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Books, manuscripts, photographs, and rare objects catalogued by the bookshop over the years. An archive for bibliophiles and connoisseurs of written heritage.
8 works
Pierre Boulle
Histoires perfides
Paris, Flammarion, (October 22) 1976.One of 30 deluxe copiesSold
Pierre Boulle
La Face
Paris, Julliard, (September 18) 1953.Deluxe copySold
Pierre Boulle
E = mc2
Paris, Julliard, (February 18) 1957.Copy no. 1Sold
Pierre Boulle
Le Sacrilège malais
Paris, Julliard, (August 31) 1951.Deluxe copy on Corvol paperSold
Pierre Boulle
Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
Paris, Julliard, (June 16) 1952.First edition: Boulle's Bridge on the River KwaiSold
Pierre Boulle
Aux sources de la rivière Kwaï
Paris, Julliard, (March 15) 1966.When Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï appeared in 1952, Pierre Boulle was still unknown. A former French planter in Malaya, where he resumed work after the Second World War, he decided in 1947 to abandon “that reasonable path” and settle in Paris to attempt a literary career: his debut, William Conrad, a novel published…Sold
Pierre Boulle
La Planète des singes
Paris, Julliard, (January 8) 1963.The Planet of the Apes is directly inspired by the work of Charles Darwin and by two earlier novels: Sprague de Camp's Genus Homo (1941) and Vercors' Les Animaux dénaturés (1952). Boulle also draws on Einstein's theory of special relativity, using time dilation to bring his hero back to Earth in the distant future. Evolutionary…Sold
Pierre Boulle
Contes de l’absurde
Paris, Julliard, (February 12) 1953.Sold
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