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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

Romain Gary
The Talent Scout [Les Mangeurs d’étoiles]
London, Michael Joseph, [April] 1961.
Gary's own translation, under a pseudonym
$180
Romain Gary
The Talent Scout
New York, Harper & Brothers, [March] 1961.
American first edition, first printing
$216
Romain Gary
Promise at dawn
New York, Harper & Brothers, (October) 1961.
First American edition, first printing
$360
Romain Gary
Lady L.
New York, Simon & Schuster, (December) 1958.
Gary's first novel written directly in English
$480
Romain Gary
Charge d’âme
Paris, Gallimard, (December 23) 1977.
One of the first 20 copies on Hollande paper
$4,200
Romain Gary
The Company of Men
London, Michael Joseph, [September] 1950.
First English edition, translated by Joseph Barnes, first printing
$240
Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly
Fragment
Paris, Lemerre, (April 27) 1912.
One of 10 copies on Hollande, in a flexible Vernier binding
$1,440
Romain Gary
Gloire à nos illustres pionniers
Paris, Gallimard, (May 7) 1962.
Gary's only story collection, on pur fil
$1,440
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
Le Chevalier des Touches
Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1879.
Barbey d'Aurevilly's own copy, bound by Gayler-Hirou
$5,400
Romain Gary
Adieu Gary Cooper
Paris, Gallimard, (May 6) 1969.
One of 80 copies on vélin pur fil
$720
Romain Gary
The Roots of Heaven
New York, Time Inc., 1964.
Second American edition, partly first edition
$120
André Gide
Préfaces – Rencontres – Eloges
Neuchâtel and Paris, Ides et Calendes, (April and July) 1948.
Copies on China paper, in wrappers, in a Duhayon slipcase
$840
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] Shatan Bogat
Les Têtes de Stéphanie
Paris, Gallimard, (May 3) 1974.
Gary's elaborate hoax: Shatan Bogat
$300
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

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