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François

Mauriac


Le désert de l’amour

1925130 x 190 mm

FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF 25 NUMBERED COPIES ON ARCHES WOVE PAPER.

350 €

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Literature Copy on large paper First Edition Autograph

Description

FIRST EDITION.

ONE OF 25 NUMBERED COPIES ON ARCHES WOVE PAPER RESERVED FOR MR EDOUARD CHAMPION,
FOR THE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL BIBLIOPHILES AND PALACE BIBLIOPHILES.
Most restricted draw  after 40 copies on light green paper, 1310 copies on Vélin pur fil, 6600 copies on Vergé Bouffant, 30 copies on China paper, 50 copies on Madagascar, 120 copies on Japon Imperial, 150 copies on Hollande.

SIGNED AUTOGRAPH QUOTE:

"As soon as we are alone, we are
fools... the control of ourselves by ourselves is only supported by
the control that others impose on us.
François Mauriac

A fine copy, contemporary binding by C. Ritter.

Paris,Grasset,1925.In-12, Bound,130 x 190 mm,260 pp.

Contemporary binding signed C. Ritter. Half chocolate brown morocco, spine ribbed, gilt framed, gilt head and title. Cover and spine preserved, bookmark.

Bio

Mauriac, François

François Mauriac

François Mauriac, born October 11, 1885 in Bordeaux and died September 1, 1970 in Paris, is a French writer. Winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1926, he was elected a member of the Académie française au fauteuil no 22 in 1933. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1952.

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