Illustrated Books

First edition on current paper illustrated with drawings by Colette Deblé.
Nice copy.
Signed autograph signed Colette Deblé Georges Raillard enriched with an original drawing of a window, in which is enclosed the autograph, framed by a sun of rain and a sun darting its rays.

Illustrated edition with a portrait frontispiece and 6 etchings after Julien Le Blanc, engraved by Champollion as well as ornaments by Giacomelli. Title printed in red and black. Copy on handmade Holland paper, one of 100 unnumbered copies. Total print run of 200 copies.
Contemporary half brown morocco with corners. Smooth spine in Jansenist style. Title and date gilt. Top edge gilt. Light rubbing to corners and joints, and to boards.
Very handsome copy, uncut.

First edition.
Binding of the publisher in full white canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his jacket illustrated flawless.
Rich iconography.
Signed autographs by Pierre Astier and Eduardo Arroyo to art critic Georges Raillard.

First edition of this historical novel written by Antony Thouret while incarcerated in the prisons of Saint-Waast.
Binding in half morocco green morocco, smooth back decorated with a central and gilded floral pattern, golden date tail, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, blankets (dirty and doubled) preserved, binding of XIXth posterior of a few decades at work.
Rare book illustrated with a portrait of the author and an off-text figure engraved on wood by Eugene Forest.
Our copy is enriched by a signed autograph letter of three pages Antony Thouret to his publisher Ladvocat in which it is particularly question a second edition of the book which will be enriched with a second preface, some scenes main and a quantity of interesting notes.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor scratches of no consequence to the spine.
Work decorated with 75 illustrations in black and watercolored with pochoir by Georges Bottini, Auguste François-Marie Gorguet and Charles Lucas.
Cover illustrated by Georges Bottini.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête.
A nice copy despite tiny spots, not serious, on the first free endpaper.
Illustrated, as frontispiece, a portrait of the author by Modigliani and a drawing hors-texte by Hans Bellmer.

First edition of this third sketchbook of war by painter Lucien Jonas, one of 50 copies numbered by Lucien Jonas and hand-colored by the painter.
Publisher's full cream cloth binding, title and date on the front cover inscribed by Lucien Jonas's hand, complete with its cloth lace recalling the shoulder strap of the Poilus' knapsacks.
Handsome and rare copy.
Work illustrated with 53 sketches by Lucien Jonas which he colored and captioned as clearly stipulated in the justification page.

First edition.
Binding of the editor in full red cardboard, smooth back cleared, traces of discoloration in the margin of the second board.
Light bites without gravity on the shirt.
A work punctuated by Jean Effel's reflections, humorously treating the greatest masterpieces of painting and sculpture.
Signed autograph dedication of Jean Effel Louis Flamme enriched with a drawing of a butterfly that forages a flower.

First edition of this exhibition catalog of works by Antoni Tapies presented at the Waddington Gallery in London from April 7 to May 7, 1994.
Binding of the editor in full red canvas, smooth back, first flat illustrated with a vignette representing a work of Antoni Tapies.
Nice copy.
Iconography, we join an invitation card to a retrospective of the works of Antoni Tapies at the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Barcelona on February 17, 2004.
Text by Manuel J. Borja-Villel.
Autographed and signed autograph by Antoni Tapies, in French, to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies.

First edition illustrated with 12 original color lithographs by Charles Guérin, one of 35 numbered copies on Japan paper à la forme, deluxe issue.
Full purple morocco binding, smooth spine decorated with geometric and floral mosaic morocco pieces in purple, old rose and red, gilt roulettes on headcaps, quadruple gilt fillets framing the boards enhanced with geometric and floral mosaic morocco pieces in brown, purple, pink and green, mauve watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, double gilt fillets framing the pastedowns enhanced with a purple morocco fillet and pink mosaic morocco pieces forming three small flowers, gilt fillets on leading edges, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Simon Kra.
Our copy is accompanied by two duplicate suites, one of the color lithographs on China paper, the other breaking down each of these lithographs into color passages (3 or 4 depending on the images).
Very rare and beautiful copy perfectly bound in full morocco signed Simon Kra.

First edition.
Binding of the editor in full blue canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket with small tears in the back of the head.
Rich iconography.
Signed autograph of José Pierre art critic Georges Raillard: "... this Magritte, which, no doubt, will not teach him much, friendly ..."

Illustrated with 16 « réogrammes » by Fabian Loris and Roger Parry, one of 332 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only printing after 30 Japon.
Bradel binding, covers and spine preserved.

First edition printed with 333 numbered copies on vellum.
Pleasant copy.
Work illustrated with 24 insert plates.

First edition on current paper.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works by Cesare Peverelli.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Cesare Peverelli to Georges (Raillard).

Georges DARIEN
Gottlieb Krumm,
Made in England
R.A. Everett & Co | London 1904| 12.5 x 19 cm | publisher's binding
First edition of an extraordinary rarity published in London and written in English. The French edition, translated by Walter Redfern, only appeared in 1984.
Publisher's binding in glazed brown calico, spine ends lightly rubbed, without significant damage, illustrated first board.
Small and light dirt marks on the second board, small sections of paper missing due to the fragility of this featherweight laid paper.
Exiled with the majority of the French anarchists following the enactment of the “Lois scélérates” in 1893 and 1894, Darien travelled to Belgium and Germany before settling in London where, like Jules Vallès twenty years earlier, he stayed for many years. His life during this stay in the British capital remains a mystery but it is here that he wrote his masterpiece Le Voleur and his famous pamphlets La Belle France and L'Ennemi du Peuple. It is in this context that the polyglot writer composed this entire novel written in English. Like Le Voleur, Gottlieb Krumm, in the cosmopolitan London of the Entente Cordiale, depicts intelligent and unscrupulous German immigrants who get rich thanks to intense and very varied criminal activity. However, unlike the characters of his contemporary Maurice Barrès, Darien's foreigners are not a horde of naturally inclined barbarians to the destruction of an idealised national identity. On the contrary, these are men without a real prior identity and who, when confronted with the bourgeois society, will embrace all weaknesses and exploit all resources. Fraud, scams, blackmail, fires, prostitution, Gottlieb Krumm does it all to make a fortune and get to the top of London's finance and business. The height of Satire, Georges Darien does not allow any critical recoil towards the actions of his characters since it is the anti-hero himself who ironically tells his story in English blended with foreign idioms and obscure metaphors.
Confidentially published for a London audience who did not know him, this
irreverent novel was probably not successful at the time and the copies of this first and only edition published seem to have very quickly disappeared. We have only identified four copies in international institutions (British Library, National Library of Scotland, University of Oxford, Australian National University) and no copies for sale.

First edition of this exhibition catalog of new works by Antoni Tapies presented at the Toni Tapies Gallery in Barcelona from December 2004 to February 2005.
Nice copy.
Iconography.
Text by Antoni Llena.
Signed autograph of Antoni Tapies to his friend Georges Raillard, who was director of the French Institute of Barcelona and great specialist of the work of Antoni Tapies.

New edition.
Binding of the publisher in full blue canvas, smooth back, complete copy of his illustrated jacket that has slight marginal tears without gravity.
Iconography, ageable copy.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Jean-Paul Clébert to Georges and Alice Raillard: "... whose savvy advice has been particularly valuable to me ..."

First illustrated edition of 21 original drawings by Alfred Manessier, one of 50 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, leading print after 19 other vellum Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signatures of Camille Bourniquel and Alfred Manessier at the colophon.

loose leaves in a chemise and slipcase
Illustrated edition of 35 original compositions by Aristide Maillol, transferred to stone by Fernand Mourlot, one of 225 copies on vellum, only print after 50 vellum comprising a suite in sanguine. Foxing on the boards of the chemise, slipcase with a tear and some stains.
Good internal condition.

First edition, one of 225 numbered copies on ivory laid paper, the only issue after 75 on Arches vellum.
Publisher's binding in full greyish-blue paper, smooth spine faded and with a stain at head.
Work illustrated with 9 plates by Micheline Catty.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification, with its original drypoint by Micheline Catty, justified and signed by her, as well as a complete audio recording of the work by the author on cassette tape.
Autograph inscription signed by Ghérasim Luca, in pencil, to Axel de La Rovère and Anne Seghers: "Axiome : l'homme. Thème : l'homme axiomatique. En toute sympathie." ["Axiom: man. Theme: axiomatic man. With all sympathy."]

Francis PICABIA
Unique eunuque [Unique Eunuch]
Au sans pareil | Paris 1920| 13.5 x 18.5 cm | original wrappers
First edition, one of 1000 numbered copies on vergé, the only printing with 10 Arches and 15 color papers.
Illustrated with a portrait of the author by himself.
Preface by Tristan Tzara.
Rare and nice copy faultless.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Rich iconography.
Handsome copy despite the spine being slightly yellowed, as is generally the case.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of reproductions of works of Pierre Alechinsky.
autograph dedication of the author autograph dated and signed Michel Sicard to his friend Georges Raillard.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vergé, this one not included in the justification, the only printing after 1 Chine, 10 Japon and 20 Hollande paper.
Rare and nice copy.
Illustrated with 3 drawings by Benjamin Péret and, as frontispiece, an original engraving on Chine paper by Max Ernst, the only one engraved by the artist.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Benjamin Péret to Jacques Viot : " A Jacques Viot qui sonne utile tous les jours en jetant des assiettes to la tête des agents."

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy despite a lack in the first guard because of the fact that the first notebook was badly cut.
Illustrated book of drawings by Pierre Alechinsky.
Humoristic autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard: "L'av de la pr./ to G. Rail./am friend of the aut./ P. Alech 24. 03. 92 "

First edition, one of 40 copies on China, ours one of the 10 copies out of business literati with remark and signature of Paul Albert Laurens .
Nice copy despite tiny marginal freckles not serious at the head of some leaflets.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on Japan of Shidzuoka, head print with 20 vellum.
Back and marginally insolated boards as generally.
Illustrated book of 8 original lithographs by Georges Grosz.
Our copy includes its double suite on Holland paper and China as it is announced the justification of the draw.

First illustrated edition. 63 engravings and one map after Benett. CH catalogue in fine.
Publisher's binding called "Aux initiales" in dark green signed Magnier at tail. Second board with blind rosette. Handsome first plate with particularly brilliant gilt. Corners rubbed, and the 2 of the pastedown slightly turned in. Spine with faded gilt. Headcaps rubbed. Traces of rubbing on joints. Blue stamp in the form of a label on half-title. Lescude bookshop label, Pau on pastedown.
Paper overall very fresh, with some pale foxing on title page and on first leaf of catalogue.
Handsome copy.
L'Étoile du Sud is an adventure novel by Paschal Grousset, sold to publisher Hetzel, then reworked and signed by Jules Verne. The action takes place in Griqualand in South Africa where mining engineer Cyprien Méré conducts organic chemistry studies on diamond deposits. He succeeds in creating a synthetic diamond, the black star, which many will seek to appropriate.

First edition, one of 90 numbered copies on Rives, only draw after 10 Japan and 12 Chapel off trade.
Some small bites on the guards, otherwise nice copy.
Illustrated book of 8 original lithographs in colors, including the cover, by André Beaudin.
Handwritten signatures of Georges Limbour and André Beaudin at the colophon.

Illustrated edition by Robida, first printing with 49 plates (8 in color, 35 in camaieu and 6 in black), and numerous text illustrations (approximately 600).
Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards signed Souze and bound by Engel. Special gilt and blue plate on red ground. Spine similar. Rear board with a half-timbered house in a central roundel and blind angular cornerpieces.
Front board of first volume very good, that of the second with a 1cm diameter stain, and soiling to the upper part of the black border. Lower corners bumped, others rubbed. A tear to the spine of the first volume. Headcaps rubbed, those at head turned in. Soiling to rear boards. Scattered and unevenly distributed foxing. Some leaves sprung.
Despite flaws, a handsome copy overall of this rare binding.
Robida's masterpiece of illustration, with genuine imaginative profusion, baroque and delightfully exuberant.

First edition consisting of a suite of 12 illustrated plates with drawings by Dunoyer de Segonzac, one of 6 numbered copies on China paper, deluxe copy.
Publisher's chemise in red half-cloth, smooth unlettered spine, cream paper boards, title label pasted on first cover, chemise complete with all its ties.
Headcaps slightly rubbed and frayed.
Handsome and rare copy.

Rare and probably the only test of "Pantagruelian Tales".
The work dates from 1903 before the addition of Jules Clarettie's preface and illustrations by Edmond Malassis.
The text, printed in Gothic characters is included in frames foliage, different from those of the edition marketed in 1905.
Bound in brown half morocco with corners, back with four double nerves decorated with a typographic mosaic pattern of green morocco, boards, guards and contreplats of marbled paper, gilded head, binding signed Trinckvel.
Nice copy nicely established.
Our copy is enriched with two autograph letters signed from Arthur Christian to Jules Claretie concerning the edition of the book and the preface he made for the edition published in 1905.
Finally, he was mounted on tab a game of the first test of the preface of Jules Claretie.

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, head print.
Nice copy.
Our copy includes the dark manner of The Marshal and the etching Guillain Siroux they signed and justified .
Handwritten signatures, in pencil, of André Pieyre of Mandiargues and Henri Thomas with the colophon.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on laid paper, the only issue after 12 Japan copies.
Work illustrated with Art Deco vignettes in colors, within the text and hors-texte, by Marcel François.
Handsome copy despite minor sunning and tears at head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 340 numbered copies on laid Arches paper, only major paper after 20 hemp paper.
Freckles, very slight marginal tears without gravity on the boards.
Illustrated book of 5 drawings by Luc-Albert Moreau.
Autograph dedication signed by the publisher, Camille Bloch, to George Barbier.

Edition illustrated with 96 original compositions by Maurice Leloir engraved as etchings.
Full red morocco-grained shagreen bindings, spines with five fine raised bands set with gilt friezes and decorated with richly decorated gilt compartments, gilt floral friezes at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet frames on covers, floral bouquets in cover corners, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, gilt floral motifs in pastedown corners, gilt edges on leading edges, covers stitched and spine preserved.
One scratch at head of second volume joint.
Preface by Jules Clarétie.
Handsome copy beautifully executed.

First edition on current paper.
Nice copy.
Afterword by Judith Petit.
Illustrated book of drawings by Pierre Alechinsky.
Signed autograph dedication of Pierre Alechinsky to his friend Georges Raillard: "If you have time to spend Nov. 9, it would be amazing dear George (illegible word)."

First edition, one of the 1000 numbered copies on vellum cloth, ours one of the hors commerce.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of 4 reproductions of works of Claude Garache.
Autograph signed by Claude Garache Georges Raillard in pencil.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies printed on Hollande, tirage de tête after 50 copies on China paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated with 2 woodcuts by Morin-Jean.
Signed by René Druart and Morin-Jean on the justification page.

Illustrated edition with 73 drawings by George Roux: 1 frontispiece engraved by Froment, 1 title vignette engraved by Pannemaker, 2 large black engravings without captions, 48 black in-text engravings, 1 full-page black map of the Orinoco course, 20 polychrome hors-texte engravings, or printed in sepia or blue-grey.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 3, spine with lighthouse, second cover type Engel "h" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers very marginally lightened as usual, some rubbing to spine and gilt on first cover, copy slightly warped. Some signatures slightly protruding.
Le Superbe Orénoque is an adventure novel relating the search for a father along the Orinoco.

First Edition, one of the review copies service, second edition mention on the fake title page.
Binding in full brown paper, smooth back, title piece of morocco chocolate brown, blankets and back preserved, gilded head, binding signed Dreneau.
Ex libris manuscript of Emile Henriot at the head of a guard.
Autograph signed by Henri de Montherlant Emile Henriot.

First large octavo edition illustrated by George Roux.
Hetzel publisher's binding signed Engel known as "au globe" type 4, spine with lighthouse, second board type Engel "i" according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual. A small mark at the top of the first board.
Sequel to Robur the Conqueror, Master of the World tells of Robur's return to civilization aboard an amphibious vehicle.
A Drama in Livonia is a detective novel featuring an innocent man accused of a murder he did not commit in Livonia.
Handsome copy.

Rare first and only illustrated edition with 37 drawings by Georges Roux including 6 polychrome plates and 11 black and white plates outside the text.
Publisher's binding known as "aux feuilles d'acanthe" with red title medallion. The first editions were subsequently issued with a gilt medallion.
Good first issue, quite crisp, but with several scratched or rubbed areas. Corners somewhat rubbed and slightly turned in. Half-title and title with pale foxing otherwise very fresh throughout. Spine very lightly faded with dulled gilt. Rear board in good condition with slight water stain beneath the rosette. Lower joint at head restored. Two signatures slightly protruding.
Science fiction novel set in 1757 in Hungary. The Frenchman Henri Vidal comes to find his brother to attend his wedding, which will be disrupted by Wilhelm Storitz, determined to take revenge for having been rejected and whose power is to make himself invisible. This novel originally written in 1898 was revised by Paul Verne. The Invisible Man by Wells had appeared in 1897. This is the second work where such a phenomenon is treated. This novel was adapted for French television in 1967.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Work illustrated with drawings by the author.
Beautiful illustrated cover by the same.
Spine lightly sunned as usual, otherwise handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with original woodcuts by Carlègle, one of 49 numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies after 1 Japan à la forme.
Our copy, like the 50 Japan copies, is complete with its duplicate suite on China paper of the woodcuts.
A small tear reglued at head of spine.

Illustrated octavo edition decorated with illustrations by L. Benett and two large maps.
Publisher's Hetzel binding "à l'éventail et à l'éléphant" in full red cloth signed A. Lenègre, polychrome first cover signed Engel presenting the title in a black and gilt fan, several black and gilt frames, a gilt elephant head in the upper left, three small illustrations as well as various gilt navigation and exploration instruments, all framed within green foliage, second cover of type "i" as indicated by Jauzac, lighthouse spine, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt.
Mistress Branican begins in the United States to take the reader to deepest Australia, that of the desert bushlands.
The only Jules Verne novel where the heroine is a woman.
Original blue endpapers marginally shaded as usual, a small tear to the second cover.

First edition large octavo illustrated with 64 drawings by Roux including 12 polychrome out-of-text engravings with blank verso.
Publisher's Hetzel binding signed Engel called "à l'éventail et à un éléphant avec titre dans l'éventail", lighthouse spine, first cover with gilt scientific instruments in the foreground, three gilt illustrations and green foliage, second cover of Engel "i" type according to Jauzac, all edges gilt.
Original blue endpapers marginally lightened as usual, first hinge very slightly cracked.
Posthumous novel, Le Volcan d'or takes place during the gold rush period and features two Franco-Canadian cousins inheriting a concession on the banks of the Klondike.
Handsome copy in very fresh condition with pristine binding.

First separate edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Ingres Guarro paper, deluxe copy.
Spine very lightly sunned without consequence, otherwise handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece in color as well as headpieces on tinted background by Maurice Brianchon.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on Montgolfier laid paper.
Spine and covers marginally sunned and faded as generally.
Work illustrated with 6 etchings by Pierre Falké.

First illustrated edition of 3 original watercolors by Julius Baltazar on Japan and printed 50 copies numbered on vellum Arches paper.
Nice and rare copy.
Handwritten signatures of Luis Mizon and Julius Baltazar to the colophon.

First edition illustrated with 1 black and 2 original dry tips by Albert Woda and printed with 22 numbered copies on paper Hahnemühle, ours one of the 2 out of trade.
Beautiful and rare copy.
Handwritten signatures of Luis Mizon and Albert Woda at the colophon.

First edition illustrated with 8 original watercolors by Caroline François-Rubino and Anne Slacik and printed 12 copies numbered on vellum.
Beautiful and rare copy.
Handwritten signatures of Caroline François-Rubino and Anne Slacik at the colophon.

First edition, one of 75 copies on Arches paper, ours one of the few out of trade, draw of head.
Pleasant copy well, like the 75 copies on Arches paper, 6 original etchings of Valerio Adami he signed .
Signed autograph dedication of Valerio Adami to Alice and Georges Raillard enriched with the handwritten signature of Jean Frémon.

First edition handwritten and printed 15 copies numbered on vellum and illustrated with 3 vignettes and images of Jean-Jacques Ceccarelli.
Nice copy.
Signatures of Josée Lapeyrère and Jean-Jacques Ceccarelli at the colophon.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on pur fil, from the deluxe issue after 1 unique Japon and 5 Japon copies.
Covers slightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 12 full-page compositions, ornaments in head- and tailpieces original wood engravings by Jean Chièze.
Our copy, as stipulated in the justification page, is complete with its suite of woodcuts on Japon.

Illustrated edition with 67 original compositions by Enrique Atalaya, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper.
Full red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands set with gilt garlands decorated with gilt typographical motifs, gilt roulettes on headcaps, triple gilt fillet border on boards ornamented with a scatter of floral motifs connected by floral friezes stamped in blind, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, blind fillet border and floral corner motifs, gilt edges on leading edges, original wrappers preserved.
Foxing.

First edition.
Iconography.
Back insolated, complete copy of its soft case that has a hitch in foot.
Signed autograph of Jean-François Lyotard Georges Raillard on the first volume.

Edition illustrated with 12 original compositions by Emile Bayard engraved as etchings by J. Massard, one of 150 numbered copies on Japan paper with the etchings in double state, deluxe copy.
Bradel bindings in half saffron cloth with corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt floral motif, dates and double gilt fillets at foot, olive green shagreen title-labels, marbled paper boards, contemporary bindings.
Some foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.

Illustrated edition of 41 original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 50 copies on vellum vat, in 1 volume, and with etchings in duplicate.
Binding in half navy blue percaline with corners, smooth back decorated with a gilded floral pattern, date and double gilded nets tail, pieces of brown chocolate maroquinated shagreen, boards of marbled paper, preserved cover, binding of l 'time.
Our copy is exceptionally enriched with an original watercolor by Adolphe Lalauze, which he signed at the foot of the fake title page.

Edition printed on laid Arches and illustrated with a frontispiece, 7 inset plates in chiaroscuro and in-text vignettes by George Barbier.
Binding in half chocolate brown morocco, spine in five compartments with some scratches, marbled paper boards, wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.

First edition of the French translation by André Pieyre of Mandiargues, one of 50 copies numbered on "pur-fil" paper Arches paper, only leading copies, ours one of the 20 copies enriched with a color suite of engravings signed and numbered by Juan Soriano.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of two original engravings by Juan Soriano that he has numbered and signed .
Handwritten signature of André Pieyre of Mandiargues to the colophon.
Our copy is enriched with a business card of Juan Soriano on which it was split of an autograph shipment dated and signed for Alice and Georges (Raillard), envelope attached.

Illustrated edition with 24 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of 200 numbered copies on Japan paper or grand Arches vellum, ours on Japan paper from the deluxe issue.
Full floral fabric binding, smooth spine, sand morocco title-label, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Preface by Léo Claretie.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing.
Our copy contains two states of the etchings by Adolphe Lalauze.

First Edition printed with 85 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Illustrated book of 7 original dry tips of Brigitte Simon.
Handwritten signatures of Claude Esteban and Brigitte Simon below the justification of the draw.

First edition printed in a very small number on laid paper and attributed sometimes to Louis Lemercier de Neuville, sometimes to Charles Monselet.
Bradel binding in half blue percaline with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, double gilt fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, fragile parchment wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy of this parody of Edmond de Goncourt's novel.
Work illustrated with 2 etchings by an unknown artist.

Illustrated edition of 10 original Adrien Marie compositions etched by Wallet, one of 50 numbered copies on Japan featuring etchings in double condition;
Binding in half gray percaline with corners, smooth back adorned with a floral golden pattern, golden date and double fillet in tail, title piece of navy shagreen, boards of marbled paper, Contemporary binding.
Edition enriched with an unpublished preface by Jules Clarétie.
Some foxinges mainly affecting the white guards of the binding.
Our copy is exceptionally embellished with an original watercolor in color signed Frédéric Bourdin on the page preceding the title page.

Edition illustrated with original etchings and woodcuts by Fernand Siméon, one of 35 numbered copies on Holland paper, ours being one of 24 hors commerce copies, the most limited deluxe paper printing after a unique copy on old Japan paper.
Handsome copy despite a small light dampstain at foot of front cover and on its rear flap verso.
Our copy is complete, as stipulated in the justification page, with its suite of woodcuts on Japan paper and the proof before letters of the etchings.

Illustrated edition with headpieces, initial letters in black and gold as well as 8 tipped-in colour plates by Georges-Marie Rochegrosse, one of 1000 numbered copies on laid paper.
Handsome copy despite a small light dampstain at foot of front cover and to its verso, spine lightened and discolored as usual.

First edition of the French translation established by Auguste Ollivier and annotated by Jean Martin Charcot.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dotted lines and decorated with gilt fleurons, some traces of rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, one scratch and small paper loss to front board, covers and spine preserved, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, wrappers preserved.
Scattered foxing, light dampstain affecting the foot of the first 400 pages, bibliophile's stamp at head of half-title page.
Work illustrated with 26 figures in the text and 8 plates hors-texte of which 4 in colors.

Illustrated edition with 12 hors-texte watercolors as well as 225 vignettes and ornaments by Maurice Leloir.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands showing minor rubbing, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed by Champs.
Some foxing.
Preface by Guy de Maupassant.

First edition printed in 150 numbered copies on vélin chiffon de Mandeure, this one not included in the justification but signed by Antoni Tapies to colophon.
Poem by Joan Brossa.
Illustrated with an original lithograph in colors by Antoni Tapies over 28 pages.
A nice copy.

Illustrated with 21 original compositions by Paul Avril, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan paper with a state of the etchings hors-texte with remarques.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, tan shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
A small stain without consequence at head of first board.
Preface by Anatole France.
Handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with 21 original compositions by Paul Avril, one of 100 numbered copies on Japan containing a state of the hors-texte etchings with remarques.
Bradel binding in half brown cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, red shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Preface by Anatole France.
Fine copy.

Edition illustrated with 30 original compositions by Charles Delort engraved with burin and etching by L. Boisson, one of 400 numbered copies on vélin du Marais, the only issue after 200 Japan and grand vélin du Marais.
Bradel binding in half blue cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Preface by Robert Vallery-Radot.
Handsome copy despite some light foxing affecting mainly the edges.

Illustrated edition with 33 original compositions by Charles Delort engraved with burin and etching by L. Boisson and, as frontispiece, a portrait of Antoine Hamilton.
Half blue morocco binding with corners, spine with five raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with triple gilt compartments richly adorned with gilt typographical motifs, gilt date at foot, frame of gilt fillets on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed by Champs.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy attractively bound.

Illustrated edition with 110 original compositions by Edouard Toudouze, one of 75 numbered copies on Japan paper containing an additional state of the illustrations, the only deluxe copies after 25 on China paper.
Half turquoise cloth binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, chocolate brown morocco title label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some minor foxing of no consequence.
Handsome copy.

Edition not put into commerce and printed in 160 nominative copies, ours for L.J. Baptiste Bourdery.
This publication is illustrated with 13 etchings engraved by Manesse after drawings by Eugène Courboin, including 7 headpieces and 6 tailpieces as well as 9 Art Nouveau style decorative border frames, in one tone repeated on each page, by Eugène Courboin.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and lightened decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, illustrated covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing affecting mainly the plain endpapers of the binding.

Illustrated edition with 17 original compositions by Adolphe Lalauze, one of the numbered copies on Japan paper, deluxe copies with the copies on grand vélin d'Arches.
Bradel binding in half pink cloth with corners, smooth spine faded and discolored decorated with a gilt floral motif, date and double gilt fillet at foot, burgundy shagreen title-label, marbled paper boards, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Our copy is enhanced with a double state of the compositions.
Handsome copy despite small foxing affecting mainly the white endpapers of the binding.

First edition, one of 100 numbered copies justified by Louis Conquet on Japan paper, deluxe issue.
Bradel binding in half blue-grey cloth with corners, smooth spine decorated with a gilt floral motif, gilt date and double fillet at foot, navy blue shagreen title label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
Light foxing on endpapers, otherwise a handsome copy.
Work illustrated with 4 original etchings by Edmond Rudaux and 8 headpieces and tailpieces by Hector Giacomelli.

Second printing of the first illustrated edition. 83 drawings by Benett, 12 colored plates hors-texte, 2 colored maps. Catalogue FX in fine.
Publisher's binding known as "Au portrait imprimé", this being its first appearance. At the bottom of the upper plate "Collection hetzel" appears on a black background; copies with a red background constitute the very first illustrated edition, while this represents the definitive version of the binding, published however in the same year. Second plate of Lenègre type e, with the medallion on black background.
Handsome first plate, with beautiful red gilt. Spine sunned, with faded colors. Headcaps rubbed and depressed. Second plate good with an area of scratches and a small black stain. One corner slightly bent, the others sharp and straight. Some scattered foxing in an otherwise fresh copy.
Adventure novel set mainly in Australia whose heroine is a woman searching for her missing husband. The original title of the novel was to be Lady Franklin, as Jules Verne wished to write a tribute to all women in general and to Sir John Franklin's wife in particular, who devoted her life to finding her husband who disappeared on the path to conquering the North Pole and also devoted her entire fortune to this cause, unfortunately in vain.

First edition presented in the form of 10 fascicles abundantly illustrated by Toulouse-Lautrec, Zyg Brunner, Dignimont, Charles Léandre, Mich, Lucien Boucher...
Some minor foxing without consequence, handsome copy.

New edition of the French translation illustrated by Albert Dubout, one of 1000 numbered copies on alfa paper.
Handsome copy despite a shadow on the first endpaper.

Illustrated edition of 12 color lithographs on double pages and 12 engraved woods in bistre, one of 209 numbered copies on large vellum Arches paper.
Small bites without gravity on the first guard.
Nice copy.
Signatures of Hans Erni and Pierre de Tartas de Lanauve to the justification of the draw.
Autograph signed by Pierre de Tartas de Lanauve to Jean Gauthier.

First edition bilingual Italian-French of this catalog of the works of Jean Gaudaire Thor, one of 300 copies including an original artist proof of Jean Gaudaire Thor that he justified and signed. .
Nice copy.
Rich iconography.
Autograph dedication of Jean Gaudaire Thor to Mr. and Mrs. François Sutel.

Edition illustrated with 30 etchings and original initials by Maurice de Becque, one of 10 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper containing a duplicate suite signed by Maurice de Becque.
Two slight tears at head and foot of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

Edition illustrated with numerous original compositions by Joseph Hémard colored by pochoir, one of 600 numbered copies on pure rag Lafuma paper.
Spine and boards marginally and lightly faded as generally found.

New edition of the French translation illustrated with 30 original etchings by Maurice de Becque, one of 250 numbered copies on handmade Rives laid paper
Handsome copy.

First edition on current paper.
Illustrated book reproductions of works by Alexandre Bonnier.
Signed autograph of Alexandre Bonnier to Huguette and Marcf Le Bot embellished with an original drawing, on a flyer and folded, representing a face.

First edition, one of 55 numbered and justified copies on vellum, only leading copies.
Autograph dedication signed by Christian Tarting Marc Le Bot.
Our copy is full of the original engraving of Hélène Gava she signed and justified.

First edition illusyrée of 6 original screenprints by Patrick Meunier and printed 113 copies numbered on vellum Arches paper.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signatures of Patrick Cosson and Patrick Meunier at the colophon.

First edition illustrated with 3 original paintings by Patrick Meunier, one of 60 numbered copies on vellum Arches paper, only leading copies.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signatures of Patrick Cosson and Patrick Meunier at the colophon.