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17 - LITERATURE, 20 paperback volumes.
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LITERATURE, 20 paperback volumes. FIRST EDITIONS: BARBEY D’AUREVILLY (J.). *Amaïdé*. Prose poem. Paris, Lemerre, 1890, in-8, 2ff.–VIIpp.–74pp.–1f. Paperback. - Lower margins very slightly yellowed; the rest of the volume is fresh. First edition. CHAMBON (Albert). 81490. Paris, Flammarion, 1961, in-12, 248 pp. – 2 ff. Paperback, illustrated cover. - One of 135 copies printed on alfa vellum, the only large-format paper used. Slight rubbing to the cover, interior in very fresh condition. First edition. An account of deportation. [DEREME (Tristan)]. Decalandrier by X***. Paris, La Cité des Livres, 1927, square in-12, 83 pp. – 1 f. – 3 blank ff. Paperback. - A copy from the publisher’s print run, on Arches laid paper. In very fresh condition. (L’Alphabet des lettres collection). A carefully produced first edition, printed in a run of 495 copies. DERENNES (Charles). La Princesse. 1907–1921. Paris, Les Amis d’Edouard, 1924, square in-12 booklet, 2 leaves–33 pp.–4 leaves. Paperback, grey folded cover. - Slight soiling or foxing on the cover; interior fresh. “Les Amis d’Edouard” no. 67, printed in a run of 200 copies not for sale. DORGELES (Roland Lécavelé, known as...). Saint-Magloire. Novel. Paris, Michel, 1922, in-12, 379 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback, endpapers. – One of 500 copies printed on pure-fibre laid paper. Endpapers dusty. (Le roman littéraire collection). First edition. (Talvart IV, p. 284). EHRENBOURG (Ilya). Le Dégel. Translated from the Russian by Dagmar Steinova and Yvette Joye. Cover by Jean Hugo. Paris, Défense de la Paix, 1954, in-8, 138 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback, black cover vignette. – Paper slightly and evenly yellowed, cover in good condition. First edition. FOUCHER (Louis). *Anna de Hore*. Paris, Seghers, 1955, in-12, 90 pp. – 3 ff. Paperback. – Author’s autograph dedication to Raymond Queneau. Good condition. First edition of this collection of poems. HUDSON (Stephen). Myrte. Novel. Translated from the English by Emmanuel Boudot-Lamotte. Paris, Gallimard, 1938, in-12, 1f.-224pp.-2ff. Paperback. - One of 99 copies on Lafuma-Navarre alfa paper, with a special dust jacket from the collection. (Collection Du Monde Entier). First edition of the French translation. JALOUX (Edmond). Le Message. With a portrait by Raymonde Heudebert. Paris, Cahiers Libres, 1930, square in-12 booklet, 59 pp. – 1 folio – portrait. Paperback, folded cover. – Untrimmed. First edition printed in a run of 620 copies. LA BROSSE (Jacques de). *Le Pavillon d’Armide*. Paris, Laffont, 1944, in-12, 109 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback. – Author’s autographed copy sent to Raymond Queneau. Untrimmed, yellowed paper, fragile. Collection of poems. LAVEDAN (Henri). *Le Carnet d’un petit châtelain*. Illustrated with photographs taken from life and featuring 8 phototype inserts. Paris, Per Lamm, (1901), 12mo, 157 pp. – 6 ff. of advertisements. Paperback. First edition. This society novel is illustrated with staged photographs, foreshadowing photo-novels. LEMOINE (Yves). *A la distance des mains*. *Im abstand der hände*. Translated into German by Richard Beilharz. 1973, square in-16, 18 numbered quires. Loose-leaf, cover with flaps. - Author’s autographed copy sent to Raymond Queneau. Cover slightly soiled. Gestural poem handwritten by Bernard Durand in Univers Corps 16 typeface, printed in an edition of 300 copies. French text, German translation opposite. MAUROIS (André). Arabesques. No place, Marcelle Lesage, 1925, square 16mo, 72 pp.–5 folios, including 2 featuring a page from the author’s notebook, in facsimile. Paperback, cream-coloured covered binding. - One of the 20 first-edition copies on Japanese paper, in very fine condition. (La folie du sage collection). First edition printed in a run of 325 copies. MILLE (Pierre). Le Diable au Sahara. Paris, Michel, 1925, in-12, 252 pp. – 1 folio. Paperback. – One of 125 copies on pure-fibre laid paper, second paper. Very fresh, untrimmed. First edition. MILLE (Pierre) and André DEMAISON. *La Femme et l’Homme nu*. Novel. Paris, Editions de France, 1924, in-8, 2ff.-271pp. Paperback, with endpapers. – One of 50 copies printed on Lafuma pure-fibre paper, the only large-format paper used. Uncut, in good condition. First edition. MIOMANDRE (Francis de). *Contes des cloches de cristal*. Paris, Chez Madame Lesage, 1925, small in-12, 2ff.-68pp.-2ff. Paperback, padded cover. - One of 75 copies printed on straw-yellow Roma paper, reserved for members of the Société des Médecins Bibliophiles and the Bibliophiles du Palais. Very fresh. First edition, printed in a run of 325 copies. [Mœurs] - [ANONYMOUS]. The Secrets of English Puritanism Explained through: English Divorces or Adultery Trials Judged by the King’s Bench and the Ecclesiastical Court of England. Paris, Carrington, 1898, 2 parts in 1 in-12 volume, XXIV pp. – 108 pp. – XXX pp. – 287 pp. – XII pp. – 1 folio – 2 frontispieces. Paperback. - Binding fragile, cover slightly soiled. NESPOLO (Ogo). Verità e menzogna: una alternativa logica. Milan, Schwarz Galleria, 1970, in-8 booklet, 78 pages – diagrams and black-and-white photographs. Paperback, illustrated pink cover. – Autographed copy sent by the author to Raymond Queneau: ‘… I would like to take this opportunity to’
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