The Heart of Montmarte in the 1880s
Le Chat Noir ..
Paris: 2 janvier, 1886 - 21 avril, 1888. The Heart of Montmarte in the 1880s. Well-bound and substantial... Read More about Le Chat Noir
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Quatre-vingt-un chapitres sur l'esprit et les passions. Par l'auteur des Propos d'Alain.
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 about Quatre-vingt-un chapitres sur l'esprit et les passions. Par l'auteur des Propos d'Alain
Price: $150
The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody.
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 about The Private Journals of Stendahl, 1811-1817. Selected & Newly Translated by Francis Carmody
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Amiel's Journal. the Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel. Translated ith an Introduction and Notes by Mrs. Humphry Ward.
London: MacMillan and Company, 1894. Second edition in English. Read More about Amiel's Journal. the Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel. Translated ith an Introduction and...
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Contemporary Satire of Rousseau’s ‘Émile’
Le Père Avare, ou Les Malheurs de L'Education; Contenant une idée de ceux de la Colonie de l'Isle de C***...
Paris: Desventes de Ladoué, 1770. First edition. Contemporary Satire of Rousseau’s ‘Émile’. 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..... Read More about Le Père Avare, ou Les Malheurs de L'Education; Contenant une idée de ceux de la Colonie de...
Price: $5,000
One of 15 Numbered Copies
Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage.
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. One of 15 Numbered Copies. Read More about Les Quinze Joyes de Mariage
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La Poète assassiné.
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 about La Poète assassiné
Price: $950
Le Paysan de Paris.
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 about Le Paysan de Paris
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HOURRA L'OURAL. Poemes.
Paris: Les Editions Denoel et Steele, 1934. First trade edition. Louis Aragon, essayist, poet and novelist, was a founder of Surrealism (with Paul Éluard, André Breton, Luis Buñuel et al). Read More about HOURRA L'OURAL. Poemes
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Aucassin et Nicolette. Chantefable du Douzieme Siecle. Traduite par A. Bida. Révision du Texte Original et Préface par Gaston Paris...
Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie, 1878. Bida. Read More about Aucassin et Nicolette. Chantefable du Douzieme Siecle. Traduite par A. Bida. Révision du Texte...
Price: $200
Gabrielle. Comedie en vers.
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 about Gabrielle. Comedie en vers
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La Ciguë. Comédie en Vers.
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 about La Ciguë. Comédie en Vers
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Les Fourchambault. Comédie en cinq actes.
Paris: Ancienne Maison Michel Lévy Frères, 1878. First edition. Read More about Les Fourchambault. Comédie en cinq actes
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Inscribed
Brûlebois.
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1930. First Gallimard edition, one of 25 copies hors commerce. Inscribed. 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 about Brûlebois
Price: $500
One of 28 Copies
En Arrière. Nouvelles.
Paris: Gallimard, [1950]. First edition, one of 28 copies on vergé de Hollande Pannekoek, this copy number XX. One of 28 Copies. Collection of ten short stories, here in the édition de tête. Read More about En Arrière. Nouvelles
Price: $750
La Vouivre. Roman.
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 about La Vouivre. Roman
Price: $500
Le Chemin des Écoliers.
Paris: Gallimard, [1946]. First edition, no. LXVIII of 105 numbered copies on vergé pur fil Lafuma Navarre, hors commerce. Read More about Le Chemin des Écoliers
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Le Puits aux Images.
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 about Le Puits aux Images
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Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles.
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 about Le Vin de Paris. Nouvelles
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La Mye du Roy. Manuscrit et enluminé par Léon Lebègue.
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 about La Mye du Roy. Manuscrit et enluminé par Léon Lebègue
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The Novels of Balzac: WITH 4 TITLES ONLY: Splendours and Miseries of the Courtesans. Parisian Life (2 Volumes); Beatrix; The...
London: Leonard Smithers: Royal Arcade Old Bond Street, 1897. One of 250 copes. Read More about The Novels of Balzac: WITH 4 TITLES ONLY: Splendours and Miseries of the Courtesans. Parisian...
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HAND-COLORED PLATES
The Village Rector.
Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Co, 1899. Édition Grand Format. HAND-COLORED PLATES. Read More about The Village Rector
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Works.
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 about Works
Price: $3,250