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276 - SAMAIN (Albert). Aux flancs du vase.
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Estimate €200 - €300

Description

SAMAIN (Albert). Aux flancs du vase. Samain's second lyrical summit, enhanced by a signed autograph letter. Paris, Georges Crès et Cie, 1919. Small in-8 volume (192 x 137mm). Full purple morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, smooth spine decorated in the centre with a mosaic green morocco lyre, gilt head. Half leather jacket with covers and slipcase. (Binding signed by Flammarion Vaillant). 156pp. Spine a little faded. Charming edition with woodcut frontispiece by Paul Colin and ornaments by Louis Jou, Van Bever, Ciolkowski. Limited edition of 1,600 copies, this one of 1,550 on rives (no. 236). Attached is a 3-page L.A.S. in-12, unbound. A friendly letter addressed to "my dear old man" and dated a Wednesday, in which Samain discreetly insists on obtaining a box in one of the fashionable theatres - Folies-Dramatiques, Bouffes, Variétés or Nouveautés. In a postscript, he sketches the outline of an unpublished play, which he concludes with resolute modesty: "As you see, I'm making progress - slowly - but I'm making it little by little... It's beginning to take shape. A choice copy, perfectly set in an attractive signed binding.

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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM

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276 - SAMAIN (Albert). Aux flancs du vase. See original version (French)

276 - SAMAIN (Albert). Aux flancs du vase.
See original version (French)