Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)

Lot 69
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Lot 69 | Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
Alain-Fournier (pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier, 1886-1914)
Le Grand Meaulnes. Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1913.
12mo (186 x 118mm). Imprint on p.366 dated September 1913. Original card wrappers printed in red and black, with the imprint on lower cover dated December 1913; glassine wrapper; housed in modern chemise and slipcase. Provenance: Marcel de Merre (Antwerp bibliophile); Sotheby’s, Paris, 6 May 2007, lot 280.

First edition in book form, preserving the original printed wrappers, of the ‘the greatest novel of adolescence in European literature’ (John Fowles). No. 905 of 1000 copies on alfa satin paper.
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