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59 - [Lardanchet Selection] A set of 15 in-12 volumes in first ed…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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[Lardanchet Selection] A set of 15 in-12 volumes in first edition or French first edition, copies from the Lardanchet Selection. Half-maroquin with corner pieces, gilt head, covers and spines preserved (bindings by Kauffmann-Horclois). Scattered foxing, particularly on the edges. 1/ BLOCH (Jean-Richard). *Sybilla*. Paris, N.R.F Gallimard, 1932. One of the 200 copies in alfa mousse reserved for the Lardanchet Selection. 2/ COCTEAU (Jean). Mon premier voyage. Paris, N.R.F Gallimard, 1936. One of 200 copies bound in Navarre alfa leather reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 3–5/ CORPECHOT (Lucien). Memoirs of a Journalist I – II – III. Paris, Plon, 1936–1937. One of 50 or 210 copies printed on Alfa paper reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 6/ DEFOS (Bertrand). Les femmes fidèles. Paris, Plon, 1937. One of 200 copies printed on Alfa paper reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 7/ DUHAMEL (Georges). Fables from My Garden. Paris, Mercure de France, 1936. One of 50 copies printed on Navarre alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 8/ DUHAMEL (Georges). *Tel qu’en lui-même*. Paris, Mercure de France, 1932. One of 200 copies printed on chestnut vellum reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 9/ FAUCONNIER (Henri). Visions. Paris, Stock, 1938. One of 190 copies printed on ‘alfa mousse’ paper reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 10/ FAYARD (Jean). La chasse aux rêves. Paris, Arthème Fayard, 1935. One of 200 copies on bibliophile-quality vellum reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 11/ FAYARD (Jean). Mal d’amour. Paris, Arthème Fayard, 1931. A copy on alfa. 12/ FOSCA (François). C’était hier l’été. Paris, Plon, 1933. One of 230 copies on alfa paper reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 13/ RACHMANOVA (Alia). Dawn of Life, Dawn of Death. Diary of a Russian student during the Revolution. Paris, Plon, 1935. One of 200 copies on alfa paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 14/ RAMUZ (C.-F.). If the Sun Did Not Return. Paris, Grasset, 1939. One of 210 copies printed on ‘alfa’ paper reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 15/ TRAZ (Robert de). The Power of Fables. Paris, Grasset, 1935. One of 210 copies printed on ‘Navarre alfa’ paper reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet.
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Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
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