Emile DESCHAMPS
La préface des études françaises et étrangères
Les presses françaises|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly faded, a small loss to lower corner of rear board, handsome interior condition.
€30
Roger MARTIN DU GARD
Confidences africaines
Gallimard|Paris 1931|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First Gallimard edition printed a few months after the first edition published by 'Au sans pareil', one of 54 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copy.
A marginal stain affecting the entire length of the front cover, handsome interior condition.
€80
Henri ESTIENNE
Deux dialogues du nouveau langage françois, italianize, et autrement deguize, principalement entre les courtisans de ce temps : de plusieurs nouveautez, qui ont accompagné ceste nouveauté de langage: De quelques courtisianismes modernes, & de quelques singularitez courtisanesques
Par Guillaume Niergue|Anvers [Antwerp] 1583|8 x 12.50 cm|relié
The first edition was published in 1578 in Geneva. Brunet II, 1076: 'Cet ouvrage piquant a été édité à Genève, en 1578, et non à Paris ; selon plusieurs bibliographes. L'auteur y a prodigué son immense érudition, mais en même temps s'y est permis certaines plaisanteries un peu hardies, qui lui attirèrent une verte semonse du conseil de Genève, par suite de laquelle il jugea prudent de s'absenter... Il en existe deux autres d'Anvers, 1579 et 1583, in 16, qui ne sont guère moins rares que la première, et dont le prix est assez élevé.' ["This piquant work was published in Geneva, in 1578, and not in Paris; according to several bibliographers. The author lavished his immense erudition upon it
€1,800
Armand de PONTMARTIN
Contes d'un planteur de choux
Michel Lévy frères|Paris 1856|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
New edition.
Half chocolate sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets showing minor traces of rubbing, one slight tear skillfully restored at the foot of a joint, marbled paper boards, traces of rubbing on edges, modest contemporary binding.
Gift inscription in place of bookplate on first endpaper, some foxing.
€50
Edward George Bulwer LYTTON
Eugene Aram, a tale
Baudry's foreign library|Paris 1832|13 x 22 cm|relié
Edition from the year of the first edition.
Half fir-green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands showing slight traces of rubbing decorated with gilt floral motifs, minimal lack to one headcap, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Some light foxing, some marginal translation notes in pencil in the text.
€70
COLETTE
Dans la foule
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1918|13.50 x 17 cm|broché
First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies with 6 Chine.
Endpapers slightly shaded, otherwise a rare and good copy.
€580
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
La chambre bleue, nouvelle dédiée à madame de la Rhune
Lib. de la Place de la Monnaie|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1872|14.50 x 23.50 cm|relié
Second edition, the first having been printed in only 3 copies, this one of 100 copies on vergé paper, the only printing with 9 on China and 20 on Hollande.
Contemporary Bradel binding in half indigo paper over marbled paper boards, spine with double gilt fillets, head of spine slightly rubbed.
Small wormholes to endpapers, otherwise internally good.
Rare.
€1,200
Alphonse de LAMARTINE, João Cardoso de Menezes SOUZA
Jocelyn
Typografia Nacional|Rio de Janeiro 1875|15 x 22 cm|relié
First edition of the Portuguese translation and first Brazilian edition.
Full red cloth binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with fleurons, dotwork and gilt fillets, gilt dentelle at head and foot, covers richly decorated with triple gilt compartments, with a central lozenge with hatched borders surrounded by a garland, black morocco inlays, gilt rolls framing the pastedowns and on the leading edges, edges gilt, endpapers and pastedowns of moiré paper, publisher's binding, binder's label pasted.
Minimal traces of rubbing, occasional light foxing, otherwise a handsome and well-established copy.
€450
Georges RIBEMONT-DESSAIGNES
Céleste Ugolin
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1926|18 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of the hors commerce lettered copies, reserved for the author, on Hollande, the tirage de tête along with 5 numbered copies on Hollande and 3 on Japon.
Endpapers slightly faded, rare fonxing, not serious, on some edges, otherwise a good copy, wide-margined.
Rare.
€480
Auguste de VILLIERS DE L'ISLE-ADAM
Morgane
Imp. & Lib. Francisque Guyon|Saint-Brieuc 1866|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, hors commerce, printed in a small number of copies and of which there were no large paper copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Auguste Comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.
Imitation spine skillfully remade to match covers, small angular tears and marginal restored lacks to covers, the occasional internal wormhole.
€1,500
Charles MONSELET
Les oubliés et les dédaignés
Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1876|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition, this one being definitive.
Half sheep binding in caramel, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and rules, shagreen title-label.
Light foxing to edges, otherwise a handsome copy.
€60
PLUTARQUE, Jacques AMYOT (trans.)
Oeuvres morales et meslees. Translatées de grec en français, reveues & corrigées en plusieurs passages par le translateur
Pour Samuel Crespin|à Cologni [Cologne] 1614|38 x 25 cm|relié
The first edition of Amyot's translation dates from 1572 published by Michel de Vascosan in Paris.
Contemporary full calf binding, spine with six raised bands, 6 fleurons, double fillet frame on boards.
Jacques Amyot (1513-1594), was tutor to the sons of Henri II (future Charles IX and Henri III), he was also professor at the University of Bourges and became grand almoner of France and bishop of Auxerre, which he made an important center of humanism. It was on the recommendation of François I that he translated Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men. This work, and subsequently the moral works, had and would have considerable impact, not only for the rediscovery of antiquity (which th
€1,500
Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Les deux héritages suivi de L'inspecteur général et de Les débuts d'un aventurier
Calmann-Lévy|Paris 1881|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
A repaired tear at head of spine, some foxing.
€60
Paul BOURGET
Mensonges
Editions Lemerre|Paris 1896|20 x 13 cm|Un Vol. relié
First illustrated edition by Myrbach of this collection of short stories.
Half teal glazed calf. Smooth spine. Geometric pattern roll, gilt fillets framing the title and author. A central fleuron (open flower) surrounded by several concentric fillets. Two framing fillets delimiting the central tool. Two eighteenth-century style tools on either side of the flower. Top edge gilt. Spine slightly faded.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
€180
Samuel RICHARDSON
Histoire du chevalier Grandisson
S. n.|à Amsterdam 1777|16.50 x 9.50 cm|relié
New edition. Translated by Abbé Prévost, with his introduction.
Full marbled glazed calf binding, spine with raised bands decorated. One tear to joint at headcap.
"Richardson était l'inventeur de la tragédie bourgeoise [...] Il a inventé ce roman où l'art consiste à négliger tous les préceptes de l'art, où l'accumulation de détails étrangers à l'action, où la répétition des mêmes scènes et des mêmes sentiments, produisent plus d'effet que la précision, le goût, la justesse et l'ordre n'en ont jamais produit" (Richardson was the inventor of bourgeois tragedy [...] He invented this novel where art consists in neglecting all the precepts of art, where the accumulation of details forei
€350
HIRZEL
Le négociant philosophe, traduit de l'allemand par Doray de Longray, officier de cavalerie
S. n.|à Amsterdam • [Rouen?] 1786|16.50 x 10.50 cm|relié
Rare. We have found nothing concerning this work, absent from libraries.
Half calf Romantic binding with corners in red, smooth spine with 4 tools and fillets. Foxing. One corner of the title page border reinforced.
In the form of a tale and dialogue between a father and son, the author examines the nobility of character of a good merchant, how he should be a good father to his son and a good father to his country. Numerous passages on the importance of agriculture. « Ce travail lui donna des vues très étendues sur les rapports du commerce, avec le bonheur particulier & général des hommes? » (This work gave him very extensive views on the relationship of commerce with the particular
€300
Giulio Cesare CROCE
Bertoldino et Cacasenno
Pietro Pinolato|Venezia [Venice] • (Venise) [Venice] 1782|18.50 x 10.50 cm|relié
First edition. The original dates from 1606.
Fine printing on quality paper. Illustrated with 20 woodcuts in a popular and rustic style, a medallion portrait and a frontispiece (copperplate).
Half navy glazed calf binding late 19th century, spine with raised bands decorated with 5 fleurons.
The copy, of perfect whiteness, appears to have been washed. Giulio Cesare Croce (1550-1609), born in the province of Bologna, came from a poor family, he studied medicine then launched into a literary career, then died poor. Bertoldino and Cacasenno are two emblematic and extremely popular characters of Italy, they have become types, Bertoldino is a cunning and crafty character, who contra
€400
Abbé Laurent BORDELON
Le voyage forcé de Becafort
Chez Fristch & Bomh|à Amsterdam 1719|16.50 x 9.50 cm|deux parties en un volume relié
New edition after the original of 1709. Red and black title pages.
Contemporary full calf binding, decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. Upper headcap worn. Rubbing. Corners slightly bumped.

NB: This work is available at the bookstore on request within 48 hours.
€450
COLLECTIF
Nouvelles françoises en prose du XIVème siècle publiés d'après les manuscrits
Plon, Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1858|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
Collected edition printed on laid paper with introduction and notes by L. Moland and C. d'Héricault.
Publisher's red boards, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, boards with blind ruled frames.
Handsome interior condition.
€60
Jean Regnault de SEGRAIS
Les nouvelles françaises, ou les divertissements de la princesse Aurelie
Chez Guillaume Saucrain|à Paris 1722|16 x 9.50 cm|2 volumes brochés
New edition after the original of 1657 (Sommaville). Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 6 unsigned figures (one for each novella as frontispiece).
In original wrappers, lacking binding. A light dampstain at the end of volume I, in the middle. Segrais (1624-1701) was secretary to Mademoiselle de Montpensier (from whom Madame de Lafayette would draw a narrative), and director of the French Academy. The collection comprises 6 historical novellas, a genre inaugurated a few years earlier by Madame de Lafayette's La princesse de Clèves. Lafayette's novels appeared under Segrais's pseudonym... In the preface, Segrais speaks of a princess close to Louis XIV and retired to a castle with
€250
Paul LEROY
Les fantasques ou la lucarne du Diable
Maugard|Rouen 1952|13 x 18 cm|broché
First edition.
Illustrated with woodcuts by Frank Innocent. A suite of monochrome illustrations has been added, accompanying the 25 hors commerce copies on pure Lafuma laid paper (copies signed by the author and illustrator).
One of 25 hors commerce copies, marked O.
Lengthy circumstantial autograph inscriptions by the author and illustrator to Elie-Léon Bramy, gallery owner and poet.
Preface by Mac Orlan. First edition limited to 200 copies.
In original wrappers. Folded covers.

NB: This work is available at the bookshop upon request within 48 hours.
€500
Guillaume de LA TAYSSONNIÈRE
L'attiffet des damoizelles. Première et plus importante pièce de leur embellissement
J. Gay et fils.|Turin 1871|16.50 x 10.50 cm|Un Vol. relié
Edition limited to 100 numbered copies, ours being n°1 of the 96 on English laid paper after 4 on China paper.
Blue marbled paper Bradel binding. Black sheepskin title label in landscape format.
Textual reprint of the first edition of 1575, reproducing the title page, of this poetry by Guillaume de la Taysonnière, gentleman from Bresse who practiced poetry as pure distraction. L'attiffet is followed by other poems. The editors' note presents La Taysonnière's bibliography emphasizing the rarity of the editions, always highly sought after.
€300
Jules BARBEY D'AUREVILLY
Les prophètes du passé
Louis Hervé|Paris 1851|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Publisher's yellow cover, this copy, uncut, retains the handsome portrait of the author as frontispiece.notre exemplaire, non rogné, est complet du très beau portrait gravé de l'auteur en frontispice. Large but pale foxing to almost every leaf.
€600
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Les garçons
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Japon Torinoko paper, the tirage de tête.
Ex libris pasted onto endpaper.
A fine copy.
€1,500
Léon CLADEL
Kerkadec garde barrrière
P. Delille & P. Vigneron|Paris 1884|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on Holland paper, the only issue with a few on China and Japan papers.
Work decorated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Bouisset and illustrated with drawings by Poirson and Willette.
Preface by Clovis Hugues.
Bradel binding in full marbled paper, smooth spine, navy blue morocco title-label, soiled covers preserved, binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
€500
Jules LAFORGUE
Moralités légendaires
Librairie de la Revue indépendante|Paris 1887|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 400 numbered copies on vélin mécanique paper, the only printing, along with 20 on grand vélin.
With a frontispiece portrait etching of the author engraved by E. Laforgue. This copy is in new covers intended for resale by L. Vanier. One small insignificant stain to upper cover , a little very light foxing.
Rare.
€1,200
ANONYME
Le Papillotage, ouvrage comique et moral
Chez E. V. D. W. & Compagnie|à Rotterdam 1769|11 x 18 cm|relié
New edition after the first published in 1766, at the same address.
Half speckled cloth binding, mid-19th century. Smooth spine with fillets. Red calf title-label. The work is a libertine entertainment on elegance and fashion in novel form; it is the story of an elegant man and his tribulations in society.
€150
Clément MAROT
Les oeuvres de Clément Marot de Cahors
Chez Adrian Moetjens|à La haye [The Hague] 1702|14 x 8 cm|deux tomes en deux volumes relié
Reprint, by the same publisher, of the 1700 edition, 'the most sought-after' according to Brunet III, 1458 who adds: "It is difficult to find well-preserved copies with good margins and whose leaves do not have a russet tint."

Contemporary full brown sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands, decorated. A tear with loss at the junction of the upper joint and headcap of volume II.

Rubbing to corners and joints.

Complete edition, which even contains the translations made by Marot.
Bookplate Biblilothèque Tramar de Lamarque.
€400
Alexandre DUMAS
Monsieur Coumbes
Librairie Nouvelle • & A. Bourdilliat & Cie|Paris 1860|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition.
Two tiny lacks at head of spine, a very small insignificant stain on first cover, a minute corner lack at foot of second cover.
Rare copy in original wrappers retaining the publisher's catalogue at rear.
€450
Jacques CHARDONNE
Eva
Grasset|Paris 1930|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa.
A good copy.
€50
Jacques PERRET
L'oiseau rare
Editions Arc-en-ciel|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours unnumbered but bearing, at the foot of the back cover, the mention "exemplaire sur papier alfa".
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without gravity, gift inscription in ballpoint pen at head of title page.
€70
Jérôme & Jean THARAUD
Un royaume de dieu
Plon-Nourrit & Cie|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of the first issue copies numbered at press.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine slightly faded and bearing a black stain at foot decorated with a gilt cartouche adorned with gilt arabesques, gilt date at tail, joints lightly rubbed, gilt fillet on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on verso of front board, contemporary binding signed by Yseux successor to Thierry-Simier.
Provenance: from the library of the Château de Vertcoeur with provenance statement stamped in gilt at head of front board.
€40
Marie-Louise ROSSIGNOL
Nausicaa, extrait de l'Odyssée
Lib. des Arts décoratifs|Paris 1946|23 x 28.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with original color compositions by M.L. Rossignol, one of 1000 numbered copies on vellum, ours unnumbered, the only printing along with 5 on Japan paper.
Autograph inscription signed by the publisher.
Handsome copy.
€40
Henry BORDEAUX
Andromède et le monstre
Plon|Paris 1928|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on alfa.
A good copy.
€20
Tristan DERÈME
Le ballet des muses
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1928|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Lafuma paper.
A light shadow on the endpaper, handsome copy.
€30
MARTES
Firmin ou le jeune voyageur en Egypte
Alfred Mame & Cie|Tours s. d. [circa 1850]|10.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Full dark green shagreen binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt arabesques, gilt roulettes on headcaps, traces of rubbing to joints, triple blind-ruled frames on boards decorated at their centers with blind-stamped arabesques as well as a gilt fountain, gilt fillets on edges, corners slightly bumped, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary Romantic binding.
Work illustrated with two vignettes engraved on the title and half-title pages.
Foxing mainly at beginning and end of volume.
Rare.
€80
Michel BUTOR
Second sous-sol
Gallimard|Paris 1976|12.50 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Michel BUTOR
Quadruple fond
Gallimard|Paris 1981|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Michel BUTOR
Illustrations IV
Gallimard|Paris 1976|15.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only large paper copies.
A very good copy.
€150
Michel BUTOR
Matière de rêves
Gallimard|Paris 1975|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€150
Michel BUTOR
Troisième dessous
Gallimard|Paris 1977|13 x 20 cm|broché
First edition, one of 21 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.
€150
Benjamin CONSTANT
Adolphe
H. Piazza|Paris 1923|17.50 x 24.50 cm|broché
New edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours one of the few hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
Small brown stains of no consequence at foot of spine and front cover, handsome copy.
€60
Philippe SOUPAULT
Le grand homme
Kra|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 5 Holland and 20 pur fil.
Three stains on the spine and back cover, handsome interior condition.
€30
SAINT-MARC GIRARDIN
Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Sa vie et ses ouvrages. XV. Le contrat social. Du pouvoir absolu et d'état et de la souveraineté du peuple
La Revue des deux mondes|Paris 1856|15.50 x 25 cm|en feuillets
First edition.
Extracted from the Revue des deux mondes.
In sheets, in chemise.
€40
L.-G. MAYNIEL
Contes du pays d'Oc
Eugène Figuière|Paris 1913|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, no deluxe copies mentioned.
Signed and inscribed by the author.
Covers slightly and marginally soiled, handsome interior condition.
€40
Alfred MICHIELS
Contes des montagnes
Alphonse Delahays|Paris 1858|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition.
Two small tears and losses at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition despite occasional foxing.
€40
Léon FRAPIÉ
M'ame Préciat
Calmann-Lévy|Paris s. d. [1908]|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
€30
Alfred de MUSSET
Oeuvres posthumes
Charpentier|Paris 1867|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
A tiny lack to foot of spine, otherwise a good copy.
€50
PÉTRONE, Louis de LANGLE
L'oeuvre de Pétrone. Le Satyricon
Bibliothèque des Curieux|Paris 1914|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
New edition of the French translation, complete, established by Louis de Langle.
Introduction and notes by the same.
Work ornated with 8 illustrations hors-texte.
Some light foxing affecting the endpapers and edges.
€20
Hugues LAPAIRE
Contes de la ville et des champs
Crépin-Leblond|Moulins 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Rare and handsome copy.
€40
VERCORS
Le songe
Egloff|Genève [Geneva] 1945|16.50 x 23 cm|broché
New edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.
€30
Robert GAILLARD
Sortilèges des mers du sud
Les éditions universelles|Paris 1945|15 x 20 cm|broché sous étui
Edition with original illustrations by Pierre Leroy and printed in 520 copies on Rives laid paper.
A small lack to foot of spine, spine and covers marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
Copy complete with its slipcase split at head and with some tears.
€40
Roger VAILLAND
Drôle de jeu
Corrêa|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine very slightly sunned, not serious.
€20
STENDHAL
Chroniques et nouvelles
Librairie Nouvelle|Paris 1855|10 x 16 cm|relié
Edition with some parts in first edition.
Half red sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted to verso of first cover, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing.
Manuscript gift inscription on half-title page.
€180
Auguste DORCHAIN
Conte d'avril
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1885|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Bradel binding in full mouse-grey boards, smooth spine, date at foot, small marginal discoloration stains on the first cover, original wrappers preserved, worming on the endpapers.
€40
Francis JAMMES
Le tombeau de Jean de La Fontaine suivi de Poèmes mesurés
Mercure de France|Paris 1921|13.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 279 Holland.
Two light scratches to foot of spine, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.
€40
Henry de MONTHERLANT
Tous feux éteints
Gallimard|Paris 1975|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only large paper copies along with 35 Hollande.
A very good copy.
€100
Jacques-Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
Oeuvres choisies de Bernardin de Saint-Pierre publiées par Aimé-Martin
Didier|Paris 1838|10.50 x 17.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
Charming illustrated edition with 7 plates, including a frontispiece.
Full red glazed calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt arabesques, two tiny holes at foot of joints, gilt roulettes on headcaps, boards framed with gilt fillet and arabesque, discoloration stains on boards of first volume, quadruple gilt fillets framing endpapers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt fillets on leading edges, all edges gilt, elegant contemporary romantic bindings.
Some foxing.
Handsome copy elegantly bound in romantic binding.
€300
Émile HENRIOT
Quatre nouvelles
Editions du Rocher|Monaco 1944|25.50 x 34 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in a numbered run of 550 copies on Johannot paper.
Handsome copy.
€40
Émile GÉRARD-GAILLY, René BOYLESVE
Qui était mademoiselle Cloque ? (Les origines d'un roman d'après des documents inédits)
Le Divan|Paris 1931|12.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition printed in 750 numbered copies on pure thread Lafuma paper, ours unnumbered.
Work illustrated with a sketch by René Boylesve and a facsimile of his manuscript.
Spine and covers uniformly faded, handsome interior condition.
€30
Remy de GOURMONT
Un coeur virginal
Mercure de France|Paris 1920|12 x 19 cm|broché
New edition.
Illustrated cover.
A good copy.
€20
Robert GUIETTE
Signatures
André de Rache|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1966|14.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper, with only 20 deluxe copies printed on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.
€20
Émile PAULY
Les Brayauds de Combraille
Crépin-Leblond|Moulins 1936|18.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 30 pen drawings.
Preface by Camille Gagnon.
Light foxing to boards.
€50
Henri POURRAT
Le mauvais garçon
Nrf|Paris 1926|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 944 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies along with 111 reimposed copies.
Minor worming without consequence to spine and foot of front cover, handsome interior condition.
€70
André THÉRIVE
Le charbon ardent
Grasset|Paris 1929|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Copy with double wrappers, the justification page at the end has been cleanly removed, endpapers very lightly and partially shaded.
€40
Francis PONGE
Comment une figue de paroles et pourquoi
Flammarion • Digraphe|Paris 1977|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition, one of 88 numbered copies on Arches, the only large paper copies along with 44 Hollande.
A very good copy.
€120
Georges DUHAMEL
Cri des profondeurs
Mercure de France|Paris 1951|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe issue.
Half chocolate shagreen binding with corners, spine very lightly sunned with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, olive paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.
€80
Jean GIRAUDOUX
Eglantine
Grasset|Paris 1927|17.50 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pure laid paper and recomposed in Tellière quarto format.
Minimal marginal worming to spine and boards, handsome interior condition.
€80
Gabriel SOULAGES
Du coeur : petite contribution à l'étude de l'amour illégitime
A Schéhérazade|Paris 1910|16.50 x 18 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper, false statement of "second thousand".
A small lack to head of spine, handsome interior condition despite some minor foxing.
€50
Jean-Marc BERNARD
Sub tegmine fagi, amours bergeries et jeux
Editions du temps présent|Paris 1913|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper, the only printing with 40 Holland copies.
A tiny tear at head of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
€50
André GIDE
Thésée
Pantheon Books|New-York [New York] 1946|13 x 21 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full brown cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine. Handsome copy lacking dust jacket.
€50
Francis CARCO
Petite suite sentimentale
Emile-Paul frères|Paris 1936|15.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
A tiny tear to foot of spine.
€30
[Guillaume LALLEMENT]
Le petit roman d'une grande histoire. Ou Vingt ans d'une plume
Alexis Eymery|Paris 1814|14 x 21 cm|broché
Rare first edition of this satirical novella, whose narrator is a pen that castigates Napoleon's absolute power and press censorship.
In original plain wrappers.
€120
Paul FÉVAL
Aimée
Dentu|Paris 1875|11 x 18 cm|relié
Fourth edition.
Half fir-green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments and adorned with central floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped.
Some foxing affecting mainly the edges.
€70
Charles DERENNES
La matinée du faune
Garnier|Paris 1926|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 10 on pur fil.
Inscribed by the author to the poet Georges Heitz.
Spine slightly sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, front board marginally discolored at foot, small spots at foot of first endpaper, handsome interior condition.
€40
Jean COCTEAU
Opéra, oeuvres poétiques 1925-1927
Stock|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 395 numbered copies on Marais paper.
Cover illustrated by C. Bérard.
Cover lightly worn, handsome interior condition.
€30
Claude TILLIER
Belle-Plante et Cornélius
A. Lapie|Lausanne • & Paris 1908|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
New edition expanded with an original preface by Jules Renard.
Illustrated cover.
Spine renewed, original wrappers preserved, pleasant interior condition.
€20
Suzanne NORMAND
Cinq femmes sur une galère
G. Crès & Cie|Paris 1927|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on tinted Marais vellum.
Handsome copy.
€30
Ernest RENAN
Fragments intimes et romanesques
Calmann-Lévy|Paris s. d. [1914]|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
New edition.
Half black shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, covers preserved, binding signed by Hauttecoeur.
Handsome copy beautifully bound.
€50
John KNITTEL
Thérèse Etienne
Editions du nord Albert Parmentier|Bruxelles [Brussels] 1941|19.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with original woodcuts by Joris Minne, one of the numbered copies on Estrella vellum.
Handsome copy.
€50
Jean VIOLLIS
L'émoi
Lib. Borel|Paris 1897|7 x 14 cm|broché
Edition on ordinary paper from the year of the original.
Work illustrated by A. Calbet with a duplicate suite of sanguine plates.
Handsome copy.
€30
Camille LEMONNIER
L'aumône d'amour
Lib. Borel|Paris 1897|7.50 x 14.50 cm|broché
New edition printed on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated by Marold and Mittis with duplicate suite of sanguine plates hors-texte.
Handsome copy.
€30
Henri BARBUSSE
Les Judas de Jésus
Flammarion|Paris 1927|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the copies on alfa paper.
Light foxing mainly affecting the rear endpaper, otherwise handsome copy.
€30
Albert JOSIPOVICI
Le beau Saïd
Nrf|Paris 1928|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine sunned.
€40
René TRINTZIUS, Amédée VALENTIN
Poudre d'or, précédé de Philippe le Zélé
Nrf|Paris 1928|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine very slightly sunned, some light foxing.
€40
Henri DEBERLY
Auguette le main
Nouvelle Revue Française|Paris 1930|17 x 22 cm|broché
First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine very slightly sunned.
€50
Luc DIETRICH, LANZA DEL VASTO
Dialogue de l'amitié
Robert Laffont|Marseille 1942|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on fine laid paper.
Some reading marks in pink colored pencil in margins of certain pages.
€40
Louis HÉMON
Colin-Maillard
Grasset|Paris 1924|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners, spine lightly faded, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.
€50
Chanoine SCHMIDT
Contes : Geneviève de Brabant. - Les oeufs de Pâques. - La corbeille de fleurs. - Rose de Tannebourg
Henri Laurens|Paris s. d. [1912]|22.50 x 28 cm|reliure cartonnée de l'éditeur
Edition illustrated with colored and black illustrations by Louis Morin.
Publisher's full navy cardboard binding, smooth spine, illustrated front cover with minor scuffing of no importance, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Corner lack to head of half-title page.
€60
COLLECTIF
Horizon
Nantes S.d|-|broché
First edition. With contributions by F. Garcia Lorca, B. Cendrars, T. Briant, M. Lebesque, J-C. Pichon, M. Fombeure, J. Bour, R-G Cadou.
€30