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LIBRARY OF MM. MERLIN : First editions - Signatures - Bindings

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LIBRARY OF MM. MERLIN : First editions - Signatures - Bindings

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Lot n° 0

VERLAINE Paul. Quinze jours en...

VERLAINE Paul. Quinze jours en Hollande. Lettres à un ami. La Haye, Maison Blok ; Paris, L. Vanier, 1893 ; in-8 broché. Édition originale, ornée d'un beau portrait de Verlaine dessiné d'après nature et gravé à l'eau-forte par Philippe Zilcken. Verlaine...

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Lot n° 1

ALAIN-FOURNIER. Le Grand Meaulnes....

ALAIN-FOURNIER. Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris, Émile-Paul frères, 1913; in-12 paperback, brown morocco spine case and bands, spine of the latter faded (Devauchelle). First edition. Copy on vellum (n° 383), corresponding to the characteristics of the first...

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Lot n° 2

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Collection...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Collection of four gallant works published and prefaced by Apollinaire. Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux, 1909-1912; 4 volumes in-8, three of them stapled, one bradel percaline beige. THE WORK OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE. 1909. With...

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Lot n° 3

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. L'Hérésiarque...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. L'Hérésiarque & Cie. Paris, P.-V. Stock, 1910; in-12, antique binding, purple half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, spine decorated with gilt motifs, gilt head, cover and spine, spine faded (Devauchelle). First edition, dedicated...

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Lot n° 4

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Le Théâtre...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Le Théâtre Italien by Guillaume Apollinaire, preface by Ugo Capponi with a study on Italian theater in France by Charles Simon. Paris, Louis-Michaud, 1910; in-12 paperback, ornamented cover First edition of this anthology formed...

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Lot n° 5

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. La Rome...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. La Rome des Borgia. Paris, Bibliothèque des Curieux, 1913; in-8 paperback, spine a little cracked. First edition with 10 plates of illustrations. AUTOGRAPHIC ENVOILED ON THE FRONT PAGE: "To Monsieur Georges Bonnamour his long-time...

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Lot n° 6

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Alcools....

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Alcools. Poems. 1898-1913. Paris, Mercure de France, 1913; in-12, antique binding, bright red half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, spine gilt, cover and spine (Alix). First edition with a cubist portrait of Apollinaire by...

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Lot n° 7

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Le Poète...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Le Poète assassiné. Paris, L'Édition, Bibliothèque des Curieux, 1916; in-12, antique midnight blue morocco binding, on the boards a set of undulating red and palladium fillets radiating from a central hexagon formed of gilt bold...

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Lot n° 8

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume and André...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume and André ROUVEYRE. Vitam impendere amori. Poems and drawings. Paris, Mercure de France, 1917; in-8, old brown half-maroquin binding with stripes, gilt and silver filleting, double ribbed spine (slightly faded), gilt head, cover...

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Lot n° 9

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Les Mamelles...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Surrealist drama in two acts and a prologue. With music by Germaine Albert-Birot and seven drawings by Serge Férat. Paris, Éditions SIC, 1918; in-8 paperback, illustrated cover, slipcase with black morocco...

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Lot n° 10

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Tiresias's...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Tiresias's breast. Surrealist drama in two acts and a prologue. Paris, Ed. Sic, 1918; small in-8 paperback. Original edition decorated with 7 hors-texte compositions by Serge Férat (the one on the frontispiece repeated on the...

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Lot n° 11

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Calligrams....

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Calligrams. Poems of Peace and War. 1913-1916 Paris, Mercure de France, 1918; in-8 (220 x147 mm), antique brown morocco binding, the boards entirely decorated with a set of large gilt and silver skinny letters arranged on three...

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Lot n° 12

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Les Épingles,...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Les Épingles, contes, Paris, Cahiers Libres, 1928; small in-8 paperback. First edition of these three tales: "Les Épingles"; "Chirurgie esthétique"; "La Plante". Introduction by Philippe Soupault. Portrait of Apollinaire by Alex....

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Lot n° 13

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Anecdotiques,...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Anecdotiques, Paris, Delamain et Boutelleau, 1926; in-12 paperback. First edition. One of 60 copies on Rives laid paper.

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Lot n° 14

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Contemporains...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Contemporains pittoresques, Paris, La Belle Page, 1929; small in-8 paperback. First edition with a frontispiece portrait of Guillaume Apollinaire by Pablo Picasso. One of the 20 copies on Hollande laid paper with the author's...

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Lot n° 15

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Ombre de...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Ombre de mon Amour. Vésena près Genève, P. Cailler, 1947; in-12, contemporary black morocco binding, polychrome paper boards with light relief surrounded by a palladium fillet, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine (Roger Devauchelle). First...

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Lot n° 16

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Casanova,...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Casanova, parodic comedy. Preface by Robert Mallet. Paris, Gallimard, 1952; small in-8, bradel half ivory vellum, orange parts, gilt head, cover and back (Courty rel.). First edition. One of the 26 copies of the first edition...

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Lot n° 17

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Chroniques...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Chroniques d'art. 1902-1918. Paris, Gallimard, 1960; in-8 paperback in smooth green morocco spine case. Partly original edition. Texts collected, prefaced and annotated by L. C. Breunig. One of 25 copies on Lafuma-Navarre vellum...

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Lot n° 18

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Letters...

APOLLINAIRE Guillaume. Letters to Lou. Paris, Gallimard, 1969; in-8 paperback in a pale green morocco slipcase. Mostly original edition published with preface and notes by Michel Décaudin. One of 109 copies on vellum paper pur fil de Lafuma-Navarr...

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Lot n° 19

ARAGON Louis. Collection of seven...

ARAGON Louis. Collection of seven works in first editions. Paris, 1920-1945; set of 7 volumes in-12 or large in-8 bound. FEU DE JOIE. With a drawing by Picasso. Au Sans Pareil, 1920. Vergé bouffant. LA GRANDE GAÎTÉ. With 2 drawings by Yves Tanguy....

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Lot n° 20

ARAGON Louis. Collection of six...

ARAGON Louis. Collection of six works in first editions. Paris, 1922-1989; together 6 volumes in-12 or in-8 stapled. LES AVENTURES DE TÉLÉMAQUE. NRF, 1922. With a portrait of Aragon by Robert Delaunay, printed on China paper. One of 35 copies off the...

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Lot n° 21

ARAGON Louis. Letters to André...

ARAGON Louis. Letters to André Breton. 1918-1931. Paris, Gallimard, 2011; in-8 paperback. First edition published by Lionel Folle. One of 50 copies on vellum paper pur fil de Malmenayde, only first edition.

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Lot n° 22

ARTAUD Antonin. Le Pèse-nerfs....

ARTAUD Antonin. Le Pèse-nerfs. Paris, " Pour vos beaux yeux ", imprimerie Leibovit, 1925; in-4 of 22 leaves, the first and the last white, old blue box binding, on the boards decorated with vertical bands of cork, lateral triangle of vertical bands of...

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Lot n° 23

BALZAC Honoré de. Les cent Contes...

BALZAC Honoré de. Les cent Contes drolatiques, colligez ès abbaïes de Touraine Paris, Ch. Gosselin, 1832, 1833 ; Hippolyte Souverain, 1839 ; together 3 volumes in-8 old half-brown binding, spine with four nerves decorated (Devauchelle). First edition....

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Lot n° 24

BALZAC Honoré de. Studies of manners...

BALZAC Honoré de. Studies of manners in the 19th century. Paris, Mme Charles Béchet then E. Werdet. 1835; 12 volumes in-8, old romantic style bindings in red half calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and cold patterns, black parts, trimmed...

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Lot n° 25

BALZAC Honoré de. The Mystical...

BALZAC Honoré de. The Mystical Book. I. The Outcasts. Intellectual history of Louis Lambert. Second edition. II. Seraphîta. Second edition. Paris, Werdet, January 15, 1836; 2 volumes in one large volume of 2 leaves, 359 +1 pages; 2 leaves, xv pages, 376...

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Lot n° 26

BALZAC Honoré de. Un début dans...

BALZAC Honoré de. Un début dans la vie. Paris, Dumont, 1844; 2 volumes in-8, antique red half-calf bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets very slightly faded, black parts, yellow covers. First edition. Four of the first...

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Lot n° 27

BANVILLE Theodore de. Claude COUTURIER....

BANVILLE Theodore de. Claude COUTURIER. Songs for you. Paris, Charpentier et Cie, 1889; in-12 of 2 leaves faux-title and title, 255 pages, 2 leaves (table) plus two double pages of preface and seven autograph letters from Banville with their stamped and...

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Lot n° 28

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. A married...

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. A married priest. Paris, Achille Faure, 1865; 2 volumes in-12, old brown morocco binding with corners, spines decorated with gilt designs, slightly faded, trimmed, covers and spine (Devauchelle). First edition. Volumes complete...

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Lot n° 29

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. Les Diaboliques....

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. Les Diaboliques. Paris, E. Dentu, 1874; in-12, old jansenist binding in old red morocco, spine ribbed, seven gilt inner fillets, moiré silk lining and endpapers, gilt edges, covers and spine lined, case (Canape relieur doreur....

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Lot n° 30

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. A history...

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. A history without a name. Paris, Alph. Lemerre, 1882; in-12, antique binding in green half-maroquin with corners, spine decorated with gilt motifs, gilt head, cover and spine, case (Devauchelle). First edition. The spine...

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Lot n° 31

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. Political...

BARBEY D'AUREVILLY Jules. Political and literary portraits. Paris, Alph. Lemerre, 1898; in-12 printed large in-8, contemporary binding half red morocco with corners, gilt filets, spine decorated with gilt motifs, gilt head, cover and spine. First edition....

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Lot n° 32

BARBUSSE Henri. Le Feu, diary of...

BARBUSSE Henri. Le Feu, diary of a squad. Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1916; in-12 drawn in-8 square, contemporary binding half red morocco, smooth spine decorated with a long mosaic flaming torch, cover and spine (Marius Magnin). First edition. One of...

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Lot n° 33

BATAILLE Georges. Complete works....

BATAILLE Georges. Complete works. Presentation by Michel Foucault. Paris, Gallimard, 1970-1979; 9 strong volumes in-8 bound. First collective edition, partly original, accompanied by numerous hors-texte plates. One of 310 copies on alfa paper (n° 4)....

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Lot n° 34

BAUDELAIRE Charles. Collection...

BAUDELAIRE Charles. Collection of four works by Edgar Poe translated by Baudelaire in first editions. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1856-1864; set of 4 volumes in-12, the first one in blue half-chagrin, spine ribbed; the others in stapled paperback with covers. Histoires...

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Lot n° 35

BAUDELAIRE Charles. The Flowers...

BAUDELAIRE Charles. The Flowers of Evil. Second edition. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1861; large volume in-12, old red morocco binding, five gilt fillets on the boards, ribbed spine decorated with boxes of five gilt fillets, black morocco lining...

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Lot n° 36

BAUDELAIRE Charles. The Wrecks....

BAUDELAIRE Charles. The Wrecks. Condemned pieces. Gallantries. Epigraphs. Various pieces. Bouffonneries. Bruxelles, chez tous les libraires, 1874; in-12, old bradel binding half blue morocco with corners, spine decorated with gilt motifs, gilt head, red...

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Lot n° 37

BECQUE Henry. Les Corbeaux. Play...

BECQUE Henry. Les Corbeaux. Play in four acts. Paris, Tresse, 1882; large in-8, contemporary bradel half morocco with long dark gray grain, entirely untrimmed, cover. First edition of this play which was a great success. One of 30 copies on Arches...

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Lot n° 38

BLOY Léon. The poor woman. Contemporary...

BLOY Léon. The poor woman. Contemporary episode. Paris, Mercure de France, 1897; large small volume in-8, old jansenist binding in black morocco, ribbed spine, edge to edge lining and endpapers in the same morocco, gilt edges, cover and spine, slipcase...

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Lot n° 39

BOREL Petrus. Madame Putiphar....

BOREL Petrus. Madame Putiphar. Paris, Ollivier, 1839; 2 volumes in-8, blond calf of the Second Empire, gilt filets, spine with gilt designs, red and black parts, inner lace and gilt edges, slipcase, two bites split, one plate of volume 1 detached (Petit,...

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Lot n° 40

BOSQUET Alain. Come come the absence...

BOSQUET Alain. Come come the absence is a voluptuousness. Paris, sans nom (Presse des Yvelines), 1967; in-4, beige box binding, on each cover different abstract composition mosaic and in relief of different tones and materials, smooth spine, bronze suede...

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Lot n° 41

BOURGES Élémir. The birds fly away...

BOURGES Élémir. The birds fly away and the flowers fall. Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, (1893); large small volume in-8, contemporary binding half orange morocco with corners, smooth spine highly decorated with gilt designs, cover and spine (F. Saulnier). First...

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Lot n° 42

BOYLESVE Rene. Les nouvelles Leçons...

BOYLESVE Rene. Les nouvelles Leçons d'amour dans un parc. Paris, Le Livre, 1924; small in-8, old brown half-maroquin binding with bands, four-ribbed spine decorated with gilt and mosaic patterns, gilt head, cover and spine (P.L. Martin). First edition...

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Lot n° 43

BRETON André. Reunion of five works...

BRETON André. Reunion of five works in first editions. Paris; 5 volumes including 3 in-12 (stapled) and 2 half-bound. MANIFESTO OF SURREALISM. Poisson soluble. Kra, 1924; white half vellum, cover. LÉGITIME DÉFENSE. Éditions surréalistes, 1926; booklet. NADJA....

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Lot n° 44

BRETON André. La clé des champs....

BRETON André. La clé des champs. Paris, le Sagittaire, 1953; in-8 black half-maroquin, smooth spine, gilt head, cover (in 2 states) and spine (P. Michel). First edition, illustrated with a few out-of-text reproductions. One of 205 copies on alfa foam...

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Lot n° 45

BRETON André. Introduction to the...

BRETON André. Introduction to the speech on the little reality. Paris, Gallimard, 1927; small in-4, old garnet morocco binding, boards covered with a paper with silver streaks crossed on a gilt background, smooth spine, gilt head, cover (Devauchelle). First...

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Lot n° 46

BRETON André. Nadja. Paris, Nouvelle...

BRETON André. Nadja. Paris, Nouvelle Revue Française, 1928; in-8 pulled small in-4, antique midnight blue morocco binding, on the first cover the name of Nadja in large superimposed letters mosaicked in six tones, gilt and silver underlining, the pattern...

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Lot n° 47

BRETON André. Second manifesto...

BRETON André. Second manifesto of Surrealism. Paris, Kra, 1930; in-4, antique brown morocco binding, boards covered with a rupestyle relief paper, cover and slipcase, rhodoid folder (Roger Devauchelle). First edition, decorated with a FRONTISPICE...

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Lot n° 48

BRETON André. Les vases communicants....

BRETON André. Les vases communicants. Paris, Les Cahiers Libres, 1932; in-12 square, old slate grey morocco binding, covers with cut-out and mosaic colored papers, gilt fillet, gilt head, illustrated cover and spine (Devauchelle). First edition. Vellum...

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Lot n° 49

BRETON André. Misery of the Poetry....

BRETON André. Misery of the Poetry. The " Aragon affair " in front of the public opinion. Paris, Éditions surréalistes, 1932; booklet in-12 in a flap folder with black morocco spine and bands. First edition.

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