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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 Michon
Les deux Beune
Paris, Verdier, (April) 2023.
The long-awaited sequel to La Grande Beune
$600
Pierre Michon
Le Roi du bois
Lagrasse, Verdier, (December) 1995.
The King steps out of the wood: signed deluxe issue
$1,200
[Louis Aragon] François La Colère
Le Musée Grévin
[Les Éditions de Minuit, October 1943].
A landmark of clandestine literature
$960
Jacques Lacan
De la Psychose paranoïaque
Paris, Le François, (October 1) 1932.
Lacan's doctoral thesis
$3,000
René Char
Le Marteau sans maître
Paris, Éditions Surréalistes, (July 20) 1934.
Georges Bataille copy: earliest known exchange between the two
$3,600
Jacques Lacan
De la Psychose paranoïaque
Paris, Le François, (October 1) 1932.
The most literary and most oneiric provenance: René Char
$20,400
Georges Courteline
Victoires et conquêtes
Paris, Stock, 1902.
One of 10 deluxe copies, inscribed
$360
John F. Hasey
Yankee Fighter
Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942.
The only American honored during the war itself
$600
Henri-Pierre Roché
Jules et Jim
Paris, Gallimard, (March) 1953.
Binding by Louise Bescond
$9,600
Michel de Montaigne
Les Essais
Paris, chez Augustin Courbé, 1652.
“Understand and do not judge”: Georges Simenon's copy
$2,400
Michel Houellebecq
Anéantir
Paris, Flammarion, (January) 2022.
Deluxe copy, in wrappers
$1,800
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (June) 1945.
A “Righteous Among the Nations” and Resistance figure
$12,000
Georges Perec
Je me souviens
Paris, Hachette, (January 2) 1978.
One of the first 20 copies on Arches laid paper
$14,400
Maurice Genevoix
Le Roman de Renard
Paris, Éditions Vialetay, (March 24) 1958, for the text, (February 9) 1959, for the engravings.
Deluxe copy: one of three reserved for the author and artists
$9,600
Michel Tournier
Le Vent Paraclet
Paris, Gallimard, (April 20) 1977.
Genevoix's copy, inscribed by Tournier
$480
[DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC]
Hommage à Dunoyer de Segonzac
Blois, s.é., (31 avril) 1967.
Genevoix's copy, with a signed inscription
$240
André Malraux
La Métamorphose des dieux
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « La Galerie de la Pléiade », (October 15) 1957.
Malraux to Maurice Genevoix
$240
Charles de Gaulle
Mémoires de guerre
Paris, Plon, 1954, 1956 et 1959.
Mémoires de guerre: Maurice Genevoix's copy
$14,400
Charles de Gaulle
Discours et Messages
Paris, Plon, (March–August) 1970.
Sylvie Genevoix's copy, from de Gaulle
$3,600
Annie Ernaux
Journal du dehors
Paris, Gallimard, (March 22) 1993.
First edition, inscribed to Sylvie Genevoix
$240
Annie Ernaux
Passion simple
Paris, Gallimard, (December 23) 1991.
First printing, inscribed to Sylvie Genevoix
$360
Milan Kundera
L’Art du roman
Paris, Gallimard, (November 5) 1986.
L'Art du roman inscribed: the Sylvie Genevoix copy
$480
Gaston Lavalley & Henri Magron
Un chanoine enlevé par le Diable
Paris, Ch. Mendel, [1893].
A rare milestone in the history of color photographic illustration
$960
Henry Rider Haggard
(She) Elle
Paris, L'Édition française illustrée, (February) 1920.
Haggard's masterpiece, deluxe issue on Hollande paper
$1,800
André Gide
Le Traité du Narcisse
Paris, Librairie de L'Art indépendant, 1892.
Copy on tinted vellum
$480
André Gide
La Tentative amoureuse
Paris, Librairie de L'Art indépendant, 1893.
Copy on tinted vellum
$480
Henri Bosco
Le Mas Théotime
Alger, Charlot, (June 15) 1945.
One of only 20 deluxe copies, bound by Pierre-Lucien Martin
$9,000
Romain Gary
Adieu Gary Cooper
Paris, Gallimard, (May 6) 1969.
A perfect copy in a Loutrel binding, deluxe issue on Hollande
$3,600
Georges Simenon
Lettre à ma mère
Paris, Presses de la Cité, (November 8) 1974.
Deluxe copy: the publisher's, inscribed with a photograph
$3,000
Natalis Rondot
Die Seidenproduction der Erde
Vienna, [Association of Merchants of Lower Austria], 1890.
A presentation binding from Julius Franke's Viennese workshop
$2,400

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