Signed books and autograph signatures from great writers, poets, philosophers from 16th to 21st century

First edition, one of 1040 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after the 120 reimposed.
Spine sunned with two small lacks, dampstain to lower right corner of final leaves.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Salmon to Robert de Wotrenge: "Cher Robert de Wotrenge, vous me demandez de vous signer, à l'instant de votre départ, hélas, ce livre que je n'ai pu vous offrir dans l'instant heureux de votre arrivée. Que ce roman de jeunesse vous montre ce qui survit aux écroulements, nous nous retrouvons ! A bientôt, de tout coeur. André Salmon Paris / II / 1943" (Dear Robert de Wotrenge, you ask me to sign for you, at the moment of your departure...

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with compositions by Emile Lombard.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Emile Lombard: "A madame Marie David qui a su dans sa reconnaissance pour ma soeur aimée, madame Laurent, nouer les liens d'amitié avec ma famille, ce livre en souvenir de l'heureux temps où j'eus le plaisir de la rencontrer au N°53 de la rue Nationale. Respectueux hommage. E. Lombard. Aix le 13 janvier 1958." (To Madame Marie David who knew how, in her gratitude for my beloved sister, Madame Laurent, to forge bonds of friendship with my family, this book in memory of the happy time when I had the pleasure of meeting her at No. 53 rue...

New edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Full flexible navy blue paper boards binding, smooth spine, sky blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Mathieu: "Pour SAR monseigneur le comte de Paris avec les pensées déférentes et sensibles de Mathieu. 80." (For His Royal Highness Monseigneur the Count of Paris with the deferential and heartfelt thoughts of Mathieu. 80.)

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Autograph inscription signed by Isabelle Autissier to a couple of friends named Manon and Guillaume.
Navigator Isabelle Autissier is the first woman to have completed a solo round-the-world race in a competition in 1991

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red sheep binding, spine lightly faded with four raised bands showing minor rubbing of no consequence, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, front wrapper preserved, modest binding.
Brief but fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Leautaud: "A Louis Mandin"drial esclave", son camarade d'esclavage. P. Léautaud."

First edition on ordinary paper.
Iconography.
Handsome copy despite light worming on spine and endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Florent Fels to Robert Rey with an additional autograph inscription signed by Carzou as well as an original drawing in black ink depicting a harbor scene.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Freustié to Pascal Jardin.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Full-page autograph inscription signed by Daniel Picouly to a friend named André: "André vous avez un fils qui fait de très belles images. Moi je me débrouille a essayer avec les mots. Daniel." (André, you have a son who makes very beautiful images. I manage to try with words. Daniel.)

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, boards marginally sunned.
This collection of poems contains the famous "Strophes pour se souvenir", a poem paying tribute to the members of the F.T.P. - M.O.I. of Missak Manouchian shot at Mont Valérien on February 21, 1944. This moving poem would be set to music and performed in 1959 by Léo Ferré under the title "L'affiche rouge" referring to the ignominious red poster displayed by the Vichy regime depicting the F.T.P.-M.O.I. as vulgar and criminal foreign terrorists.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Aragon to Jean Ballard who was the director of the literary...

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Madagascar paper, ours unnumbered as it is hors commerce and printed specially for the author, the only issue with 10 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with 7 original wood engravings by Frans Masereel.
Three small lacks to spine, handsome interior condition.
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Humbourg to a friend named Laurence: "A Laurence ce vieux petit livre où passe un peu de la tristesse du monde, ces paysages où ne fleurirent pas les roses... le boy de sa majesté n'est ni gai, ni encourageant c'est en somme un brave garçon aussi mystérieux que tout le monde. Il lui sera beaucoup...

First edition.
Spine cracked with small lacks at head and foot, occasional foxing affecting mainly the endpapers.
Autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to the historian of the Revolution and First Empire, man of letters and journalist Henri Welschinger.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Foxing to endpapers and throughout all leaves in their margins.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne: "A André Fraigneau bien sympathiquement. Jacques Chardonne."

First edition, one of 144 numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 copies on Japan paper.
Some light foxing affecting mainly certain leaves at their margins.
As frontispiece, work illustrated by Don with a portrait of Tristan Bernard.
Autograph inscription signed by Tristan Bernard to Paul Bouju.

Edition illustrated with 178 drawings by Louis Morin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth, smooth spine lightly browned decorated with gilt floral motif, brown sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary signed binding
Autograph inscription signed by Louis Morin to Léon Hennique: "A mon cher maître Léon Hennique de tout coeur..." with an original pencil drawing.
Provenance: from the library of Léon Hennique with his bookplate pasted at head of pastedown.

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.

First edition, one of 1100 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, ours one of the 100 hors commerce copies, the only issue after 25 Japan and 100 Holland.
Work illustrated with 40 black lithographs by Gus Bofa.
Fine copy lacking its slipcase.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Gus Bofa to journalist Maurice Noël.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Amusing autograph inscription signed by Fernando Arrabal to Robert Kanters: "A Robert Kanters, je vous déteste, Fernando Arrabal ayant rayé ce dernier mot et le remplacer par "aime", Arrabal.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Edmond Jabès to the Bulletin du livre.

First edition consisting of nine plates of characters caricatured by Sacha Guitry to whom he gave animal names, one of the few copies on johannot montgolfier d'Annonay paper.
Blind stamp in the lower right margin of the last caricature "La poule" (The hen).
Rare and fine copy of the author's second work.

New edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Maurice Dekobra to Madame Xhignesse: "... ce roman écrit en Californie..." (this novel written in California)

First edition, one of 100 hors commerce copies on deluxe vellum, deluxe copy.
Minor tears without damage to margins of boards.
Handsome copy with full margins.
Fine autograph inscription dated and signed by Sylvain Bonmariage to publisher Edouard Aubanel: "A monsieur Edouard Aubanel, homme sérieux, car l'amour s'amuse encore, l'histoire, et souvent le lecteur. L'histoire est le plus beau des romans et les bons romans sont de l'histoire pure et vraie, les romanciers n'étant pas des historiens. C'est une absurdité que de prétendre faire de l'histoire un jugement moral des faits qu'elle altère et ne devrait que relater, Sylvain Bonmariage." (To...

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Iconography, preface by Louis Barthou.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Nicolas Serban to Madame and Monsieur Paul Labbé.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Catulle Mendès to Paul Foucher in pencil on the front endpaper.

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine enriched with a vertical fillet of old rose mosaicked morocco, minor rubbing traces on joints, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to the fencer, writer, art critic, collector and journalist Adolphe Tavernier.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half brown morocco with corners, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt decorated compartments, gilt date at foot, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Hugues Rebell to the symbolist and occultist poet Paul Redonnel who was an ardent defender of the Occitan language.

First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.

First edition.
Full saffron cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets and typographic motif, black date at foot of spine, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, near-contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some light foxing, our copy is complete with the envelope at the end of the volume titled "ce que contenait le portefeuille".
Autograph inscription signed by Champfleury to the French art critic, draughtsman, lithographer and collector Philippe Burty.

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding with the pasted label of Henry Mériot on the front pastedown, bookbinder established in Rochefort since 1878 and friend of Pierre Loti.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond de Goncourt: "A Loti, avec ses amitiés, E. de Goncourt" (To Loti, with his friendship, E. de Goncourt).

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
One joint reglued at head of front board, spine slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Colette: "Au cher Moreux-ami. Colette."

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full white cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with small tears at head of spine.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand to a couple of friends: "A Marcel et Juliette, cette petite histoire romanesque, mais non romancée, des origines de l'actuelle maison royale d'Angleterre. Avec la reconnaissance de Paul Morand." (To Marcel and Juliette, this little romantic but not romanticized story of the origins of the current English royal house. With the gratitude of Paul Morand.)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor stains of no consequence to the covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Sacha Guitry in pencil: "Pour monsieur Guy Bonnet avec tous mes voeux de bonheur. Sacha Guitry."

First edition under this title, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper containing a state of the etchings.
Full old rose morocco binding, spine with four wide false raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments with cherry branch designs stamped in blind, boards decorated with a large plate framed with fillets representing a war helmet abandoned in a landscape of ruins surmounted by a cherry branch, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Work illustrated with etchings and wood engravings by Paul Baudier.
Large manuscript signature of Georges Duhamel on the half-title page.
Handsome copy well...

First edition for four of the plays, only the Fourberies de Nérine being a reprint.
Half mint green calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Exceptional collection enhanced with three signed autograph inscriptions to the actress Zélia Ponsin which allow us to follow the career of this member of the Comédie française: a young leading lady in La Pomme, she inspires Banville to write a laudatory autograph six-line poem, a bourgeoise dressed in purple in Gringoire, she remains a "Venus", while in Florise the dedication is laconic, as...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this collection of poems dedicated to sports, automobiles and aviation.
First cover with a stain running its full length in the left margin, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Michel Renaitour to Louis de Gonzague-Frick.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite slight creases to upper right margin of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Monsieur Féré de Rivières.

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.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "Pour Jacqueline, témoiignage de mes rêves d'adolescent, et l'amitié en prime" (For Jacqueline, testimony of my adolescent dreams, and friendship as a bonus) accompanied by a drawing of a flower.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne to Monsieur Brissac.

First edition in French established by Michel Déon, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and mounted.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Pierre Emmanuel: "... ce roman d'une Amérique qu'il connait bien et que je connais grâce à lui..." ("... this novel of an America he knows well and which I know thanks to him...")

First edition printed in 50 copies on bouffant alfa paper and consisting of an offprint of the preface to Cahiers de la Petite Dame by Maria van Rysselberghe.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Malraux to his friends Karl-Hans and Minka [Strauss].
Minka, granddaughter of the Rothschilds, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the old writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this...

First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards marginally soiled and foxed, light foxing to edges.
Original preface by Paul Morand.
Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription, in English, by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: "The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout, and candies and ginger ? We do, said the Big Bear, we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together, 1934" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin...

First edition, service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
One crease in left margin of first cover.
Dated manuscript signature of Saint-Georges de Bouhélier on the endpaper.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece wood engraving by Firmin Maglin.
First cover trimmed, spine lightly sunned.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Stéphane Servant to the publisher's daughter: "A mademoiselle Marguerite Fontanes, à la plus jeune des fées dont il soit question en cet ouvrage, je dédie ces joyeuses et émerveillantes aventures, avec mes souhaits de récréation pour elle et l'expression de ma très grande estime pour son père." (To Miss Marguerite Fontanes, to the youngest of the fairies mentioned in this work, I dedicate these joyful and wondrous adventures, with my wishes for recreation for her and the expression of my very great esteem for her...

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers marginally discolored as usual.
Autograph signature of Han Ryner below the justification page.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Rare and handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul-Sentenac: "Pour Auguste Dorchain, pour le poète émouvant, pour l'auteur de l'Art des vers, en souvenir de l'accueil affectueux qu'il m'a toujours réservé, et en témoignage de bien sincère sympathie, et bien fidèle, PaulSentenac." (For Auguste Dorchain, for the moving poet, for the author of l'Art des vers, in memory of the affectionate welcome he has always given me, and as testimony of very sincere sympathy, and very faithful, PaulSentenac.)

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press service.
Spine very slightly browned without significance, copy complete with its errata slip.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Giraudoux to the writer Bernard Barbey.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Henry Leyret.

New edition.
Boards lightly soiled.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to Edouard de Morsier.

First edition illustrated by Eddy Legrand, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Study by Ramon Fernandez.
Handsome copy to which is joined an invitation card to a conference by Jacques de Lacretelle: "Les beaux voyages en Grèce"
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques de Lacretelle to René Kramer.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Sellière to Alfred Capus.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on madagascar paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the authors to Albert Policard.

First edition in French translation, on ordinary paper, with false statement of fifth edition.
Handsome copy of this work written at the dawn of aviation history and which describes an aerial war extending on a global scale.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the two translators, Bronislaw Kozakiewicz, to René Kramer.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor lacks to foot of sunned spine and to board margins.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Henri Barbusse to Jules Cornely.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Small tears and slight lacks to spine, a lack to lower right corner of back board, some foxing.
Autograph inscription signed by Pierre Loti to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux: "A monsieur Hanotaux, hommage de sympathique reconnaissance, Pierre Loti."

First edition, one of the service de presse (advance) copies.
Covers slightly soiled.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Pierre-Jean Jouve to Madame Sokolniwska.

First edition printed in 175 numbered deluxe copies.
Three stains on the front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Paul Valéry: "Pour les oeuvres de l'Ecole Edgar Quinet. Paul Valéry." (For the works of the Edgar Quinet School. Paul Valéry.)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with quadruple gilt compartments, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted at foot of pastedown, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, handsome period binding signed Franz.
Signed autograph inscription from René Benjamin to the painter Maxime Dethomas.
Our copy is also enriched with a second signed autograph inscription from René Benjamin which comes from another work and has been mounted on a stub: "To Pauley, marvelous artist of a trembling life, from... Gaspard who...

Edition printed in 140 numbered copies on vellum illustrated with 46 original drypoints by André Jacquemin, our copy specially for the naturalist, entomologist and geologist Nérée Boubée.
Spine of chemise slightly sunned with small stains at foot.
Copy expanded with the illustrated menu from the publishing society's dinner at Drouant signed by André Jacquemin.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with two original pencil drawings dated and signed by André Jacquemin; the first titled "L'épervier blessé" which André Jacquemin inscribed to Nérée Boubée, the second titled "Frégate".
It also includes, like 20 other copies of the edition, 1...

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy despite a tiny stain on the first cover.
Signed and inscribed copy from Jean d'Ormesson to writer Suzanne Prou.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very slightly sunned, the first gathering was poorly cut causing a small lack at the head of the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by André Dhôtel to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor scuffs to the slightly wrinkled spine.
Signed autograph inscription by Alejo Carpentier, in French, to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite the slightly ridged spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Julien Green to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition, one of 28 copies on Madagascar paper from Navarre paper mills, deluxe copy.
Half-binding in glazed brown box calf with bands, smooth spine with six compartments separated by gilt fillets and decorated with diagonal applications of glazed brown and ivory box calf, gilt date at foot of spine, light grey kromekote paper boards, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on witness, slipcase with brown glazed box calf borders, binding signed by Jean-Paul Miguet.
Superb copy very elegantly bound by Jean-Paul Miguet.

First edition published by Gustave Revilliod.
Full bottle-green morocco binding, spine slightly darker decorated with compartments framed by quintuple blind fillets, date at tail, boards with frames of ten blind fillets, morocco doublure in water-green morocco framed with gilt fillet and bottle-green morocco listel, watered green silk endpapers, gilt-ruled edges, tooled headcaps, original wrappers preserved, gilt edges on deckled paper, slipcase lined with felt and edged in bottle-green morocco, binding signed by A & R Maylander.
Autograph inscription from the publisher to Monsieur [Alphonse] de Lamartine.
Superb copy, that of Alphonse de Lamartine.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small tear at the foot of the slightly sunned spine, small stains on the boards.
Signed autograph inscription from Nathalie Sarraute to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Small tears at the foot of the spine, some minor foxing, a full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Robert de La Sizeranne to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux on the shaded half-title page.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very slightly sunned and creased without gravity, small stains on the second cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Louis Aragon to the journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine slightly sunned with small tears at head and foot, three marginal stains on the back cover, covers slightly soiled.
Signed and inscribed by Jacques Audiberti to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger: "... homage from a baroque..." enriched with a drawing reproducing her face.

First edition.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, restoration to head of one joint, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, bookplate mounted at head of one pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Occasional light foxing.
A handsomely bound copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to Léopold Kahn who was Calmann-Lévy's principal collaborator.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Small marginal tears on the covers as well as at head and foot of spine, slight corner losses and small stains on the covers.
Preface by George Sand.
Rare signed autograph inscription from the son of the locksmith Jérôme-Pierre Gilland to Monsieur A. Patay.

First edition illustrated with a cover and drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
Spine cracked at head and foot.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Chambot, with the additional signature of Ambroise Girier, to A. Patay.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the very last pages very slightly dog-eared at head.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Dumézil to the historian specializing in medieval history Jean Schneider.

First edition on ordinary paper.
The work also includes a Poetic Suite composed of one hundred and fifteen unpublished poems by Jean Cocteau.
Iconography and drawings by Jean Cocteau.
Spine slightly creased as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Marais to Claude Wingerter.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and covers marginally discoloured.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Tournier to Michel Caffier.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite three small stains on the front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri de Montherlant to the journalist and writer Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of 90 copies on vélin du marais paper.
Rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Jean Bazaine.
Manuscript signatures of the publisher and illustrator at the colophon enhanced with an amusing autograph inscription signed by André Frénaud: "Pour René et pour P.A.B. (Paul Alfred Bar) affectueusement AF." ["For René and for P.A.B. (Paul Alfred Bar) affectionately AF."].

First edition, false statement of edition.
Autograph inscription signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on the half-title page: "à Mademoiselle Josette Arnaud dont le frère est déjà un vieux pilote de quarante six heures de vol... Et dont le père est un vieil ami" ["to Miss Josette Arnaud whose brother is already an experienced pilot with forty-six hours of flight time... And whose father is an old friend"]
Half blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, paper boards, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed P. Goy and C. Vilaine.
It was undoubtedly in 1926 that young Antoine, freshly hired by...

First edition illustrated with 57 images by the author.
Traces of rubbing to the joints as usual.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jacques Prévert to his friend and neighbor Baudy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor scratches and stains on the back board.
Amusing signed autograph inscription from Bernard Frank to François-Régis Bastide: "... ce livre écrit entre deux Codec-Cogolin ! Bernard Frank." ["... this book written between two Codec-Cogolin! Bernard Frank."]

New edition.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Bernard Frank to François-Régis Bastide.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Rare and handsome copy considering the fragility of this poor-quality wartime paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline: "A Mr Monnerot bien amicalement L.F. Céline." ["To Mr Monnerot most cordially L.F. Céline."]

First edition printed in 750 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to the critic and art publisher Tériade: "Souvenir d'amis. A Teriade H. Michaux."
Tériade, whose real name was Stratis Eleftheriadis, arrived in Paris in 1915 and discovered Parisian bohemia early on, making the acquaintance of Christian Zervos. He participated in the creation of the famous surrealist magazine Minotaure for which he served as artistic director until 1936. He also founded, with Maurice Raynal, the magazine La bête noire then the magazine Verve to which the greatest artists of the 20th century...

First edition on ordinary paper.
Four stains on the slightly sunned spine and at the foot of the back cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Mandinaud.
Madame Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir's official typist. She transcribed all the writer's works, including Les Mandarins which won the Prix Goncourt in 1954.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Three stains on the slightly sunned spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Mandinaud.
Madame Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir's dedicated typist. She transcribed all the writer's works.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without any consequence
Precious autograph inscription signed by Marguerite Yourcenar to Maurice Nadeau: "Hommage attentif. Marguerite Yourcenar. Vox specie interioritatis." ["Attentive tribute. Marguerite Yourcenar. Voice of inner contemplation."]

First trade edition and first complete edition, the original hors commerce edition was limited to only 12 copies, one of 550 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Full midnight blue morocco bindings, spines with four raised bands, dates gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, midnight blue silk endpapers, midnight blue morocco doublures, covers and spines preserved for each volume, double gilt fillets on edges, all edges gilt, slipcases backed with midnight blue morocco, cat's-eye paper boards, slipcases with minor scratches, perfect set by Huser.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by André Gide on the first volume: "Je charge ce petit livre de...

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding with corners, faded spine with five raised bands, date and "Prix Goncourt" mention gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, modest binding.
Rubbing to head of spine, boards marginally faded.
Signed and inscribed copy from Jacques Borel to Georges Feutrel on this work which was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1965.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small light stains on covers, spine lightly sunned without consequence.
Autograph inscription signed by François Cavanna to Jacqueline Piatier.