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Auction 07 October 2021 Éditions originales modernes et contemporaines. Collection J.L.N. - Paris

Bid on the lot list Alde : 07 October 2021 - Commissaire-priseur : Jérôme Delcamp Expert : Jean Lequoy Exposition à la Librairie Giraud-Badin22 rue Guynemer 75006 Parisà partir du jeudi 17 juin de 9 h à 13 h et de 14 h à 18 h 22, rue Guynemer - Paris

Éditions originales modernes et contemporaines. Collection J.L.N.

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Éditions originales modernes et contemporaines. Collection J.L.N.

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Lot n° 1

[ARAGON (Louis)].

Irene's Cunt. S.l. Paris, from the author Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1952. In-8, paperback. Very nice and rare offprint edition, laid out by Hans Bellmer and published by Jean-Jacques Pauvert. This is the third edition of Le Con d'Irène, after the original...

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Lot n° 2

[ARTAUD (Antonin)].

Matthew Gregory LEWIS. The Monk. Paris, Denoël & Steele, 1931. In-8, paperback. First edition of this very personal adaptation of the most famous noir novel by Antonin Artaud. One of 25 copies on hollande, second paper after only 5 japons (and before...

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Lot n° 3

ARTAUD (Antonin).

Heliogabalus or the Crowned Anarchist. Paris, Denoël & Steele, 1934. In-8, paperback, bronze box cover and slipcase (Patrice Goy). First edition. It is decorated with six vignettes by André Derain. One of the 100 copies on esparto, second paper after...

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Lot n° 4

BATAILLE (Georges).

The Alleluia. Catechism of Dianus. Paris, K Editor, 1947. In-16, paperback. First public edition. The original edition, published the same year with illustrations by Jean Fautrier, had an edition of only 92 copies. One of the 20 first copies on vellum...

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Lot n° 5

BATAILLE (Georges).

L'Abbé C. Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1950. In-12, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 30 copies on Ghaldwill vellum, after only 3 madagascars. "Malraux had advised Gallimard against publishing this scabrous novel whose hero, a Resistance priest,...

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Lot n° 6

BATAILLE (Georges).

Le Bleu du ciel. Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1957. In-12, paperback. First edition. Unique edition at 3000 numbered copies, without large papers. Written in a moment of rage, Bataille will say, in 1935, this novel was published only twenty-two years...

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Lot n° 7

BATAILLE (Georges).

My mother. Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1966. In-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. This novel, published posthumously, is presented by its publisher as "if not a sequel, then an extension" of Madame Edwarda, belonging to the same unfinished tetralogy...

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Lot n° 8

BECKETT (Samuel).

Waiting for Godot. Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1952. In-12, paperback, blue morocco jacket and slipcase (Devauchelle). First edition. Copy of the ordinary edition of 2000 copies, after only 35 copies on superior vellum. The back cover is decorated with...

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Lot n° 9

BORGES (Jorge Luis).

Fictions. Paris, Gallimard, 1951. In-12, green half-box with bands, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine (P. Goy & C. Vilaine). First edition of the first French translation, given by Paul Verdevoye and Nestor Ibarra. It is the first title to appear...

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Lot n° 10

BUTOR (Michel).

L'Emploi du temps. Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1956. In-8, garnet morocco, gilt head, cover and spine (D. Mitterrand). First edition. A map of the imaginary city of Bleston-on-Slee, inspired by Manchester, is folded at the end of the volume. One of 40...

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Lot n° 11

BUTOR (Michel).

La Modification. Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1957. In-8, paperback, untrimmed, black morocco balsa folder and slipcase. First edition. One of 45 copies on pur fil, the only large paper. These copies are the only ones with an original unsigned etching...

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Lot n° 12

CAMUS (Albert).

L'Envers et l'endroit. Paris, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1956. In-8, two-tone grey and incarnate box, mosaic title in wooden letters scrolled on both boards straddling the caesura underlined by a printed leather inlay, smooth spine decorated with a vertical...

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Lot n° 13

CAPOTE (Truman).

In Cold Blood. A true account of a multiple murder and its consequences. Paris, Gallimard, 1966. In-8, dark red morocco, irregular bands of the same morocco mosaic on the boards, four black rivets in relief, smooth spine titled in black œser, edge-to-edge...

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Lot n° 14

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

Death on credit. Paris, Denoël et Steele, 1936. In-8, half black morocco with bands, set with a gilt fillet, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine, matching black morocco case (D. Montecot). First edition. One of 110 numbered copies on...

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Lot n° 15

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

L'École des cadavres. Paris, Denoël, 1938. In-8, paperback. First edition. This third pamphlet published by Céline is illustrated with four photographs on coated paper. One of the 50 copies on hollande, in this case one of the 25 hors commerce. On...

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Lot n° 16

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

Guignol's Band. Paris, Denoël, 1944. In-12, midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, balsa wood boards, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine, lined case (H. Duhayon). First edition. One of 60 copies on Arches vellum, complete with the folding frontispiece...

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Lot n° 17

CÉLINE (Louis-Ferdinand).

The London Bridge. Guignol's Band II. Paris, Gallimard, 1964. In-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of the 41 first copies on vellum of Hollande. This second part of Guignol's Band, devoted to the narrator's passion for Virginia, is unfinished...

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Lot n° 18

DAUMAL (René).

Le Mont Analogue. Paris, Gallimard, 1952. In-12, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 60 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper. Composed between 1939 and the author's death in 1944 and left unfinished, this famous non-Euclidean and symbolically...

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Lot n° 19

DEUX (Fred).

Copeaux. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1972. Narrow folio, in leaves, slipcase. First edition. It is decorated with 14 compositions by Fred Deux engraved by his wife Cécile Reims. Unique edition at 99 copies on japon nacré.

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Lot n° 20

DEUX (Fred).

Process. - Process II. - Process III. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1977. 3 volumes in-4, paperback, publisher's collective slipcase. First edition. The illustration includes 90 compositions by the author engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims. The...

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Lot n° 21

DEUX (Fred).

Abréviations. Paris, Aux dépens de l'artiste, 1980. In-12, in sheets. First edition. It is illustrated with 20 engravings after the author, executed with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims. Edition at 30 numbered copies, this one of the 20 on Arches...

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Lot n° 22

DEUX (Fred).

Memorandum. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1982. 2 volumes in-folio, bound in paperback, folder and slipcase. First edition. The illustration includes 12 compositions by the author engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Deux. Edition of 69 numbered copies. One...

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Lot n° 23

DEUX (Fred).

Self-portraits. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1983. Broadside, in sheets, publisher's portfolio. First edition. It contains 7 plates justified and signed by Fred Deux, engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims. Edition at 69 copies on Arches vellum, this...

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Lot n° 24

[DEUX (Fred)].

Alain JOUFFROY. The Crossing. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1988. In-folio, in sheets, publisher's portfolio. First edition. The illustration is composed of 10 plates justified and signed by Fred Deux, engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims. Edition...

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Lot n° 25

DEUX (Fred).

Ombres portées. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1989. In-plano, in sheets, publisher's portfolio. First edition. It is illustrated with 7 compositions by the author engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims. Unique edition at 111 copies on Arches vellum. One...

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Lot n° 26

DEUX (Fred).

Psalter 1 and 2. Vence, Pierre Chave, 1990. 3 volumes in-4, in sheets, vellum folders and slipcases. First edition, illustrated with 22 compositions by Fred Deux engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims. Edition of 108 numbered copies. One...

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Lot n° 27

DEUX (Fred).

L'Être éphémère. Paris, Alain Margaron, 2003. In-4 narrow, in sheets, cover with flaps, folder and case. First edition. It is decorated with 15 drawings by the author engraved with burin and drypoint by Cécile Reims and printed in bistre. Edition of...

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Lot n° 28

DEUX (Fred).

Sacred liquor. Paris, Alain Margaron, 2005. 2 volumes, one in-folio, matte and satin black polycarbonate, boards decorated with an asymmetrical decoration, grey and cream polycarbonate pieces, veined or granulated, round moulded spine, cream title, grey...

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Lot n° 29

DEUX (Fred).

Set of three books. Le Partage. Paris, La Différence, 1995. In-4, in sheets, publisher's illustrated cover, uncut, slipcase. First edition, illustrated with 9 paintings by Fred Deux. One of the 70 first copies with two signed engravings by Cécile Reims. Entre...

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Lot n° 30

DURAS (Marguerite).

The Sailor of Gibraltar. Paris, Gallimard, 1952. In-12, grey-white box, half-figurative and half-geometric decoration covering the field in mosaic laid down in pearl grey, taupe and anthracite box suggesting the sails of a yacht, with portraits of Jeanne...

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Lot n° 31

DURAS (Marguerite).

India Song. Paris, Gallimard, 1973. In-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 45 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper. Two years after the publication of this play, Marguerite Duras herself directed the film adaptation. The theme and characters...

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Lot n° 32

DURAS (Marguerite).

The Lover. Paris, Éditions de Minuit, 1984. In-8, revorim binding, moulded polyurethane boards, circular inlay of beige morocco containing the mention revorim prototype on the first board, grey basane spine, visible seams on touge cloth straps, untrimmed,...

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Lot n° 33

FITZGERALD (F. Scott).

Gatsby the Magnificent. Paris, Simon Kra, 1926. In-16 square, red jansenist morocco, smooth spine, cover, slipcase covered with the same morocco (Binding of the period). First edition of the first French translation, published by the Peruvian novelist...

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Lot n° 34

GARY (Romain).

European Education. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1945. In-12, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 200 copies on Outhenin-Chalandre paper, the only large paper. Roman Kacew's first novel published under the pen name of Romain Gary, European Education was...

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Lot n° 35

GARY (Romain).

Tulip. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1946. In-12, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of the 220 first copies on white vellum of the Marais. In this second novel published under his pen name, Romain Gary tries his hand at economic and political criticism, varying...

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Lot n° 36

GARY (Romain).

Les Couleurs du jour. Paris, Gallimard, 1952. In-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 80 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper. This first version of Les Clowns lyriques has been partially destroyed and is hard to find. "Critics are unforgivable,"...

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Lot n° 37

GARY (Romain).

The Promise of Dawn. Paris, Gallimard, 1960. In-8, navy blue half-maroquin with bands, smooth spine, gilt edges, cover and spine (Binding of the period). First edition. One of 80 copies on vellum pur fil, second paper after 20 vellum de Hollande. In...

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Lot n° 38

GARY (Romain).

Lady L. Paris, Gallimard, 1963. In-12, bradel with geometrical mosaic of box covers in three shades of yellow and honey morocco, smooth spine titled in cold, lining and endpapers in lime japan, untrimmed, cover and spine, folder and case sheathed in bright...

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Lot n° 39

GARY (Romain).

Brother Ocean. For Sganarelle. - The Dance of Genghis Cohn. - La Tête coupable. Paris, Gallimard, 1965-1968. 3 volumes in-8, paperback, uncut. First edition of the three opuses composing the trilogy Frère Océan. Copies of the first edition on Hollande...

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Lot n° 40

GARY (Romain).

Les Mangeurs d'étoiles. Paris, Gallimard, 1966. In-8, iridescent purple box with bronze highlights, two open vertical bands in the center of the first board, revealing the cover and encircled by the author and the title in electric blue œser on mosaic...

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Lot n° 41

GARY (Romain).

Farewell Gary Cooper. Paris, Gallimard, 1969. In-8, burgundy half-box with bands, smooth spine titled with white œser, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine, slipcase lined (Alix). French first edition. One of the 25 first copies on Hollande vellum. Adieu...

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Lot n° 42

GARY (Romain).

White dog. Paris, Gallimard, 1970. In-8, red half-maroquin with bands, orange paper boards squared with red and colourless discontinuous fillets, bordered on the outside by a short black box scroll, horizontal white œser fillet crossing the field, smooth...

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Lot n° 43

GARY (Romain).

Europa. Paris, Gallimard, 1972. In-8 mounted on tabs, field mosaiced with two large portions of intersecting discs, one of brown shark, the other of sienna elephant, edged in grey calf, edge to edge lining of same box with a piece of mosaic shark on the...

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Lot n° 44

GARY (Romain).

Les Enchanteurs. Paris, Gallimard, 1973. In-8 mounted on tabs, shark in bluish-gray tones, three silver wolfish discs mosaicked on the outer half of the boards, author and title in white œser forming two blocks on the boards, smooth spine, pearl-gray...

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Lot n° 45

GARY (Romain).

Beyond this limit, the ticket is no longer valid. Paris, Gallimard, 1975. In-8, brown jansenist morocco, smooth spine, grey suede lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, lined slipcase (Loutrel - Delaporte). First edition. One...

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Lot n° 46

[GARY (Romain)].

Émile AJAR. Pseudo. Paris, Mercure de France, 1976. Large in-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 65 copies on Arches laid paper, the only large paper. Romain Gary's third novel published under the pseudonym of Émile Ajar, one year after the success...

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Lot n° 47

GARY (Romain).

Charge d'âme. Paris, Gallimard, 1977. In-8, black jansenist morocco, smooth spine, blue suede lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, lined slipcase (Loutrel - Delaporte). French first edition. One of the 20 first copies on white...

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Lot n° 48

GARY (Romain).

La Bonne moitié. Paris, Gallimard, 1979. In-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of the 15 first copies on white laid paper of Hollande. La Bonne Moitié, a dramatic comedy in two acts, is one of Gary's rare plays with Johnnie Cœur in 1961. Copy...

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Lot n° 49

[GARY (Romain)].

Émile AJAR. The Anguish of King Solomon. Paris, Mercure de France, 1979. In-8, paperback, uncut. First edition. One of 45 copies on Arches laid paper, the only large paper. L'Angoisse du roi Salomon is the last of Gary's four novels published under...

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Lot n° 50

GRACQ (Julien).

At the Château d'Argol. Paris, Julien Gracq, n.d. 1938. In-12, paperback. First edition. Of this first work by Julien Gracq, only four copies were printed on large paper. This one, on publisher's paper, is of the very first edition, with the final printing...

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