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.

508 books in this category
508 books in this category
Mémoires de guerre
Réf. 84720

Mémoires de guerre

Paris - Taillandier - 2010
 50.00
Réf. 84709

Le premier Paris New York

Paris - Plon - 1980

Reprinted from the 1977 original.

Enriched with a handsome signed autograph letter from author and aviator Maurice Bellonte, the first, alongside Costes, to fly non-stop from Paris to New York aboard their famous Point d'Interrogation, an event for…

 90.00
La revanche de Maria Chapdelaine
Réf. 84706

La revanche de Maria Chapdelaine

Montréal - Éditions de l'A.C.F. - 1937

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

Enriched with a fine letter from the author to Raymond Brugère, Minister of France in Canada and prefacer of the work.…

 180.00
L'aventure Louis Hémon
Réf. 84698
Journal États-Unis 1946
Réf. 84694

Journal - États-Unis - 1946

Paris - Éditions du Bateau Ivre - 1946

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

 30.00
Max Jacob
Réf. 84688

Max Jacob

Paris - Robert Laffont - 1946

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

 90.00
Du côté de chez Ramuz
Réf. 84686

Du côté de chez Ramuz

Neuchâtel et Paris - Ides et Calendes - 1947

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

 120.00
Journaux intimes
Réf. 84684

Journaux intimes - Fusées, Mon coeur mis à nu

Paris - Georges Crès - 1919

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

 160.00
Madame de La Fayette
Réf. 84682

Madame de La Fayette

Paris - Mercure de France - 1962

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

 240.00
Paul Claudel
Réf. 84658

Paul Claudel

Paris - Mercure de France - 1913

FIRST EDITION. One of the numbered copies.…

 120.00
Voyages
Réf. 84653

Voyages

Paris - Société des Belles Lettres - 1948
 120.00
Mon père
Réf. 84627

Mon père en images

Paris - Pocket - 2005

Rich iconography.…

 20.00
Mon père en images
Réf. 84625

Mon père en images

Paris - Michel Lafon - 2006

Rich iconography.…

 20.00
Mémoires de guerre
Réf. 84621

Mémoires de guerre

Paris - Plon - 1954-1956-1959

FIRST EDITION. Copy of the current edition.…

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

Vie et passion d'Alain-Fournier

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
Pour les fidèles de Péguy
Réf. 84472

Pour les fidèles de Péguy

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

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