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1210 works

[GARY] Pierre Rouve
Turner
Paris, Éditions Siloé, (March) 1980.
Gary's first "double": signed inscription
$600
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Casse-pipe
Paris, Frédéric Chambriand, (December) 1949.
Binding by Montecot
$840
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Mani
Londres, John Murray, 1958.
Inscribed to Romain Gary
$600
[GARY] William Buckley Jr.
Airborne
New York, Macmillan Publishing, 1976.
Romain Gary's copy, from a leading activist of the American right
$600
Jean-Paul Sartre
Les Carnets de la drôle de guerre
Paris, Gallimard, (11 et 16 mars) 1983.
Sartre’s ethics tested by History
$6,000
Maurice Genevoix
La Boîte à pêche
Paris, Grasset, (October 18) 1926.
The author's own copy, on China paper
$3,600
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
S.l.n.d. [1967].
Raboliot in braille, for Genevoix
$480
Maurice Genevoix
La Boîte à pêche
Paris, Grasset, (October 18) 1926.
Genevoix's own hors commerce copy
$240
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Grasset, (July 2) 1953.
Genevoix's working copy of Raboliot
$960
Maurice Genevoix
Euthymos
Paris, Ernest Flammarion, (June) 1924.
The author's working copy, heavily corrected for the definitive edition
$1,200
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, E. Flammarion, coll. « Select-Collection », 1932-1939.
The Flammarion illustrated works collection
$480
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, E. Flammarion, « Select-Collection », 1932 et 1939.
The first two popular editions
$120
Maurice Genevoix
La Boîte à pêche
Paris, La Belle Édition, [1960].
Author's hors commerce copy, illustrated by André Collot
$120
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Monaco, coll. « Goncourt », Impr. nationale, (February 28) 1951.
“Collection Goncourt”: Maurice Genevoix's own copy
$120
Maurice Genevoix
Trente mille jours
Paris, Seuil, 1980.
Genevoix's autobiography and literary testament
$960
Maurice Genevoix
« Agendas »
[1924 and 1925].
Genevoix's creative process, day by day
$8,400
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Bernard Grasset, (November 30) 1965.
Working copies for the Œuvres complètes
$360
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Ferenczi, coll. « Le Livre moderne illustré », [1927].
Two original drawings and a suite on Japan paper
$1,200
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, La Belle édition, n.d.
The naturalist novels: nominative deluxe copy, with original watercolor
$3,000
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, La Belle Édition, [1960].
Sylvie Genevoix's own Raboliot
$360
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Robert Léger éditeur, (October 25) 1974.
Illustrated by Jean Commère, pearl Japan paper copy
$240
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Vialetay, (March 4) 1954.
Barret's original drypoints, on pearl Japan paper
$480
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Bernard Grasset, (September 29) 1925.
The historic copy, in a case by Renaud Vernier
$48,000
Maurice Genevoix
La Boîte à pêche
Paris, Grasset, (October 18) 1926.
Copy on vergé d'Arches paper
$600
Maurice Genevoix
La Boîte à pêche
Paris, Ferenczi, coll. « Le Livre moderne illustré », (December 9) 1933.
First illustrated popular edition
$120
Maurice Genevoix
Raboliot
Paris, Rombaldi, (April 15) 1941.
Genevoix's own copy
$240
Maurice Genevoix
Jeux de glaces
Paris, Wesmael-Charlier, coll. « Les Auteurs jugent de leurs oeuvres », 1961.
Genevoix's first "mirror" text
$480
Maurice Genevoix
La Boîte à pêche
Paris, Grasset, (October 18) 1926.
Chub, bream, roach, gudgeon, pike-perch and pike: on Japanese paper
$2,400
Maurice Genevoix
Le Roman de Renard
Paris, Éditions Vialetay, (March 24) 1958, for the text, (February 9) 1959, for the engravings.
Jouve's Roman de Renard: Genevoix's own copy
$4,200
William Styron
Sophies’s Choice
New York, Random House, (juin) 1979.
First printing, signed
$600

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