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142 - GIDE (André) – ALLÉGRET (Marc).
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Estimate €200 - €300

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GIDE (André) – ALLÉGRET (Marc). A Journey to the Congo, followed by The Return from Chad. Paris: Librairie Gallimard, [1929]. — Large quarto, 330 x 255: 304 pp., (2) ff., 64 photographs, 4 maps, printed cover. Paperback, untrimmed. A deluxe edition, the first illustrated edition: it is adorned with 64 remarkable out-of-text illustrations by Marc ALLÉGRET. The illustrations also include four maps. The two travel accounts were first published by Gallimard in 1927 and 1928. One of 1,571 copies printed on Arches vellum, this one being one of the 21 non-commercial copies, bearing the letter G. Small tears along the edges of the cover. Stains on a few leaves.

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About the sale Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora

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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM

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142 - GIDE (André) – ALLÉGRET (Marc). See original version (French)

142 - GIDE (André) – ALLÉGRET (Marc).
See original version (French)