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• Buy [ROLLS-ROYCE]. THE 20-25 H.P. ROLLS-ROYCE. A luxuriously produced trade catalogue to present the 20-25 HP series offered for sale by Rolls-Royce in 1931.
• Buy CÉLINE, Louis-Ferdinand Voyage au bout de la nuit. First edition of the “Journey to the End of the Night” by Céline
• Buy LE CLÉZIO, J.M.G. L’Extase matérielle. The first edition of "l'Extase matérielle" on large paper.
• Buy MIRBEAU, Octave. Le Journal d’une femme de chambre. First edition of "Journal d'une femme de chambre".
• Buy NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE (Bridge n°1) John A Roebling. Designer... Outstanding panoramic view in colors of New York City
• Buy LARBAUD, Valery. Enfantines. "The bewitching memory of childhood loves".
• Buy [MAP / CHINA]. A Map and History of Peiping. Formerly known as Peking; capital of ... “Perhaps the best known and most iconic pictorial map of Beijing published in the 20th Century”.
• Buy CATALOGUE DE DÉGUISEMENTS POUR LE CARNAVAL CATALOGUE DE DÉGUISEMENTS POUR LE CARNAVAL, offerts à la vente en 1... Catalogue of costumes for the carnival
• Buy MIRO, Joan Joan Miro et l’émancipation définitive de la queue du chat. First edition by Miro illustrated with three etchings
• Buy APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume. Alcools. Poèmes. Unique copy, specially printed for the printer Arrault.
• Buy ELUARD, Paul. Voir. Poèmes Peintures Dessins. "Voir" by Paul Eluard
• Buy RADIGUET, Raymond Le Bal du Comte d’Orgel. The true first edition of the young Radiguet's last novel.
• Buy GIDE, André. Les Faux-Monnayeurs. Roman. The first edition of the Counterfeiters.
• Buy CATALOGUE Automobiles Berliet
• Buy RIVIERE, Pierre-Louis. Poh-Deng. Scènes de la vie siamoise. Illustrations de H. de La Nézi... First edition of Poh Deng by Riviere, sumptuously illustrated by Joseph de la Nézière, and wonderfully bound by Georges Baudin.
• Buy VALERY, Paul La Soirée avec Monsieur Teste. "La Soirée avec Monsieur Teste" by P. Valery
• Buy Album d’échantillons de tissu destiné aux maisons de couture.... Album d’échantillons de tissu destiné aux maisons de couture. / Alb... A catalogue with more than 1500 samples of silk, satin, etc.
• Buy ALBUM D’ECHANTILLONS DE TISSU DESTINE AUX MAISONS DE COUTURE. Very interesting catalogue bringing together more than 860 fabric samples offered to couture houses.
• Buy GERMANY Les cartes à jouer du XIVe au XXe siècle. Packs of cards, art and history
• Buy Les Très Belles Heures de Notre-Dame de Jean, duc de Berry. Nouv. a... The superb reproduction of the Très riches Heures of Notre-Dame by Jean, du Duc de Berry, illustrated with 25 full-page miniatures heightened with gold.
• Buy LEIRIS Miroir de la tauromachie. Avec 3 dessins de André Masson. Original edition of this essential text in the work of Leiris, which has become the classic of bullfighting literature, indispensable for countering the detractors of the corr...
• Buy MUSIL, Robert. L’Homme sans qualités. Rare first French edition of L’Homme sans qualités by Robert Musil.
• Buy HERGE Les Aventures de Tintin. Extremely rare first Chinese edition of The Adventures of Tintin, complete with all 23 albums.
• Buy GRANDS MAGASINS Catalogue de vente des grands magasins du Louvre
• Buy GAMMON SOUVENIR ALBUM OF CHINA including four hundred and fifty original p... Very interesting panorama of China in the early 20th century.
• Buy COCTEAU L’Ange Heurtebise
• Sold LONDON, Jack. The Call of the Wild. First edition of this adventure novel by Jack London which action takes place during the gold rush era.
• Sold HEMINGWAY, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. First edition first issue of Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece.
• Sold VERCORS [Jean Bruller]. Le Silence de la mer. Exceptional copy of the exceedingly rare first edition of Vercors’s literary masterpiece, which would become, at the Liberation, the emblematic text of the intellectual Resistance.
• Sold BOULLE, Pierre La Planète des Singes. Roman. One of the greatest Hollywood successes from French literature.
• Sold TOURNIER, Michel. Le Roi des Aulnes. Rare first edition, of which no large paper copies were printed, of the novel which earned Michel Tournier the Prix Goncourt.
• Sold BLONDIN, Antoine. Un singe en hiver. Roman. First edition of a legendary book, the author’s masterpiece.
• Sold PAGNOL, Marcel Marius. Pièce en quatre actes et six tableaux. Représentée pour la ... Rare first edition of Marius by Marcel Pagnol, printed at 150 copies only.
• Sold WELLS, Herbert-George. La Guerre des Mondes. Edition illustrée par Alvim-Correa. A masterpiece of illustration and a masterpiece of science fiction.
• Sold FRANCE, Anatole. Thaïs. Quinze compositions dont un frontispice en couleurs par Geor... An interesting set of two works by Anatole France finely illustrated by Georges Rochegrosse and Maurice Lalau.
• Sold IONESCO, Eugène (1909-1994). Le Rhinocéros. A first edition copy in perfect condition.
• Sold MARTIN DU GARD, Roger. Confidence africaine. First edition of which 600 numbered copies were printed on chamois laid paper.
• Sold [WALLPAPER CATALOG]. [CATALOGUE DE PAPIERS PEINTS]. Fabrique de Papiers Peints. Very interesting catalog of 234 samples of wallpapers offered for sale at the turn of the 20th century by the Parisian company Barbedienne.
• Sold MARGOWSKI, Alexis. Paris est un livre.
• Sold FRANK Het Achterhuis
• Sold REVUE DE LA BIJOUTERIE, JOAILLERIE, ORFEVRERIE Rare Parisian magazine devoted to jewellery in the early years of the 20th century.
• Sold COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle Sido ou les points cardinaux. "Sido", a moving maternal portrait by Colette
• Sold ALAIN-FOURNIER Le Grand Meaulnes. First edition of the Grand Meaulnes
• Sold Produit Exceptional copy dedicated by Jean Paul Sartre to Simone de Beauvoir
• Sold BENOIT, Pierre L’Atlantide. The legend of the Atlantide on Japanese vellum
• Sold Produit Rare first edition of the first book by Stalin about the question of nationalities
• Sold Produit Precious copy of Topaze by Marcel Pagnol dedicated to another writer
• Sold PASTERNAK Kogda Razguliaetsia (= Quand il fera beau / When the weather clears). Precious collection of poems by Pasternak including "The Nobel Prize"
• Sold Léon Carré LE LIVRE DES MILLE NUITS ET UNE NUIT. Traduction littérale et compl... The Thousand and One Nights illustrated with oriental design on the covers
• Sold BEAUVOIR, Simone de Mémoires d’une jeune fille rangée Simone de Beauvoir's "Mémoires d'une jeune fille rangée"
• Sold RADIGUET, Raymond Recueil de poèmes non publiés Radiguet's poetry
• Sold ALAIN-FOURNIER Le Grand Meaulnes First edition of Le Grand Meaulnes
• Sold ARNOUX 12 Chansons 12 Chansons enfantines by Guy Arnoux
• Sold BLIXEN Out of Africa. Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
• Sold MARCO POLO Le Livre des Merveilles The Book of the Marvels of the World by Marco Polo
• Sold GLEIZES / METZINGER Du cubisme The centennial of the cubist movement
• Sold GAUTIER, Théophile Le Roman de la Momie. Quarante-deux composition originale de Alex. ... "The Romance of the Mummy" by Théophile Gautier, illustrated by Alexandre Lunois
• Sold CAMUS, Albert. L’Etranger. L’édition originale de L’Etranger de Camus conservée brochée telle que parue.
• Sold PROUST A la recherche du temps perdu. "A la recherche du temps perdu" by Marcel Proust
• Sold PAGNOL Rare réunion de trois éditions originales de Marcel Pagnol sur papi... A rare collection of three first editions by Marcel Pagnol on Japanese vellum
• Sold CAZOTTE Le Diable Amoureux Rare and beautiful illustrated edition of Cazotte's "Devil in Love"
• Sold MAETERLINCK / LEPAPE L’Oiseau bleu. Décors et costumes pour l’Oiseau Bleu. "L'Oiseau bleu" wonderfully bound by Georges Baudin
• Sold LEROUX, Gaston Le Fantôme de l’Opéra. First edition of the Phantom of the Opera
• Sold LARBAUD Enfantines. “The charm of childlike loves memory”
• Sold PAGNOL, Marcel Marius. Pièce en quatre actes et six tableaux. Représentée pour la ... Rare first edition, of which only 150 copies were printed, of this famous text by Pagnol.
• Sold BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice Tarzan of the Apes. First edition and first issue of the adventures of Tarzan
• Sold DURAS, Marguerite. L’Amant. Marguerite Duras’s master-piece preserved untrimmed under its original wrappers.
• Sold YOURCENAR, Marguerite. Lettres à ses amis et quelques autres. Leading copy of the first edition of Marguerite Yourcenar’s correspondence.
• Sold BEAUVOIR, Simone de Journal de guerre. Septembre 1939-Janvier 1941. Edition présentée, ... First edition of Simone de Beauvoir’s famous Journal de Guerre.
• Sold Bible de Maciejowski La Bible des Croisades ou Bible de Maciejowski. The superb reproduction of "The Crusader Bible" illustrated with 283 full-page miniatures enhanced with gold.
• Sold KESSEL, Joseph. Le Lion. First edition, limited to 155 numbered copies, of the “most charming” novel of Joseph Kessel.
• Sold BEAUVOIR, Simone de La Force des Choses. Deluxe copy, one of only 35 printed on Holland Van Gelder paper, coming from Pierre-Lucien Martin’s collection who bound it with a superb binding with mosaic patterns.