Wars
Rare books and documents related to war: the Great War, the Second World War, testimonies by soldier-writers. First editions and manuscripts.
74 works
Marc Leclerc
La Passion de notre frère le poilu
Paris, Ferroud, (October 20) 1917.On Japan paper, with suite and watercolor$840
Henry Malherbe
La Flamme au poing
Paris, Albin Michel, 1917.Prix Goncourt 1917$120
Adrien Bertrand
L’Appel du sol
S.l., 1916.Complete autograph manuscript of a landmark Goncourt novel$9,600
[Georges Duhamel] Denis Thévenin
Civilisation
Paris, Mercure de France, (April 5) 1918.Rare first printing in a contemporary binding$180
Georges Duhamel
Civilisation
Paris, Les Arts et le Livre, coll. « Les prix littéraires », (April 16) 1927.First illustrated edition. Genevoix copy$120
Henri Barbusse
Le Feu
Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1916.First edition, as published$240
Henry Malherbe
La Flamme au poing
Paris, Albin Michel, (August 31) 1945.Inscribed to Pierre Descaves$120
René Benjamin
Gaspard
Paris, Arthème Fayard, [1915].Goncourt 1915, inscribed copy$240
Henri Barbusse
Le Feu
Paris, Ernest Flammarion, (December) 1916.Barbusse's Le Feu: Maurice Genevoix's copy$960
Henri Barbusse
Le Feu
Paris, Flammarion, (December) 1916.Special “Les XX” printing, signed by the author: no. 1$4,800
Georges Bernanos
Lettre aux Anglais
Rio de Janeiro, Atlantica Editora, (February) 1942.Réimposé copy signed by Bernanos$600
Jules Romains
L’Armée dans la ville
Paris, Mercure de France, (May 30) 1911.Deluxe copy on Holland paper, inscribed$480
Pierre Loti
La Hyène enragée
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, coll. « Bibliothèque contemporaine », [1916].Signed presentation copy in a fine contemporary binding$1,440
Charles de Gaulle
Mémoires de guerre
Paris, Plon, (October 5) 1954, (May 29) 1956, (September 25) 1959.Signed presentation inscription$4,800
Francis Carco
Les Innocents
Paris, La Renaissance du Livre, 1916.Presentation inscription with autograph note$180
René Char
Feuillets d’Hypnos
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Espoir », (April 20) 1946.Marcel Grillet's copy, inscribed$2,160
René Char
Feuillets d’Hypnos
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Espoir », (April 20) 1946.Out of the silence...$1,200
Raymond Guerin
Retour de Barbarie
Bordeaux, Finitude, (July) 2005.Deluxe issue on colored paper$240
Simone de Beauvoir & Gisèle Halimi
Djamila Boupacha
Paris, Gallimard, (January 23) 1962.Deluxe copy of a pivotal text$960
Romain Gary
Éducation européenne
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, (June) 1945.Gary's first book, deluxe copy$2,400
Jean Cassou
Trente-trois sonnets composés au secret
Paris, Mercure de France, (May 10) 1962.War sonnets: the François Mitterrand copy$3,600
Paul Éluard
Au rendez-vous allemand
followed by “Poésie et liberté 42.” Paris, Éditions de Minuit, (April 7) 1945.Liberté on blue paper, for Humphrey Jennings$1,200
Marc Leclerc
La Passion de notre frère le poilu
Paris, Ferroud, (October 20) 1917.A tribute to the poilus, on Japan paper$600
Maurice Genevoix
Sous Verdun
Paris, Librairie Hachette, 1916.First printing, with a soldier's portrait drawing$300
[Maurice Larrouy] Y.
L’Odyssée d’un transport torpillé
Paris, Librairie Payot, 1917.Femina 1917, early Pierre-Lucien Martin binding$360
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle
Mesure de la France
Paris, Grasset, (November 10) 1922.Genevoix's copy$96
Francis Carco
Les Innocents
Paris, La Renaissance du Livre, 1916.Presentation copy with autograph note$180
René Benjamin
Gaspard
Paris, Arthème Fayard, 1915.Signed special printing for “Les XX”$1,200
Jean Cocteau & Paul Iribe
Le Mot
Paris, aux bureaux de la revue, imp. Crété, 1914 et 1915.Complete run: Poulenc's copy, inscribed$3,000
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Album de photographies
[circa 1914-1917].From the Alsatian border to the Pas-de-Calais, via the Marne$600
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