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256 - REGINA REGIS (Regina de OLIVEIRA). She is mine.
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Estimate €400 - €600
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REGINA REGIS (Regina de OLIVEIRA). She is mine. A magnificent account of the links between the Russian aristocracy in exile and Brazilian diplomatic high society in Paris during the Roaring Twenties. Paris, Eugène Figuière & Cie, 1920. Volume in-8 (240 x 180 mm). Old red morocco, gilt fillets framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, at the foot the crowned initials A. K. [Alexandre Keller], wide inner lace, gilt head. Covers preserved. Contemporary binding. 200 pages. First spine rubbed. First edition of this novel by the Brazilian novelist Regina de Oliveira, daughter of the ambassador Régis de Oliveira. The illustrations are woodcuts by André Domin (1883-1962), a major figure in Art Deco. A very rare "confidential" edition, limited to 30 copies, this being one of the top 10 on Arches laid paper (n°D) signed by the author & printed specially for Count Alexandre Keller, including a suite of the four hors-texte. A precious copy enriched with : -An original photograph of the author with a signed handwritten letter to Count Keller. -A signed autograph letter (L.A.S.) from Regina Regis to the Count in which she explains why she is still in Paris, after having come "very close to death". -The heraldic bookplate engraved by Stern of Chamberlain Count Alexander Eduardovich Keller (1859-1938), who was exiled to Paris after the 1917 Revolution. -A handwritten bookplate by Émile Jammes. The novel was inspired by the author's life in Parisian high society, and bears this singular dedication: "To those women who, not having the courage to be emancipated, suffer from the evil that pursues them, an unremitting evil, as quiet as a shadow, an evil that will even out their destinies, gently suffocate their personality, even their intelligence, under a placid appearance that the world sees and calls Happiness!
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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