First Editions

The first edition published in a small number of copies.
Our copy is presented in plain wrappers, with manuscript annotation on the first cover.
Light worming to covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Four small marginal lacks to boards slightly and marginally sunned.
Rare.

First collected edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine sunned, foxing on the final endpaper.

First edition, one of 800 numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only issue with 20 alfama.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by G. Zendel.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A good copy.

First edition published under the pseudonym of Marquis de Villemer.
About T. Gautier, Garibaldi, C. Baudelaire, H. Berlioz...
Some occasional light foxing affecting the first cover and the very first leaves.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Fine full-page autograph inscription by the author.
Work illustrated by A. Berlant.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the copies reserved for subscribers of the cahiers and friends of the C.E.L.F.
Inscribed by the author to a poet friend.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Only 8 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Fine inscription from Robert Goffin.
Cover illustrated with an oil portrait by Liliane Barbin, reproduced in black and white.
Iconography.
Spine very slightly pinched at head and tail, handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper. Only 8 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Inscribed by Alain Bosquet.
Cover illustrated with a black and white photographic portrait.
Iconography.

First edition of the French translation, on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the translator.

First edition.
Signed autograph inscription from Charles Vincent Aubrun to one of his colleagues.
Spine and covers lightly and marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the Sirène offset copies reserved for the press service; only 56 Arches deluxe copies were printed.
Fine inscription by Arlette Albert-Birot.
Dampstains to foot of spine and marginally to boards, tiny nick to head of first board, handsome interior condition. We include with this copy the subscription card and invitation to the dinner organized for the book's publication in March 1970.

First edition, on ordinary paper. Only thirty Alfa copies were printed on deluxe paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Black and white photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
We include with this copy two fascicles of press extracts about the author's work.
Handsome copy.

First edition, printed on ordinary paper. Only 5 Holland and 17 Vellum deluxe copies were printed.
Fine inscription from the author.
Covers and spine marginally faded, a few tiny spots on the covers.

First edition, on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine and boards very slightly faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition.
Inscription by Pierre Camo addressed to M. Pierre Edmond Lévy "to complete his collection of rarities", on the half-title page.
Covers and spine marginally and slightly faded, two tiny corner lacks at head of first endpaper.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
Autograph tribute from the author.
A small crease mark throughout the body of the work.
Rare.

First edition, one of 750 copies on ordinary paper. Only 2 copies were printed on special paper.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Work illustrated with a drawing by Félix Labisse.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded.

First edition, one of 750 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies along with 109 recomposed copies.
Endpapers lightly and marginally aged, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
A corner fold mark at head of back cover, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 894 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies with 109 reimposed.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 177 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Endpapers very lightly and marginally shaded, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper, the only printing with 25 Holland and 60 pure thread copies.
Inscribed by André Frénaud.
Spine very lightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.

First edition in volumes on ordinary paper.
A good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Warm autograph inscription from the author.
Spine sunned, two small pink stains on front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on Hélioneige laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Cover illustrated with a fragment of a Carpaccio painting.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 450 copies on offset paper, the only deluxe copies with 50 Arches.
Fine autograph inscription by Claude Stéphane to one of his friends.
Furthermore, our copy, like all copies from the deluxe issue, contains an original color watercolor by the author, which he has signed, mounted facing the endpaper where the inscription appears.
Finally, our copy retains the complete etching by Claude Stéphane, on loose sheet, as frontispiece and engraved by Jacques David.
Boards very slightly and marginally faded at head, handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition, one of 100 copies on bouffant Costa reserved for the press service.
Signed autograph inscription by Georges Charaire.
Cover illustrated by Paul Ackerman.
A tiny nick without loss at foot of spine, fine copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Handsome copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket.

First edition, one of 240 hand-numbered copies on Licorne offset, the only printing with 40 on Rives.
Beautiful full-page inscription by the author to a couple who were friends of his.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Spine very slightly sunned.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author to a couple of his friends.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.

First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Small stains to front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.

First French edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very lightly sunned.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by Jean Rousselot with a small drawing of a locomotive.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome full-page autograph inscription by the author.

New edition, one of numbered copies on bulky paper, the only issue with 20 on pur fil.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Spine slightly faded.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on white vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and headpieces engraved on wood by Pierre Mestre.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on white vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece and headpieces engraved on wood by Jean Mohler.
A shadow on the justification page, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, false statement of third edition.
Inscribed by the author.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Autograph inscription from the author.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on "bouffant" paper, the only printing with 40 copies on handmade paper.
Autograph inscription from the author to a couple of his friends in which he confesses his sadness at having lost his cat.
Spine very slightly faded, without significance.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Autograph inscription from the author.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine autograph inscription signed by the author.
Notes by Henri de Montherlant.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 162 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe printing after 52 Montval.
Inscription from Marcel Arland.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only printing with 25 on pur fil.
Author's inscription.
Spine very slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine very slightly sunned with two small stains.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies, the only issue with 30 on laid paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Work illustrated by G. Bigot.
Minor light stains of no consequence to the front cover.
A rare and handsome copy.

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of the hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies along with 20 on pure rag paper.
With a presentation by Arlette Albert-Birot, inscribed by her to a couple who were her friends.

First edition of the second version of the French translation established by Bérot de l'Arvette and printed on fine paper.
Rare inscription from Sir Cecil Tavelet.

First edition printed on ordinary paper, with false statement of second edition.
Clumsily repaired tear at foot of spine, small lacks and marginal stains to boards.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Two small tears of no consequence at foot of joints, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy.
Some worming to spine and certain deckled edges, otherwise a handsome full-margined copy.

First edition, one of 2000 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue along with 8 Japan and 100 Holland copies.
Spine sunned with minor corner restorations at head and foot, tiny tears of no consequence at heads of boards, handsome interior condition.
Beautiful illustrated cover.

First edition printed on ordinary paper, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Arches, deluxe copy.
Work illustrated with an original drawing by D. de Bravura on cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition published anonymously, printed in 1240 copies on châtaignier paper, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Marginal worming to front cover.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Preface by Paul Adam.
Spine slightly faded with a central lack, four corner lacks to boards.
Rare.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on alfa, the only large paper copies along with 30 pur fil.
A very good copy.

First edition, one of 647 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies with 49 reimposed.
A small stain at the foot of the front cover, handsome copy.

First edition of the French translation by Henri Parisot.

First edition.
Illustrated.
A very good copy.

New edition, one of 34 numbered copies on Arjomari paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two pale and small marginal stains at the foot of the front cover, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition in French, one of 66 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.

First French edition, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition in volume, one of 20 numbered copies on beige Ingres paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine faded, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Covers slightly and marginally faded and foxed without consequence.
Handsome copy considering the poor quality of this paper.

First edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Inscribed by Henry Spiess.
Spine very slightly sunned, a descriptive bookseller's label pasted in margin of the endpaper which also bears a bookplate.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of French-Swiss poets which he formed from the nineteen twenties.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, angular tears with losses to covers, handsome interior condition.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of Swiss Romandy poets that he built up from the 1920s onwards.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of 350 copies on Holland paper.
Spine slightly faded and warped, small stains on the first cover, one endpaper slightly and partially shadowed, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of Swiss Romandy poets that he built up from the 1920s onwards.

First edition, one of 52 copies on Montval laid paper, deluxe copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Jouhandeau to Yvonne Langevin.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 162 copies on pure thread paper, from the deluxe print run after 52 Monval.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 32 copies on Montval laid paper, from the deluxe print run.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 52 copies on Montval laid paper, deluxe issue with 4 Japan copies. Copy justified as Montval but unnumbered.
Lengthy introduction by Maurice Bardèche.
A crease mark on the front cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 950 numbered copies on Rives paper, the only issue with 50 Japan copies.
Spine slightly warped, discreet gift inscription at head of first endpaper.

First edition in French, one of 790 numbered copies on Rives paper, the only issue alongside 25 Japan paper copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 750 numbered copies on Rives paper, the only issue alongside 25 Japan paper copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 52 numbered copies on vergé de Montval, tirage de tête.
A very good copy with good margins.

First edition, one of the copies from the first issue numbered at the press, no deluxe copies were printed.
Fine copy.
Provenance: from the collection of Swiss Romandy poets assembled by Albert Natural starting in the twenties.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on Holland paper, deluxe copy with 10 on Japan paper. Handsome copy.
Provenance: from Albert Natural's collection of French-speaking Swiss poets which he formed from the 1920s onwards.

First hors commerce collected edition printed in 300 copies on laid paper.
Inscribed by Henry Spiess.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Precious autograph inscription by the author to Moïse Kisling mentioning a mutual friend, who also inscribed the book to Moïse Kisling.

First edition, one of 337 numbered copies on wove paper, deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 675 numbered copies on alfa.
A very good copy.