Gard and damaging his home.
Fold mark inherent to mailing.
PAB suffers from the harsh winter that has fallen upon the Gard: "... si je vous écris avec un soleil radieux qui réjouit les yeux il est sans effet et les -15e devant ma porte le 0 à l'intérieur de la maison cela n'a rien de confortable..." ["... if I write to you with...
€180
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 5 Janvier 1986|13.50 x 21 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château at Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard region which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him New Year's wishes for 1986.
Envelope included.
In turn, Pierre-André Benoit extends his wishes for the year ahead and writes that he finds it difficult to leave his retreat in the Gard at Rivières-de-Theyrargues : "... je ne bouge jamais de Rivières..." ["... I never leave Rivières..."] and therefore favors a telephone appointment with his correspondent: "... oui par...
€120
Pierre-André BENOIT
"... oui il y aura des livres si vous en voulez.."Unpublished and signed autograph letter addressed to his friend, the Montpellier bookseller Pierre Clerc
S. n.|Paris 17 Septembre 1989|14.50 x 21 cm|une feuille
Signed autograph letter from Pierre-André Benoit (13 lines in black ink written from his château de Rivières-de-Theyrargues in the Gard which he has occupied since 1970) addressed to the bookseller Pierre Clerc who had sent him his wishes for the year 1986.
Fold mark inherent to envelope insertion. Pierre Clerc has inscribed, in pencil at the top of the letter, the name and surname of his correspondent.
Pierre-André Benoit believes his correspondent is busy with his summer occupations, particularly mycological : "... vous êtes sans doite à Chateauneuf de Randon et les champignons ne doivent pas manquer.."...
€120
Anne RADCLIFFE
Oeuvres d'Anne Radcliffe
Maradan|Paris 1819|10.50 x 17 cm|10 volumes reliés
First complete French collective edition. Music scores bound in-fine in the last volume.
Contemporary brown half calf bindings, very slightly rubbed to some places, smooth spines ruled in gilt, marbled paper covers.
Small traces of glue to the corners of pastedowns and white flyleaves. Slight marginal tears and missing pieces of paper to the half-title page of the first volume. Small marginal lacks of paper to the half-title page of the fifth volume. Scattered foxing to some volumes.
Volumes 1 & 2: La Forêt ou L'Abbaye de Saint-Clair (The Romance of the Forest), volumes 3 to 6: Les Mystères d'Udolphe (The Mysteries of Udolpho), volumes 7 to 9: L'Italien ou Le Confessionnal des...
€3,000
Joseph BREITBACH
Rapport sur Bruno
Gallimard|Paris 1964|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First French edition, one of 55 numbered copies on handmade paper, deluxe issue.
Handsome copy.
€200
Gilbert Keith CHESTERTON
Chaucer
Plon|Paris 1935|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€450
Joseph CONRAD
Une victoire[A Victory]
Nrf|Paris 1923|16.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First edition of the French translation, one of 108 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma-Navarre laid paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Some foxing affecting notably the endpapers.
€500
Zazie in the Bush!
Zazie in the Bush!
Amos TUTUOLA, Raymond QUENEAU (Trad.)
L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse[The Palm-Wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-Wine Tapster in the Deads' Town]
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, by Raymond Queneau, of Nigerian author Amos Tutuola’s first novel. One of 86 copies on Lafuma-Navarre pur fil wove paper, the only deluxe issue.

A fine copy.
€500
Amos TUTUOLA, Raymond QUENEAU
L'Ivrogne dans la Brousse
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Raymond Queneau, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Light offsetting from adhesive paper at head and foot of spine and boards.
€400
Roy HEATH
Orealla
Seuil|Paris 1984|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's full black paper boards, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Roy Heath to writer James Baldwin: "For James Baldwin whose work I admire greatly. Roy Health."
James Baldwin's writings describe personal dilemmas questioning the difficult social and psychological pressures that hinder not only the integration of Black people, but also gay or bisexual men in 20th century Western societies, particularly in the United States.
€800
José Maria Ferreira de CASTRO
Emigrantes - [Exemplaire de Raymond Queneau]
Livraria Renascença|Lisboa [Lisbon] 1928|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
Second edition.
Bradel binding in full pebbled paper, smooth spine very slightly faded, navy blue shagreen title-label with a very slight marginal scratch, original wrappers preserved.
Fine full-page autograph inscription dated 1948, written in Portuguese, from José Maria Ferreira de Castro to Raymond Queneau.
€250
(William FAULKNER) Michel MOHRT
Album Faulkner
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1995|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition published in the Bibliothèque de La Pléiade collection and printed on Bible paper.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and soft slipcase.
€80
Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE
Nouvelles Histoires extraordinaires
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1857|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Charles Baudelaire. No limited issue on luxury paper printed.
Three small chips filled at head and foot of spine, covers marginally and slightly soiled, slight chips and tears to corners of the covers.
A rare copy still in its original wrappers.
€1,000
(Oscar WILDE)
Album Oscar Wilde
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1996|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
€80
(Lewis CARROLL) COLLECTIF
Album Lewis Carroll
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1990|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft case.
€80
Charles DICKENS
The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Chapman and Hall|London 1839|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
Rare first edition illustrated with 40 plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne) including a frontispiece portrait of Dickens with his signature. The printing contains all the errors of the first issue, except the first point: P. 123, "sister" corrected to "visiter". P. 245 l. 10 "flys" for "flies", uncorrected. "Visiters" instead of "Visitors" p. 272. l.2. ; P. 297. l.22 "incontestible" instead of "Inconstable" ; P. 586. l. 24 "suprise" for "surprise". All illustrated editions of Dickens were the result of close collaboration between the author and the illustrator.
Contemporary English half black glazed calf binding with corners. Spine with false raised bands decorated with cold grotesque...
€1,500
Alberto MORAVIA
L'Ennui[The Empty Canvas]
Flammarion|Paris 1961|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa, the only deluxe paper issue after 30 copies on Lana wove.
Two small, light sunning marks at head and foot of the spine.
A fine and rare copy.

€800
The landmark work of the "Harlem Renaissance" in a deluxe edition
The landmark work of the "Harlem Renaissance" in a deluxe edition
Carl VAN VECHTEN, Paul MORAND (pref.)
Le paradis des nègres [Nigger Heaven]
Editions Kra|Paris 1927|20 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 10 numbered copies on Lafuma wove paper, ours unnumbered, printed on deluxe paper.
A rare and handsome copy, uncut, of one of the landmark works of the literary and poetic movement "Harlem Renaissance," which strove for the recognition of African-American culture.
Controversial since its publication owing to its title, the novel recounts the adventures of a young couple from Harlem, in the cabarets and soirées of the New York neighborhood. Van Vechten tirelessly supported African-American artists and writers, even after the decline of the movement that had drawn so many white intellectuals to Harlem.
€1,800
Jacques CHARDON
Littérature polonaise - Adam Miçkiéwicz 1798-1865
Imprimerie de E. Aubert|Versailles 1865|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Mémoires de la Société des Sciences morales, des Lettres et des Arts de Seine-et-Oise.
Rare pamphlet presented under plain blue temporary covers with boards marginally and lightly soiled, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardon to his brother-in-law named Georges.
€80
Harry MATHEWS
Lettre autographe signée Harry adressé à son amie Claude Arthaud lui déclamant tout son désespoir d'être séparé d'elle
S. n.|San Francisco 25 avril 1974|11 x 17 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph letter signed by Harry Mathews addressed to his love Claude Arthaud (14 lines in black ink) from the Huntington Hotel in San Francisco, envelope included.
Two small tears to the right margin of the letter affecting one word and one dash.
In this tender letter imbued with the melancholic sadness of separated hearts, Harry Mathews yearns to reunite with his love: "Tout se passe bien : tout se passe, tout passe. Mais au passage il ne reste peu de temps pour s'occuper des absents - de l'absente. Pourtant je pense à toi si souvent, avec des pointes de désir et d'amour..." ["Everything is going well: everything passes, everything goes by. But in passing there...
€250
Carlos FUENTES
Zone sacrée
Gallimard|Paris 1981|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Covers marginally soiled, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription dated 1997 and signed by Carlos Fuentes to a man named Jean-Claude.

€150
Charles DICKENS
Vie et aventures de Nicolas Nickleby
Chez L. Hachette et Cie|Paris 1857 (S.d)|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First French edition translated by P. Lorrain with the authorization and approval of the author contained in Charles Dickens's bilingual preface, dated January 17, 1857.
Contemporary half red shagreen binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets. Gilt titles and volume numbers. Boards rubbed. 4 signatures slightly proud in volume 1. Signature 251 with 2 loose pages in the second volume. Corners bumped. Some foxing.
It was in 1856 that Louis Hachette acquired the rights to Charles Dickens's works, with P. Lorrain as collection director and translator, he would greatly develop the offering of foreign literature in France, and notably English...
€400
Vassilis VASSILIKOS
La plante
Gallimard|Paris 1989|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Vassilis Vassilikos to a man named Jean-Claude.

€70
Orhan PAMUK
Cette chose étrange en moi - La vie, les aventures, les rêves du marchand de boza Mevlut Karatas et l'histoire de ses amis et Tableau de la vie à Istambul entre 1969 et 2012, vue par les yeux de nombreux personnages
Gallimard|Paris 2017|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed, in French, by Orhan Pamuk to a woman named Florence.
€800
Janusz GLOWACKI
Antigone à New York
Editions théâtrales|Paris 2005|15 x 21 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation of Janusz Glowacki's masterpiece.
An email address inscribed in the margin of the last endpaper, handsome copy.
Rare handwritten signature dated by Janusz Glowacki made in Warsaw.

€100
Adolfo BIOY CASARES
Les héros des femmes
Robert Laffont|Paris 1992|11 x 18 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, this one in paperback format.
Small creases at head of front cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Adolfo Bioy Casares to a man named Jean-Claude.
At foot of title page, Adolfo Bioy Casares' felt-tip pen made an involuntary mark.
€120
Seamus HEANEY
Poèmes 1966-1984
Gallimard|Paris 1988|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French for which no deluxe copies were printed.
Boards very slightly and marginally soiled.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by Seamus Heaney, written from Paris, to a man named Jean-Claude.
Seamus Heaney, born in Ulster in County Derry and who died in Dublin, is one of the most important English-speaking poets of the 20th century and became, in 1995, the fourth Irish author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature after William Butler Yeats, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett.

€1,200
Norman MAILER
Les nus et les morts
Albin Michel|Paris 1966|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Preface by André Maurois.
Two fold marks at upper corner of front cover and lower corner of back cover, small stains on bottom edge.
Rare bilingual autograph inscription signed by Norman Mailer: "To Jean-Claude merci pour les bons mots. Cheers Norman Mailer".
€1,000
Mahmoud DARWICH
Rien qu'une autre année - Anthologie poétique 1966-1982
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1997|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
Collected edition of the French translation, no deluxe copies issued.
Boards slightly and marginally soiled, two small spots on the edges not affecting the leaves.
Very rare presentation copy signed and inscribed in Arabic by Mahmoud Darwish, the poet of the Palestinian condition, on the half-title page.

€1,800
Cezar IVANESCU
Poeme/Poèmes
Seuil|Paris 1972|8.50 x 12 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First bilingual edition, the text in Romanian with, facing, the English translation.
Publisher's binding in full flexible tan boards, smooth spine.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Cezar Ivanescu to Charles Dobzynski.

€120
Allen GINSBERG
Howl
HarperPerennial|New York 1986|23 x 27.50 cm|broché
New edition.
A handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Allen Ginsberg to Jean-Claude Geisberg enriched with a small drawing depicting a flower growing from a buried human skull.
€1,500
Jerome David SALINGER
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction
Heinemann|London • Melbourne • Toronto 1963|14.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First UK edition.
Blue cloth publisher's binding.
Nice copy with its dust jacket. Slight traces rubbing at the foot and at the head of the dust jacket.
Corner missing at the foot of the first flap of the dust jacket, with a small trace of adhesive.

The two short stories were first published in the New Yorker in 1955 and 1959.
€120
William GODWIN
Cloudesley
H. Fournier|Paris 1830|10 x 17.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition of the French translation established by Jean Cohen, the original English edition having appeared the same year.
Half brown sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and tail of spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, Romantic bindings.
Light rubbing to some boards, two tears to the lower headcap and top edge of the fourth volume, some minor foxing.
William Golding is considered one of the most important precursors of anarchist and utilitarian thought; he is the father of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, better known as Mary Shelley.
€600
Edward LUCIE-SMITH
Towards silence
Oxford University press|London 1968|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition.
A small crease mark at the upper right corner of the front cover, two light dampstains at the head of the verso of the covers.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edward Lucie-Smith, in French, on the half-title page: "... si vous commencez votre connaissance de la poésie anglaise chez moi, j'ai peur que ça sera la fin en même temps que le commencement ! " ["... if you begin your knowledge of English poetry with me, I fear that it will be the end at the same time as the beginning!"].
Manuscript signature of Edward Lucie-Smith on the title page.
€80
William GODWIN
Caleb Williams, ou les choses sont comme elles sont
Madame Veuve Agasse|Paris 1813|10 x 17.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
New edition of the French translation based on the latest English edition, with some parts in first edition.
Half brown sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with black and gilt fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot of spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, Romantic bindings.
Some surface scratches on the boards and minor rubbing to the spines, headcaps of the first two volumes with small losses.
A rare and handsome copy of this work which serves as the first detective novel in literary history.
William Golding is considered one of the most important precursors of anarchist and utilitarian thought, he is the father of Mary...
€500
Charles DICKENS
Bleak House
Bradbury & Evans|London 1853|13.50 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition, illustrated with an engraved title with vignette, 39 plates by H. K. Browne including 10 mezzotints, including the frontispiece. All the drawings were executed according to very precise recommendations by Dickens, the mezzotint engravings expressing despair and the dark sides of the novel while the caricatural figures express joy and humor. As with all of Dickens's works, this novel first appeared in serial form (March 1852 to September 1853). First printing points: "elgble" p19, line 6; "chair" p209, line 23; "counsinship" p275, line 22
English binding in half burgundy shagreen with small corners. Spine with false raised bands richly decorated. Brown shagreen title...
€1,800
Graham SWIFT
Ever after
Pan books Picador|London 1992|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A few words of thanks written in green ink at the head of the half-title page, otherwise a handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by Graham Swift on the title page.
€120
Paul CLAUDEL
L'Agamemnon d'Eschyle
Foochow Printing Press|Fou-Tchéou [Fictional Place] 1896|16 x 21.50 cm|broché
Rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of the French translation established by Paul Claudel.
Handsome copy despite some occasional light foxing.

€800
Federico GARCÍA LORCA, Valery LARBAUD
Commerce Cahier XVII de l'automne 1928
Chez L. Giraud-Badin|Paris 1928|20 x 25 cm|broché
First edition published in 2900 copies, ours being one of the copies on Alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing on the edges.
Literary contributions by Federico Garcia Lorca: "Le martyre de sainte Eulalie", Valery Larbaud: "Une nonnain", Liam O'Flaherty: "L'aviron, traduction de Valery Larbaud", Marcel Jouhandeau "La Bosco", Rudolf Kassner: "La chimère"...
Commerce, a literary review founded by Marguerite Caetani, took the form of twenty-nine "quarterly issues published under the supervision of Valéry, Fargue and Larbaud" between 1924 and 1932. Its publication formed part of the competitive tradition of French reviews of the 1920s and did not merely promote the...
€50
Jacques PRÉVERT, Paul CLAUDEL
Commerce Cahier XXVIII de l'été 1931
Chez L. Giraud-Badin|Paris 1931|20 x 25 cm|broché
First edition published in 2900 copies, ours being one of the copies on Alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing on the edges.
Literary contributions by Paul Claudel: "Les cinq premières plaies de l'Egypte", Jacques Prévert: "Tentative de description d'un dîner de têtes à Paris-France", Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes: "Faust", Robert Desnos "Siramour", Rudolf Kassner: "L'individu ert l'homme collectif"...
Commerce, a literary review founded by Marguerite Caetani, took the form of twenty-nine "quarterly issues published under the supervision of Valéry, Fargue and Larbaud" between 1924 and 1932. Its publication formed part of the competitive tradition of French reviews...
€60
Thomas Stearns ELIOT, William FAULKNER
Commerce Cahier XXIX de l'hiver 1932
Chez L. Giraud-Badin|Paris 1931|20 x 25 cm|broché
First edition published in 2900 copies, ours being one of the copies on Alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
Literary contributions by Paul Valéry: "Réponse", Valery Larbaud: "Le vaisseau de Thésée", Thomas Stearns Eliot: "Difficulté d'un homme d'état, traduction de Georges limbour", Georges Garampon "Réveil du début de l'été", Henri Michaux: "Nous autres", Georges Roditi: "L'abdication du matin", William Falkner "Une rose pour Emily, traduction de Maurice-Edgar Coindreau", Bernard Groethuysen...
Commerce, a literary review founded by Marguerite Caetani, appeared in the form of twenty-nine "quarterly notebooks published under the supervision of Valéry, Fargue and Larbaud" between 1924...
€50
Charles CESTRE, André HONNORAT
Inauguration de la bibliothèque américaine de l'Université de Paris
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1920|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché

« Books ! Books form America ! They have traveled all the way over the Ocean from where the sun sets behind the tower of the Woolworth Building to where the sun rises behind the spine of Notre-Dame. They bring us a whiff of the atmosphere of the New World, a pulse of its thought, a ray of its beauty. »

The rare first edition of the inaugural speeches for the American library at the Sorbonne, December 13, 1920.
One page of photographic portraits of the authors.

« Sartre affirmait que la grande révélation pour les lecteurs français de l'entre-deux guerres fut celle des romanciers américains, Hemingway, Faulkner, Dos Passos, Steinbeck. C'est au cours des...
€300
Lawrence DURRELL
Justine
Corrêa|Paris 1957|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Very slight tears to spine, not serious.
Signed autograph inscription from the translator, Roger Giroux, to Michel Mohrt.
€50
Vassilis VASSILIKOS
La plante
Gallimard|Paris 1989|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Vassilis Vassilikos to friends named Tina, Max and David presenting his wishes for the new year 1990: "... Ton "manifeste" Max est à point, simple, direct et efficace..." ["... Your "manifesto" Max is just right, simple, direct and effective..."]

€100
Stefan ZWEIG
Derniers messages
Editions Victor Attinger|Paris 1949|13 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 32 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A crack reglued at head of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

€2,500
James ELLROY
Widespread panic
Alfred A. Knopf|New York 2021|16.50 x 24 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full dark blue boards, complete with its dust jacket which has no defects.
A very handsome copy.
Manuscript signature by James Ellroy on an endpaper.

€200
Tomi UNGERER
Le géant de Zeralda
L'école des loisirs|Paris 1998|15 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French.
Two vertical fold marks on the covers.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young man named Thomas.
€250
Alexandre POUCHKINE, Jean LÉBÉDEFF
Le conte du coq d'or
Aux folies de l'ymagier|Paris 1954|12.50 x 16 cm|en feuilles sous couverture, chemise et étui
First edition of Jean Lébédeff's compositions printed in 350 numbered copies on strong vellum.
Calligraphy and colored images by Jean Lébédeff, signed by him on the justification page.
Shadows from the folded-over cover, very fine copy in publisher's chemise and slipcase.
Signed autograph inscription from Jean Lébédeff to André Goukowsky.
€450
Erskine CALDWELL
Un pauvre type
Gallimard|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Spine lightly sunned, rear cover with a small stain at head.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Erskine Caldwell: "To the Queneau's with the best wishes of their quest. Erskine Caldwell. Paris. August 1947."
€1,200
Thomas Stearns ELIOT
The family reunion
Faber & Faber|London 1939|14.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Bradel binding in full grey cloth, smooth spine, complete with dust jacket which has three small spots and a minor tear to the front cover.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Thomas Stearns Eliot to Raymond Queneau.
€3,000
Jean KALIDASA
Agnimitra et mâlavikâ
Maisonneuve • C. Leclerc|Paris 1889|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by Victor Henry.
Spine with lacks, front board detached, lacks to boards, some light foxing.
Rare.
€80
Thomas CHATTERTON
Oeuvres complètes de Chatterton
Desessart|Paris 1839|13 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First collected edition of the French translation by Javelin Pagnon.
Some foxing.
Texts preceded by a life of Chatterton by A. Callet.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double black compartments, traces of rubbing to spine, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges.
Rare copy of the complete works of Thomas Chatterton, talented English mystifying poet who preferred to absorb arsenic rather than die of hunger, thus becoming, for the Romantics, the archetype of the misunderstood genius poet.
€400
Jean RICHEPIN, William SHAKESPEARE
Macbeth
Charpentier & Fasquelle|Paris 1914|15.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French version, in verse and prose, established by Jean Richepin, one of the rare copies on pink paper of which no mention is made.
Rare and handsome full-margined copy despite small angular tears of no consequence.
€150
Tomi UNGERER
Musée Tomi Ungerer - La collection
Musée de la ville de Strasbourg|Strasbourg 2007|22 x 26 cm|broché
First edition of the catalogue of works donated by Tomi Ungerer to the Museum of the city of Strasbourg, the artist's birthplace.
Handsome copy.
Very rich iconography.
Signed autograph inscription from Tomi Ungerer to a couple of friends whose surname he enigmatically does not cite in full: "Pour Marie Jane et Jean H....d herzlich" ["For Marie Jane and Jean H....d heartily"] accompanied by a small drawing depicting a heart pierced by an arrow.
€400
Tomi UNGERER
Le géant de Zeralda
L'école des loisirs|Paris 2010|15 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young man named Eliott.
€250
Ray BRADBURY
Café irlandais
Denoël|Paris 1965|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A handsome copy.
€60
Kenneth WHITE
Une apocalypse tranquille - Crise et création dans la culture occidentale
Grasset|Paris 1985|12 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Kenneth White to François Nourissier: "... le paysage antérieur..." ["... the anterior landscape..."]
€150
Joseph CONRAD
Des souvenirs
Nrf|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 792 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 108 reimposed.
Fine copy.
€80
Tomi UNGERER
Le chapeau volant
L'école des loisirs|Paris 2006|15 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Manon.
€250
Tomi UNGERER
Le géant de Zeralda
L'école des loisirs|Paris 2004|15 x 19 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Manon.
€250
Carlo GOLDONI
Théâtre
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full blue grained sheep, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its protective film but lacking its dust jacket and soft slipcase.
€35
Tomi UNGERER
Adélaïde
L'école des loisirs|Paris 1978|15 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French.
A light circular stain to lower left corner of front cover.
Work illustrated with drawings by Tomi Ungerer.
Autograph inscription signed by Tomi Ungerer to a young lady named Adélaïde.
€350
Elsa TRIOLET
L'histoire d'Anton Tchekhov - Sa vie, son oeuvre
Les Editeurs Français Réunis|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
A right-angle lack to the front cover, a tear at the foot of the front cover.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Elsa Triolet: "A Rita et à Vercors, un début de voyage... Elsa." ["To Rita and to Vercors, a beginning of a journey... Elsa."]

€180
COLLECTIF
Philosophes confucianistes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2009|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's binding in full green grained sheep, grey top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its glassine wrapper but lacking its slipcase.
€35
Rainer Maria RILKE
Oeuvres en prose
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1999|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper but lacking its soft slipcase.
€35
PLATON
Oeuvres complètes I & II - Complet en 2 volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's bindings in full green grained sheep, grey top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set retaining its cellophane wrappers but lacking its soft cases.
€70
William GOYEN
La maison d'haleine
Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, printed on ordinary paper, with mention of third edition.
One tear repaired with adhesive strip at foot of spine.
Signed autograph inscription from William Goyen to Christian Giudicelli: "To Christian with affection and friendship."
€150
Daniel DEFOE
Moll Flanders
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1969|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full blue grained sheep binding, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Copy complete with its cellophane wrapper but lacking dust jacket and slipcase.
€30
Franz KAFKA, Max ERNST
Un Divertissement[An Entertainment]
GLM|Paris 1938|12.50 x 16 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 15 numbered copies on Japon impérial paper, from the deluxe issue.
Discreet restorations at head and foot of spine, handsome copy.
Illustrated with a frontispiece by Max Ernst.
€1,800
Luigi PIRANDELLO
Théâtre complet volumes I & II - Complet en deux volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1977-1985|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's bindings in full brown grained sheep, orange top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copies complete with their cellophane but lacking their dust jackets and slipcases.
€70
William GOYEN
Lettre autographe datée et signée de remerciements adressée à son ami Christian Giudicelli
S. n.|s. l. 29 Janvier 1975|14 x 24.50 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Rare autograph letter dated January 25, 1975 and signed by William Goyen, in French (with some errors) to Christian Giudicelli thanking him for his kindness and availability (24 lines in black ink).
Fold marks inherent to mailing.
Sometimes addressing him formally, sometimes informally, William Goyen warmly thanks his correspondent: "Merci de votre entretien que me plait beaucoup. C'est dommage qu'on a abrégé, mais tu peut à en user plus tard, n'est-ce pas ?" ["Thank you for your interview which pleased me very much. It's a pity that it was shortened, but you can use more of it later, can't you?"]
William Goyen regrets not...
€300
William FAULKNER
Requiem for a Nun
Random House|New York 1951|12 x 19 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 750 numbered copies signed by the author, the only grands papiers (deluxe) copies.
Publisher's binding in half black cloth, marbled paper boards.
Autograph signature of William Faulkner on the justification page.
A beautiful copy, complete with its original acetate dust jacket.
€3,500
Jacques CASANOVA
Mémoires volumes I, II & III - Complet en trois volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1958-1970 -1960|10.50 x 17.50 cm|3 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full blue grained sheep bindings, blue top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set retaining protective wraps but lacking dust jackets and slipcases.
€100
Francis Scott FITZGERALD
Romans, nouvelles et récits volumes I & II - Complet en 2 volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2012|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome complete set with its rhodoids but incomplete with its slipcases.
€90
Harry MATHEWS
Bristol autographe signé adressé à son amie Claude Arthaud
S. n.|Lans-en-Vercors 17 Octobre 1976|14.70 x 11.70 cm|une feuille + une enveloppe
Autograph signed bristol card from Harry Mathews addressed to his close friend Claude Arthaud (24 lines in black ink) from his country retreat in Lans-en-Vercors, Isère, envelope included.
In this note filled with tender nostalgia, Harry Mathews shares with his correspondent the sadness he felt at not being able to reach her when she was in Paris and the difficulty of contacting her: "Je t'ai appelé trois fois à Paris aux dates que tu m'avais indiquées. La troisième fois une vois (sic) extraordinairement émilienne a prononcé la formule si familière : "c'est de la part de qui ? Madame, elle est n'est pas là, monsieur." ["I called you three times in Paris on the dates you...
€300
William STYRON
Sophie's Choice
Jonathan Cape|London 1979|16 x 24 cm|cartonnage de l'éditeur
Sophie's Choice

Jonathan Cape | London 1979 | 16 x 24 cm | publisher's binding

First English edition.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth. Complete of its printed jacket illustrated with the photographic portrait of the author, with two small missing pieces at the top of the spine.

Surprising autograph inscription signed and dated by Meryl Streep, a year before she played the title role in the movie adaptation by Alan J. Pakula, for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1983: "For Keith, thanks for an interesting afternoon, 16/10/1981, London"
This "Keith" could very well be Keith Barish, producer of the Pakula...
€1,500
François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
Essai sur la littérature anglaise et considérations sur le génie des hommes, des temps et des révolutions
Furne • Charles Gosselin & Cie|Paris 1836|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half brown sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with triple gilt fillets and gilt decorative motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers (soiled, with black ink stains, lacks or corner restorations, significant lack to the rear board of the first volume) and spine preserved, modern pastiche bindings.
Foxing, one stain at the foot of the leaves in the first half of the second volume not affecting the text.
Very rare autograph inscription signed by François René de Chateaubriand on the half-title page of the first volume to his secretary and faithful friend [Bernard Jean Erhard Desmousseaux]...
€5,000
SALLUSTE [Caius Crispus Sallustius]
Conjuration de Catilina et Guerre de Jugurtha
F.G. Levrault|Paris 1826|13 x 21.70 cm|relié
First edition of this translation by Léopold Comte de Bohm.
Copy with the cipher A. D.
Contemporary full green crosshatched morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 mirror-image Restoration tools, series of triple gilt fillets and cold roulette. Cipher AD stamped in gilt on covers. Wide frame on covers composed of complex monastic tools in the corners. Rich interior border. Lemon endpapers. Gilt edges. One tear with loss along the upper joint. One corner slightly bumped, the others rubbed. Scattered browning.
Very fine copy.
This incredible translation was completed at age 13 and achieved great success when published upon the translator's death at 22. This work is...
€300
Ilya EHRENBOURG
Les années et les hommes
Gallimard|Paris 1962|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards slightly soiled.
Rare and precious autograph inscription signed by Ilya Ehrenburg, in Cyrillic, to Nathalie Sarraute.
€300
Boris VIAN, James M. CAIN
Le Bluffeur
Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|Broché
First edition of the French translation established by Boris Vian, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine slightly sunned as usual.
Amusing signed autograph inscription from Boris Vian: "Pour le gars Chalugimot, avec les compliments du coétagiste de service." ["For the guy Chalugimot, with compliments from the service co-tenant."]
€2,300
Nikos KAZANTZAKI
La liberté ou la mort
Plon|Paris 1955|14.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition in French, one of 135 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half fir green morocco, smooth spine, speckled pattern paper boards, covers and spine preserved, binding signed P. Goy and C. Vilaine.
Handsome copy.
€500
Miguel de UNAMUNO
Paz en la guerraPaz en la Guerra
Libreria de Fernando Fe|Madrid 1897|14 x 21.50 cm|relié
Paz en la Guerra

Libreria de Fernando Fe | Madrid 1897 14 x 21,5 cm | full cloth

First edition of the first work by Miguel de Unamuno.

Binding in full marbled cloth, spine in five compartments set with gilt stippling and adorned with gilt fleurons, title pieces and name of the author in olive green sheep, some scratches on the spine ends and in the margins of the boards, marbled endpapers.
Two restored tears affecting the text to pages 305-306 and 319-320, ex-dono in purple pencil by a former owner of the work on the half-title page, library stamp printed on the title page.

Rare autograph presentation signed by Miguel de...
€1,800
Franz KAFKA
Bucéphale - In la Nrf N°191 de la 16ème année
Nrf|Paris 1er Août 1929|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Two small tears with lacks to the sunned spine.
Other contributions by Marc Bernard "Zig-zag", Ramon Fernandez "Molière et Copeau", Julien Benda, Jean Giono "Un de Baumugnes (I)"...
€30
Jack HALLAM
The ghosts' who's who
David & Charles|London 1977|14 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket featuring a spider web on the front cover.
Some asterisks in blue ballpoint pen at the head of certain paragraphs.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Jack Pallam to a man named Jacques.
€200
William HUMPHREY
L'adieu du chasseur
Gallimard|Paris 1960|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A stain to upper left corner of back board, a small tear at foot of slightly sunned spine.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by William Humphrey in French to Christian Giudicelli.

€170
Federico GARCÍA LORCA
Oeuvres complètes, volume I & II - Complet en deux volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1996-1990|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep bindings, orange top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set with its protective covers but lacking dust jackets and slipcases.
€80
José BERGAMÍN
La cabeza a pajaros
Ediciones Del Arbol|Madrid 1934|8.50 x 12.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in 600 numbered copies on papel de hilo.
Full burgundy flexible boards binding, smooth spine with light superficial scuffs to joints, front board stamped in center with a blind-stamped bird reproducing the illustration from the front cover, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, decorative gilt board-edges on pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, all edges gilt.
Rare autograph inscription signed by José Bergamin: "A Willsen amigo JBergamin." ["To Willsen friend JBergamin."] enriched with a drawing representing a small bird between two flowers.
€800
John FOWLES
Daniel Martin
Albin Michel|Paris 1981|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine and covers marginally and lightly yellowed, complete with publisher's slip.
Rare autograph inscription dated and signed by John Fowles to Christian Giudicelli.
€300
Adolf RUDNICKI
Hier soir à Varsovie
Gallimard|Paris 1978|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies, an advance copy.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Adolf Rudnicki to Jacques Duchâteau.
€80