BANVILLE Théodore de (1823-1891). Reunion of 4 titles. Les Stalactites. 1846; in-8 brown half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillet, very ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, second cover preserved (David). - Rare first edition, published at the age of 23. A carefully washed and bound copy. La Mer de Nice, letter to a friend. Paris, Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, 1861; in-12 midnight blue half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillet, ornate ribbed spine, gilt head, cover (René Aussourd). - First edition published as a tribute to the annexation of Nice to France. Spine browned. Améthystes. Paris, Poulet-Malassis, 1862; in-12 paperback, purple cloth spine folder and slipcase. - First edition of these twelve poems dedicated to Marie Daubrun, with whom the poet had stayed in Nice during the first months of 1860. It contains the true recipe for Bouillabaisse. - Oberlé, 168. Gringoire. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, 1866; in-12, old red half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine decorated throughout, untrimmed, cover (Thierry Scr de Petit Simier). - Very rare first edition. An autograph letter from Th. de Banville to Arsène Houssaye is enclosed (2 pp. in-8). Ex-libris A. Grandsire.