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Signed Books, Presentation Copies

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  9. Supplément à l'esprit de faction de Saint-Evremond
    Julien BENDA, Georges GORVEL
    Supplément à l'esprit de faction de Saint-Evremond
    Editions du Trianon|Paris 1929|12 x 18.50 cm|relié
    First Edition, one of the few numbered off-trade copies numbered on Japan, ours No. I and specially printed for Mr. Stanislas Kahan, leading print with 25 other Japan put on the market.
    Illustrated book of 4 brass Georges Gorvel, featuring here, as all copies out of trade on Japan, a double, a triple, a quadruple or a quintuple following brass, the 25 Japan put on the market with only a double suite 4 brass.
    Binding to the bradel in cardboard vellum style, smooth back, title of the book and name of the author calligraphed in the manner of medieval books, framing of double nets roads on the boards, blankets and backs preserved, golden head on witnesses , Contemporary binding.
    Nice copy at all margins.
    Signed autograph of Julien Benda in Stalislas Kahan.
    Our copy is also enriched, bound at the end of the volume, of an autograph letter signed by Julien Benda to Stanislas Kahan concerning modifications made to an upcoming edition of one of his texts appearing at the Nrf.
    €380
  10. « Voilà un vieillard passionné avec qui il ne fait pas bon se brouiller »
    Charles BAUDELAIRE
    « Voilà un vieillard passionné avec qui il ne fait pas bon se brouiller »
    Autograph letter signed to Poulet-Malassis about Sainte-Beuve
    Honfleur 28 février 1859|13.10 x 20.50 cm|3 pages sur un feuillet remplié

    Remarkable autograph letter signed by Charles Baudelaire to Auguste Poulet-Malassis, publisher of Les Fleurs du Mal, dated 28 February 1859 and written in Honfleur. 64 lines in black ink, some passages underlined, housed in a modern black half-morocco folder.


    Baudelaire appears preoccupied with the “ Sainte-Beuve/Babou affair,” one of the many controversies following the Fleurs du Mal trial, in which the writer Hippolyte Babou accused Sainte-Beuve of failing to defend Baudelaire during the proceedings.
    Excerpts from this letter were quoted by Marcel Proust in his celebrated Contre Sainte-Beuve, where he lamented Sainte-Beuve’s cowardice during the trial of Les Fleurs du Mal and the undue esteem Baudelaire continued to show him.

    €17,000
  13. Oeuvres choisies 1900-1910
    Charles PÉGUY
    Oeuvres choisies 1900-1910
    Grasset|Paris 1911|11.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition on ordinary paper.
    Bradel binding, discrète and skillfull repair on top headpiece, covers preserved, contemporary binding.
    A little light spotting, not serious.
    Handsome autograph inscription dated and signed by Charles Péguy to Maurice Lazard on two pages : "... Samedi 27 Mai 1911 / Exemplaire pour Monsieur Maurice Lazard. Veuillez trouver ici mon cher Lazard, les assurances de mes sentiments très personnellement dévoués. Charles Péguy."
    €3,000
  16. L'amour enfant de Bohème
    Paul FORT, Ignacio ZULOAGA
    L'amour enfant de Bohème
    Armand Jules Klein|Paris 1930|19.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First Edition printed 200 copies numbered and justified by Paul Fort on laid, ours specially printed for Jean Comte.
    Illustrated book, frontispiece, a portrait of Paul Fort by Ignacio Zuloaga.
    Back slightly insolated, a small lack at the top of the first board, a shadow on the page next to the portrait left by the snake protecting him.
    Signed autograph dedication of Paul Fort to his Jean Comte with this quote: "It is only love to be happy to the world."
    €60
  17. Vol d'oiseaux noirs au temps des cerises
    Paul FORT
    Vol d'oiseaux noirs au temps des cerises
    A.J. Klein|Paris 1932|19.50 x 29 cm|broché
    First edition not put on the market, one of 45 copies numbered and initialed by the author on Japan, ours printed especially for Jean Comte, head print.
    Nice copy despite the back very slightly insolated as generally.
    Work adorned with a frontispiece, cul-de-lamp and vignettes by Paul Welsch.
    Signed autograph dedication from Paul Fort to Jean Comte on a guard: "... this book is a great deal of trouble and little joy, this flight of black birds to cherries ..." enriched two pages further from this handwritten thought: "Light is the life of all my thoughts."
    €120
  18. Naufrage sous l'arc-en-ciel
    Paul FORT, Gino SEVERINI
    Naufrage sous l'arc-en-ciel
    Armand Jules Klein|Paris s. d. [1937]|19.50 x 29.50 cm|broché
    First edition out of trade, one of 300 numbered copies on Arches paper, ours printed specially for Jean Comte, only draw with 30 Japan.
    Nice copy.
    Illustrated book of a frontispiece and a cul-de-lamp of Gino Severini.
    Autograph dedication dated and signed by Paul Fort to Jean Comte: "This book, or rather this shipwrecked shipwrecked boat under the rainbow of hope ... with the affectionate memory of an old finder of our France ".
    €80
  19. La mode et la mort. Suivi d'un essai sur Soriano et l'Italie.
    André PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES, Giacomo LEOPARDI
    La mode et la mort. Suivi d'un essai sur Soriano et l'Italie.
    Fata Morgana|Fontfroide 1989|19 x 28.50 cm|en feuilles
    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.
    €1,200
  26. Le prisonnier
    Bernard PINGAUD
    Le prisonnier
    La Table Ronde|Paris 1958|12 x 19 cm|broché
    First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 10 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies after 10 on pure thread paper.
    Foxing on spine, otherwise handsome copy.
    Autograph inscription signed by Bernard Pingaud to his friend Georges (Raillard): "Pour Georges, à qui ce livre doit beaucoup, et pour Alice Raillard, qui voudra bien, j'espère, se pencher elle aussi sur le malheureux prisonnier, avec toute mon affection." ["For Georges, to whom this book owes much, and for Alice Raillard, who will be willing, I hope, to also look upon the unfortunate prisoner, with all my affection."]
    €100
  30. L'an prochain à Jérusalem
    Jérôme & Jean THARAUD
    L'an prochain à Jérusalem
    Plon|Paris 1924|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper.
    Binding half shagreen green bottle with corners, smooth back lined with double gold cartridges and decorated with golden typographic patterns, initials gilt tail tail, framing of golden nets on marble paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper , preserved covers, gilded head on witnesses, ex-libris glued on a contreplat, Contemporary binding.
    Signed autograph of Jerome or Jean Tharaud Jean Comte.
    €50
  31. Les petits drames du poste
    Jean DRAULT
    Les petits drames du poste
    Mame & fils|Tours s. d. [circa 1910]|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition for which there is no mention of leading copies.
    Bradel binding in half morocco havana with corners, smooth back decorated with golden cartridges and decorated with gilded typographic motifs, framing of double golden threads on the plates of marbled paper, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, red head, Contemporary binding.
    Our copy is enriched by an autograph letter dated and signed by Jean Drault, at the head of the anti-Semitic newspaper La Libre Parole, in which he apologizes for not being able to honor an appointment made previously with his correspondent.
    €60
  55. L'art décoratif d'aujourd'hui
    LE CORBUSIER
    L'art décoratif d'aujourd'hui
    The Decorative Art of Today
    Georges Crès & Cie|Paris 1925|15.50 x 24.50 cm|relié
    L'Art décoratif d'aujourd'hui [The Decorative Art of Today]
    Georges Crès & Cie | Paris 1925 | 15.5 x 24.5 cm | contemporary shagreen
    Second edition, with numerous illustrations.
    Contemporary binding in half burgundy shagreen, green shagreen, boards in marble paper.
    Rare autograph inscription dated 1925 and signed by Le Corbusier to the film director [Jean] Grémillon. Our copy is enhanced, on the first free page, with a second autograph dated 1928 by Le Corbusier: “To Mr E. Mercier. It is not a question here, in fact, of the decorative art, but of the spirit that animates this magnificent epoch and is so poignant.”
    A precious copy, in a strictly contemporary binding and enhanced by two successive autographs by Le Corbusier.
    €4,000
  62. Notes pour comprendre le siècle
    Pierre DRIEU LA ROCHELLE
    Notes pour comprendre le siècle
    Nrf|Paris 1941|12 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition, one of the review copies service.
    Binding half red shagreen, back with five nerves set with black threads, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers.
    Provenance: from Colette Clément's library with her bookplate pasted next to the fake title page.
    Signed autograph Pierre Drieu la Rochelle to his friends Colette and Philippe Clément: "to the Clement despite the bad weather Drieu."
    €1,500
  65. L'une des plus sublimes lettres de Fernand Léger
    Fernand LÉGER
    L'une des plus sublimes lettres de Fernand Léger
    One of the most magnificent letters by Fernand Leger
    La Maison-Forestière 28 mai 1915|13.40 x 21.30 cm|4 pp. sur un feuillet double

    One of the most magnificent letters by Fernand Léger

    La Maison-Forestière (Argonne) 28 mai 1915, 13,4 x 21,3 cm, loose leaves

    A fabulous handwritten letter by the painter Fernand Léger, written on the front line during the Battle of Argonne, addressed to the Parisian art trader Adolphe Basler.
    92 lines in black ink, four pages on a double leaf, dated 28 May 1915 by Léger.
    The handwritten letter is presented with a half forest green morocco chemise, green paper boards with a stylised motif, endpapers lined with green lamb, slip case lined with the same morocco, the piece is signed by Goy & Vilaine.
    The letter was chosen for Cécile Guilbert's anthology, Les Plus Belles Lettres manuscrites de Voltaire à Édith Piaf, Robert Laffont, 2014.

    €10,000
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