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Jean Lartéguy Collection - From the Estate of Mrs. L. - PART I: Books

Jean Lartéguy Collection - From the Estate of Mrs. L. - PART I: Books

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Dictionary of Political Turncoats - Paris, Alexis

1 - Dictionary of Political Turncoats - Paris, Alexis EYMERY, 1815. Period calfskin binding (damage to the clamps, signs of wear; as is). Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

BUVARD ALBUM - Paris, H. Mandeville (undated, ca.

2 - BUVARD ALBUM - Paris, H. Mandeville (undated, ca. 1840–1860), printed by G. Gratiot. Beautiful romantic binding in percaline with gilt decoration (wear and small tears at the ends of the spine). Contains 6 prints, blank pages for personal use, and at the end of the book a tabbed index (days of the week, letters to be answered, answered letters, miscellaneous notes). Ex-libris of Paul GAVAULT. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€50 - 100

APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume) - *Les mamelles de Tiresia

3 - APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume) - Les mamelles de Tiresias, Paris, SIC, 1918. Unnumbered first edition. Paperback (cover detached). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 150

APPOLINAIRE (Guillaume) - *Le Flâneur des deux riv

4 - APPOLINAIRE (Guillaume) - Le Flâneur des deux rives. Paris, La Sirène, “Collection des Tracts,” 1918. In-12, paperback. First edition, illustrated with a photographic portrait of the author. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume) and ROUVEYRE (André) - *Vi

5 - APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume) and ROUVEYRE (André) - Vitam Impendere Amori, Paris, Mercure de France, 1917. First edition. Paperback. Copy No. 192/200. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 150

ARAGON (Louis) - *Le paysan de Paris*, Paris, NRF,

6 - ARAGON (Louis) - Le paysan de Paris, Paris, NRF, Gallimard, 1926. First edition, numbered 109. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€50 - 80

ARAGON (Louis) - *Le Libertinage*, nrf, 1924. Firs

7 - ARAGON (Louis) - Le Libertinage, nrf, 1924. First edition, numbered 607. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

BARRES (Maurice) - An Evening in the Silence and t

8 - BARRES (Maurice) - An Evening in the Silence and the Wind of Death, Paris, Aux bureaux de l'Action française, 1901. Signed copy by the author. First edition, numbered 23, on Holland paper. Hardcover binding with a white cross on a red background; spine features a title label. Ex Libris Jean LARTEGUY

Estimation

€150 - 200

BAUDELAIRE (Charles) - Unpublished Notebook by Cha

9 - BAUDELAIRE (Charles) - Unpublished Notebook by Charles Baudelaire, Editions de la Sirène, (1920), copy no. 94. Original cloth-bound cover and slipcase (shows wear). Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 150

BERANGER (P.J. de) - Songs: Old, New, and Unpublis

10 - BERANGER (P.J. de) - Songs: Old, New, and Unpublished. With vignettes by Devéria and colored engravings by Henri Monnier, followed by the lawsuits brought against the author. Paris, Baudouin, 1828; 2 volumes in one in-8 edition, green long-grain cloth, covers and spine adorned with frames of arabesques, palmettes, rosettes, and gilt shells, with a central diamond on the covers featuring the same decorations, lined and endpapers of pink paper with dentil edges.

Estimation

€80 - 100

BIGEARD (General Marcel) — *My War in Algeria*, Ha

11 - BIGEARD (General Marcel) — My War in Algeria, Hachette, 1995. A copy inscribed to Jean LARTEGUY: “To ‘Monsieur’ Jean Larteguy, A gentleman... one of those who shaped me through their writings and their loyalty. Thank you, Jean. Bruno.” Bruno was Marcel Bigeard’s pseudonym, his nom de guerre and historic radio call sign, adopted during World War II and retained in Indochina and Algeria. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

BOUILLE (François-Claude-Amour, Marquis de) - Memo

12 - BOUILLE (François-Claude-Amour, Marquis de) - Memoirs on the French Revolution, London, CADELL and DAVIES, 1797. First edition printed in Paris. Contemporary binding in grained calfskin, lace trim on the covers, smooth spine adorned with gilt motifs, interior lace trim, gilt edges. 2 volumes. Provenance: Goudeket auction, March 11, 1961, lot no. 204. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY. (signs of wear)

Estimation

€80 - 100

BOURGET (Paul) - *L'étape*, Plon, (1902). First ed

13 - BOURGET (Paul) - L'étape, Plon, (1902). First edition in satin-finished alfa, half-leather binding signed LOBSTEIN LAURENCHET. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 40

BRASILLACH (Robert) - Poèmes de Fresnes, Edition p

14 - BRASILLACH (Robert) - Poèmes de Fresnes, Edition printed in two copies, copy 1. Typescript. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

BRETON (André) - *L'Amour fou*. Paris, NRF Gallima

15 - BRETON (André) - L'Amour fou. Paris, NRF Gallimard, 1937. Paperback, with frontispieces reproducing photographs by Man Ray, Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Dora Maar, etc. Métamorphoses III collection. First edition (unnumbered). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 150

BRETON (André) - Manifesto of Surrealism, *Poisson

16 - BRETON (André) - Manifesto of Surrealism, Poisson soluble, New edition expanded with a preface and the Letter to the Seers. Paris, “Les Documentaires,” Editions Kra, [1929]. Frontispiece by Max Ernst. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

BRETON (André) - The Political Stance of Surrealis

17 - BRETON (André) - The Political Stance of Surrealism. Paris, Sagittaire, “Les Documentaires,” 1935. First edition. Paperback (cover detached). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 25

BUEIL (Jean de) - *Le Jouvencel*, Paris: Renouard,

18 - BUEIL (Jean de) - Le Jouvencel, Paris: Renouard, 1887. 2 volumes. Red half-shagreen by Taerry, successor to Petit-Simier. Ex-libris: Jean LARTEGUY

Estimation

€10 - 15

CARCO (Françis) - *Avec les filles*, Paris, Daniel

19 - CARCO (Françis) - Avec les filles, Paris, Daniel Jacomet, 1924. First edition on Japanese paper, numbered “b”; a copy belonging to Édouard Champion, with an autograph letter to Édouard Champion dated November 24, 1924. Paperback.

Estimation

€80 - 100

CELINE (Louis Ferdinand) - *L'école des cadavres*,

20 - CELINE (Louis Ferdinand) - L'école des cadavres, Denoël, 1938. Published the same year as the original; incorrectly labeled as the 4th edition. Paperback (cover detached). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

CELLINI - Memoirs... written by himself, Paris, Ju

21 - CELLINI - Memoirs... written by himself, Paris, Jules LABITTE, undated (1846). Half-shagreen binding with ribbed spine, decorated with blind-stamped fillets and gilt fleurons, by Despierres. First edition, a copy belonging to Edmond de Goncourt bearing his signature. Ex Libris Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€50 - 80

CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de) - Memoir on the C

22 - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de) - Memoir on the Captivity of the Duchess of Berry, Paris, Le Normant, December 1832. Red half-leather binding, ribbed spine decorated with gilded fleurs-de-lis. First edition. Portrait of Chateaubriand added. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€200 - 300

CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René, Viscount of) - *Vie

23 - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René, Viscount of) - Vie de Rancé. Paris: HL Delloye (1844). First edition containing numerous passages that were omitted or altered in later editions. Contemporary binding in fawn morocco, covers framed by a foliage frieze, decorated interior, gilt edges. (Jaws restored and worn)

Estimation

€80 - 120

CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de) - Complete Works,

24 - CHATEAUBRIAND (François-René de) - Complete Works, Ladvocat 1826–1831. 30 volumes (volume 7 is missing). First collected edition. Fauve half-calf (the spine is damaged and coming loose). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY. A sought-after copy, supervised by Chateaubriand during his lifetime.

Estimation

€100 - 200

COCTEAU (Jean) - Letters to Jacques Maritain, Stoc

25 - COCTEAU (Jean) - Letters to Jacques Maritain, Stock, 1926. 13th edition. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€5 - 10

COCTEAU (Jean) - *La fin du Potomac*, nrf, 1940. P

26 - COCTEAU (Jean) - La fin du Potomac, nrf, 1940. Paperback. First edition, copy number 82. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€10 - 20

COCTEAU (Jean) - *Opium: Diary of a Detoxification

27 - COCTEAU (Jean) - Opium: Diary of a Detoxification, Librairie Stock, (1930). First edition, numbered 590. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€60 - 80

COCTEAU (Jean) - *Le Potomak*, 1913–1914. Preceded

28 - COCTEAU (Jean) - Le Potomak, 1913–1914. Preceded by a prospectus, 1916, and followed by Les Eugènes de la guerre, 1915; Paris: Société Littéraire de France, 1919. First edition, copy numbered 505. Paperback (spine worn, tears along the spine). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 60

COCTEAU (Jean) - *Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel*, n

29 - COCTEAU (Jean) - Les mariés de la Tour Eiffel, nrf, 1924. First edition, one of 35 unpublished copies, this one numbered XXIX. Paperback. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY. Portrait by Jean V. Hugo.

Estimation

€20 - 50

COCTEAU (Jean) - *La noce massacrée* (memoirs): A

30 - COCTEAU (Jean) - La noce massacrée (memoirs): A Visit to Maurice Barrès, A la sirène, Paris, 1927. First edition, numbered 136. Paperback. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€10 - 15

COCTEAU (Jean) - *Le Grand écart*, Librairie Stock

31 - COCTEAU (Jean) - Le Grand écart, Librairie Stock, 1923. First edition, one of 500 printed on pure-fiber vellum; this copy is no. 388. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€15 - 20

COCTEAU (Jean) - *Le secret professionnel*, follow

32 - COCTEAU (Jean) - Le secret professionnel, followed by Les Monologues de l'oiseleur, Paris: Au Sans pareil, 1925. Edition illustrated by Jean Cocteau, one of 440 copies on vellum; this copy is no. 110. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - *Mes Cahiers*. Paris

33 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - Mes Cahiers. Paris: Aux armes de France, 1941. In-8, paperback. First edition. It is adorned with a portrait of the author drawn and etched by Luc-Albert Moreau and printed by Daragnès. One of the 550 limited-edition copies on Arches vellum, no. 247. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - *Trait pour trait*.

34 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - Trait pour trait. Paris, Le Fleuron, 1949. In-8, paperback, hardback-style cover. First edition of this collection of portraits of Debussy, Proust, Anna de Noailles, Fargue, Courteline, Sarah Bernhardt, Daragnès, Dignimont, and others. Printed in a run of 480 copies on bluish Arches vellum; this copy is no. 175. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 50

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - *La Fleur de l'âge*,

35 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - La Fleur de l'âge, Paris: Le Fleuron, 1949. First edition, numbered 258/450, printed on Arches vellum. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 50

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - *Le Journal intermit

36 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - Le Journal intermittent, Le Fleuron, 1949. First edition, one of 450 copies printed on Arches vellum; this copy is no. 177. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - *SIDO, or the Cardin

37 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - SIDO, or the Cardinal Points, Kra, 1929. First edition, numbered copy LX, not for sale. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€150 - 200

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - *La chambre éclairée

38 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - La chambre éclairée, Paris, Edouard-Joseph, 1920. First edition, enhanced with color woodcuts and illustrations by Picart Le Doux. Printed in a run of 1,200 copies, all numbered. This copy, No. 75, is one of the first 75 copies printed on “Japon National” paper. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 150

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - For Hélène Picard, P

39 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - For Hélène Picard, Paris, 1942. In-8 booklet, paperback, plain cover, First Edition. A print run of 16 copies reserved for the author, certified and numbered by Maurice Goudelet, of a text published in the Revue de Paris, copy No. 5. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€10 - 20

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - Acceptance Speech at

40 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) - Acceptance Speech at the Royal Belgian Academy of French Language and Literature, Grasset, Paris 1936. Paperback. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€15 - 20

COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) — *Dans la foule*, Edi

41 - COLETTE (Sidonie Gabrielle) — Dans la foule, Editions Georges Crès et Cie., Paris, 1918. First edition. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 50

CONSALVI - Memoirs of Cardinal Consalvi, Paris: He

42 - CONSALVI - Memoirs of Cardinal Consalvi, Paris: Henri Plon, 1864. 2 volumes. Brown half-shagreen binding with raised bands, embossed monogram “R.O.” crowned. Ex-libris of Robert d’ORLEANS (1840–1910, Duke of Chartres) with a blue stamp reading “library of HRH the Duke of Chartres.” Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 100

CONSTANT (Benjamin) - *The Diary of Benjamin Const

43 - CONSTANT (Benjamin) - The Diary of Benjamin Constant by MELEGARI, Paul OLLENDORFF, Paris, 1895. First edition. Half-leather binding with gilt raised bands. Signed “SICKERS et SON.” (Wear on the top and bottom edges and the clamps.) Ex libris of Francis Lloyd Lowndes, ex libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€15 - 20

[Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand]—Let

44 - [Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand]—Letters from the Marquise du Deffand to Horace Walpole, Paris: Trenttel and Wurtz, 1812. Contemporary marbled calfskin binding, decorated spine. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

DUCLOS (Charles Pinot) - Secret Memoirs on the Rei

45 - DUCLOS (Charles Pinot) - Secret Memoirs on the Reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, Published by Buisson, 1791. 2 volumes, contemporary half-leather binding. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€50 - 80

DUMAS (Alexandre) - *La Vendée et madame*, Paris,

46 - DUMAS (Alexandre) - La Vendée et madame, Paris, Guyot et Canel, 1833. Decorated green morocco binding from the period. First edition (top hinge torn 3 cm). Ex-libris of Georges TROTRY. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€50 - 80

ÉPINAY (Madame d') - The Friendship of Two Beautif

47 - ÉPINAY (Madame d') - The Friendship of Two Beautiful Women... Paris, Jouaust, 1885. Brown leather, triple gilt fillet, decorated raised spine, gilt edges.

Estimation

€40 - 60

ESCHOLIER (Raymond) - Delacroix, Floury, 1926. Thr

48 - ESCHOLIER (Raymond) - Delacroix, Floury, 1926. Three paperback volumes. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 40

FLAUBERT (Gustave) - *Salammbô*, Michel Lévy Frère

49 - FLAUBERT (Gustave) - Salammbô, Michel Lévy Frères, Paris, 1863. Brown percaline with raised bands on the spine. First edition, a copy from the first printing that correctly includes the uncorrected errors on page 5—"effraya" instead of "effrayèrent"—and on page 251—"Scissites" instead of "Syssites." Ex Libris Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€150 - 300

FORGUES (Paul-Emile DAURAND) - *Originals and Witt

50 - FORGUES (Paul-Emile DAURAND) - Originals and Witty Minds, Charpentier, 1860. First edition. 2 vols., brown shagreen half-leather binding. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

FRANCE (Anatole) - *Les dieux ont soif*, Paris, Ca

51 - FRANCE (Anatole) - Les dieux ont soif, Paris, Calmann Levy, 1912. First edition. Half-leather binding signed “YSEUX.”

Estimation

€30 - 50

FRANCE (Anatole) - *Le livre de mon ami*, Calmann

52 - FRANCE (Anatole) - Le livre de mon ami, Calmann Lévy, 1885. First edition. Blue half-leather binding by Blanchetière. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

FRANCE (Anatole) - Four volumes with identical bin

53 - FRANCE (Anatole) - Four volumes with identical bindings in marbled full calf by Henry Joseph Pierson.

Estimation

€40 - 60

FROMENTIN (Eugène) - *Les maîtres d'autrefois*, Pl

54 - FROMENTIN (Eugène) - Les maîtres d'autrefois, Plon, 1876. First edition. Half-leather binding with raised bands, gilt. Ex libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 60

FROMENTIN (Eugène) - Two volumes
- *A Summer in t

55 - FROMENTIN (Eugène) - Two volumes

Estimation

€150 - 200

FROMENTIN (Eugène) - Dominique, Hachette, 1863. Fi

56 - FROMENTIN (Eugène) - Dominique, Hachette, 1863. First edition. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY. Green percaline half-leather binding.

Estimation

€80 - 120

GAUGUIN (Paul) - Ancient Maori Ritual, Berès - 19

57 - GAUGUIN (Paul) - Ancient Maori Ritual, Berès - 1951. Facsimile of the 1892 manuscript. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€10 - 15

GAUTHIER (Théophile) - *Voyage en Russie*, Paris:

58 - GAUTHIER (Théophile) - Voyage en Russie, Paris: Charpentier, 1867. First edition in 2 volumes.

Estimation

€30 - 60

GAUTIER (Théophile) - Constantinople, Michel Levy,

59 - GAUTIER (Théophile) - Constantinople, Michel Levy, 1853. First edition. (foxing spots) Fauve calf half-leather binding (wear). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

GIDE (André) - *Ainsi soit-il*, NRF, Gallimard, (1

60 - GIDE (André) - Ainsi soit-il, NRF, Gallimard, (1952). First edition, one of 1,020 copies on pure-fiber vellum, this one numbered 692. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€15 - 20

GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - *Visitation*, Neuchâtel and Par

61 - GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - Visitation, Neuchâtel and Paris, Idees et Calendes, 1947. First edition, numbered 1199. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€15 - 20

GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - *Promenades avec Gabrielle*, NR

62 - GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - Promenades avec Gabrielle, NRF, 1924. Numbered 77. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - *El Penor*, Emile Paul Frères,

63 - GIRAUDOUX (Jean) - El Penor, Emile Paul Frères, 1926. Copy numbered 130. Beige shagreen Jansenist binding. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 40

GOBINEAU (Count of) - *Ce qui se passe en Asie*, p

64 - GOBINEAU (Count of) - Ce qui se passe en Asie, published by Les Cahiers Libres, Paris, 1928, No. 100. Bordeaux-colored half-leather binding. Ex Libris Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

GOBINEAU (Count Arthur de) - *The Third French Rep

65 - GOBINEAU (Count Arthur de) - The Third French Republic and What It’s Worth, published by Plon Nourrit, 1907. Posthumous first edition. Half-percale binding. Ex libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 40

GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules de) - *Germinie Lacerte

66 - GONCOURT (Edmond and Jules de) - Germinie Lacerteux, Paris, Charpentier, 1864. Half-calf, ribbed spine. First edition, whose preface marked the dawn of naturalism. With Germinie Lacerteux, the Goncourt brothers “brought the common people into the novel,” as Madeleine Ambrière put it. The Goncourts drew their inspiration from the double life of their maid, which they only discovered after her death.

Estimation

€60 - 80

HUGO (Victor) & GAUTIER (Théophile) — Drawings

67 - HUGO (Victor) & GAUTIER (Théophile) — Drawings by Victor Hugo, engraved by Paul Chenay, text by Théophile Gautier. Paris: Castel, 1863. In-4, publisher’s red-and-gold cardboard binding. First edition. Frontispiece portrait of V. Hugo; sepia title vignette based on the drawing: “Souvenir de Chelles, 1845.” 13 etchings and aquatints, including one in color and two others on a bistre or bluish background. A few small foxing spots.

Estimation

€120 - 150

HUGUES (Clovis) - *Le journal*, Paris, Société Art

68 - HUGUES (Clovis) - Le journal, Paris, Société Artistique du livre Illustré, 1890. First edition, numbered 313. Numerous illustrations, including an original watercolor (?) on the title page. Green chagrin binding, ribbed spine, gilt edges, by Henri Noulhac (1866–1931). Bookplate of Henri Beraldi. Bookplate of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

JOUHANDEAU (Marcel) - *De l'abjection*, Gallimard,

69 - JOUHANDEAU (Marcel) - De l'abjection, Gallimard, 1939. First edition. The author’s dedication to André Gide (?) has been crossed out in a different ink, and the book was subsequently inscribed to an unknown recipient. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

JOUHANDEAU (Marcel) - *Leonora, or the Dangers of

70 - JOUHANDEAU (Marcel) - Leonora, or the Dangers of Virtue, Éditions de La Passerelle, 1951. First edition, one of 7 copies (this one, No. 5) bound in pure pink hand-made linen from the Moulin de Richard de Bas. Paperback. Original letter from the author to Jean Rigault dated January 11, 1955. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 25

LAMENNAIS (Félicité de) - Words of a Believer. 183

71 - LAMENNAIS (Félicité de) - Words of a Believer. 1833. Paris, Eugène Renduel, 1834. First edition or published in the same year as the first edition. Contemporary green calf half-leather binding, decorated spine, wear on the joints and caps (previous repairs to the binding). Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€50 - 100

LHOTE (André) & COCTEAU (Jean) - *Escales*. Pa

72 - LHOTE (André) & COCTEAU (Jean) - Escales. Paris, La Sirène, 1920. Replaced illustrated cover. Numbered first edition, No. XXXVII, on Van Gelder Zonen Holland paper. The volume is adorned with 32 original compositions by André Lhote, 13 of which were enhanced with stencil work by the Ateliers Marty. Cocteau’s text is set in a playful typeface by Louis Kaldor. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 200

LIVET (Charles-Louis) — The Intrigues of Molière a

73 - LIVET (Charles-Louis) — The Intrigues of Molière and Those of His Wife, or The Famous Actress: The Story of Guérin, Paris: Isidore Lisieux, 1877. Brown shagreen half-leather binding by Stroobants. Engraved portrait of Armande Béjart on the frontispiece. Jean LARTEGUY bookplate.

Estimation

€20 - 30

LOTI (stone) - *My Brother Yves*, Calmann Lévy, 19

74 - LOTI (stone) - My Brother Yves, Calmann Lévy, 1925. Brown shagreen half-leather binding. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€10 - 20

LOUYS (Pierre) - *Poésies de Méléagre*, translatio

75 - LOUYS (Pierre) - Poésies de Méléagre, translation, Paris, 11 rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, 1893. First edition? Fawn-colored half-leather binding. Unknown bookplate: “ox within a circle turning to the left.” Jean LARTEGUY bookplate.

Estimation

€20 - 30

MAISTRE (Joseph de) - *Evenings in St. Petersburg,

76 - MAISTRE (Joseph de) - Evenings in St. Petersburg, or Discussions on the Temporal Government of Providence. Paris: Librairie grecque, latine et française, 1821. 2 vols. Contemporary fawn calfskin bindings; covers adorned with embossed borders and black fillets accented with gold dots; smooth spines decorated with gold and embossed motifs, marbled edges.

Estimation

€80 - 120

MALRAUX (André) - *L'espoir*. Gallimard, 1937. 8vo

77 - MALRAUX (André) - L'espoir. Gallimard, 1937. 8vo, paperback. First edition, one of 30 hardcovers on alfa paper from the Lafuma Navarre paper mills, numbered 295. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€150 - 200

MAUPASSANT (Guy de)—Two volumes in first editions,

78 - MAUPASSANT (Guy de)—Two volumes in first editions, bound in red percaline:

Estimation

€50 - 100

MAUPASSANT (Guy de) - *Le Horla*, published by Pau

79 - MAUPASSANT (Guy de) - Le Horla, published by Paul OLLENDORFF, Paris, 1887. First edition. Half-shagreen binding signed by V. CHAMPS. Ex libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€200 - 300

MENARD (Louis) - Poems and Musings of a Mystical P

80 - MENARD (Louis) - Poems and Musings of a Mystical Pagan, Librairie de l'art indépendant, 1895. Partially original edition. Half-leather binding with blue shagreen corners by CARAYON, Emile Carayon was born in Paris in 1843; he began his career as a soldier and painter-decorator before opening his own bookbinding workshop around 1875 at 10 rue de Nesles in Paris. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

MERIMEE (Prosper) - *La double méprise*, Paris, Fo

81 - MERIMEE (Prosper) - La double méprise, Paris, Fournier, 1833. Half-fauve leather binding. First edition. Ex-libris JEAN LARTEGUY. (brown spots on the first 6 pages)

Estimation

€80 - 120

MERIMEE (Prosper) - *Colomba*, Paris, Magen and Co

82 - MERIMEE (Prosper) - Colomba, Paris, Magen and Comon, 1841. First edition. Beige half-calf binding. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 100

MERIMEE (Prosper) - Dernières nouvelles, Paris, Mi

83 - MERIMEE (Prosper) - Dernières nouvelles, Paris, Michel Levy, 1873. First edition. Half-leather binding with raised bands.

Estimation

€30 - 50

MERIMEE (Prosper) - *Mosaïque* (by the author of *

84 - MERIMEE (Prosper) - Mosaïque (by the author of Le Théâtre de Clara GAZUL), Paris, Fournier Jeune, 1833. First edition. Contemporary half-leather binding by BRADEL. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 40

MEZETIN (Angelo Costantini) - The Life of Scaramou

85 - MEZETIN (Angelo Costantini) - The Life of Scaramouche by Jules BONNASSIS, 1876, No. 8. Half-leather binding by the BRARY widow. Ex Libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 150

MICHELET (Jules) - My Diary 1820–1823, Paris: Marp

86 - MICHELET (Jules) - My Diary 1820–1823, Paris: Marpon and E. Flammarion, 1888. First edition. Brown shagreen half-leather binding by PL Martin. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

MISTRAL (Frédéric) - Memoirs and Stories, Plon, 19

87 - MISTRAL (Frédéric) - Memoirs and Stories, Plon, 1906. First edition. Brown shagreen half-leather binding. Jean LARTEGUY bookplate.

Estimation

€50 - 100

MONNIER (Henry) - Memoirs of Mr. Joseph Prudhomme,

88 - MONNIER (Henry) - Memoirs of Mr. Joseph Prudhomme, Librairie Nouvelle - 1857. First edition. 2 vols. Percaline half-leather binding. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY. (foxing)

Estimation

€30 - 50

MONNIER (Henry) - *Les Bas-Fonds de la société*, P

89 - MONNIER (Henry) - Les Bas-Fonds de la société, Paris, Jules Claye, 1862. First edition, copy no. 178. Cream-colored vellum binding, ribbed spine. Ex-libris of Juan Hernandez. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

MOREAS (Jean) - *Le septième livre des stances*, *

90 - MOREAS (Jean) - Le septième livre des stances, Poèmes inédits du feu, François Bernouard, Paris, (1920). First edition. Copy no. 304. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 30

MOREAS (Jean) - *Les stances*, Ed. de la Plume, 19

91 - MOREAS (Jean) - Les stances, Ed. de la Plume, 1905. Red shagreen half-leather binding, ribbed spine, a gift from the author to the poet ROSEVAL, copy numbered 171. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 50

MORTIMER-TERNAUX - History of Terror, Paris, Miche

92 - MORTIMER-TERNAUX - History of Terror, Paris, Michel Levy, 1862–1881. 8 volumes. Blue calf half-leather binding. Some foxing. Ex Libris Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

POE (Edgar) - Unpublished Tales, Paris, Hetzel Col

93 - POE (Edgar) - Unpublished Tales, Paris, Hetzel Collection, (1862?). First edition of the translation (?). Light brown calf half-leather binding, ribbed spine. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€20 - 40

POE (Edgar) - *Les Poèmes*, Brussels: Edmond Dessa

94 - POE (Edgar) - Les Poèmes, Brussels: Edmond Dessan, 1888. First edition. Ex. no. 133 on Holland paper. Paperback. Ex-libris by Jean LARTEGUY. Portrait and ornament by Edouard Manet.

Estimation

€80 - 120

PROUST (Marcel) - *Les Plaisirs et les jours*, Par

95 - PROUST (Marcel) - Les Plaisirs et les jours, Paris, Calmann Levy, 1896. Paperback (spine torn, needs binding). Proust’s first book. First edition. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

RENAN (Ernest) - Memories of Childhood and Youth,

96 - RENAN (Ernest) - Memories of Childhood and Youth, Calmann Levy, Paris, 1883. First edition. Brown half-gloss leather, flat spine. Ex libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€30 - 60

RIMBAUD (Arthur) - *Les Stupra*, Sonnets, Paris, P

97 - RIMBAUD (Arthur) - Les Stupra, Sonnets, Paris, Privately Printed (Albert Messein), 1871 (1923). Edition of 150 copies; this copy is numbered 61. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€100 - 200

RIMBAUD (Arthur) — What People Say to the Poet Abo

98 - RIMBAUD (Arthur) — What People Say to the Poet About Flowers, Paris, Le Livre, 1925. With a woodcut by J.-L. Perrichon after Fantin-Latour. Copy No. 1. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY.

Estimation

€80 - 120

RODIN & MIRBEAU (Octave) - *Le Jardin des supp

99 - RODIN & MIRBEAU (Octave) - Le Jardin des supplices. Paris: Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1899. First edition, copy no. 1 of 20 “Special Edition for the XX,” signed by the author (possibly Octave Mirbeau’s copy?). Deluxe edition with moiré cover. Reproduction of a drawing by Auguste Rodin as the frontispiece, signed in pencil with an “R.” Brown half-shagreen binding with corners, decorated ribbed spine, by Georges Frédéric Canape. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY. (stain on the title pag

Estimation

€200 - 300

RODIN (Auguste) - The Cathedrals of France. Armand

100 - RODIN (Auguste) - The Cathedrals of France. Armand Colin Publishers, Paris, 1914. First edition. 100 previously unpublished plates. Paperback. Ex-libris of Jean LARTEGUY

Estimation

€20 - 30

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