Poetry
Rare poetry books : first editions, manuscripts and inscribed copies. From Baudelaire all the way to surrealists, a selection pleasing bibliophiles and verse lovers.
73 works
René Char
Les Matinaux
Paris, Gallimard, (20 janvier) 1950.The ultimate copy$24,000
Paul Eluard & Marc Chagall
Le dur désir de durer
Paris, Editions Bordas, (January 19) 1950.With the loose color plate and its printed glassine$360
René Char
Art bref
Paris, GLM, (February) 1950.Broder's copy, inscribed$360
René Char
Lettera amorosa
Paris, Gallimard, (January 21) 1953.To Georges Hugnet$240
Jean Lorrain
Les Griseries
Paris, Tresse & Stock, 1887.One of 10 deluxe copies on Hollande$720
René Char
En trente-trois morceaux
Paris, G.L.M., 1956.With the etching, signed inscription$1,440
René Char
Fureur et Mystère
Paris, Gallimard, (September 14) 1948.Char's central collection$7,200
Guillaume Apollinaire
Chantre
Paris, Éditions du Capricorne, (December 31) 2003.One of only 10 copies$360
René Char
Le Chien de coeur
Paris, GLM, (January) 1969.Hors commerce copy on colored paper$960
Paul Eluard & Marc Chagall
Le dur désir de durer
Paris, Éditions Bordas, (January 19) 1950.Signed inscription, with the color plate$840
Louis Aragon
Traité du style
Paris, Librairie Gallimard, April 28, 1928.Aragon’s surrealist manifesto, inscribed to Éluard.$30,000
Gaston Criel
Gris
Paris, La Hune, (September 3) 1938.The author's first book, inscribed$120
Victor Hugo
Châtiments
Bruxelles, Henri Samuel et Cie, éditeurs, [November] 1853.Stirling copy, with proof no. 1 of Hugo's smallest engraved portrait$9,000
Louis Aragon
Persécuté persécuteur
Paris, Les Éditions surréalistes, (October 25) 1931.Front rouge on green paper$600
Michel Houellebecq
Le Sens du combat
Paris, Flammarion, (March) 1996.Inscribed, with a signed photographic portrait$2,400
René Char
Dehors la nuit est gouvernée
Paris, GLM, (December) 1971.Deluxe green paper copy, inscribed$720
René Char
Le Marteau sans maître
Paris, Corti, (January 25) 1954.The author's copy with autograph corrections$1,440
René Char
Le Marteau sans maître
Paris, Corti, (September 15) 1963.“my Busclats copy”$1,800
Georges Hugnet
Onan
Paris, José Corti, (June 10) 1934.Signed presentation copy to his father$720
René Char
Artine
Paris, Éditions Surréalistes, chez José Corti, (November 25) 1930, and chez l'auteur, [1933].A reconstituted Artine, with an unpublished passage$6,000
René Char
L’action de la justice est éteinte
Paris, Éditions Surréalistes, (July 30) 1931.René Char's own copy, with a letter from Joë Bousquet$3,600
René Char
Le Marteau sans maître
Paris, Librairie José Corti, (August 10) 1945.Char's own copy, on vélin du Marais$960
André Breton, René Char & Paul Éluard
Ralentir Travaux
Paris, Editions Surréalistes, (April 20) 1930.Copy on aqua-green paper$4,800
Guillaume Apollinaire
Alcools
Paris, Mercure de France, April 20, 1913.Leroux's Cubist binding for Apollinaire$21,600
Gaston Couté
La Chanson d’un gas qu’a mal tourné
Paris, Eugène Rey, (May) 1928.With an original gouache$960
Jean Cocteau
Le Prince frivole
Paris, Mercure de France, (May 25) 1910.Cocteau to his aunt and family protector$600
René Char
Feuillets d’Hypnos
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Espoir », (April 20) 1946.Marcel Grillet's copy, inscribed$2,160
Federico Garcìa Lorca & Pablo Neruda
Le Poète à New-York
Paris, GLM, (March) 1948.One of 25 copies signed by GLM$360
René Char
Feuillets d’Hypnos
Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Espoir », (April 20) 1946.Out of the silence...$1,200
René Char
Arsenal
Nîmes, de la main à la main, (February 5) 1930.Arsenal: lighting the powder keg of poetry$4,800
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