Literature illustrated with engravings, lithographs, photographs, first edition drawings, beautiful illustrated books and artists' books

First edition on ordinary paper.
A nice copy.
Illustrated with reproductions of Wifredo Lam's artworks.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Wifredo Lam, in pink pencil, to Sabine Binder with a drawing of a fabulous animal.

The Lark, complete series, issues 1 to 24
William Doxey | San Francisco May 1895 – April 1897
| 14 x 20.5 cm | publisher's cloth & various leaflets
First edition and complete series of the humorous end-of-century magazine, The Lark. Issue 1 contains Gelett Burgess' famous, absurd poem entitled «The Purple Cow».
Bound in publisher's beige cloth, illustrated boards.
Rubbed cloth has some minor cuts and parts missing.
There are 5 leaflets, one of which is signed by Gelett Burgess, as well as the folding leaflet entitled The Purple Cow, signed and monogrammed by the same.
The Lark magazine greatly...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.
Work illustrated by Kauffmann and Lévy.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Half black shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, spine slightly warped, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated by Kauffmann.

First edition of this exhibition catalog of works by Hugh Weiss at the National Center for Plastic Arts from April 30 to May 30.
Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Hugh Weiss.
Text by Gérald Gassiot-Talabot.
Provenance: from the library of Georges Raillard, famous art critic, friend and specialist of the work of Joan Miro and Antoni Tapies.
Our copy is enriched with an original drawing by Hugh Weiis depicting a man's face.

First trilingual edition of this exhibition catalog of Hugh Weiss's works.
Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of Hugh Weiss, small scratches on the first board.
Text by Meyer Raphaël Rubinstein.
Signed autograph dedication from Hugh Weiss to Georges Raillard enriched with an original drawing depicting a man's face in profile.

First edition of this program published for the tenth anniversary of the Gala de l'Union des Artistes held at the Cirque d'Hiver on March 5, 1932.
Rare program illustrated with 10 drawings by Paul Colin.
The fragile red velvet cover, in homage to the curtains of the Cirque d'Hiver, has slight tears and minute marginal losses.
We include an invitation card to the circus buffet offered after the show.
Rare and handsome copy.

First octavo edition and first under this new title. The work had been published under the title Voyage aux eaux des Pyrénées in 1855, in a small format and with 64 wood engravings by Gustave Doré; in this edition, 9 of the woodcuts published in 1855 are not included, so there are 332 new woodcuts (Louis Dézé).
Contemporary binding in half midnight blue shagreen, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt compartments, fillets and stippling, paper boards in cardboard style, endpapers and pastedowns of watered paper, all edges gilt.
Some rubbing to head and foot of spine, two corners slightly rubbed, endpapers and pastedowns somewhat darkened.
Two bookplates...

First edition of this issue devoted entirely to Antoni Tapies on the occasion of the exhibition of works by the Catalan artist at the Lelong gallery from November 8 to December 9, 2006.
Beautiful illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Antoni Tapies.
Text by Marc Scheps.
Signed autograph Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges (Raillard), great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies, and his wife Alice.

Illustrated edition with wood engravings by Edouard Kretzschmar.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at foot of spine, some rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monograms stamped at foot of spines.

First bilingual French-English edition.
Rich iconography.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, retaining the illustrated dust jacket which has a tear at the foot of the spine.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with original vignettes by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès, one of the numbered copies on vellum paper, ours one of the first 100 containing a duplicate suite of the vignettes.
Some browning at foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with 16 original watercolors by Rojan, one of 1500 numbered copies on Navarre laid paper, the only issue after 16 Holland.
Spine very slightly faded without gravity, handsome copy.

Illustrated edition with 38 original compositions etched in black and sanguine, in and out of text, by Joseph-Marius Avy, one of 190 numbered copies on handmade laid paper, the only issue after 110 Japan.
Full chocolate brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, one band rubbed and slight scratches to spine, gilt roulettes to headcaps, caramel watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, three caramel and chocolate brown morocco fillets framing the pastedowns, following endpapers of handmade laid paper, covers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, double gilt fillets on edges with small nicks, elegant contemporary binding signed by Marcellin Lortic.
White endpapers of the...

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper including the original lithography of Jean Picart The Sweet he signed and justified, head draw.
Nice copy.
We attach two prospectuses pertaining to the book.
Signed autograph Serge Michenaud Xavier Audouard to whom is dedicated the book and his wife Bernadette: "... this opening they helped me practice in a depth of more than twenty years of silence, in tribute to 'friendship."

Edition decorated with original color illustrations and borders, including 10 full-page, by Albert Robida, and printed in 100 numbered copies on handmade vellum, ours one of 50 nominative copies, that of Charles Meunier.
Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine, red morocco title label, handmade paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, binding signed P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Rare and handsome copy.

Edition printed with 50 numbered copies on Rives and illustrated with 7 engravings original with the burin and the black way of Albert Woda that each one has captioned and signed .
Bilingual work with the translation of Claude Couffon and the Spanish text opposite.
Beautiful and rare complete copy of its case.
Signature of Albert Woda at the colophon.

Edition printed with 200 numbered copies on vellum of Rives and illustrated with 12 dry tips original Jean-Michel Mathieux-Marie.
Work translated by Claude Couffon.
Beautiful and rare complete copy of its case.
Signature of Jean-Michel Mathieux-Marie at the colophon.

First edition illustrated with 177 drawings by Gustave Doré, including vignettes, plates, headpieces... All engraved by Maurand, Sarglat... Fine printing on large white laid paper. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary half red morocco binding with corners in long grain. Smooth spine richly decorated with large romantic tools in compartments. Triple fillet rule on boards. Original wrappers preserved. Rubbing to joints, headcaps and edges. Corners bumped and slightly turned. Joint fragile at tail of upper board. Fine copy, with very white paper free from foxing.
This fable features Charlemagne and his brave knights, and all the characters from Ariosto.

First edition, one of 20 copies on Japon, this copy specially printed for Madame Fasquelle, included in the copies hors commerce, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Small tears to foot of spine on the edges, tiny spots, not serious, on the covers.
A nice and rare copy with edges preserved.

Illustrated with 76 color lithographs and 77 wood-engraved borders by Alexandre Lunois, one of 10 numbered copies on Japan paper specially printed for L. Conquet, copy number 1, deluxe copy.
Bradel binding in half green morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated with double gilt compartments enhanced with gilt typographical motifs in their centers and corners, date and place gilt at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, corners slightly bumped, some rubbing, contemporary binding signed Carayon.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, contains at the beginning of the volume the original...

First edition.
Beautiful richly illustrated copy of reproductions of works by Antoni Tapies.
Signed autograph dedication of Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges (Raillard), who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies, and his wife Alice.

Revised and truly new edition, it has been incorrectly described as a new edition, it is ultimately a recast edition, with some parts in first edition and better than those which preceded it, expanded with illustrations. 60 lithographic plates after drawings by Jacques Arago. The book bears for the first time a new title: Souvenirs d'un aveugle, whereas Arago was afflicted with this infirmity in 1837, the previous editions are under the title: Promenade autour du monde.
Contemporary half black shagreen binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with blind compartments and thick fillets. Gilt title and volume number. Signs of rubbing. Scattered pale foxing. Handsome copy, good...

First edition, one of 51 (instead of 31 announced colophon) numbered copies, ours unjustified on "drawing", only draw after 1 Arches paper.
Very nice complete copy of the original engraving Michel Melchionne he justified and signed .

First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
A full-margined copy.
Spine creased, a small lack to head of second board, light tears to margins of certain leaves at the deckled edges.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece on Japan paper by Charles Léandre and drawings in and out of text by Henri Gaston Darien, Henri Charles Auguste Gounin, Jean-Louis Fernand Fau, Charles Léandre, Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, David Ossipovitch Widhopff and Adolphe Willette.

Illustrated edition with 51 original colour compositions by Etienne Dinet, one of 60 copies on Japan paper, ours specially printed for the bookbinder René Aussourd, containing, at the end, a second state of the engravings in black.
Full brown morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt name of the illustrator at foot of spine, gilt dots on boards decorated with a wide blind-stamped border, border of chocolate brown morocco fillet on marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, following endpapers of marbled paper, all edges gilt, covers and spine preserved, contemporary unsigned binding but attributable to René Aussourd.
Some foxing to verso of the last black engraving of the suite.

Amyot, Paris 1860, 11.5 x 18.5 cm, bound
First edition published the same year the Aosta Valley became part of Italy. The work is illustrated with 97 wood engravings in the text, 33 steel insert engravings, 6 chromotypographies and a map.
Bound in half red shagreen, spine decorated with blind tooling, “Palais de Compiègne” gold stamped at the head of the spine, Napoleon III's monogram gold stamped on the spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, contemporary binding. Some minor foxing.
"Bibliothèque de la Couronne - Compiègne” stamp on the title page. Our copy, unlike those placed in the national collection when the Palais de Compiègne library disbanded, does not have...

First edition, illustrated with 48 hors-texte engravings including the frontispiece, several in-text woodcuts, all after drawings by the author and engraved by Girardet, Français, Daubigny... With a notice by Sainte-Beuve.
Publisher's polychrome binding in full navy blue percaline cloth. Superb first cover decorated with a large polychrome plate (blue, red, cream, green, yellow and gold) featuring a walker tipping his straw hat in nature. Lenègre bindery at bottom of the plate. Spine decorated with a large polychrome plate with somewhat faded colors, notably the blue, but the golds remain bright. Handsome second cover decorated with a gilt landscape on beige ground within rich ornament...

First edition on current paper of this exhibition catalog.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Jacques Hérold.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Michel Butor to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on offset, ours unjustified.
Nice copy.
Illustrated cover of Vasarely.
Signed autograph dedication of Jean-Clarence Lambert Georges Raillard and his wife Alice: "... these us and abuse of language - there an abrazo!"
Our copy is enriched with a postcard representing the farm Lagorce, Ardeche, on which Jean-Clarence invites "Les Raillard" to a fiesta on Saturday, August 6 from 19h.
We also add an invitation card to Jean-Clarence Lambert's exhibition of collages at Teatro Roma, Spain, from September 27 to October 10, 1968.

Edition illustrated with 20 original lithographs by François Chapuis and printed in 200 numbered copies on Auvergne paper.
Fine copy complete with its slipcase, split at head and foot.
Publisher's Bradel binding in half black shagreen with bands, unlettered smooth spine with small scratches, Japanese paper boards, binding by Jean Duval.

First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only printing along with 5 Madagascar and 25 Japan.
Work illustrated with original color woodcuts by Hermann-Paul.
Handsome copy despite two slight sunning marks at head and foot of spine.

Edition illustrated with 10 original etchings by Edouard Chimot, one of 25 numbered copies on Japon imperial paper, deluxe copy.
The work is also illustrated with typographical ornaments by Paul de Pidoll.
Handsome full-margined copy.
The first gathering tends to come slightly loose.
Our copy, like all copies printed on Japon imperial paper, contains the complete suite of 10 original compositions by Edouard Chimot in triple state.

First and only edition in octavo illustrated by L. Benett also containing numerous photographs and chromotypography plates.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed Engel, polychrome front cover signed Engel, back cover type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally shadowed as usual.
Gift inscription in pen at head of first endpaper.
Posthumous novel, L'Agence Thompson and Co. tells the unfortunate adventures of a cruise meant to take its passengers to the Azores, Madeira and the Canaries.
Handsome copy.

First edition in octavo illustrated with 92 illustrations by Benett including one colored folding map: this is the first appearance of polychromy in an illustration for a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" in full red cloth signed Lenègre type 3, front cover signed Souze, back cover Lenègre type "e" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. EL catalog at rear.
The joints and headcaps of our copy have been retouched. One corner and one joint at foot slightly bumped.
Deux ans de vacances is a robinsonnade featuring fourteen schoolboys from New Zealand.

First edition printed in 59 numbered copies on vélin d'Arche papers, signed by Pierre-André Benoit and André Masson under the justification.
Cover repaired.
Illustrated with 2 original engravings by André Masson.
Rare.

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

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

Edition with some parts in first edition as it contains numerous unpublished texts, one of 50 numbered copies on China paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies with 50 Whatman.
Bindings in half caramel calf, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments ornamented with gilt dentelles, brown morocco title labels, navy blue morocco volume labels, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edges gilt, original wrappers preserved, some corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some minor rubbing traces on certain spines, small holes in the spine margins of the first (volumes 1 & 2) and third (volumes 5 &...

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

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

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

First edition of this promotional publication created for Quina-Laroche.
Handsome copy.
Full cardboard chemise, smooth spine, illustrated front cover, chemise complete with its two ties.
Work complete with its 10 color lithographs depicting actresses praising the benefits of Quina-Laroche.

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

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

Fourth edition revised from the first edition for the first volume, first edition for the second refuting the thesis that this novel is by Madame de La Fayette.
Handsome copy.
Full green morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots and decorated with double gilt compartments richly decorated, date and place gilt at center of spine, gilt roulettes on headcaps, frame of triple gilt fillets on boards, small black spots on first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, frame of gilt dentelle on pastedowns, lower corners very slightly bumped, double gilt fillets on leading edges, very elegant binding signed by Hardy.
Our copy is complete, as frontispiece, with...

Edition printed in 150 numbered and named copies on vellum and illustrated with 28 original etchings hors texte as well as woodcuts by Raphaël Drouart.
Both slipcases are damaged and show either a lack to the upper edge, or a large tear to the upper edge.
Both chemises are fragile.
Handsome copy.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with two original copperplates and a suite in black of the illustrations.
The text is illustrated with decorations and frames of gilt and black head-pieces in Art Deco style.

Sixth edition and second printing of the 425 compositions by Gustave Doré. "masterpiece where each vignette is a discovery" (Béradi)
Full red long-grained morocco binding signed Thivet (at the top of the first endpaper). Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Gilt title. Triple gilt ruling on boards. Rich inner gilt border. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded.
Scattered foxing.
Superb copy, very rare in full binding, moreover in full morocco.
"The idea of illustrating these texts had been suggested by the Bibliophile Jacob, Paul Lacroix, who had been commissioned by Balzac's widow for the philological revision of the text. The illustrations fall within a caricatural...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Illustrated edition with a portrait frontispiece and 6 etchings after Julien Le Blanc, engraved by Champollion as well as ornaments by Giacomelli. Title printed in red and black. Copy on handmade Holland paper, one of 100 unnumbered copies. Total print run of 200 copies.
Contemporary half brown morocco with corners. Smooth spine in Jansenist style. Title and date gilt. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to corners and joints, and to boards.
Very handsome copy, uncut.

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

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

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

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

First edition of this third sketchbook of war by painter Lucien Jonas, one of 50 copies numbered by Lucien Jonas and hand-colored by the painter.
Publisher's full cream cloth binding, title and date on the front cover inscribed by Lucien Jonas's hand, complete with its cloth lace recalling the shoulder strap of the Poilus' knapsacks.
Handsome and rare copy.
Work illustrated with 53 sketches by Lucien Jonas which he colored and captioned as clearly stipulated in the justification page.

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

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

First edition illustrated with 12 original color lithographs by Charles Guérin, one of 35 numbered copies on Japan paper à la forme, deluxe issue.
Full purple morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with geometric and floral mosaic morocco pieces in purple, old rose and red, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quadruple gilt fillets framing the boards enhanced with geometric and floral mosaic morocco pieces in brown, purple, pink and green, mauve watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets framing the pastedowns enhanced with a purple morocco fillet and pink mosaic morocco pieces forming three small flowers, gilt fillets on leading edges, covers and spine preserved, top edge...

First edition.
Binding of the editor in full blue canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket with small tears in the back of the head.
Rich iconography.
Signed autograph of José Pierre art critic Georges Raillard: "... this Magritte, which, no doubt, will not teach him much, friendly ..."

First edition printed with 333 numbered copies on vellum.
Pleasant copy.
Work illustrated with 24 insert plates.

First edition on current paper.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works by Cesare Peverelli.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Cesare Peverelli to Georges (Raillard).

Georges DARIEN
Gottlieb Krumm,
Made in England
R.A. Everett & Co | London 1904| 12.5 x 19 cm | publisher's binding
First edition of an extraordinary rarity published in London and written in English. The French edition, translated by Walter Redfern, only appeared in 1984.
Publisher's binding in glazed brown calico, spine ends lightly rubbed, without significant damage, illustrated first board.
Small and light dirt marks on the second board, small sections of paper missing due to the fragility of this featherweight laid paper.
Exiled with the majority of the French anarchists following the enactment of the “Lois scélérates” in 1893...

First edition of this exhibition catalog of new works by Antoni Tapies presented at the Toni Tapies Gallery in Barcelona from December 2004 to February 2005.
Nice copy.
Iconography.
Text by Antoni Llena.
Signed autograph of Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies.

New edition.
Binding of the publisher in full blue canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket that has slight marginal tears without gravity.
Iconography, ageable copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Jean-Paul Clébert to Georges and Alice Raillard: "... whose savvy advice has been particularly valuable to me ..."

First illustrated edition of 21 original drawings by Alfred Manessier, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, leading print after 19 other vellum Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signatures of Camille Bourniquel and Alfred Manessier at the colophon.

loose leaves in a chemise and slipcase
Illustrated edition of 35 original compositions by Aristide Maillol, transferred to stone by Fernand Mourlot, one of 225 copies on vellum, only print after 50 vellum comprising a suite in sanguine. Foxing on the boards of the chemise, slipcase with a tear and some stains.
Good internal condition.

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on ivory laid paper, the only issue after 75 on Arches vellum.
Publisher's binding in full greyish-blue paper, smooth spine faded and with a stain at head.
Work illustrated with 9 plates by Micheline Catty.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification, with its original drypoint by Micheline Catty, justified and signed by her, as well as a complete audio recording of the work by the author on cassette tape.
Autograph inscription signed by Ghérasim Luca, in pencil, to Axel de La Rovère and Anne Seghers: "Axiome : l'homme. Thème : l'homme axiomatique. En toute sympathie."...

Francis PICABIA
Unique eunuque [Unique Eunuch]
Au sans pareil | Paris 1920| 13.5 x 18.5 cm | original wrappers
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on vergé, the only printing with 10 Arches and 15 color papers.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author by himself.
Preface by Tristan Tzara.
Rare and nice copy faultless.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Pierre Alechinsky.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed Michel Sicard to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vergé, this one not included in the justification, the only printing after 1 Chine, 10 Japon and 20 Hollande paper.
Rare and nice copy.
Illustrated with 3 drawings by Benjamin Péret and, as frontispiece, an original engraving on Chine paper by Max Ernst, the only one engraved by the artist.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Benjamin Péret to Jacques Viot : " A Jacques Viot qui sonne utile tous les jours en jetant des assiettes to la tête des agents."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy despite a lack in the first guard because of the fact that the first notebook was badly cut.
Illustrated book of drawings by Pierre Alechinsky.
Humoristic autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard: "L'av de la pr./ to G. Rail./am friend of the aut./ P. Alech 24. 03. 92 "

First edition, one of 40 copies on China, ours one of the 10 copies out of business literati with remark and signature of Paul Albert Laurens .
Nice copy despite tiny marginal freckles not serious at the head of some leaflets.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Japan of Shidzuoka, head print with 20 vellum.
Back and marginally insolated boards as generally.
Illustrated book of 8 original lithographs by Georges Grosz.
Our copy includes its double suite on Holland paper and China as it is announced the justification of the draw.

First illustrated edition. 63 engravings and one map after Benett. CH catalogue in fine.
Publisher's binding called "Aux initiales" in dark green signed Magnier at tail. Second board with blind rosette. Handsome first plate with particularly brilliant gilt. Corners rubbed, and the 2 of the pastedown slightly turned in. Spine with faded gilt. Headcaps rubbed. Traces of rubbing on joints. Blue stamp in the form of a label on half-title. Lescude bookshop label, Pau on pastedown.
Paper overall very fresh, with some pale foxing on title page and on first leaf of catalogue.
Handsome copy.
L'Étoile du Sud is an adventure novel by Paschal Grousset, sold to publisher Hetzel, then...

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Rives, only draw after 10 Japan and 12 Chapel off trade.
Some small bites on the guards, otherwise nice copy.
Illustrated book of 8 original lithographs in colors, including the cover, by André Beaudin.
Handwritten signatures of Georges Limbour and André Beaudin at the colophon.

Illustrated edition by Robida, first printing with 49 plates (8 in color, 35 in camaieu and 6 in black), and numerous text illustrations (approximately 600).
Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards signed Souze and bound by Engel. Special gilt and blue plate on red ground. Spine similar. Rear board with a half-timbered house in a central roundel and blind angular cornerpieces.
Front board of first volume very good, that of the second with a 1cm diameter stain, and soiling to the upper part of the black border. Lower corners bumped, others rubbed. A tear to the spine of the first volume. Headcaps rubbed, those at head turned in. Soiling to rear boards. Scattered and unevenly...

First illustrated edition with 92 original colour compositions by Elie Lascaux, one of 65 numbered copies on pure Lana wove paper, deluxe issue.
Endpapers slightly shaded, minor tears to the spine without loss, a pleasant copy.

First edition consisting of a suite of 12 illustrated plates with drawings by Dunoyer de Segonzac, one of 6 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe copy.
Publisher's chemise in red half-cloth, smooth unlettered spine, cream paper boards, title label pasted on first cover, chemise complete with all its ties.
Headcaps slightly rubbed and frayed.
Handsome and rare copy.

Rare and probably the only test of "Pantagruelian Tales".
The work dates from 1903 before the addition of Jules Clarettie's preface and illustrations by Edmond Malassis.
The text, printed in Gothic characters is included in frames foliage, different from those of the edition marketed in 1905.
Bound in brown half morocco with corners, back with four double nerves decorated with a typographic mosaic pattern of green morocco, boards, guards and contreplats of marbled paper, gilded head, binding signed Trinckvel.
Nice copy nicely established.
Our copy is enriched with two autograph letters signed from Arthur Christian to Jules Claretie concerning the edition of...

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, head print.
Nice copy.
Our copy includes the dark manner of The Marshal and the etching Guillain Siroux they signed and justified .
Handwritten signatures, in pencil, of André Pieyre of Mandiargues and Henri Thomas with the colophon.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with Art Deco vignettes in colors, within the text and hors-texte, by Marcel François.
Handsome copy despite minor sunning and tears at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only major paper after 20 hemp paper.
Freckles, very slight marginal tears without gravity on the boards.
Illustrated book of 5 drawings by Luc-Albert Moreau.
Autograph dedication signed by the publisher, Camille Bloch, to George Barbier.

Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
Full red morocco-grained shagreen bindings, spines with five fine raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments, gilt floral friezes at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on covers, floral bouquets in cover corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt floral motifs in pastedown corners, gilt edges on leading edges, covers stitched and spine preserved.
One scratch at head of second volume joint.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Afterword by Judith Petit.
Illustrated book of drawings by Pierre Alechinsky.
Signed autograph dedication of Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard: "If you have time to spend Nov. 9, it would be amazing dear George (illegible word)."