6 - TOSCAN ((Raoul) Charles Brun, known as...). 2 bound volumes:

TOSCAN ((Raoul) Charles Brun, known as...). 2 bound volumes: - Doodette, Little Flower of the Nile. A travel novel. Moulins, Crépin-Leblond, 1939, in-8, 164 pp. – 1 folio. Red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, cover intact. (Lobstein-Laurenchet). Well-bound copy. First edition. Born in Buenos Aires in 1884, Charles Brun, better known by the pseudonym Raoul Toscan, was of Nevers descent on his mother’s side. Returning to France at a very young age, he settled in Nevers. In 1919, drawn to the East, he left the banks of the Loire for the banks of the Nile. He taught drawing at the high school in Alexandria but, after two years, returned to Nevers to manage the library. This autobiographical novel is inspired by that journey. - *La maison de maman Rose*. Novel. Paris, Debresse, 1951, in-12, 235 pp. and 2 folios. Red half-chagrin with a band, cover. (Contemporary binding). - One of 250 copies bound in alfa mousse, bearing the number 3. First edition of this novel depicting Breton life. “The very soul of Brittany evoked in the final work of a great regionalist from Nevers” (publicity banner).