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an old book with a leather cover and a bookmark sticking out of ita open book with a picture inside of it on a white surfacea book that is sitting on top of a tablean open book with the title les innocentes de la sagesse des femmesan open book with the title of a novel written in frenchan open book that is sitting on a tablean open book with a bunch of information on ita close up of a purple and green purse on a white surfacea close up of a purple and green purse on a white surface
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235 - NOAILLES, Anna de. *Les Innocentes ou la sagesse des femmes*…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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NOAILLES, Anna de. *Les Innocentes ou la sagesse des femmes*. First edition in a beautifully crafted, full morocco binding, signed by the author. Paris, A. Fayard, 1923. In-12, full duck-blue morocco leather decorated with a mosaic-style geometric pattern comprising squares of cream and burgundy morocco on the covers and a burgundy rectangle on the plain spine with the author’s name and title gilded at the foot, the whole highlighted by gilt and silver fillets; interior edging in the same duck-blue morocco lined with a burgundy morocco fillet; cream vellum endpapers; burgundy moiré silk endpapers; double endpapers; gilt fillet at the edges, guilloché caps, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved. Binding signed V. Ollivier and Y. Letonturier. 254 pp. Spine sun-faded, some minor wear and tear, paper browned at the margins. First edition of the only collection of short stories by Anna de Noailles (1876–1933), which, through 15 autobiographically inspired texts, constructs a poetic variation on romantic relationships. A fine copy.
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Auction time 09/14/2026 at 2:00 PM
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