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London: Printed for J.Dodsley, 1798. Read More Item Details for Letters of Abelard and Heloise. To which is prefixed a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes. By the late John Hughes, Esq. Together with the poem of Eloisa to Abelard. By Mr Pope Add to Wish List
Item #300238
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Paris: A l'Emancipatrice, 1917. First edition. Alain was the pseudonym of French educator and philosopher Émile-Auguste Chartier (1868-1951). He was a professor at the Lycée Henri IV, Paris, from 1909 to 1933 and had a profound influence upon the thinking of his students, who included Simone Weil, Raymond Aron, André..... Read More Item Details for Quatre-vingt-un chapitres sur l'esprit et les passions. Par l'auteur des Propos d'Alain Add to Wish List
Item #339451
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Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1954. Dean, Malette. One of 175 copies. The typeface is Romanée, set by hand: the paper is Crown & Sceptre, hand-made in England. Printed on an Acorn Press. Read More Item Details for The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody Add to Wish List
Item #52817
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London: MacMillan and Company, 1894. Second edition in English. Read More Item Details for Amiel's Journal. the Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel. Translated ith an Introduction and Notes by Mrs. Humphry Ward Add to Wish List
Item #29881
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Paris: Desventes de Ladoué, 1770. First edition. A satirical response to Rousseau’s Emile ou l'Education (1762). Where Émile is guided by a wise tutor, the author of Le Père avare mocks from the outset Rousseau’s dictum “le véritable précepteur est le père”, for the narrator’s father M. d’Erigny grew up..... Read More Item Details for Le Père Avare, ou Les Malheurs de L'Education; Contenant une idée de ceux de la Colonie de l'Isle de C*** Add to Wish List
Item #307572
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Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles, Éditiuon Jouast, 1887. One of 15 numbered copies (this begin No. 15) printed on Japan Vellum and printed with an extra suite of the vignettes. Read More Item Details for Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage Add to Wish List
Item #9506
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Paris: L'Edition Bibliotheque des Curieux. 4, Rue de Furstenberg, 1916. First edition. Cyril Connolly writes of Apollinaire: "By-passing Mallarme, Apollinaire returned to simpler and fresher forms in the style of Laforgue--and Villon. His imagery is dazzling, his vitality prodigious, his poetry, like Eliot's, both memorable and musical." The author died..... Read More Item Details for La Poète assassiné Add to Wish List
Item #339123
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Neuchâtel: Éditions de la Baconn¡ère, 1942. First edition, no. 1993 of the trade issue (edition of 4080). This long-form Aragon poem, divided into seven sections, was the third iteration of Éditions de la Baconniere's "rouge" series, "Les poètes de Cahiers du Rhône," notable for their red wrappers and limited issue..... Read More Item Details for Brocéliande. Poème. [Series title:] Les poètes des Cahiers du Rhône III Add to Wish List
Item #373129
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The Limited Editions Club, [1994]. CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Cartier-Bresson. "Just twenty‑eight when he wrote this magical novel, he compares a poet’s love for his city to a peasant’s love for his land. A leading Surrealist writer, Aragon was keenly aware of the hidden..... Read More Item Details for Le Paysan de Paris Add to Wish List
Item #323979
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Paris: Éditions surréalistes, 1931. Original first edition. One of 70 copies on pure Johannot paper, third paper after 15 copies on Japan and 30 on Holland paper. This is number 55. Read More Item Details for Persécuté persécuteur Add to Wish List
Item #353230
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Lévy Frères, 1895. Dubufe, Guillaume. First edition, no. 7 of 50 on Japon, with extra suite of plates before letters (edition of 300). Read More Item Details for Gabrielle. Comedie en vers Add to Wish List
Item #246100
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Lévy Frères, 1893. Dubufe, Guillaume. First edition. No. 5 of 50 copies on Japon, with extra suite of plates before letters (edition of 300). Read More Item Details for La Ciguë. Comédie en Vers Add to Wish List
Item #246104
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Frères, 1878. First edition. Read More Item Details for Les Fourchambault. Comédie en cinq actes Add to Wish List
Item #246106
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Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1930. First Gallimard edition, one of 25 copies hors commerce. Inscribed by the author on the half title, “A Madame Jean Rivière, hommage de Marcel Aymé”. Aymé’s first book, originally published in Poitiers in 1926. Read More Item Details for Brûlebois Add to Wish List
Item #346150
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Paris: Gallimard, [1943]. First edition, no. 13 of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre (after 9 on mûrier d’Annam). Read More Item Details for La Vouivre. Roman Add to Wish List
Item #346433
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Paris: Gallimard, [1946]. First edition, no. LXVIII of 105 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre, hors commerce. Read More Item Details for Le Chemin des Écoliers Add to Wish List
Item #346152
Price: $375
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1932. First edition, no. XCIII of 100 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre, watermarked nrf, for the Bibliophiles de la Nouvelle Revue Française. Marcel Aymé’s first collection of short stories, written 1927 to 1931, including "Le Puits aux images," "La Retraite..... Read More Item Details for Le Puits aux Images Add to Wish List
Item #339457
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Paris: Gallimard, [1946]. First edition, no. 58 of 110 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre. Collection of eight short stories of Paris during the Nazi occupation, inlcuding the celebrated "Traversée de Paris" Read More Item Details for Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles Add to Wish List
Item #346156
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Paris: Ch. Carrington, 1902. One of 245 copies, this being copy 192. From the press of Charles Carrington, notorious publisher of erotic literature. Balzac's tale of the King's mistress illustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript by Léon Lebègue. Read More Item Details for La Mye du Roy. Manuscrit et enluminé par Léon Lebègue Add to Wish List
Item #263396
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Paris: H. Delloye et Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course, 1838. First Illustrated edition, first printing, with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. First illustrated edition of Balzac’s renowned 1831 novel, his first major commercial success, lavishly produced in a generous format, with..... Read More Item Details for La Peau de Chagrin. Études sociales Add to Wish List
Item #251644
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Paris: Flammarion, vd. Read More Item Details for Miscellaneous works, including: La Paix du Ménage, Splendeurs et Misères des Courtisanes, Petites Miséres, Les Contrats de Mariage, Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées Add to Wish List
Item #25444
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London: Leonard Smithers: Royal Arcade Old Bond Street, 1897. One of 250 copes. Read More Item Details for The Novels of Balzac: WITH 4 TITLES ONLY: Splendours and Miseries of the Courtesans. Parisian Life (2 Volumes); Beatrix; The History of the Thirteen; The Poor Relations Second Episode Add to Wish List
Item #243472
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Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Co, 1899. Édition Grand Format. Read More Item Details for The Village Rector Add to Wish List
Item #221601
Price: $3,250
London: Published by J.M. Dent and Co, 1895-1907. Ursule Mirouet (1895), La Grande Breteche and Other Stories (1896), The Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau (1896), Beatrix (1896), The Chouans (1896), The Unknown Masterpiece and Other Stories (1896), A Harlot's Progress Volume I (1896), A Harlot's Progress Volume II (1896)..... Read More Item Details for Works Add to Wish List
Item #313204
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N.p. [Paris]: 19 décembre 1890. The poet (1823-1891) writes to a close friend, “Quand venez-vous, selon votre bonne promesse, déjeuner avec vos amis de la rue de l’Éperon? Ma femme demande à être prévenue deux jours à l’avance, pour pouvoir vous offrir une bonne _____ [?], si cela se peut..... Read More Item Details for Autograph letter, signed, to “mon cher Paul” Add to Wish List
Item #263234