Chicago, IL: Solar Books, 2008. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 128 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is black with red and white lettering. Minimal shelfwear to spine and covers. The cover features Picasso's "Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon." Slight separation at gutter between title and contents pages. Textblock clean. Shelved Sade. More

Paris, France: Isidore Liseux, 1889. First Edition Thus. Octavos, two volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering and enumeration to spines. Mild shelfwear and chipping to heads and tails of spines and to covers. Moderate bumping to fore-edges resulting in slight exposure to boards. Tanning to edges of textblock with slight soiling to bottom edge of volume one and top edge of volume two. Minor foxing to side edge of volume two and to interior of textblock. Light writing in pencil to tops of front endpapers. Tipped in page cut from endpapers of volume one. Binding thread visible with slight separation between second and third rear free edges of volume one. Frontispiece with engraving of author by Raimondi protected with glassine. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1957. First Edition: #90/3000. Octavo, 215 pages. In Very Good Condition. Bound in paper with protective clear plastic wrapper. Spine is blue with black lettering. Paper boards wrapped in clear plastic. Slight shelfwear along top and bottom edges of covers and spine. Slight tearing to deckled edges of textblock. Age-toning to textblock. Inscribed by Bataille on half-title page. Loose bookmark with description of the book. Loose former bookseller's slip with description of book. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Les Amis Des Éditions de Minuit, 1949. First Edition: #73/500. Octavo, 265 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is tanned white with black lettering. Moderate tanning with minor soiling to front and back paper covers. Age-toning to textblock with unevenly cut edges. Textblock clean. Shelved Sade. More

Londres: [n.p.], 1776. Early Edition. 12mo., xxxii, 206 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in full early calf. Spine has gilt lettering and tooling along with slightly peeling brown label. Mildly faded gilt tooling also visible along top and bottom edges of boards. Boards are slightly exposed due to bumping at fore-edges and along top edges of boards and spine. Mild rubbing, scratching, and chipping to both covers. Mild creasing along hinge between spine and front cover resulting in slight separation between them at top of spine. Publisher's red speckling along edges of textblock. Age-toning to textblock. Marbled endpapers. Ink notes to verso of half-title. First free edge partially separated between marbled recto and plain paper verso. Green ribbon. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Society of British Bibliophiles [Charles Carrington], [1907]. Limited Edition, 1/250 Copies. Octavo, 141 pages. Bound pink printed wraps. Spine is faded pink with red and black lettering. Mild fading and soiling to pink paper covers. Minor foxing to edges of textblock. Slight pencil markings, including name of publisher, to first free edge. Some pages with top edge uncut. Limited Edition, 1/250 Copies, this copy unnumbered. Shelved in Case 12. More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo, 264 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket is wrapped in mylar, price is uncut: '$3.00.' Spine is tan with black lettering. Minor creasing and tanning along sides and length of spine. Moderate shelfwear to dust jacket with mild chipping to top, bottom, and side edges. Probable minor water damage to front cover of dust jacket with minor tear to bottom edge. Slight soiling to bottom of back cover of dust jacket. Age-toning to textblock with slight soiling to bottom and side edges. Slight writing in pencil to first and rear free edges. Textblock clean. Loose previous bookseller's slip with book description. Shelved Sade. More

Paris, France: Éditions du Seuil, 1947. Limited Edition, 1/105 Copies. Octavo, 203 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in paper wrapped in glassine, the spine is tan with black writing. Mild tanning and foxing to paper covers. Textblock toned with light tearing and flaking to side edge, as usual with post-war paper. Half-title and title pages uncut. Inscribed by Klossowski on the half-title page. Limited Edition, 1/105 Copies, this copy unnumbered. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1948. First Edition. Octavo, xxxviii, 149 pages. Bound in orange wove paper wrapped in protective clear plastic wrapping. Spine is orange with black lettering. Slight soiling and fading to covers and spine. Age-toning to textblock. Inscribed by Lély on half-title page. Several pages uncut throughout textblock. Tables and original documents tipped in throughout. Offset mark to last page from. back cover. Textblock clean. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Edouard Rouveyre, 1878. First Edition. Octavo, xlviii, 53 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's printed wrapper with black lettering to spine, black and red lettering to cover, and red designs to both covers. Numer '118' written in pencil on bottom left of front cover. Age toning to paper covers and textblock. Minor foxing to textblock. Deckled pages sewn in unevenly. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris: Chez Massé, Éditeur proprietaire, 1800. First Edition. 12mo, [4], 256, [4], 246, [1] pages. In Poor condition. Rebound in quarter marbled paper, plain brown paper spine. Shelfwear, chipping, and tearing to paper spine and boards. Edges of textblock tanned with age-toning and minor soiling to textblock. Lacking both issued frontispieces. With both half-titles. On Tome III the title page has had 'Tom III' torn out, with the small hole repaired. Small backing to fore edge of half-title and title page. Tome III A1 is missing the top half of the leaf, plain paper attached with crude ink titling to the recto only. Tome III F1 with small repair to the fore edge and crude ink lettering to the recto. Tome IV G11-12 with some damage to fore edges, G12 with slight loss to words. Significant tide-marks and water staining throughout, though most severe at extremities and along gutters. Shelved in Case 12. More

London: Aux depens de la compagnie, 1795 [1880]. First Edition Thus. Octavo, 453 pages. In Very Good condition. Quarter bound in green cloth with silk marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor rubbing and shelfwear to head and tail of spine with stray dark possible ink marks above title. Fading of cloth boards along hinges of spine. Bumping to paper fore-edges exposing boards and chipping along top and bottom edges of front and back paper covers. Age-toning to textblock. Small ink marks to top left of first free edge. Slight separation between first free edge and half-title page at gutter. Tanning with intermittent light soiling to edges of pages. Mild soiling and minor tearing to half-title page for second book in volume located after page 206. Noticeable staining to bottom right of pages 2165-247. Pages tipped in between 16-17 and 240-241 cut. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Isidore Liseux, 1889. Limited Edition. Large octavo, 391 pages. Good plus condition. Bound in blue cloth wrapped in clear acetate protective covering. Spine is blue with soiled and tanned title label. Moderate chipping and soiling to front cover and top edge of boards. Cloth torn along front side edge exposing boards. Bumping to fore-edges. Aging to text-block. Previous owner's book plate to front pastedown. Deckled pages sewn in unevenly. Mild tearing along side edge of pages 122 and 360 and along top edges of pages 307-309. Slight separation at gutter between pages 122-123, 250-251, 282-283, 298-299. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Pour Les Membres de la Société du Roman Philosophique, 1926. Limited Edition, #198/233. Quarto, 540 pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in quarter red leather with marbled paper boards and new endpapers. Paneled spine is lightly sunfaded red with gilt lettering and gilt tooling. Minor shelfwear to spine and paper boards. Bumping and slight chipping to fore-edges slightly exposing boards. Slight ink mark to back board board. Top edge of textblock dyed red. Deckled textblock with minor water damage to last pages endpapers of original textblock. Mild soiling to pages 254-257 and 312-313. Signed flat by Heine and the Treasurer of the Society on the limitation page. Shelved in Case 12. More

Paris, France: Simon Kra, 1927. Limited Edition, 1/600 Copies. Octavo, vii, 304 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in printed grey wraps with a protective clear plastic wrapping. Suntanned spine is grey with black lettering. Tanning to edges and thinning to front and back covers. Slight tearing and chipping to top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Minor tear on back cover next to spine. Age-toning to textblock with minor soiling to right margins of some pages and slight tearing along right edge. Several pages uncut. Presentation inscription to limitation page for Louis Jean Finot, this copy is unnumbered. Shelved Case 12. More

Paris, France: La Jeune Parque, 1947. Limited Edition: #738/4000. Octavo, 421 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's printed beige wrap and glassine protective covering. Slight tearing to glassine along top and bottom edges. Beige spine is tanned with black lettering. Tanning to beige front and back covers with minor soiling and possible water damage to lower back cover near spine. Slight writing in pencil to top left corner of back cover. Small white sticker affixed to bottom of spine with the number '700.' Age-toning to textblock with tanning along side edge. Inscribed by Nadeau on half-title page. Shelved in Case 12. More