Description

STUNNING SET OF SIX EMBOSSED LEATHER BINDINGS drawn up by Andrée, an amateur bookbinder, at the beginning of the 20th century.

The six full calf bindings are decorated on the first cover with stained and embossed leather depicting a face, in keeping with the book's theme. The back covers are bordered and decorated with gilt friezes, and all the endpapers are embroidered silk.

• Geneviève DUHAMELET
  The ladies of the hospital 336
  Paris, Albin Michel, s.d. [1917]. In-12, full Tan calf, first cover decorated with embossed and tinted leather depicting a nurse in a large medallion. Floral embroidered silk endpapers. Signature "Andrée" engraved in the leather.
  ORIGINAL EDITION with a preface by Georges Docquois.
  This rare account of a nurse during the Great War is frequently cited in studies of women's involvement in the war effort.
  He was awarded the Silver Medal for Epidemics.
• Henri BARBUSSE
  Le Feu - Diary of a squad
  Paris, Flammarion, 1916. In-12, full Natural calf, first cover decorated with embossed and tinted leather depicting liberty, the drapery of which continues on the spine and second cover. Endpapers in embroidered silk with floral motif using a thread. metallic. Andrée" signature engraved in the leather. 
  ORIGINAL EDITION, an unmarked copy of the current edition, after 198 numbered copies.
  This diary from the front by Henri Barbusse during the First World War appeared as a serial in the daily newspaper L'Œuvre from 3 August 1916, then in volume at the end of November of the same year, published by Flammarion. It was awarded the Prix Goncourt.
• Emir Emin ARSLAN
  La Verdad sobre El Harem
  Buenos Aires, Otero & Co, 1916. In-12, full Tan calf, first cover decorated with a rich embossed and painted leather decoration depicting a concubine in profile against a background of oriental arabesques covering the entire binding. Floral embroidered silk endpapers. Signature "Andrée" engraved in the leather. First cover preserved.
  ORIGINAL EDITION in Spanish.
  A Lebanese diplomat in the Ottoman Empire, Emin Arslan (1868-1943) was consul in Bordeaux, Brussels, Paris and Buenos Aires. He wrote books and articles in Arabic and Spanish, as well as numerous articles for French newspapers. Copy enriched with a postcard bearing the effigy of Emin Arslan with his autograph signature.
• Camille MAUCLAIR
  The Mystery of the Face
  Paris, Ollendorff, no date [1912].. In-12, full cherry calf, first cover decorated with embossed and painted leather depicting the profile of a female face in a medallion strewn with stars. Floral embroidered silk endpapers. Signature "Andrée" engraved in the leather.
  Fourth edition.
• Claude FARRÈRE
  Opium Smoke
  Paris, Ollendorff, no date. In-12, full chocolate calf, first cover decorated with embossed and painted leather depicting a face wrapped in smoke in front of a high flaming cup. Floral embroidered silk endpapers. Signature "Andrée" engraved in the leather.
  Mention of thirty-second edition.
• Honoré de BALZAC
  The Farmers
  Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1889. Petit  in-12, full chocolate calf, first cover decorated with a painted embossed leather decoration depicting a portrait of Balzac. Floral embroidered silk endpapers. Signature "Andrée" engraved in the leather.
  New edition.