Description
Published in 1910, a few months after the award of the Prix Goncourt, the .
This account of the peregrinations of a young Creole from La Réunion arriving in Paris to study at the Sorbonne is the work of two cousins, Georges Athénas and Aimé Merlo, who wrote a large number of books under the pseudonym Marius-Ary Leblond. In France is the second book officially recognised as written by two hands to win the Prix Goncourt.
A copy well established at the time by J. Kauffmann & F. Horclois, with a richly decorated spine and the inscription "prix Goncourt" at the foot.
Bound in contemporary style by J. Kauffmann & F. Horclois. Fawn half calf with corners, marbled paper, spine ribbed richly decorated with gilt framing, fillets and roulettes, red morocco title page, gilt head, double gilt fillet on covers, cover preserved without spine, bookmark. Some spotting to boards, otherwise good condition.
