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an old photo of a man in a hat and suitan image of a book with a picture of a plant on ittwo books sitting on top of a white table next to each otheran open book with a yellow cover sitting on top of a white tablean old book with a green ribbon on top of ita green book with a wreath on the coveran open book with a green border on the front of it
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1271 - FRANCE (Anatole). Speech delivered in memory of Paul-Louis C…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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FRANCE (Anatole). Speech delivered in memory of Paul-Louis Courier. Paris: Pour les amis de la liberté, 1925. Large in-12 (21 x 13 cm), 12 pp., paperback, printed green cover. A very rare first edition, printed in a run of 61 copies, all not for sale; no. 5 of the 5 copies on yellow paper, uncut. Included are: - a proof copy on old laid paper with a green cover, signed by the publisher Delayance, - and a copy of the ‘standard’ edition of 61 copies, with a laminated green cover; here, number 6, bearing Jacques Lion’s bookplate, in a slipcase with the title on the spine, the inside of the cover featuring a previously unpublished silver-gelatin photograph of the writer under a marie-louise mount, and a short autograph note from Fernand Vandérey, with an address, addressed to Jacques Lion, in a slipcase. THAT IS, A SET OF 3 VOLUMES.
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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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