Contemporary Authors
First editions, inscribed copies, and manuscripts by contemporary authors. Discover our selection of rare books from 20th- and 21st-century literature.
67 works
Pascal Quignard
Trésor caché
Paris, Albin Michel, (December) 2024.Deluxe-paper printing$360
Christophe Labarde
Les Grands Fauves
Paris, Plon, (March) 2021.Deluxe edition with a signed original lithograph$360
Christophe Labarde
Les Grands Fauves
Paris, Plon, (March) 2021.Belmondo's own copy, deluxe issue$720
Michel Houellebecq
Extension du domaine de la lutte
Paris, Maurice Nadeau, (August) 1994.Houellebecq's first novel$3,600
J. M. G. Le Clézio
Le Chercheur d’or
Paris, Gallimard, (February 1) 1985.Deluxe copy on Holland paper$4,200
Amélie Nothomb
L’Impossible Retour
Paris, Albin Michel, (August) 2024.Deluxe issue: 35 copies$360
Michel Houellebecq
Anéantir
Paris, Flammarion, (January) 2022.Mosaic binding by Jean Luc Honegger$6,000
Nicolas Mathieu
Leurs enfants après eux
Paris, Actes Sud, (May) 2018.Signed inscription and original print of the cover photograph$960
Pascal Quignard
Les Ombres errantes [Dernier royaume I]
Paris, Grasset, (September) 2002.Goncourt 2002, with presentation inscription$240
Jean Echenoz
Je m’en vais
Paris, Minuit, (June 22) 1999.First issue, inscribed to Clarac$3,000
Christian Bobin
Le Murmure
Paris, Gallimard, (January) 2024.Deluxe issue of Bobin's last book$480
Romain Puertolas
Re vive l’Empereur !
Paris, Le Dilettante, (July 17) 2015.Deluxe-paper printing$180
Christian Bobin
La Grande Vie
Paris, Gallimard, (January 17) 2014.Deluxe-paper copy$360
Christian Bobin
Un livre inutile
Fata Morgana, [imp. Monti à Cognac], (February 13) 1992.Deluxe issue from Fata Morgana$360
Sylvie Germain
Petites scènes capitales
Paris, Albin Michel, (May) 2013.A rare deluxe-paper copy$144
Didier Van Cauwelaert
La Femme de nos vies
Paris, Albin Michel, (February) 2013.Deluxe-paper printing$180
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Que la blessure se ferme
Paris, Gallimard, (March 5) 2012.The author's poetry collection, deluxe copy$180
Pierre Michon
Rimbaud le fils
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « L'un et l'autre », (October 22) 1991.First edition, inscribed$600
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
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
Sylvie Germain
Brèves de solitude
Paris, Albin Michel, (December) 2020.One of the first lockdown novels$144
Pascal Quignard
L’Enfant d’Ingolstadt
Paris, Grasset, (July) 2018.Volume X of Le Dernier Royaume, deluxe issue$480
Charles Dantzig
Chambord-des-songes
Paris, Flammarion, (February) 2019.Deluxe-paper copy of this collection of political texts$240
Jean-Christophe Rufin
Les sept mariages d’Edgar et Ludmilla
Paris, Gallimard, (February) 2019.Deluxe-paper copy$180
Pascal Quignard
Sur le jadis
Paris, Grasset, (August) 2002.Volume II of Dernier Royaume, deluxe copy$600
J. M. G. Le Clézio
La Fièvre
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Le Chemin », (February 18) 1965.Le Clézio's second published book, appearing two years after Le Procès-verbal, La Fièvre is a collection of short stories about small, passing moments of madness, drawn from “familiar experience.” Still gripped by the anguish of city life, Le Clézio writes in a register of near-physical rage: pain, toothache, fatigue and sleeplessness run throughout La Fièvre,…$720
Philippe Forest
L’Oubli
Paris, Gallimard, (December) 2017.Deluxe-paper copy$144
Didier Van Cauwelaert
Le Retour de Jules
Paris, Albin Michel, (April) 2017.Deluxe-paper printing$120
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