Literature in French

Paris: Quai Voltaire, 1992. 248 pp. Spine slightly cocked.. First Printing. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Club France loisirs, 1978. Reprint. 218 pp. "Journal intime d'une jeune droguee," a French translation of "Go Ask Alice" (1971). Tight, clean and unmarked except for a few faint spots to front blank. Light handling and edgewear to wrappers.. Self-Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Ottawa: Cercle du Livre de France, 1964, 1964. 174 pp. First printing of the author's first book. Faint stray ink mark on one page, otherwise a Fine copy.. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1985. Reprint. 184 pp. In French. Light handling to wrappers, pages tanned.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Denoel, 1973. Les lettres nouvelles. 166 pp. In 'La patrie interieure' wraparound band. Algerian-born French writer's second novel. Tight, unmarked and clean except for very light dustsoiling to wrappers and page edges, small sticker mark at rear.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Paris: del Duca, 1958, 1958. 462 pp., illustrated. Wrappers worn and scuffed, spine creased, but binding is tight and interior unmarked.. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: J'ai Lu, 2005. Reprint. 152 pp. Roman. Light edgewear to wrappers only.. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 16mo. more information

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Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1960, 1960. 354 pp. Handsome design with pictorial endpapers and several frontispiece portraits and manuscript facsimiles. Small scuff and one tiny stain to front cover, several small stains to page edges also lightly affecting a few page margins, and stains to one page spread.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1967. 222 pp. Seuls demeurent, Feuillets d'Hypnos, Les loyaux adversaires, Le poeme pulverise, La fontaine narrative. Tight and apparently unread, with two small top edge stains and some sunning and edgewear to wrappers including narrow band of discoloration along edges.. First Printing. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 16mo. more information

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Manchester University Press, 1967, 1967. Later printing. 263 pp. A tight, clean and unmarked copy with some nicks and wear to overlapping wrapper edges and small sticker scar on front of wrap.. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1994. Collection Folio/Theatre 14. 235 pp. Tight and clean with fore-edge lightly bumped at heel; rear of wrapper has two small scuffs and nick at heel.. First Printing Thus. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Paris: Robert Laffont / Bouquins, 1992. Second printing. 1929 pp. Wrapper corners creased, several page corners bumped or creased. In original card slipcase, which has some wear at corners.. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Arlea, 1999. 126 pp. In French. A novel. Tight and apparently unread, with very slight dustsoiling to (white) wrappers and page edges, head of spine very lightly bumped.. First Edition. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Paris: NRF, 1951. 418 pp., four b/w plates. Texts by Andre Gide, Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, Ernst Junger, Archibald Macleish, John Steinbeck, Raymond Mortimer, Dorothy Bussy, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Saint-John Perse, Jean Cocteau, Francois Mauriac, Jean Paulhan, Roger Martin du Gard, Jean Giono, Albert Camus, Julien Green, Pierre Mac Orlan, and many others. Wrappers sunned, worn at edges and corners, including a few small chips and tears, spine creased, pages browned throughout, previous owner name.. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1967. Reprint. 443 pp. Roman. Spine slightly creased, wrappers lightly edgeworn, head of fore-edge lightly bumped, page edges tanned. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Armand Colin, 1967. Collection U. Third printing. 155 pp. Wrappers sunned, handled and edgeworn, with a couple of tiny scuffs at rear; pages tanned.. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Paris: Phebus, 1980. L'Iran d'aujourd'hui evoque par ses ecrivains. 262 pp. Light handling and edgewear to wrappers, small nick at head of spine, spine lightly creased; small faint stain to one page at rear (Table), otherwise clean and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1981. 226 pp. Prix Femina 1981. Author's first book, a novel set in the caliphate of Harun al-Rachid. Wrappers a bit dustsoiled, with two small closed edge tears, small faint sticker ghost, spine a bit rubbed, page edges dusty. Binding tight and interior unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Renaissance du Livre, 1920. 5e mille. 222 pp. Roman. Minor wear and soiling to wrappers including small sticker ghost on front, head and heel of spine and corners lightly bumped. Binding tight, interior clean and unmarked.. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1998. Edition revue et corrigee par l'auteur. 247 pp. In French. A novel. Light edge and corner wear to wrappers, top of fore-edge very lightly bumped.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: NRF, 1972. 128 pp. Minor handling and edgewear to wrappers.. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: NRF, 1971. 126 pp. Articles by Jacques Borel, Roger Judrin, Benoist-Mechin and Jean-Yves Tadie; three short prose pieces by Proust; and work by Jean-Michel Frank, Jorge Luis Borges, Gerard Prevot, Franz Hellens, Claude Ollier. Tight and internally unmarked, with wrappers worn, corners bumped.. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris, 1950, 1950. Pp. 1540-1728. First appearance of Klossowski's first novel (and second book). Also contributions by Louis Dalmas, Daniel Guerin, Lionel Viollet, Etiemble, Robert Merle, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, et al. Edited by Jean-Paul Sartre. Wrappers worn and chipped with a few minor stains; pages uniformly browned but unmarked, with many unopened.. Sewn in Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 2008. Folio 1670. Reprint. 438 pp. In French. Small tear to fore-edge of front cover, otherwise Fine.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Plon, 1997. 8vo. 179 pp. First novel by the author of Rembrandt's Whore. Inscribed to a French journalist. Very light handling to wrappers only.. Inscribed and signed by the author. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1965. Le Livre de Poche. Reprint. 446 pp. Roman. Minor handling, edgewear and dustsoiling to wrappers, previous owner's initials on front blank, pages tanned.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Balland, 1975. 275 pp. Roman. Light rubbing and edgewear to wrappers. "Prix de Creatures 1975" wraparound band.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Collection Bayard, 1933. No. 119. 96 pp., illustrated. Pulp fiction. In French. Wrappers chipped and aged, 1" tear at heel of spine, neat ink note on title page, pages browned throughout.. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). Narrow 12mo. more information

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Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1988. 554 pp. Roman. Published in English translation as Love and Empire. Wrappers lightly edgeworn, spine lightly bumped at head, fore-edge bumped at head and heel, small spot on bottom edge.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Ottawa: Le Cercle du Livre de France, 1966. 223 pp. A novel. Wrappers worn; faint fore-edge damstain lightly affects rear of wrapper and a few page margins. Binding tight, text unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris and Montreal: Gallimard / Editions Varietes, 1944. A le recherche du temps perdu, Tome I, in two volumes. 315 pp., 301 pp. Wrappers of both volumes worn, rubbed, chipped, creased, lightly soiled; spines creased, foxing to page edges and outer leaves, pages tanned, a few page corners creased. Binding sound, text unmarked.. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1981, 1981. Insel-Bucherei Nr. 663. Decorative paper over boards with printed labels on face and spine. 62 pp. In French with German translation on facing pages. A story from 1896 rediscovered by Kolb in 1978. Covers worn at edges, sticker scar to front title label. Interior fine.. First Printing Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 8vo. more information

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Paris: Honore Champion, 1963. Les Classiques Francais du Moyen Age. Quatrieme edition revue par Lucien Foulet. 36 pp. Introduction, Glossaire. Wrappers a bit dustsoiled and edgeworn, previous owner name on title page, small amount of neat ink underlining in text.. Trade Paperback. Fair/No Jacket (Paperback). 12mo. more information

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Editions du Cerf, 1976. Pages unnumbered, color illustrations throughout. The story of St. Clare of Assisi, written for children. Text in French. Covers a bit rubbed and handled, with laminate beginning to lift at joints; interior Fine.. First Edition. Glossy pictorial boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Square 8vo. more information

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Nimes: C. Lacour, 1994. 8vo. 122 pp. "Le roman-blues des Sixties. " In French. Wrappers a bit edgeworn and beginning to curl at corners, bottom edge lightly bumped.. Inscribed and signed by the author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Denoel, 2005. 185 pp. A novel. Wrappers a bit handled and edgeworn.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Paris: Flammarion, 1972. 205 pp. Roman. Spine creased, minor soiling to front of wrapper.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Flammarion, 1981. 280 pp. Roman. Wrappers a bit handled with one corner lightly creased. Tight and unmarked.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1967. 504 pp., one-color illustrations by Rogersam. Roman. Very light foxing to covers and page edges, top edge a bit dusty, otherwise unmarked.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1970. 473 pp., one-color illustrations. Slight shelf slant, page edges a bit dusty, otherwise unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. more information

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Editions du Ponant [Bordeaux], 1987. 175 pp. A novel. In French. Spine sunned, wrappers worn at edges and corners. Inscribed by author. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire: Christian Pirot, 1999. 338 pp., 16 plates in color. Light handling and edgewear to wrappers only.. First Printing Thus (1000 Copies). Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1965. 246 pp. A novel. Wrappers dustsoiled, lightly creased, worn at edges and corners including several tiny nicks and bumps; page edges dusty, faint stain to bottom edge. Page corners lightly bumped, previous owner name on front blank. Tight and otherwise unmarked.. First Edition. Wrappers. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Hachette, Paris, n.d.. Nouvelle edition. Bibliotheque Rose Illustree. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 316 pp., 96 illustrations. Spine cocked, spine and edges of boards faded, slight superficial insect damage to rear board, pages browned throughout.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H. Castelli. 12mo. more information

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Paris: Pocket, 2006. Reprint. 379 pp. Roman. Fore-edge bumped at heel, otherwise Fine.. Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). 16mo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, NRF, 2006. 394 pp. Essays on literature, music, and travel. . Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Seuil, 2002. Fiction & Cie. 244 pp. Prix Femina. Light handling and edgewear to wrappers and wraparound band.. Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket (Paperback). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1990. Later printing. 340 pp. In French. Corners lightly bumped.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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Rive Gauche Productions, Collection Les Cent Livres, 1980. Gilt-lettered and decorated black cloth. 188 pp. In French. Amies, Femmes, Hombres, Filles, Odes en son honneur. Pages browned throughout, otherwise Fine.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (As Issued). 8vo. more information

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Paris: Gallimard, 1973. Reprint. 188 pp. Wrappers creased and worn at edges and corners, heel of spine and fore-edge bumped, pages tanned, previous owner name, otherwise unmarked.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket (Paperback). more information

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