LITERATURE. Set of 21 works: - ACHARD (Marcel). Lets laugh with them. Les grands auteurs comiques. Paris : Librairie Arthème Fayard, [1957]. - In-12, paperback, in illustrated dust jacket. Edition published the year of the original. Dust jacket illustrated by Siné. Copy of the current edition. Letter from the author : " For Pierre Lhoste // in memory of the "last // quarter of an hour" // and with my friendship, // Marcel Achard. " Tears to the dust jacket. Stain on the back. Mention of "10th Edition" on back cover. - ACHARD (Marcel). Love is difficult. Auprès de ma blonde. The Bagatelle. L'Idiote. Paris : La Table ronde, [1960]. - In-8, publisher's yellow cloth boards, with rhodoïd. Partly first edition. Envoi de l'auteur : " Pour Pierre Lhoste // en souvenir du dernier... d'heure // pendant lequel // L'AMOUR EST si DIFFICILE // très sympathiquement, // Marcel Achard. " - AUDOUARD (Yvan). Fais-moi plaisir. Paris : Éditions de Paris, [1955]. - In-12, paperback. E.O. 1/50 copies on alfama from Bellegarde paper mills, this one of the 10 hors commerce marked H.C. Envoi from the author : " for Pierre Lhoste // to please him // friendly // Audouard. " - BENOIT (Pierre). Seigneur j'ai tout prévu... Paris : Albin Michel, [1943]. - In-12, green marbled half paperback (period binding). E.O. Sent by the author: "to Pierre Lhoste, // in memory of Pau, // and of so many things already far away // his friend // Pierre Benoit." Scattered foxing. - BOSQUET (Alain). Le Mécréant. Roman. Paris : La Table ronde, [1960]. - In-12, paperback. O.E. 1/38 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper edition, this one being one of the 15 hors commerce (n° H.C. VIII). For my dear friend // Pierre Lhoste, // in perfect communion // of thought, // and in complicity // bibliophile, // Alain Bosquet. - CLAUDEL (Paul). Knowledge of the East. Second edition. Paris : Mercure de France, 1907. - In-12, half brown basane, smooth spine decorated, cover preserved (binding of the time). Copy on edition paper. Letter from the author : " To Mr. Pierre Lhoste // very kindly // P. Claudel. " Some small traces of rubbing to the binding. - CLAUDEL (Paul). Accompaniments. Paris : Gallimard, [1949]. - In-12, paperback. Second edition. Envoi from the author: " For Pierre Lhoste // friendly // P. Claudel." Browned leaves, wetness on the bottom of the pages. - DUHAMEL (Georges). Le Temps de la recherche. Paris : Paul Hartmann, 1947. - In-12, paperback. E.O. 1/1000 copies on vellum pur fil des papeteries de Renage (n° 176). - FARGUE (Léon-Paul). Spaces. Thicknesses. Vulturne. Sixth edition. Paris : Nouvelle Revue Française, [1929]. - In-12, paperback. Letter from the author: "to Pierre Lhoste // amicably // Léon-Paul Fargue." Fading. - FARGUE (Léon-Paul). Under the lamp. Familiar suite. Banality. Sixth edition. Paris : Nouvelle Revue Française, [1929]. - In-12, paperback. Letter from the author: " to Pierre Lhoste // very friendly // Léon-Paul Fargue." Scattered foxing. - FARGUE (Léon-Paul). Refuges. Paris : Émile-Paul frères, [1942]. - In-12, paperback. Mention of "4th edition" on the cover. Letter from the author: "to Pierre Lhoste, // his old comrade // Léon-Paul Fargue." Slight soiling to the cover. - FARRÈRE (Claude). Bêtes et gens qui s'aimèrent. Paris : Ernest Flammarion, [1920]. - In-12, paperback. E.O. 1/540 copies on Lafuma pure vellum paper (n° 807). Sent by the author: " to Mr. Pierre Lhoste // very cordially // Claude Farrère ". - LARBAUD (Valery). A. O. Barnabooth, his diary. (Nineteenth edition). Paris : Nouvelle Revue Française, 1928. - In-12, paperback. Letter from the author: "Exemplaire de Pierre Lhoste // fidèle souvenir de // Valery Larbaud." Soiling to the cover, small tear to the bottom of the spine. - MAUROIS (André). Les Silences du Colonel Bramble. Paris : Bernard Grasset, 1924. - In-12, paperback. New edition. Letter from the author: "For Pierre Lhoste // very cordially // André Maurois." Tears at the hinges. - MAUROIS (André). Un art de vivre. Paris : Librairie Plon, 1939. - In-12, paperback. E.O. Copy of the current edition. Envoi of the author : " To Pierre Lhoste // who possesses at the highest point // the art of living, his friend // André Maurois. " Mention of "10th mile" on the cover. - MAUROIS (André). Seven faces of the love. Paris : La Jeune Parque, [1946]. - In-12, paperback. E.O. Copy on edition paper. Sent by the author: "For Pierre Lhoste // the face of friendship // André Maurois." Small stains to the cover. Notes on the first guard. - MAUROIS (André). Choses nues. Paris : Gallimard, [1963]. - In-8, paperback. E.O. Press service copy. Letter from the author: "To Pierre Lhoste // in affectionate friendship // André Maurois." Notes in pencil on the first endpaper and lines in the margin of a few pages. - MAUROIS (André). From Proust to Camus. Paris : Librairie académique Perrin, [1963]. - I