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Description
[MONFREID (Henry de)].
A set of 14 books by Henry de Monfreid (1879–1974), the majority printed on large-format paper:
- *L’Avion noir*. Illustrated with 16 heliogravure plates. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1936. 1/40 on pure-fibre vellum (no. 22). — *Le Naufrage de “La Marietta”*. New edition. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937. 1/18 on pure-fibre vellum (no. HC VII). — *Le Roi des abeilles*. Novel. Paris: Gallimard, 1937. 1/35 first copies on pure-fibre vellum (no. 22). — *Karembo*. Novel. Paris: La Table ronde, 1949. 1/95 Alfa mousse, the only large-format paper (no. 12). — In Pursuit of the Kaïpan **. The Man Who Came Out of the Sea. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1951. 1/58 first copies on antique laid paper (no. 15). — Menelik as He Was. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1954. 1/40 on Alfa (no. VII). — Wahanga or the Valley of Death. Paris: B. Grasset, 1955. 1/16 pure-fibre vellum (no. 4). — *The Slave of the Gold Beater*. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1957. 1/22 on Alfa, the only large-format edition (unnumbered). — *The Raft of the Medusa, or How Djibouti Was Saved*. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1958. Press copy, enhanced with an autograph dedication from the author. — *A Pirate’s Testament*. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1962. Press copy, with an autographed dedication from the author. — *The Mystery of the Turtle*. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1964. 1/26 on Alfa, the only large-format paper. Two copies (nos. 4 and XIV). — *En mer rouge avec Kessel*. Liège: Édition Dynamo, 1965. 1/11 on Van Gelder Imperial Holland paper (no. 5). — *Les Deux frères*. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1969. Autographed dedication by the author.
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Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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