Description
FIRST EDITION without large paper.
AUTOGRAPH SIGNED MAILING:
"to Francis Eon,
in testimony to three years
of distant sympathy, and in
the hope of a long friendship,
admiringly,
Marcel Drouet
Dec. 12".
Born in Sedan, Marcel Drouet contributed to several magazines: Le Divan, Waspsand the Critical Review of Ideas and Books. In 1911, he became General Secretary of the Eastern Marches. This journal was founded in 1909 by a handful of writers mobilised against the threat of the pangermanist. Close to Georges Ducrocq, Maurice Barrès and Paul Drouot, he published two works in 1912: Some Leaves from the Juvenile Book and The Turning Shadow. He died on the field of honour on 4 January 1915 at Consenvoye (Meuse).
Engraved ex libris of Francis Eon pasted on the back cover.
Spotting especially on the first and last leaves.