First Editions

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue after 13 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite some foxing to the top edge.

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 collected edition, one of 53 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only deluxe copies after 13 copies on Hollande.
Handsome copy.

First edition of 550 copies printed on candle paper from the Arches paper mills with the watermark of the Nouvelle Revue française (sole printing). Frontispiece: A portrait of the author on Japan paper in soft-ground etching by Paul-Albert Laurens. Copy No. 379. Original wrappers preserved, lacking spines. 2 leaves of catalogues at rear.
Later half morocco with corners in burgundy signed G. Dubois-D'Enghien at top of endpaper. Spine with 5 raised bands in Jansenist style with author, title, volume number and date gilt. Top edges gilt. Gilt fillets on boards.
Very handsome copy, with superbly fresh paper in near-mint condition.
Bookplate: G. Foulon, with the motto Semina fert eundo.

First edition of some parts, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly yellowed without consequence, three small black spots on the spine.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly yellowed without consequence, small crease marks to board margins.

First edition, one of 84 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after 1 Chamois copy reserved for the author.
Spine lightly sunned without consequence, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 57 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite small and light black stains on the boards.

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 55 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copy.
Spine slightly yellowed.

The rare first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Light discoloration to left margin of rear cover which has also affected the final endpaper.
Handsome illustrated cover by Vibert, with frontispiece portrait of the author by Diriks etched by Gorvel.
Rare.

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 published under pseudonym in 250 numbered copies on Holland paper.
With a frontispiece portrait of the author.
Book dedicated to the Gauls alone, to those who still love the ribaldry and the salty and spicy words of our forefathers.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jho Pâle to Monsieur Patay below his portrait, we include a visiting card of the author when he was a publicist.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without significance.

First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without significance.

First edition, one of 68 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without significance.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First collected edition, one of 105 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Two shadows left by the justification bookmark.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without gravity.

First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally shaded.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine and boards being slightly and marginally shaded, a small stain on the front board.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine very slightly browned without any severity.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine and boards slightly and marginally shaded.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition of the French translation established by Louis-Nicolas Ménard, no mention is made of deluxe copies.
Interior foxing and to the covers, a small tear in the left margin of the second cover.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Some worming to spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies after 25 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine slightly yellowed and a crease to the lower right margin of the first cover.

First edition, one of 61 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
After spending his youth in Oran, Claude de Fréminville met Camus in preparatory class at Algers during the 1932-1933 school year, before pursuing his university studies in Paris. It was in France that he joined the Communist Party, and encouraged Camus to do the same, which he did the following year. He planned to create with André Belamich and Albert Camus a political-literary magazine, la nouvelle journée, sponsored by Giono, which would be a bridge between Europeans and Muslims. In 1938, he was part of the editorial team of Rivages, which Charlot published and printed. In 1939, during a temporary eclipse of éditions Charlot, he founded with Camus the ephemeral éditions Cafre (CAmus-FREminville) and published a translation of 333 Coplas populaires andalouses.
After the war, he worked as a journalist in Paris, notably as editor at Europe 1 under the name Claude Terrien.
He died in January 1966.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy of this work whose hero is an aspirant observer, aviator in a French squadron based in Italy, during the First World War.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the slightly yellowed spine without gravity.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pur fil vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite the spine being slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine being slightly yellowed.

First edition, one of 48 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 58 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite very slight and insignificant yellowing to spine.

First edition, one of 80 numbered copies on pur fil, deluxe copies after 25 Auvergne.
Handsome copy despite very slight and insignificant yellowing to spine.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite small black spots on the back cover.

First edition of this text dedicated to Jean-Paul Sartre, one of 43 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on laid paper, the only deluxe copies after 8 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 53 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy despite the spine very lightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 53 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Four small brown spots to left margin of second cover, otherwise handsome copy of this work dedicated to Albert Camus.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 95 numbered copies on pur fil, the deluxe copies after 18 on Holland paper.
A handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition of the author's first work, one of 55 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly yellowed without significance.
Presentation by Jean Cocteau.

First edition of the author's first work published under the auspices of Albert Camus, one of 56 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly yellowed without significance.
French writer born in Mostaganem and engaged in the Algerian independence struggle, Jean-Pierre Millecam was, due to threats to his security in Tlemcen, exfiltrated by the F.L.N. to Morocco in 1956.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without gravity.

First edition, one of 1,345 numbered copies on pur fil, ours one of the 135 octavo copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 106 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies after 25 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite very light and harmless yellowing to spine.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite very light and harmless yellowing to spine.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on laid paper, ours unnumbered, the only printing along with 10 on China paper.
Two small corner lacks at head and foot of front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies with 2 on Japan paper.
Two fold marks to lower right margin of front cover.
Handsome copy.

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, one of 56 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
The work illustrated with 4 hors-texte illustrations by Camille Bryen.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 68 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies after 15 on Holland paper.
Preface by Julien Lanoë.
Handsome copy.

First collected edition and partly in first edition, one of 260 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe copies after 28 on Holland paper.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 60 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 65 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly yellowed without consequence.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine being very slightly yellowed without consequence.

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

First edition, one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy with full margins.
Half purple morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt stippling decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with a scattering of gilt stars, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on moiré paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted on one pastedown, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt retaining its deckled edges, elegant contemporary binding signed Creuzevault.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite two adhesive paper discharges with minimal paper lacks on the first endpaper.

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 loved all that is living. René Benjamin. April 1935... And with what heart I thank you for what you have done for me!"
Fine copy handsomely bound of this work which was awarded the Prix Goncourt 1915.

First edition consisting of an offprint from issues 261 and 262 of the journal Critique.
Handsome and rare copy despite covers slightly and marginally sunned.

First edition, one of 130 numbered copies on pure thread paper, deluxe copies after 25 on Holland paper.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 63 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy despite the spine being very lightly sunned without significance.

First edition, one of 43 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 53 numbered copies on pure linen paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without consequence.

First edition, one of 55 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies.
Fine and rare copy of this work which was adapted for cinema in 1967 by Tony Richardson, assisted by Christian de Chalonge and Norman J. Warren, starring Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles, Ian Bannen and Vanessa Redgrave.

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, one of 45 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and boards lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, otherwise a handsome copy.

Definitive, important edition, revised by the author, and on which all future editions will be based. It should not be confused with the counterfeit (which can be distinguished by some differences) published on the same date and which is only a reprint of the first editions published in 1715 (first 2 volumes), 1724 (third volume) and 1735 (fourth volume) where the figures are reversed and of rather mediocre printing (thus the canon in the first figure appears on the right whereas he should be on the left).
This edition is rare and sought after. "This edition, which has become uncommon, presents numerous corrections and considerable additions by the author, which amount to no less than a hundred pages; it should therefore be regarded as the first good edition of Le Sage's masterpiece." Brunet, III, 1006. Title pages in red and black. Headcap of volume 1 partly lacking, that of volume II worn, revealing the headband. A small lack at the head of volume IV. Upper joint of volume IV split at tail. Narrow incipient crack at lower joint of volume I. Small lack to volume label of volume IV. Some corners slightly bumped. Overall relatively fresh, the first leaves of each volume with some pale foxing or yellowing. Good copy.
The illustration comprises 32 figures re-engraved from the originals published in the 3 first editions.
Full marbled and glazed calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label, red morocco volume labels.
It is now perfectly established that one cannot accuse Lesage's immortal masterpiece, the last baroque fire of the picaresque novel, of plagiarism; if Lesage drew his material from elsewhere, it nonetheless remains that Gil Blas is an original and personal work. We find there the misadventures of a picaro, as roguish as possible, who through his multiple encounters creates a satirical portrait of contemporary society.

First edition illustrated with an original etching by the author as frontispiece.
Shaded parchment covers with some foxing, handsome interior condition.