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Paris: Gallimard. Fine. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Paper Wraps. A handsome first printing of the first edition in Fine condition, only minor tanning to pages, in original wraps with French flaps; Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano's first novel, also winner of the Roger Nimier Prize and Fénéon Prize, is the account of Raphaël Schlemilovitch, a … Read more about this item

Paris: Le Protulan. Very Good-. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A Very Good- first edition in original wraps, little soiled, short tear to front cover; Contains contributions by Carson McCullers, Edita Morris, Wallace Stegner, Sidney Alexander, Marianne Hauser, Jessie Reichier, Shirly Jackson and Helen Eustis ; 8vo; 329, [7] pages .

Paris: Éditions Bernard Grasset. Fine. 1967. First French Edition. Softcover. First French edition in just about Fine condition, French flaps, wraps ever so slightly tanned. Signed and inscribed in English by author Norman Mailer on the half title page. Originally published in 1951 as An American Dream, here translated from into French by Pierre Alien; In… Read more about this item

Paris: René Julliard. Very Good. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A Very Good first edition/first printing in yellow wrappers with large front and back innerfolds. Original price of 390 fr. Goldstone/Payne A35b; Translated from English into French by Jean-François Rozan. The first printing shows a "14 Mai 1956" on the colophon page; 8vo .

Paris: Librairie Larousse. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A most attractive first edition/first printing in Fine condition in Very Good+ dust jacket, with a small number of little chips at the edges. SIGNED by AUTHOR Maurice Herzog on the title page. An indispensable mountaineering guide in original French language; A… Read more about this item