MONTHERLANT (Henry de). Chant funèbre pour les morts de Verdun. Paris, Grasset, 1925. Small in-4, 136 p., half black morocco with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, author, title and date gilt, gilt head, cover and spine preserved [Semet & Plumelle]. Original edition with a frontispiece after Ligier Richier, a bandeau after Germain Pilon and a cul-de-lampe, all wood-engraved by L. Bertault. The final printing is dated December 4, 1924. One of 300 Madagascar Lafuma copies reprinted in-4° tellière (no. 120), the only large paper.

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