LA VARENDE (Jean de). Set of 8 works. Les Manants du roi. 1793....1950. Paris, Plon, 1938. In-12, paperback, untrimmed. One of 380 copies on alfa paper. Les Reines de France. Anne of Austria. Wife of Louis XIII. Paris, Éditions de France, 1938. In-12, navy blue morocco, framed with a double gilt fillet with fleurs-de-lis at the corners, gilt head, cover and spine, slipcase (period binding). First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait. One of 100 copies reserved for the Société des bibliophiles "Les Amis des beaux livres" on Rives vellum. Mademoiselle de Corday. Rouen, Henri Defontaine, [1939]. In-8, paperback, orange half-maroquin folder and slipcase. First edition. One of 50 copies on vellum paper with a suite of illustrations. Le Centaure de Dieu. Paris, Éditions d'art A.D., 1948. In-8, navy blue morocco, gilt fillets framing the covers, gilt and blind tooling on the corners, gilt edges, cover and spine, half morocco folder and slipcase (PMM, 1980). Illustrated with 5 original etchings, 28 lettering and 30 coloured culs-de-lampe by Valentine Dupré. One of 2200 copies on vellum. Les Belles esclaves. Paris, Flammarion, [1949]. In-8, navy blue morocco, framed with a double gilt fillet, central diamond-shaped iron, corner spandrels, gilt head, cover and spine, slipcase (PMM, 1979). First edition. One of 2715 copies on esparto. Le Sorcier vert. Genève, Paris, La Palatine, [1952]. In-12, paperback, filled cover. One of 3300 numbered copies. Barbey d'Aurevilly. Paris, Pour les Amis de La Varende, 1982. In-12, bradel burgundy half-maroquin with bands, cover (Period binding). First edition specially reserved for the Friends of La Varende, illustrated with a frontispiece. One of 535 copies on Romana paper. HERBERT (Michel). Inclinations, deboires et rêveries de Jean de La Varende. Étude la varendienne. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1980. Large in-8, bradel brown half-maroquin with bands, smooth spine, cover and spine (J. Liekens). One of 260 copies on pink Ingres laid paper, second paper.