First edition, one of 103 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large-paper copies apart from 6 hors commerce copies on Holland paper.
Preface by Henri Pourrat.
A monogrammed roundel pasted to the upper right corner of an endpaper, serving as a bookplate.
A fine and rare copy.
New edition, printed in 1,020 numbered copies on châtaignier.
Copy slightly warped, the spine a little sunned, as is often the case.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Mario Prassinos.
First edition, with no copies printed on large paper.
Spine slightly creased, a stain to the top edge extending into the margins of several leaves.
Complete with the original publisher's insert.
Rare and important dated and signed autograph inscription from Tchicaya U Tam'si to Jacques Duchateau.
Provenance: from the library of Claude Mozis, with his African-themed bookplate on the verso of the front wrapper.
First edition, one of the press copies.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine slightly faded, caramel shagreen title label, covers and spine preserved.
First edition, one of 330 numbered copies on Holland paper.
Light foxing to the endpapers.
A fine copy, the blue wrappers unfaded.
First edition, one of the numbered copies printed on alfa paper.
A very good copy.
First edition, one of 170 numbered copies printed on pur fil paper.
A very small, unobtrusive tear without loss to the spine of the outer wrapper, which also shows two small areas of sunning at the head and foot.
An attractive copy retaining its double wrappers.
Published in the same year as the first edition, with an edition statement.
Two small blue ink stains on the wrappers, two minor tears at the head and foot of the spine, and small tears to the upper edges of the leaves in the final gathering, caused by careless cutting.
Signed autograph inscription from Joseph Kessel to Dr Wiel.
First edition of the French translation by Bernard Faÿ, for which no deluxe copies were printed. One of the review copies.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Bernard Faÿ to the Duke Pozzo di Borgo.
First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 45 on pur fil paper.
Minor foxing, chiefly affecting the endpapers and edges.
First edition, one of 180 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe issue after 40 copies also on pur fil paper.
A rare and attractive copy.
First edition, one of the first-issue copies numbered by the printer.
Minor tears to the joints and foot of the spine.
Rare dated autograph inscription by Georges Duhamel, signed with his real surname: \"Au docteur Weissenbach souvenir de nos études, son affectueux GDuhamel.\"
Manuscript presentation inscription by the recipient at the head of the front wrapper.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and covers slightly faded along the edges, as is often the case, with a few small stains to the rear cover.
First edition, RBH records no copy sold since 1980, complete with its appendices at the end of the volume.
Half anthracite calf bindings, bordered with blind-tooled rolls, spine with five false raised bands, numerous gilt fillets and rolls forming a border, blind-tooled ornament in the compartments, burgundy calf title-pieces, marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, all edges marbled, unnoticeable repears to joints. The binder omitted to include the imprint page at rear of vol. I and II.
Illustrated with a folding colour map of Haiti.
Rare copy of this fictionalised biography of Toussaint...
First edition of the French translation, one of 46 numbered copies printed on vélin pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies issued.
A pleasing copy.
First edition of the French translation, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, constituting the sole deluxe issue.
A fine copy, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
First Gallimard edition, one of 750 numbered copies on vélin labeur paper, the only deluxe issue.
Publisher's illustrated boards designed by Paul Bonet.
Copy slightly warped along the edges of the text block.
First illustrated edition, known as the Keepsake edition, published a few months after the scarcer single-volume octavo edition issued by the same publisher (there is also a two-volume edition dated 1836); illustrated with an engraved title-page and 11 steel-engraved plates printed on heavy wove paper, after Johannot, Boulanger, Raffet, Rogier & Rouargue, engraved by Finden, Staines, and others. Clouzot (Guide du bibliophile français) notes that it is normal for this edition to lack the plate entitled "de l'utilité des fenêtres". Handsomely printed in spacious typography with generous margins, and closely following the original edition of 1831. This three-volume edition has more...
First edition of the French translation, one of 1,040 copies produced to a design by Mario Prassinos. Number 153 of 990.
Publisher's black pictorial boards decorated with geometric patterns. The slightest rubbing, otherwise a very fine copy.
First edition, limited to 1,000 copies, this being one of 950 printed on Outhenin-Chalandre paper.
A fine copy, with a frontispiece map of the Pays d'Ouche region and complete with the publisher's printed publicity slip.
Signed and dated autograph inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée, dated 1954.
In 1951, the novel was adapted for the screen by Yves Allégret, starring Jean Marais, Françoise Christophe and Jean Debucourt.
New edition published by Lemerre as part of the author's collected works.
Contemporary navy blue half calf over cornered boards. Spine with raised bands and gilt decoration. Navy blue calf title and volume labels. Top edge gilt. Slight rubbing to the edges and head of the spine of volume I. A handsome set.
New edition, limited to 2,200 numbered copies.
Publisher's boards, bound after an original design by Mario Prassinos. Light rubbing to the spine ends, more pronounced at the foot of the spine on Sodome et Gomorrhe I and À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs I.
First edition, one of 2050 numbered copies on vélin labeur paper.
Publisher's boards after Paul Bonet's original design.
Boards slightly yellowed, as is usual.
The complete trilogy of the "13", in first edition, each volume one of 50 copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe issue (cf. Claude Menguy). The limitation is mistakenly given as printed on "alfa" halfway down the spine, though the copies are in fact printed on pur fil Lafuma (no copies were issued on alfa). The plain white wrappers were reserved for the large-paper copies; the photographic wrappers were used only for the trade issue.
Rare and handsome copies of each volume of the "13" trilogy, from the limited first issue. With their method of investigation grounded in observation and human behavior, these collections of short stories...
First French edition, translated by R. N. Raimbault. One of 100 numbered copies printed on Lafuma Navarre pure wove paper, this copy numbered LXXIV.
Copy in its original wrappers. In excellent condition.
First edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies on alfama paper.
Publisher's boards after the original design by Mario Prassinos. A tiny sunned area at the head of the spine.
A remarkably fresh copy.
First edition, one of the review copies.
A \"Collection Goncourt\" bookplate affixed to the centre of a flyleaf.
A very good copy of this novel, winner of the 1961 Prix Goncourt.
Fine signed presentation inscription from Jean Cau to Jean-Louis Bory: \"Pour J.L. Bory ce livre plein d'espoir et de soleil et d'amour en amical hommage.\"
First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies printed on rag wove paper, the only deluxe issue.
Minor offsetting at the foot of the final blank flyleaf, otherwise a rare and attractive copy.
First edition, printed in a small, numbered edition on alfa paper.
Rare and fine copy.
Signed presentation inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies printed on imitation Japan paper.
A fine copy.
Signed presentation inscription from Jean de La Varende to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.
First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, constituting the deluxe issue.
Foreword by Jean Cocteau.
A rare and attractive copy, with full margins.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Roger Peyrefitte to the bibliophile Maurice Gorrée.
First edition, one of 140 numbered copies on Arches pur fil paper, constituting the deluxe issue.
An attractive copy with full margins.
Edition illustrated with 20 original Art Deco etchings by Jacques Mauny, one of 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe issue apart from 25 copies on Japon.
Full caramel morocco binding, spine with four raised bands outlined in black fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the headcaps, turquoise morocco doublures framed by triple gilt fillets, brown moiré silk endleaves followed by moiré-effect paper endleaves, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, gilt fillets on board edges. Matching slipcase with caramel morocco edges, blue-grey felt lining and sides covered in moiré-effect paper. Magnificent binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.
An...
First edition, one of 1,050 numbered copies printed on vélin labeur paper.
Publisher's binding after an original design by Mario Prassinos.
A fine copy.
First edition on ordinary paper, with a press copy punch mark at the foot of the rear wrapper.
Green half morocco with corners, spine faded, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques incorporating red morocco onlays, gilt fillet borders to the marbled paper boards, slightly faded at the edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, two bookplates affixed to one pastedown. Binding signed by Le Douarin.
Signed autograph inscription from Colette to her friend Andrée Laferté.
Our copy is further enriched with an autograph postcard from Colette to her friend André Laferté, mounted on a stub at the...
First edition on ordinary paper, without edition statement, bearing the correct colophon dated 30 November 1918.
The 128 deluxe paper copies would only be issued six months later, during the summer of 1919.
Light spotting to the margins of the endleaves, small l and a faint dampstain to the title page and following leaves, a bluish stain to the margins of pp. 339-340 inherent to the quality of the paper.
Bound in contemporary half forest-green morocco over corners, spine with five raised bands ruled in black, gilt date at foot, cat’s-eye patterned paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed...
Edition limited to 150 numbered copies on wove paper, illustrated with 32 magnificent original colour compositions by Paul Jouve: one on the wrappers, 13 full-page illustrations, 12 headpieces and 6 tailpieces.
The work is further embellished with 25 decorative initials designed by François-Louis Schmied.
Our copy is housed in the publisher's original paper-covered board slipcase, lined with rice paper, and matching vellum-style board portfolio with ties.
Minor splits to the head and foot of the slipcase.
A rare and beautifully preserved copy.
Definitive edition, one of 1,040 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Publisher's binding after the original design by Paul Bonet.
Spine slightly faded, as is commonly the case.
First edition.
Contemporary red half morocco, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt and decorated with gilt ornaments, the initials "L.B." gilt at foot, olive-green morocco lettering-piece, marbled-paper boards, marbled endpapers, corners rubbed.
Scattered foxing, some rubbing to spine and boards.
Printed library stamp of Léon Bienvenu on the title-page.
Precious presentation copy inscribed and signed by Emile Zola to the journalist and man of letters Léon Bienvenu, known as Touchatout.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Small loss to the lower right corner of the title page.
Contemporary Bradel-style binding in indigo-blue half cloth, smooth spine with brown sheep label, marbled paper boards.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Allain, co-creator of Fantômas with Pierre Souvestre, with his manuscript bookplate on a paper label pasted to the inside front board.
New edition.
A fine copy.
Attractive presentation inscription signed by Anaïs Nin to Christiane Baroche’s wife: "Christiane Baroche this book I offer with uneasiness because I wrote it for american students, and France is the source and will only recognize the déjà vu. Your faithful friend. Anaïs Nin." (Christiane Baroche, je vous offre ce livre avec gêne car je l'ai écrit pour des étudiants américains, et la France est la source et n'y reconnaîtra que du déjà-vu. Votre amie fidèle, Anaïs Nin)".
First edition of the author's third book, with no copies printed on deluxe paper, here a review copy.
Spine very lightly sunned, without seriousness, faint spotting to the board edges.
Rare and desirable presentation copy signed by Patrick Modiano to the woman of letters Christiane Baroche: "Pour Christiane ces boulevards de ceinture avec lesquels elle est bien indulgente. Avec l'amitié de Patrick."
First edition, exceedingly scarce, of this light-hearted and engaging introduction to the principal ancient myths, prepared for a Polish aristocrat. Annopol (today Anopal) is a locality now situated in Belarus.
No copies recorded in the CCF. A single copy located in WorldCat (National Library of Poland, Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw).
Contemporary-style half sheep binding in brown, the smooth spine ruled with alternating thick and thin gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns; modern binding.
Losses to the title-page expertly filled and restored; the final two leaves also restored.
First edition.
With press clippings laid in.
Half bronze sheep binding, spine with four raised bands framed with gilt pointillé and decorated with double gilt fillets, red sheep lettering-piece, a few small black spots and a light scratch to the spine, marbled paper boards, cat’s-eye patterned endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
A pleasing copy.
First edition on standard paper.
A handsome copy, complete with its publisher’s wraparound band.
Fine presentation inscription signed by Milan Kundera: "Paris 1998. Pour Michel Tournier avec l'amitié fidèle de Milan Kundera."
First edition of this almanac of the Neue Dichtung published by Kurt Wolff, featuring the first book-form appearance of Kafka’s short story "Vor dem Gesetz" (pp. 126-128). Covers sunned, tear to spine not lacking paper, chipping to spine-ends, and corners rubbed.
First edition of the short story "Vor dem Gesetz" (Before the Law), later published verbatim in Kafka’s masterpiece "Der Proceß" (The Trial).
Edition published in the same year as the first.
Spine and covers faintly sunned, without seriousness.
Attractive presentation copy signed by Anaïs Nin to the writer Christiane Baroche: "Christiane Baroche vos paroles "je la sais qui m'attend jusque dans ma mémoire. Anaïs Nin."
First edition on ordinary paper.
Pages 10–11 lightly sunned owing to the presence of a newspaper clipping.
Fine presentation inscription signed by André Pieyre de Mandiargues: "à Michel Tournier en très cordiale sympathie. André PM."
First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
Blood red morocco binding, gilt title lengthwise, gold stingray boards framed in morocco, gilt decorative paper endleaves, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, an elegant binding signed Boichot. Front free endpaper slightly toned, otherwise a handsome untrimmed copy.
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First edition on ordinary paper.
A pleasing copy, with only a few insignificant spots at the foot of the spine.
Warm presentation copy signed by Jean Echenoz to his friend, the writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker Jérôme Beaujour, also a specialist in Marguerite Duras’s cinema: "Pour mon cher Jérôme avec ma vive affection, Jean. 2.VI.10"
First collected edition of the works by the author of Les Étourdis ou le Mort supposé, a comedy that enjoyed great success just before the Revolution.
The set includes a portrait frontispiece in the first volume, four engraved plates, and ten engraved headpieces.
Bound in contemporary full polished and mottled brown calf, gilt decoration, smooth spines with six false raised bands highlighted with gilt fillets and repeated gilt floral tools, gilt fillet frames on covers bordered with a garland roll, gilt tooling to head- and tailpieces, green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt edges on boards, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some...
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
A pleasing copy.
Affectionate signed presentation inscription from Jean Echenoz to his friend, the writer, screenwriter and filmmaker Jérôme Beaujour, also a specialist of Marguerite Duras’s cinema: "Pour Jérôme je t'embrasse, Jean. 6.XI.15"
First edition, one of 26 copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe-paper issue.
A rare and handsome copy.
Antoine Tudal was the son-in-law and close confidant of Nicolas de Staël, who confided to him a few days before his death: "Tu sais, je ne sais pas si je vais vivre longtemps. Je crois que j'ai assez peint. Je suis arrivé à ce que je voulais..."
First French edition of the 50 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, tipped in with captioned tissue guards, a black vignette on the title page, and a further black vignette hors texte by Arthur Rackham, one of 200 copies on Whatman paper.
Publisher’s full vellum, smooth spine gilt-lettered, upper cover gilt-stamped with the title and a gilt illustration of Rip Van Winkle, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut, original silk ties preserved. Occasional light foxing.
A splendid copy, remarkably fresh, of Washington Irving’s fantastical tale profusely illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
First edition on ordinary paper.
A pleasing copy.
Fine signed presentation inscription from Jean Echenoz to the writer, screenwriter, and filmmaker Jérôme Beaujour, also a specialist in Marguerite Duras’ cinema: "Pour Jérôme (qui m'a donné quelque chose p.109 à Pondichéry) et pour Elisabeth avec toute mon affection, Jean."
New edition, revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged.
Contemporary bindings in half mottled fawn calf over corners, smooth spines gilt with fillets, morocco title and volume labels, brown paper-covered boards, sprinkled edges.
Some minor rubbing to the spines, a few corners slightly bumped.
L'Esprit des lois occupies volumes I to IV; La Défense de l'Esprit des lois volume V (with a general index); Lettres persanes volume VI; volume VII gathers the Considérations and related pieces; volume VIII contains the posthumous works.
This collected edition of Montesquieu's works offers no particular bibliographical peculiarities in its...
First edition on ordinary paper.
Half black long-grain morocco binding, smooth spine tooled in palladium with author, title, and date, anthracite-grey paper boards, original wrappers and spine preserved (the latter with two small stains at head and foot), endpapers and pastedowns of anthracite-grey paper, binding signed Thomas Boichot.
Precious and exceptional signed presentation inscription by Louis-Ferdinand Céline: "A Mac Orlan son admirateur et ami fidèle. LFerd"
Very rare first edition of the Japanese translation, accompanied by Taiichi Ogawa’s annotated commentary.
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Alphonse Daudet.
Spine with two tears at head and foot, soiling to the wrappers, a few minor spots internally.
First Japanese edition of Alphonse Daudet’s masterpiece. Harshly received in Provence upon its publication in 1872, despite the support of Frédéric Mistral, the novel soon came to be regarded as one of the landmarks of French literature, and the character of Tartarin became the emblem—and finest ambassador—of the city of Tarascon.
First and only Franco-Chinese edition, illustrated with six etchings reproduced by Frédéric Chevalier.
A single copy recorded in the CCFr (Bulac).
Sole edition of this contemporary curiosity born of the French vogue for all things Oriental: born in 1831, Tin-Tun-Ling (or Ding Dunling) was a Chinese scholar from Shanxi and a political exile in France. Théophile Gautier met him in Paris, grew fond of him, and hired him to teach Chinese to his daughter Judith. Steeped in Far Eastern culture, she delighted in presenting herself as the reincarnation of a Chinese princess. Tin-Tun-Ling then lived in a pavilion built in the Chinese style, set in the garden of the Pré aux Oiseaux –...
First edition, printed on thick wove paper.
Bound in contemporary half brown shagreen, smooth spines decorated with black typographic motifs, marbled paper boards, hand-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, modern slipcase edged in brown morocco with matching marbled paper sides and olive-green felt lining.
Some occasional foxing, the note "Henri Beyle" in black ink at the upper corner of the title page of the first volume, without the final catalogue leaf at the end of the second volume, small corner restorations to four leaves of the first volume.
"Very rare and extremely sought after. Usually quite simply bound at the time. Often foxed" (Clouzot). "This work is of great rarity in...
First edition of this periodical, the inaugural volume of which appeared in 1776. Publication continued until 1789 and ultimately comprised 112 volumes; sets are consequently very difficult to assemble, particularly in uniform bindings.
Copy bearing unidentified arms.
Contemporary full brown sheep. Smooth gilt-decorated spine. Red morocco lettering-piece and volume label. Upper cover stamped with armorial devices. Headcaps defective in five places. Various abrasions. A few early cracks at the head of the joints.
First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on Holland paper, the deluxe issue.
Full chocolate-brown morocco binding, spine with five raised bands framed with black fillets, date gilt at foot, gilt rolls on the caps, marbled paper endpapers and doublures, gilt double fillet borders on the doublures, gilt fillets along the edges, original wrappers and spine preserved, all edges gilt, slipcase edged with matching chocolate morocco, sides in marbled paper, interior lined with grey felt. A splendid binding signed by Semet & Plumelle.
A very handsome copy, perfectly bound in full morocco by Semet & Plumelle.
Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1932-1946. Twenty-seven octavo volumes.
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Outhenin-Chalandre pure wove paper, the third deluxe paper after 10 copies on Japan paper and 30 on Dutch handmade paper, preceding 1,000 copies on alfa wove.
Volumes I-XVIII and XXV-XXVII are first editions. Volumes XIX-XXIV, first published in New York between 1941 and 1944 by the Éditions de la Maison française during Jules Romains’s wartime exile, are present in their Paris reissues of 1945 and 1946, uniformly printed on the same pure wove paper and incorporated into...
Composite edition combining seven volumes from the very first collected edition with others from various reissues published between 1836 and 1852. Volumes 15 to 30 (1839-1852) each include an engraved title with a vignette and two illustrated plates; the earlier editions, covering volumes 1 to 15 (1830-1836) did not contain illustrations.
Half polished calf bindings in Restoration style. Smooth spines decorated with a central panel richly gilt in grotesque design, gilt and blind-tooled motifs at head and foot of spine, also ruled in gilt. Small tear to the spine-ends of volumes 5 and 9. Volumes 25 and 26 show some surface loss to the leather on the boards.
A handsome...
First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe paper copies were issued.
A fine copy.
Preface by Salman Rushdie, the work illustrated with drawings by the author.
Signed autograph inscription from Glen Baxter to Michel Crépu.
New edition of the French translation.
Half saffron percaline Bradel binding, smooth spine slightly sunned and decorated with a central gilt motif and double gilt fillet at foot, brown shagreen title label with a few scuffs, marbled "cat’s-eye" paper boards, preserved wrappers, lightly rubbed corners, contemporary binding.
First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies on alfa paper, this one of 10 hors commerce copies, the deluxe issue.
Spine slightly sunned.
Rare signed and dated autograph inscription from Nikos Kazantzakis to Charles Orengo, then literary director of Éditions Plon.
Orengo, nicknamed “Père Joseph” by Françoise Verny, was a key figure in post-war French publishing. The founder of Éditions du Rocher, he went on to spend many years at Plon before being appointed to the management of the Librairie Hachette. He ended his career as chairman of Fayard.
First edition in French, for which there were no large paper copies.
A good copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Ernst Jünger to Madeleine Clouzot : "... après notre excellent déjeuner..."
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press.
Spine very slightly sunned, otherwise a well-preserved copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Irène Némirovsky to Charles Laval.
Second edition of the French translation prepared by François-Victor Hugo.
Half red shagreen bindings, slightly faded spines with four raised bands numerously framed in gilt and central gilt tooled motif, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, speckled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some occasional foxing, minor black specks on a few spines, upper corners of volume 10 slightly damaged.
Our set, attractively bound uniformly in contemporary bindings, is complete in 18 volumes including the often lacking final three volumes of apocryphal writings.
New edition of the French translation established by Amédée Pichot, partly original as it is enhanced with a historical notice on Lord Byron.
Half blue glazed calf bindings, spines partially faded with four raised bands framed by gilt garlands and richly decorated gilt compartments, navy blue glazed calf title and volume labels, blind-stamped floral tools at head and tail, marbled paper boards, gilt fillets at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, marbled edges; a few lightly rubbed corners. Romantic bindings of the period.
Our copy contains 13 engraved plates, some serving as frontispieces.
Scattered foxing, a few leaves browned due to paper acidity.
A copy in...
First edition, one of 120 copies printed on pure laid paper.
Pleasant copy with wide margins throughout.
First octavo edition illustrated with 92 engravings by Benett, including one folding map in colour: this marks the very first use of polychromy in an illustration for a Jules Verne novel.
Publisher’s Hetzel binding "aux deux éléphants" in full red cloth, signed by Lenègre, type 3, upper cover signed by Souze, lower cover Lenègre type “e” as described by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt, publisher’s EL catalogue at rear.
Spine slightly faded as usual, small black marks along the hinges, spine-ends softened as often, a pleasant copy almost free of any foxing.
“Deux ans de vacances” is a Robinson Crusoe-like novel featuring fourteen schoolboys from New Zealand.
...
A fine set of the first four volumes of the French intégrale edition, identical to the original American structure. Volume 1 is housed in a metal case with embossed lettering and a folding map of Westeros. It is a copy of the highly sought-after very first French collector's edition of the series published in 2012. Volumes 2 and 3 followed in 2013, and volume 4 in 2014.
Each volume signed by George R.R. Martin on the title page. The signatures were obtained during the author's only public signing session for French...
First edition, one of 220 numbered copies printed on Vélin du Marais.
Rubbing to the slipcase and chemise, otherwise a clean and attractive copy.
Illustrated with 25 intaglio engravings by Elisabeth-Mary Burgin.
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa, only deluxe copies. Some light foxing, mainly on the endpapers.
Rare signed presentation copy in French: “To my friend René Jasinski, in token of gratitude and friendship, these few scenes of Jewish life in New York. T. Twersky”, with a sentence in Hebrew translated by the author in French on a laid-in leaf: “Translation of the Hebrew inscription: sixth day of the week ‘Pekoudè’, year 5692 since the creation of the world, in the holy community of Paris”, (Friday, 4 March 1932 according to our calculation).
New edition.
A handsome copy.
Signed presentation inscription from Albert Cossery to a friend: "Pour Jean-Pierre à qui je souhaite une vie de miel. Albert Cossery."
New edition.
Pleasing copy.
Fine signed autograph inscription from Albert Cossery to a friend: "Pour Jean-Pierre que Dieu le garde des imbéciles. Albert Cossery."
First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.
First edition of the French translation, one of 75 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.
Half brown morocco with bands, smooth spine, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, gilt top edge. An elegant binding signed Alix.
A handsome and carefully bound copy.
First edition for each volume.
Fine copy of Du côté de chez Swann in first edition, second printing, with all identifying points (front cover dated 1913, table of contents present, no publisher's catalogue at end); copy in first edition bearing the mention "quatrième édition" for À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs (with the correct colophon dated November 30, 1918); although bearing the same colophon dated November 30, 1918, the 128 reimposed copies were not actually printed until a year later, together with the large paper copies of the Swann reissue; for the following 11 volumes...
