{"title":"Michel Houellebecq","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"les-particules-elementaires","title":"Les particules élémentaires","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHOUELLEBECQ, Michel. Les particules élémentaires.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Flammarion,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (212 x 140 mm), 394 pp, (1) f., covers and spine preserved.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFull light aubergine morocco imitating the colour of the title page, smooth spine, gilt author and title (\u003cem\u003ePoupelin\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, of which no large paper was printed, with a dispatch from the author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFirst print run (legal deposit June 1998), before the name of the L'Espace des possibles campsite was changed to Le Lieu du changement (page 121) following legal action by its owner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA charming copy, dedicated ‘to a shady admirer, \/ Michel Houellebecq’.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCopy in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54957764280645,"sku":"0632","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/particules.png?v=1750284436"},{"product_id":"soumission","title":"Soumission","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOUELLEBECQ, Michel.\u0026nbsp;Soumission.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Flammarion, 2015.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo (216 × 141 mm). 300 pp., (2) ff. Full light-aubergine morocco, imitating the colour of the printed title-page; smooth spine gilt-lettered; original wrappers and backstrip preserved. Binding by \u003cstrong data-start=\"514\" data-end=\"526\"\u003ePoupelin\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"529\" data-end=\"870\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"529\" data-end=\"590\"\u003eFirst edition, with an author’s presentation inscription.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"593\"\u003eHouellebecq’s sixth novel, and one of his most widely discussed. The narrator, a specialist in \u003cstrong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"706\"\u003eJ.-K. 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Original printed wrappers preserved.\u003cbr\u003eFull white box morocco binding, with polychrome mosaic geometric decoration, smooth spine with mosaic inlays, signed binding by A. Giordan (2011). With matching chemise and slipcase.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"504\"\u003eFirst edition, deluxe issue.\u003c\/strong\u003e One of \u003cstrong data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"543\"\u003e179 copies on Arches vellum\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"577\"\u003ethe only special paper issue\u003c\/strong\u003e, this being one of the numbered copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"666\"\u003emajor turning point in Houellebecq’s work\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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