COLLECTIF
Rivages des origines (archives des Cahiers du sud)
Archives de la ville de Marseille|Marseille 1981|22 x 30.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Publisher's binding over yellow plain paper boards citron, dust jacket missing.
Richly illustrated.
€50
Antoine-Joseph PONS
Sainte-Beuve et ses inconnues
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1879|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Upper cover débroché, joints cracked en têtes and en pieds, internally good.
€30
Roger CAILLOIS
Bellone ou la pente de la guerre
La Renaissance du livre|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1963|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition first in part on ordinary paper.
A good copy.
€30
Jean LORRAIN (inscribed to Alphonse DAUDET)
Modernités - Exemplaire d'Alphonse Daudet
Giraud et Cie|Paris 1885|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition bearing a fictitious mention of a second edition.
Bradel binding in half spinach-green percaline, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral tool, double fillet and date at foot, red morocco title-piece, wrappers preserved, contemporary binding signed by Paul Vié.
Precious and handsome autograph presentation signed by Jean Lorrain to Alphonse Daudet: "...qui ne les lira pas au grand regret de l'auteur ces quelques mauvais vers à intentions modernes, hommage inutile et désespéré..."
Stamp of the Daudet library on the first endpaper.
A very fine copy, handsomely preserved in a discreet binding by Paul Vié.
€1,800
Abbé REYRE
L'Ecole des jeunes demoiselles ou Lettres d'une mère vertueuse à sa fille.
Chez Varin|Paris 1786|10 x 16 cm|deux volumes reliés
New edition.
Contemporary full speckled blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with blonde and black morocco title and volume labels, with gilt compartments and fleurons. All edges red. Head joint cracked on the second volume. Headcaps rubbed. Surface wear. One half-title leaf probably lacking. A small wormhole affecting the first leaves of the second volume. A work of pedagogy and morality consisting in the education of young girls.
€100
Robert BRASILLACH, Maurice BARDÈCHE
Histoire du cinéma[History of Cinema]
Denoël|Paris 1943|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
The definitive edition, first in parts, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches paper, the only large paper copies.
Illustrated.
One small insignificant lack to foot of spine, a few small wormholes principally to endpapers, two tiny marginal tears without lack to lower cover, internally good.
Rare.
€1,000
Jules & Ethel ROSENBERG
Lettres de la maison et de la mort
Gallimard|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition in French, published the same year as the first edition.
A good copy.
€30
Pierre KLOSSOWSKI
Sade mon prochain
Seuil|Paris 1947|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on vélin aravis, the only large paper copies.
A rare and good copy.
€450
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Tout Céline, 2
Bibliothèque de l'Université Paris 7|Paris 1983|18 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed to 500 numbered copies.
A very good copy.
€120
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Cahiers Céline 5 : lettres à des amies
Gallimard|Paris 1979|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.
€50
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Cahiers Céline 2 : Céline et l'actualité littéraire 1957-1961
Gallimard|Paris 1976|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Spine slightly faded, a good copy.
€50
Louis PERGAUD
La revanche du corbeau, nouvelle histoire de bêtes[The Raven’s Revenge, A New Animal Tale]
Mercure de France|Paris 1911|15.50 x 20 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
First edition, one of 19 numbered copies on Hollande, the only deluxe paper issue.
A fine copy with full margins.
€1,800
PONSINET DE SIVRY
Traité de la politique privée, tiré de Tacite et de divers auteurs
Chez Marc Michel Rey|à Amsterdam 1768|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons. Red morocco title-label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Rubbing to headcaps, joints, edges and corners. 2 corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
Treatise on the courtier, and the manner of conducting oneself with princes.

Fragility of the courtier's position and utility of diplomacy.
€250
Filippo Tommaso MARINETTI
Les dieux s'en vont d'Annunzio resteThe Gods Are Leaving, D'Annunzio Remains
Sansot|Paris 1906|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
MARINETTI Filippo Tommaso
Les Dieux s'en vont d'Annunzio reste [The Gods Are Leaving, D'Annunzio Remains]
Sansot, Paris 1906, 11,5 x 19 cm, contemporary half red morocco
First edition in French, for which there is no mention of grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Contemporary half ed morocco over marbled paper boards by Stroobants, spine in six compartments decorated with gilt spots and double gilt compartments with gilt typographic devices (slight insignificant rubbing to three bands), gilt fillet frame to boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription from Filippo-Tommaso Marinetti in
€1,200
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Mesure de la France[Measure of France]
Grasset|Paris 1922|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil, the deluxe issue after 30 on "papier vert lumière."
Spine and boards with marginal sunning, as often, otherwise a clean and well-preserved copy.
Inscribed by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to the Dadaist and Surrealist writer Paul Chadourne, whom he met through his wife Colette Jéramec.
€600
Louis-Julien de ROCHEMOND
Mémoires d'un vieillard de vingt-cinq ans
Auguste Brancart|Amsterdam 1886|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, printed in 500 copies on laid paper, and reprinted from the very rare Hamburg edition of 1809.
Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spines, green shagreen title-labels, original wrappers preserved with lacks at feet.
Work illustrated with 2 engraved frontispieces.
Endpapers toned, otherwise handsome copy.
€120
DU LAURENS ABBÉ
L'Arétin moderne
Bibliothèque des Curieux|Paris 1920|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
New edition, conforming to the first edition published in 1763, one of 10 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine, hazelnut shagreen title-label with minor marginal scratches, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author.
Introduction and bibliography by Radeville and Deschamps.
€120
CABANES DR, Honoré de BALZAC
Balzac ignoré
A. Charles|Paris 1899|20.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition.
Half fir green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
One small harmless tear without loss at head of first endpaper.
€70
Francisque SARCEY
Journal de jeunesse de Francisque Sarcey (1839-1857) recueilli et annoté par Adolphe Brisson et suivi d'un choix de chroniques (fagots, notes de la semaine, grains de bon sens)
Bibliothèque des Annales|Paris s. d. [circa 1900]|12 x 19.50 cm|relié
The first edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half mouse-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, marbled paper boards, pink paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Vermorel.
Work illustrated with a photographic frontispiece.
Preface by Octave Gréard.
Handsome copy.
€60
REYBAZ
Le 1er mystérieux. Souvenirs de guerre d'un légionnaire suisse
André Barry|Paris 1932|21.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on tinted Arches paper, deluxe copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Reybaz.
Work illustrated with 33 original compositions by Hautot and a frontispiece reproducing "Le légionnaire" by Steinlen.
Spine slightly faded, some minor foxing affecting mainly the endpapers, as well as the half-title and title pages.
Rare.
€300
ANONYME
Les dessous de la pudibonderie anglaise
Librairie des bibliophiles|Paris 1900|12.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Illustrated cover by Brecht.
Preface by Hector France.
A good copy.
€60
Joséphin PÉLADAN
Histoire et légende de Marion de Lorme
La Connaissance|Paris 1927|14.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Rives, deluxe copy.
Full havana shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, small and light marginal stains on the front cover, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome copy.
€150
Léon BLOY (inscribed to Georges ROUAULT)
Vie de Mélanie bergère de la Salette écrite par elle-même en 1900 - Son enfance (1831-1846)[Life of Mélanie, Shepherdess of La Salette, Written by Herself in 1900 – Her Childhood (1831–1846)]
Mercure de France|Paris 1912|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition
Handsome autograph insciption from Léon Bloy to the painter Georges Rouault: "Rien pour son art - Il n'y a pas de caricature".
Spine reinforced with some filled in lacks, a tear repaired to the half title page,the one with the inscription.
This copy has a chemise an slipcase of full black morocco over marbled paper boards, lined with sheep.

Rouault fait la connaissance de Léon Bloy en 1904 par l'intermédiaire d'une de ses oeuvres: « On m'apprend que le peintre Georges Rouault, élève de Gustave Moreau, s'est passionné pour moi. Ayant trouvé chez son maître "La Femme pauvre"..., ce livre l'a mordu au coeur, blessé incurablement » (Journa
€3,500
Marguerite YOURCENAR
Présentation critique d'Hortense Flexner suivie d'un choix de poèmes[Critical introduction by Hortense Flexner, followed by a selection of poems]
Gallimard|Paris 1969|18 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pur fil, tirage de tête.
A very good copy.
€750
Marcel PRÉVOST
Moralités féminines & françaises
E. Sansot & Cie|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|9.50 x 17 cm|broché
First edition, one of 12 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
A small tear and light worming to spine, gift inscription from a previous owner, two tiny corner creases at foot of boards, an interior repair using an adhesive piece to verso and at foot of front board.
€50
André GIDE
Deux interviews imaginaires suivies de Feuillets
Charlot|Paris 1946|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 Lana and 100 hors commerce.
Half burgundy morocco binding with bands, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, light superficial scuffs to joints without significance, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré-effect paper, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by Bellevallée.
Handsome copy expertly bound.
€150
Léon BLOY
L'âme de Napoléon[The Soul of Napoleon]
Mercure de France|Paris 1912|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a first issue copy numbered in the press; there were only 3 large paper copies on Japan and 27 on Hollande paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Léon Bloy to a close friend "...ce livre d'un vieux pauvre pour agrandir les coeurs […this book from a poor old man to make hearts a little bigger]."
One small insignificant stain to head of upper cover, a very good copy.
€1,200
Charles-Augustin SAINTE-BEUVE
La Bruyère et La Rochefoucauld - Mme de Lafayette et Mme de Longueville
Imprimerie H. Fournier et Cie|Paris 1842|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition with some parts in first edition, not offered for sale.
Small restoration to foot of spine otherwise handsome copy as issued, bookplate pasted in.
Rare work according to most bibliographers.
€300
Eugène CORNEAU, Alphonse de LAMARTINE
Entretiens XV du cours familier de littérature
Aux dépens de l'artiste|Paris 1948|25.50 x 33.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
Illustrated with original etchings by Eugène Corneau, and printed in 210 copies on pure Lana laid paper, ours being one of 20 numbered copies including a suite in black, deluxe copies after 10 other Lana copies.
Our copy is complete with its suite in black at rear.
Worming to the chemise as well as to the very first pages of the work, otherwise handsome interior condition.
€250
TIRON
Histoire et costumes des ordres religieux, civils et militaires
A la librairie artistique|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1845|17.50 x 26 cm|relié
Stated the second edition (but we have been unable to locate a previous edition, though it's possible it was published in one volume in the same year), considerably enlarged. The illustrations include an appliqué frontispiece portrait on China paper and 116 color plates of costumes (hand-painted and laid down).
Half red shagreen, spine decorated with compartments, fillets to covers, spines uniformly sunned. Corners bumped. Rubbing. Faint spotting to silk-paper guards of first volume and occasionally to margins near silk paper guards, but overall a very fresh copy.
A handsome work covering more than 80 religious and lay orders. Special pagination for the military-religious orders. F
€1,200
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer ARGENS
Mémoires du Comte de Vaxère ou le faux rabin, par l'auteur des Lettres juives
S. n.|Amsterdam 1737|7.50 x 12.50 cm|relié
First edition, rare. A frontispiece depicting Isaac Meïo as frontispiece by the author, as well as a figure created by the same. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full glazed calf binding. Spine with four raised bands decorated with a red morocco title-label. All edges speckled. Headcaps worn, joints cracked and corners slightly bumped. Some faint dampstains and a small tear at the bottom of page 15.
A worthy representative of the Age of Enlightenment, Boyer d'Argens is a philosophical writer, skeptic and pamphleteer; his series of critical and epistolary books, in the manner of the Persian Letters (Jewish Letters, Chinese Letters, Cabalistic Letters) made him famous. In th
€400
Jean-Baptiste MASSILLON
Petit carême
L. Tenré|Paris 1820|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
New edition.
Full glazed caramel calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt tools, fillets and stamps, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt rolls on the headcaps, covers framed with a gilt fillet and blind tooled dentelle, gilt edges on the cuts, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Handsome copy in an attractive contemporary binding.
€80
MASCARON, Louis BOURDALOUE
Oraisons funèbres
Ménard & Desenne|Paris 1818|8.50 x 14 cm|relié
New edition.
Full glazed caramel calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt tools, fillets and stamps, gilt friezes at head and foot, gilt rolls on the headcaps, covers framed with a gilt fillet and blind tooled dentelle, gilt edges on the cuts, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some minor foxing.
Handsome copy in an attractive contemporary binding.
€80
Victor HUGO, Stéphane MALLARMÉ
Le tombeau de Théophile Gautier[The Tomb of Théophile Gautier]
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1873|19.50 x 27 cm|relié
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Whatman paper initialled by the publisher, deluxe issue.
Half chocolate morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, hand-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original delicate parchment wrappers preserved (with discreet and skillful restorations), gilt edges, binding signed Goy & Vilaine.
Contributions by Victor Hugo, Stéphane Mallarmé, Charles Cros, Frédéric Mistral, Paul Arène, Théodore de Banville, Léon Cladel, Jules Claretie, François Coppée, Léon Dierx, Anatole France, Albert Glatigny, José-Maria de Heredia, Arsène Houssaye, Jules Janin, Charles Leconte de Lisle, Catulle Mendès, A
€1,500
H DELAVEAU
La littérature et la vie militaire en Russie
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des deux mondes.
In sheets, under chemise.
€40
Émile MONTÉGUT
Le roman populaire et le role du romanesque en Amérique
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
In sheets, under chemise.
€40
L. ETIENNE
Les poètes des pauvres en Angleterre
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extract from the Revue des deux mondes.
In sheets, under chemise.
€30
Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY
Memoranda
E. Rouveyre & G. Blond|Paris 1883|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
New edition, with some parts in first edition, printed in a small number of copies on laid paper.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt cartouche ornamented with gilt and blind typographical motifs, dark green shagreen title-label, headcaps worn, joints rubbed, gilt fillet on moiré paper boards, moiré paper endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to verso of front board, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Preface by Paul Bourget.
Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Abot as an etching.
€120
Jean-Baptiste-Louis GRESSET
Oeuvres choisies précédées d'un essai sur sa vie et ses écrits par M. Compenon
Janet & Cotelle|Paris 1823|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
First collected edition.
Contemporary half tawny calf binding, lightened spine with four raised bands set with gilt friezes decorated with stippling and blind typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, black title label and author's name showing traces of rubbing and partially faded, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with an engraved frontispiece.
Scattered foxing.
€80
Pierre-Louis GINGUENÉ
Histoire littéraire d'Italie
L.-G. Michaud|Paris 1824-1835|13 x 21 cm|14 volumes reliés
Second edition revised and corrected from the manuscripts and expanded with a historical notice by M. Daunou.
Half mint green cloth bindings, smooth spines decorated with blind fillets, gilt "société de lecture" lettering at foot of spines, some headcaps very lightly rubbed without consequence, a tear at head of upper headcap of volume 10, marbled paper boards, some boards with minor surface abrasions, some tears to certain leading edges.
Work illustrated with a portrait of the author as frontispiece to the first volume.
Printed library stamps on title pages.
Very rare set that is difficult to find complete due to the fact that the stock of the last five volumes disappear
€380
(Paul VERLAINE) Pierre PETITFILS
Album Verlaine
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1981|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Richly illustrated.
A very good copy retaining its dust jacket and its plastic wrappers.
€100
Charles NODIER
Trésor des fèves et fleur des pois. Le génie bonhomme. Histoire du chien de Brisquet. Vignettes de Tony Johannot.
Hetzel|Paris 1844|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First separate edition.
Half lemon yellow shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with arabesques and gilt floral tooling, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, contemporary binding.
Numerous engraved illustrations in the text by Tony Johannot, preface by P.-J. Stahl.
From the collection of the Nouveau Magazine des Enfants.*
A handsome copy in a charming Romantic binding.
€250
Jules TASCHEREAU (MOLIÈRE)
Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de Molière[The Life and Works of Molière]
Ponthieu|Paris 1825|13 x 21.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary full bronze calf, spine with four raised bands lavishly decorated in gilt with fillets and dentelles and with blind-stamped tools in the compartments, sides with large blind-stamped panels composed of an elaborate frame of dentelles and fillets, four corner rosettes, and a central lozenge-shaped cartouche ornamented with gilt arabesques and rosettes, corners bumped, gilt rolls to the edges and turn-ins, gilt dentelle border to the pastedowns, a few scuffs, all edges gilt, strictly contemporary binding, signed Martin.
Our copy is complete with the frontispiece and the facsimile of the signatures of Molière and his daughter.
Some foxing.
A handsome
€300
Miguel de CERVANTES
Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduction de Filleau de Saint-Martin ; avec un essai sur la vie et les ouvrages de Cervantès par M. Auger
Delongchamps|Paris 1825|12.50 x 20.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
New edition of the French translation established by Filleau de Saint-Martin.
Half navy glazed calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with central floral motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, traces of rubbing on spines, spine of the sixth volume with a marginal lack of leather, red morocco work title, olive morocco volume labels, upper headcaps rubbed, marbled paper boards bordered with a blind floral frieze, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped, marbled edges, slightly later Romantic bindings.
Work illustrated, as frontispieces to the 6 volumes, with a portrait of Miguel de Cervantes engraved by Lefèvre after Devéria, as well as 5 other engravings after
€450
Nicolas CLENARD
Institutiones ac meditationes in graecam liguam
Apud Iannem Houze|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1581|16.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
New edition, after the original published in 1530. Printer's device on the title page. The same edition also appeared from Le Bé's press on the same date, and many times in the 16th century. A second title page bears the title: Meditationes graecanicae in artem grammaticam (p.273).
Full blonde calf binding from the 17th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with a pattern of fleur-de-lys in each compartment. Boards decorated with a pattern of fleur-de-lys and rich decorative gilt board-edges with the inscription in gilt letters on the upper board: Academie d'arras. Edges gilt. Tail headcap torn off. Lower joint split at tail. One corner cut. Missing marbled endpaper pasted to the f
€1,200
(Gérard de NERVAL) COLLECTIF
Album Nerval
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1993|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Richly illustrated.
A very good copy complete with plastic wrappers.
€80
(Jean-Paul SARTRE) Annie COHEN-SOLAL
Album Sartre
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1991|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Richly illustrated.
A very good copy complete with plastic wrappers.
€80
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU
Histoire de vie et des ouvrages de J.-J. Rousseau
J.L.J. Brière • Blanchard • Béchet aîné|Paris 1822|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded with unpublished letters to madame d'Houdetot.
Half green sheep bindings with small corners, spine slightly faded with four fine raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind typographic motifs, marine sheep title and volume labels, mint cardboard boards with some light surface wear, some corners slightly bumped, marbled edges, Romantic bindings.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
€200
DU DEFFAND
Lettres de la marquise du Deffand à Horace Walpole écrites dans les années 1766 à 1780, auxquelles sont jointes des lettres de madame du Deffand à Voltaire écrite dans les années 1759 à 1775
Firmin-Didot frères|Paris 1864|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes reliés
New edition, with some parts in first edition, as revised and completed from the original London edition of 1810.
Half chocolate shagreen bindings, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing.
€80
Alfred de MUSSET
Mélanges de littérature et de critique
Charpentier|Paris 1867|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half hazel shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with dotted and cold fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some minor foxing.
Handsome copy.
€40
Jules ROMAINS
Lettres à un ami, deuxième série
Flammarion|Paris 1965|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Light marginal foxing to covers, complete with publisher's slip.
€40
Ernest RENAN
Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse
Calmann-Lévy|Paris s. d. [1909]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half hazel shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, binding signed by Bonleu.
Handsome copy, beautifully executed.
€50
Maurice COURTOIS-SUFFIT
Jules Romains, esquisse avec quatre pages de Jules Romains
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1927|13 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition printed in 206 copies, ours one of the numbered copies on Arches paper.
Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with 6 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt collection letter and number at head and foot, pastedowns lined with burgundy box calf and morocco frame, endpapers lined with burgundy box calf, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, binding signed Charles Benoit.
Fine copy perfectly executed.
€70
Robert de FLERS
Deux hommages Ronsard Henry Becque
Les Amis d'Edouard|Paris 1924|12.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 244 numbered copies on Arches, the only printing with 6 copies on Japan paper.
Full burgundy morocco binding, spine with 6 raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, gilt letter and collection number at head and foot, turn-ins lined with burgundy box calf and morocco framing, endpapers lined with burgundy box calf, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, binding signed Charles Benoit.
Fine copy perfectly executed.
€80
Jules CLARETIE
Pétrus Borel le lycanthrope : sa vie. - ses écrits. - sa correspondance. - poésie et documents inédits
René Pincebourde|Paris 1865|12.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition published in a small number of copies, ours on laid paper.
Bradel binding in full brown boards, smooth spine, date in gilt at foot.
Work illustrated with a portrait of P. Borel as frontispiece etched by Ulm.
Handsome copy.
€150
Gonzague TRUC
Les raisons perpétuelles de croire (apologétique d'un incroyant)
Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.

Inscribed by Gonzague Truc.

Some light foxing mainly at the beginning and end of the volume, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Henri de RÉGNIER
Histoires incertaines
Mercure de France|Paris 1919|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 470 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies with 59 on China paper.
Bradel binding in full fir green morocco, smooth spine, date at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, gilt corner stamps on leading edges, frames of quintuple gilt fillets and fir green morocco on endpapers, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Creuzevault.
€380
Maxime GORKI
Souvenirs de ma vie littéraire
Simon Kra|Paris 1923|13 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition in French, one of the Service de Presse copies.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth, faded spine with stains in the middle, hazelnut shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Inscribed by the translator Michel Dumesnil de Gramont to Lucien Descaves.
€60
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Lettres de prison à Lucette Destouches et maître Mikkelsen 1945-1947
Gallimard|Paris 1998|17.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 111 numbered copies on chiffon de Lana, the only large paper copies.
A fine copy.
€1,800
Charles-Marie LECONTE DE LISLE
Sophocle
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris s. d.|15.50 x 24 cm|relié
Second edition of the French translation of Sophocles' tragedies established by Leconte de Lisle.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands showing traces of rubbing, a small tear to the upper headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy almost entirely free from foxing.
€60
SAINT-MARC GIRARDIN, Philarète CHASLES
Tableau de la littérature française au XVIème siècle
Firmin Didot|Paris 1829|13 x 21 cm|relié
First edition.
Half fir green shagreen binding, spine faded with four raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments showing traces of rubbing, slight lack to lower headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted at head of one endpaper.
Foxing.
Rare.
€100
[GODAR D'AUCOURT]
Thémidore ou Mon histoire et celle de ma Maîtresse
Henry Kistemaeckers|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1882|22.50 x 14.50 cm|relié
New edition printed from Cazin's 1781 edition.
Bradel binding in half midnight blue cloth, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, green morocco title-label, some surface wear and stains on boards, endpapers foxed. Work illustrated on the title page with an engraving by A. M. Lynen, as well as tailpieces and an initial letter.
This work was condemned on May 19, 1815 and November 16, 1816; it contains the story of President Dubois, a non-conformist, which led the bookseller Merigot to the Bastille.
€250
Rabîndranâth TAGORE
Le vagabond et autres histoires
Gallimard|Paris 1962|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 47 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded as is often the case, otherwise a handsome copy.
€80
Gustave-Paul CLUSERET
Mémoires du Général Cluseret (le 2ème siège de Paris)
Jules Lévy|Paris 1887|12 x 19 cm|2 volumes brochés
First editions of the first two volumes of this trilogy. Spines faded, front cover of first volume and first leaf loose with angular loss at foot, small marginal loss at head of back cover of second volume, handsome interior condition for each volume.
€100
Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU
Lettres d'amour de Mirabeau précédées d'une étude sur Mirabeau par Mario Proth
Dentu|Paris 1861|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition of Mario Proth's study.
Half dark green sheep binding, spine with four raised bands set with cold fillets and showing traces of rubbing, green paper boards with scratches, modest contemporary binding.
Illustrated work, with a frontispiece portrait of Sophie Monnier. Some foxing, an ink stain affecting the top of the last 80 pages.
Working copy.
€30
Étienne BARBAZAN
L'ordene de chevalerie, avec une dissertation sur l'origine de la langue françoise. Un essai sur les étimologies. Quelques contes anciens. Et un glossaire pour en faciliter l'intelligence
Chez Chaubert • Claude Herissant|Lauzanne [Lausanne] • (Lausanne) • & se trouve à Paris 1759|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
First edition. Uncommon.
Half glacé calf with corners, 19th century, signed Petit succ de Simier. Raised spine decorated in compartments. Fillets on covers.
Etienne Barbazan (1694-1770) was a philologist specializing in medieval manuscripts, notably contributing to bringing forgotten texts back to memory and rehabilitating the Middle Ages in the field of research. L'ordene de chevalerie is a 13th-century text on the rules and ceremonies of chivalry, of which Barbazan would have had a manuscript in his hands. The work contains other 13th-century texts and a glossary.
€300
(Paul CLAUDEL) Pierre CLAUDEL
Paul Claudel
Bloud & Gay|Paris 1965|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Author's inscription.
Iconography.
A small marginal crease mark to foot of front cover.
€20
(Léopold Sédar SENGHOR) Geneviève LEBAUD
Léopold Sédar Senghor ou la poésie du royaume de l'enfance
Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines|Dakar • & Abidjan 1976|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor with an additional fine inscription by Geneviève Lebaud.
Some reading marks in black ink in the text, photographic cover.
€200
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Récit secret suivi de Journal (1944-1945) et d'Exorde
Gallimard|Paris 1961|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 57 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise a good copy.
€280
(Blaise CENDRARS) Michel MANOLL
Blaise Cendrars vous parle...
Denoël|Paris 1952|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure laid Johannot paper, the only deluxe copies with 5 Renage.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of B. Cendrars.
Light sunning to the top of the justification page and its verso, handsome copy.
€280
Albert T'SERSTEVENS
Supplément au livre III, chapitre II des Essais de Montaigne : Presbion ou de la vieillesse
Editions du Trianon|Paris 1928|11.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Work illustrated with 4 etchings by J. Boullaire.
Handsome copy.
€40
[Victor CHERBULIEZ] G VALBERT
Le Journal de Walter Scott
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1892|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.
€40
Marcel SCHWOB
François Villon, d'après des documents nouveaux.
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1892|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.
€70
Ferdinand BRUNETIÈRE
Etudes sur le XVIIe siècle. VI. La critique de Bayle.
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1892|15 x 25 cm|agrafé
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des Deux Mondes.
Rare.
In plain wrappers.
€35
(Charles MAURRAS) René BENJAMIN
Charles Maurras ce fils de la mer
Plon|Paris 1932|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine sunned, minor tears at head and foot of joints.
€30
Paul ROUSSET
Histoire de Pi, un drôle de numéro
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1962|21 x 27 cm|broché
First edition printed in 200 hors commerce copies.
Signed by the author, with a manuscript correction by the author regarding his address on the back cover.
Work illustrated with 12 humorous drawings by the author.
A rare and handsome copy.
€80
Elena RICCOBONI
Lettres De Milady Juliette Catesby, A Milady Henriette Camply, Son Amie
S. n.|à Amsterdam 1761|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
Second edition, ostensibly published by the same publisher as the first in 1759, with the same collation. Novel published anonymously and purported to be translated from English (it would later be translated by Frances Brooke, with whom the author was acquainted).
Contemporary marbled sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. One corner bumped and worn. Rubbing.
Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni (1713-1792) was, after being a mediocre actress by necessity, a novelist highly appreciated in her time, to such an extent that her peers refused to acknowledge that the author was a woman. Her first novel was an immediate success and the following ones were even bett
€250
Antonin ARTAUD
Le pèse-nerfs suivi des Fragments d'un journal en enfer
Les cahiers du sud|Marseille 1927|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition dans le commerce, one of 32 numbered copies on vélin, the tirage de tête with 21 Hollande.
A rare and good copy.
€600
René DAUMAL
Lettres à ses amis, 1[Letters to His Friends, 1]
Gallimard|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.
Illustrated.
A fine copy.
€450
Caroline PICHLER
Agathocles, ou lettres écrites de Rome et de Grèce, au commencement du quatrième siècle
Chez Blanchard • et Eymery|Paris 1812|10 x 17.50 cm|quatre volumes reliés
First French edition, translated by Isabelle de Montolieu. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Le Cerf. The half-title of volume 1 is normally replaced by two catalogue leaves.
Contemporary full speckled calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with two Grotesque compartments, urn tools and multiple fillets. Red title label and black volume labels. Charming, decorative set. Some surface wear, small lack to one headcap.
Caroline Pichler was born in Vienna in 1769. She was very early classified among child prodigies, and her first novel appeared in 1799, but it was with Agathocles (1808) that she quickly achieved success and was translated throughout Europe. Here is what can be found in
€400
Camille ROY MGR, Mgr VILLENEUVE
Manuel d'histoire de la littérature canadienne de langue française. - Le fait français en Amérique
Lib. Beauchemin • Lib. de l'Action catholique|Montréal [Montreal] • & Québec [Quebec] 1939-1938|13 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition for the first volume, first edition for the second.
Publisher's full brown cloth binding, smooth unlettered spine, title and author's name gilt-stamped on front board. At the beginning of our copy has been tipped in the second volume, text of a lecture given by the author in Boston in 1938, expanded with 3 original photographs with manuscript annotations by the work's previous owner.
Furthermore, tipped in at the end, our copy is expanded with an autograph letter from Cardinal Villeneuve to his correspondent regarding the true birthplace of Christopher Columbus (Calvi instead of Genoa).
Unique ensemble.
€100
Hyacinthe Joseph Alexandre Thabaud de LATOUCHE
La reine d'espagne. - Souvenirs et fantaisies
Alphonse Levavasseur|Paris 1831-1833|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 volumes reliés en 1
First edition of each volume.
Half olive calf binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, red morocco title label, marbled paper boards, light rubbing to joints, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some foxing.
€250
CAILLOT DUVAL
Les mystifications de Caillot-Duval. Choix de ses lettres les plus amusantes avec les réponses de ses victimes. Nouvelle édition complètement remaniée par Lorédan Larchey
H. Daragon|Paris 1901|12 x 19.50 cm|Relié
First edition. One of 350 copies on Alfa-Vergé paper, after 25 deluxe copies. Original wrappers preserved.
Half marbled red calf. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets on the bands. Rubbing to headcap. The front cover is detached.
Good copy.

NB: This work is available at the bookstore upon request within 48 hours.
€130
Stephen HUDSON
Une histoire vraie, tome 1 seul
Gallimard|Paris 1935|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation established by E. Boudot-Lamotte, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Fine inscription from the translator.
Spine slightly sunned with two small tears at head and foot.
€20
Walter SCOTT
Beautés de Walter Scott. Portraits des principales héroïnes de ses romans. Peints et gravés par les meilleurs artistes anglais
Aubert & Cie|Paris S. d. [ca 1840]|17 x 24 cm|Un Vol. relié
First edition. Illustrated with 36 steel engravings by Herbert, Drummond, Hayter, engraved by Cook, Stoddart... Each engraving is protected by a tissue guard.
English publisher's binding. Full midnight blue shagreen. Smooth spine richly decorated. Boards decorated with a broad frieze and corner ornaments, as well as a central design within which stands a lion passant. A tear to the upper joint at the headcap. Very good condition, some very occasional scattered foxing. Joints lightly rubbed, with a slight tear to the lower joint. Very handsome English binding, refined and richly decorated.
€280
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX, François de MALHERBE
Oeuvres complètes de Boileau-Despréaux précédées des oeuvres de Malherbe suivies des oeuvres poétiques de J.B. Rousseau
Firmin Didot frères|Paris 1837|17.50 x 27.50 cm|relié
Collected edition.
Bradel binding in full dark brown cardboard, smooth spine faded with traces of rubbing and some losses, hazel shagreen title-label with Malherbe's name in gilt, corners slightly bumped.
With an engraved portrait of Boileau as frontispiece.
Printed in two columns.
Copy almost entirely free from foxing.
€120
Charles SOREL, Nicolas de MOULINET
La vraye histoire comique de Francion. Composée par Nicolas de Moulinet, Sieur du Parc, gentilhomme lorrain. Soigneusement reveüe & corrigée par Nathanaël Duëz, Maistre es langues
Chez les Hackes|A Leyde [Leiden] • et Rotterdam 1668|8 x 13 cm|deux volumes reliés
New edition, after the original of 1623. This edition is illustrated with 2 charming frontispieces and 11 unsigned figures. Each of the figures has an upper and lower part, as if they were two vignettes. All illustrations have beautiful contrast and have been perfectly printed. This edition of the Hackes is part of the Elsevier collection. "The most beautiful and most sought-after edition". Brunet III, 1931.
Full fawn morocco binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with date at foot. Blind-ruled frieze border on boards and double fillet border. Decorative gilt board-edges. Edges gilt. Handsome copy, in excellent interior and exterior condition. Unsigned master binding.
The attri
€700
Yves-Gérard LE DANTEC
L'or des souvenirs 1917-1922
Les Gémeaux|Paris 1922|14.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, only 12 copies printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Inscribed by the author, the dedicatee's name has been erased.
€30
Joseph MERY, Sébastien BERTEAUT
Méry. Souvenirs d'un vieux marseillais
Typ. & Lith. Cayer & Cie|Marseille 1873|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine cracked, two small corner lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.
€40
Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois de Villette de Murçay, Comtesse de CAYLUS, Charles ASSELINEAU
Souvenirs
Jules Techener|Paris 1890|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
New edition, with some parts in first edition, with introduction and notes by Charles Asselineau.
Half chocolate morocco shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding signed by Petit successeur de Simier.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 steel plates.
Light marginal foxing affecting mainly the engravings.
€180