André MALRAUX / " Les Chênes qu'on abat... ", NRF Gallimard 1971, first edition, i of 300 numbered copies on Lafuma-Navarre pure thread, binding signed " D. Lejour", full black morocco, 1st plate inlaid with a photograph of plants, 2nd plate inlaid with a montage of the same photograph, top edge gilt, 235 p in-8 (12 x 19 cm), cover preserved, nice copy enriched with an autograph card from André Malraux (thanks to the death in 1961 of his 2 sons)

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