Description
Erewhon, or On the Other Side of the Mountains.
ORIGINAL EDITION translated from English by Valery Larbaud.
ONE OF 30 OFF-THE-SHELF AUTHOR COPIES among the 940 ex. on pure thread vellum (after 120 reimposed copies).
SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CONSIGNMENT :
"Copy of Doctor A. Vercoustre
Friendly souvenir
Valery Larbaud"
Doctor de Larbaud, a former intern at the Paris hospitals, Doctor Vercoustre was, fifteen years later, on August 5, 1935, the first to examine the author who had just been struck down by a stroke while walking in the small garden of his building.
Touching provenance.
Green half-maroquin, spine ribbed, gold title, gold head, cover and spine preserved. Past back, a fragile bit.