11. La Varende, Jean de.

La Dernière Fête.

Paris, Flammarion, 1953. 13,5 cm x 19 cm. 382 pages. Original Hardcover. Half leather binding with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine in protective Mylar. Inscribed and signed by Jean de la Varende on half title / Avec dedicace de l’auteur: “Pour Gerard Argenton, amicalmend – La Varende”. No. 14 / 20 exemplaires sur papier fil d’Arches. Exlibris / Bookplate of Baron de Mélogue. Top edge gilt. Excellent condition !

12. Ladurie, Le Roy Emmanuel.

Carnival in Romans.

First Edition. New York, George Braziller, Inc., 1979. 16 x 23.5 cm. xvi, 426 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition.

13. [Macdonald, Étienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre] / [1st Duke of TarantoMacdonald, Maréchal].

Souvenirs. Avec une Introduction par M. Camille Rousset.

Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1892. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 415 Pages. Couverture originale rigide avec reliure en tissu. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Traces de jaunissement sur les pages. Reliure extérieure abîmée.

14. Purcell, Mary.

The World of Monsieur Vincent: The Life of St. Vincent de Paul.

Reprint of 1963 edition. Dublin, Veritas, 1989. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 252 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner.

15. Sartre, Jean-Paul.

Les jeux sont faits. [Superb Exemplaire]

Paris, Nagel, 1947. 8°. 193 ages. Broché / Softcover. Premiére Edition. Tres bon etat / First edition of this book written by Sartre in 1943 but unpublished until after the war. The story of Pierre and Eve, a couple who meet after their death only to be returned to live, could be deemed to be an existential “Heaven Can Wait,” though it is unlikely that Sartre could have seen the Lubitsch film (1943) in occupied Paris. One of 500 numbered copies on vélin pur fil des papeteries navarre, this one being No. 306. Uncut, near fine.

16. Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh.

Kings on the Catwalk: The Louis Vuitton and Moet-Hennessy Affair.

London, Chapmans, 1992. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. 275 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. Villatte, Prof. Dr. Cesaire.

Parisismen – Alphabetisch Geordnete Sammlung der Eigenartigen Ausdrucksweisen des Pariser Argot. Ein Supplement zu allen Französisch-Deutschen Wörterbüchern.

Berlin, Langenscheidtsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, 1884. 20.3cm x 13.5cm. X, 237 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful half-leather with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear to the binding.