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Les dieux ont soif

1904116 x 188 mm

FIRST EDITION
Inscribed and signed by the author
Good condition

150 €

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FIRST EDITION.
(There is a numbered edition on Hollande and Imperial paper from Japan).

Autograph signed letter:

"To Mr Paul Commaille
Tribute from the author
Anatole France

Copy well established at the time by J. Kauffmann & F. Horclois.

Paris,Calmann Levy,1904. Bound,116 x 188 mm,360 pp.

Bound in contemporary style by J. Kauffmann & F. Horclois. Fawn half calf with marbled paper corners, spine ribbed richly decorated with gilt framing, fillets and roulettes, red morocco title page, gilt head, double gilt fillet on covers, cover preserved, bookmark. Some spotting to boards, otherwise in good condition.

Bio

Anatole France

Born on 16 April 1844 in Paris, and died on 12 October 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (Indre-et-Loire).

His real name, François Anatole Thibault, was considered one of the greatest writers and literary critics of the Third Republic.

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