YOURCENAR, Marguerite.
Alexis ou le Traité du vain combat. Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1929.
In-16 [157 x 126] of 182 pp, (5) ff. the last 3 blank : dark green morocco with long jansenist grain, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, spine folder and bands with dark green morocco with long grain, case (Leroux 1989).
First edition.
First book by Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987) : long farewell letter of a husband inhibited by his homosexuality who tries to justify the abandonment of his wife to whom he is nevertheless attached.
One of 75 copies on Arches laid paper, the only deluxe edition, this one out of trade (n° 2).
A very nice copy in morocco by Leroux.
