Illustrated Books

Charles HERVEY, Alexandre LACAUCHIE
The theatres of Paris
John Mitchell • Galignani & Co|London • & Paris 1846|15 x 22.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 portraits of the most celebrated actresses of the time by Alexandre Lacauchie, printed outside the text.
Half red calf binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with garlands and double gilt compartments, some scuffs notably to the upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, a small harmless nick to the top edge, contemporary binding.
Handsome interior condition without foxing.
€400
Jacques DERREY, Maurice MAETERLINCK
Les trésors des humbles
Victor Dancette|Le Vésinet 1949|23.50 x 28.50 cm|3 volumes en feuilles
Illustrated edition with 25 original etchings by Jacques Derrey and printed in 275 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of the 40 deluxe copies containing a suite in first state and a suite in final state on thin Japan paper.
Rare and handsome copy lacking the slipcase.

€150
Emile COHL, Paul VERLAINE
"François Coppée" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°243
Léon Vanier|Paris Décembre 1885|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting François Coppée by Emile Cohl.
On the following, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition titled "François Coppée".
Paul Verlaine, perpetually impecunious, would be the only contributor to the review whom Léon Vanier, its director, would agree to remunerate in order to provide him financial assistance.
€300
Louis ANQUETIN, Théodore de WYZEWA
"Edouard Dujardin" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°388
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa 1888]|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting Edouard Dujardin by Louis Anquetin.
On the following, text by Théodore de Wyzewa in first edition titled "Edouard Dujardin".
€150
Emile COHL, Jules LAFORGUE
"Paul Bourget" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°285
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa 1887]|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this magazine issue consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears to the sheets without significance.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Paul Bourget by Emile Cohl.
On the following, text by Jules Laforgue in first edition entitled "Paul Bourget".
€250
ZED, Gustave KAHN
"Paul Adam" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°304
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa 1887]|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this magazine issue consisting of two folded sheets.
Minor marginal tears to the sheets without significance.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Paul Adam by Zed.
On the following, text by Gustave Kahn in first edition entitled "Paul Adam".
€100
Emile COHL, Paul VERLAINE
"Sully Prudhomme" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°284
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa 1887]|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Worming and marginal stains on the sheets.
On the first, a color lithograph depicting Sully-Prudhomme by Emile Cohl.
On the following ones, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition entitled "Sully-Prudhomme".
Paul Verlaine, always impecunious, would be the only contributor to the magazine that Léon Vanier, its director, would agree to pay in order to provide him with financial assistance.
€300
Manuel LUQUE, Paul VERLAINE
"Anatole Baju" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°332
Léon Vanier|Paris Août 1888|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two folded sheets.
Light marginal tears and minor lacks of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut depicting Anatole Baju by Manuel Luque.
On the following ones, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition entitled "Anatole Baju".
Paul Verlaine, always impecunious, would be the only contributor to the magazine that Léon Vanier, its director, would agree to pay in order to provide him with financial assistance.
€250
Gaston NOURY, Charles MAURRAS
"Charles Le Goffic" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°375
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa 1888]|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two refolded sheets.
Inevitable minor lacks of no consequence to the margins of the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Charles Le Goffic by Gaston Noury.
On the following ones, text by Charles Maurras in first edition entitled "Charles Le Goffic".
€100
COLL-TOC [Alexandre COLLIGNON et Georges TOCQUEVILLE] Paul VERLAINE
"Leconte de Lisle" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°241
Léon Vanier|Paris Novembre 1885|20 x 29.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the magazine consisting of two refolded sheets.
Inevitable minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Leconte de Lisle by Coll-Toc.
On the following ones, text by Paul Verlaine in first edition entitled "Leconte de Lisle" which is the first of twenty-seven contributions by Paul Verlaine to the magazine.
Paul Verlaine, always impecunious, will be the only contributor to the magazine that Léon Vanier, its director, will agree to remunerate in order to help him financially.
€300
Manuel LUQUE, Léon VANIER
"Henri de Régnier" - In Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°342
Léon Vanier|Paris s. d. [circa fin 1888]|19 x 26 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this issue of the review consisting of two folded sheets.
Inevitable minor marginal tears of no consequence to the sheets.
On the first, a color woodcut representing Henri de Régnier by Manuel Luque.
On the following ones, text by Léon Vanier, under the pseudonym Pierre et Paul, in first edition entitled "Henri de Régnier".
€100
Paul MORAND, Charles MARTIN
A la frégate
Editions des portiques|Paris 1930|15.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Beautiful illustrated cover by Charles Martin.
Handsome full-margined copy despite a small tear at head of spine and a tiny lack at foot.
€250
Khayyam's masterpiece by a master of the Golden Age of Illustration
Khayyam's masterpiece by a master of the Golden Age of Illustration
Omar KHAYYAM, Edmond DULAC
Rubaiyat
Hodder and Stoughton|London 1909|22 x 28.60 cm|relié
Signed limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by the artist.

Original publisher's cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover with elaborate design in gilt.

Colour frontispiece and colour plates mounted on cream paper, captioned tissue-guards, by Edmund Dulac. Cloth soiled, some foxing to margins. With a loose leaflet advertising the exhibition of the original drawings at Leicester galleries in 1909.
€1,200
André VERDET, Ladislas KIJNO
Lettre à André Verdet. Plastique et poésie
Editions H. Benezit et Matarasso|Nice 1957|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with reproductions of works by André Verdet and a photographic portrait of André Verdet as frontispiece.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph inscription signed by André Verdet: "Pour les Plon à pleine voile. Amitiés." ["For the Plons at full sail. Best wishes."] enriched with a large original four-color drawing representing a sailboat cutting through the waves under a radiant sun
€120
André MASSON, Joaquim VITAL
Entretemps
Editions de la Différence|Paris 1977|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with 7 drawings by André Masson.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally lightened.
Autograph inscription signed by Joaquim Vital to Véronique Charaire.

€50
Lawrence GUIDES CONTY
Guides pratiques Conty : Bords du Rhin
Guides Conty|Paris s. d. [circa 1900]|8.50 x 14 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Fifth edition.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, smooth spine, small stains at head of second cover.
A price label pasted at head of first cover, some light foxing.
Work illustrated with in-text and plate illustrations, complete with the catalogue of "Guides Pratiques Conty" and its folding map located at end of volume.
€80
Audrey PARR, Paul CLAUDEL
Le vieillard sur le mont Omi[The Old Man on Mount Ōmi]
Société d'édition "Le livre"|Paris 1927|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition printed in 250 numbered copies on ivoirine paper.
Work illustrated with japonisant butterfly compositions by Audrey Parr reproduced in white gouache by Jean Saudé, the properties of this ivoirine paper allowing one to discern the butterflies printed on both sides of the leaf, some white and the "shadows" of others showing through by transparency.
Handsome copy despite the cockling inherent to the quality of this paper and the fact that each leaf of the work is mounted.
€750
Philippe LORIN, Bernard de VENTADOUR
Dix chansons du coeur épris
Editions Vialetay|Paris s. d. [circa 1960]|28.50 x 38 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Illustrated edition with 25 original color compositions painted in gouache and signed by Philippe Lorin, one of 39 numbered copies on Rives laid paper.
Some light foxing, otherwise a handsome copy.
The slipcase is also illustrated with an original lithograph by Philippe Lorin.
Manuscript signatures of Philippe and the publisher below the justification page.

€200
Daniel LOURADOUR, Randal LEMOINE
La violence et l'écume
Pierre Lanauve de Tartas|Paris 1965|27.50 x 37.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First illustrated edition with 17 original lithographs by Daniel Louradour, one of 210 numbered copies on grand vélin de lana containing the definitive state of the illustrations.
Some minor foxing on the chemise boards and endpapers, otherwise a pleasant copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Randal Lemoine to President Emilien Amaury enriched with the signatures of Daniel Louradour and Pierre de Tartas de Lanauve.

€350
Jacques HÉROLD
Bulletin de souscription pour l'achat d'un exemplaire de "Maltraité de peinture" de Jacques Hérold
Falaize|Paris 1957|10 x 15 cm|une feuille
First edition of the rare subscription bulletin for "Maltraité de peinture" by Jacques Hérold which was to be printed by Falaize in February 1957.
Handsome copy.
€50
COLLECTIF, Pieter BRATTINGA
Nu N°2[Nude No. 2]
Jong & Co|Hilversum 1967|25 x 25 cm|broché
First edition of this quadrilingual issue consisting of a series of experiments in printing in the field of graphic art, plastic arts, literature, architecture and music collected by Pieter Brattinga.
Illustrations.
Texts in Dutch, German, English and French.
Covers marginally and slightly sunned without gravity, handsome copy.

€50
Roland DORGELÈS, Joseph HÉMARD
Le cabaret de la belle femme
L'Edition Française Illustrée|Paris 1919|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A tear at the foot of one joint.
Beautiful cover illustrated by Joseph Hémard.
€50
Charles ASSELINEAU, Édouard MANET
Charles Baudelaire - Sa vie et son oeuvre[Charles Baudelaire - His Life and His Work]
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1869|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
Charles Baudelaire. Sa vie et son œuvre
Alphonse Lemerre | Paris 1869 | 12 x 18.5 cm | half morocco

First edition on thick paper, of the first biography devoted to Charles Baudelaire, who had died two years prior.
Half navy morocco over marbled paper boards Bradel binding by Alfred Farez, the spine slightly faded, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved.
This copy complete with the 5 etching portraits of Charles Baudelaire by Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Emile Deroy and Charles Baudelaire himself. Edouard Manet engraved the two of his, Félix Bracquemond the three others.

Autograph inscription signed by Charles...
€1,800
Philotée O'NEDDY, Célestin NANTEUIL
Feu et Flamme
Dondey-Dupré|Paris 1833|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
Very rare and sought-after first edition, according to Clouzot, printed in only 300 copies.

Half red morocco binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt romantic arabesques, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and lined, elegant pastiche romantic binding signed by Devauchelle.

Fine copy of one of the rarest "Romantics", complete with the frontispiece on China paper, drawn and engraved by Célestin Nanteuil.

€6,000
Charles NODIER
La Seine et ses bords
Au bureau de La Publication|Paris 1836|14.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and ornate triple gilt compartments with gilt stars at their centers, red paper boards marginally faded, speckled paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
Very rare copy complete with its 46 engraved plates and 4 folding maps at the end of the volume.

€800
Michel TOURNIER, Lewis CARROLL
Des clefs et des serrures[Keys and Locks]
Chêne • Hachette|Paris 1979|15 x 21.50 cm|Photograph|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, the only large paper issue.
Work illustrated with photographs by Edouard Boubat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Leni Riefenstahl, Lucien Clergue, Lewis Carroll, Phelps, Esaias Baitel...
A very handsome copy, enriched with an original photograph of Michel Tournier mounted opposite the half-title.
Autograph signature of Michel Tournier on the half-title.
€800
ANONYME
Shunga. Manuel de l'oreiller. Gouaches sur soie[Shunga. Pillow Book. Gouaches on Silk]
1920|16 x 19 cm|Album en accordéon sur soie
An album containing 14 gouaches on silk, including 12 erotic paintings. The first painting on each side of the folding shows a bird and on the other side maple leaves, thus masking on each of the first pages the erotic aspect of the collection. Shunga is the generic Japanese term that designates erotic art, it literally means Spring Image, spring being a euphemism and figure of style expressing sexuality. The term Shunga having been reserved for a long time for prints, collections or albums have often been designated by the appellation Pillow Books, or notes for the pillow, etc. (Utamaro: The Song of the Pillow, 1788).
Japanese accordion album covered with damask silk with flowers and...
€3,500
Paul de KOCK
La grande ville. Nouveau tableau de Paris comique, critique et philosophique
Au bureau central des publications nouvelles • Victor Magen|Paris 1842 - 1843|16.50 x 26 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with wood engravings in text by Gavarni, Daumier, D'Aubigny... The second volume published in 1843 contains texts by Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, Soulié, Edouard Ourliac, Eugène de Mirecourt... 29 illustrations by Daumier signed in volume 1, 10 in volume 2. 17 plates in the second volume.
Contemporary half dark green sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with series of fillets. Blue cloth boards. Boards rubbed, corners slightly bumped. Scattered foxing.

Rare publication on the Paris of Louis-Philippe. The work proceeds by subject and articles: The wet nurses' bureau, flower sellers, baths, street lamps, sidewalks, theatre exits, beards and...
€450
Paul VERLAINE, Émile COHL
"Paul Verlaine" - Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n°244
Léon Vanier|Paris 1896|20.30 x 29.80 cm|en feuillets
”Paul Verlaine” – Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui n° 244
Léon Vanier | Paris 1896 | 20.3 x 29.8 cm | loose in sheets

The second and definitive edition, the first for some parts, as expanded by the author himself, two folded sheets.

On the front, a color lithograph showing Paul Verlaine.
€500
Jean-Luc PARANT, COLLECTIF
Le bout des bordes N°11/12/13 & 14
Actes Sud|Paris 2010|24 x 32.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's binding in full red boards, smooth spine.
Rich iconography.
€50
Maurice GENEVOIX, J. ROBION
Bestiaire enchanté
Plon|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20 cm|en feuilles sous double chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy presented under double chemise and slipcase, spine of the chemise lightly discolored.
Work illustrated by Jean Robion.
€350
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
Tom GUTT, Marcel MARIËN
Le double sens
Les lèvres nues|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1976|14.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper consisting of a series of texts by Tom Gutt, each illustrated with a photographic reproduction of a monochrome by Marcel Mariën.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Marcel Mariën: "Pour Jacques Sternberg au niveau de l'attente." ["For Jacques Sternberg at the level of expectation."]
€350
Francis CARCO, Pierre DEVAUX
Jésus-la-caille
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1939|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition of the adaptation in slang, by Pierre Devaux, of this famous novel about male prostitution, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated by Pierre Devaux.
Signed and inscribed by Pierre Devaux to Madeleine Marceron.
€100
Auguste LEPERE, Roger MARX
Nantes en dix-neuf-cent
Emile Grimaud et fils|Nantes 30 juillet 1900|19.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with fifty-nine engravings on copper and wood by Auguste Lepère, one of 220 numbered copies on pure Arches laid paper with the Nantes watermark, the only issue, this one printed specially for M. Join-Lambert.
Full tawny calf binding, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, boards richly decorated with a broad design of compartments, interlacing and shells inlaid with green, mahogany and black calf in the Renaissance taste, silk moiré doublures framed with seven gilt fillets, endpapers of matching silk, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, slipcase with rubbed and peeling headcaps, Art Nouveau binding signed with the monogram DLR at foot of first...
€2,800
Jules VERNE
Bourses de voyage
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Edition containing 47 illustrations by L. Benett, 12 large chromotypographies, numerous photographic views and a map.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, lighthouse spine, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Copy slightly warped, second cover showing some soiling and scattered foxing, otherwise handsome copy.
Henry Markel, a former sea captain turned pirate, wishes to rob young West Indian schoolboys in transit to London and about to receive a scholarship from an important benefactor.
€500
Henri BOUCHOT, JOB
L'épopée du costume militaire français. Aquarelles et dessins originaux de Job
L. Henri May|Paris 1898|25.50 x 32.70 cm|relié
First edition illustrated with 10 color plates under tissue guards and 175 monochrome engravings in black in the text, engraved by M. Raymond and MM. Ducourtioux and Huillard, depicting military costumes from the Gauls to the Second Empire.
Publisher's binding, full straight-grained green Empire morocco boards of the period. Special gilt plate on spine and upper cover, red percaline banner for the title. Publisher's blind stamp on rear cover. Light rubbing to headcap and corners. Half-title with marginal tear of 1.5cm. A slight nick at foot. Perfect paper freshness. Some leaves slightly protruding, otherwise a very handsome copy in the publisher's deluxe binding.
€1,300
Jules BOISSIÈRE
Propos d'un intoxiqué[Remarks of an Intoxicated Man]
Société des éditions Louis Michaud|Paris s. d. [1912]|14 x 21 cm|broché
Posthumous first edition, one of 120 copies reimposed and numbered on Dutch laid paper, the only copies on deluxe paper.
A very handsome copy, uncut, enriched with an original watercolour depicting an Annamite soldier, signed Linh-Tap.
Preface by Jean Ajalbert.
Attractive illustrated cover by Géo Dorival, with a second state of the illustrated cover supplied on a separate leaf.
Manuscript signature of Marie-Thérèse Boissière beneath the limitation statement.
€1,700
COLLECTIF, Francis PICABIA
Les soirées de Paris N°22
Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Mars 1914|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire "Horace Holley" & "Le 30ème salon des Indépendants", Alfred Jarry "Lettres", Giovanni Papini "Deux philosophes (Bergson et Croce)", Roch Grey "De Paris à Biarritz", Gabrielle Buffet "Musique d'aujourd'hui" ...
Issue illustrated with 6 reproductions of works including 2 in color by Francis Picabia.
Corner lacks to boards, boards detached, handsome interior condition.
€100
Michel DORIGNÉ, Daniel TAR
Calandine
Errol Buckner|Paris 1958|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 250 numbered deluxe copies, the only grand papier copies.
Illustrated with 7 drawings by Daniel Tar.
Signed autograph inscription by Daniel Tar to a friend enriched with a drawing framing the autograph inscription: "... toutes mes amitiés particulières et autres. Amicalement, cette erreur de puberté. Daniel Tar." ["...all my particular and other friendships. Cordially, this error of puberty. Daniel Tar."]
€100
Georges CHAMPEAUX, Jean Gabriel DARAGNÈS
La grande messe des morts de Hector Berlioz
Columbia Pathé-Marconi|Paris 1944|18.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with wood engravings by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès.
Fine copy.
€80
Honoré de BALZAC, Honoré DAUMIER
Oeuvres complètes de M. de Balzac[Complete Works]
Furne • Dubochet • Hetzel & Paulin • puis Alexandre Houssiaux|Paris 1842-1855|14.50 x 22 cm|20 volumes reliés
Honoré de BALZAC & Honoré DAUMIER & Charles Constant Albert Nicolas d'Arnoux de Limoges Saint-Saëns dit BERTALL & Paul GAVARNI & Tony JOHANNOT & Célestin NANTEUIL
œuvres complètes de H. de Balzac
[Complete Works]

Furne, Dubochet, Hetzel, Paulin puis Alexandre Houssiaux | Paris 1842-1855
| 14.5 x 22 cm | 20 volumes in contemporary half shagreen

First collective edition sold as the Works, comprising – as well as numerous texts published for the first time – a new version of the Human Comedy, reviewed and revised by Balzac.
This is also the first illustrated edition.
Contemporary half blue...
€10,000
Johannes JOERGENSEN
Le livre de la route
Perrin & Cie|Paris 1912|13 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition of the French translation established by Théodore de Wyzewa, for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, date and double gilt fillet at foot, red shagreen title label with some scratches, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, contemporary binding signed Alfred Farez.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Work illustrated with 8 engravings outside the text including a frontispiece.
€60
Sylvain SAUVAGE, Anatole FRANCE
Les sept femmes de Barbe Bleue et autres contes merveilleux
A. & G. Mornay|Paris 1925|15 x 20.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with original woodcuts in black and colors by Sylvain Sauvage, one of 878 numbered copies on Rives paper.
Half navy blue morocco binding with corners, spine with four raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, moiré paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Saulnier.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.

€400
Théophile GAUTIER (Charles BAUDELAIRE)
Lettre à la Présidente[Letter to the President]
S. n.|s. l. • (Paris) 1850 (1890)|11 x 18 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 50 copies printed anonymously on papier japon.
First edition, one of 50 copies printed anonymously on papier japon.
Illustrated with an erotic frontispiece by Félicien Rops on chine.
Custom chemise and slipcase in half morocco and paper boards signed Boichot, some discreet restorations to the spine and covers, some discreet restorations to the top margin of the frontispiece, not affecting the engraving.
“La Présidente”, honorary nickname given to Apollonie Sabatier (alias Aglaëe Savatier, her real name), was one of the most captivating Salon hostesses of the 19th century. She inspired an ethereal love in Baudelaire who...
€6,000
Andréa de NERCIAT, Paul-Émile BÉCAT
Le doctorat impromptu
Editions Eryx|Paris 1946|20.50 x 26 cm|en feuilles
Illustrated edition in first printing. Limited edition of 745 numbered copies. One of 50 hors commerce copies, N°XVII. 8 hors-texte compositions and 10 in-text compositions hand-colored with pochoir. Additionally 2 original colored drawings not used for the edition (pencils, watercolor), all in a tissue paper folder.
Publisher's binding. Chemise and slipcase, beige cloth and red marbled paper. Cream folded cover printed in red with vignette. Handsome copy, slipcase and cover in very good condition, leaves and additional material very fresh.
€1,000
Alfred JARRY, Guillaume APOLLINAIRE
Les soirées de Paris N°21 de la 3ème année
Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Février 1914|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
First edition on ordinary paper.
Contributions by Alfred Jarry "Lettres", poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Fernand Divoire, Roch Grey "Un fait divers, Trois romances, Elégies", Maurice Raynal "L'art d'être un imbécile"...
Issue illustrated with 5 reproductions of works by André Derain and a portrait of Alfred Jarry by Pablo Picasso.
Rare and handsome copy despite two small marginal tears on the back cover.
€350
Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, COLLECTIF
Les soirées de Paris N°20 de la 3ème année
Les soirées de Paris|Paris 15 Janvier 1913|17 x 26 cm|agrafé
First edition of this issue devoted to the Douanier Rousseau.
Contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire including "Le Douanier", René Dalize, Adolphe Basler, 3 poems and letters by the Douanier Rousseau...
Issue illustrated with 7 reproductions of works by the Douanier Rousseau.
Rare and handsome copy despite slight marginal tears of no consequence to the covers.
€400
Georges GOETZ, Gilbert DUPÉ
La foire aux femmes
S. n.|Paris 1946|19 x 24 cm|broché
New edition printed specially for the author's friends.
Spine very lightly sunned with three small, light dampstains, minor marginal tears to boards.
Work illustrated with color plates by Georges Goetz.
Signed and inscribed by Gilbert Dupé to André Morice, then Minister of Transport.
€80
Louis VAUXCELLES
Ben Silbert
Galerie Charles-Auguste Girard|Paris 1928|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on vellum, the only printing after 100 copies on Arches vellum.
Work illustrated with 24 reproductions of works by Ben Silbert.
Handsome copy despite small lacks to headcaps.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Ben Silbert to a couple of his friends: "To my "sister" Andrée and my friend Linzeler as a souvenir of their visit to my studio from Ben Silbert. Paris Sept. 1933"
€150
LOUIS FRÉDÉRIC
L'Inde ses temples ses sculptures
Art et métiers graphiques|Paris 1959|23 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Richly illustrated first edition.
Publisher's full orange cloth binding, smooth spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
A handsome copy.

€50
Jean-Louis VAUDOYER
La Provence
Fernand Nathan|Paris 1953|17 x 24 cm|broché
First edition richly illustrated with 129 photographs.
Complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows small tears at the head of the spine.
A handsome copy.

€40
Georges d' ESPARBÈS
La Légende de l'Aigle
Librairie de la Collection des dix|Paris 1901|30.30 x 21.10 cm|relié
New edition and first illustrated. Copy on chine paper, finest paper with duplicate suites, expanded with an original watercolor. The first edition, published in 1893, was subtitled: Epic poem in twenty tales. The work is illustrated with 61 compositions engraved on wood after François Thévenot: 8 captioned plates. 20 headpieces. 32 text illustrations. 1 cover illustration. Limited to 351 numbered copies. This is one of 25 (no. 21) on chine containing a separate printing on chine and a separate printing on japan pelure mounted on chine. Copy expanded with an original watercolor signed F. Thévenot and two prospectuses for the work, one on chine and the other on vellum.
Binding in full...
€1,400
Thomas WRIGHT
Histoire de la caricature et du grotesque dans la littérature et dans l'art
Au bureau de la revue britannique|Paris 1867|16.50 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition in French.
Publisher's full blue cloth binding, spine decorated with compartments and blind fillets, blind fillet border on boards, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns, small discoloration spots on spine and boards.
Scattered foxing.
Work illustrated with 238 figures in the text.
€100
Georges WOLINSKI, CABU
L'enragé N°6
L'enragé & Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris Juillet 1968|23 x 31 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this violently anti-Gaullist review.
Handsome copy.
Issue illustrated with drawings by Wolinski, Reiser, Cabu, Siné, Malsen, Topor.
€60
Georges WOLINSKI, CABU
L'enragé N°2
L'enragé & Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris Deuxième trimestre 1968|23 x 31 cm|en feuilles
First edition of this violently anti-Gaullist magazine.
Handsome copy.
Issue containing two songs by Eugène Pottier, which was printed during the 1968 strikes and decorated with illustrations by Siné, Flip, Malsen, Wolinski.
€60
P.E. LAMAISON, Pierre ALARY
Voyage de l'Avant-matin ou la tabatière magique
Publications françaises|Paris 1962|25.50 x 32.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on Canson paper, ours being one of 150 numbered in Roman numerals and hand-colored for all illustrations, deluxe issue.
Work illustrated by Pierre Alary.
Handsome copy.
We include the subscription bulletin for the work, three menus from dinners aboard the steamship "Flandre" from April 15, 16 and 17, 1957
Our copy is enriched with this manuscript note on a loose leaf of Canson paper by Jean Guitton in red pencil: "Il n'est pas nécessaire qu'un livre soit lu... Parfois un beau titre suffit. Jean Guitton" ["It is not necessary that a book be read... Sometimes a beautiful title suffices. Jean...
€100
Georges GUIERRE, Gus BOFA
Pirouettes et sarcasmes suivis de poèmes excentriques
Editions des presses modernes|Paris 1939|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure Lafuma paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite a slight angular bump to the head of the front cover and a pale stain in the margin of the back cover.
Prefaces by Pierre Mac-Orlan and Roland Dorgelès.
Illustrated work, as frontispiece, with a drawing by Gus Bofa.
€80
Benjamin RABIER, CARAN D'ACHE
L'album. Les maîtres de la caricature[The Album. The Masters of Caricature]
Jules Tallandier|Paris 1902|25.50 x 32 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition illustrated with numerous unpublished drawings in black and in color by Albert Guillaume, Ferdinand Bac, Albert Robida, Lucien Métivet, Jean-Louis Forain, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, Job, Charles Léandre, Hermann Paul, Benjamin Rabier, Charles Huard, Henry Gerbault, Abel Faivre, Paul Balluriau...
Publisher’s decorated binding in full cloth, smooth spine decorated with a green floral motif, bevelled boards, the upper cover illustrated by Lucien Métivet showing the masked faces of most of the illustrators of this volume and, above them, a society lady manipulating these caricatures with strings like puppets, endpapers and pastedowns of blue paper slightly discoloured at...
€1,800
Louis REYBAUD, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE
Jérome Paturot à la recherche de la meilleure des républiques
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1849|19 x 27 cm|relié
First edition illustrated by Tony Johannot, second part of the story of Jérôme Patureau, the first being: Jérôme Patureau à la recherche d'une position sociale, illustrated by Grandville. 30 plates outside the text and 200 wood-engraved vignettes in the text.
Half old-red straight-grained morocco binding, near-contemporary, signed on the first marbled endpaper by Prosper Charon. Spine with flat false raised bands decorated with ornate compartments with black framing around the compartments and emphasizing the bands. Elegant binding. Rubbing to boards, edges and corners. Scattered foxing, mainly in the margins, on good white paper.
Rare illustrated covers preserved. The frontispiece...
€500
Paul DÉROULÈDE
Le premier grenadier de France : La Tour d'Auvergne
Georges Hurtrel|Paris 1886|11.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 copies numbered and justified on Holland paper by the publisher, deluxe copy.
Fine copy despite small marginal worming on first endpaper.
Work illustrated with a color frontispiece, a facsimile letter as well as 7 plates of which 3 in color, historiated bandeaux and initials, reproducing drawings by Detaille, Berne-Bellecour, Baugnies, etc...
€250
Marcel AYMÉ
Vogue la galère
Grasset|Paris 1944|12 x 19 cm|broché
Second edition published the same year as the original, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two small stains and two tears at head and foot of spine, the folding drawing by Gérard Cochet is cut in two and loose.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to Luc Vincent.
€100
Albert SAMAIN
Oeuvres. Au jardin de l'infante. Le chariot d'or. Symphonie héroïque. Aux flancs du vase. Contes polyphèmes. Poèmes inachevés.
L'Edition d'art H. Piazza|Paris 1936 - 1937 (S.d)|14 x 20 cm|3 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
Collected edition illustrated by William Fel with 3 frontispieces, 45 chapter headpieces, 12 in text, 15 hors texte, all in colors. One of 2050 copies on laid paper, No. 1673. Color etchings with registration marks.
Contemporary full parme morocco binding signed Odette Laborne on pastedown. Smooth spine decorated with complex ornamental tools, lined on the volume Au jardin de l'infante. This same tool appears in diamond composition on the covers. Pink velvet pastedowns. Top edge gilt. Spines sunned, having turned brown. Traces of rubbing on spine. The illustrated covers and spines have been preserved. Perfectly fresh copy with wide margins.
Despite some flaws, handsome volumes with...
€650
CRAFTY
A travers Paris
Plon|Paris s. d. [1885]|27 x 23 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Publisher's full olive green cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, front board decorated with an equestrian scene, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, red edges.
Illustrations in text and full-page in black and color by Crafty.
Very occasional foxing.
Handsome copy despite the top headcap very slightly rubbed without any significance and a small nick at the foot of the front board.
We include the dust jacket of the work in poor condition.
€350
Charles NODIER
Journal de l'expédition des portes de fer
Imprimerie Royale|Paris 1844|19 x 29 cm|relié
First edition never put into commerce, intended for members of the royal family and state dignitaries. It is printed on strong vellum, the only issue with 6 on China paper. Work illustrated with 200 vignettes in the text and 40 out-of-text figures engraved on wood, printed before letters on applied China paper, by Raffet, Decamps, Dauzat. Our copy is complete with its folding map at the end (Route de Philippeville à Alger). Fine work very well printed, with high quality engravings.
Publisher's Bradel binding covered with chamois paper, chamois slipcase (probably later). Smooth spine with beige calf title label. Spine slightly darkened with damage to the title label and at two places on...
€1,200
COLLECTIF
Midi-minuit fantastique N°6. La chasse du comte Zaroff
Revue Midi-minuit fantastique|Paris 1963|16 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of issue 6 of this magazine devoted to the film "The Most Dangerous Game".
Handsome copy.
Illustrated.
In this issue 6: unpublished story and film stills, interview with Merian C. Cooper, filmography of E.B. Schoedsack.

€40
COLLECTIF
Midi-minuit fantastique N°17
Le terrain vague|Paris Juin 1967|21.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition of issue 17 of this magazine.
Handsome copy.
Illustrated.
In this issue 17: Marat / Sade and Peter Brook by Raymond Durgnat, interview with Jean-Pierre Mocky, Belgian cinema: "Bagatelles pour deux vampires", le mystère bricolo by Raymond Borde...

€30
COLLECTIF
Midi-minuit fantastique N°20
Le terrain vague|Paris Octobre 1968|21.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition of issue 20 of this magazine.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.
In this double issue: Horrorscope: confrontation IV; Roman Polanski, witchcraft through the ages, Du voyeurisme à l'infini by R. Lefèvre, interview with Karel Zeman, on the horror film "The undertaker and his pals", film reviews: Bride of Frankenstein, Planet of the Apes, Vampyr...

€30
COLLECTIF
Midi-minuit fantastique N°21
Le terrain vague|Paris Avril 1970|21.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
First edition of issue 21 of this magazine.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.
In this double issue: Piège: Jacques Baratier, Arrabal, Eugène Ionesco, Horrorscope: Noces d'hirondelle, Karloff, Masumura, Planet of the Apes...

€30
Henry LEMARIE, Charles PERRAULT
La belle au bois dormant. - La barbe bleue. - Cendrillon
Jean Porson|Paris 1948-1950|16 x 24.50 cm|3 volumes en feuilles
First printing of the 109 color miniatures by Henry Lemarié, one of the numbered copies on Rives laid paper for each volume.
Small traces of soiling on the inner flaps of the slipcases which also have small paper lacks to the corners.
Handsome and rare set, lacking three of its slipcases, which was originally intended to comprise six tales but of which only three were published.

€250
Anna AKHMATOVA, COLLECTIF
La revue de Belles-Lettres N°1-3 de la 120ème année
La revue de Belles-Lettres|Genève [Geneva] 1996|18 x 25.50 cm|broché
First edition of this issue entirely devoted to Anna Akhmatova, one of 105 numbered copies on Rivaldi satiné Ivoire, ours one of 25 copies lettered by hand and reserved for friends and collaborators of the review, deluxe issue.
Very fine copy.
Numerous contributions including those by Anna Akhmatova, Isaiah Berlin, Susan Amert, Boris Pasternak, Pierre Voélin, Petra Hesse, Boris Eïkhenbaum, Viktor Vinogradov, Nicolas Bouvier...
Issue illustrated with engravings by Henri Presset.
Our copy retains at the end, like the 105 copies of the deluxe issue, its original print justified and signed by the artist.
€500
Sigfredo ARIEL
El cielo imaginario
Vigia|Matanzas 1996|18 x 27.50 cm|broché retenu par une corde de chanvre
First edition, one of 200 numbered and signed copies, the only issue.
Work illustrated by Violeta Naranjo enhanced by hand and embellished with collages.
Our copy contains a beautiful autograph inscription dated and signed by Ariel Sigfredo to a French poetess.
€300
Robert du PONTAVICE DE HEUSSEY
L'inimitable Boz. Etude historique et anecdotique sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Charles Dickens
Maison Quantin|Paris 1889|16 x 25 cm|relié
New edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Japan paper, the only deluxe copies.
Half chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands showing slight scuffs, marbled paper boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt with deckled edges, scuffs with lacks to marbled paper on lower edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Charles Dickens as frontispiece.
Handsome copy.
€300
Maurice LALAU, ANONYME
Les quinze joyes de mariage
Jules Meynial|Paris 1928|23 x 30 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Edition decorated with 37 original color compositions, plus one on the cover, by Maurice Lalau created for the first time using the graphichromie process invented by the artist, including one on the cover, a title vignette and 37 in the text.
Printing begun in 1926 was completed on November 15, 1928.
Unique print run limited to 150 numbered copies on vélin Madagascar-Lafuma.
Slipcase split at foot, joints of the chemise spine with scratches.
Our copy includes the complete suite of 37 black illustrations on vellum.
Rare and handsome copy.
€800
SAMIVEL
Le soleil se lève en Grèce
Arthaud|Grenoble 1954|20 x 25.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with numerous photographs by Samivel and Michel Gidon.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper.

€60
Alexandre BENNIGSEN, Chantal QUELQUEJAY
Les mouvements nationaux chez les Musulmans de Russie. Tome I : Le "sultangaliévisme" au Tatarstan
Mouton & Co|Paris • & La Haye [The Hague] 1960|16 x 24 cm|broché
First edition.
Handsome and rare illustrated copy, in fine, with a folding map.

€100
Paul VERLAINE
Femmes[Women]
Imprimé sous le manteau • [ Henri Kistemaekers]|et ne se vend nulle part [Fictional Place] • [Bruxelles] [Brussels] 1890|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, clandestinely printed in 175 numbered copies, ours being one of the 25 lettered copies from the head of the print run.

Bradel binding in half bordeaux morocco, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.

A very rare and handsome copy.

Provenance: from the library of Dr. Lucien-Graux with his ex-libris mounted on a pastedown.
€10,000
Georges FATH
Prisonniers dans les glaces
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1881|16 x 25 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with drawings by the author both in and outside the text.
Publisher's binding in half bottle-green shagreen, spine with four fine raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments, binder's name gilt at tail, frame of blind fillets on bottle-green paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of white watered silk with some minor foxing, all edges gilt.
Some foxing.
€80
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard GRANDVILLE, Louis LURINE
Les métamorphoses du jour
Garnier frères|Paris 1869|18.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
New edition with some parts in first edition as revised and completed by Jules Janin for the text and expanded with numerous tailpieces and headpieces by Grandville for the illustration. A bibliography of books illustrated by Grandville/
Later half red sheep binding (ca 1920), Jansenist spine with raised bands, small traces of rubbing on the slightly faded spine. Set of beautiful freshness, but some pale browning in the margins at the beginning of the work. The preserved cover restored with a strip of paper to be restored. Inversion of leaves at the beginning of the work, leaf 3 appearing before leaf 1.
Handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 70 hand-colored...
€800
Valentin Jean-Antoine FOULQUIER, Jules MICHELET
Thérèse et Marianne. Souvenirs de jeunesse
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1891|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
Illustrated with 11 original etchings by Valentin Foulquier, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
Full red Russian morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt cartouche ornamented with gilt typographic motifs, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, gilt fillet frame on boards, pebbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, triple gilt fillet frame on pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, gilt fillets on edges, perfect contemporary binding signed Champs.
Our copy includes a duplicate suite of the 11 etchings by Valentin Foulquier.
Furthermore, our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor signed by Valentin Foulquier on an...
€700
Jules VERNE
Bourses de voyage
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1903|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Edition containing 47 illustrations by L. Benett, 12 large chromolithographs, numerous photographic views and a map.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Spine very slightly sunned and minor scratches without consequence at head of first cover, otherwise handsome copy despite some usual foxing at beginning of volume.
Henry Markel, a former sea captain turned pirate, wishes to rob young West Indian students in transit to London and about to receive a scholarship from an important benefactress.
€600
Jules VERNE
Maître du monde. Un drame en Livonie
Jules Hetzel|Paris 1904|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
First edition large octavo illustrated by George Roux.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Red slightly foxed on the first cover and spine, otherwise good copy with fresh interior despite the slight and usual discoloration of the original endpapers.
Sequel to Robur the Conqueror, Master of the World tells of Robur's return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
A Drama in Livonia is a detective novel featuring an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.

€500
Maurice LELOIR, [Diego HURTADO DE MENDOZA attributed]
Vie de Lazarille de Tormès
H. Launette & Cie|Paris 1886|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 etchings as well as about a hundred vignettes by Maurice Leloir, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan paper.
Full navy blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral motifs stamped in blind, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frames of quintuple gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, boards also decorated with a floral frieze stamped in blind, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, superb binding signed Chambolle-Duru.
Our copy contains a triple state of the...
€3,000
Michel TOURNIER, Alain GAUTHIER
Le miroir à deux faces : La fugue du Petit Poucet. - Ikonut ou l'infini et les Eskimos. - Amandine ou les deux jardins
Seuil jeunesse|Paris 1994|23.50 x 33.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition en partie originale ornée illustrations d'Alain Gauthier.
Agréable exemplaire.
binding à la bradel de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage, spine lisse, plats illustrés.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Michel Tournier : "Pour Florence en souvenir du premier jour de printemps. Michel Tournier..."
€150
Jules NORIAC
Le 101e régiment
A. Bourdilliat & Cie|Paris 1860|20.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 13 numbered copies on laid paper, the most limited deluxe edition with 13 tinted paper copies.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine, brown morocco title-label, top edge gilt on deckled edges, modern binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Signed autograph inscription by Jules Noriac, below the justification page, to Edouard Delessert.
Work illustrated with 70 illustrations in and hors-texte by Armand-Dumarescq, G. Janet, Pelcoq, Morin and Deuxétoiles.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with all the proofs of the illustrations printed on China paper.
Occasional light foxing and marginal stains at foot of some leaves.
€750
Jean ANOUILH, Jane PECHEUR
Antigone
La Table Ronde|Paris 1945|25.50 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition illustrated with 11 original watercolor by Jane Pécheur, one of the 190 numbered copies on vélin crèvecoeur.
Nice copy.
€600
Henri CALET (inscribed to Francis PONGE)
Les murs de Fresnes - Exemplaire de Francis Ponge[The Walls of Fresnes – Francis Ponge’s Copy]
Editions des quatre vents|Paris 1945|14.50 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition on ordinary paper.

Publisher’s full cloth binding, flat spine, minor inconsequential wear to headcaps and corners.

Illustrations.

Rare and valuable presentation copy to Odette and Francis Ponge.

€1,200
René LACÔTE
Tristan Tzara
Pierre Seghers|1952|13.50 x 15.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
Small corner lacks to spine and covers.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Tristan Tzara: "A André Masson de tout coeur (un petit coeur dessiné). Tristan Tzara 10 Juillet 52." ["To André Masson wholeheartedly (a small heart drawn). Tristan Tzara July 10, 52."]
€750
Jules VERNE
La maison à vapeur. Voyage à travers l'Inde Septentrionale
Hetzel|Paris 1892|18.50 x 28 cm|relié
First illustrated edition with 101 drawings by Benett including a frontispiece engraved by Meaulle, and 2 full-page maps. GK catalogue at the end.
Polychrome boards known as "au portrait collé", a portrait of the author taking place in a cartouche on a board with a world map. Plaque signed Paul Souze on a cannonball. A. Lenègre on the ink. Fine upper board with some traces at the top of the binding. The 2 lower corners slightly bumped. Spine faded with dulled gilt. Head slightly sunken. Rear board bearing 3 fine scratches and scraped areas along the joint. Pale browning on the endpaper and title page, thereafter occasional browning.
Adventure and science fiction novel set in India...
€600
Prosper MÉRIMÉE, Gaston VUILLIER
Colomba
A. Ferroud|Paris 1913|16 x 25.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 31 original compositions by Gaston Vuillier etched by Omer Bouchery, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper containing the etchings in two states.
Full brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with triple compartments as well as gilt fillets, gilt date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of quadruple gilt fillets on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, double gilt fillets on leading edges, covers preserved, top edge gilt, superb full morocco binding signed by Blanchetière.
Superb copy.
Copy established in a very handsome full morocco binding by Blanchetière.
€2,000