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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: 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 stunning guide into mountaineering from the perspective of the mid of the 20th century by Maurice Herzog, Leader of the French Himalayan Expedition in 1950 to conquer the first 8,000-meter peak ever, the Annapurna. Countless photos in black and white as well as colored illustrations; 4to; Signed by Author .

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 Jewish collaborator. In June 1942, a German officer walks up to a young man and asked: "Pardon, monsieur, où se trouve la place de l'Étoile?" The young man points to the left side of his chest; 8vo ; [iv], 150, [4] pages .

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: 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 his second novel, multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in "The Executioner's Song." In "American Dream," Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty; 8vo; [1-9], 10-304, [305-312] pages; Signed by Author .