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309 - [20th CENTURY]. A collection of 7 works in 8 volumes.
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[20th CENTURY]. A collection of 7 works in 8 volumes. 1) BRIEUX (Eug.) *La Robe rouge*, a play in four acts. Paris, Stock, 1900; in-12, full red morocco, covers in a mosaic design with four sprigs of lily of the valley in the corners and framed by four gilt fillets, ribbed spine with gilt panels and title, lined in morocco with a mosaic of plant motifs and cloth, borders on the edges and caps, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved. (P. Ruban 1900). Autographed copy sent by the author to Mrs Rodocanachi, bearing the ex-libris of her husband, the man of letters and historian Emmanuel Rodocanachi. 2) DESPARBÈS (Georges). *Les derniers Lys*. Paris, Dentu, 1898; 12mo, purple morocco, double border of gilt fillets, fleurs-de-lis at the centres of the covers and at the corners, plain spine decorated with fillets, gilt roulette and scattered fleurs-de-lis, interior lace, gilt edges, cover preserved. (Contemporary binding). Author’s autographed copy sent to the actress Mme Segond-Weber (1867–1945). 3) VICAIRE (G.) & BEAUCLAIR (H.) Les Déliquescences d’Adoré Floupette. Paris, Crès, 1911; 12mo, black half-shagreen with corner pieces, gilt fillets, slipcase edged with black shagreen, gilt head, cover. (A. Buvat). Copy on Arches paper. 4) DÉROULÈDE (P.) *Chants du Soldat*. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1895; 12mo, blue half-maroquin. 5) MAGRE (M.) *Le Mystère du Tigre*. Paris, Albin Michel, 1927; 12mo, brown half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, untrimmed, gilt head, cover. 6) DANRIT (Captain) & PARDIELLAN. Lieutenant Von Piefke’s War Diary. Illustrations by Sémant. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. (1907); 2 volumes, 12mo, red half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine. Here, Danrit publishes the German counterpart to his *La Guerre de demain*. 7) D’ANNUNZIO (Gab.) *Solus ad Solam: Journal of a Love Affair*, translated from the Italian by A. Doderet. No place, Balzac, 1944; in-12, brown half-maroquin with corner caps, decorated ribbed spine, cloth cover. (Bellevallée).
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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