Biography

Selection of old and rare books for sale at the bookstore or online for biographies, memoirs, essays or dedications. Books in original edition or first edition for many biographies.

505 books in this category
505 books in this category
L'aventure Louis Hémon
Réf. 84698

L'aventure Louis Hémon

AYOTTE (Alfred), TREMBLAY (Victor)
Montréal - Fides - 1974
€ 20.00
Show details
Journal États-Unis 1946
Réf. 84694

Journal - États-Unis - 1946

MAUROIS (André)
Paris - Éditions du Bateau Ivre - 1946

FIRST EDITION. One of the copies of the regular edition.…

€ 30.00
Show details
Max Jacob
Réf. 84688

Max Jacob

ROUSSELOT (Jean)
Paris - Robert Laffont - 1946

FIRST EDITION. One of the numbered copies on Alfa, the only large paper.…

€ 90.00
Show details
Du côté de chez Ramuz
Réf. 84686

Du côté de chez Ramuz

CLAUDEL (Paul)
Neuchâtel et Paris - Ides et Calendes - 1947

FIRST EDITION. One of 895 numbered copies on Dauphin de France laid paper.…

€ 120.00
Show details
Journaux intimes
Réf. 84684

Journaux intimes - Fusées, Mon coeur mis à nu

BAUDELAIRE (Charles), VAN BEVER (Ad.)
Paris - Georges Crès - 1919

NEW EDITION based on the original manuscripts. One of the numbered copies on Rives vellum.…

€ 160.00
Show details
Madame de La Fayette
Réf. 84682

Madame de La Fayette

DURRY (Marie-Jeanne)
Paris - Mercure de France - 1962

ORIGINAL EDITION. One of 15 numbered copies on hollande pannekoek, the only large paper.…

€ 240.00
Show details
Paul Claudel
Réf. 84658

Paul Claudel

DUHAMEL (Georges)
Paris - Mercure de France - 1913

FIRST EDITION. One of the numbered copies.…

€ 120.00
Show details
Voyages
Réf. 84653

Voyages

FLAUBERT (Gustave)
Paris - Société des Belles Lettres - 1948
€ 120.00
Show details
Mon père
Réf. 84627

Mon père en images

DE GAULLE (Philippe)
Paris - Pocket - 2005

Rich iconography.…

€ 20.00
Show details
Mon père en images
Réf. 84625

Mon père en images

DE GAULLE (Philippe)
Paris - Michel Lafon - 2006

Rich iconography.…

€ 20.00
Show details
Mémoires de guerre
Réf. 84621

Mémoires de guerre

DE GAULLE (Charles)
Paris - Plon - 1954-1956-1959

FIRST EDITION. Copy of the current edition.…

€ 35.00
Show details
Vie et passion d'Alain-Fournier
Réf. 84478

Vie et passion d'Alain-Fournier

RIVIÈRE (Isabelle)
Monaco - Jaspard, Polus et Cie - 1963

ORIGINAL EDITION of which no mention is made of large paper.

Enriched with two autograph letters from the author.…

€ 200.00
Show details
Pour les fidèles de Péguy
Réf. 84472

Pour les fidèles de Péguy

THARAUD (Jean), THARAUD (Jérôme)
Paris - L'artisan du livre - 1927

FIRST EDITION. One of the numbered copies on esparto, second large paper.

An attractive copy in a fine binding by Germaine Schroeder.…

€ 400.00
Show details
Georges Simenon
Réf. 84448

Georges Simenon

COLLECTIF
Paris - L'Herne - 2013

Copy of the current print run

Cahiers de l'Herne n°102 dedicated to one of the most prolific and inventive French authors of the 20th century.…

€ 60.00
Show details
Metternich
Réf. 84332

Metternich 1773-1859

BIBLE (Victor)
Paris - Payot - 1935

Translation by Jacques Chifelle-Astier…

€ 20.00
Show details
Réf. 84255

Le Sabbat

SACHS (Maurice)
Paris - Corréa - 1946

FIRST EDITION. One of 35 numbered copies on alfax Navarre, the second largest paper after 6 copies on Johannot vellum.

A life lived in complete ambiguity - right down to the title of this work - the autobiography of a man of all unsuccessful attempts…

€ 1400.00
Show details
Catalogue Paris 2024
Paris 2024

Catalogs & newsletter

Subscribe to the KOEGUI Bookstore newsletter and receive our catalog directly in your mailbox.
Enter your email address in the field below.