First edition, Signed book

Léon ROBEL

Aïgui

Seghers, Paris 1993, 13,5x19cm, broché.

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Atypical and amusing autograph dedication of the author autograph signed by Léon Robel to Pierre Dumayet: "To Pierre Dumayet who has succeeded so well in passing the image and the language of Aïgui to the screen. [...]

50 €

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Marc LUTFULLAH

Mémoires de Lutfullah gentilhomme mahométan

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1858, 12x18,5cm, relié.

first edition of the French translation by Ferdinand Tugnot de Lanoye.
Binding with bradel el demi percaline red, smooth back decorated with a central golden floret, date and double filet gilded in tail, piece of title of shagreen navy blue, plates marbled paper, blunt corners, three ex-libris [...]

60 €

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Roger STEPHANE

T.E. Lawrence

Gallimard, Paris 1960, 12x19cm, broché.

first edition for which no large papers were taken, one of the review copies service.
Signed autograph signed by Roger Stéphane to Pierre Dumayet.
Iconography.
Pleasant complete copy of his prayer to insert which served as a bookmark.
 

50 €

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Ousama IBN MOUNKIDH & Hartwig DERENBOURG

Souvenirs historiques et récits de chasse par un émir syrien du douzième siècle. Autobiographie ...

Ernest Leroux, Paris 1895, 16x25cm, broché.

First edition of the French translation.
Autograph inscription signed by Hartwig Derenbourg to Monsieur and Madame Olagnier.
Spine faded and repaired, angular lacks on the covers, internally good.
Rare.

500 €

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COLLECTIF & Armand LOISELEUR DESLONGCHAMPS

Manava-Dharma-Sastra. Lois de Manu, comprenant les institutions religieuses et civiles des Indiens.

Hachette & Cie, Paris 1865, 15,5x24,5cm, relié.

first edition of the Sanscrit translation in French by Armand Loiseleur Deslongchamps.
Binding to the bradel in full cardboard covered with marbled paper, smooth back, piece of title of red shagreen, some rubbings on the back, a scratch on the first flat, corners blunt.
Foots in feet of [...]

120 €

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Claude-Prosper Jolyot de CREBILLON (dit CREBILLON FILS)

Ah quel conte! Conte politique et astronomique

Chez Les frères Vasse, à Bruxelles 1755, In-12 (10x16cm), (4) 75pp. ; 76pp. ; 67pp. ; 68pp. ; (4) 70pp. ; 60pp. ; 82pp. ; (4) 104pp., relié.

New edition
Binding in full brown contemporary brown. Back with nerves adorned with nets. Title piece in red morocco. Lack of tail. Title piece rubbed and scratched, erasing the letters ONT of Conte. Fresh paper.

600 €

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Pierre GUASTALLA, André BEUCLER

Caucase

Emile-Paul frères, Paris 1931, 14,5x21cm, broché.

First edition, one of 1500 numbered copies on vellum Lafuma.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece of Pierre Guastalla.
Pleasant copy despite a few minor bites.

30 €

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Philippe-Auguste de Sainte-Foix, Chevalier d' ARCQ

Histoire générale des guerres. Tome premier contenant l'histoire de la Grande Arménie [...] Tome ...

Imprimerie Royale, à Paris 1756 - 1758, In-4 (20x26cm), (6) vij-xij clxxvj, 372pp. et viij, 614pp., 2 volumes reliés.

first edition, rare, these two volumes published two years apart and whose result will never see the day.
Copy the arms of Louis XV hit on the boards, and the figure repeated on the back, a symbol that certifies the origin of the Royal Library in Versailles. Louis XV had a very large library [...]

4 000 €

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