Memoirs, Biographies and Essays

(VOLTAIRE) Jacques VAN DEN HEUVEL
Album Voltaire
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1983|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket, cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
€100
(COLETTE) Claude PICHOIS
Album Colette
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with dust jacket, acetate wrapper and slipcase.
€100
((Jacques PRÉVERT)) André HEINRICH
Album Prévert
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1992|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Richly illustrated.
Fine copy complete with its protective wrapper and slipcase.
€80
Sarane ALEXANDRIAN
L'aventure en soi - Autobiographie
Mercure de France|Paris 1990|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Sarane Alexandrian to art critic Dominique Paulvé.

€80
Georges PEREC
Un cabinet d'amateur[A collector's cabinet]
Balland|Paris 1979|13 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Perec to the pataphysician Gilbert Lascault, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski: "A Gilbert Lascaux (sic) ce trompe l'oeil".
€800
Bernard FRANK
Vingt ans avant - Chroniques du Matin de Paris
Grasset|Paris 2002|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Coffee stains on the spine, covers, an endpaper and the edges.
Curious and fine signed autograph inscription from Bernard Frank to one of his close female friends named Micheline: "A Micheline, vingt ans avant on s'aimait déjà chût ! pas un mot à Monique son éternel amant Bernard le 25/6/2.002" ["To Micheline, twenty years ago we already loved each other shush! not a word to Monique her eternal lover Bernard 25/6/2.002"]
€80
Albert LONDRES
Marseille porte du sud[Marseille, Gateway to the South]
Les Editions de France|Paris 1927|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe copy.
Three minor tears of no consequence at the foot of the first cover.
A handsome full-margined copy.
In 1926, Albert Londres, who had already traveled to numerous countries in his capacity as a reporter, settled in the Phocaean city. Marseille porte du Sud, an account comprised of twelve articles, is a true documentary and above all a tribute to this cosmopolitan city.
€1,500
(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.
Publisher's brown grained sheepskin binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper.
€50
Jean RASPAIL
Les royaumes de Borée[The Kingdoms of Borea]
Albin Michel|Paris 2003|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on vélin chiffon du marais, the most limited deluxe paper before 30 on Holland paper.
A very fine and rare copy.
€1,200
Jean GIONO
Le Désastre de Pavie - 24 Février 1525[The Disaster of Pavia – 24 February 1525]
Gallimard|Paris 1963|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on Holland paper, the tirage de tête.
Two slight sunning marks at head and foot of the spine.
A fine and rare copy.
€3,000
André MALRAUX (Léopold Sédar SENGHOR)
Hôtes de passage
Gallimard|Paris 1975|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on holland paper, deluxe copy.
Very handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by André Malraux to his friends Minka and Karl-Hans [Strauss] enhanced with two small drawings in red and blue ink representing cats.
Minka, a Rothschild descendant, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the elderly writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this youthful passion that inspired his first work...
€2,500
Edgar FAURE
Mémoires - Tome I : Avoir toujours raison... c'est un grand tort - Tome II : Si tel doit être mon destin ce soir... Complet en 2 volumes
Plon|Paris 1983-1984|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes brochés
Later edition published a few months after the original for the first volume, first edition for the second.
Handsome set for which no deluxe copies were printed, with press clippings included.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Edgar Faure to Pierre Troillard on each volume.
€200
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne LA FAYETTE, Claudine-Alexandrine Guérin TENCIN
Oeuvres complètes de mesdames de La Fayette, de Tencin et de Fontaines avec des notices historiques et littéraires par M. Auger
Madame veuve Lepetit|Paris 1820|13 x 20.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
New edition illustrated with a frontispiece engraving in each volume.
Bindings in half bottle-green Russia morocco, spines with five fine raised bands decorated with typographical motifs and gilt friezes showing slight rubbing, apple-green cardboard boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Foxing, two spines faded.
€250
Michel LEIRIS, Julien BENDA
Miroir de la tauromachie - In La Nrf N°302 du 1er Novembre 1938
Nrf|Paris 1er Novembre 1938|14.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the few numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Other contributions by Julien Benda "Les démocraties devant l'Allemagne", Jean Giraudoux "Choix des élues (Partie I)", Armand Petitjean "Prière pour les copains", Jean Schlumberger "Contre l'humiliation", Marcel Arland, Jean Grenier...
Spine and covers marginally sunned, first page and rear endpaper darkened.
€150
Joseph CONRAD
Des souvenirs
Nrf|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 792 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 108 reimposed.
Fine copy.
€80
(André GIDE) COLLECTIF
Album Gide
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1985|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper but lacking its soft case and dust jacket.
€60
(Julien GREEN) COLLECTIF
Album Green
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1998|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper but lacking its slipcase.
€50
André GIDE
Journal 1939-1949 - Souvenirs
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1954|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition from the Pléiade library printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, lacking slipcase and dust jacket.
€30
André GIDE
Journal 1889-1939
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1970|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper but lacking its dust jacket and soft slipcase.
€30
Elsa TRIOLET
L'histoire d'Anton Tchekhov - Sa vie, son oeuvre
Les Editeurs Français Réunis|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
A right-angle lack to the front cover, a tear at the foot of the front cover.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Elsa Triolet: "A Rita et à Vercors, un début de voyage... Elsa." ["To Rita and to Vercors, a beginning of a journey... Elsa."]

€180
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Essais
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1963|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Pléiade library edition printed on India paper.
Publisher's binding in full grained brown sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, but lacking its dust jacket and slipcase.
€30
George SAND
Oeuvres autobiographiques
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1970-1971|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
New edition.
Publisher's full green grained sheep bindings, blue top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine copies complete with their protective wrappers but lacking their slipcases and dust jackets.
€70
Jacques CASANOVA
Mémoires volumes I, II & III - Complet en trois volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1958-1970 -1960|10.50 x 17.50 cm|3 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full blue grained sheep bindings, blue top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set retaining protective wraps but lacking dust jackets and slipcases.
€100
COLETTE
Lettres à Hélène Picard
Flammarion|Paris 1958|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 275 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 copies on arches paper and 110 on Lana wove paper.
Illustrated.
Two very slight sunned patches at the head and foot of the spine, otherwise a pleasant copy.
€100
François René de CHATEAUBRIAND
Essai sur la littérature anglaise et considérations sur le génie des hommes, des temps et des révolutions
Furne • Charles Gosselin & Cie|Paris 1836|13.50 x 22.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition.
Half brown sheep bindings, smooth spines decorated with triple gilt fillets and gilt decorative motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers (soiled, with black ink stains, lacks or corner restorations, significant lack to the rear board of the first volume) and spine preserved, modern pastiche bindings.
Foxing, one stain at the foot of the leaves in the first half of the second volume not affecting the text.
Very rare autograph inscription signed by François René de Chateaubriand on the half-title page of the first volume to his secretary and faithful friend [Bernard Jean Erhard Desmousseaux]...
€5,000
André MALRAUX
Le Miroir des Limbes : 1- Antimémoires - 2- La Corde et la Souris
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1986|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its glassine wrapper but lacking its slipcase.
€35
Stefan ZWEIG
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Nouvelle revue critique|Paris 1945|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.

€2,300
José CABANIS
Lettres de la Forêt-Noire 1943-1998
Gallimard|Paris 1999|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by José Cabanis to Christian Giudicelli: "... mon voisin trop rare, en souvenir d'un ami disparu..." ["... my too rare neighbor, in memory of a departed friend..."]
€60
Bernard FRANK
En soixantaine - Chroniques 1961-1971
Julliard|Paris 1996|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A small fold to lower right corner of back cover, otherwise handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Autograph inscription signed by Bernard Frank to Christian Giudicelli.
€120
Nicolas BOILEAU DESPREAUX, Valentin Jean-Antoine FOULQUIER
Oeuvres poétiques de Boileau
Alfred Mame & fils|Tours 1870|18.50 x 28.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with etchings by Valentin Foulquier.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands decorated with the gilt monogram of the great bibliophile Roger de Cormenin repeated five times, some rubbing to the raised bands, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, unsigned binding.
Light dampstains to corners.
Notes by Poujoulat.
Provenance: from the library of Roger de Cormenin, son of Louis de Cormenin who was the confidant and secretary of Théophile Gautier and also the intimate friend of Gustave Flaubert.
Handsome copy attractively bound.
€120
Fernand TRIGNOL, Albert DUBOUT
Pantruche ou les mémoires d'un truand
Editions Fournier|Paris 1946|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Illustrated cover and frontispiece decorated with a drawing by Albert Dubout.
Foreword by Jean Gabin.
Spine slightly sunned, a small lack of paper on second cover, a light dampstain at lower right corner of first cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Fernand Trignol to his friend Carlo Rim.
Carlo Rim inscribed his name below the inscription and pasted a clipping from a press article in which Fernand Trignol appears as Grand Chamberlain of the court of Warsaw in the film Tarass-Boulba alongside Charles David and Carlo Rim, dialogue writer, with Jacques Natanson, of this film by Alexis...
€150
(André BRETON) Julien GRACQ
André Breton
José Corti|Paris 1948|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, only 20 Marais and 50 pur fil deluxe copies were printed.
With frontispiece portrait of André Breton by Hans Bellmer.
Two small angular lacks at head and foot of first cover, two tears with lacks at head and foot of spine, paper yellowed as usual.
€50
Oscar WILDE
Deniers essais de littérature et d'esthétique - Août 1887-1890
P.V. Stock & Cie|Paris 1913|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, on ordinary paper, of the French translation by Albert Savine.
Printed stamp at head of an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€80
Alfred WESTPHAL
Lettres inédites d'Edgar Quinet au docteur Lortet
P.V. Stock|Paris 1907|10.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition printed in a very small number of copies on laid paper, our copy bearing No. 1 and intended for Alfred Westphal's wife "... l'inspiratrice..."
Half brown morocco binding with corners, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a vertical gilt floral frieze enhanced with red mosaic morocco pieces forming petals, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed David.
Spine and first cover slightly lightened.
Letter-preface by Gabriel Monod, work illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Doctor Lortet.
Handsome copy pleasingly bound.
€100
André FRAIGNEAU, François-Martin SALVAT
Journal profane d'un solitaire
La Table Ronde|Paris 1947|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy despite light worming to the edges.
Work illustrated with an original etching by François Salvat as frontispiece.
€250
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Lettres à Marie Canavaggia 1936-1960[Letters to Marie Canavaggia 1936–1960]
Editions Du Lérot|Tusson 1995|15.50 x 23 cm|3 volumes brochés
First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on laid paper.
Iconography.
Very fine copy of this important correspondence between the author and his secretary.
€1,200
Arthur RIMBAUD, Isabelle RIMBAUD
Ebauches suivies de la correspondance entre Isabelle Rimbaud et Paterne Berrichon et de Rimbaud en orient (variantes et documents divers)
Mercure de France|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€350
Francis JAMMES, Valery LARBAUD
Lettres inédites
A.A.M. Stols|Paris • & La Haye [The Hague] 1947|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy.
Introduction and notes by G. Jean-Aubry.

€230
Ilya EHRENBOURG
Cent Lettres
Editions d'hier et d'aujourd'hui|Paris 1945|15 x 23 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 300 numbered copies on pure watermarked rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€120
Louis ALTHUSSER
Montesquieu. La Politique et l'Histoire
P.U.F.|Paris 1959|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Louis Althusser to Jean-Pierre Richard: "Pour Monsieur Richard qui fut et reste mon premier maître, cette longue dissertation... et ma très respectueuse affection." ["For Monsieur Richard who was and remains my first master, this long dissertation... and my most respectful affection."]

€680
André MALRAUX
La Tête d'Obsidienne
Gallimard|Paris 1974|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.

Iconography at rear.

Precious autograph inscription signed by André Malraux to the diplomat and great resistance fighter, faithful among the faithful of General De Gaulle, Gaston Palewski to whom this work is dedicated below the printed dedication: "C'est pour vous distraire. Vous recevrez vos exemplaires convenables la semaine prochaine" ["This is to entertain you. You will receive your proper copies next week"].

€1,500
Georges CLEMENCEAU, Octave MIRBEAU
Livre d'hommages des lettres françaises à Emile Zola
Georges Balat • Société libre d'édition des gens de lettres|Bruxelles [Brussels] • & Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition published in the wake of the resounding and historic front page "J'accuse" printed in the newspaper "L'Aurore", one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, each justified by the publisher.
Bound in red half-shagreen, spine with four raised bands gilt-ruled with dotted fillets and decorated with gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some rubbing along the joints, pleasingly fresh interior.
Illustrated with a photographic portrait of Emile Zola as frontispiece.
Includes numerous contributions, among them Paul Alexis, Jean Psichari, Elisée Reclus, Joseph Reinach, Paul Adam, Maurice Bouchor...
€700
Jean PRÉVOST
Histoire de France depuis la guerre
Editions Rieder|Paris 1932|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Rives vellum, the deluxe issue after 10 on Japan paper.
Spine sunned, small foxing on some deckled edges.
Full-margined copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Prévost to the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of André Salmon and Max Jacob.
€150
Alfred SAUVY
Les Quatre Roues de la Fortune - Essai sur l'Automobile
Flammarion|Paris 1968|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Alfred Sauvy to Hubert Beuve-Méry: "... en hommage reconnaissant pour sa grande oeuvre..." ["in grateful tribute to his great work..."]
€150
André GIDE
Journal 1942-1949
Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
Edition with most parts in first edition, one of 525 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copy after 85 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.
€70
André MALRAUX (inscribed to Maurice BLANCHOT)
Le Musée imaginaire de la Sculpture mondiale, Tome II : Des bas-reliefs aux grottes sacrées - Exemplaire de Maurice Blanchot[The Imaginary Museum of World Sculpture, Volume II: From Bas-Reliefs to Sacred Grottoes — Maurice Blanchot’s Copy]
Gallimard|Paris 1954|18 x 23.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full cream cloth binding, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Spine of dust jacket sunned and with two small stains on the back panel
Precious signed autograph inscription from André Malraux to Maurice Blanchot.
While they knew each other at the NRF, it was primarily through several major articles by Blanchot devoted to Malraux that the two men "encountered" each other. After the war, Blanchot published in Bataille's ephemeral review 'Actualité' an article on l'Espoir that allowed him "to visibly inscribe his political reversal". In 1950-51, in his double article on "Le Musée...
€1,200
Élie WIESEL
... et la Mer n'est pas remplie... Mémoires 2
Seuil|Paris 1996|15 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Elie Wiesel to Maurice de Gandillac.
€170
André GIDE
Journal 1939-1942
Gallimard|Paris 1946|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Edition with most parts in first edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on alfama paper, the only deluxe copies after 50 on pure linen paper.
Publisher's binding executed after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Fine copy despite the spine being slightly sunned as usual.
€60
André MALRAUX
Romans - Le Miroir des Limbes - Complet en deux volumes
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1976|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur sous étui cartonné
Definitive edition from the Bibliothèque de La Pléiade printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's bindings in full brown grained sheep, orange top edges, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets.
Fine complete set with its protective jackets, dust jackets and its fawn felt-covered slipcase.
€80
(André MALRAUX) Jean LESCURE
Album Malraux
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1986|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its glassine wrapper and slipcase.
€70
(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 sous étui
First edition.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its protective jacket and slipcase.
€80
André SUARÈS, Paul CLAUDEL
Correspondance 1904-1938
Gallimard|Paris 1951|13.50 x 22.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on laid paper.
Publisher's binding after Paul Bonet's original design.
Handsome copy despite a slight scratch at the head of the spine.
€120
(Julien GREEN) COLLECTIF
Album Green
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1998|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui
First edition.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy complete with its protective sleeve and slipcase.
€70
((Jacques PRÉVERT)) André HEINRICH
Album Prévert
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1992|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
First edition.
Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Rich iconography.
Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
€80
André GIDE
Journal 1939-1949
Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1988|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Handsome copy complete with its rhodoid dust jacket, slipcase lacking.
€35
Gilbert CESBRON
Journal sans Date I & II
Robert Laffont|Paris 1963-1967|12.50 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
First editions of each volume, one of 20 numbered copies on pure fil du Marais paper (first volume) or Lana paper (second volume), the only deluxe copies with some hors commerce copies also on Corvol paper.
Handsome set despite slight sunning to heads of spines.
€300
Henry MILLER
Souvenirs Souvenirs
Gallimard|Paris 1953|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two small traces of sunning at head and foot of spine as usual.
€200
Jean GENET
Journal du Voleur[The Thief’s Journal]
Aux dépens d'un ami|s. l. • (Genève) [Geneva] s. d. [circa 1949]|19.50 x 29 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
First edition reserved for subscribers only, one of 400 numbered copies on handmade Lana laid paper, the only issue along with 10 copies on Arches laid paper.
Autograph signature of the author on the justification page.
Handsome copy.
€1,200
Julien GREEN
Pourquoi suis-je moi ? Journal 1993-1996
Fayard|Paris 1996|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Ingres Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
Ce qui reste de Jour. Journal 1966-1972
Plon|Paris 1972|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Very handsome full-margined copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
Journal 1946-1950
Plon|Paris 1951|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Very fine full-margined copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
L'Expatrié. Journal 1984-1990[The Expatriate: Diary 1984–1990]
Seuil|Paris 1990|15.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
Journal 1950-1954[Diary 1950-1954]
Plon|Paris 1955|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
A very fine full-margined copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
L'Avenir n'est à Personne. Journal 1990-1992
Fayard|Paris 1993|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Ingres laid paper by Lana, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€450
Alexandre DUMAS, COLLECTIF
Album de la mode. Chroniques du monde fashionable
Louis Janet|Paris 1833|12.50 x 21.30 cm|relié
First edition, very rare, illustrated with 12 lithographs by Deveria and Johannot (men and women in period costumes). Not listed in Carteret who nevertheless records all romantic collections. In the Bibliographie Sommaire Des Keepsakes (Frédéric Lachèvre) and other collective collections of the romantic period, on this album listed: "Exceptionally, given the rarity of this work, we give the titles of the pieces that compose it."
Full cardboard Bradel binding early 20th century in glazed tender green signed Lavaux at the top of the first endpaper. Superb pastiche of a period binding using romantic tools. Smooth spine decorated with rocaille ornaments. Brown morocco title label...
€700
Julien GREEN
L'Arc-en-Ciel. Journal 1981-1984
Seuil|Paris 1988|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Ingres de Lana laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
On est sérieux quand on a 19 Ans. Journal 1919-1924
Fayard|Paris 1993|14 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Lana Ingres laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
En passant par-dessus les Tombes. Journal 1996-1997
Fayard|Paris 2001|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Lana laid Ingres paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
La Terre est si belle. Journal 1976-1978
Seuil|Paris 1982|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Lana laid Ingres paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
La Lumière du Monde. Journal 1978-1981
Seuil|Paris 1983|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Lana Ingres laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

€450
Julien GREEN
La Bouteille à la Mer. Journal 1972-1976
Plon|Paris 1976|14 x 22.5 cm|broché
First edition, one of 28 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, deluxe copy.
Very handsome copy.

€450
Hugo von HOFMANNSTHAL, Carl Jacob BURCKHARDT
Lettres 1919-1929
Plon|Paris 1960|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 30 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two small dampstains on the verso, at head and foot, of the second cover and on the last endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.
€250
Ernest HEMINGWAY, William FAULKNER
Fontaine, revue Mensuelle de la poésie et des lettres française. Numéro spécial : Ecrivains et Poètes des Etats-Unis
Fontaine|Paris 1945|16 x 24 cm|broché
Second edition of this special issue devoted to American writers and poets.
Handsome copy.
Contributions by Thomas Stearns Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Gertrude Stein, William Saroyan, William Carlos Williams, Allen Tate, E.E. Cummings, Erskine Caldwell, André Gide, Julien Green...
€50
Georges BERNANOS, Nicolas BERDIAEFF
Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre In Chroniques N°2
Plon|Paris 1926|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
A transverse fold at head of front cover, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
Contributions by Georges Bernanos: "Lettre à Frédéric Lefèvre", Max Jacob: "Renoncer à toute richesse" & "Jeunesse lacustre" & "Angoisses et autres", Henri Massis: "Charles Maurras et le sentiment de la mort" & "Paul Valéry et sa pensée", Nicolas Berdiaeff "Le destin de la culture", Jean Cocteau: "Daisy en France", Daisy Ashford: "Les jeunes visiteurs ou le plan de Mr Salteena", Julien Green: "La traversée inutile"...
€80
Paul GAUGUIN
Lettres de Gauguin à sa Femme et à des Amis
Grasset|Paris 1946|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 312 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 28 on laid paper.
Handsome copy.
Iconography.

€80
Paul VALÉRY
L'Idée fixe ou : deux Hommes à la Mer[The Fixed Idea; or, Two Men at Sea]
Nrf|Paris 1933|23 x 25.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on Hollande paper, this one printed especially for the sculptress Renée Vautier, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in full paper, smooth spine, covers with discreet restorations preserved, wide margins retained, binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Paul Valéry, beneath the colophon, to his muse the sculptress Renée Vautier, who notably created a celebrated bust of the poet in 1935.
€1,200
François Pierre Guillaume GUIZOT
L'histoire de France, racontée à mes petits enfants
Librairie Hachette et Cie|Paris 1877 - 1879|19 x 27.50 cm|5 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition with 75 wood-engraved plates for volume 1, 66 for volume 2, 74 for volume 3, 94 for volume 4, and 85 for volume 5, all designed by Alphonse de Neuville, Philipoteaux... The fifth volume was written by Madame de Witt, the author's daughter, based on notes left by him. Several colored maps.
Publisher's binding signed at foot Charles Magnier, red and gold. Half red shagreen with cloth boards. Spine with false raised bands decorated with four emblems of French royalty: the salamander, the sun, the dolphins and a crescent moon. Boards decorated with a large red and gold plate bearing in medallions the ciphers of several kings, on a background of red foliage. White...
€600
Francis CARCO
Images cachées
Albin Michel|Paris 1929|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
Edition published one year after the first, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe issue.
Occasional minor worming affecting some deckled edges without consequence, front endpaper lightly shaded.
Handsome full-margined copy.
€150
Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires
Jouaust|Paris 1890|11 x 18 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition in first issue with 41 etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, 9 plates including a frontispiece portrait and 32 in-text.
Unnumbered copy on Holland paper.
Contemporary half brown morocco binding. Spine with raised bands ornately decorated in compartments. Author, title, volume number and date in gilt. Peacock-eye paper boards. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly faded. Some rubbing. Original wrappers preserved. Paper perfectly fresh. Handsome copy.

€400
Victor SEGALEN
Le Fils du Ciel. Chroniques des Jours souverains[The Son of Heaven. Chronicles of the Sovereign Days]
Flammarion|Paris 1975|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and front cover slightly and marginally yellowed, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.
€1,000
Christian BOLTANSKI, COLLECTIF
Prospectus pour l'exposition intitulée "Films réalisés par des peintres" au Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris les 14&15 et 29&30 Octobre 1970Prospectus for the exhibition entitled "Films realises par des peintres" at the Musee d'Art Moderne in the city of Paris on 14 & 15 and 29 & 30 October 1970
Arc cinéma|Paris 1970|21 x 29.50 cm|une feuille
First roneo edition of the prospectus for the exhibition organized by the A.R.C. (Animation Recherche Confrontation) cinema section at the instigation of Christian Boltanski.
Signs of folding due to having been placed in an envelope.

The event was attended by Edmund Alleyn, Gianni Bertini, Christian Boltanski, Guðmundur Guðmundsson said Erró, Gérard Fromanger, Ipousteguy, Jean Le Gac, Tamas Zanko, Bruce Nauman, Pesce, Martial Raysse, Peter Stämpfli.

A rare document.
€500
Jacques CASANOVA DE SEINGALT
Mémoires de Jacques Casanova
J. Rozez|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1863|12 x 18.70 cm|6 volumes reliés
New illustrated edition of the rare anonymous erotic suite of 48 engravings found in some copies. 8 engravings per volume.
Contemporary half glazed navy calf binding. Spine with raised bands elegantly decorated. Author, title, volume number and date in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some traces of rubbing on the raised bands. Borders slightly rubbed. Some corners rubbed. Lower right corner of volume 1 having received an impact. Fine laid paper perfectly fresh (some foxing on the first engraving of volume V). Uncut copy.
This edition was made from the Paulin edition of 1842. Carteret (Le trésor du bibliophile): "There exists a suite of 48 line engravings, unsigned, which are added to this...
€1,000
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Journaliers 1937-1939
Gallimard|Paris 1961|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine browned with a small lack at foot.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Marcel Jouhandeau: "Pour Marcel Aymé de tout coeur, je veux voir sa pièce et ne reçois rien. Marcel J. 5 Dec.61." ["For Marcel Aymé with all my heart, I want to see his play and receive nothing. Marcel J. 5 Dec.61."]
€120
Claude LÉVI-STRAUSS
Histoire de Lynx
Plon|Paris 1991|13 x 20 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Iconography, handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Claude Lévi-Strauss to a man named Philippe.
€500
Jacques BRENNER
Histoire de la Littérature française de 1940 à nos Jours
Fayard|Paris 1978|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to upper margins.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Brenner to journalist and director of Le Figaro Patrice de Plunkett.

€50
Hugo von HOFMANNSTHAL
Lettres du Voyageur à son Retour précédé de La lettre de Lord Chandos
Mercure de France|Paris 1969|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition in French, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, ours being one of 20 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Fine copy.
€250
Salvador DALÍ
Journal d'un Génie
La Table Ronde|Paris 1964|14 x 20 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
A very handsome copy complete with its transparent dust jacket illustrated by François Salvat after a design by Dali.

€100
Thomas NARCEJAC
La Fin d'un Bluff. Essai sur le Roman policier noir américain
Le Portulan|Paris 1949|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

€50
Raymond CHANDLER
Lettres
Christian Bourgois|Paris 1970|12 x 20 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
Preface by Philippe Labro.
€50
Edgar KNECHT
Le Mythe du Juif errant. Essai de Mythologie littéraire et de Sociologie religieuse
Presses universitaires de Grenoble|Grenoble 1977|17 x 24 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Edgar Knecht to Claude Duchet.

€60