Maurice BLANCHOT
L'instant de ma mort
Fata Morgana|Montpellier 1994|13.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vellum pur-fil paper Johannot, deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Rare and beautiful copy.
€480
Guy Marie SALLIER
Annales françaises, mai 1789 - mai 1790
Leriche • Thomine|Paris 1832|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en 1 volume
First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, stippling and fleurons, gilt monogram of Alcide de Beauchesne at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, speckled edges, later binding, circa 1860.
Foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Alcide de Beauchesne with his gilt monograms stamped at foot of spines.

€200
Eugène IONESCO
Journal en miettes
Mercure de France|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
Georges BERNANOS
Un mauvais rêve suivi de Notes et variantes établies par Albert Béguin et de vingt-lettres de Georges Bernanos
Plon|Paris 1950|14 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon, the tirage de tête.
A very nice copy with edges preserved.
€1,500
Alain GERBAULT
L'évangile du soleil[The Gospel of the Sun]
Fasquelle|Paris 1932|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
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.
€1,200
Ernst JÜNGER (inscribed to André FRAIGNEAU)
La guerre notre mère - Exemplaire d'André Fraigneau[War, Our Mother – André Fraigneau’s copy]
Albin Michel|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, printed stamp of "service de presse" to foot of lower cover.
A nice copy, witha piece of the advertising band : "C'est la guerre qui a fait les hommes ce qu'ils sont".
Very rare and handsome autograph inscription signed, in French, byErnst Jünger : "Pour André Fraigneau, for souvenir de la soirée chez les Baudot-Lamottes, 19 Mars 1942.
€2,000
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Charlotte Corday. - Le chef[Charlotte Corday – The Head]
Gallimard|Paris 1944|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 14 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Very rare and nice copy retaining its advertising slip.
€3,500
Gilles DELEUZE, Félix GUATTARI
Kafka pour une littérature mineure[Kafka: Toward a Minor Literature]
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1975|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 92 copies numbered on superior vellum, the only deluxe paper issue together with a few copies hors commerce.
A fine copy.
€680
Jacques ARAGO
Souvenirs d'un aveugle, voyage autour du monde
Hortet et Ozanne|Paris 1839|15.50 x 23.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
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 s
€1,200
Jean PAULHAN
Les fleurs de Tarbes[The Flowers of Tarbes]
Gallimard|Paris 1941|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 22 numbered copies sur vélin labeur, the only large paper copies
Very nice and rare copy.
€2,800
Raymond QUENEAU
Les temps mêlés. Gueule de Pierre II[The Mixed Times. Stone Face II]
Gallimard|Paris 1941|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, mention of third edition.
Back slightly insolated with a clear wetting in the middle, two small gaps on the second board.
Autograph dedication dated October 1946 and signed by Raymond Queneau to a friend named Suzanne: "Dear Suzanne, I apologize, it's a very bad book, it's clumsy and awkward as its author, but have more indulgence. for the latter."
€680
COLLECTIF
Mémorial Jean Cocteau - In La revue les belles lettres N°1 & 2
La revue les belles lettres|Lausanne 1969|19.50 x 27.50 cm|broché
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...

€200
[Marcel SCHWOB as] LOYSON-BRIDET (inscribed to Lucien DESCAVES)
Moeurs des diurnales[Manners of the Diurnals]
Mercure de France|Paris 1903|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition published under the pseudonym Loyson-Bridet, one of the first issue copies.
Binding in brown half morocco, back with five nerves set with black threads, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, covers and back preserved, golden head, Contemporary binding signed Moens .
Three press clippings and a bookstore description label pasted at the top of the volume on the White Guards.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Marcel Schwob, under his pseudonym of Loyson-Bridet, to Lucien Descaves.
€600
Julien GREEN
La terre est si belle. Journal 1976-1978
Le Seuil|Paris 1982|15 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Very nice copy.
€450
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne LA FAYETTE, Apollin BRIQUET
Mémoires de Hollande, histoire particulière en forme de roman. - Nouveaux claircissements sur les Mémoires de Hollande
J. Techener|Paris 1856 & 1857|10.50 x 16.50 cm|2 tomes reliés en 1 volume
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 t
€200
René ÉTIEMBLE
Hygiène des lettres. Volume I : premières notions
Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the review copies service.
Nice copy.
Precious autograph dedication signed by René Etiemble to André Breton: "... this book, which I would like all to not like him too, with esteem and friendship.
€150
Julien GREEN
La terre est si belle. Journal 1976-1978
Seuil|Paris 1982|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on vergé Ingres de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A nice copy despite a trace of folding to foot of upper cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Julien Green to a friend named Robert.
€500
Jean BERCHER
Lettres d'amour à Helen
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1924|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 1500 copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 45 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite tiny lacks at head and foot of the very lightly sunned spine.

€30
Yves BONNEFOY
La stratégie de l'énigme
Galilée|Paris 2006|13 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on laid Vizille, only leading copies.
Pleasant full copy of his prayer insert and his trailer.
Handwritten signature of Yves Bonnefoy below the justification of the draw.
€100
Yves BONNEFOY
Raymond Mason. La liberté de l'esprit
Galilée|Paris 2010|13 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on laid Vizille paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
€100
Jean BLOCH-MICHEL
Le présent de l'indicatif. Essai sur le Nouveau roman
Gallimard|Paris 1963|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition for which it was not drawn from great papers, one of the review copies service.
Small dumps of adhesive paper in heads and feet of the guards.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Jean Bloch-Michel to Michel Butor: "... who will not blame me for my opinions and believe in my sympathy."
€60
Stéphane MALLARMÉ, Georges RODENBACH
L'amitié de Stéphane Mallarmé et de Georges Rodenbach
P. Caillier|Genève [Geneva] 1949|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on chamois laid paper.
Unpublished letters and texts, preface by H. Mondor.
Handsome copy.
€45
Christian DOTREMONT, Michel BUTOR
Cartes et lettres. Correspondance 1966-1979
Editions Galilée|Paris 1986|13.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition established and annotated by Michel Sicard and for which it was not drawn great papers.
Nice copy.
Autograph signed by Michel Sicard Georges Raillard.
€60
Claude-Joseph ROUGET DE LISLE
Essais en vers et en prose
De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné|Paris An V de la République, 1796|11 x 18.50 cm|broché
One of the very rare copies enriched with an autograph - there are fewer than a dozen - of this first edition, featuring the Marseillaise.
First edition illustrated with an engraving inset engraved by Charles-Etienne Gaucher after Jean-Jacques Le Barbier and 4 pages of score engraved at the end of the volume. The Marseillaise appears in its real first edition, having been the subject of a pre-publication in the Almanac of the Muses in 1793 and in the form of loose leaflets.
Binding semi-sheepskin contemporary, smooth back adorned with boxes, jewels and gilded lace, title label red morocco, black cardboard boards. Several
€8,000
Michel FOUCAULT
Folie et déraison - Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique[Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason]
Plon|Paris 1961|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no grand papier (deluxe) copies, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Spine slightly bowed, with a few tears and lacks to plastic film cover. Slight foxing in the margins of a few pages.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Foucault, at the time a young teacher, to Jean-Charles Varennes.
A very rare advance copy, which could be said to have taken the place of the grand papier (deluxe) copies.
€8,000
Julien GRACQ
Lettrines 2
José Corti|Paris 1974|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vergé de Hollande paper, the tirage de tête.
A very nice copy.
€1,800
Adolphe LALAUZE, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires de Madame de Staal - de Launay
Librairie des bibliophiles L. Jouaust • A. Ferroud|Paris 1890|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown chocolate maroquinated shagreen, boards of marbled paper, preserved cover, binding of l 'time.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor by Adolphe Lalauze, which he signed at the foot of the fake title page.
€400
André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES, Giacomo LEOPARDI
La mode et la mort. Suivi d'un essai sur Soriano et l'Italie.
Fata Morgana|Fontfroide 1989|19 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition of the French translation by André Pieyre of Mandiargues, one of 50 copies numbered on "pur-fil" paper Arches paper, only leading copies, ours one of the 20 copies enriched with a color suite of engravings signed and numbered by Juan Soriano.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of two original engravings by Juan Soriano that he has numbered and signed .
Handwritten signature of André Pieyre of Mandiargues to the colophon.
Our copy is enriched with a business card of Juan Soriano on which it was split of an autograph shipment dated and signed for Alice and Georges (Raillard), envelope attached.
€1,200
André BRETON
Situation du surréalisme entre les deux guerres
Editions de la revue Fontaine|Paris 1945|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
New edition printed in 2500 copies
Handsome copy considering the fragility of this poor quality paper.
€60
Michel COURNOT
Martinique[Martinique]
Gallimard|Paris 1949|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1650 copies on chestnut.
Two traces of vertical folds on the boards.
Pleasant copy of this text castigating the colonialist policy of France.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Michel Cournot to Jean Comte "The writers, at the time, had a lot of hair and very few holidays.Today Monsieur Comte knows how to take care of everything.I am not the only one to thank him. "
€300
Lucien REBATET
Les mémoires d'un fasciste II 1941-1947
Jean-Jacques Pauvert|Paris 1976|15 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon mat, the tirage de tête.
A very nice copy.
€1,700
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 grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A nice copy.
€1,800
Arthur RIMBAUD
Lettres de la vie littéraire (1870-1875)[Letters from Literary Life (1870–1875)]
Nrf|Paris 1931|17 x 22 cm|relié
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on vergé Lafuma Navarre and re-imposed in Tellière quarto format, the tirage de tête.
Bradel binding, covers and spine preserved, binding signed by Honnelaître.
A nice copy.
€1,500
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Tout Céline 4
S. n.|Liège 1987|17.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed in 150 numbered copies.
Handsome copy despite the lower edge slightly soiled.
€100
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Tout Céline 3
S. n.|Liège 1985|15.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition printed with 120 numbered copies.
Nice copy.
€100
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Tout Céline, 2
Bibliothèque de l'Université Paris 7|Paris 1983|18 x 24 cm|broché
First edition printed in 500 numbered copies.
Nice copy.
€120
Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE
Tout Céline 1
Bibliothèque L.F. Céline de l'Université Paris 7|Paris 1981|18 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition printed with 350 numbered copies.
Nice copy.
€100
Jacques de BOURBON BUSSET
La force des jours. Journal IX
Gallimard|Paris 1981|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€60
Charles DELORT, Marguerite Jeanne Cordier de Launay, baronne de STAAL
Mémoires de madame de Staal
Librairie L. Conquet|Paris 1891|15.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Edition illustrated with 30 original compositions by Charles Delort engraved with burin and etching by L. Boisson, one of 400 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only issue after 200 Japan and grand vélin du Marais.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Preface by Robert Vallery-Radot.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
€120
Bernard PINGAUD (Franz KAFKA)
Adieu Kafka[Farewell, Kafka]
Gallimard|Paris 1989|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 22 numbered copies on pure rag laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€150
Alfred de VIGNY
Mémoires inédits. Fragments et projets
Gallimard|Paris 1958|15.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 550 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€50
Gérard BAUËR
Chroniques III
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 42 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 colored parchment hors commerce copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.
€60
Jacques de BOURBON BUSSET
Les arbres et les jours. Journal II
Gallimard|Paris 1967|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

€50
Claude ROY
Nous. Essai d'autobiographie
Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
A handsome copy.
€100
(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.
Fine copy complete with its glassine and slipcase.
€70
Friedrich NIETZSCHE
La volonté de puissance - Essai d'une transmutation de toutes les valeursWill to power
Mercure de France|Paris 1903|13 x 18.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
La volonté de puissance. Essai d'une transmutation de toutes les valeurs [Will to power], Mercure de France, Paris 1903, 13x18,5cm, 2 volume in original wrappers.
First edition of the French translation, one of 12 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
One small trace of folding, not serious, to lower cover of the second volume, endpapers very slightly and partially shaded.
Nice and rare copy with untrimmed edges.
€7,500
Sigmund FREUD
Trois essais sur la théorie de la sexualité[Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality]
Nrf|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Spine and covers sunned and marginally faded as usual.
€1,800
Sigmund FREUD
Un souvenir d'enfance de Léonard de Vinci[A Childhood Memory of Leonardo da Vinci]
Gallimard|Paris 1927|12 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation by Marie Bonaparte, one of 65 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Spine faded and discolored as usual.
€1,800
Madame S de LANGE
Carmillit-les-Nonains, fantaisie en ut majeur sur des souvenirs de villégiature
S.A. de l'imprimerie A. Rey|Lyon 1930|19.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 copies on Hollande paper, ours bearing number 1, the only deluxe copies.
A small tear at the head of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated by Gaston Magnin.
€50
Yves BONNEFOY
Une autre époque de l'écriture
Mercure de France|Paris 1988|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Nice full copy of his jacket.
Signed autograph Yves Bonnefoy to his friend the sculptor and painter Raymond (Mason) and his wife Janine.
€200
Alexandre BONNIER
Journal d'esthétique II & quelques aigre-douceries
[ Galerie Lefor-Openo • Editions Voix Richard Meier]|[Paris • & Montigny-Lès-Metz] 1991|10 x 14 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Illustrated book reproductions of works by Alexandre Bonnier.
Signed autograph of Alexandre Bonnier to Huguette and Marcf Le Bot embellished with an original drawing, on a flyer and folded, representing a face.
€120
Marcel PRÉVOST
Dernières lettres de femmes
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1897|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding with corners, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
€50
COLLECTIF
Lettres choisies des Pères
A la librairie classique-élémentaire|Paris 1824|7 x 10.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Mariage after Correggio.
Full glazed blonde calf binding, spine with two raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons and a black rectangular motif, gilt and black fillets, gilt dentelle, black raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons at head and with compartments, dots and gilt dentelle at foot, sky blue calf title-label, boards stamped in blind with a central fleuron, gilt fillets and blind decorative motifs framing the boards, gilt roulettes in the corners on the leading edges, pink paper pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt.
Manuscript notes from previous owners on the front endpapers.
Boards ligh
€350
Charles MAURRAS, Xavier VALLAT
Lettres passe-murailles. Correspondance échangée entre entre Charles Maurras et Xavier Vallat de Mars 1950 à Novembre 1952
La Table Ronde|Paris 1966|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A fine copy.
€230
Jean DUBUFFET
Lettres à J.B., 1946-1985
Hermann|Paris 1991|15 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on centaure paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€250
Julien GREEN
Journal - 1926-1934 Les années faciles [Journal – 1926–1934: The Easy Years]
Plon|Paris 1970|13 x 20 cm|relié sous étui
First edition, one of 35 copies on Holland Van Gelder paper, deluxe copies after 28 copies on Madagascar paper.
Half brown glacé box binding with bands, smooth spine with six compartments separated by gilt fillets and decorated with diagonal applications in brown glacé and ivory box, date at foot of spine, light grey kromekote paper boards, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on deckled edges, slipcase with brown glacé box borders, binding signed Jean-Paul Miguet.
Superb copy very elegantly bound by Jean-Paul Miguet.
€1,200
Julien GREEN
Suite anglaise
Les cahiers de Paris|Paris 1927|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Madagascar and justified by Claude Aveline , head print.
Back cleared as generally, otherwise beautiful copy at all margins.
€250
Aimé CÉSAIRE
Cadastre[Land registry]
Seuil|Paris 1961|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First collective edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pure wove paper, ours being one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe paper issue.
A handsome copy.
Inscribed and signed by Aimé Césaire to Jean Bardet, co-founder with Paul Flamand of Éditions du Seuil.
€2,500
Charles LE QUINTREC
Les lumières du soir. Journal 1980-1985
Albin Michel|Paris 1987|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on laid Holland paper, only leading copies.
Nice copy at all margins.
Beautiful autographed and signed autograph of Charles Le Quintrec to a friend poet "To my dear Jean-Louis Debauve, these pages of my days, my admiration and my friendship, I kiss him."
Signature of the author to the justification of the draw.
€150
René MAGRITTE
Lettres à André Bosmans 1958-1967
Seghers • Isy Brachot|Paris 1990|18.50 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin chiffon de Lana, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy.
€380
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
Chez Nicolas Semard • chez Rollin (volumes V and VI)|à Paris 1734|9.50 x 16.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
Edition largely in first printing, rare, decorated with a portrait of the Marquise de Sévigné in volume I and another of the Comtesse de Grignan in volume V. In the copy described by Rochebillière, volumes V and VI from 1737 are in different bindings, as is often the case. Our copy presents them in uniform binding, only the title and volume labels differ: they are in red morocco for volumes V and VI and in beige morocco for the first four volumes.
Contemporary bindings in full speckled brown sheep, raised spines richly decorated - notably with animal stamps at foot (greyhounds and knights) - title and volume labels in beige morocco for the first four volumes, in red morocco for the last
€3,000
Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
Journal 1939-1945[Journal 1939–1945]
Gallimard|Paris 1992|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Rare and nice copy.
€1,800
Antoine BLONDIN
Certificats d'études[Certificates of Education]
La Table Ronde|Paris 1977|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the deluxe issue.
Spine very slightly sunned, not affecting the overall appearance.
A rare and attractive copy.
€4,000
Édouard GUILLON
Nos écrivains militaires. Etudes de littérature et d'histoire militaires. Première série : des origines à la Révolution
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition.
Half sienna cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at foot, black shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, orange paper endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing mainly affecting the edges.

€40
Marcel JOUHANDEAU
Les instantanés de la mémoire
Gallimard|Paris 1962|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the review copies service.
Back slightly insolated without gravity, complete copy of his prayer to insert.
Precious autograph dated and signed by Marcel Jouhandeau to Jean Paulhan: "My Jean, you do not need to read my books, you guess them Marcel."
€70
Léon DAUDET
Mes idées esthétiques
Arthème Fayard|Paris 1939|18.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue after 20 Japan paper copies.
Small tears at foot of spine at the deckled edges, slight foxing on some deckled edges, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
€90
Michel TOURNIER
Célébrations
Mercure de France|Paris 1999|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on vélin chiffon de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.
€1,500
Michel TOURNIER
Le vol du vampire[The Flight of the Vampire]
Mercure de France|Paris 1981|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on vélin d'Arche papers, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.
€800
ANONYME
Le voyage de Guibray, ou les avantures des Princes de B... et de C... Piece comique. Avec l'histoire du fameux Barry, de Filandre & d'Alibon
S. n.|s. l. 1704|9 x 15 cm|relié
First edition, rare.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Top headcap torn. Lack to lower edge of back board.
Two princes disguised as bourgeois make the journey on horseback to the very famous fair of Guibray, in Normandy. Their journey, recounted by their squire, is a succession of chance encounters. The narrator gives an ample description of the Guibray fair while continuing the gallant and comic adventures of the two princes.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
€450
Emile & Alexandre ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, Théophile SCHULER
Histoire d'un paysan
J. Hetzel & Cie|Paris 1869|19.50 x 29 cm|4 volumes reliés en 1
Edition of the year of the original adorned with illustrations by Théophile Schuler engraved by Pannemaker.
Half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine with quadruple gilt fillets, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some foxing, otherwise handsome copy.

€150
Thierry MAULNIER
Arrière-pensées
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€80
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, the only large paper copies.
Spine faded and sunned as usual.
Rare and nice copy.
€2,300
Armand BASCHET
Honoré de Balzac. Essai sur l'homme et sur l'oeuvre
D. Giraud & J. Dagneau|Paris 1852|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition.
Half almond green cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, chocolate brown shagreen title label showing some rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, first cover shaded, contemporary binding.
A bookseller's descriptive label pasted opposite the first cover, a small hole on the second cover.

€60
Pierre GAUDIBERT
L'histoire et le fantastique burlesque de Lou Laurin-Lam
Editions Galilée|Paris 1988|17 x 23.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Text by Pierre Gaudibert.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Lou Laurin-Lam.
Nice copy.
Autograph dedication signed by Lou Laurin-Lam to Anne Frélaut, daughter of the painter and engraver Jean Frélaut enriched with an original drawing enhanced with watercolor representing a curious creature in the acrobatic posture of the pear tree.
€450
ANONYME
Paul Verlaine et ses contemporains par un témoin impartial
Bibliothèque de l'Association|Paris 1897|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition with no deluxe copies printed. Work illustrated with 2 portraits of P. Verlaine, one unpublished, by G. Bonnet. Some minor foxing.
€100
Julien GRACQ
Entretiens[Interviews]
José Corti|Paris 2002|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on vergé conquéror, this copy one of 10 hors commerce, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Handwritten note by José Corti under the justification: "Exemplaire H.C. N°VIII / X réservé à Raymond Mason pour son LXXXe anniversaire. Juin 2002."
A nice copy.
€800
Jean CLAIR
Discours de réception de Jean Clair à l'Académie Française et réponse de Marc Fumaroli
Gallimard|Paris 2009|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Signed autograph of Jean Clair to the sculptor and painter Raymond Mason and his wife: "... A Raymond and Janine their old friend."
Nice copy.
€50
Yves BONNEFOY
La vérité de parole
Mercure de France|Paris 1988|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy to his friend the sculptor and painter Raymond Mason.
Nice copy.
€150
Yves BONNEFOY
Lieux et destins de l'image - Un cours de poétique au Collège de France 1981-1993
Seuil|Paris 1999|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
Original collective edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy to his friend the sculptor and painter Raymond Mason and his wife Janine: "... these speculations of their old friend ..."
first board with four spots.
€150
Antoine HAMILTON
Mémoires du comte de Grammont. Histoire amoureuse de la cour d'Angleterre sous Charles II
Jules Bonnassies|Paris 1876|13.50 x 22 cm|broché
Illustrated edition with a frontispiece and 6 etchings by J. Chauvet as well as letters, fleurons and tailpieces by Léon Lemaire, one of 10 numbered copies on China paper, the most limited deluxe printing with 10 Japan and after 1 vellum.
Our copy contains a triple state of the etchings including 1 in bistre and 1 in black.
Very occasional foxing.
Handsome copy despite tiny lacks to the upper and lower corners of the boards.

€150
Kees VAN DONGEN, Jacques CASANOVA DE SEINGALT
Premières amours. Fragment des Mémoires
Editions de la vieille France|Paris • & Nice 1950|10 x 16.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
Illustrated with 16 original copper engravings by Kees Van Dongen, one of 900 numbered copies on Vergé du Marais paper.
Publisher's full marbled fawn sheep binding, smooth spine with some rubbing, top headcap worn down, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, bookplate pasted on a pastedown, speckled edges.
Handsome interior condition.
€1,000
Louis GABRIEL-ROBINET
Une vie de journaliste
Grasset|Paris 1970|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.
€50
Jean-François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de RETZ
Memoires du Cardinal de Retz
S. n.|Amsterdam 1718|8.50 x 14.70 cm|3 volumes reliés
Second edition. Rare counterfeit of the first edition of extraordinary rarity published in Nancy in 1717. This edition was also issued in Cologne by David Roger, who appears to be a fictitious publisher. Title pages in red and black, unlike the Cologne edition. It should be noted that the gaps in early editions of the Memoirs were never filled until 1836; they were caused partly by crossed-out passages and partly by leaves torn from the manuscript.
Contemporary full brown sheep bindings. Jansenist spines with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. The spines are darker. Rubbing. A tiny wormhole at the foot of volume I, as well as on the upper joint at the head. Good copy.
€1,200
Alfred WESTPHAL
Lettres inédites d'Edgar Quinet au docteur Lortet
P.V. Stock|Paris s. d. [circa 1910]|10.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
first edition, one of the few numbered copies on Holland paper.
Signed autograph signed by Alfred Westphal to Dr. Sicard de Planjoly.
Letter-preface by Gabriel Monod, photographic portrait of Dr. Lortet in frontispiece.
Pleasant copy.
€80
René GHIL
Les dates et les oeuvres. Symbolisme et poésie scientifique
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1923|13 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on vergé pur fil paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Bradel binding, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by T. Boichot.
Nice and rare copy with edges preserved.
€680
[Jules LECOMTE] VAN ENGELGOM
Lettres sur les écrivains français
S. n.|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1837|10.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition of this famous literary pamphlet published under a pseudonym and savaging the greatest names of French Romanticism.
Bradel binding in green half-cloth, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, hazelnut shagreen title-label with minor scratches, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Petitot.
Small stains at foot of first cover and first leaves.
The first cover bears a scathing judgment on this work, a previous owner also specified the true name of the author hiding behind the pseudonym Van Engelgom.
Rare.
Provenance: from the library of Paul Lacombe with his handsome engraved bookplate illustrating the Pont-Neuf seen fro
€180
Marc LUTFULLAH
Mémoires de Lutfullah gentilhomme mahométan
Hachette & Cie|Paris 1858|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition in French, translated by Ferdinand Tugnot de Lanoye.
Bradel binding in red half cloth, smooth spine decorated with a central gilt fleuron, gilt date and double fillet at foot, dark blue shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, three bookplates pasted on endpapers, one of which has been removed, contemporary binding.
Complete with its folding map at rear.
Some light foxing.
€60
Paul VERLAINE
" Le lieu de misère partagée du poète et de l'ouvrier "Complete autograph manuscript signed by Paul Verlaine of one of the "Chroniques de l'hôpital"
Paris s. d. [1890]|21.30 x 14 cm|3 pages in-8 au verso de 4 feuillets de l'Assistance publique de Paris
VERLAINE Paul
Complete autograph manuscript signed by Paul Verlaine of one of his Hospital Chronicles: “We poets, as well as they, the workers, our companions in misery” Paris n. d. [1890], 213 x 140 mm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 ”), 3 pages in-8
at the back of 4 leaves of the Assistance publique de Paris
Complete autograph manuscript signed by Paul Verlaine of one of his Hospital Chronicles, 90 close lines in black ink on the verso of paper from the Assistance publique de Paris.
The chronicle of one of Verlaine’s stays in hospital between September 1889 and February 1890. The note “III” has been
€14,000
Georges DUMÉZIL
Mythe et épopée, tome III : Histoires romaines
Gallimard|Paris 1973|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
first edition for which no large papers were taken, one of the review copies service.
Autographed autograph dedication of the author from Georges Dumézil to Pierre Dumayet.
Back slightly insolated.
€80
Jean COCTEAU
Colette. Discours de réception à l'Académie Royale de langue et de littérature françaises suivi d'un discours de M. Fernand Desonay directeur de l'Académie
Grasset|Paris 1955|16.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 35 copies on Montval paper, this one not numbered but justified Montval paper on foot of the second cover, the tirage de tête.
A nice copy.
€800