Signed Books, Presentation Copies

First edition.
Half brown shagreen binding, smooth spine enriched with a vertical fillet of old rose mosaicked morocco, minor rubbing traces on joints, gilt date at foot, gilt fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on pastedown.
Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Daudet to the fencer, writer, art critic, collector and journalist Adolphe Tavernier.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Half brown morocco with corners, lightened spine with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and decorated with double gilt decorated compartments, gilt date at foot, black fillet frame on marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Hugues Rebell to the symbolist and occultist poet Paul Redonnel who was an ardent defender of the Occitan language.

First edition, one of the numbered copies from the first printing run printed at the press.
Half red moroccan shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly darkened, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt, bookplate pasted on a pastedown with manuscript library shelf notation.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Moréas to the poet Paul Morisse.

First edition.
Full saffron cloth binding, smooth spine decorated with black fillets and typographic motif, black date at foot of spine, original wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted on pastedown, near-contemporary binding signed in blind by Pierson.
Some light foxing, our copy is complete with the envelope at the end of the volume titled "ce que contenait le portefeuille".
Autograph inscription signed by Champfleury to the French art critic, draughtsman, lithographer and collector Philippe Burty.

First edition.
Half dark green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding with the pasted label of Henry Mériot on the front pastedown, bookbinder established in Rochefort since 1878 and friend of Pierre Loti.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Edmond de Goncourt: "A Loti, avec ses amitiés, E. de Goncourt" (To Loti, with his friendship, E. de Goncourt).

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
One joint reglued at head of front board, spine slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Colette: "Au cher Moreux-ami. Colette."

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Publisher's full white cloth binding, complete with illustrated dust jacket with small tears at head of spine.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul Morand to a couple of friends: "A Marcel et Juliette, cette petite histoire romanesque, mais non romancée, des origines de l'actuelle maison royale d'Angleterre. Avec la reconnaissance de Paul Morand." (To Marcel and Juliette, this little romantic but not romanticized story of the origins of the current English royal house. With the gratitude of Paul Morand.)

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor stains of no consequence to the covers.
Autograph inscription signed by Sacha Guitry in pencil: "Pour monsieur Guy Bonnet avec tous mes voeux de bonheur. Sacha Guitry."

First edition under this title, one of 500 numbered copies on white laid paper containing a state of the etchings.
Full old rose morocco binding, spine with four wide false raised bands decorated with fillets and compartments with cherry branch designs stamped in blind, boards decorated with a large plate framed with fillets representing a war helmet abandoned in a landscape of ruins surmounted by a cherry branch, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, contemporary binding signed Kieffer.
Work illustrated with etchings and wood engravings by Paul Baudier.
Large manuscript signature of Georges Duhamel on the half-title page.
Handsome copy well established in a binding with decoration characteristic of René Kieffer's work.

First edition for four of the plays, only the Fourberies de Nérine being a reprint.
Half mint green calf binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Exceptional collection enhanced with three signed autograph inscriptions to the actress Zélia Ponsin which allow us to follow the career of this member of the Comédie française: a young leading lady in La Pomme, she inspires Banville to write a laudatory autograph six-line poem, a bourgeoise dressed in purple in Gringoire, she remains a "Venus", while in Florise the dedication is laconic, as she has, in the meantime, become Madame Ponsin-Provost...
Handsome copy.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Bradel binding in full decorative patterned paper, smooth spine, chocolate brown morocco title-label, covers and sunned spine preserved, signed binding by P. Goy & C. Vilaine.
Work illustrated with photographic plates.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Marcel Sauvage to Moïse Kisling: "... sans commentaire / entre complices mais affectueusement ... vive la nouille sans sel (qu'on dit)." (without commentary / between accomplices but affectionately ... long live the noodle without salt (as they say).)

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, of this collection of poems dedicated to sports, automobiles and aviation.
First cover with a stain running its full length in the left margin, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Michel Renaitour to Louis de Gonzague-Frick.

First edition.
Handsome copy despite slight creases to upper right margin of front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Monsieur Féré de Rivières.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "L'histoire d'un enfant trop curieux. La curiosité n'est plus un défaut. Surtout quand on lit Joffo. Amitiés" (The story of a child too curious. Curiosity is no longer a fault. Especially when one reads Joffo. Best wishes) on the half-title page accompanied, on the facing page, by a drawing of a flower.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Joseph Joffo to a woman named Jacqueline: "Pour Jacqueline, témoiignage de mes rêves d'adolescent, et l'amitié en prime" (For Jacqueline, testimony of my adolescent dreams, and friendship as a bonus) accompanied by a drawing of a flower.

First edition, one of 200 numbered copies on pure linen paper.
Spine and covers marginally and slightly yellowed.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Chardonne to Monsieur Brissac.

First edition in French established by Michel Déon, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half red shagreen binding, smooth spine, pebbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved and mounted.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Déon to Pierre Emmanuel: "... ce roman d'une Amérique qu'il connait bien et que je connais grâce à lui..." ("... this novel of an America he knows well and which I know thanks to him...")

First edition printed in 50 copies on bouffant alfa paper and consisting of an offprint of the preface to Cahiers de la Petite Dame by Maria van Rysselberghe.
Rare and handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by André Malraux to his friends Karl-Hans and Minka [Strauss].
Minka, granddaughter of the Rothschilds, and Karl-Hans Strauss, were important patrons and collectors of art and music close to André Malraux. Their correspondence seems to reveal that in the 1970s the old writer was hunting around the world, with his last companion Sophie de Vilmorin, for works for their collection. At the end of his life, he thus rediscovered this youthful passion which inspired his first work, La Voie Royale.

First collected edition of this selection of tales translated into French by Marie Bonaparte, Maurice Sachs and Matila C. Ghyka, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Boards marginally soiled and foxed, light foxing to edges.
Original preface by Paul Morand.
Our copy is enhanced with an exceptional autograph inscription, in English, by Maurice Sachs accompanying his two drawings representing a sphinx and a bear: "The Sphinx asked the Bear: who likes honey and trout, and candies and ginger ? We do, said the Big Bear, we bears. So the Sphinx changed into a bear and they lived happy together, 1934" ; Maurice Sachs's inscription continues in the lower left margin: "and for a pastime the Big Bear translated English stories into French stories and these are some that he gives to M. L. B. with much affection. M.S."
("Le Sphinx demanda à l'Ours : qui aime le miel et la truite, les bonbons et le gingembre ? Nous, dit le Gros Ours, nous les ours. Alors le Sphinx se transforma en ours et ils vécurent heureux ensemble, 1934" ; "et comme passe-temps le Gros Ours traduisait des histoires anglaises en français et en voici quelques-unes qu'il donne à M. L. B. avec beaucoup d'affection. M.S.")

First edition, service de presse stamp at head of second cover.
One crease in left margin of first cover.
Dated manuscript signature of Saint-Georges de Bouhélier on the endpaper.

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece wood engraving by Firmin Maglin.
First cover trimmed, spine lightly sunned.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Stéphane Servant to the publisher's daughter: "A mademoiselle Marguerite Fontanes, à la plus jeune des fées dont il soit question en cet ouvrage, je dédie ces joyeuses et émerveillantes aventures, avec mes souhaits de récréation pour elle et l'expression de ma très grande estime pour son père." (To Miss Marguerite Fontanes, to the youngest of the fairies mentioned in this work, I dedicate these joyful and wondrous adventures, with my wishes for recreation for her and the expression of my very great esteem for her father.)

New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on handmade paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine and covers marginally discolored as usual.
Autograph signature of Han Ryner below the justification page.

First edition of which no deluxe copies are mentioned.
Rare and handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Paul-Sentenac: "Pour Auguste Dorchain, pour le poète émouvant, pour l'auteur de l'Art des vers, en souvenir de l'accueil affectueux qu'il m'a toujours réservé, et en témoignage de bien sincère sympathie, et bien fidèle, PaulSentenac." (For Auguste Dorchain, for the moving poet, for the author of l'Art des vers, in memory of the affectionate welcome he has always given me, and as testimony of very sincere sympathy, and very faithful, PaulSentenac.)

First edition, one of 350 numbered copies on alfa paper reserved for the press service.
Spine very slightly browned without significance, copy complete with its errata slip.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Giraudoux to the writer Bernard Barbey.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Dolent to Henry Leyret.

New edition.
Boards lightly soiled.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Edouard Schuré to Edouard de Morsier.

First edition illustrated by Eddy Legrand, one of the numbered copies on alfa paper.
Study by Ramon Fernandez.
Handsome copy to which is joined an invitation card to a conference by Jacques de Lacretelle: "Les beaux voyages en Grèce"
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques de Lacretelle to René Kramer.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Sellière to Alfred Capus.

First edition, one of 210 numbered copies on madagascar paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the authors to Albert Policard.

First edition in French translation, on ordinary paper, with false statement of fifth edition.
Handsome copy of this work written at the dawn of aviation history and which describes an aerial war extending on a global scale.
Autograph inscription signed by one of the two translators, Bronislaw Kozakiewicz, to René Kramer.

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 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 the service de presse (advance) copies.
Covers slightly soiled.
Dated autograph inscription signed by Pierre-Jean Jouve to Madame Sokolniwska.

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 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.

Edition printed in 140 numbered copies on vellum illustrated with 46 original drypoints by André Jacquemin, our copy specially for the naturalist, entomologist and geologist Nérée Boubée.
Spine of chemise slightly sunned with small stains at foot.
Copy expanded with the illustrated menu from the publishing society's dinner at Drouant signed by André Jacquemin.
Our copy is exceptionally expanded with two original pencil drawings dated and signed by André Jacquemin; the first titled "L'épervier blessé" which André Jacquemin inscribed to Nérée Boubée, the second titled "Frégate".
It also includes, like 20 other copies of the edition, 1 duplicate suite in 2 states on Malacca paper of the drypoints.

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, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very slightly sunned, the first gathering was poorly cut causing a small lack at the head of the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by André Dhôtel to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition in French, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Minor scuffs to the slightly wrinkled spine.
Signed autograph inscription by Alejo Carpentier, in French, to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite the slightly ridged spine.
Signed autograph inscription from Julien Green to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition, one of 28 copies on Madagascar paper from Navarre paper mills, deluxe copy.
Half-binding in glazed brown box calf with bands, smooth spine with six compartments separated by gilt fillets and decorated with diagonal applications of glazed brown and ivory box calf, gilt date at foot of spine, light grey kromekote paper boards, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt on witness, slipcase with brown glazed box calf borders, binding signed by Jean-Paul Miguet.
Superb copy very elegantly bound by Jean-Paul Miguet.

First edition published by Gustave Revilliod.
Full bottle-green morocco binding, spine slightly darker decorated with compartments framed by quintuple blind fillets, date at tail, boards with frames of ten blind fillets, morocco doublure in water-green morocco framed with gilt fillet and bottle-green morocco listel, watered green silk endpapers, gilt-ruled edges, tooled headcaps, original wrappers preserved, gilt edges on deckled paper, slipcase lined with felt and edged in bottle-green morocco, binding signed by A & R Maylander.
Autograph inscription from the publisher to Monsieur [Alphonse] de Lamartine.
Superb copy, that of Alphonse de Lamartine.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
A small tear at the foot of the slightly sunned spine, small stains on the boards.
Signed autograph inscription from Nathalie Sarraute to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition, one of the rare copies on Holland paper of which no mention is made.
Small tears at the foot of the spine, some minor foxing, a full-margined copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Robert de La Sizeranne to the diplomat, politician and historian Gabriel Hanotaux on the shaded half-title page.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Spine very slightly sunned and creased without gravity, small stains on the second cover.
Signed autograph inscription from Louis Aragon to the journalist Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Spine slightly sunned with small tears at head and foot, three marginal stains on the back cover, covers slightly soiled.
Signed and inscribed by Jacques Audiberti to journalist Evelyne Schlumberger: "... homage from a baroque..." enriched with a drawing reproducing her face.

First edition.
Half red morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, date gilt at foot, restoration to head of one joint, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns of combed paper, bookplate mounted at head of one pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary binding.
Occasional light foxing.
A handsomely bound copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Emile Zola to Léopold Kahn who was Calmann-Lévy's principal collaborator.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Spine and boards marginally lightened.
Precious autograph inscription dated and signed by Denise Mayer: "A monsieur Eric Rohmer en témoignage d'admiration et de vive sympathie, sous l'invocation du XVe Quatuor. Le 19 mars 1980." ["To Monsieur Eric Rohmer as a token of admiration and keen sympathy, under the invocation of the 15th Quartet. March 19, 1980."]

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Small marginal tears on the covers as well as at head and foot of spine, slight corner losses and small stains on the covers.
Preface by George Sand.
Rare signed autograph inscription from the son of the locksmith Jérôme-Pierre Gilland to Monsieur A. Patay.

First edition illustrated with a cover and drawings by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen.
Spine cracked at head and foot.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Paul Chambot, with the additional signature of Ambroise Girier, to A. Patay.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy despite the very last pages very slightly dog-eared at head.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Georges Dumézil to the historian specializing in medieval history Jean Schneider.

First edition on ordinary paper.
The work also includes a Poetic Suite composed of one hundred and fifteen unpublished poems by Jean Cocteau.
Iconography and drawings by Jean Cocteau.
Spine slightly creased as usual, otherwise handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean Marais to Claude Wingerter.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and covers marginally discoloured.
Autograph inscription signed by Michel Tournier to Michel Caffier.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite three small stains on the front cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Henri de Montherlant to the journalist and writer Evelyne Schlumberger.

First edition printed in a numbered edition of 90 copies on vélin du marais paper.
Rare and handsome copy.
Work illustrated with a frontispiece by Jean Bazaine.
Manuscript signatures of the publisher and illustrator at the colophon enhanced with an amusing autograph inscription signed by André Frénaud: "Pour René et pour P.A.B. (Paul Alfred Bar) affectueusement AF." ["For René and for P.A.B. (Paul Alfred Bar) affectionately AF."].

First edition, false statement of edition.
Autograph inscription signed by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on the half-title page: "à Mademoiselle Josette Arnaud dont le frère est déjà un vieux pilote de quarante six heures de vol... Et dont le père est un vieil ami" ["to Miss Josette Arnaud whose brother is already an experienced pilot with forty-six hours of flight time... And whose father is an old friend"]
Half blue morocco binding, spine with five raised bands, gilt date at foot, paper boards, grey paper endpapers and pastedowns, top edge gilt on deckled edges, binding signed P. Goy and C. Vilaine.
It was undoubtedly in 1926 that young Antoine, freshly hired by the Latécoère company, future Aéropostale, met Josette Arnaud's father, while he was making his first flights between Toulouse and Dakar.
The two friends would meet again thirteen years later, when, having become one of the most famous French writers, Saint-Exupéry returned to his adopted city to contribute to the war effort. In September 1939, having returned from the United States where he was promoting his latest book, Terre des Hommes, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was indeed mobilized with the rank of captain. He was assigned to the air base of Francazal, in a bomber pilot training unit. It was on this occasion that he trained Josette's brother, while in the evening he amazed the youngest with his famous card tricks, as the young girl testified under another dedication on Courrier Sud.
Unable to be content with a figurehead role, Saint-Exupéry would not stay long in Toulouse and would obtain his transfer to an aerial reconnaissance squadron which would inspire his Pilote de guerre.
But at the dawn of one of the most terrible tragedies of the 20th century, it is a story of courage and fraternity and the account of a great human and humanistic adventure, that the future author of The Little Prince decided to offer to this young girl, testifying to their complicity and his great respect for children and their capacity for wonder.

First edition illustrated with 57 images by the author.
Traces of rubbing to the joints as usual.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Jacques Prévert to his friend and neighbor Baudy.

Edition en partie originale.
Comme habituellement, petites traces de frottements sur les mors et sur le dos.
Envoi autographe daté et signé de Jacques Prévert à Gaëtan Picon enrichi de trois dessins représentant, à chaque fois et dans des tailles différentes sur les pages de faux-titre, de titre et de justification du tirage, un jongleur s'exercant avec des boules de couleurs différentes.

First edition illustrated with 9 hors-texte plates of reproductions of collages by Jacques Prévert.
Foxing to covers, handsome interior condition.
Autograph inscription signed by Jacques Prévert to his friend and neighbor Baudy enhanced with a drawing depicting a tricolor imp brandishing placards inscribed with the dedicatee's name and his own.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Minor scratches and stains on the back board.
Amusing signed autograph inscription from Bernard Frank to François-Régis Bastide: "... ce livre écrit entre deux Codec-Cogolin ! Bernard Frank." ["... this book written between two Codec-Cogolin! Bernard Frank."]

New edition.
Handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription from Bernard Frank to François-Régis Bastide.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Rare and handsome copy considering the fragility of this poor-quality wartime paper.
Autograph inscription signed by Louis-Ferdinand Céline: "A Mr Monnerot bien amicalement L.F. Céline." ["To Mr Monnerot most cordially L.F. Céline."]

First edition printed in 750 numbered copies on vélin du Marais paper.
Rare autograph inscription signed by Henri Michaux to the critic and art publisher Tériade: "Souvenir d'amis. A Teriade H. Michaux."
Tériade, whose real name was Stratis Eleftheriadis, arrived in Paris in 1915 and discovered Parisian bohemia early on, making the acquaintance of Christian Zervos. He participated in the creation of the famous surrealist magazine Minotaure for which he served as artistic director until 1936. He also founded, with Maurice Raynal, the magazine La bête noire then the magazine Verve to which the greatest artists of the 20th century contributed, such as Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Joan Miro, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse... Tériade also published several art books, bringing together the most important poets and artists of the second half of the 20th century, including the sublime Jazz illustrated by Henri Matisse, a masterpiece of the illustrated book.
Very rare and handsome copy of this moving text with an autograph inscription from the author, considering that he had the entire print run withdrawn from sale.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Four stains on the slightly sunned spine and at the foot of the back cover.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Mandinaud.
Madame Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir's official typist. She transcribed all the writer's works, including Les Mandarins which won the Prix Goncourt in 1954.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Three stains on the slightly sunned spine.
Autograph inscription signed by Simone de Beauvoir to Madame Mandinaud.
Madame Mandinaud was Simone de Beauvoir's dedicated typist. She transcribed all the writer's works.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Handsome copy despite the spine very lightly sunned without any consequence
Precious autograph inscription signed by Marguerite Yourcenar to Maurice Nadeau: "Hommage attentif. Marguerite Yourcenar. Vox specie interioritatis." ["Attentive tribute. Marguerite Yourcenar. Voice of inner contemplation."]

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy with the illustrated dust jacket.
Rare signed and inscribed copy from Orhan Pamuk to Christian Le Guerrone.

First trade edition and first complete edition, the original hors commerce edition was limited to only 12 copies, one of 550 numbered copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Full midnight blue morocco bindings, spines with four raised bands, dates gilt at foot, gilt roulettes on headcaps, midnight blue silk endpapers, midnight blue morocco doublures, covers and spines preserved for each volume, double gilt fillets on edges, all edges gilt, slipcases backed with midnight blue morocco, cat's-eye paper boards, slipcases with minor scratches, perfect set by Huser.
Rare dated autograph inscription signed by André Gide on the first volume: "Je charge ce petit livre de mes cordiales salutations à Mr M. Révillon d'Apreval. André Gide. Juin 1946." ["I entrust this little book with my cordial greetings to Mr M. Révillon d'Apreval. André Gide. June 1946."]
Magnificent copy bound in full morocco with doublures by Huser containing a rare signed autograph inscription on this text evoking the author's discovery of his homosexuality.

Edition from the same year as the first edition.
A discharge mark from adhesive tape at the foot of the page featuring the autograph inscription.
Half brown shagreen binding with corners, faded spine with five raised bands, some scratches on the spine, date and "Prix Goncourt" mention gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, modest binding.
Autograph inscription signed by Robert Merle to Georges Feutrel who was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1949.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding with corners, faded spine with five raised bands, date and "Prix Goncourt" mention gilt at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, covers and spine preserved, modest binding.
Rubbing to head of spine, boards marginally faded.
Signed and inscribed copy from Jacques Borel to Georges Feutrel on this work which was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1965.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Small light stains on covers, spine lightly sunned without consequence.
Autograph inscription signed by François Cavanna to Jacqueline Piatier.

First edition, one of 2500 copies on vélin alfa.
Foreword by Henry Miller.
Precious copy signed and inscribed by Brassaï to André Malraux : "Pour André Malraux cordial hommage de Brassaï Paris, le 13 mai 1949".

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Erik Orsenna to François Allais: "Bons retours aux sources ! E. Orsenna"

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy
Introduction by François Cheng, poems by Li Po, Tu Fu and Wang Wei, all three great poets of the Tang period.
Dated autograph inscription signed by François Cheng to Gilbert Lascault, pataphysician, art critic and specialist notably of the work of Jean Dubuffet, Pierre Alechinsky, Christian Boltanski.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated autograph inscription signed by David Foenkinos to a lady named Jacqueline wishing her a happy birthday accompanied by a drawing representing a birthday cake topped with candles.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Light foxing to rear endpaper.
Preface by Louis Aragon.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Garaudy to journalist Gilbert Gilleminault.

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Full-page autograph inscription dated and signed by Marie Desplechin to Franklin Rist, quoting Rainer Maria Rilke: "Tous les dragons de notre vie sont peut-être des princesses qui attendent de nous voir beaux et courageux. Toutes les choses terrifiantes ne sont peut-être que des choses sans secours qui attendent que nous les secourions..." ["All the dragons of our life are perhaps princesses who are waiting to see us beautiful and brave. All terrible things are perhaps only helpless things waiting for us to help them..."]

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy retaining its publisher's wraparound band which has some minor marginal tears of no consequence.
Full-page signed autograph inscription from Daniel Picouly to a couple: "Pour Françoise et Yves, pour une communauté de senteur de soleil et de ce sable qui rend les espaces incertains et la mémoire fausse..." ["For Françoise and Yves, for a shared sense of sunshine and that sand which makes spaces uncertain and memory false..."]

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Two restorations to the joints, one stain to right margin of first board, small lack to lower right margin of first endpaper, paper yellowed as is often the case.
Signed and inscribed by Françoise Sagan to Max-Pol Fouchet.

First edition, one of 105 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
Spine lightly sunned.
Autograph tribute signed by Roger Grenier on the half-title page.

First edition printed on ordinary paper.
Half bottle-green shagreen binding, browned spine with five raised bands outlined with black fillets, marbled paper boards, endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Some light foxing to the endpapers.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Signed and inscribed copy from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Signed and inscribed by Jean de La Varende to Martin Chaulot.

First edition of the author's third work, of which no deluxe copies were printed.
A bibliophile's label pasted to the upper right margin of the front endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Marcel Béalu to Monsieur Thorillon: "... ces pages maladroites mais sincères en souvenir d'un combat ancien..." ["... these clumsy but sincere pages in memory of an ancient struggle..."]

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe copies along with some hors commerce copies.
Some light foxing to endpapers and edges.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Maurice Chevalier to Georges Feutrel.

First edition, one of 110 numbered copies on pur fil du Marais paper, ours being one of 60 reserved for the Club de l'édition originale, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Autograph signature of Françoise Mallet-Joris on the half-title page.

First edition.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Mikel Dufrenne to art critic Gilbert Lascault: "Ceci n'est pas un algorithme lacanien. Pour Gilbert dont les propos paisiblement subversifs ont stimulé ce livre, avec la vieille amitié de Mikel Dufrenne." ["This is not a Lacanian algorithm. For Gilbert whose peacefully subversive words stimulated this book, with the old friendship of Mikel Dufrenne."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Patrick Modiano to the journalist and literary critic