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First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on vélin chiffon de Lana, only deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Nice copy.

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...

First edition, one of 64 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Rare and nice copy.

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.

First edition, one of 27 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
A dizzying plunge into the world of LSD by “l'archange Gabriel,” a legendary figure of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and one of the founders of Lettrism. In 1950, Boris Vian described him as follows: « Vingt-quatre ans, un mètre 68, cheveux hirsutes, yeux noirs, poids 50 kg ; il fut successivement parasite, prisonnier, étudiant, résistant, écrivain, gigolo, puis époux. (...) Pomerand fut un des éléments surprenants du Tabou, du temps de ces beaux soirs. Il avait une façon bien personnelle de vociférer ses œuvres lettristes à la face du monde. »
A rare and handsome copy, complete with its preview pamphlet...

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.

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."

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.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on vélin chiffon de Lana, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on vélin d'Arche papers, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
A very nice copy.

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.

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.

First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

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.

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.

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.

First edition with no deluxe copies printed. Work illustrated with 2 portraits of P. Verlaine, one unpublished, by G. Bonnet. Some minor foxing.

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.

First edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Yves Bonnefoy to his friend the sculptor and painter Raymond Mason.
Nice copy.

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.

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.

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.

First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

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.

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.

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.

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...

first edition for which no large papers were taken, one of the review copies service.
Roland Barthes signed autograph signed to his close friend Robert (Mauzi): "To tell you what you know, my solid and faithful affection."
Back insolated as usual.

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.

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...

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.

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.

First edition, one of 87 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Robbe-Grillet to Paul Aveline with a small drawing embellishing his signature.
A nice copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 300 numbered copies on Lafuma vellum.
Rare autograph inscription by John Dos Passos, in English and dated 1945, to the pataphysician Maurice Saillet.
At the age of twenty-three, Maurice Saillet became the assistant and associate of the bookseller, publisher, and poet Adrienne Monnier at 7, rue de l’Odéon. There he met Gisèle Freund, and discovered André Gide and James Joyce.
After the war, he founded, with Maurice Nadeau, Les lettres nouvelles and published numerous unpublished texts by Alfred Jarry; he also issued the complete works of Lautréamont.

First edition.
Bradel binding in half brown morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt compartments decorated with gilt floral motifs, date and place gilt at foot, double gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
Light foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Victor Hugo's beloved grandson, Georges-Victor Hugo, whom his grandfather, who took charge of his education after the death of his son Charles, affectionately nicknamed: "Monsieur le Petit Georges", with his monogram stamped in gilt at the head of the front board.

first edition printed at 125 copies numbered and justified by the author on Arches paper , ours printed specially for André Lebey , very close friend and collaborator of Pierre Louÿs.
Slight scratches without gavity at the head of the flat first, some small foxing on the guards.

First edition on current paper.

Illustrated book of 6 vignettes by André Derain.
Very discreet restorations on the back and the boards of covers, tiny angular gaps in heads of the very first leaflets.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Antonin Artaud: "To my dear friend André Lhote the only living writer who knows how to speak about painting in a poetic and superior sense."

First edition.

Half red straight-grained morocco bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt cartouches, four minute holes on joints, boards covered with red watered silk showing scratches, corners slightly bumped, small nicks to leading edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

Some light foxing.



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Definitive edition, partly in first edition, one of 80 numbered copies on Zuber Rieder, deluxe paper.
Spine with some light stains, spine and boards marginally sunned and faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Full glazed caramel calf binding, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets decorated with double black compartments at the centers of which is stamped a gilt monogram repeated four times, burgundy morocco title label, double black fillet frame on boards, a lack of leather and a stain at head of first board, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on Navarre laid paper, deluxe copy after 35 on Rives wove paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on Lana wove paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition consisting of an offprint from No. 358 of Cahiers du Sud, one of 100 numbered hors commerce copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies along with a few author's copies.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Ruysscher laid paper, the only deluxe copies.

Handsome copy.

Fourth edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded and the only complete one.
Bradel binding in full almond green boards, smooth spines decorated with gilt friezes, minor rubbing to spines and headcaps, brown board title labels, covers and spine preserved, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing affecting mainly the preserved covers.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Hollande paper, this copy one of 6 lettered copies hors commerce, the tirage de tête.

A nice copy despite a small tear to head of first cover.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First French edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Hollande paper, deluxe issue.

This second volume of La comédie américaine was first published in English as The Ski Bum.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 97 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only large-paper issue.
Very slight, harmless spotting to the spine.
Rare copy of this work dedicated to Victoria Ocampo.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe copies ("tirage de tête").
Bookplate pasted on a guard.
Nice copy.
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Second edition published by the same publisher and the same year as the first edition.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners, smooth lightened spine decorated with gilt allegories as well as floral motifs stamped in blind, slight rubbing on the headcaps, gilt fillets framing the marbled paper boards, contemporary Romantic binding signed by Torchet at foot of spine.
Pen gift inscription at head of one pastedown, two small wormholes at heads and feet of the very last leaves.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Handwritten signature of André Breton under the justification.
Cover illustrated with lithograph by Douanier Rousseau.
A nice copy.

First edition, the first volume being at the right date of 1832, which is very rare according to Clouzot.
Binders in half navy blue morocco navy corners, smooth back decorated with cartridges decorated with golden floral friezes, golden dates in tails, gilt fillets on the plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets and back preserved, elegant bindings in the romantic style signed by Champs.
Rare and pleasant copy set in a perfect romantic binding of Champs.

Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
autograph dedication of the author autograph signed and dated Alfred Sauvy Monique Landon.
Pleasant copy despite back slightly past.

[Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason]
Plon, Paris 1961, 5 1/2 x 8 1/16 ”, original wrappers.
First edition, of which there were no grand papier (deluxe)copies, an advance (service de presse) copy. A second, revised, edition appeared in 1972.
Spine slightly bowed, retaining dj, dj with a few tears and lacks to plastic film cover.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Foucault, at the time a young teacher, on his first important work, taken from his doctorate.
A very rare advance copy, which could be said to have taken the place of the grand papier (deluxe) copies.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Jean Galtier-Boissière to Mr. and Mrs. Dorbon.

First edition, one of 385 numbered copies on imitation Japan, the only leading copies after 15 Rives.
Signed autograph of Louis Guilloux Madame G. Joly.
A discreet restoration Length of the first flat, otherwise rare and nice copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Holland laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Very fine copy.

Edition on current paper it is printed vellum in 35 leading copies.
Signed autograph Maurice Saillet Roger Caillois.
Two stuck back tears and gaps in both the top and bottom of the back.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on corvol l'orgueilleux paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Arches paper.
Full turquoise cloth binding, smooth spine, grey sheep title-label, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
A full-margined copy.

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 cellophane wrapper as well as its slipcase.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the tirage de tête.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on alfa bouffant paper, the only issue after 18 on pur fil.
Spine and covers marginally discolored and sunned as usual, occasional foxing.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, head print.
Pleasant copy despite two very slight insolations without gravity in the head and foot of the back.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on vergé d'Arches, the tirage de tête after 45 Chine.
Autograph inscription signed by Valéry Larbaud : "... j'aime à considérer William-Ernest Henley surtout comme un valeureux redresseur de torts."
A nice copy with edges preserved.

First edition, one of 790 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, not serious.
A good copy.

First edition printed in 3,000 numbered copies.
Publisher's binding in full black cloth, smooth spine, complete with its cellophane wrapper and dust jacket featuring an intricate system of nested covers: the dust jacket doors open to reveal the cover doors which open to show the author's name, title and publisher's name.
Rich iconography.
Light tears to the upper headcap of the dust jacket and to the cellophane wrapper, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

First collected edition translated by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, one of 20 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Cover illustrated with a drawing by Max Ernst.
Handsome copy.

First edition for which there was no mention of large paper copies, stated the fourth edition.
Autograph inscription from Filippo Tommaso Marinetti to Guy Lavaud, with Marinetti's address in Milan.
Spine slightly sunned as usual.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Japan nacré paper, the tirage de tête.
With a photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece, a very good copy.

First edition, one of 125 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.

Edition first in part, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Slight traces of sunning, not serious, to head and to foot of spine.
A good and rare copy.

First edition, one of 92 numbered copies on vélin supérieur, this copy not justified, the only large paper copies with a few hors commerce copies.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Hollande, tirage de tête.
One small trace of sunning, not serious, to foot of spine.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies Hollande,this one 60 reserved for a club of bibliophiles, the only large paper copy.
Illustrations.
A good copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa, the only large paper copies.
A fine copy.

First edition with two drawings by André Gill.
Spine sunned, foxing.
Rare.

First collected edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Bambou paper, the only large paper copies.
Spine faded as usual, otherwise a rare and good copy.

First edition in French, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
The correspondence is expanded with Pound's essays on Joyce.
Handsome copy.

First edition of which there were only printes 50 copies, this one of 5 numbered copies on Japon impérial, the tirage de tête.

Autograph inscription by Stéphane Mallarmé to his friend François Nys : "A monsieur Nys très sympathiquement."

This copy enriched in forntispiece with a portrait woddcut in red of Villiers de l'Isle-Adam by Marcellin Desboutin, which he inscribed for François Nys. This portrait, present in the second edition of 1892, is not present in every copy of the tirage de tête.
Two very clear dampstains, not serious, in the margins of the first and final free endpapers, two small marginal dampstains to the covers.
A good and...

New edition.
Publisher's brown grained cardboard binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
Complete with its slipcase and illustrated dust jacket which has small tears and lacks at head and foot.

First edition of 300 copies on Hollande.
With an autograph inscription from André Gide to Henry Lerolle.
Small lacks, not serious, to head and foot of spine and covers.

First edition, one of 427 numbered copies on Rives laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 41 Japan.
A very slight and harmless tear to the head of the spine, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 37 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies.
Ex libris pasted onto the first endpaper.
A very good copy.

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 glassine wrapper and slipcase.

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 slipcase, dust jacket and cellophane wrapper.

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.