Estimate: | £200 - £300 |
Hammer price: | £180 |
FRANCE, Anatole (1844-1924). Le Puits de Sainte Claire. Paris: Calmann Lévy, 1895. 8vo (184 x 125mm). Half title, woodcut printer's device on title. Attractively bound in later dark blue half morocco gilt by Charles Meunier, the spine lettered in gilt and with a floral motif in cream and tan morocco onlays, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut, original orange printed wrappers bound in, multi-coloured silk marker. FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 27 OF 55 COPIES. With Paul Bourget's Le Disciple (Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1889, 8vo, attractively bound in later dark purple morocco gilt by Charles Meunier, original pale green printed wrappers bound in, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 86 OF 100 COPIES "SUR PAPIER DE HOLLANDE", initialled by the publisher). (2)