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Novels, Short Stories and Tales

Fiction works, fables, adventure stories, autofiction, autobiographical novels, epics, sagas, novelistic works

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Novels, Short Stories and Tales
  1. L'âne mort et la femme guillotinée
    Jules JANIN

    L'âne mort et la femme guillotinée

    Baudouin|Paris 1829|10.20 x 17.30 cm|2 tomes en un volume relié
    First edition, rare, illustrated with 2 title vignettes and one figure.
    Contemporary half glazed hazel calf binding. Spine with false raised bands decorated with 3 complex blind tooled ornaments, with roulettes on the bands and at head and tail. Title and date labels in black calf. Marbled edges. Blind roulette on boards. Traces of rubbing, notably on boards. Scattered foxing. Fine copy.
    Literary curiosity at the crossroads of several influences, that of the English Gothic novel, of the emerging romantic tale flirting with the fantastic and the pathetic, and parody of Victor Hugo's Last Day of a Condemned Man which had just appeared. The novelist closest to this narrative is...
    €800
  2. Entretiens avec le professeur Y - Exemplaire d'Eliane Bonabel
    Louis-Ferdinand CELINE

    Entretiens avec le professeur Y - Exemplaire d'Eliane Bonabel

    Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
    Fine copy.
    Half black morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and sunned spine preserved, top edge gilt, signed binding by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
    Precious and fine autograph inscription from Louis-Ferdinand Céline to Eliane Bonabel who illustrated two works by the author: "Ballets sans musique, sans rien ni personne" and "Voyage au bout de la nuit": "A Eliane son très nul et très sincère admirateur. Sa bien fidèle et respectueuse affection. LF Céline." (To Eliane her very worthless and very sincere...
    €3,000
  3. Carmen - Arsène Guillot - L'abbé Aubain - La dame de pique - Les Bohémiens - Le hussard - Nicolas Gogol
    Prosper MERIMEE

    Carmen - Arsène Guillot - L'abbé Aubain - La dame de pique - Les Bohémiens - Le hussard - Nicolas Gogol

    Calmann Lévy|Paris s.d. (ca 1910)|12 x 19 cm|relié
    New edition.
    Half morocco binding with corners in red, spine with four raised bands set with black fillets and decorated with triple black compartments, anthracite grey morocco title-label and author's name, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
    Handsome copy beautifully executed of one of the most famous and sought-after titles by Prosper Mérimée, which was immortalized in opera by Georges Bizet.
    €150
  4. Clair de lune
    Guy de MAUPASSANT

    Clair de lune

    Monnier|Paris 1884|15.50 x 23.30 cm|relié
    First illustrated edition, published in the same year as the original duodecimo. The collection contains 12 short stories, each illustrated with a wood engraving headpiece by a different artist: Gambard, Jeanniot, Merwart, Le Natur, Adrien Marie, Myrbach, J. Roy, Grasset, Arcos, Renouard, Tirado, Rochegrosse, in addition to a frontispiece and the illustration on the front cover.
    Contemporary burgundy half-shagreen binding with corners. Smooth spine decorated with 4 complex tools and 2 fleurons, fillet lines on boards and corners. Top edge gilt. The covers have been preserved, without the spine. Fresh throughout, with occasional light foxing here and there. Spine sunned. Light traces of...
    €500
  6. Dialogue d'ombres
    Georges BERNANOS

    Dialogue d'ombres

    Nrf|Paris 1926|14.50 x 22.50 cm|broché
    First edition printed in a very small number on pure rag paper.
    A vertical shadow in the right margin of the second cover.
    Rare and handsome copy of this offprint.
    Provenance: from the library of the great bibliophile Lucien Graux with his bookplate pasted on the verso of the first cover.

    €600
  7. Oeuvres complètes, volume I : Les confessions. - Autres textes autobiographiques
    Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU

    Oeuvres complètes, volume I : Les confessions. - Autres textes autobiographiques

    Gallimard, • Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1981|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    Bibliothèque de La Pléiade edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's binding in full blue grained sheep, blue top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper, dust jacket and slipcase slightly split at head.
    €40
  8. Le cœur serré
    René MARAN

    Le cœur serré[With a Tightened Heart]

    Albin Michel|Paris 1921|13 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 5 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    A small insignificant stain at head of spine.
    Rare and handsome full-margined copy
    €1,200
  9. La guerre sainte
    René DAUMAL

    La guerre sainte

    Fontaine|Alger [Algiers] 1940|16.50 x 23.50 cm|agrafé
    First edition of the last work published during René Daumal's lifetime and printed in 300 copies.
    Handsome and rare copy.
    €700
  10. Le docteur Pascal
    Emile ZOLA

    Le docteur Pascal[Doctor Pascal]

    G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle|Paris 1893|11 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper. Genealogical tree of the Rougon-Macquart on a folding sheet.
    Contemporary half-shagreen binding in red. Spine with false raised bands decorated with compartments ornamented with 5 fleurons. Rubbing to headcap with a minor cut. One raised band also rubbed. Paper very fresh.
    €500
  11. Antoine et Julie
    Georges SIMENON

    Antoine et Julie

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1953|12 x 19 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil de lana, only deluxe issue.
    Nice copy.

    €800
  12. L'angevine
    René FALLET

    L'angevine[The Woman from Anjou]

    Denoël|Paris 1982|15.5 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very fine copy.
    €1,500
  13. Le guépard
    Giuseppe TOMASI DI LAMPEDUSA

    Le guépard[Il Gattopardo][The Leopard]

    Seuil|Paris 1959|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin neige paper reserved for bibliophiles of Sélections Lardanchet, the only deluxe copies.
    A small area of sunning at head of spine extending slightly onto the back board.
    Rare and handsome copy of this masterpiece magnificently adapted for cinema by Luchino Visconti, (Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1963), with Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon as the principal actors.
    Rare and fine copy.
    €4,500
  14. Les lanciers
    Richard BOLESLAVSKI, Hélène WOODWARD

    Les lanciers[The Lancers]

    Gallimard|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 40 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    Preface by Joseph Kessel.



    €450
  15. Batailles dans la montagne
    Jean GIONO, Germaine Marguerite de COSTER

    Batailles dans la montagneBattles in the Mountain

    Gallimard|Paris 1937|14 x 21 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on Chinese paper, the deluxe issue.
    Bound in full red morocco, smooth spine, spine and boards decorated with a geometric design of black and gilt fillets representing interlaced mountain peaks in zigzag pattern, endpapers and pastedowns illustrated with an original lithograph signed in pencil by Germaine de Coster, following endpapers of red paper, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt; a very elegant contemporary binding signed by Hélène Dumas and Germaine de Coster.
    This copy is further enriched with an original charcoal portrait of Jean Giono, signed by...

    €12,000
  16. Le soleil est aveugle
    Curzio MALAPARTE

    Le soleil est aveugle[The Sun Is Blind]

    Denoël|Paris 1958|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition of the French translation, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite two light traces of sunning without significance at head and foot of spine.
    €1,200
  18. Bel-Ami
    Guy de MAUPASSANT

    Bel-AmiBel-Ami

    Victor-Havard|Paris 1885|13 x 19.50 cm|relié

    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies.

    3/4 blue morocco Bradel binding, spine with five raised bands highlighted with gilt dots and decorated with triple gilt compartments, gilt date at tail, gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled paper flyleaves and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, others uncut, binding signed Canape.

    Rare copy of Guy de Maupassant's masterpiece beautifully bound in an elegant signed binding.

    €13,500
  19. De sang-froid - Récit véridique d'un meurtre multiple et de ses conséquences
    Truman CAPOTE

    De sang-froid - Récit véridique d'un meurtre multiple et de ses conséquences[In Cold Blood]

    Gallimard|Paris 1966|15 x 22 cm|broché

    First edition of the French translation, one of 51 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only copies printed on deluxe paper.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, as often.
    Rare and handsome copy of this work, splendidly adapted for the screen in 1967 by Richard Brooks, with Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, and John MacLiam in the leading roles.
    Richard Brooks even went so far as to film in the actual house where the crime took place, as well as in the same courthouse, where 7 of the 12 jurors played their own roles.

    €3,600
  20. Tandis que j'agonise
    William FAULKNER, Valery LARBAUD (Pref.)

    Tandis que j'agonise

    Gallimard|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 210 numbered copies in roman numerals on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Preface by Valéry Larbaud.
    A handsome copy.
    €450
  21. Histoire des treize
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Histoire des treize

    Charpentier|Paris 1840|11.20 x 18.60 cm|relié
    First duodecimo edition, with a revised version, after the original of 1833 and 1834. It comprises two short novels: Ferragus and La duchesse de Langeais (which takes this title in this edition after Ne touchez pas la hâche). About the Charpentier editions, which form a sort of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of great interest because for all texts, it presents a revised version, often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) very reasonably priced." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
    Contemporary half glazed red calf binding. Smooth spines decorated with a large mirror tool mosaic in red and black...
    €400
  22. Maigret et le clochard
    Georges SIMENON

    Maigret et le clochard

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1963|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Rare and handsome copy with beautiful illustrated cover.
    €800
  23. Le médecin de campagne
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Le médecin de campagne

    Charpentier|Paris 1839|11.20 x 18.60 cm|relié
    First duodecimo edition, with a revised version, following the 1833 original. Regarding the Charpentier editions, which form a kind of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all texts, it presents a revised version, and often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) very reasonably priced." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
    Contemporary half red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large mosaic mirror tool in red and black in the Restoration style. Series of fillets, monastic rolls at head and foot. Moiré and glazed red paper on boards. Signs of rubbing...
    €300
  24. Le lys dans la vallée
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Le lys dans la vallée

    Charpentier|Paris 1839|11.20 x 18.60 cm|relié
    First duodecimo edition, with a revised version, following the 1833 original. Regarding the Charpentier editions, which form a kind of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all texts, it presents a revised version, and often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) very reasonably priced." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
    Contemporary half red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large mosaic mirror tool in red and black in the Restoration style. Series of fillets, monastic rolls at head and foot. Moiré and glazed red paper on boards. Signs of rubbing...
    €400
  25. Eugénie Grandet
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Eugénie Grandet

    Charpentier|Paris 1839|11.20 x 18.60 cm|relié
    First duodecimo edition and first separate edition, with a revised version, after the original of 1834, which appeared in volume I of Scènes de la vie de province. Concerning the Charpentier editions, which form a sort of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all the texts, it presents a revised version, often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) at a very affordable price." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
    Half vermillion red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large rocaille tool in mirror. 2 black calf title labels. Fillets at head and tail. Light...
    €500
  26. Scènes de la vie de province
    Honoré de BALZAC

    Scènes de la vie de province

    Charpentier|Paris 1839|11 x 17.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First duodecimo edition in a revised version, after the original of 1834. Concerning the Charpentier editions, which form a sort of first collected edition, Clouzot states: "A collection of very great interest because for all the texts, it presents a revised version, often profoundly so. Increasingly sought after, they have nevertheless remained (for how much longer?) at a very affordable price." Guide du bibliophile français. XIXe siècle.
    Half vermillion red glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with a large rocaille tool in mirror. 2 black calf title labels. Fillets at head and tail. Light rubbing. Very fresh copy, free from foxing, with bright white paper, except for pale...
    €600
  27. La Chartreuse de Parme
    STENDHAL, Honoré de BALZAC

    La Chartreuse de Parme

    Jules Hetzel|Paris 1846|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First duodecimo edition.
    Work preceded by a notice on the life and works of Beyle by his literary executor Romain Colomb followed by a literary study on Beyle by Honoré de Balzac.
    Spine restored, small losses and marginal tears to boards, foxing.
    Rare copy in original wrappers as issued.

    €350
  28. Sur la pierre blanche
    Anatole FRANCE

    Sur la pierre blanche

    Calmann Lévy|Paris 1903|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Half-shagreen binding in burgundy, spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black fillets, some rubbing to the bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.


    €120
  29. Louise Leclercq
    Paul VERLAINE

    Louise Leclercq

    Léon Vanier|Paris 1886|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition printed in 1100 copies on ordinary paper, the only printing with 22 on Holland paper.
    Small lack to head of spine, one fold to upper left corner of back board, some foxing.
    €120
  30. Oeuvres
    Eugène DEVERIA, François RABELAIS

    Oeuvres

    Chez Dalibon|A Paris 1823|14 x 22.50 cm|9 volumes reliés
    Variorum edition incorporating all the remarks, notes and variants from previous editions (Le Duchat, La Monnoye, Gueullette, Voltaire, Marsy, etc.).
    Contemporary half calf bindings with brown corners signed Pivoteau at the foot of volume I. Smooth spine decorated with 2 large mirror tools at head and foot, within frames. Cold-rolled borders on boards and corners. Wave-pattern paper boards. Marbled edges. Scattered foxing. Fine copy in Restoration binding.
    Headcap of first volume very slightly damaged with small loss, some stains on lower spine of the last three volumes. Foxing not affecting the plates.
    Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 9 hors-texte plates by...
    €800
  31. La guerre à l'italienne
    Joseph JOFFO

    La guerre à l'italienne

    Editions du Rocher|Paris 2002|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Some reading marks and annotations in black ballpoint pen on certain pages.
    Autograph inscription dated and signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline on the half-title page accompanied, opposite, by a drawing of a flower.
    €80
  32. Le voeu d'une morte
    Émile ZOLA

    Le voeu d'une morte

    Achille Faure|Paris 1866|11 x 18 cm|relié
    The rare first edition of this early novel by the author, overshadowed by the Rougon-Macquart series, but which prefigures naturalism and whose story is based on a news item. The novel is followed by Esquisses parisiennes, a collection of 4 short stories. The second edition would not appear until 1889 with Charpentier.
    Contemporary half-brown shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with black fillets. Signs of rubbing and corners slightly bumped.
    €550
  33. Les destinées sentimentales
    Jacques CHARDONNE

    Les destinées sentimentales

    Grasset|Paris 1934|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 18 numbered copies on japon impérial, deluxe issue.
    Spine slightly sunned with minor lacks at foot.

    €1,200
  34. Entretiens avec le professeur Y
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Entretiens avec le professeur Y

    Gallimard|Paris 1955|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Half red morocco binding with bands, spine with six raised bands set with black fillets, gilt fillet frame on wood-grain paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
    Handsome copy attractively bound.
    €4,500
  35. La grand'route
    Blaise CENDRARS, André MINAUX

    La grand'route

    Bibliophiles et graveurs d'aujourd'hui|Paris 1952|26 x 33 cm|en feuilles sous chemise et étui
    Edition illustrated with 27 original lithographs by André Minaux and printed in 120 numbered copies on Vélin d'Arches.
    Spine of chemise with small stains, a tear at foot of slipcase, dampstaining to slipcase, otherwise a handsome copy free from foxing.
    €500
  36. Un enfant trop curieux
    Joseph JOFFO

    Un enfant trop curieux

    Editions Ramsay|Paris 1998|15.50 x 24 cm|broché
    First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    Dated autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "L'histoire d'un enfant trop curieux. La curiosité n'est plus un défaut. Surtout quand on lit Joffo. Amitiés" (The story of a child too curious. Curiosity is no longer a fault. Especially when one reads Joffo. Best wishes) on the half-title page accompanied, on the facing page, by a drawing of a flower.
    €80
  37. Vipère au Poing
    Hervé BAZIN

    Vipère au Poing

    Grasset|Paris 1948|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    Second edition published the same year and a few months after the first edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Spine creased with a small tear at foot; at the end of the volume, two signatures having been poorly cut and having caused small lacks of paper at the heads of the leaves without any damage to the text.

    €100
  38. L'insoumis
    Jean DOLENT, Eugène MILLET

    L'insoumis

    Cournol|Paris 1871|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
    Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
    Work illustrated, as frontispiece, with an etching by Eugène Millet.









    €300
  39. Les caves du Vatican
    André GIDE

    Les caves du Vatican

    Editions de la nouvelle revue française|Paris 1914|14 x 22.20 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition of 550 copies printed on candle paper from the Arches paper mills with the watermark of the Nouvelle Revue française (sole printing). Frontispiece: A portrait of the author on Japan paper in soft-ground etching by Paul-Albert Laurens. Copy No. 379. Original wrappers preserved, lacking spines. 2 leaves of catalogues at rear.
    Later half morocco with corners in burgundy signed G. Dubois-D'Enghien at top of endpaper. Spine with 5 raised bands in Jansenist style with author, title, volume number and date gilt. Top edges gilt. Gilt fillets on boards.
    Very handsome copy, with superbly fresh paper in near-mint condition.
    Bookplate: G. Foulon, with the motto Semina fert...
    €1,500
  40. Adolphe, anecdote trouvée dans les papiers d'un inconnu
    Benjamin CONSTANT

    Adolphe, anecdote trouvée dans les papiers d'un inconnu [Adolphe, an anecdote found among the papers of an unknown man]

    H. Colburn • Treuttel et Würtz|Londres [London] • & Paris 1816|11 x 18.40 cm|broché sous chemise et étui
    First French edition, published around June 15, 1816, only a few days after the London edition.
    Our copy bears all the features of the second state of the Parisian edition: with the London address preceding that of Paris on the title page, then, on the verso, the absence of the warning to counterfeiters and, at the end of the volume, page 228, the absence of the printer's name.
    Small marginal lacks to the temporary covers, upper joints slightly cracked at head, a small tear on the title page, a former owner having added the word "par" on the title page above the author's name, he also copied a critique of the work by Honoré de Balzac at the foot of the last page of text.
    Our...
    €2,500
  41. Au moment voulu
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    Au moment voulu

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.
    €600
  42. Monsieur Paul
    Henri CALET

    Monsieur Paul

    Gallimard|Paris 1950|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly sunned without significance.
    €250
  43. Le marin de Gibraltar
    Marguerite DURAS

    Le marin de Gibraltar[The Sailor from Gibraltar]

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Fine and rare copy of this work which was adapted for cinema in 1967 by Tony Richardson, assisted by Christian de Chalonge and Norman J. Warren, starring Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles, Ian Bannen and Vanessa Redgrave.
    €4,500
  44. Les fruits du Congo
    Alexandre VIALATTE

    Les fruits du Congo(The Fruits of the Congo]

    Gallimard|Paris 1951|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe paper issue.
    Subtle and skillful minor restorations to the spine.
    A rare and handsome copy.
    €4,000
  45. La femme rompue - Monologue - L'âge de discrétion
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    La femme rompue - Monologue - L'âge de discrétion

    Gallimard|Paris 1967|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First Gallimard edition, with some parts in first edition and published the same year as the first edition, one of 135 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies with 40 on Holland paper.
    Spine slightly sunned, a stain at the foot of the second cover.

    €100
  46. Les fantômes du chapelier
    Georges SIMENON

    Les fantômes du chapelierThe Hatter's Ghost

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on white laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Covers partially sunned, light foxing to endpapers.
    Rare copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows minor marginal tears of no consequence.
    The work was magnificently adapted for cinema in 1982 by Claude Chabrol with Michel Serrault and Charles Aznavour in the leading roles.
    €1,500
  47. Les frères Rico
    Georges SIMENON

    Les frères Rico

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1952|11.50 x 18.50 cm|broché

    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure linen thread paper, the only deluxe copies.


    Rare and handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows minor scuffs to head and foot of spine.


    The work was adapted for cinema in 1957 by Phil Karlson with Dianne Foster and Richard Conte in the principal roles.
     



    €1,500
  48. Le blanc à lunettes
    Georges SIMENON

    Le blanc à lunettes

    Gallimard|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Two small lacks of no significance at foot of spine.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €1,700
  49. Les quatre jours du pauvre homme
    Georges SIMENON

    Les quatre jours du pauvre homme

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1949|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite the partially shadowed endpapers.
    €800
  50. Marie qui louche
    Georges SIMENON

    Marie qui louche

    Presses de la Cité|Paris 1951|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite minor rubbing at head of spine.
    €800
  51. Tous les hommes en sont fous
    Jean d' ORMESSON

    Tous les hommes en sont fous

    Jean-Claude Lattès|Paris 1986|16.50 x 25.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on white laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.
    €600
  52. La mauvaise étoile
    Georges SIMENON

    La mauvaise étoile

    Gallimard|Paris 1938|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €1,700
  53. Le bateau d'Emile
    Georges SIMENON

    Le bateau d'Emile

    Gallimard|Paris 1954|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pure thread paper, ours one of the 6 hors commerce lettered copies, the only deluxe copies.
    Two small wormholes on the first endpaper.
    Rare and handsome copy of this collection of short stories comprising: La femme du pilote, Le doigt de Barraquier, Valérie s'en va, L'épingle en fer à cheval, Le nègre s'est endormi, Le deuil de Fonsine, L'homme à barbe, Le bateau d'Emile and Le Baron de l'écluse ou la croisière du Potam.
    This last story was masterfully brought to the screen in 1960 by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin and Micheline Presle in the leading roles.
    €1,700
  54. Le voleur
    Georges DARIEN

    Le voleur

    P.V. Stock|Paris 1898|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper and without statement of edition.
    Bradel binding in orange half cloth, smooth spine very slightly darkened decorated with a central gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, some rubbing to headcaps, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved very slightly trimmed, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
    Some light foxing, particularly on the cover boards.
    We include a correspondence of 5 letters and telegrams, spanning the year 1955, between two admirers of Georges Darien's work who wish to preserve his memory and have his works republished: Georges Quesnel whose father served as model...
    €1,700
  55. Les Thibault
    Roger MARTIN DU GARD

    Les Thibault

    Nrf|Paris 1922-1940|12 x 19 cm|11 volumes brochés
    First edition for each of the volumes with print runs varying from 297 to 1,250 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies along with the reimposed ones.
    Some spines lightly sunned.
    A rare and handsome set.
    €2,500
  56. Le Ravissement de Lol. V. Stein
    Marguerite DURAS

    Le Ravissement de Lol. V. Stein

    Gallimard|Paris 1964|13 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on laid paper, ours one of the 75 copies reserved for the Club de l'édition originale, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy despite two small areas of sunning at head and foot of spine.
    €700
  57. Les mille et une nuits
    Joseph-Charles MARDRUS

    Les mille et une nuits

    Fasquelle|Paris 1908|25 x 33 cm|8 tomes en 4 volumes reliés
    Edition in the complete translation by Dr. J. C. Mardrus and illustrated with facsimiles of Persian and Indian miniatures that adorn the original manuscripts. Pages with oriental frames in various colors, green, red, yellow, blue... Chromotypes engraved by Mulot, Kriéger et Cie; Text and Frames printed by Motteroz et Martinet; Color plates printed by G. de Malherbe.
    Contemporary half navy blue shagreen bindings with corners signed Flammarion Vaillant at the top of the first endpaper. Smooth spines now uniformly green, decorated with oriental tools in mirror effect and inlaid with ochre shagreen. Ruled fillets on boards. Top edges gilt. Some rubbing. Several corners slightly bumped...
    €1,200
  58. La route
    Arturo BAREA

    La route

    Gallimard|Paris 1948|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition in French, one of 110 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned, light and small adhesive paper residue on endpapers.
    Rare copy of this work dealing with the Spanish War.
    €170
  59. Une autre jeunesse
    Jean-René HUGUENIN

    Une autre jeunesse

    Seuil|Paris 1965|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on snow vellum, ours one of 15 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
    Some minor worming without consequence, two small sunning marks at head and foot of spine.
    A handsome and rare copy.
    €1,200
  60. Le chercheur d'or
    Jean-Marie Gustave LE CLÉZIO

    Le chercheur d'or

    Gallimard|Paris 1985|14.50 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies after 45 on Holland paper.
    Half petroleum blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands underlined with blind fillets, spine lightly faded, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved.
    €1,200
  61. Moby Dick
    Herman MELVILLE, Jean GIONO

    Moby Dick

    Gallimard|Paris 1941|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    Moby Dick, Gallimard, Paris 1941, 14,5x21cm, original wrappers.

    First edition of the French translation by Lucien Jacques, Joan Smith and Jean Giono, one of 112 numbered copies on alfa, only deluxe copies (grand papier) after 7 on Chine and 55 on pur fil.
    A fine and very rare deluxe copy of this masterpiece of American literature.
    €4,000
  62. Paris au mois d'août
    René FALLET

    Paris au mois d'août[Paris in August]

    Denoël|Paris 1964|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
    A fine copy of this work adapted for the cinema in 1966 by Pierre Granier-Deferre, starring Charles Aznavour and Susan Hampshire, with dialogue by Henri Jeanson.
    €1,500
  63. L'angevine
    René FALLET

    L'angevine

    Denoël|Paris 1982|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Bookplate pasted to half-title page.
    One crease to head of spine, three tiny spots to rear board, otherwise a very fine copy.
    €1,500
  64. La Force des choses
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    La Force des choses

    Gallimard|Paris 1963|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    Two tiny tears of no consequence at head and foot of spine.
    A handsome copy.
    €3,500
  65. La Force de l'âge
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    La Force de l'âge

    Gallimard|Paris 1960|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
    A handsome copy.
    €3,500
  66. Le feu follet
    Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE

    Le feu follet

    Nrf|Paris 1931|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 647 copies on pur fil, the only deluxe issues along with 109 copies printed on large paper.
    Bookplate affixed to the verso of the front cover.
    A pleasant copy.
    €2,500
  67. Le dernier homme
    Maurice BLANCHOT

    Le dernier homme

    Gallimard|Paris 1957|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Very handsome copy.
    €600
  68. Le paradis à l'ombre des épées
    Henry de MONTHERLANT

    Le paradis à l'ombre des épées

    Grasset|Paris 1924|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 lettered copies on japan paper, the most limited deluxe paper issue after 10 copies on chine.
    Very handsome copy in double wrappers.
    €450
  69. Féerie pour une autre fois
    Louis-Ferdinand CÉLINE

    Féerie pour une autre fois

    Gallimard|Paris 1952|11.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
    First edition, one of 1050 numbered copies on wove paper.
    Publisher's binding executed after the original design by Paul Bonet.
    Very fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper.
    €1,000
  70. La vie mode d'emploi
    Georges PEREC

    La vie mode d'emploi

    P.O.L.|Paris 1978|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition on ordinary paper with the correct imprint dated August 25, 1978.
    Spine lightly wrinkled and yellowed as usual.
    €700
  71. Les Boulevards de ceinture
    Patrick MODIANO

    Les Boulevards de ceinture

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
    First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed and retaining the correct imprint, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
    Handsome copy.

    €500
  72. Le Robinson Suisse
    Johann Rudolf WYSS

    Le Robinson Suisse

    Lavigne|Paris 1841|15 x 23.80 cm|relié
    Romantic illustrated edition in first printing with 6 hors-texte on chine appliqué before letters and 200 in-text vignettes by Lemercier. The hors-texte are numbered and have been bound out of order. First edition of the translation by Elise Voiart. Preface by Charles Nodier.
    Half black shagreen binding. Smooth spine decorated with cold and gilt rococo tooling. Gilt edges. Some scattered foxing. Rubbing, particularly to edges and corners. Charming copy.
    This Swiss novel was a great success upon publication and has enchanted multiple generations to this day.
    €350
  73. Sous le règne du débauché
    Jean PELLERIN

    Sous le règne du débauché

    Albin Michel|Paris 1921|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy.

    €100
  75. Les Mandarins
    Simone de BEAUVOIR

    Les Mandarins[The Mandarins]

    Gallimard|Paris 1954|14 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, deluxe issue.
    Fine copy.
    €4,500
  77. Le canon fraternité
    Jean-Pierre CHABROL

    Le canon fraternité

    Gallimard|Paris 1970|16 x 23.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Two bookplates pasted on an endpaper.
    Handsome copy of this novel set during the Paris Commune.
    €200
  78. Monsieur Malaussène
    Daniel PENNAC

    Monsieur Malaussène[Mr. Malaussène]

    Gallimard|Paris 1995|14.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
    A very fine copy.
    Moving and beautiful inscription by Daniel Pennac to his great friend Franklin Rist (to whom he dedicated Comme un Roman) added below the printed dedication: "Et grâce à ton amitié, Franklin, qui nourrit chaque ligne, et dont un lecteur attentif trouverait même la trace entre les mots. D. Pennac" [And thanks to your friendship, Franklin, which influenced each line, an observant reader would even find its trace between the words. D. Pennac] with a drawing of a little man carrying, like Atlas or Sisyphus, a...
    €1,200
  79. Têtes interverties
    Léonid GUIRCHOVITCH

    Têtes interverties

    Verdier|Paris 2007|14 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
    Rare signed autograph inscription by Léonid Guirchovitch with an original drawing of a violinist on the facing page.





    €300
  80. L'amant
    Marguerite DURAS

    L'amant[The lover]

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1984|14 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers).
    A fine copy of this novel, winner of the 1984 Prix Goncourt.
    €3,500
  81. Histoire
    Claude SIMON

    Histoire

    Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1977|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 99 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe copy.
    A tiny tear on the spine which is slightly sunned at head and foot, minimal adhesive tape residue at head and foot of endpapers.
    €600
  82. L'amour
    Marguerite DURAS

    L'amour

    Gallimard|Paris 1971|12.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine very lightly sunned without consequence.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €700
  83. Pot-Bouille
    Émile ZOLA

    Pot-Bouille[Pot-Bouille]

    Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1882|11 x 17.50 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies after a few rare copies on China paper.
    First cover skillfully restored, printed library stamp with numbering on the half-title page.
    Copy as issued.

    €1,200
  84. Malevil
    Robert MERLE

    Malevil

    Gallimard|Paris 1972|15 x 22 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
    Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned.
    Rare and handsome copy.
    €1,500
  85. Les particules élémentaires
    Michel HOUELLEBECQ

    Les particules élémentaires

    Flammarion|Paris 1998|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    Second edition, published three months after the first edition.
    Handsome copy.
    In this edition, the text is indeed modified on page 121: the "Espace du possible" campsite, near Royan, becoming the fictional "Lieu du changement" campsite, near Cholet, to avoid being sued by the owners of the establishment.
    €80
  86. La Carte et le Territoire
    Michel HOUELLEBECQ

    La Carte et le Territoire[The Map and the Territory]

    Flammarion|Paris 2010|13.50 x 21 cm|broché
    Edition published a few months after the first, of which there were no deluxe copies.
    Some soiling to cover, otherwise handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Michel Houellebecq to a man named Alexandre.
    €700
  87. Oeuvres, Tome I
    Anatole FRANCE

    Oeuvres, Tome I

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1984|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Complete with its cellophane wrapper, soft case and dust jacket.
    Case split at foot.
    €40
  88. Oeuvres complètes, Tome II
    Julien GREEN

    Oeuvres complètes, Tome II

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 1988|10.50 x 18 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    Pléiade library edition printed on Bible paper.
    Publisher's full brown grained sheep binding, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Handsome copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and soft slipcase.
    €40
  89. Album Simenon
    (Georges SIMENON) Pierre HEBEY

    Album Simenon

    Gallimard • , Bibliothèque de La Pléiade|Paris 2003|10.50 x 17.50 cm|reliure de l'éditeur sous étui souple et cartonné
    First edition.
    Publisher's binding in full brown grained sheep, orange top edge, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets.
    Rich iconography.
    Fine copy complete with its cellophane wrapper and slipcase.
    €60
  90. Le lotissement du ciel
    Blaise CENDRARS, Robert DOISNEAU

    Le lotissement du ciel

    Denoël|Paris 1949|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue.
    Bound in half fawn morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle.
    Work illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Blaise Cendrars by Robert Doisneau.
    Handsome copy handsomely bound.

    €5,000
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