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KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

195 - HARRY, Myriam. Sonia in Paris. The first edition on Holland …
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Estimate €150 - €200
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HARRY, Myriam. Sonia in Paris. The first edition on Holland paper, bound by Yseult in red half-maroquin with decorated corners. Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie, 1919. In-8, red half-maroquin with coarse-grained corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and interlacing patterns and embossed fleurons, gilt top edge, covers and spine intact, untrimmed. Binding signed ‘Yseux ss. [successor] to Simier’. 282 pp. Very slight wear to the corners and upper cap, the first white endpaper of the book has darkened. A rare first edition of *Sonia à Paris*, the third volume of an autobiographically inspired tetralogy. A short print run limited to 55 copies; this is one of the 30 numbered copies on Holland paper (no. 22). Myriam Harry (1869–1958), a reporter specialising in the Middle East, enjoyed success with her short stories and novels. The Goncourt jury’s refusal to award its prize to a ‘woman’ led to the creation of the Prix Femina in 1904, of which she was the first winner. Our copy is set in an elegant red half-maroquin binding with decorated corners, signed ‘Yseux ss. [successor] to Simier’. The copy is in excellent condition.
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