PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES (André). Set of 19 works. Dans les Années sordides. Monaco, s.n., 1943. In-12, paperback, untrimmed. First edition of Pieyre de Mandiargues' first book, decorated with a frontispiece and two compositions by Leonor Fini. One of 280 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper. L'Étudiante. Paris, Fontaine, 1946. In-16, bradel paper decorated in shades of orange, grey and brown, boards decorated at head and tail with a band of fawn leather, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (Period binding). First edition. One of 450 copies on white vellum, second paper. From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate. Soleil des loups. Paris, Robert Laffont, [1951]. In-12, bradel half-maroquin bottle green, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (M. Diercxsens). First edition. Copy on publisher's paper. [PIEYRE DE MANDIARGUES (André)]. MORION (Pierre). The Englishman described in the closed castle. Oxford and Cambridge [Paris], s.n. [Jean-Jacques Pauvert], 1953. In-8, paperback. First non-commercial edition. One of 350 numbered copies reserved for the author and subscribers. The typography and layout of the book, published clandestinely by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, were designed by Hans Bellmer. Bellmer was also to have illustrated the book with seven etchings, but he delivered the copperplates too late for them to be included in the edition. (Pauvert sold them to Georges Visat, who published them in 1967, in Mode d'emploi, with a text by Bellmer). The justification announces a limited edition of 350 copies, reserved for the author and subscribers; in reality, J.-P. Dutel reveals, a thousand were printed. The Englishman described in Le château fermé - a "rather abominable book", according to its author, "an erotic tale as sadistic and scandalous as could be, carried to the last extremity" - was only admitted by Mandiargues when it was republished by Gallimard in 1979. The original edition had been condemned and seized in June 1955. Le Lis de mer. Paris, Robert Laffont, 1956. In-12, bradel blue half-maroquin with stripes, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (period binding). First edition. Copy on publisher's paper. L'Âge de craie followed by Hedera. Paris, Gallimard, [1961]. In-12, half-framed black morocco, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (M. Diercxsens). Partly first collective edition. One of 55 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, second paper. La Motocyclette. Paris, Gallimard, [1963]. Small in-8, bradel black half-maroquin with stripes, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (contemporary binding). First edition. Le Point où j'en suis followed by Dalila exaltée and La Nuit l'amour. Paris, Gallimard, 1964. In-12, bradel percaline in shades of green, blue, fawn and black, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (M. Diercxsens). First collective edition. One of 3500 copies on vellum. From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate. La Marge. In-8, framed brown half-maroquin, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine, slipcase (L. Gerard). Paris, Gallimard, 1967. First edition. One of 105 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma-Navarre, second paper. Labels. Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 1967. Small in-8, bradel half vellum, gilt and silver paper boards, smooth spine, slipcase (Hampe). Edition decorated with a black etching frontispiece by Bona. One of 200 copies on Ingres. From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate. Mascarets. Paris, Gallimard, [1971]. In-12, fawn half-maroquin with corners, cover (contemporary binding). First edition. La Nuit de mil neuf cent quatorze ou le Style Liberty. [Paris], L'Herne, [1971]. Small in-12, plum half-box with paper frame decorated in white, red and grey, smooth spine, cover and spine, slipcase (Alix). First edition. One of 25 first copies on hollande. Spine unstained. Sous la Lame. Paris, Gallimard, [1976]. In-12, bradel blond half-maroquin with stripes, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine, slipcase (contemporary binding). First edition. One of 96 copies on vellum pur fil, second paper. La Nuit séculaire. Paris, Gallimard, 1979. In-8, paperback, filled cover. First edition. One of 20 copies on Arches vellum, the only large paper. From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate. Cobras in Paris. Illustrations by Patrice Vermeille. Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 1982. Small in-8, grey morocco, boards decorated with a mosaic composition of light grey box and leather imitating snakeskin passing through the spine, light grey and fawn box lining and endpapers, smooth spine, gilt edges, cover and spine, half morocco folder and slipcase (J. Liekens). First edition. One of 60 copies on Johannot vellum, second paper, including an original engraving by Patrice Vermeille. From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate. Le Deuil des roses. Paris, Gallimard, [1983]. In-8, emerald box, smooth spine, gilt edges, cover and spine (contemporary binding). Partly first collective edition. One of 47 copies on Arches vellum, second paper, with an autograph signed and dated letter to the bibliophile Pierre Mourian de Meulenacker and an autograph manuscript "La rébellion de l'ombre. À l'ombre de Giorgio de Chirico" mounted on a tab (1 f. in-4). Aimer Michaux. Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 1983. In-12, bradel purple half-maroquin with stripes, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine, slipcase (M. Diercxsens). First edition, illustrated with a composition by Michaux. One of 60 copies on Johannot paper. From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate. La Marée. S.l., s.n., s.d. Oblong In-16, in sheets bound together with a drawstring, navy blue half-maroquin folder with bands and slipcase (Binding of the period). One of 6,000 copies reserved for members of the Cercle du Livre Précieux and not sold, with an autograph signed letter from the author to the writer Jean Follain. Crippa. Brussels, Association pour la Diffusion Artistique et Culturelle, s.d. In-4, bradel brown half-maroquin with frame, smooth spine, imitation wood embossed paper boards, cover, slipcase (Binding of the period). From the library of Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker, with bookplate.