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DUMAS (Alexandre, son). *Denise*, a play in four acts. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1885. 8vo, red half-maroquin with corners, decorated ribbed spine, ‘RR’ monogram at the foot, gilt head, untrimmed, covers preserved without the spine (M. Lortic.)
First edition.
Printed in a run of 126 copies. One of the 10 special copies on China paper, no. 7 (following the single copy on vellum).
Two autograph letters signed by the author are included:
- 7 pp., in-12, signed A. Dumas: an urgent and witty invitation to a friend to come and visit him at Puits, near Dieppe.
- 1 p. monogrammed A.D.: concerning a brooch that had been found, ‘which proves that things are neither tidied away nor disturbed in my house. We shall continue with *Diane de Lys* for as long as you wish’.
From the libraries of the Duchess of Camastra and Pauley, with bookplates.
Faint foxing.
See original version (French)
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