First edition, one of the review copies.
A pleasant copy despite a repaired tear at the foot of one joint.
Inscribed and signed by Blaise Cendrars to Georges Le Cardonnel.
First edition, one of the advance review copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, internally clean and well-preserved.
Work for which Patrick Modiano was awarded the "Prix Goncourt" in 1978.
Rare inscribed copy, signed by Patrick Modiano to Jean-François Revel.
First text: first edition, with no copies issued on deluxe paper; second text: first edition in part.
Publisher's full grey cloth binding, flat spine, complete with the original dust jacket.
Illustrated with photographs by Tony Armstrong-Jones.
A small stain to the lower part of the front endpaper, otherwise a pleasing copy.
Inscribed and signed by Paul Morand: "A maître Chérier, ce tunnel sous la manche, très fidèlement Morand."
True first edition, with no deluxe paper copies issued.
Half red morocco over marbled boards, corners in morocco, spine with five raised bands adorned with gilt fillets and double gilt compartments, date stamped in gilt at foot, minor rubbing to the bands, gilt fillet border on the marbled paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and backstrip with a few minor losses preserved, a light scratch to an upper corner, contemporary binding signed by C. Septier.
Inscribed by one of the authors on the half-title page, to Marcel Gropiot.
A handsome copy attractively bound in a period binding for this work, which was awarded the Prix Goncourt upon its first reissue in 1906.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine creased as often, otherwise a pleasant copy.
Illustrated.
Inscribed and signed by Jean Marais to Madame Romanini.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Small loss and a stain to the lower left margin of the lower cover, folding marks to the right margin of the upper cover.
Preface by Jacques Laurent.
Inscribed and signed by Antoine Blondin: "Pour Philippe Patrice Cazenave leur ami Antoine Blondin".
First edition, with no copies printed on deluxe paper.
A pleasant copy.
On the half-title page, autograph inscription signed by Jean-Claude Carrière to the writer, essayist, and pianist Catherine David: "... qui m'ouvrît avec grâce la lourde porte du temps, je m'incline sur son passage avec amitié."
On the front endpaper, autograph inscription signed by Umberto Eco to the same recipient.
New edition.
Spine very slightly sunned, but an attractive and well-preserved copy.
Signed by Jean-Paul Sartre on the half-title.
First edition of this theatre programme for Jean-Paul Sartre's adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's Kean, staged at the Théâtre Marigny in 1988, directed by Robert Hossein and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo in the title role.
A fine copy. Illustrated throughout.
Boldly signed by Jean-Paul Belmondo in black felt-tip pen on the cover.
First edition, with no deluxe copies printed; one of the review copies.
Small tears to the spine and along the left edge of the front cover.
Rare signed autograph tribute by Boris Vian on this text.
First edition, one of the review copies.
Spine very slightly sunned, not affecting legibility.
Fine signed presentation inscription from Emmanuel Berl to a friend named Françoise: "A Françoise, belle, charmante comme une fée... son ami..."
First edition, one of the review copies.
Spine very slightly sunned, not affecting legibility.
Inscribed by Emmanuel Berl to a friend named Françoise.
First French edition translated by Abdelmalek Faraj.
Spine and boards marginally discolored and sunned, handsome interior condition.
Very fine autograph inscription signed by Pierre Dermenghem, on two pages, to Henry de Montherlant enriched with an autograph inscription signed by Abdelmalek Faraj.
Manuscript annotations by Henry de Montherlant, in blue ink, on the back board.
First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine slightly sunned.
Handsome autograph inscription dated and signed by Eugène Dabit to Pierre Lièvre: "... J'ai reçu ces jours-ci "l'Education des filles", et votre dédicace me touche. Je viendrai un soir : choisissez-le. Je vous envoie ce livre qui est, en quelque sorte, mon premier roman. Je souhaite qu'il m'aide à garder votre confiance. Je fais miennes beaucoup de vos idées (dans votre préface à l'extravagante) Est-il possible de le sentir ici. Fidèlement. Eugène Dabit." ("... I received 'l'Education des filles' these past few days, and your dedication touches me. I will come one evening: you choose when. I am sending you this book which is, in a way, my first novel. I hope it will help me keep your confidence. I make many of your ideas my own (in your preface to 'l'extravagante') Is it possible to feel it here. Faithfully. Eugène Dabit.")
First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Foxing to spine and margins of boards, retaining the dust jacket which has small marginal tears.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by William Styron to journalist Paule Villers.
