GENEVOIX (M.). LA LOIRE, Agnès et les garçons. P., Robert Léger, 1964. Large in-4 blue morocco decorated with horizontal gilt fillets, smooth spine, gilt title, gray moiré silk lining, gilt head, one-piece cover, morocco flap folder and spine, lined slipcase (Guéniot-Laballe). Spine of folder uniformly faded. EDITION ILLUSTRÉE with 15 full-page color COMPOSITIONS by Pierre LETELLIER, including 3 double-page ones. Limited edition of 190 COPIES. ONE of 145 numbered on Arches vellum. SIGNED AUTOGRAPH ENVOIR: "à Monsieur G. Chevrier, en commune dilection pour les eaux vives et les libres horizons, et en témoignage de la sympathie de Maurice Genevoix". MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE, in perfect condition, in a decorated morocco binding by Guéniot, the Parisian bookbinder who succeeded his father-in-law Lucien Laballe from 1962 to 1972. ¶ Fléty, 101.

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