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141 - BERNANOS, Georges. *La Grande Peur des bien-pensants*. Edoua…
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Estimate €200 - €300
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BERNANOS, Georges. *La Grande Peur des bien-pensants*. Edouard Drumont. A fine copy of the first edition, a press copy on alfa paper, bearing a dedication to the historian Daniel Halévy. Paris, Bernard Grasset – ‘Pour mon plaisir’ series, 1931. In-12, paperback, two-colour printed cloth-bound cover. 458 pp. First edition of this essay in defence of Édouard Drumont, in which Bernanos, the rebellious and non-conformist Christian, offers a penetrating analysis of forty-five years of French history. One of 300 numbered press copies on Navarre alfax paper (no. CCXXX). This copy is enhanced by a beautiful autograph dedication signed by the author to the historian Daniel Halévy, “with very long-standing, very deep and very faithful sympathy”. In fine condition.
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