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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

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) 1964.
First edition, one of 45 copies on Hollande vellum
$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
Paul Éluard
L’Amour la poésie
Paris, Gallimard, (March 19) 1929.
Éluard's copy for Drieu la Rochelle
$1,800
[Robert Pierre Velter] Bozz
[Laurel et Hardy]
[New York or Paris, circa 1933].
Rob-Vel, whose real name was Robert Pierre Velter, was a French comic artist, celebrated for having created the character Spirou: a mischievous, resourceful youngster, red-haired like a squirrel, a nod to the double meaning of the familiar Belgian word. After the ban on publication that struck the Journal de Spirou in 1943, Rob-Vel decided to…
$480
Pascal Jardin
Guerre après guerre
Paris, Grasset, (May 4) 1973.
One of 20 deluxe copies
$240
Pascal Jardin
Toupie la rage
Paris, Grasset, (March 6) 1972.
Deluxe issue
$180
Robert Frison-Roche
La Piste oubliée
Grenoble et Paris, Arthaud, (May 10) 1951.
From Alpine ice to Hoggar sand
$144
[Romain Gary] Émile Ajar
Pseudo
Paris, Mercure de France, (November 15) 1976.
One of the first 65 copies on Arches laid paper
$2,400
Paul Eluard & Jean-Pierre Jouffroy
Au rendez-vous allemand
Paris, Camino Verde, 1999.
One of 115 copies on Arches paper
$960
Jean Echenoz
Le Méridien de Greenwich
Paris, Minuit, (February 26) 1979.
The author's first book, deluxe copy
$4,200
Marguerite Yourcenar
L’OEuvre au noir
Paris, Gallimard, April 26, 1968.
Copy on pur fil paper
$3,600
Luc Dietrich
Le Bonheur des tristes
Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1935.
One of the first 10 copies on Arches laid paper
$3,600
Colette
Mitsou ou comment l’esprit vient aux filles
Paris, Fayard, 1919.
First edition, Descamps-Scrive copy, bound by Marius Michel
$1,440
J.-M.-G. Le Clézio
Le Chercheur d’or
Paris, Gallimard, (February 1) 1985.
Deluxe copy on Holland paper
$2,400
J. M. G. Le Clézio
Histoire du pied
Paris, Gallimard, (October 11) 2011.
Deluxe-paper issue of this story collection
$480
Paul Claudel
L’Oiseau noir dans le soleil levant.
Paris, Éditions Excelsior, (October 15) 1927.
Copy on Japanese paper, with 20 etchings by Foujita, bound by Thérèse Moncey
$12,000
Octave Mirbeau
Le Journal d’une femme de chambre
Paris, Fasquelle, 1900.
One of the first 20 réimposé copies on China paper, bound by Marius Michel
$8,400
Gustave Flaubert
Mémoires d’un fou
Paris, Floury, 1901.
First edition, copy on red paper
$4,800
Roger Peyrefitte
Les Clés de Saint Pierre
Paris, Flammarion, (April) 1955.
Deluxe copy on Arches paper
$240

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