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Renard (jules) - The Philippes. Preceded By Fatherland!. Pelletan, 1907, Illustrated By Paul Colin.

RENARD (Jules) - The Philippes. Preceded by Fatherland!. Paris, Pelletan, 1907; in-8, 139 pp., paperback, folded cover. Numbered copy. Illustrated with 101 original woodblocks by Paul Colin. At the en[...]

Period: 20th century

100 €
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Rabelais - Rabelais, His Life, His Work. Union Latine, 1953, Illustrated By Jeanjean.

RABELAIS (François) - Rabelais, his life, his work: Volume I: Gargantua - Volume II: Pantagruel - Volume III: the Third Book - Volume IV: the Fourth Book - Volume V: the Fifth Book. Paris, Latin Union[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €

Raabe (juliette) - Puzzles. Paris, éditions Pierre Horay, 1967. Model By Robert Hanès.

RAABE (Juliette) - Puzzles. Paris, Editions Pierre Horay, 1967; in-4, 238 pp., in a small binder covered with wooden puzzles forming the title of the work, with slipcase, contains a metal and wood obj[...]

Period: 20th century

150 €
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Puget - Provincial Evenings. A Mansion. Southern Silhouettes. Mr Pequignot. 1914.

PUGET (Jean) - Provincial evenings. A mansion. Southern silhouettes. M. Pequignot, annuitant. Decadences. Paris, Eugene Rey, 1914; in-8, 107 pp., paperback, folded cover. One of the copies on vellum p[...]

Period: 20th century

80 €
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Pierre-quint - Marcel Proust. His Life, His Work. Editions Du Sagittaire, 1925. Large Paper.

PIERRE-QUINT (Leon) - Marcel Proust. His life, his work. Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1925; in-8, 304 pp., paperback, folded cover. Numbered copy with large margins, first edition. Fronti[...]

Period: 20th century

80 €
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Ovide - The Art Of Loving. Book Club, 1962, Illustrated By Pierre-yves Trémois.

OVIDE - The art of loving. Paris, Book Club, 1962; in-4, 229 pp., publisher's binding in full red morocco, spine with 4 raised bands, front cover adorned with stamped and gilt decoration, gilt head an[...]

Period: 20th century

430 €
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Richaud - The Creation Of The World. Nancy, Beaux Livres Grands Amis, 1970, Illustrated By Nevjestic.

[NEVJESTIC] - RICHAUD (André de) - The creation of the world. Nancy, Fine Books Great Friends, 1970; in-4, 138 pp., publisher's binding, slipcase. One of 254 numbered copies on Rives vellum. Illustrat[...]

Period: 20th century

300 €
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Redier (antoine) - The Women's War. La Revue Française, 1926, Illustrated By Naudin.

[NAUDIN] - REDIER (Antoine) - The women's war. Paris, The French Review, 1926; in-4, IV-271 pp., paperback, folded cover. Definitive edition decorated with compositions by Bernard Naudin and vignettes[...]

Period: 20th century

80 €
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Michaux (henri) - Peace In Brokenness. Flinker, 1959, Illustrated By The Author.

MICHAUX (Henri) - Peace in brokenness. Paris, Flinker, 1959; in-4 oblong, 47 pp., paperback, cover by raHenri Michaux (Namur, May 24, 1899 - Paris, October 19, 1984) is a writer, poet and painter of B[...]

Period: 20th century

150 €
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Merlin-foucquet - Masks On The Table. Detective Poem Written And Illustrated By The Author. 1945.

MERLIN-FOUCQUET - Masks on the table. Detective poem written and illustrated by the author. Porrentruy, At the Gates of France, 1945; in-4, 45 pp., paperback. Original edition. One of 480 numbered cop[...]

Period: 20th century

60 €
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Mavromichalis (constantine) - Lancelot. At The Portes De France, 1943, Numbered Copy.

MAVROMICHALIS (Constantine) - Lancelot. Porrentruy, At the Gates of France, 1943; in-4, 39 pp., paperback, folded cover. One of 415 numbered copies on voluminous thin vellum.

Period: 20th century

60 €
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Maurois (andré) - Climates. Deux-rives, 1949, Illustrated By Touchagues.

MAUROIS (André) - Climates. Paris, Deux-Rives, 1949; in-4, 330 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover, casing (casing to be restored). One of the numbered copies on large Marais vellum. With color lit[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €
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Richelieu

Collection of historical albums large format in-4° illustrated with watercolors in chromotypogravure. Richelieu, text by Théodore Cahu, watercolors by Maurice Leloir. Paris old Furne bookshop. Cattle [...]

Period: 20th century

500 €

The Sun King

Gustave Toudouze, Le Roy Soleil, color compositions by Maurice Leloir. Paris former bookstore Furne Boivins and companies 5 rue Palatine. Completed printing November 20, 1908. Golden edge

Period: 20th century

500 €

Ronsard (pierre De) - Loves. Les Heures Claires, 1957, Illustrated By Marty.

[MARTY] - RONSARD (Pierre de) - Loves. The loves of Mary. Cassandra's Loves. Sonnets for Helen. Paris, Les Heures Claires, 1957; in-5, 174, 174, 174 pp., paperbacks in sheets under folded folders and [...]

Period: 20th century

450 €
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Gasch (sebastia) - Barcelona. Appearance And Customs Of Catalonia. 1941, Illustrated By Marti-bas

[MARTI-BAS] - GASCH (Sebastia) - Barcelona. Appearance and customs of Catalonia. Paris, Guy Le Prat, 1941; folio, 32 pp. + 10 plates, publisher's cardboard folder, canvas back, laces, printed plates. [...]

Period: 20th century

320 €
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Tharaud (jean) - Three Letters From The Writer Jean Tharaud, Handwritten, Circa 1920.

[MANUSCRIPT] - THARAUD (Jean) - Three letters from the writer Jean Tharaud concerning the publication of an article in the newspaper Le Soleil. sl, At the author's house, circa 1920; (210/400 mm), 3 p[...]

Period: 20th century

80 €
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Maeterlinck (mauritius) - Death. Paris, Bibliothèque-charpentier, 1913. First Edition.

MAETERLINCK (Mauritius) - Death. Paris, Library-Charpentier, 1913; in-8, 273 pp., paperback. One of 100 numbered copies on Dutch vellum, with wide margins. Original edition. Death is a philosophical e[...]

Period: 20th century

500 €
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Lamartine - Memoirs (1790-1815). Bibliophiles Comtois, 1933, Illustrated By Madrassi.

[MADRASSI] - LAMARTINE (Alphonse de) - Memoirs (1790-1815). sl, Les Bibliophiles Comtois, 1933; in-4, 259 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover, casing for the work and laced folder for the double su[...]

Period: 20th century

750 €
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Montherlant (henry De) - The Young Girls. Govone, 1938, Illustrated By Mariette Lydis.

[LYDIS] - MONTHERLANT (Henry de) - Young Girls. Paris, G. Govone, 1938; in-4, 189 pp., paperback in sheet, folded cover, slipcase. One of 382 numbered copies on Rives vellum. With illustrations in col[...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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Boccace - Tales. Paris, Le Vasseur Et Cie, 1935, Illustrated By Mariette Lydis.

[LYDIS] - BOCCACE - Tales. Paris, Le Vasseur and Co., 1935; in-4, 218, 199, 186 pp. followed by 14 free plates with the table of their location in the book, full black morocco bindings (oddly unsigned[...]

Period: 20th century

650 €
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Lorrain - Monsieur De Bougrelon. Henri Jonquières, 1928, Illustrated By A. Brodovich.

LORRAIN (Jean) - Monsieur de Bougrelon. Paris, Henri Jonquières, Les Beaux Romans, 1928; in-8, 174 pp., paperback, folded cover. Numbered copy on Rives vellum, illustrated with woodcuts by A. Brodovit[...]

Period: 20th century

60 €
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Verlaine - At The Same Time. Haasen, Circa 1930, Illustrated By Lobel-riche, Art-deco Binding.

[LOBEL-RICHE] - VERLAINE (Paul) - At the same time. sl, Haasen Printing, around 1930; folio, 103 pp., binding signed Et. Jean full blue morocco, decorated smooth spine, covers adorned with art-deco de[...]

Period: 20th century

3 500 €
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Louÿs (pierre) - Sanguines. Paris, Dominique Wapler, 1945, Illustrated By Lobel-riche.

[LOBEL-RICHE] - LOUŸS (Pierre) - Sanguines. Paris, Dominique Wapler, 1945; in-4, 134 pp., paperback, folded cover, slipcase. One of 300 numbered copies on BFK de Rives paper. Illustrated with 20 drypo[...]

Period: 20th century

320 €
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Chevrillon - A Twilight Of Islam. Is At The Artist's, 1930, Illustrated By Lobel-riche.

[LOBEL-RICHE] - CHEVRILLON (André) - A twilight of Islam. Paris, At the Artist's, 1930; folio, 235 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover, slipcase. Numbered copy (375 copies in all). 36 etchings by L[...]

Period: 20th century

800 €
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Cervantes - The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote. Les Heures Claires, Illustrated By Lemarié.

[LEMARIÉ] - CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de) - The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha. Paris, Éditions d'Art les Heures Claires, 1960; in-4, 221, 216, 222 and 229 pp., paperbacks in sheets, fold[...]

Period: 20th century

1 500 €
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Leclerc- The Passion Of Our Hairy Brother. A. Ferroud, 1917, Illustrated By Lebègue.

[LEBÈGUE] - LECLERC (Marc) - The passion of our hairy brother. Paris, Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud - F. Ferroud, 1917; in-8, double fold-out frontispiece, 20 pp., paperback, folded cover. Illust[...]

Period: 20th century

180 €
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Jouve - Tomb Of Baudelaire. Seuil, 1958, Copy Of The Press Service With A Dispatch.

JOUVE (Pierre-Jean) - Tomb of Baudelaire. Paris, Threshold, 1958; in-8, 179 pp., paperback, completely uncut. Copy on press service with a shipment from the author to Jacques Madaule.

Period: 20th century

60 €
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Jouhandeau (marcel) - Greatness. Paris, Grasset, 1952, Original Edition.

JOUHANDEAU (Marcel) - Greatness. Paris, Grasset, 1952; in-12, 151 pp., paperback, folded cover.25 First edition. Numbered copy on esparto foam.

Period: 20th century

55 €
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John XXIii - Pacem In Terris. And Mater Et Magistra. Book Club, Illustrated By Jansen.

JOHN XXIII - Pacem in terris. Preceded by Mater et magistra. Paris, Book Club, 1973; folio, 189 pp., full blue morocco binding, covers adorned with an embossed geometric pattern, smooth embossed spine[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €
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Arnoux - The Legend Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table. Piazza. Dezé Binding.

[ILLUSTRATED BY RACKHAM IN AN INCISED BINDING SIGNED BY LÉON DÉZÉ] - ARNOUX (Alexander) - The legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Paris, H. Piazza, 1920; folio, 112 pp., full bot[...]

Period: 20th century

2 500 €
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Lenin Complete Works

LENIN complete works in French, complete with 47 volumes. published by the Communist Party in the 1970s

Period: 20th century

540 €

Parrot (louis) - Black Straw From The Stables. Robert Laffont, 1945, Illustrated By Valentine Hugo.

[HUGO] - PARROT (Louis) - Black straw from the stables. Paris, Robert Laffont, 1945; in-4, 85 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover (cover in fair condition). Numbered copy on Rives white vellum. Ill[...]

Period: 20th century

55 €
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Balzac - Colonel Chabert. Georges Briffaut, 1929, Illustrated By Hertenberger.

[HERTENBERGER] - BALZAC (Honoré de) - Colonel Chabert. Paris, The Book of the Bibliophile, Georges Briffaut, 1929; in-4, 114 pp., paperback, folded cover. Edition illustrated with 10 original etchings[...]

Period: 20th century

160 €
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Baudelaire - Ten Little Prose Poems. The Little Wooden Horse, 1944. Illustrated By Grau-sala.

[GRAU-SALA] - BAUDELAIRE (Charles) - Ten little prose poems. Paris, The little wooden horse, 1944; in-4, 65 pp., paperback, cover folded in slipcase and publisher's cardboard illustrated with a paper [...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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Navarre (marguerite De) - The Heptameron. Editions Du Naniyan, 1970, Illustrated By Jean Gradassi.

[GRADASSI] - NAVARRE (Marguerite de) - The Heptameron. Boulouris, Editions du Naniyan, 1970; in-4, 228 + 195 pp., paperbacks in folded folders and slipcases. The 2 volumes. One of 500 numbered copies [...]

Period: 20th century

470 €
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Gorki (maxime) - Memories Of My Literary Life. Editions Du Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1923.

GORKI (Maxime) - Memories of my literary life. Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1923; in-8, 285 pp., paperback. Collection of the European magazine. Translated from Russian by Michel Dumesnil[...]

Period: 20th century

55 €
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Giraudoux (jean) - Anne At Simon's. Editions émile-paul Frères, 1926, Illustrated By Daragnès.

GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - Anne at Simon's. Paris, Editions Émile-Paul Frères, 1926; in-4, about 30 pp., paperback, folded cover. One of 300 numbered copies on Arches vellum. With vignettes engraved in intagl[...]

Period: 20th century

120 €
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Gide (andré) - Committed Literature. Gallimard, 1950, Cardboard Paul Bonet.

GIDE (André) - Committed literature. Paris, Gallimard, 1950; in-12, 361 pp., publisher's cardboard from the model of Paul Bonet. Numbered copy. Texts collected and presented by Yvonne Davet. Beautiful[...]

Period: 20th century

55 €
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Gide - Stories, Novels, Soties. Gallimard, 1948 Hardcovers By Paul Bonet.

GIDE (André) - Stories, novels, soties. Paris, Gallimard, 1948; in-4, 603 + 604 pp., publisher's paperboards executed from the model of Paul Bonet, smooth spines. The 2 volumes. Numbered copy. Illustr[...]

Period: 20th century

80 €
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Constant (benjamin) - Cécile. Les Bibliophiles Comtois, 1964, Illustrated By Gantner.

[GANTNER] - CONSTANT (Benjamin) - Cécile. sl, Les Bibliophiles Comtois, 1964; in-4, 144 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover, slipcase. One of 160 numbered copies on white Rives vellum. Text present[...]

Period: 20th century

450 €
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Gaberel - Tomb For A Medieval Love. At The Gates Of France, 1944, Original Edition.

GABEREL (Henri) - Tomb for a medieval love. Porrentruy, At the Gates of France, 1944; in-4, 24 pp., paperback, folded cover. Original edition. One of 500 numbered copies on thick thin vellum.

Period: 20th century

60 €
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[fini] - Réage (pauline) - Story Of O. Paris, The Precious Book Circle, 1962.

[FINI] - RÉAGE (Pauline) - Story of O. Paris, The Precious Book Circle, 1962; folio, 184 pp., paperback, in sheets, folded cover, slipcase covered with fabric. Copy number 61/350 on pure rag Arches ve[...]

Period: 20th century

850 €
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Colette “trois-six-neuf” / Drawings By Dignimont

One volume In-8 (24 X 18.7 cm Paperback Edition: Corréa - Paris - 1945 Limited edition of 3,000 copies on Bamboo Paper This one: N° 107 Illustrations in black by Dignimont including eight ful[...]

Period: 20th century

70 €
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Descartes - Discourse On Method. Paris, Book Club, 1976. Illustrated By Rohner.

DESCARTES - Discourse on method. Paris, Book Club, 1976; in-4, 183 pp., publisher's binding in full brown box calf after a model by Jean Larcher, stamped smooth spine, covers adorned with geometric de[...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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Denon (alive) - No Tomorrow., émile Chamotin Editions, 1942, Illustrated By Ciry.

DENON (Alive) - No tomorrow. Paris, Émile Chamotin Editions, 1942; in-8, 50 pp., paperback, folded cover. Copy number 56/110 on pure Auvergne rag paper by hand from the Richard de Bas mill, from the d[...]

Period: 20th century

200 €
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Delteil - The Hairy Epic. Published By éditions Du Loup, 1926, Illustrated By Oberlé.

DELTEIL (Joseph) - The hairy epic. Paris, Editions du Loup, 1926; in-4, 188 pp., paperback, thick blotting paper cover, pasted label on the front cover. One of 358 numbered copies on vellum in the for[...]

Period: 20th century

150 €
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CYRANO DE BERGERAC - Voyage dans la lune. Club du livre, 1971. Illustré par COUTAUD.

CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Savien de) - Journey to the moon. Paris, Book Club, 1971; in-4, 203 pp., publisher's binding in full blue morocco after a model by Henri Mercher, smooth stamped spine, covers decor[...]

Period: 20th century

300 €
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Aesope - The Fables Of Aesop Phrygian. At The Secretary's Emblem, 1951. Illustrated By Collot.

[COLLOT] - AESOP - The fables of Aesop Phrygian. Paris, At the Secretary's Emblem, 1951; folio, 89 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover, slipcase. One of 170 copies on Arches vellum in the form incl[...]

Period: 20th century

350 €
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Collectif - The Modern Engraving Portfolio. Around 1940.

COLLECTIF - The portfolio of modern engraving. sl, se, circa 1940; folio, 10 plates under marie-louise, in a lace-up folder. Copy no. 16/100. André Collot - Gargantua, Dubreuil - Sarah-la-Baigneuse. D[...]

Period: 20th century

450 €
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Claudel (paul) - The Announcement Made To Mary. Book Club, 1964. Illustrated By Michel Ciry.

CLAUDEL (Paul) - The announcement made to Mary. Paris, Book Club, 1964; in-4, 196 pp., publisher's binding in full black morocco after the model by Michel Kieffer, spine with 4 bands, covers adorned w[...]

Period: 20th century

300 €
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The Thousand And One Nights. Union Latine d'édition, 1964. Illustrated By Chapelain-midy.

[CHAPELAIN-MIDY] - CONDUCTED BY MAURICE ROBERT - One thousand and one nights. Paris, Union Latine d'Édition, 1964; in-4, XII-296, 319, 324, 340, 296, 261, 259, 305 pp., publisher's bindings in full bl[...]

Period: 20th century

250 €
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La Fontaine - Ten Fables By Jean De La Fontaine. The Mermaid, 1921. Illustrated By Louis Bouquet.

[BOUQUET] - LA FONTAINE (Jean de) - Ten fables by Jean de la Fontaine. Paris, The Mermaid, 1921; in-4 oblong, about 100 pp., paperback, restored spine, provide a binding. One of 390 copies on Rives ve[...]

Period: 20th century

380 €
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Rthur Rimbaud - "poems" - Engravings: Michel Jamar

Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) - “Poêmes” Engravings: Michel Jamar (1911-1997) 1 volume in-Folio (27 X 34.5 cm) uncovered Editions de France - 1960 First in the “Joyaux de typography » Limited e[...]

Period: 20th century

240 €
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Vollard (ambroise) - Saint Monica. Amboise Vollard, 1930. Illustrated By Pierre Bonnard.

[BONNARD] - VOLLARD (Ambroise) - Saint Monica. Paris, Amboise Vollard, 1930; folio, 235 pp + suite of unused woodcuts, paperback. Copy printed in 375 numbered copies. Copy N° X of the off-trade on Arc[...]

Period: 20th century

1 200 €
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Bonaparte - Edgar Poe, Psychoanalytic Study. Denoël And Steele, 1933. Sent By The Author.

113 BONAPARTE (Marie) - Edgar Poe, psychoanalytical study. Paris, Denoel and Steele, 1933; in-4, XI-922 pp., paperbacks. The 2 volumes. 350 € From the "Psychoanalytical Library" collection. Foreword b[...]

Period: 20th century

350 €
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Blanche (jacques-émile) - The Blood Pressure Bracelet. With Editions Du Sagittaire, 1926.

BLANCHE (Jacques-Émile) - The blood pressure bracelet. Paris, Editions du Sagittaire, Simon Kra, 1926; in-12, 182 pp., paperback, folded cover. Numbered copy on Rives vellum. Sent by the author to Jea[...]

Period: 20th century

55 €
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Bettems (anne) - The Man Who Wanted A Transparent Woman. At The Shared Mirrors, 1955.

BETTEMS (Anne) - The man who wanted a transparent woman. Lausanne, Shared Mirrors, 1955; in-4, 19 pages, paperback, in sheets, cover with flaps. One of 500 numbered copies, first edition.

Period: 20th century

60 €
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Bataille - The Practice Of Joy In The Face Of Death. Mercure De France, 1967. First Edition.

BATAILLE (Georges) - The practice of joy in the face of death. Paris, Mercure de France, 1967; in-8, 51 pp., paperback, folded cover. First edition, numbered copy. Text established by Bernard Noël.

Period: 20th century

55 €
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Anthology - The Poets Of Travel. Book Club, 1991, Illustrated By Michel Estèbe.

ANTHOLOGY - The poets of travel. Paris, Book Club, 1991; in-4, 93 pp., paperback in sheets, folded cover, full navy blue cloth slipcase. One of the 250 numbered copies on Rives with original engraving[...]

Period: 20th century

350 €
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