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First editions and first French translations of great international literary works

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Foreign Literature
  1. L'Affaire Selvin
    Karel CAPEK

    L'Affaire Selvin

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1967|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    A very handsome copy.

    €50
  2. Mademoiselle de Scudéry & Salvator Rosa
    François-Martin SALVAT, Ernst Theodor Amadeus HOFFMANN

    Mademoiselle de Scudéry & Salvator Rosa

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|13.50 x 20 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Some sunning to foot of spine, two creases to foot of back cover, otherwise handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with wood-engraved head- and tailpieces by François-Martin Salvat.
    €100
  3. Le Bluffeur
    Boris VIAN, James M. CAIN

    Le Bluffeur

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Boris Vian, with eighth edition statement.
    Very fine copy.
    €100
  4. Les Hommes & les Autres
    Elio VITTORINI

    Les Hommes & les Autres

    Gallimard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned as usual, otherwise fine copy.
    €80
  5. Lazarille de Tormes
    Bernard ROY, Diego HURTADO DE MENDOZA

    Lazarille de Tormes

    A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Handsome copy.
    Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces by Bernard Roy.
    €150
  6. Plaignez les Loups !
    Anna Maria MATUTE

    Plaignez les Loups !

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 26 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
    €80
  7. Erinnerungen an Emile Verhaeren
    Stefan ZWEIG, Frans MASEREEL

    Erinnerungen an Emile Verhaeren[Memories of Emile Verhaeren]

    Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers|s. l. 1927|14.50 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition printed with 440 numbered copies.
    Work illustrated with 7 wood engravings by Frans Masereel.
    Pubslisher's binding in half wove-style paper boards with small corners, top edge gilt, ex-libris glued to a paste-down endpaper.
    Rare handwritten presentation signed by Stefan Zweig to writer Max Spanier who disappeared during the hell of the Holocaust: “Im herzlicher Erkenntlichkeit” (“With sincere gratitude”).
    €3,500
  8. Typhon
    Joseph CONRAD

    Typhon

    Nrf|Paris 1918|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by André Gide and printed in 300 numbered copies on Rives paper.
    As is generally the case, some light black spots affecting certain leaves in the margins.
    Rare and fine copy with unfaded blue covers.
    €1,500
  9. Les Désarrois de l'Elève Törless
    Robert MUSIL

    Les Désarrois de l'Elève Törless

    Seuil|Paris 1960|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, printed on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Philippe Jaccottet.
    Two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine.
    Handsome and rare copy.
    €400
  10. Après
    Erich Maria REMARQUE

    Après

    Nrf|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 1250 numbered copies on pure thread paper.
    Minor worming to spine and margins of boards, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €100
  11. La Gazette noire
    Guido PIOVENE

    La Gazette noire

    Robert Laffont|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by Marie Canavaggia, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    A tear at head of spine, minor worming to front cover, small black stains to lower edge and at foot of back cover.
    Signed autograph inscription from Marie Canavaggia to Gilbert Guilleminault with the additional signature of Guido Piovene.
    €80
  12. L'Oeuvre de John Cleland
    Guillaume APOLLINAIRE

    L'Oeuvre de John Cleland

    Bibliothèque des Curieux|Paris 1933|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Introduction and notes by Guillaume Apollinaire.
    Work decorated with 6 illustrations.
    Endpapers lightly and partially shaded, printed bookplate in ideograms at head of first endpaper
    Handsome copy.

    €50
  13. Les Cercles de l'Enfer. - Los Circulos del Infierno
    Justo Jorge PADRON

    Les Cercles de l'Enfer. - Los Circulos del Infierno

    Leuvense Schrijversaktie|Louvain [Louvain] 1983|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First bilingual edition, the French translation placed opposite the Spanish text.
    Handsome copy.
    Preface by Arthur Lundkvist, introduction by Eugène Van Itterbeek.
    Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Justo Jorge Padron to the poet Liliane Wouters.
    €60
  14. Poemas de la Muerte y de la Vida
    Cristina LACASA

    Poemas de la Muerte y de la Vida

    Instituto de estudios ilerdenses|Lérida [Lleida] 1965|12 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Fine copy complete with its wraparound band.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Cristina Lacasa to poet Marcel Hennart, in which she specifies her address in Lérida, Spain.
    €50
  15. Schopenhauer ou le Tragédien de la Volonté
    Michel PICLIN

    Schopenhauer ou le Tragédien de la Volonté

    Seghers|Paris 1974|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Michel Piclin to his colleague, university professor Guy Degen: "... cette étude sur le philosophe du clair désabusement..." ["... this study on the philosopher of clear disillusionment..."]
    €30
  16. Tessa (La Nymphe au Coeur fidèle)
    Jean GIRAUDOUX, Margaret KENNEDY

    Tessa (La Nymphe au Coeur fidèle)

    Grasset|Paris 1934|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition of Jean Giraudoux's French theatrical adaptation, one of 30 numbered copies on heliotrope laid paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing after 3 Japan copies
    Half tawny shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Handsome copy.
    €100
  17. Ollantay, drama kjechua
    Pablo CURATELLA MANES, ANONYME

    Ollantay, drama kjechua

    Agrupacion de amigos del libro de arte|Buenos Aires 1931|22.50 x 31.50 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
    Bilingual Franco-Spanish edition, printed in 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, translated from Quechua by Miguel A. Mossi and Gavino Pacheco Zegarra.
    Bookplate of a bibliophile pasted at the foot of the verso of the first cover of the chemise, the latter with three small tears and splits.
    Handsome copy complete with its chemise and full straw-pattern paper slipcase.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 15 wood-engraved colored headpieces by the Argentine and Montparnos artist Pablo Curatella Manes who was a student of Antoine Bourdelle and Aristide Maillol at the "Grande Chaumière"
    Our copy was printed for the Peruvian diplomat and writer Garcia Ventura...
    €450
  18. Révolte dans la Montagne
    Conrad Ferdinand MEYER

    Révolte dans la Montagne

    Corrêa|Paris 1942|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 75 numbered copies on bambou paper, the only deluxe copies after 20 on Montgolfier.
    Handsome copy.
    €70
  19. Souvenirs de ma Vie littéraire
    Maxime GORKI

    Souvenirs de ma Vie littéraire[Memories of My Literary Life]

    Simon Kra|Paris 1923|13.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation, one of 5 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
    Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author.
    Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed by blind fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, gilt-stamped allegorical figure as ex-libris on the covers, double gilt fillets along the edges, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, gilt sextuple fillet border on the doublures, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, an immaculate contemporary binding signed Canape.
    Spine very slightly faded, without significance.
    A fine and rare copy, entirely uncut, handsomely bound in full...
    €1,200
  20. Le Passage
    Charles MORGAN

    Le Passage

    Stock|Paris 1945|13 x 21 cm|broché
    First French edition, one of 245 numbered copies on alfa du Marais paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A slight tear at the head of the spine.
    Handsome copy.

    €70
  21. Pièces d'Identité
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    Pièces d'Identité

    Gallimard|Paris 1968|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 45 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate pasted on the page facing the front free endpaper.
    Spine and boards slightly discolored as is generally the case.
    €150
  22. Deuil au Paradis
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    Deuil au Paradis

    Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
    Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
    €150
  23. Fiestas
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    Fiestas

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
    Spine and boards slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
    €150
  24. Jeux de Mains
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    Jeux de Mains

    Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
    Spine and covers slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
    €150
  25. La Chanca précédé de Terres de Nijar
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    La Chanca précédé de Terres de Nijar

    Gallimard|Paris 1964|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 31 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate pasted on the page facing the half-title page.
    Spine and covers slightly faded as usual, handsome copy.
    €150
  26. Hyakunen no kodoku
    Gabriel GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

    Hyakunen no kodoku[One hundred years of solitude] Cien años de soledad

    Shinchosha|Tokyo 1972|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First Japanese edition translated by Tadashi Tsuzumi.
    Full blue craft paper binding, with its printed dust jacket featuring an antique map, a tear at the top of the upper cover
    Very handsome copy containing a publisher's advertising leaflet.
    Very rare autograph inscription by Gabriel Garcia Marquez calligraphed vertically in the Japanese manner to actress Claudine Auger, the first French James Bond girl: "Para Claudine con un besote. Gabriel." ["For Claudine with a big kiss. Gabriel."]
    €1,500
  27. Romancero gitan
    Yves BRAYER, Federico GARCÍA LORCA

    Romancero gitan

    Les Bibliophiles du Palais|Paris 1975|25.50 x 32.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise-étui
    Edition illustrated with 17 original full-page lithographs by Yves Brayer and printed in 200 numbered copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
    Handsome copy complete with its chemise and slipcase.
    Autograph inscription signed by Yves Brayer to Bernard Gauche enhanced with an original watercolor depicting two toreros.
    €500
  28. Mémoires - Complet en trois volumes
    Jacques CASANOVA

    Mémoires - Complet en trois volumes

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1958-1960|10.50 x 17.50 cm|3 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur sous étuis souples et cartonnés
    Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's full grained blue sheep bindings, blue tops, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
    A small tear to the cellophane at the head of the spine of the first volume.
    Handsome set complete with cellophane covers, dust jackets (except for the second volume) and slipcases.
    €150
  29. Chansons gitanes
    Federico GARCÍA LORCA

    Chansons gitanes

    Editions de Mirages|Tunis 1935|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First collected edition of the French translation established by Mathilde Pomès, Jules Supervielle, Jean Prévost and Armand Guibert, one of 300 numbered copies on alma Marais paper, the only deluxe copies after 12 on Holland paper.
    Handsome copy despite minor insignificant worming on the front cover.
    €150
  30. Le Coran
    COLLECTIF

    Le Coran

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1980|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's binding in full grey grained sheep, mauve top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Fine copy complete with its glassine, dust jacket and slipcase.
    €55
  31. Henri Heine
    Victor BERNARD

    Henri Heine

    Grasset|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Paper yellowed, two fold marks at foot of first cover.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Victor Bernard to Pierre Loewel
    €30
  32. Romans
    Johann Wolfgang von GOETHE

    Romans

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    Pléiade Library edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's full grained green sheepskin binding, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Fine copy complete with its glassine wrapper, dust jacket and soft slipcase.
    €40
  33. Vie et aventures de Robinson Crusoé
    Daniel DEFOE

    Vie et aventures de Robinson Crusoé

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1998|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on India paper.
    Publisher's binding in full blue grained sheep, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Fine copy complete with its glassine, dust jacket and slipcase.
    €40
  34. Une histoire vraie
    Stephen HUDSON

    Une histoire vraie

    Gallimard|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    A lack to the foot of the spine, complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
    Autograph inscription signed by the translator Emmanuel Boudot-Lamotte to Alain Laubreaux: "A monsieur Alain Laubreaux, je présente cet essai de traduction d'un livre sur lequel je me permets d'attirer tout particulièrement son attention..." ["To Mr. Alain Laubreaux, I present this translation attempt of a book to which I dare to draw his particular attention..."]
    €50
  35. Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch
    Alexandre SOLJENITSYNE

    Une journée d'Ivan Denissovitch[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]

    René Julliard|Paris 1968|13.50 x 20.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    New edition of the French translation.
    Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, slightly and marginally sunned at the head of the covers.
    Rare and precious autograph inscription signed by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on his masterpiece: "Für J.J. Piot".
    €4,500
  36. The Pilgrims of the Rhine
    Edward George Bulwer LYTTON

    The Pilgrims of the Rhine

    Charles Tilt|London 1840|13.80 x 20.80 cm|relié
    Second edition, luxurious reprint of the illustrated first edition published in 1834. 16 plates (views of the Rhine, monuments...), including a frontispiece and bust portrait of the author and 12 steel vignettes. The illustration by D. Roberts is finely engraved and particularly successful. Printed on tinted vellum, the plates on heavy vellum.
    Publisher's full black shagreen binding. Raised spine richly decorated, gilt title and date. Gilt decoration on boards with a central amphora and rococo frame. Interior frieze. All edges gilt. A copy of beautiful freshness.
    Autograph signature of Xavier Marmier as bookplate on verso of first endpaper.
    Novel illustrated by a journey on...
    €800
  37. Laus Veneris
    Algernon Charles SWINBURNE, Francis VIELÉ-GRIFFIN

    Laus Veneris

    Mercure de France|Paris 1933|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French translated by Francis Viélé-Griffin printed in 300 numbered copies on laid paper.
    Handsome full-margined copy.
    €80
  38. Soluna
    Miguel Ángel ASTURIAS

    Soluna

    Seuil|Paris 1969|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by Jean and André Camp, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Two small tears at foot of spine very slightly sunned.
    Beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Miguel Angel Asturias to René Wilmet enhanced with André Camp's signature.
    €100
  39. La Chanson de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke
    Rainer Maria RILKE

    La Chanson de l'amour et de la mort du cornette Christoph Rilke

    Kra|Paris 1927|18.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French printed in 350 copies, ours one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
    Translated by Suzanne Kra.
    Handsome copy despite a slight crease mark on one leaf, retaining its deckled edges.
    Very rare as a deluxe copy.
    €1,500
  40. Lettres à sa mère
    Vincent VAN GOGH

    Lettres à sa mère

    Falaize|Paris 1952|11.50 x 17 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe issue.
    A handsome copy.
    €300
  41. Aun
    Pablo NERUDA

    Aun

    Nascimento|Santiago de Chile [Santiago] 1969|17.50 x 27 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 500 numbered copies, ours being one of the 250 hors commerce copies reserved for the author.
    A handsome copy.
    €800
  42. Chant des aveugles
    Carlos FUENTES

    Chant des aveugles

    Gallimard|Paris 1968|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Pleasant copy despite the spine being slightly browned.
    Signed autograph inscription by Carlos Fuentes to a couple of friends: "A Emir y Magdalena - ! pop ! hizo la champana, adentro habia mate y tequila. Carlos." ["To Emir and Magdalena - ! pop ! went the champagne, inside there was mate and tequila. Carlos."]
    €400
  43. Paco l'infaillible
    András LASZLÓ

    Paco l'infaillible

    Gallimard|Paris 1959|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine very lightly sunned as usual, otherwise a handsome copy.

    €80
  44. Anesthésie locale
    Günter GRASS

    Anesthésie locale

    Seuil|Paris 1971|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Günter Grass, in German, to Jean Jubremont.

    €300
  45. Talya
    Serge GROUSSARD

    Talya

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 68 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  46. Histoires et aventures
    Alexandre LUNOIS, Hans Christian ANDERSEN

    Histoires et aventures

    Chez L'Artiste|Paris 1909|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié sous étui
    Illustrated edition with 25 original etchings and 80 wood engravings drawn by Alexandre Lunois and engraved by Suzanne Lepère, one of 125 numbered copies on Arches handmade paper, the only printing after 21 on Japan paper.
    Full dark green morocco binding, faded spine with four raised bands inlaid with black fillets and decorated with purple and tawny mosaic morocco strips forming a double cartouche segmented by the bands and by three black mosaic morocco rectangles, three gilt squares at head and foot of spine, double frame of purple and tawny mosaic morocco strips segmented by a repeated pattern of three black mosaic morocco rectangles and three gilt squares, endpapers and pastedowns...
    €1,200
  47. Capriccio italiano
    Edoardo SANGUINETI

    Capriccio italiano

    Seuil|Paris 1964|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation by Jean Thibaudeau, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Spine sunned, light foxing to boards.
    Rare dated and signed autograph inscription by Edoardo Sanguineti, in French, to philosopher and sociologist Lucien Goldmann, additionally with a signed autograph inscription by Jean Thibaudeau.

    €450
  48. Le San Pedro
    James Gould COZZENS

    Le San Pedro

    Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 164 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite a small repaired tear at the foot of one joint.
    €80
  49. Anthologie japonaise. Poésies anciennes et modernes des insulaires du Nippon
    Léon de ROSNY

    Anthologie japonaise. Poésies anciennes et modernes des insulaires du Nippon

    Maisonneuve & Cie|Paris 1871|14.50 x 23 cm|relié

    First edition complete with its 72 pages of Japanese texts in colors bound at rear.
    Contemporary binding in half blue shagreen, spine with five raised bands richly decorated with grotesque compartments, double gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges. Corners bumped (one slightly cracked) and surface wear.
    Rare.

    €1,700
  50. Boris Godounov
    Boris ZWORYKINE, Alexandre POUCHKINE

    Boris Godounov

    L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1927|17 x 24 cm|broché sous étui
    Edition illustrated with 15 original compositions colored in stencil by Boris Zworykine, one of 145 numbered copies on imperial japan paper, complete with its suite in black, the deluxe copies (tirage de tête) after 35 other Imperial Japan containing a double suite and a watercolor.
    Spine very slightly lightened, corners of the chemise slightly dull, beautiful copy.
    The cover, frames, headers and cul-de-lampes are also by Boris Zworykine.
    €2,500
  51. 72 lettres de Raoul Hausmann 1956-1968
    Raoul HAUSMANN, Théodore KOENIG

    72 lettres de Raoul Hausmann 1956-1968

    Laser Edition|Vérone [Verona] 1990|21 x 29 cm|broché
    First edition. Artisanal production supposedly limited to 300 numbered copies, ours unnumbered.
    Photocopied from Théodore Koenig's personal computer, under color offset covers.
    Precious and unique collection of all the letters addressed to his friend Théodore Koenig by the famous photographer and Dadaist visual artist, nicknamed Der Dadasophe.
    A handsome and rare copy.
    €200
  52. От сезанна до супрематизма. критический очерк.
    Художника КАЗИМИРА МАЛЕВИЧА [Kazimir MALEVITCH]

    От сезанна до супрематизма. критический очерк.[From Cézanne to Suprematism: A Critical Essay]

    Izdanie Otdela Izobrazitel'nikh Iskysstv [Published by the Department of Fine Arts of Narkompros] • [ Commissariat du peuple à l'Éducation]|s. l. • [Petrograd] [Saint Petersburg] s. d. [1920]|17.50 x 11.50 cm|agrafé, 16p.
    Ot Sezanna do Suprematizma Kriticheskii otcherk
    [From Cézanne to Suprematism. A critical essay]
    Izdanie Otdela Izobrazitel'nikh Iskysstv
    [Publishing house of the department of visual arts]
    | Narkompros [people's commissariat for education] | [Petrograd 1920] | 17.5 x 11.5 cm | stapled

    Extremely rare first edition.
    Small split at the foot of the spine, purple stamp with the price on the second board and a small mark on the first board of the stamp of another copy.
    A very beautiful copy.
    Published two years after his masterpiece White on White, this manifesto composed from his previous theoretical...
    €3,000
  53. La maison de la courtisane
    Oscar WILDE

    La maison de la courtisane

    P.V. Stock|Paris 1919|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, printed on ordinary paper.
    Two small stains on the first cover, handsome copy.
    €100
  54. Jérémie
    Stefan ZWEIG

    Jérémie

    Les éditions Rieder|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 150 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 5 Japan and 10 Holland.
    Spine sunned as well as the boards at their margins, small corner losses to boards, handsome interior condition.
    €300
  55. L'esthétique anglaise. Etude sur M. John Ruskin
    John MILSAND

    L'esthétique anglaise. Etude sur M. John Ruskin

    Germer-Baillère|Paris 1864|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bradel binding in half burgundy cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt monogram, date and double gilt fillets at foot, brown shagreen title-label with rubbing and slight losses, speckled paper boards, binding stamp-signed Paul Vié in blind.
    Some foxing.

    €150
  56. Poésies lyriques
    Félix LOPE DE VEGA

    Poésies lyriques

    Librairie Les lettres|Paris 1951|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin crèvecoeur, deluxe copy after 10 pur fil
    Gift inscription dated in black ink from bookseller Claude Buffet at head of first endpaper.
    Handsome copy.
    €80
  57. La Léda sans cygne suivi d'un envoi à la France
    Gabriele D'ANNUNZIO

    La Léda sans cygne suivi d'un envoi à la France

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1922|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 70 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only deluxe copies announced.
    Minor lacks at foot of spine at the deckled edges, five small discoloration spots on the first cover.
    Rare full-margined copy.
    €500
  58. Poèmes
    Katherine MANSFIELD

    Poèmes

    Edition de la nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1946|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on Annam vellum, deluxe copy.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Guillaume Monin.
    Handsome copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band.
    €350
  59. Correspondance
    Henri CALET, Raymond GUÉRIN

    Correspondance

    Le dilettante|Paris 2005|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A handsome copy.
    €200
  63. L'Anniversaire de l'infante
    Oscar WILDE, ALASTAIR

    L'Anniversaire de l'infanteThe Birthday of the Infanta

    Editions Narcisse|Paris 1928|23 x 28.50 cm|broché sous chemise
    L'Anniversaire de l'infante
    [The Birthday of the Infanta]
    Éditions Narcisse | Paris 1928 | 23 x 28,5 cm | original wrappers sous chemise
    Edition illustrated with paged and unpaged drawings by Alastair with 110 printed copies, ours is one of 100 copies printed on Holland Van Gelder Zone, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies after 10 Japan Imperial. Scattered foxing, most noticeable at the beginning and end of the volume.
    €1,200
  64. Nomades du nord
    Henri DELUERMOZ, Louis-Joseph SOULAS

    Nomades du nord

    Editions Mornay|Paris 1932|16.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    New edition of the French translation illustrated with original compositions by Henri Deluermoz engraved by Louis-Joseph Soulas, one of 35 copies on Holland paper, the most limited deluxe paper printing after 1 unique Japan copy.
    Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, frame of triple vertical gilt fillets separated by gilt squares on the pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, a small lack at head of second cover, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges.
    A shadow on one endpaper and its facing page.
    A full-margined copy handsomely bound.
    €300
  65. La ville anonyme
    André BEUCLER

    La ville anonyme

    Nrf|Paris 1925|17 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe issue.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  66. Le roman d'Antar d'après les anciens textes arabes
    Gustave ROUGER

    Le roman d'Antar d'après les anciens textes arabes

    L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1923|13 x 19 cm|broché
    New edition of the French translation illustrated with headpieces, initials and tailpieces, one of 500 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies.
    A small lack and light dampstain to foot of spine, handsome copy.






    €40
  67. Danses d'été
    Juan GOYTISOLO

    Danses d'été

    Gallimard|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 41 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers slightly faded as is usually the case.
    €100
  68. Le chevalier d'Olmedo
    Albert CAMUS, Félix LOPE DE VEGA

    Le chevalier d'Olmedo

    Gallimard|Paris 1957|11 x 17 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation established by Albert Camus, one of 65 numbered copies on laid paper, deluxe copy.
    Albert Camus also wrote the preface.
    Handsome copy.
    €800
  69. Chansons des geishas
    Tsugouharu, Léonard FOUJITA, Emile STEINILBER-OBERLIN (Trad.)

    Chansons des geishas [Songs of the Geishas]

    Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1926|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition of the French translation, one of 470 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only printing after 87 on Japon paper.
    Half orange morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, date gilt at foot, moiré-patterned paper boards, upper joint skillfully restored, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, gilt top edge, contemporary binding signed Durvand-Pinard.
    A pleasant copy.
    Illustrated with watercolours and coloured vignettes by Foujita.
    €1,500
  71. Le secret de Pinokio
    G. REMBADI MONGIARDINI

    Le secret de Pinokio

    Albin Michel|Paris 1938|14 x 23 cm|broché
    First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Work illustrated by Rapeno.
    Handsome copy.
    €60
  72. Moi et ma cheminée
    Herman MELVILLE

    Moi et ma cheminée[Myself and My Chimney]

    Falaize|Paris 1951|11.50 x 17 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 25 numbered copies on Madagascar vellum, deluxe copy.
    A small stain and a tiny snag of no consequence to the spine
    Handsome copy.
    €350
  73. The Works
    William Makepeace THACKERAY

    The Works

    Smith, Elder & Co|London 1869|14 x 22 cm|24 volumes reliés
    First collected edition. The first 22 volumes are dated 1869, the last two (Miscellaneous Essays) were published in 1886, and it is very rare to find them together. Abundant illustration with plates (approximately 250 engravings) and text illustrations (1500 wood engravings) by the author, Doyle, Walker, Du Maurier and others. The novels contain a frontispiece and an engraved title. Some volumes still have conjugate leaves.
    Publisher's full green cloth binding, gilt. Smooth spine elaborately gilt in compartments. Boards stamped in blind with decorative plate and central gilt monogram of WPT. One small split to headcap of volume 2 of The Newcomes, 2 to the Burlesques volume, otherwise...
    €1,500
  74. Sang réservé
    Thomas MANN

    Sang réservé

    Grasset|Paris 1931|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 16 numbered copies on Annam paper, this copy bearing number 1, from the deluxe edition.
    Handsome and rare copy.
    €800
  75. Match retour - In Galaxie N°42
    Philip K. DICK

    Match retour - In Galaxie N°42

    Galaxie|Paris Octobre 1967|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation.
    Handsome copy.
    Issue illustrated with a cover by Gray Morrow.
    Other contributions by John Brunner "Les bébés", Fred Saberhagen "Prisonnier de l'hypermasse", Gordon R. Dickson "Pour quelle guerre".
    €40
  76. Loué soit Mercer - In Galaxie N°38
    Philip K. DICK

    Loué soit Mercer - In Galaxie N°38

    Galaxie|Paris Juin 1967|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French.
    Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
    Issue illustrated with a cover by Wenzel.
    Other contributions by Christopher Anvil "Ceux d'Arcturus", Larry Niven "La face cachée de la terre", Gordon R. Dickson "Les mains nues".
    €40
  77. Tandy et le brownie - In Galaxie N°8
    Theodore STURGEON

    Tandy et le brownie - In Galaxie N°8

    Galaxie|Paris Décembre 1964|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French.
    Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
    Issue illustrated with a cover by Pederson.
    Other contributions by Daniel F. Galouye "La cité des sphères", William Tenn "Les escargots de Betelgeuse"...
    €30
  78. Nous les martiens - In Galaxie N°32
    Philip K. DICK

    Nous les martiens - In Galaxie N°32

    Galaxie|Paris Décembre 1966|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation.
    Handsome copy despite some foxing on the first leaves.
    Issue illustrated with a cover by Pederson.
    Other contributions by John Brunner "Le secret de Gorgone", Algis Budrys "Le Veld", Jack Williamson "La planète masquée".
    €40
  79. La guerra de las mariquitas
    COPI [Raul DAMONTE]

    La guerra de las mariquitasThe War Of The Gays

    S. n. • [ Eloisa Cartonera]|s. l. • [Buenos Aires] s. d. [circa 2012]|14.50 x 21.50 cm|reliure artisanale
    La Guerra De Las Mariquitas [The War Of The Gays]

    no publisher | n. p., n. d. [but ca 1985] | 14.5 x 21.5 cm | Artist's handmade binding

    A later edition of the Spanish translation of The War of the Gays, which appeared in 1982 in French, one of the few copies numbered and justified by Copi at the end of the work. Unique handmade binding by Copi: the covers consist of a piece of cardboard from Argentina that Copi has folded and on which he has added his name and the first part of the title in watercolors with the aid of several tubes of colors.

    Rare.
    €600
  80. Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires
    Edgar Allan POE, Charles BAUDELAIRE

    Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires

    Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1857|11.20 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bound contemporary brown half-shagreen. Spine decorated with gilt fillets. Gilt title. Traces of rubbing to edges. Scattered foxing. A good copy.
    This translation of Poe was published a few months before Baudelaire's first collection of poems, Les Fleurs du mal.
    While we know how much E.A. Poe owes to Baudelaire, whose superb translation is known to even surpass the original work, we often overlook Baudelaire's own literary debt to his American model. More than an exercise in translation, Baudelaire found in reading Poe's extraordinary stories the very soul of his poems, which we still being written at the time.
    Following the success of his first...
    €1,000
  81. Clea
    Lawrence DURRELL

    Clea

    Faber & Faber|London 1961|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    New edition.
    Small corner creases to covers, one more noticeable at head of first cover.
    Manuscript signature of Lawrence Durrell on the half-title page.
    Provenance: from the library of Jani Brun.
    Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a thirty-something woman from Montpellier of devastating beauty, who worked in the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, when the young woman wore a dress covered with buttons. Henry Miller also fell under the charm of "Buttons," praising her beauty...
    €80
  82. Une correspondance privée, Lawrence Durrell Henry Miller
    Lawrence DURRELL, Henry MILLER

    Une correspondance privée, Lawrence Durrell Henry Miller

    Buchet-Chastel|Paris 1963|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, printed on ordinary paper, of the French translation.
    Complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows small tears and minor lacks.
    Precious two-color autograph inscription signed by Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "Janine Brun / from Lawrence Durrell / with affection".
    Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a woman from Montpellier in her thirties with devastating beauty, who worked at the Department of Antiquities at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was nicknamed "Buttons" in memory of their first meeting, where the young woman wore a...
    €250
  83. Le royaume des mécréants
    Anthony BURGESS

    Le royaume des mécréants[The Kingdom of the Infidels]

    Grasset|Paris 1986|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
    Fine copy.
    Precious autograph inscription signed in French by Anthony Burgess: "Pour Jack Lang avec l'admiration et les amitiés de l'auteur. Anthony Burgess." ["For Jack Lang with the admiration and friendship of the author. Anthony Burgess."]
    €400
  84. Trilogie
    Vassilis VASSILIKOS

    Trilogie

    Gallimard|Paris 1968|15.50 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper of the French translation.
    Handsome copy complete with its publisher's slip which has a small angular loss at head.
    Autograph inscription signed by Vassilis Vassilikos to Bernard Gheerbrant.
    €100
  85. Poèmes
    Lawrence DURRELL

    Poèmes

    Gallimard|Paris 1966|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First French translation edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Minor foxing to board margins, three small light stains on front cover.
    Precious bicolored autograph inscription signed by Lawrence Durrell to his friend Janine Brun: "For Janine Brun / from Lawrence Durrell /Sommières / Gard", Lawrence Durrell having added, in pink felt-tip pen, two mentions "Pont du Gard" framing the "Gard" of the autograph inscription.
    Among the olive trees and under the Mediterranean sun, Lawrence Durrell met in the mid-1960s the young and vivacious "Jany" (Janine Brun), a Montpellier native in her thirties of devastating beauty, who worked at the Department of...
    €250
  86. Gunchô Gaei. Manga Zukô
    Itchô HANABUSA

    Gunchô Gaei. Manga Zukô英一蝶[Itchō Hanabusa]

    Kinzan-dô|1769 (le 3ème jour du 3ème mois de la 6ème année de l'ère Meiwa, 1764-1772)|17.60 x 25.80 cm|broché

    Rare suite of woodcuts by Itchô Hanabusa (英一蝶) on Japanese folk tales, printed in black ink. Only one volume of a three-volume set, possible 19th-century reprint.


    Bound in Japanese style, pages bound by a seam, blue soft cover with title label, folds, small stains and lacks of blue paper to corners, ink stain in title piece not affecting the text.


    Itchô Hanabusa was part of the Kanō school and studied under Kanō Yasunobu, however he rejected this training to become a renowned painter and calligrapher.


    Illustrations of Japanese legends with genre scenes, animals and flowers. The technique of Ukiyo-e, or Japanese printmaking, is very close...

    €800
  87. La Messiade
    Friedrich Gottlieb KLOPSTOCK

    La Messiade

    Chez Henrichs • Ch. Pougens • Levrault et Carteret|Paris An IX [1800]|13 x 21 cm|3 volumes reliés
    First edition of the complete French translation, produced by Mme de Kourzrock and illustrated - as frontispiece - with a portrait of the author.
    Contemporary full blonde calf bindings, smooth spines richly decorated with dentelle, fillets and starred typographical motifs, boards framed with gilt roulettes, the front covers stamped at their center with the inscription "Hommage de l'amitié et de l'estime à la piété sincère", Greek-style roulettes framing the pastedowns and paste-paper endpapers, all edges gilt.
    On the first volume, joint of the upper board cracked at head, that of the second board entirely split. Joint of the first board of the third and final volume also split...
    €800
  88. Jeunesse
    Heinrich MANN

    Jeunesse

    Stock|Paris 1923|9.50 x 14 cm|broché
    First edition in French which appears to have been published before the German edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Hollande paper initialed by the publisher, the only deluxe copies.
    Some light foxing on the first endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.
    €150
  89. Les lettres N°5 & 6 de 1946 : Le romantisme anglais
    COLLECTIF

    Les lettres N°5 & 6 de 1946 : Le romantisme anglais

    Les lettres|Paris 1946|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of this issue devoted to English romanticism.
    Light marginal foxing to covers.
    Texts by Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Thomas de Quincey, Percy Bysshe Shelley...; and contributions by Robert Kanters, Jean Rousselot, Raymond Lasd Vergnas, René Lalou...
    €30
  90. La bonne âme de Se-Tchouan
    Bertolt BRECHT

    La bonne âme de Se-Tchouan

    L'Arche|Paris 1956|13.50 x 18 cm|broché
    New edition of the French adaptation, here at the T.N.P. by Jeanne Stern and Geneviève Serreau.
    Spine lightly sunned.
    We include the program from the performance at the Théâtre National Populaire, the back cover bearing blue ballpoint pen deletions.
    €40
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