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Specializing in 19th- and 20th-century first literary editions in copies made singular by their provenance, binding, or other bibliophilic rarity, the bookshop also explores fields adjacent to literature.

40 works

Romain Gary
Lady L
Paris, Gallimard, March 23, 1963.
Gary’s English novel, translated back into French.
$2,400
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Club des Libraires de France, coll. Fiction, (January 20) 1961.
Partly first edition
$180
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (June) 1945.
Gary's first book, in a formidable provenance
$7,200
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (June) 1945.
Gary's first book, deluxe copy
$2,400
Romain Gary
Vie et mort d’Émile Ajar
Paris, Gallimard, (July 7) 1981.
Gary's last book, Ajar's last word
$600
Romain Gary
Gloire à nos illustres pionniers
Paris, Gallimard, (May 7) 1962.
Deluxe copy on Hollande paper
$3,600
[Romain Gary] Émile Ajar
Pseudo
Paris, Mercure de France, (November 15) 1976.
First edition, first printing
$3,600
[Romain Gary] Émile Ajar
La Vie devant soi
Lausanne, La Guilde du livre, (February 20) 1976.
First book-club edition abroad
$72
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (June) 1945.
A “Righteous Among the Nations” and Resistance figure
$12,000
Romain Gary
Adieu Gary Cooper
Paris, Gallimard, (May 6) 1969.
A perfect copy in a Loutrel binding, deluxe issue on Hollande
$3,600
Romain Gary
The Ski Bum
[New York], Harper & Row, December 15, [1964].
Complete proof set of The Ski Bum
$1,200
Romain Gary
Frère Océan [Trilogie]
Paris, Gallimard, (September 27) 1965, (May 11) 1967 and (March 25) 1968.
Deluxe issue on Hollande paper
$10,200
[Romain Gary] Émile Ajar
Pseudo
Paris, Mercure de France, (November 15) 1976.
Deluxe copy, bound by Patrice Goy
$4,800
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, (December 23) 1977.
First edition, one of 25 copies on Arches paper
$1,440
Romain Gary
Hissing Tales [Gloire à nos illustres pionniers]
New York, Harper & Row, [February] 1964.
First American edition, translated by Richard Howard
$300
Romain Gary
The Talent Scout [Les Mangeurs d’étoiles]
London, Michael Joseph, [April] 1961.
Gary's own translation, under a pseudonym
$180
Romain Gary
The Talent Scout
New York, Harper & Brothers, [March] 1961.
American first edition, first printing
$216
Romain Gary
Lady L.
New York, Simon & Schuster, (December) 1958.
Gary's first novel written directly in English
$480
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, (December 23) 1977.
One of the first 20 copies on Hollande paper
$4,200
Romain Gary
The Company of Men
London, Michael Joseph, [September] 1950.
First English edition, translated by Joseph Barnes, first printing
$240
Romain Gary
Gloire à nos illustres pionniers
Paris, Gallimard, (May 7) 1962.
Gary's only story collection, on pur fil
$1,440
Romain Gary
Adieu Gary Cooper
Paris, Gallimard, (May 6) 1969.
One of 80 copies on vélin pur fil
$720
Romain Gary
The Roots of Heaven
New York, Time Inc., 1964.
Second American edition, partly first edition
$120
Romain Gary
Chien blanc
Paris, Gallimard, collection « Soleil », (1er trimestre) 1970.
First club edition, for the “Soleil” series, issued jointly with the first edition
$120
Romain Gary
La Tête coupable
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (first quarter) 1968.
First club edition for the "Soleil" series
$144
Romain Gary
Mangeurs d’étoiles
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (2nd quarter) 1966.
First club edition, in the “Soleil” series
$120
Romain Gary
Lady L.
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (1er trimestre) 1963.
Gary's first title in the "Soleil" collection
$144
Romain Gary
Europa
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (2nd quarter) 1972.
Eighth of thirteen Gary titles in the Soleil series
$144
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (4th quarter) 1977.
First club edition, in the “Soleil” series
$180
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, (December 23) 1977.
First edition, first printing, with its rare dust jacket
$180

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