FR EN
1 / 3
three different types of notebooks sitting on top of a white surfacean open book sitting on top of a table next to a stack of bookstwo books sitting next to each other on a white surface
Ader

202 - THARAUD (Jérôme and Jean).
See original version (French)

Estimate €300 - €400
Sale commission
Description
THARAUD (Jérôme and Jean). Dingley. The illustrious writer. Paris: Éditions des Cahiers, [1902]. — In-18, 183 x 127: (1 leaf), 85 pp., printed cover. Red half-maroquin, decorated ribbed spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (Duhayon). First edition of the initial version of this novel, which went on to win the Prix Goncourt in an expanded and revised edition in 1906. This novel is a satire on British colonialism and its sense of superiority. Dingley, a writer convinced of England’s civilising mission, follows a soldier recruited from the slums of London to demonstrate how the British Empire can save the most destitute. But his journey to South Africa, where he witnesses the Boer War, takes a tragic turn: his child dies, and he discovers ‘the world of pain’ for the first time. Shaken, he wavers for a moment, before regaining his blind faith in the Empire. Although Dingley is a scathing critic of British colonialism, the Tharaud brothers, themselves staunch nationalists and colonialists, do not question the very principle of imperialism — only its British version. An edition of which no copies were printed on large-format paper. Provenance: Georges Degryse, with bookplate. Also included: - Dingley. The Illustrious Writer. Paris: Éditions des Cahiers, [1902]. — In-18, 183 x 125: 85 pp., (1 f.), printed cover. Half-cloth with Bradel corners, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved (contemporary binding). Another copy of the first edition. Provenance: Armand Sibien (1855–1918), architect, with bookplate and his monogram on the first endpaper. - Dingley. The Illustrious Writer. Paris: Éditions d’art Édouard Pelletan, 1906. — In-8, 214 x 153: (3 ff. first blank), 141 pp., (2 ff.), 14 pp. of catalogue, (1 blank folio), printed cover. Brown half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Semet and Plumelle). Second edition, largely in its original state, dedicated to Romain Rolland. One of the few copies reprinted on Arches vellum paper, uncollated; this copy comes from the library of Jules Exbrayat (1880–1958), founding president of the Société des Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, enhanced by this autograph dedication signed on the half-title page: To Mr // and Mrs // Jules Exbrayat // this Dingley No. 2—and // it won’t be the last! // Jérôme // and Jean // Tharaud // April 1943 A fine copy, bound by Semet and Plumelle. Some scuffing to the spine and hinges. Provenance: Jules Exbrayat, with dedicatory inscription and bookplate. – Bookplate ‘M. G.’ featuring a deep-mine miner’s tools and coat of arms, and the motto ‘Work and Tradition’.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
Auction location
Auction time 10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like