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a black and white drawing of a woman pulling a suitcasean old book with red spots on it sitting on a white surfacean old book with a drawing of a man sitting at a tablean old book with red writing on it sitting on top of a tableseveral old letters are stacked on top of each other on a table
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1229 - GEFFROY (Gustave). *La Servante*. Illustrations by Geo-Dupui…
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Estimate €80 - €120
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GEFFROY (Gustave). *La Servante*. Illustrations by Geo-Dupuis. Paris, A. Romagnol, Librairie de la Collection des Dix, Collection de l’Académie des Goncourt, [1905]. In-8, paperback, illustrated cover in slipcase and case. Print run of 350 numbered copies; No. 107 of 130 in the ‘soleil’ in-8 format, on China paper, with two versions of the woodcuts (actually three versions here: the final version in the text volume, and two sets of woodcuts in a separate publisher’s portfolio, on pelure paper and on China paper). A very fine copy, enriched with a set of 12 autograph letters signed by G. Geffroy addressed to various correspondents between 1896 and 1905, concerning various publications of articles or plays, and one regarding the amount of royalties for *La Servante* (“‘I think it is high time to bring this matter to a close, as it has been dragging on since June [...]’, the letter is dated November).
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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