21. Hala, Patrick.

Solesmes, les écrivains et les poètes (1833-1954).

Solesmes, Éditions de Solesmes, 2011. Gr.-8°. VII, 525 pages with many photographs of french writers. Softcover / Broché. Très bon état.

22. Le Clézio, Jean Marie Gustave.

The Book of Flights – An Adventure Story. (Translation of Le Livre des Fuites) Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.

New York, Atheneum, 1972. 8°. 319 pages. Original cloth with dustjacket in very good plus (rather better) condition. Rare FIRST American Edition. The jacket with few flaws but complete. The volume itself only with very few signs of use (a little bit of foxing to the edge). Slightly crooked but overall a wonderful collectible.

23. [Levin, Harry] Hindus, Milton.

The Pattern of Proustian Love.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Quarterly, 1951. 8°. 16 pages. Softcover. Stapled offprint from “New Mexico Quarterly” – 1951. Inscribed / Signed by Hindus: “For Professor (Harry) Levin, Cordially – Milton Hindus”

24. Lobet, Marcel.

La ceinture de feuillage. Essai sur la confession deguisee

[Paris], La Renaissance du Livre, 1966. Octavo. 212 pages. Reliure originale / Broche. First edition of this interesting study of the confessional genre in French literature, starting with Benjamin Constant and Chateaubriand, and moving through Valery Larbaud’s “Barnabooth.” Inscribed by the author to Madame Rene Jasinski, “A Madame Rene Jasinski, dont la curiosite intellectuelle retrouvera dans ces pages anciennes un Benjamin Constant ‘a fleur de peau’, avec mes fideles hommages, Marcel Lobet.”

25. Lobet, Marcel.

Le feu du ciel. Introduction a la litterature prometheene.

[Paris], La Renaissance du Livre, 1969. Octavo. 170 pages. Reliure originale / Broche. First edition of this study of what the author terms “promethean” literature, including Lautreamont, Artaud, Bataille, Klossowski, Leiris, and other dissident French writers. Preface by Pierre-Henri Simon. Inscribed by the author to Rene Jasinski, “A Monsieur Rene Jasinski, en hommage de haute estime, Marcel Lobet.” With author’s carte-de-visite laid in.

26. Malraux, André.

La Lutte avec L’Ange. / Les Noyers de l’Altenburg. Roman.

Édition Originale. Suisse, Éditions du Haut-Pays, 1943. 22 x 14 cm. 240 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire. Couverture un peu défraichie protégée avec jaquette protective en plastique transparente. Intérieur très propre. Exemplaire numéroté 277 tiré de 1436 sur volumineux vergé bouffant. / First edition of Malraux’s “The Walnut Trees of Altenberg” – the first volume of a projected cycle that was never continued. The first and last chapters, set in a German detention camp, which frame the story, are printed in red. Of a total edition of 1465 copies, No. 277 of 1436 on ordinary paper. Very good to near fine in publisher’s printed wrappers.

27. Margaret, Queen of Navarre.

The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Translated from the French with a Memoir of the Author by Walter K. Kelly.

Two Volumes in one (complete set). London, Published for the Trade, no date [c.1918]. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Margaret, Volume I – 183 pages / Volume II – 245 pages. Illustrated throughout the two volumes. Original Hardcover. Binding a little shaky. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

28. Michelena, Rafael Arias.

Occidentalmente Tristes.

Quito, Edit. Casa de la Cultura Ecutoriana, 1969. 8°. 103 pages. Original brochure. Envoi autographe signé de Rafael Arias Michelena à Raymond D. Souza. / Signed and inscribed by Rafel Arias Michelena to Raymond D. Sousa in Quito in 1969.

29. [Provenance Marie Cohn (1887-1967) (famously painted by Anders Zohn)] Bashkirtseff, Marie.

Journal de Marie Bashkirtseff – Avec un Portrait.

Onzieme Mille. Two Volumes (complete). Paris, Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1896. Octavo. Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait, 401 pages. / Volume II: 591 pages. Hardcover / Beautiful, blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed by a family-member to Marie Cohn (Marie Helene Johanna Weber (Meyer-Cohn) 1887-1967), daughter of Berlin Banker Dr.Heinrich Cohn, on her birthday in 1898 (1887-1967). Marie Cohn has later added her own name to the books and dated her personal enry to 27.II.1898.

30. [Rimbaud, Arthur] Styrsky, Jindrich.

Zivot J.A.Rimbauda. Napsal Jindrich Styrsky – Dopisy A Dokumenty.

Praha, Odeon, 1930. 8°. 226, 5 nn.. oages with X plates. Original, illustrated softcover in protective collector’s mylar. Bookblock detached from wrappers. Small chip to frontcover. Still very good condition.

31. Robert, Marthe.

En Haine du Roman – Étude sur Flaubert.

France, Balland, 1982. 8°. 152 Pages. Broché. / Softcover. En bon état. Soulignements en crayon et stylo sur les premieres douzaines de pages. Quelques traces d’usage. / Good. Markings and underlining of sentences on the first dozen or so pages. Slight foxing on inside of front and back cover. Some signs of shelfwear.

32. Rousseau, Henri le Douanier.

Une visite a` l’Exposition de 1889. Avec une preface de Tristan Tzara.

Limited Edition (One of 200 copies). Geneva, Pierre Cailler, 1947. Smoall Octavo. 141 pages. Original Softcover. Unusually excellent condition.

33. [Sainsbury, Hester Margaret (Illustrator)] / Morand, Paul.

Earth Girdled. With Eight Woodcuts by Hester Sainsbury. Translated from the French ‘Rien que le Terre’ by Charles Emile Roche.

London, Alfred A. Knoff, 1928. 14.5 cm x 22.6 cm. 172 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Marbled boards. Gilt title on spine. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket has minor edgewear. Minor rubbing to edges. Minor tanning to edges, endpapers and pastedowns. Otherwise bright and clean. Binding strong.

34. Sartre, Jean-Paul.

La Putain Respectueuse. Pièce en un acte et deux tableaux.

Édition Originale. Paris, Les Éditions Nagel, 1946. 19 x 12 cm. 163 pages. Softcover / Broché. Bon état général. Bon exemplaire avec petit dommage à la reliure. Intérieur impeccable.

35. Schreiber, Boris.

La traversée du dimanche. Roman.

Première Édition. Paris, Luneau Ascot Éditeurs, 1987. 20.5 x 14 cm. 198 pages. Broché. Bon état général. Couverture impeccable. Intérieur un peu jauni mais bon. Envoi autographe signé de l’auteur: ″ A Mary Gegerias en la remerciant de son remarquable article que j’ai eu la chance de lire – Boris Schreiber “.

36. Sotheby’s.

The Library of H. Bradley Martin, Part IV: Highly Important French Literature; Monaco, Oct 16 & 17, 1989.

Monaco, Sotheby’s, 1989. 21.3 cm x 27.7 cm. Unpaginated [approx 400 pages]. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to outer cover (spine) and to front and rear endpapers. Minor discolouration to edges. Otherwise binding strong. Interior bright and clean. Contains Price-Result-List of this auction !

37. Soupault, Philippe / Teige, Karel.

Bratri Durandeau / (The Brothers Durandeau). Autorisovany preklad Jar. Fastrove. Obalku kresil J. Jelinek / Titulni list podle navrhu K. Teigeho.

Prague, Odeon, 1926. Octavo. 111 pages. Original, illustrated softcover, designed by Karel Teige, in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear to the lower spine.

38. Stendhal / Seager, Allan (Translator) / Barr, Roger (Illustrator).

Memoirs of a Tourist. Preface by Allan Seager.

Evanston, Northwester University Press, 1962. 16 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 305 pages. With many illustrations. Original hardcover with protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Considerable underlining by preowner. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

39. Todorov, Tzvetan.

Littérature et Signification.

Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1967. 15 cm x 21 cm. 118 pages avec quelques non-numérotées de l’editeur. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Excellent état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

40. 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.