First Editions

First edition printed in 300 copies.
Minimal worming to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Minor worming to boards without consequence.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Friendly autograph inscription signed by Léon Vérane to the symbolist poet André-Ferdinand Hérold.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned without severity, three stains on the back cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Signed autograph inscription from Paul Barlatier to the symbolist poet André-Ferdinand Hérold.
Spine very slightly warped, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Two small tears at head and foot of spine, occasional foxing.

First edition, one of 4 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe issue.
Work and covers illustrated with drawings by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Signed and inscribed by the author to a poet from the Nièvre region.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Signed autograph inscription by the author enriched with the signature of Renée Devillers.
Spine restored with two lacks at head and foot, handsome interior condition.
Stock bookshop label pasted on half-title page.

First edition, one of 230 numbered copies on alfa.
A very good copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 20 deluxe copies printed on Holland paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with 30 pen drawings.
Preface by Camille Gagnon.
Light foxing to boards.

First edition, one of 450 numbered copies on pure paper.
Signed autograph inscription from Alphonse Métérié to a couple of his friends, enriched with a small color drawing depicting a car following the flight of a swallow.
A tiny harmless tear to one joint, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux, the only deluxe copies with a few hors commerce.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Métérié to one of his friends.
Our copy contains an original full-length photograph of the author holding a volume of the magazine "Poésie 44" on the verso of which he has added a few words.
Corner lacks to boards.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Our copy contains an autograph letter of one page signed and dated by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 1120 numbered copies on Chapelle paper, the only issue with 10 on laid paper.
Signed and inscribed by Alphonse Métérié to a couple of his friends, expanded with three regular Haiku.
Small angular lack at foot of front cover, covers lightly and marginally sunned, pleasant interior condition.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Vidalon paper, the only deluxe copies.
Our copy exceptionally contains a reproduction of a Pre-Raphaelite painting pasted on an endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed to 200 numbered copies.
A good copy.

First edition in French, with no mention of deluxe copies.
Preceded by an extract from Aurore Sand's "Souvenirs".
Illustrated, complete with its folding map at rear.
Foxing to front cover, interior in good condition.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Illustrated pamphlet with two photographic portraits.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure Lafuma thread paper, deluxe copy.
Fine copy complete with publisher's slips.

First edition, one of 944 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies along with 111 reimposed copies.
Minor worming without consequence to spine and foot of front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper.
Copy with double wrappers, the justification page at the end has been cleanly removed, endpapers very lightly and partially shaded.

First edition, one of 88 numbered copies on Arches, the only large paper copies along with 44 Hollande.
A very good copy.

First edition and first issue of Gavarni's illustrations.
Publisher's full red boards binding, smooth spine very slightly faded, boards decorated with gilt decorative motifs, small corner stains on front board.
Work illustrated with 100 large compositions by Gavarni.
A pale marginal dampstain on the title page diminishing and disappearing through the following pages, otherwise pleasant interior condition.

First edition with first printing of Gustave Doré's illustrations.
Half chocolate brown shagreen binding, lightened spine with four raised bands decorated with double gilt compartments adorned with gilt stars, light rubbing traces on joints, blind fillet frames on chocolate brown paper boards, soiled moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 450 vignettes by G. Doré, Foster...
Some minor foxing.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper, deluxe issue.
Half chocolate shagreen binding with corners, spine very lightly sunned with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, olive paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 480 numbered copies on cream Navarre laid paper.
Half chocolate morocco-tinted shagreen binding with corners, spine sunned with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, olive paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved.
Handsome copy with full margins.

First edition and first printing of the illustrations.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt fillets decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with floral corner motifs, light rubbing traces on joints, blind fillet frames on dark green cardboard boards, moiré-effect endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with drawings after Töpffer by Calame, Girardet, Français, d'Aubigny, Gagnet, Forest...
Scattered foxing.

First edition of the author's thesis which he defended in Latin at the University of Paris.
Autograph presentation inscription by the author at the head of the first endpaper.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally soiled, a tiny tear at the foot of the first cover.
Rare.

First edition.
A slight marginal crease mark at the head of the first cover, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Work illustrated with 26 original illustrations by C. Atamian.
Minor marginal lacks of no importance to spine and boards.

First edition, one of 940 numbered copies on pure thread paper, the only deluxe copies with 118 reimposed.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on pure laid paper and recomposed in Tellière quarto format.
Minimal marginal worming to spine and boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 25 deluxe copies were printed on pure thread paper.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Victor Brauner and a hors-texte by Jacques Hérold.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded.

First edition printed on laid paper, false statement of "second thousand".
A small lack to head of spine, handsome interior condition despite some minor foxing.

First edition in French translated by Jean Cassou, one of 700 numbered copies on Ingres paper, the only printing with 50 on Japan paper.
Spine lightly sunned, gift inscription at head of front endpaper.

First edition, one of 2000 numbered copies on Luna paper, the only printing with 50 on pur fil.
Spine and boards uniformly and lightly sunned, handsome interior condition.
Gift inscription at head of front endpaper.

First edition printed in a small number on laid paper.
Work illustrated with portraits in the text.
Worming to boards, a tiny hole at foot of first board, light foxing mainly affecting the margins.

First edition printed on laid paper, the only printing with 40 Holland copies.
A tiny tear at head of spine, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full brown cloth Bradel binding, smooth spine. Handsome copy lacking dust jacket.

First edition.
Work illustrated with a portrait of Madame de Girardin as frontispiece.
Spine and boards uniformly sunned, three small corner lacks to boards and spine, worming to front board, some foxing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine inscription from Aurel.
A small tear with a tiny lack at the head of the first endpaper.
Spine sunned, a light and minor dampstain of no consequence on the second cover.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue de l'histoire de Versailles et de Seine-et-Oise.
Light foxing to covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A tiny tear to foot of spine.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Spine faded, sunned and with lacks at head and foot, front board detached and re-glued, slight marginal lacks to boards, interior without foxing.
Rare.

Rare first edition of this satirical novella, whose narrator is a pen that castigates Napoleon's absolute power and press censorship.
In original plain wrappers.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on simili-Japan paper, the only deluxe copies with 10 copies reserved for the author.
Fine inscription by Philippe Dumaine.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Bradel binding in half almond percaline, smooth spine decorated with a gilt fleuron, gilt fillet at tail, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
A handsome copy beautifully bound.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Preface by Georges Duhamel.
Iconography, printed bookplate at head of first endpaper.

First edition, one of 600 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only issue with 10 on pur fil.
Inscribed by the author to the poet Georges Heitz.
Spine slightly sunned with two small lacks at head and foot, front board marginally discolored at foot, small spots at foot of first endpaper, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome and rare copy.

First edition, one of 395 numbered copies on Marais paper.
Cover illustrated by C. Bérard.
Cover lightly worn, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on deluxe paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies.
Half sea-green box calf binding with bands, smooth spine, marbled paper boards with gilt fillet frames, chocolate paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, sea-green cardboard slipcase edged with olive morocco and green felt lining, binding attributed to the Laurenchet workshops.
Fine copy handsomely bound.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on tinted Marais vellum.
Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper, with only 45 Japan copies on deluxe paper.
Bradel binding in blue half-cloth, smooth spine very slightly faded decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt fillet at foot, chocolate shagreen title-label with minor traces of rubbing, marbled paper boards, covers (with three small marginal tears repaired) preserved, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 24 illustrations by H. Laurent-Desrousseaux.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on Japon paper, deluxe issue.
Contributions by Sacha Guitry, René Benjamin, Gaston de Pawlowski, René Bizet, Henri Duvernois...
Our copy is complete, like all copies from the deluxe issue, with the portrait of Sacha Guitry on Japon paper drawn and engraved on wood by André Szekely de Doba. However, our copy lacks the suite on Japon paper of the illustrations. Work illustrated with ornaments by André Szekely de Doba.
Iconography, facsimiles.
Spine sunned, a marginal tear on the back cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Fine autograph inscription by the author.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on Madagascar paper.
Fine autograph inscription signed and calligraphed by the author.
Minimal and occasional marginal foxing, handsome copy.

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press.
Signed autograph inscription from Henri de Montherlant to Jean Blanzat.
Spine and boards very lightly browned at foot, minimal foxing to endpapers.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by Marcel Jouhandeau to Jean Texcier, painter, early resistance fighter and founder of the "Libération" movement.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by André de Richaud to Pascale Audret in pencil.
Small stains on the first cover.

First collected edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
This collection contains: Les poèmes dorés, Idylles et légendes and Les noces corinthiennes.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of the copies on alfa paper.
Light foxing mainly affecting the rear endpaper, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper.
Our copy is complete with the Decaris frontispiece, only present in copies on Japan paper.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in 200 copies, ours one of 194 on Arches paper.
Signed autograph inscription from the publisher, Edouard Champion, to Jean Bruller.
Minimal marginal worming to boards, handsome interior condition.

First collected edition for which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Rare and handsome inscription by Dmitri Merejkowski, in French, to Madame Rodgers.
Spine slightly faded, one joint cracked at foot.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine very lightly sunned, occasional worming to endpapers.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine sunned.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine very slightly sunned, some light foxing.

First edition, one of 109 numbered copies on Lafuma Navarre paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format, deluxe copy.
Spine very slightly sunned.

First edition.
Handsome autograph inscription by the author in French to Michel de Iellatchich, mentioning the passages in the book where he is cited.
Spine sunned, otherwise a good copy.

First edition, one of 36 numbered copies on Hollande, this one of 6 hors commerce lettered, tirage de tête.
Spine browned, internally good.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil paper and reimposed in Tellière quarto format.
Handsome copy complete with its chemise and slipcase, the latter soiled.

First edition on ordinary paper, false statement of second edition.
Inscribed by Francis Jammes.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Signed autograph inscription from the author. Iconography.

First edition with no mention of deluxe copies.
Precious autograph inscription from Huguette Dubois to her publisher François Bernouard: "...à l'important chantre de "Futile", au grand artiste-éditeur, au poète ami de tous les poètes..." ["...to the important cantor of "Futile", to the great artist-publisher, to the poet friend of all poets..."]
Our copy contains three manuscript corrections by the author to the poem "Ballades des temps futurs".

First edition, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Inscribed by the author.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Inscribed by the author.
A slight central tear without consequence to the front cover.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by Michel Carrouges.
Folding map at rear.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally sunned, small stains on the covers.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Minimal worming to front board, otherwise a handsome copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on fine laid paper.
Some reading marks in pink colored pencil in margins of certain pages.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Fine autograph inscription from the author.
Handsome copy complete with publisher's slip.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Illustrated with a portrait of E. Hello as frontispiece.
Small lack at foot of spine, front board warped at foot, foxing.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners, spine lightly faded, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 188 numbered copies, ours one of the 50 hors commerce and unnumbered copies bearing the author's manuscript notation: "un des cinquante exemplaires d'auteur non numérotés" below the justification page.
Inscribed by Philippe Chabaneix.
Additionally, our copy is enriched with the author's visiting card on which he has specified his address in his hand.
Spine and boards marginally faded, some worming to the rear board.

First edition, one of 305 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only printing with 15 Japan and 20 Holland copies.
Work illustrated with a lithograph by Berthold Mann as frontispiece.
Small worming on the lightly and partially shaded endpapers.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Sellière.
Some minor foxing affecting margins of certain pages, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription from the author.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies with 15 on pur fil.
Inscribed by Emile Henriot.
Foxing affecting mainly the margins of most pages, otherwise a handsome copy.