Boulogne-sur-Seine: Robert Blanchet, 1970. Robert Blanchet. First edition. 19 x 23 cm. [32] pp. A previously unpublished poem, illustrated with colored relief prints, on each page. Wrappers, in slipcase, one spot on the spine, else fine. One of 220 copies, printed on Rives, by the artist. Inscribed and signed by..... More
Paris: Seghers, 1958. First edition. 18 cm.,187 pages. Original wrappers, fine copy. Copy number 11 of 15 on Hollande Pannekoek (tirage de tête). Inscribed and signed by the author. More
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1957. First edition. 77 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers, spine slightly faded, else fine, unopened. First French edition of All That Fall, Beckett's first radio play. No. 11 of 80 numbered copies on pur fil (including 10 h.c.), the entire édition originale. More
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1957. First edition. 77 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers, fine, unopened. First French edition of All That Fall, Beckett's first radio play. One of 80 numbered copies on pur fil (including 10 h.c.), the entire édition originale. More
Paris: L'Inattendu, [1976]. Dubosc, Isabelle. First edition. Unbound in wrapper, 12 leaves, printed rectos only. Copy number 11 of 25. Black on white. "Mis en page illustré imprimé par I. Dubosc", Fine condition. More
Paris: B. Grasset, 1958. First edition. 18 cm.,209 pp. Original printed wrappers, and glassine. Spine leaning, otherwise fine. Copy number II (or possibly 11) of 32 on vélin pur fil, (tirage de tête) of which twenty were numbered 1-20, and twelve I-XII. More
Paris: Julliard, 1993. First edition. Wrappers, fine. Copy I of nine roman numeralled hors-commerce copies (one of 39 copies printed on Arjomari chiffon Rivoli paper, the tête de tirage). Cloth case. More
Paris: Mercure de France, 1977. First edition. Original wrappers, fine. 154 p. Copy number 29 of 40 on Arches (including 10 hors-commerce), the only limited edition. More
Paris: Gallimard, 1964. First edition. 220 p. 20 cm.; Original wrappers, fine. Copy number 30 of 55 from the tirage de tête numbered and printed on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre (there were an additional 75 copies numbered in a different series, for members of the Club de l'Édition Originale)... More
Paris: L'Air du Temps, 1948. First edition. Original wrappers, 20 x 12 cm; 43 pages unopened; slight spotting to text paper, otherwise fine. Complete with the separate leaf bearing a quote from André Breton's review in Le Figaro Littéraire. This is copy number 36 of 155 (including 25 h.c.) on..... More
Paris: Les Cinéastes Bibliophiles, 1950. First edition. 160 p. Wrappers, uncut and unopened, slightly dusty. One of 55 nominative copies, from an edition originale of 100 copies on Marais paper, this copy printed for Pierre Larouche. More
[Paris]: Editions du point du jour, 1947. First edition. Wrappers, unopened. Copy number 75 of 120 numbered copies on Rives paper. Fine. More
Boulogne-sur-Seine: Robert Blanchet, (1972). Blanchet, Robert. First edition. 41 x 19 cm. Unpaginated. Four poems, each signed by the author, and four prints, each signed by the artist. Wrappers, fine, in folding case. More
Paris: Richard-Masse, 1955. First edition. Original wrappers, fine, largely unopened. 156 pp. Incorporates the sheets and the wrapper from Lemaître's "Sistème de Notasion pour les Lètries" (1952), with other works. More
Paris: Le Cheval Marin, (1954). First edition. Wrappers, 24 cm., 32 pp. One of 200 copies. Fine copy. More
[Paris]: 1970. First edition. Original green wrappers, title, justification, 6 pages text, followed by 15 blank pages, and a colophon, mimeographed from hand-written stencils. Tirage de tête, one of 30 signed and numbered copies, accompanied by an "aphonist" ready-made, a miniature eau-de-Cologne bottle. Although the contents have thoroughly dried, the..... More
Paris: Jean Grassin, (1960). First edition. Wrapper, fine, unopened. Signed by Lemaître. More
Paris: 1959, 1961. Two issues of this lettriste quarterly. 9 contains Lemaitre's "13 lettries poétiques," a large portion of Vasco Noverraz's "Traité de poétique". 15 has more Isou and Lemaitre, Spacagna, a "plaquette" by Marcel Beuret, etc. More
Paris: (1970). First edition, on ordinary paper. One of the unnumbered copies printed on "duplicateur courant" some of which were inserted in copies of issue 10 of Lettrisme. There were also 100 on special papers. Lemaitre's drawings and Isou's text are printed in adjacent coljumns. More
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1898. First edition. Number 25 of 50 numbered copies on Hollande. Inscribed and signed by Loti. Original wrappers, light wear to edges, but a very good copy, with the bookplate of John Quinn. Half morocco slipcase and chemise. More
London: London Gallery Editions, 1944. Mesens, E.L.T. First edition, one of 500 copies, numbered and signed. Original wrappers, fine in dust jacket. More
"Cologne" [i.e. Paris]: Chés Pierre de la Vallée, 1657. First edition, first issue, the 18 separate letters, plus the refutation, bound together. 23.7 x 17.5 cm. Letters 1-15 have 8 pages; 16-18 have 12 pages. "Refutation de la reponse a la douziéme lettre" bound before the 12th letter. Full brown..... More
[Alès, France]: PAB [P.-A. Benoit], [n.d., ca. 1955]. First edition. Original printed wrappers, sewn, edges of paper a little browned, otherwise fine. One of 99 copies. Poems written in 1939, but published posthumously. The BNF catalogue gives 1956 as the date; all other listings say 1955. More
Jarnac, France: La Tour de Feu, 1951. First edition, on ordinary paper. Black and gray Revorim binding by Jean de Gonet, marked "artefacts 1989" on front cover; original wrappers and spine preserved; text paper slightly browned. 226 p., frontispiece. Pinget's scare first prose work, published at his own expense, the..... More
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1971. First edition. Original wrappers, slight foxing to wrapper, otherwise a fine copy. One of 25 copies on Lafuma (tirage de tête). More