André MAUROIS. Les Discours du Docteur O 'Grady. Paris, La Cité du Livre. 1926. In-8°, corner binding with ribbed spine. One of the copies on Vélin d'Arches, numbered 612. Byron (Two volumes) and Tourgueniev. In-16°, three volumes bound with corners and spine. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1930 and 1931. Madagascar copy no. 47. Les Silences du Colonel Bramble. With illustrations by Charles Martin. Published by Éditions du Nord. Bruxelles, 1929. In-8°, corner binding with ribbed spine. Copy on Vélin pur fil allura, numbered 614.

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