Signed Books, Presentation Copies

Maurice BLANCHOT
Le pèlerinage aux sources - Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets.
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1944]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 1/2 pages in-8

Autograph manuscript by the author, 2½ pages octavo, published in the January 13, 1944 issue of the Journal des Débats.
Complete recto-verso manuscript, in very dense handwriting, with numerous deletions, corrections and additions.
Accompanied by the complete typescript, with one autograph correction in black ink.

Chronicle published on the occasion of the publication of Le pèlerinage aux sources by Joseph Lanza del Vasto.

This chronicle by Maurice Blanchot forms an astonishing echo to one of his very first published texts (1931), devoted to Gandhi's Memoirs, which already contained the essence of his thought from the 1930s...
€1,200
Maurice BLANCHOT
D'un roman à l'autre. Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets.
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1944]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 1/2 pages in-8
Autograph manuscript by the author of 2 and a half octavo pages published in the January 20, 1944 issue of Journal des Débats. Complete manuscript in very dense handwriting, with numerous deletions, corrections and additions. Literary chronicle on the literary current events of the moment. The complete typescript is included.

"The subject is not limited to the plot: it depends equally on incidents of language, details of composition and, even more, on those images that reveal the meaning of creation; the subject of a novel is above all the world it brings to birth."

This principle of the novelistic art could just as well apply to the chronicle it...
€1,000
Maurice BLANCHOT
Tradition et surréalisme. Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets[Tradition and Surrealism. Complete Autograph Manuscript and Typescript]
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|2 1/2 pages in-8
Autograph manuscript by the author of 2 and a half quarto pages published in the December 23, 1943 issue of Journal des Débats.
Complete manuscript in very dense handwriting, with numerous deletions, corrections and additions. The complete typescript is included.
This article, one of the rare pieces to appear on the journal's front page, is an audacious critique of the traditionalist vision of Art, which, arguing for the necessary adequacy between Art and Truth, condemns Modernity. With implacable intellectual rigor, Blanchot demonstrates how this conception of "authentic Art" "joins exactly that of the surrealists" and cites one of the major...
€1,500
Maurice BLANCHOT
Voyages de Montesquieu. Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets. [Montesquieu’s Travels. Complete autograph manuscript and typescript]
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|4 1/2 pages in-8
Autograph manuscript by the author of 4½ pages in-8 published in the September 8, 1943 issue of Journal des Débats.
Complete manuscript with very dense handwriting, containing numerous deletions, corrections and additions.
The complete typescript is included.
Literary chronicle published on the occasion of the publication of Les Voyages de Montesquieu, prefaced by Marcel Arland.
This artificial collection of Montesquieu's travel notebooks gives Blanchot the opportunity to praise a form of "natural" writing, "pure of all concern for readership". These intimate notes indeed testify to an art of "concision [which] delivers [facts] to...
€1,200
Maurice BLANCHOT
Les treize formes d'un roman. Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets.
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|4 1/2 pages in-8
Autograph manuscript by the author of 2½ pages in-4 published in the May 26, 1943 issue of Journal des Débats. Complete manuscript with very dense handwriting, containing numerous deletions, corrections and additions. The complete typescript is included.
Each chapter of Roland Cailleux's novel, Saint-Genès ou la vie brève, presents a different narrative form. This gives Blanchot the opportunity to return to the interest of this literary audacity initiated a few years earlier by Joyce: "The novel showed itself there with all its possibilities, it metamorphosed into everything it could be."
Between April 1941 and August 1944, Maurice Blanchot published 173...
€1,200
Maurice BLANCHOT
Le baron d'Holbach. Manuscrit autographe et tapuscrit complets[Baron d'Holbach. Complete autograph manuscript and typescript]
S. n. • [ Journal des débats]|s. l. • [Paris] s. d. [1943]|13.50 x 21.50 cm|4 1/2 pages in-8
Autograph manuscript by the author of 4½ pages in quarto published in the November 27-28, 1943 issue of Journal des Débats.
Complete manuscript with very dense handwriting, containing numerous deletions, corrections and additions.
Literary chronicle published on the occasion of the publication of Paul Thiry d'Holbach et la philosophie scientifique au XVIIIe siècle by Pierre Naville.
The complete typescript is included.
Far more than a critique of Pierre Naville's work on Baron d'Holbach, this long article by Blanchot is a veritable philosophical pamphlet against the materialist thought of the Encyclopedists, whom he accuses of wanting to « know the world...
€1,200
Guy de MAUPASSANT
Mont-Oriol
Victor-Havard|Paris 1887|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Contemporary half cloth adorned with arabesques over marbled paper boards, spine with gilt fillets and olive-green shagreen title-piece (repair to edges), marbled pastedowns and endpapers, one lower corner rubbed.
Autograph inscription from Guy de Maupassant to monsieur Caron.
€2,000
Marcel L'HERBIER, MAN RAY
L'enfantement du mort. Miracle en pourpre, noir et or
Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1917|22 x 27 cm|relié
L'Enfantement du mort.
Miracle en pourpre, noir et or
Georges Crès & C^ie, Paris 1917, 22 x 27 cm, Bradel binding
First edition, one of 23 numbered copies on Japon impérial, the tirage de tête.
Elegant Bradel binding in half khaki embossed leather over paper boards with moiré effect gilt spirals by Goy & Vilaine, illustrated covers preserved, gilt moiré effect spirals to edges of covers, top edge gilt.
Autograph inscription from Marcel l'Herbier.
With two original illustrations by Marcel Féguide.
This copy is complete with its photographic portrait of the author by Man Ray. A very rare work...
€1,500
Maurice BLANCHOT
Le ressassement éternel
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1951|11.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, one of 990 copies on Ghaldwill, the only deluxe copies after 10 on pur fil.
Half blue morocco binding, smooth spine, gilt date at foot, covers with marbled paper, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved (spine slightly sunned with small filled losses), top edge gilt, binding signed by Goy & Vilaine.
Exceptional and moving signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his mother and sister: "Pour vous mes très chères, ces pages, hélas bien anciennes, en toute affection. Maurice. / Mais avant le commencement, il y a le recommencement qui fait de la lumière une fascination, de toute chose une image et de nous le coeur...
€2,800
Maurice BLANCHOT
Thomas l'obscur
Gallimard|Paris 1941|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome, fine autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to Gaston Gallimard on ffep: "On ne s'arrête plus aux tables des heureux, puisqu'on est mort. (Charles Cros) / A Gaston Gallimard, ce livre destiné à écarter tout lecteur [One doesn’t stop any more at the table of the joyous, for one is dead. (Charles Cros) / To Gaston Gallimard, this book destined to drive away every reader]."
Two repaired tears to head of spine (slightly sunned), one tiny scratch to head of upper cover, paper yellowed at edges of some pages as usual, ffep repaired with small lack at foot.
€2,300
Maurice BLANCHOT
Aminadab
Gallimard|Paris 1942|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome and attractive autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to Gaston Gallimard : "... ce livre qui lui doit deux fois l'existence. / Quand je contemplai ceci, je soupirai et dis en moi-même : certainement l'homme est un balai. Swift […this book that owes him its existence doubly./ When I think about that, I sigh and say to myself: man truly is foolish.” Swift]"
Repaired tear to head of spine (lightly sunned), paper yellowed at edges of some pages, as usual.
€2,000
Jean LEGER
Poèmes de la Genèse suivis du Chant de la vie
Edition du Bon plaisir|Toulouse 1923|19.50 x 29 cm|broché
First edition, one of 446 numbered copies on Marais paper, ours one of 46 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies with 29 on Japan paper and 75 on Holland paper.
Autograph inscription from the author to Doctor Paul Voivenel enriched with a signed autograph tribute from the illustrator.
Work illustrated with 25 original woodcuts by Max Bugnicourt.Preface by J.H. Rosny.
€80
Frédéric LACHÈVRE (pref.)
Les oeuvres de Jean Dehénault, parisien (1611 ? - 1682) (Le maître de madame de Houlières) précédées d'une notice de Frédéric Lachèvre
Honoré Champion|Paris 1922|17 x 25.50 cm|broché
First collected edition printed in 229 copies on laid paper.
Signed autograph inscription from Frédéric Lachèvre to Robert Valencay.
From the collection "Le libertinage au XVIIème siècle"Handsome copy.
€80
André SIRAMY, Jean RAYMOND
Auvergne
S. n.|s. l. • [Clermont-Ferrand] 1976|27 x 36.50 cm|en feuilles sous chemise
First edition, one of 25 hors commerce copies on Canson paper reserved for the author and collaborators, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with 10 original drawings hors-texte by Jean Raymond.
Signed autograph inscription by the illustrator expanded with the author's signature below the justification page.
Fine copy.
€100
Jacques AUDIBERTI
L'empire et la trappe
Librairie du carrefour|Paris 1930|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the author's first book, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Audiberti to Anatole Jakovsky.
Small marginal worming to the back cover, a small tear reglued at the foot of the spine, handsome interior condition.
€180
Maurice BLANCHOT
Aminadab
Gallimard|Paris 1942|14 x 20.50 cm|relié
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Elegant half dark red morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (sunned) preserved, top edge gilt.
Fine and handsome autograph inscription signed from Maurice Blanchot to his brother René and his wife Inge : Un bonze demanda un jour au bonze Sozan Daishi : Qu'est-ce quiest le plus précieux au monde ? / N'importe quoi, une charogne, latête d'un chat mort, répondit Sosan Daishi. / Pourquoi ? ? Parcequ'on ne peut l'évaluer. Zenso Mondo. / Pour René et Inge en toute affection. Maurice. [A bonze asked bonze Sozan...
€2,800
F. HOSATTE
La patrie. Les devoirs envers elle
Imprimerie Nouvelle|Belfort 1907|13.50 x 21.50 cm|agrafé
First edition published in a small number of copies.
Rare autograph inscription signed by F. Hosatte to Adolphe Neugewirtz at the head of the front cover: "... en souvenir de l'obtention de son certificat d'études le 23 Juin 1910." ["in memory of obtaining his certificate of studies on June 23, 1910."]
Covers marginally spotted and slightly discolored, handsome interior condition. Rare pamphlet.
€70
Maurice BLANCHOT
Faux pas
Gallimard|Paris 1943|14 x 21 cm|relié
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved (a very pale stain on the first cover), top edge gilt, elegant binding signed by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Precious and moving autograph inscription signed by Maurice Blanchot to his mother and sister: "Pour sa chère maman et sa vieille Marg avec l'amitié sans Faux Pas de Maurice." ["For his dear mama and his old Marg with friendship without False Steps from Maurice."]
Marguerite Blanchot, renowned organist at Chalon cathedral, remained all her life in the...
€3,000
Jacques AUDIBERTI
L'empire et la trappe
Librairie du carrefour|Paris 1930|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of the author's first book, with no mention of large paper copies.
Autograph inscription from Jacques Audiberti to Roland Dorgelès.
A very good copy.
€200
Georges COURTELINE
La philosophie de Georges Courteline - La conversion d'Alceste - Poèmes
Nouvelle librairie de France|Paris 1949|18.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
Edition illustrated with hors-texte pochoir illustrations by Lucien Boucher, one of the copies on alfa paper.
Autograph inscriptions signed by Madame Georges Courteline and Michel Simon to the actor Noël-Noël: "... en souvenir d'un partenaire fugace avec toute mon amitié" ["in memory of a fleeting partner with all my friendship"].
Preface by Edouard Herriot. Minor worming at beginning and end of volume.
€100
André BILLY
Les écrivains de combat
Les oeuvres représentatives|Paris 1931|12.50 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the rare numbered copies on alfa paper, print run not specified.
Autograph inscription signed by André Billy to Louise Laporte.
Some minor foxing of no consequence, handsome copy.
€70
Christian VIELJEUX
Aspects marocains
Editions F. Pijollet|La Rochelle 1957|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition.
Signed and dated autograph inscription from the author to Pascal François.
Covers slightly soiled, dampstain to foot of rear cover, handsome interior condition.
€45
Denys-Paul BOULOC
Respect au balayeur
Editions Subervie|Rodez 1968|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 10 on pur fil.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Denys-Paul Bouloc to Raymond Fournier.
Fine and rare copy.
€60
(Émile ZOLA) André THÉRIVE
Discours prononcé à l'Académie française par M. le vicomte Henri de Bornier pour la réception de M. Emile Zola et recueilli par André Thérive
Editions du Trianon|Paris 1932|11.50 x 17.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on Auvergne paper.
Autograph inscription signed by André Thérive to Emile Mireaux "... qui a gardé sûrement le goût des canulars" ["... who surely retained his taste for hoaxes"].
Spine and first cover uniformly faded as usual, second cover marginally faded, handsome interior condition.
€50
Jules RIVALS
Cité de Carcassonne. L'âme des pierres
Chez l'auteur|s. l. • [Carcassonne] s. d. [1920]|16.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition printed on laid paper.
Fine autograph inscription signed by the author to Madeleine Roch.
Work illustrated with 13 plates by Léo Bringuier.
Handsome copy complete with its fold-out at the end.
€45
Henri BÉRAUD
François Vernay
L'art libre|Lyon 1909|13 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 400 copies on laid paper, the only issue with 5 handmade paper.
Rare autograph inscription signed to Gustave Rahir.
Work illustrated by Jacques Martin.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded without consequence.
Rare.
€350
Constant BOURQUIN
Julien Benda ou le point de vue de Sirius
Editions du siècle|Paris 1925|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 23 hors commerce copies lettered on pur fil and reserved for the author, ours specially printed for Jean de Gourmont.
Fine full-page autograph inscription signed by Constant Bourquin to Jean de Gourmont: "... je vous adresse ce volume publié sous votre égide, comme au meilleur et au plus sûrs des amis, comme à l'être le plus essentiellement et le plus naturellement intelligent, et en témoignage d'une sympathie et d'une admiration qui seront toujours vivaces dans mon coeur et dans mon esprit en même temps que ma reconnaissance." ["... I send you this volume published under your aegis, as to the best and surest of friends, as to the most essentially and...
€100
Pierre LOUBIÈRE
A contre-voix
Chez l'auteur|Paris 1953|12.50 x 16.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome signed autograph inscription from the author to Raymond Fournier: "... en souvenir des Rameaux 53..." ["... in memory of Palm Sunday 53..."]
Work illustrated with 3 drawings by Jean Ferrieu.
Tiny marginal worming on boards, complete with publisher's slip.
€20
Silva CARVALHO
Les trois âges
Chez l'auteur • La pensée universelle|Paris 1973|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Our copy is enriched with a one-page autograph letter signed by the author to Maurice Blanchot who is not explicitly named.
Handsome copy.
€50
Jean RISTAT
Qui sont les contemporains
Gallimard|Paris 1975|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Ristat to Maurice Blanchot.
Minimal worming without consequence to covers and spine.
€60
Olivier DUHAMEL
Chili ou la tentative révolution/légalité
Gallimard|Paris 1974|15 x 21.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Olivier Duhamel to Maurice Blanchot.
Minimal interior worming, two small angular creases at head and foot of back cover.
€50
Jean RISTAT
Le fil(s) perdu suivi de Le lit de Nicolas Boileau et de Jules Verne
Gallimard|Paris 1974|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Ristat to Maurice Blanchot. Postface by Louis Aragon.
Very light occasional worming on the covers.
€60
Maurice BLANCHOT
Aminadab
Gallimard|Paris 1942|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy. A handsome and moving autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his brother, sister-in-law and nephews: "Qui m'a tué ma mort, c'est là ce que je demande. H. von Kleist ["Who killed my death, that is what I ask here. H. von Kleist”].
Covers and spine lightly sunned at edges (but not seriously).
€1,700
Maurice BLANCHOT
Les intellectuels en question - In Le journal des débats N°29
Le journal des débats|Paris Mars 1984|18.50 x 26.50 cm|agrafé
The first edition, published in a small number of copies, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this offprint from Pierre Nora's review, Le Débat.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his sister "... for you, this little reading and to help you regain courage".
Marguerite Blanchot, renowned organist at Chalon cathedral, remained all her life in the family home, with her mother and aunt. "She would gradually become, for the family, like the memory of origins." Very close to Maurice, she corresponded regularly with the writer who showed her great gratitude for her devotion to their invalid mother. While Blanchot's intense affection for...
€1,500
André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES
Isabella Morra
Gallimard|Paris 1973|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor spotting to covers, without consequence.
Precious signed autograph inscription from André Pieyre de Mandiargues to Maurice Blanchot.
€200
Alain ROBBE-GRILLET
Glissements progressifs du plaisir
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1974|13.50 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from Alain Robbe-Grillet to Maurice Blanchot.
Two small spots to the centre of the spine and first cover, a marginal fold to head of lower cover.
€450
Dominique FOURCADE, Didier CAHEN
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Jean-Luc Poivret|Paris 1991|19.50 x 24 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscriptions from three of the authors to Maurice Blanchot.
Small marginal stains to covers.
€200
Louis ÉMIÉ, Léopold SURVAGE
L'état de grâce
Editions du Rond-Point|Paris 1946|19 x 23.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition, one of 50 hors commerce copies numbered on Marais vellum, the only issue with 725 other Marais vellum copies.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Louis Emié to Maurice Blanchot.
Work illustrated with drawings by Léopold Survage.
Pleasant copy.
€400
Roger CHATEAUNEU
Par la plus haute porte
Gallimard|Paris 1973|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the service de presse (advance) copies.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Roger Chateauneu to Maurice Blanchot.
Slight worming of no consequence.
€60
Maurice BOURG
Saisons qui portez tout
Editions Saint-Germain-des-Prés|Paris 1974|12 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Maurice Bourg to Maurice Blanchot. Our copy is enhanced with an autograph letter signed by the author also addressed to Maurice Blanchot.
Minor worming to boards.
€50
Gérard LEGRAND
Le retour du printemps
Le Soleil Noir|Paris 1974|13 x 18 cm|broché
First edition.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Gérard Legrand to Maurice Blanchot.
Cover illustrated by Hervé Télémaque. Minor spotting without gravity on the covers.
€120
Pierre BOURGEADE
Deutsches requiem
Gallimard|Paris 1973|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pierre Bourgeade to Maurice Blanchot.
A small stain and a scratch on the first cover.
€100
Claude DELMAS
Le jeune homme immobile
Flammarion|Paris 1972|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Claude Delmas to Maurice Blanchot.
€60
Dominique GRANDMONT
Trois fois huit
Solin|Paris 1990|11.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Dominique Grandmont to Maurice Blanchot.
A pale marginal dampstain at the foot of the pages in the second half of the work.
€50
Henri de RÉGNIER
1914-1916
Mercure de France|Paris 1918|10 x 15 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Henri de Régnier to Tristan Bernard.
€150
Henri de RÉGNIER
Les scrupules de Sganarelle
Mercure de France|Paris 1908|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Bradel binding in half dark green morocco, smooth spine faded and decorated with two gilt fleurons, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Henri de Régnier to Tristan Bernard.
€300
Henri de RÉGNIER
Les scrupules de Sganarelle
Mercure de France|Paris 1908|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half burgundy morocco binding, spine with five raised bands with very light scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Henri de Régnier to Jean Richepin.
€300
Maurice BOUCHOR
Les symboles
Charpentier & Cie|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from Maurice Bouchor to José Maria de Heredia.
A little light spotting principally to covers.
€200
Francis CARCO
Instincts
Union française d'éditions|Paris 1911|11 x 16.50 cm|relié
First edition published in a small number of copies, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half hazelnut shagreen binding with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt cartouche and friezes, some traces of rubbing to spine and edges, original wrappers preserved, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Francis Carco to Joseph Périer.
Very rare copy of the author's first work.
€380
Roland BARTHES
S/Z
Seuil|Paris 1970|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from Roland Barthes to journalist and historian Antoine Casanova.
Spine lightly sunned, light dampstain to top edge, pale stain to head of front cover.
€450
René CREVEL
Les pieds dans le plat
Editions du Sagittaire|Paris 1933|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by René Crevel to the Swedish writer and diplomat Kjelle R.S. Stromberg.
Two discreet marginal restorations at head and foot of one joint.
€450
Henry MONNIER
Les bas-fonds de la société
Jules Claye|Paris 1862|16 x 25 cm|relié
First Edition printed 200 copies numbered on white vellum.
Publisher's binding in full ivory cardboard vellum, back with four nerves set with black threads, framing of double black nets on the boards.
Rare autograph dedication signed by Henry Monnier to a friend.
Beautiful copy established in its binding of the publisher.
€800
Anatole FRANCE
La vie littéraire, quatrième série - Exemplaire de Marcel Schwob
Calmann Lévy|Paris 1892|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in full brown cloth, smooth spine very lightly browned decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets and gilt date at foot, black shagreen title-label, original wrappers preserved with small marginal restorations, one upper corner slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
The final endpaper is marginally creased.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Anatole France to his friend Marcel Schwob.
€600
Francis CARCO
Les humoristes
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1921|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half boards with vellum-style corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt friezes at head and foot, black shagreen title-label with slight scratches, spine and boards partially soiled, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Signed autograph inscription from Francis Carco to Charles Genty.
Work illustrated with drawings hors-texte by H. de Toulouse-Lautrec, H. Daumier, Gavarni, Capiello, A. Willette...
€100
Eugène SPULLER
Ignace de Loyola et la Compagnie de Jésus - Exemplaire de Victor Hugo
Georges Decaux|Paris s. d. [1876]|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in half sand-colored cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, black sheep title-label with some scratches, small spots on spine, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved (tiny lack at foot of first cover, lacks at foot of second cover).
Rare and precious signed autograph inscription to Victor Hugo "... with the affectionate respects of the author..."
Eugène Spuller, close friend and collaborator of Léon Gambetta, owed his political rise to Victor Hugo when Hugo chose him "to be his substitute in the senatorial elections of the Seine"...
€1,000
Louise WEISS
Lettre à un embryon et réponse de cet embryon transmise en postface par Etienne Wolff
Julliard|Paris 1973|10.50 x 21 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Dated and signed autograph inscription by the author.
Fine copy complete with publisher's slip, with press clippings laid in.
€100
Jean LORRAIN
Le sang des dieux
Alphonse Lemerre|Paris 1882|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only issue with 25 Holland copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain.
Furthermore, our copy contains autograph manuscript corrections by Jean Lorrain on pages 26, 37, 39, 101 and 134. Work illustrated with a frontispiece drawing after Gustave Moreau.
Foxing to endpapers, light foxing to covers, two ink stains on second cover.
€600
Raymond RADIGUET
Le diable au corps
Grasset|Paris 1923|12 x 19 cm|broché sous étui
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy
Rare autograph inscription from Raymond Radiguet to Prince Serge Wolkonsky
Two repairs to head and foot of spine, covers and spine marginally sunned, paper yellowed, tiny marginal lacks to first endpaper
This copy, which retains its advertising notice pasted onto an endpaper, is presented in a chemise and slipcase by Devauchelle: olive morocco spine, aniseed-colored paper boards, lined with olive felt
Prince Serge Wolkonsky was the director of the Bolshoi theater and a friend of his compatriot, Diaghilev.
€3,500
Édouard DUJARDIN
Le retour éternel
Editions Moly-Sabata|Sablons 1934|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 445 copies on alfa paper, ours one of 60 reserved for press service, the only deluxe copies with 15 on pure thread.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Edouard Dujardin to Léon-Paul Fargue "... who still remembers the 'Fin d'Antonia'! With all my heart."
A small tear reglued at the head of one joint.
€200
Pierre DÉMERON
Lettre ouverte aux hétérosexuels
Albin Michel|Paris 1969|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription from the author to Matthieu Galey.
Boards lightly soiled at margins without gravity.
€20
Maurice BLANCHOT
L'espace littéraire
Gallimard|Paris 1968|11 x 16.50 cm|broché
New pocket edition, an advance copy.
Moving and precious signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his sister Marguerite: "Pour ma très chère soeur, Marguerite, ce livre, prémisses peut-être de "la fin du livre" avec les tendres excuses de MB." ["For my very dear sister, Marguerite, this book, perhaps the premises of "the end of the book" with tender apologies from MB."]
Marguerite Blanchot, a renowned organist at Chalon cathedral, remained all her life in the family home, with her mother and aunt. "She would gradually become, for the family, like the memory of origins." Very close to Maurice, she corresponded regularly with the writer who showed her...
€700
Maurice BLANCHOT (Franz KAFKA)
De Kafka à Kafka[From Kafka to Kafka]
Gallimard|Paris 1981|11 x 18 cm|broché
The first edition published only in paperback format, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Moving and precious signed autograph inscription from Maurice Blanchot to his sister Marguerite on a card mounted on the first endpaper: "Chère Marg, ce livre qui n'est pas un livre mais qui te dit en ces jours si sombres, ma fidèle, ma profonde affection. Maurice." ["Dear Marg, this book which is not a book but which tells you in these dark days, my faithful one, my deep affection. Maurice."]
Envelope bearing Marguerite Blanchot's address written by her brother Maurice mounted on the half-title page. Marguerite Blanchot...
€1,200
Roger VRIGNY
Les coeurs sensibles
Gallimard|Paris 1990|15.50 x 21.50 cm|broché
The collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed autograph inscription by the author.
Worming to boards, complete with publisher's wraparound band.
€20
Albert MEMMI
Le scorpion
Gallimard|Paris 1969|14.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed autograph inscription from the author to Matthieu Galey.
Foxing to spine, covers and edges
€20
François RAYNAL
Marie des solitudes
Editions Tallandier|Paris 1958|14 x 22 cm|reliure de l'éditeur
New edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Signed autograph inscription from François Raynal to Maurice Blanchot.
Publisher's Bradel binding in full cream cloth, smooth spine, lacking dust jacket.
€50
Jean LORRAIN
Dans l'oratoire
C. Dalou|Paris 1888|12 x 19 cm|relié
First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half chocolate cloth, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, double gilt fillet at foot, dark green shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, bookplate pasted on endpaper leaving a shadow opposite, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Lorrain to his friend Fernand Le Grand, a prominent figure of Fécamp society, on the half-title page which bears a printed bibliophile stamp and some foxing.
Provenance: from the library of Fernand Le Grand with his bookplate.
Rare.
€700
Kissoonsingh HAZAREESINGH, COLLECTIF
Hazareesingh at 80
Mauritius stationery manufacturers limited|s. l. s. d. [circa 1980]|14.50 x 21 cm|broché
First collected and bilingual edition.
Signed autograph inscription from K. Hazareesingh to Marcel Haedrich. Our copy is enhanced with a one-page autograph letter from the author to the same recipient on letterhead of the "Ministry of social security, national solidarity and reform institutions Astor courts" at Port-Louis.
Iconography.
Contributions by M. Druon, R. Ramdoyal, R. Tagore, T.S. Eliot...
Minor tears without consequence at head and foot of slightly faded spine, handsome interior condition.
€150
Christian DAUTCOURT
Rencontres
S. n.|s. l. 1951|14.50 x 19.50 cm|en feuilles
First edition printed in 200 numbered copies, ours bearing No. 1, the only printing.
Autograph inscription signed by Christian Dautcourt on the first endpaper which shows slight light stains at the foot.
Last endpaper partially shaded due to a small press cutting about the work.
€80
Simone RAPIN
L'année de l'amour
Editions Pierre Boillat Bienne|Bienne [Biel/Bienne] 1957|10.50 x 7.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Precious autograph inscription signed by the author to Maurice Blanchot.
The inscription has been damaged by a clear dampstain which also affects the front cover.
€30
Pierre HAMP
Notre pain quotidien
Gallimard|Paris 1937|12 x 19 cm|broché
Definitive edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Pierre Hamp to Maurice Blanchot: "... Bon appétit".
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
A small marginal tear to the middle of the spine, otherwise a handsome copy.
€60
Vassili YAN
Gengis-Khan
Editions du Pavois|Paris 1946|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition of the French translation, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Precious signed autograph inscription from the translator to Maurice Blanchot.
A slight angular lack at the foot of the second cover, spine with a clear dampstain at foot.
€60
Marcel GUERSANT
Jean-Paul
Les Editions de Minuit|Paris 1953|14.50 x 23 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Marcel Guersant to Maurice Blanchot: "... critique éminent devant lequel l'auteur ne se présente qu'avec crainte et tremblement. / J'ose offrir ce livre, où - dans un silence profond - la grâce se fraye la voie d'une âme" ["... eminent critic before whom the author presents himself only with fear and trembling. / I dare offer this book, where - in profound silence - grace carves the path of a soul"]
Worming to spine and covers, complete with publisher's slip.
€250
Luce AMY
Les voies souterraines
Gallimard|Paris 1956|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, an advance copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Luce Amy to Maurice Blanchot.
Marginal worming to head and front cover, one joint slightly cracked at foot.
€50
Guillaume WODLI
Ceux de la bonne auberge
Gallimard|Paris 1945|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Guillaume Wodli to Maurice Blanchot.
Minor marginal tears to spine and covers, light scratches of no consequence at foot of second cover.
€50
Henri MICHAUX
L'espace du dedans
Gallimard|Paris 1944|12 x 19 cm|relié
First collected edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Elegant half green morocco over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, spine in six compartments, gilt date at foot, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine (sunned) preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome autograph inscription from Henri Michaux to Maurice Blanchot.
A very good copy in a perfectly suited binding.
€1,500
Denis MARION
Si peu que rien
Gallimard|Paris 1945|14 x 20.50 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Denis Marion to Maurice Blanchot: "... ce faux-pas romantique".
Two small stains on the front cover.
€60
Lucienne FAVRE
Mille et un jours. Aventures de la belle Doudjda
Denoël|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Lucienne Favre to Maurice Blanchot.
€80
Gabriel d' AUBARÈDE
La révolution des saints, 1520-1536
Gallimard|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Gabriel d'Aubarède to Maurice Blanchot.
Two tears to the spine which also has a lack at foot.
€60
Raymond LACAZE
Poulido
Editions Subervie|Rodez 1959|14 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Raymond Lacaze to Maurice Blanchot.
Complete with its publisher's wraparound band.
€60
Edmond BUCHET
Les enfants de la colère
Corrêa|Paris 1945|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of the advance copies.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond Buchet to Maurice Blanchot.
Small tears with minimal lacks to the first cover, joints cracked at head and foot.
€60
Jean MAUCLÈRE
Rubens
Editions Colbert|Paris 1943|14 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition on ordinary paper.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean Mauclère to Maurice Blanchot.
Joints slightly cracked at head and foot.
€80
(to Maurice BLANCHOT) Paul LEVY
Le chemin de la mosquée
Grasset|Paris 1946|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, false statement of third edition, Service de Presse stamp.
Precious signed autograph inscription from the author to his friend Maurice Blanchot: "... à qui je ne veux rien dire de ce livre si plein de douleur, mais qui, j'en suis sûr, comprendra" ["... to whom I want to say nothing about this book so full of sorrow, but who, I am sure, will understand"].
From 1933, Blanchot was the principal editor of the newspapers founded by Paul Lévy, "Le Rempart" and "aux Ecoutes", with clearly patriotic, anti-democratic, anti-parliamentary, anti-capitalist orientations while simultaneously focused on denouncing Hitlerism and anti-Jewish persecutions. The...
€800
Philippe de FÉLICE
Foules en délire, extases collectives. Essai sur quelques formes inférieures de la mystique
Albin Michel|Paris 1947|13.50 x 20.50 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a service de presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Philippe de Félice to Maurice Blanchot.
A small tear at head of spine which also shows minimal worming.
Complete with publisher's slip.
€60
Jacques STERNBERG
La banlieue
Julliard|Paris 1961|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Jacques Sternberg to Maurice Blanchot.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.
€150
Rai de ROTH
La citadelle de l'esprit. L'esprit, le sexe et l'infini
Le courrier du livre|Paris 1965|14 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Rai de Roth to Maurice Blanchot.
Iconography.
One stain at foot of front board, otherwise handsome copy.
€60
Robert ANDRÉ
Le regard de l'égyptienne
Gallimard|Paris 1965|12 x 19 cm|broché
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Robert André to Maurice Blanchot.
Complete with publisher's (advertising) slip. Worming to front board.
€50
Jean CHATENET
L'étrange nuit d'un garçon rangé
Seuil|Paris 1958|13 x 18.50 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from Jean Chatenet to Maurice Blanchot.
€60
André BILLY
Le pont des Saint-Pères
Fayard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, an advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription from André Billy to Maurice Blanchot.
€80
Jacques CHASTENET
Le siècle de Victoria
Fayard|Paris 1947|12 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jacques Chastenet to (Maurice) Blanchot.
Minor worming of no consequence to spine and boards.
€60
Luc DECAUNES
Charles Baudelaire
Seghers|Paris 1952|13 x 16 cm|broché
First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Precious full-page signed autograph inscription from the author to Maurice Blanchot: "... qui approfondit chaque jour davantage les mystérieux rapports de la vie et du langage..." ["... who deepens each day the mysterious relationships between life and language..."]
Iconography.
Small tear to head of front cover.
€80