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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.

1210 works

Pierre Loti
Ramuntcho
Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1897.
The "real" Ramuntcho, Loti's hidden son
$1,200
Hervé Bazin
Le Cri de la chouette
[S.l.n.d.], 1972.
The two sets of corrected proofs
$960
Albert Camus & Arthur Koestler
Réflexions sur la peine capitale
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (May 27) 1957.
One of five hors commerce deluxe copies
$1,440
Joseph Kessel
La Coupe fêlée
Paris, Lemarget, coll. « Les Deux Masques », (July 5) 1929.
Deluxe copy A, inscribed
$2,160
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
La Grande Terre
Paris, La Martinière, 2007.
Deluxe copy with three signed original prints
$3,600
Alain Peyrefitte
Rue d’Ulm
Paris, Fayard, (January) 1994.
With an autograph letter from Genevoix, its first reader
$180
Marcel Jouhandeau
Aux cent actes divers I Gémonies
Paris, Gallimard, (September 24) 1971 and (April 12) 1972.
Two Journaliers inscribed to Genevoix
$120
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Bernard Grasset, (September 29) 1925.
No. 1 on China paper, Genevoix's own copy, bound by Renaud Vernier
$24,000
Jean Jacquelin
« Frigidaire »
[1955].
A Frigidaire, a nice scooter, an atomixer — and some Dunlopillo
$480
Jean Jacquelin
« Frigidaire »
S.l.n.d.
A Frigidaire, a scooter, an Atomixer — and Dunlopillo
$480
Jean Jacquelin
« Frigidaire »
A Frigidaire, a nice scooter, an Atomixer. And some Dunlopillo
$480
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Louise Bescond
Paris, librairie Métamorphoses, (December) 2021.
Catalogue of the 2021 exhibition
$36
Marcel Proust
Le Côté de Guermantes II
Paris, Éditions de la NRF, (April 30) 1921.
Signed presentation copy to Fernand Divoire
$4,200
Jean Giono
Regain
Paris, Grasset, (November 21) 1930.
The artist's own unique copy, with original drawings
$24,000
Marcel Proust
Le Côté de Guermantes I
Paris, Éditions de la NRF, (17 août) 1920.
Proust enters Guermantes
$4,800
Patrick Modiano
Souvenirs dormants
Paris, Gallimard, (September) 2017.
Deluxe copy, signed presentation
$720
M. G. Watkins & Hector Giacomelli
Pictures of Bird Life in Pen and Pencil
Paris, London, New York: Cassell & Co, [1888].
With a large original drawing
$720
Jean Lorrain
Princesses d’ivoire et d’ivresse
Paris, Ollendorff, 1902.
Rare deluxe copy on Holland paper
$1,200
Jean Lorrain
Sonyeuse
Paris, Charpentier, 1891.
Jean Lorrain's own mother, with inscription
$960
Raymond Guerin
Retour de Barbarie
Bordeaux, Finitude, (July) 2005.
Deluxe issue on colored paper
$240
Pierre Demarne
Pure peine perdue
Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, (February 10) 1955.
Chagall and Matisse illustrate a charity edition
$240
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
L’Elixir d’amour
Paris, Albin Michel, (April) 2014.
Deluxe copy on bouffant paper
$180
Atelier Populaire
« Le pouvoir aux travailleurs. Vietnam. Tchécoslovaquie. Mai 68 ? »
[Paris], Atelier Populaire des Beaux-Arts [École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts], 1968.
Atelier Populaire, École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
$480
J. M. G. Le Clézio
Terra Amata
Paris, Gallimard, (September 20) 1967.
Deluxe copy on Holland paper
$960
Georges Simenon
La Mort d’Auguste
Paris, Presses de la Cité, (July 30) 1966.
Deluxe issue
$240
Georges Simenon
Les Vacances de Maigret
Paris, Presses de la Cité, (March 14) 1956.
Deluxe issue
$360
Jean d'Ormesson
La Douane de mer
Paris, Gallimard, (December 16) 1993.
In Memoriam Maurice Genevoix
$60
Eugène Ionesco
Le Blanc et le Noir
Paris, Gallimard, (January 17) 1985.
Signed inscription to Sylvie Genevoix
$60
Jacques Lanzmann
Le Têtard
Paris, Robert Laffont, (July 27) 1976.
From the library of Maurice Genevoix, at “Les Vernelles” (bookplate).
$60
Pascal Quignard
La Leçon de musique
Paris, Hachette, coll. « Textes du XXe siècle », (August) 1987.
Signed presentation inscription to Sylvie Genevoix
$120

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