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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

Pierre Jean Jouve
Paulina 1880
Paris, Éditions de la NRF, (October 24) 1925.
First edition. One of 109 réimposé copies on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper
$600
Romain Gary
Chien blanc
Paris, Gallimard, collection « Soleil », (1er trimestre) 1970.
First club edition, for the “Soleil” series, issued jointly with the first edition
$120
Romain Gary
La Tête coupable
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (first quarter) 1968.
First club edition for the "Soleil" series
$144
Romain Gary
Mangeurs d’étoiles
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (2nd quarter) 1966.
First club edition, in the “Soleil” series
$120
Romain Gary
Lady L.
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (1er trimestre) 1963.
Gary's first title in the "Soleil" collection
$144
Romain Gary
Europa
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (2nd quarter) 1972.
Eighth of thirteen Gary titles in the Soleil series
$144
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », (4th quarter) 1977.
First club edition, in the “Soleil” series
$180
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, (December 23) 1977.
First edition, first printing, with its rare dust jacket
$180
Romain Gary
Les Enchanteurs
Paris, Gallimard, (May 7) 1973.
One of the first 20 copies on Holland laid paper
$5,400
Romain Gary
Gloire à nos illustres pionniers
Paris, Gallimard, (May 7) 1962.
A vélin pur fil copy: Gary's only story collection
$960
[MINUSCULE]
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1792
London, Company of Stationers, 1792.
A London miniature almanac for 1792
$480
[Robert Pierre Velter] Bozz
[Harold Lloyd]
[New York or Paris, circa 1933].
Original drawing
$480
[Robert Pierre Velter] Bozz
[Charlie Chaplin]
[New York or Paris, circa 1933].
Signed original drawing
$480
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (June) 1945.
Deluxe copy, with a letter to Gary from the dedicatee's parents
$6,000
Sempé
« Saxophoniste in New York »
[New York, 2011].
Original signed drawing by Sempé
$2,160
Jean‑Anthelme Brillat‑Savarin
Physiologie du goût
Paris, A. Sautelet, 1826.
A landmark of gastronomic literature
$4,800
Le Petit Paroissien de l’enfance
Paris, Firmin Didot, s.d.
A charming miniature Parisian almanac
$600
Almanach auf das Jahr 1838 [Almanach de l’année 1838]
Karlsruhe, F. Müller, [1837].
A charming German miniature almanac
$720
Plaisir et Gaîté
Paris, Marcilly, 1838.
A charming Parisian miniature almanac
$1,440
Le Petit Chansonnier de l’enfance
Paris, Marcilly, 1830.
A charming Parisian miniature almanac
$960
Le Conseiller des grâces dédié aux Dames
Paris, Marcilly, 1817.
A charming Parisian miniature almanac
$960
Mignon Almanach
Vienne, Jos. Riedl, 1814.
A charming miniature Parisian almanac
$1,800
Les Petits Montagnards
Paris, E. Jourdan, 1822.
A charming Parisian miniature almanac
$960
Le Petit Ménestrel
Paris, Marcilly, [1828], 1829.
A charming miniature Parisian almanac
$960
Le Tableau de la vie à Paris
Paris, [Marcilly, 1819], 1820.
A charming miniature Parisian almanac
$960
Jean-Paul Sartre
Les Mots
Paris, Gallimard, (December 30) 1963.
Copy on Hollande paper
$3,600
René Char
Trois coups sous les arbres. Théâtre saisonnier
Paris, Gallimard, (May 30) 1985.
$1,800
Albert Camus
La Mort heureuse
Paris, Gallimard, (March 1) 1971.
Deluxe copy on Hollande paper
$840
[ÉLUARD] Rogi André
Portrait photographique
[Paris, 1934].
Éluard by Rogi André, 1934
$4,800
Joseph Conrad
Entre terre et mer
Paris, Nouvelle Revue française, (April 18) 1929.
Réimposé deluxe printing
$360

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