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

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Two angular fold marks on the back cover.
Fine and humorous autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to Bernard Kouchner: "Cher Bernard, la voici, la voilà, la terreur de Jean-Edern, la [comédie française], en deux mots brefs : la studebaker était une jolie voiture et Matignon un beau manège. Avec mon amitié. Le coupeur Erik." (Dear Bernard, here it is, here it is, Jean-Edern's terror, the [French comedy], in two brief words: the Studebaker was a pretty car and Matignon a beautiful riding school. With my friendship. The cutter Erik.)

First edition for which no limited issue printed.
Publisher's original black full cloth binding, smooth spine, illustrated boards.
Some rubbing to the headpieces.
Numerous illustrations.

Precious and rare autograph signed inscription from François Truffaut: "Pour, Georges Pellegrin qui me faisait la courte échelle pour repérer les extérieurs de jules et jim, bien amicalement François Truffaut." ('For Georges Pellegrin, who gave me a leg up to scout the exteriors for Jules et Jim, with warm regards, François Truffaut.')

Georges Pellegrin, along with Robert Bober and Florence Malraux, served as assistant director to...

First edition.
Half blue morocco shagreen, smooth spine, gilt date at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Exceptionally inscribed by Emile Zola to the playwright and opera librettist Ludovic Halévy, with the autograph signatures of Guy de Maupassant, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Léon Hennique, Paul Alexis and Henri Céard on the first flyleaf.
Provenances: from the libraries of Ludovic Halévy and Marcel Lecomte, with their bookplates on front pastedown.
Our copy also includes, on a flyleaf, an autograph note by Ludovic Halévy: "See a letter by Guy de Maupassant at the end of the volume. L.H. Inscribed by the six authors of the volume...

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.

Autograph inscription signed by Henri Charrière to journalist and historian Gilbert Guilleminault.

Henri Charrière, known as Papillon, ward of the state and petty criminal, had been sentenced to the penal colony in 1931 for a murder he always denied. More than thirty years later, he recounts his terrible experience in this autobiographical text. He describes the violence, injustice, diseases and escape attempts, crowned by years of exile in South America: « Pure of all contact, his publisher noted, and of all literary ambition, what he writes is "as he tells it to you", you see it, you feel it, you...

First edition on ordinary paper.

Contemporary binding in half red morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands framed with black fillets, gilt date on tail, marbled paper boards, bouquet-patterned endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved (small angular restoration to the foot of the first board), gilt head.

Binding signed by Léon Gruel, one of the most renowned bookbinders of the late 19th century.

Le Horla consists of thirteen short stories: Le Horla, Amour, Le Trou, Sauvée, Clochette, Le Marquis de Fumerol, Le Signe, Le Diable, Les Rois, Au bois, Une famille, Joseph, L'Auberge and Le Vagabond.

Precious...