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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

Jean Giono
Notes sur l’Affaire Dominici
Paris, Gallimard, (May) 1955.One of the first 15 copies on Hollande, bound by Semet et Plumelle$1,800
George R. R. Martin
Le Trône de fer.
Paris, Pygmalion, (May) 1998, (January) 1999 and (February) 2000.Winter is coming: rare first printings$720
Simone de Beauvoir
Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée…
Paris, Gallimard, (September) 1958, (October) 1960, (October) 1963 and (August) 1972.Bindings by Pierre-Lucien Martin, on Hollande paper$28,800
Graham Greene
Le Ministère de la Peur
Paris, Robert Laffont, (June 20) 1950.One of Greene's great novels, adapted by Fritz Lang$300
René Char
Artine
Paris, Editions Surréalistes, [25 novembre] 1930.René Char to Raymond Roussel$7,200
Kay Sage
Piove in giardino
Florence, Edizioni del Milione, (December 15) 1937.19 illustrations by Kay Sage, deluxe copy with original watercolor$7,200
Paul Éluard & Man Ray
Facile
Paris, GLM, (October 24) 1935.Éluard, Man Ray and Nusch$36,000
René Char
Dépendance de l’adieu
Paris, GLM, coll. « Repères », no. 14, (May) 1936.Picasso frontispiece, inscribed, with a Man Ray print$4,200
Georges Braque & PAB
Mariette dans l’atelier
Alès, PAB, (December 25) 1962.First edition, René Char's own copy, inscribed$3,600
Hans Bellmer
À Sade
[Paris, Alain Mazo], 1961.First printing: one of 20 rare signed color suites$14,400
Max Jacob & Pablo Picasso
Chronique des temps héroïques
Paris, Louis Broder, coll. « Écrits et Gravures », no. 2, (October 24) 1956.Three lithographs and 24 drawings by Picasso$8,400
Kenzo Takada
Madame Butterfly
[circa 2019].Kenzo's last costume designs, for Madame Butterfly$12,000
René Char
Seuls demeurent
Paris, Gallimard, (February 24) 1945.Signed presentation copy to the Zervos$3,600
Lobel-Riche & Maurice Guillemot
Costumes et Attitudes 1912-13
Paris, La Maison du Livre, printed for Charles Meunier, 1914.A precious copy in an important Charles Meunier binding$24,000
Gaston Puel & Hans Arp
Arp
Veilhes, Gaston Puel, (December 6) 1965.René Char's copy from the deluxe issue$1,440
Michel Leiris & André Masson
Glossaire, j’y serre mes gloses
Éditions de la Galerie Simon, (August 9) 1939.Binding by Brindeau, deluxe copy$3,000
Christian Bobin
Muguet rouge
Paris, Gallimard, (September) 2022.Deluxe issue of Bobin's last book published in his lifetime$480
Jean Giono
Le Poids du ciel
Paris, Gallimard, (August 19) 1938.One of 7 deluxe copies on China paper, unique publisher's boards$6,000
Blaise Cendrars
Dix-neuf poèmes élastiques
Paris, Au Sans Pareil, coll. « Littérature », (August 15) 1919.One of the first 10 réimposé copies on China paper, inscribed$4,800
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Derrière le miroir
Paris, Maeght, (January 20) 1948.René Char's copy, with photograph inscribed by Char$24,000
René Char
Le Chien de cœur
Paris, GLM, (January) 1969.Char, Miró and Gisèle Prassinos$19,200
Annie Ernaux
Une femme
Paris, Gallimard, (December 11) 1987.Following La Place, awarded the Prix Renaudot in 1984 and devoted chiefly to the life of her father, this book recounts the life and death of Annie Ernaux's mother. "When one learns that she is returning, four years later, with Une femme, an equally short account — 106 pages — about her mother, one cannot…$480
Samuel Beckett
Oh les beaux jours
Paris, Éditions de Minuit, (February 23) 1963.Signed presentation inscription$1,200
Paul Bonet
Sous le soleil de Satan
[circa 1960].Original design$240
Marcel Arland & Georges Rouault
Carnets de Gilbert
Paris, N.R.F., (June 22) 1931.One of 19 on Hollande, illustrated by Rouault$1,800
André Breton
Démasquez les physiciens
[Paris] impr. SIP Montreuil, [February 1958].Tract printed on green paper$120
Romain Puertolas
Re vive l’Empereur !
Paris, Le Dilettante, (July 17) 2015.Deluxe-paper printing$180
Paul Dermée
Le Volant d’Artimon
Paris, J. Povolozky, coll. « Z », (October 15) 1922.A rare Cubist collaboration$1,200
René Char
Artine
Paris, Éditions Surréalistes, chez José Corti, (November 25) 1930.Georges Hugnet's copy, later Bernard Loliée, in a box by Julie Nadot$3,000
Paul Éluard
Les Animaux et leurs hommes
Paris, Au sans pareil, (January 10) 1920.Inscribed to an early Surrealist companion$600
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