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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.

1189 works

Georges Feydeau
Le Bourgeon
Paris, Librairie théâtrale, 1907.
Copy on Holland paper
$300
Regina Badet
Lettre autographe signée
S.l., January 9, 1911.
To Pierre Louÿs, her “dear Maître”
$60
Jean-Paul Sartre
Les Mains sales
Paris, Gallimard, (June 15) 1948.
Max Brun copy: deluxe issue on Hollande paper
$8,400
Edmond et Jules de Goncourt
Germinie Lacerteux
[Paris, Paul Boyer, 1903].
A unique album of original prints, signed by Réjane
Reserved
Eugène Labiche
La Clef des champs
Paris, Gabriel Roux, 1839.
Labiche's only novel, bound by Maylander
$1,080
Georges Courteline
Le Train de 8 h 47
Paris, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, [1888].
Rare first printing
$60
Molière
L’Avare
[Amsterdam, Elzevier], 1674.
Rare second edition, the first from the Elzevier press
$600
Molière
Le Misanthrope
[Amsterdam, Elzevier], 1674.
Reprint of the first Elzevier edition of 1667
$240
Sacha Guitry
Mon père avait raison
Paris, 1960.
Program signed by the actors
$36
Paul Claudel
L’Annonce faite à Marie
Paris, Éditions de la NRF, (April 20) 1912.
A magnificent deluxe copy, bound by Huser for Marcel de Merre
$8,400
Molière
Les Femmes savantes
[Amsterdam, Elzevier], 1678.
Reprint of the 1674 edition
$360
Octave Mirbeau
Le Blasphème de Catulle Mendès
[1896].
“Something is rotten in the Denmark of literature”
$360
Jean Giraudoux
Théâtre
Paris, Grasset, (November 30) 1954.
With eight original Lipnitzki studio prints
$96
Molière
L’École des femmes
[Amsterdam, Elzevier], 1679.
A charming Dutch edition
$240
Jean Anouilh
Pièces costumées
Paris, La Table ronde, (November 7) 1960.
Deluxe copy on Madagascar paper
$180
Jean Anouilh
Chers zoiseaux
Paris, La Table Ronde, (February 21) 1977.
One of 17 deluxe copies on Japanese paper
$240
Jean Anouilh
Le Scénario
Paris, La Table Ronde, (September 20) 1976.
One of 17 deluxe copies on Japanese paper
$240
Louis Aragon
Théâtre / Roman
Paris, Gallimard, 1974.
My life is a theater
$120
Eugène Labiche
« Voyage en Belgique et en Allemagne »
July 25 to September 12, 1835.
Labiche's unpublished travel diary
$3,000
Jean Anouilh
Le Nombril
Paris, La Table Ronde, (September 10) 1981.
One of 17 deluxe copies on Japanese paper
$300
Sacha Guitry
Théâtre II
Paris, Plon, (March 9) 1936.
Deluxe copy on Japanese paper, with three first editions
$360
Sacha Guitry
Le Mot de Cambronne
Paris, Plon, 1938.
Deluxe copy on Japan paper, with period photograph
$840
Jean Anouilh
Monsieur Barnett
Paris, La Table Ronde, August 25, 1975.
One of 17 deluxe copies on Japanese paper
$300
Jean Anouilh
L’Arrestation
Paris, La Table Ronde, (October 20) 1975.
One of 17 deluxe copies on Japanese paper
$240
Paul Claudel
L’Annonce faite à Marie
Paris, Gallimard, (February 27) 1948.
Definitive edition, deluxe copy
$120
Philippe Soupault
Eugène Labiche
Paris, Sagittaire, (September 18) 1945.
Signed presentation to Marcel Achard
$60
Albert Glatigny
Le Singe
Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, impr. J. Claye, 1872.
One of five deluxe copies on China paper
$300
[GIRAUDOUX] Pierre Humbourg
Jean Giraudoux
Marseille, Cahiers du Sud, coll. « Critique », (May 20) 1926.
An early monograph on Giraudoux
$36
Alfred Jarry
Ubu enchaîné
Paris, Fasquelle éditeurs, 1938.
Deluxe copy on Japanese paper
$180
[GLATIGNY]
Portrait en costume de scène
[circa 1864].
Inscribed to Geneviève Mallarmé, “my future wife”
$1,800

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