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31 - [Lardanchet Selections] A collection of 15 in-12 volumes, ei…
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[Lardanchet Selections] A collection of 15 in-12 volumes, either first editions or French first editions, from the Lardanchet Selections. Half-maroquin with corner pieces, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (bindings by Kauffmann-Horclois). Scattered foxing, particularly on the edges. 1/ AUDISIO (Gabriel). *Jeunesse de la Méditerranée*. Paris, N.R.F. Gallimard, 1935. A numbered edition limited to 283 copies; this one bound in Navarre alfa. 2/ BAILLY (Auguste). *Mazarin*. Paris, Fayard, 1935. One of 200 copies bound in Bibliophile vellum reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 3/ BENOÎT (Pierre). Monsieur de la Ferté. Paris, Albin Michel, 1934. One of 220 copies on Bibliophile vellum reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 4/ BERTAUT (Jules). The Secret Life of Napoleon III. Paris, Grasset, 1939. One of 220 copies printed on Navarre alfa paper, reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 5/ BERTAUT (Jules). 1848 and the Second Republic. Paris, Fayard, 1937. One of 200 copies on Navarre alfax reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 6/ FUNCK-BRENTANO (Frantz). The Renaissance. Paris, Fayard, 1935. One of 210 copies printed on Bibliophile vellum reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 7/ GENEVOIX (Maurice). *La dernière harde*. Paris, Flammarion, 1938. One of 220 copies printed on alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 8–9/ HALÉVY (Ludovic). *Carnets I–II*. Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1935. A numbered edition limited to 320 copies, all on Marais vellum. This copy is one of the 200 reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 10/ HAMSUN (Knut). Vagabonds. Paris, Grasset, n.d. A numbered edition limited to 260 copies, all on Alfa mousse paper; this one is one of the 210 reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 11/ LE MARQUAND (Henry). The Glory and Misery of Olonnois, the Privateer. Paris, N.R.F. Gallimard, 1935. A numbered edition limited to 228 copies, all printed on Navarre alfa paper; this is one of the 200 copies for the Sélections Lardanchet. 12/ LINDBERGH (Anne). *The World Seen from Above: From America to China via the Arctic Circle*. Paris, Plon, 1936. One of the 200 copies on Alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 13/ LONGOBARDI (C.). *The Agony of a Mission*. The Second Flatters Mission. A Saharan Account. Paris, Plon, 1938. A numbered edition limited to 250 copies, all on Alfa paper. 14/ NOAILLES (Countess of). The Book of My Life. Paris, Hachette, 1932. One of 220 copies printed on alfa paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 15/ SAINTE-SOLINE (Claire). *Le Haut du Seuil*. Paris, Rieder, 1938. One of 210 copies printed on Lafuma pure-fil paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet.
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Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
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