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111 - DRUON, Maurice. *La Chute des corps. La Fin des hommes*.
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DRUON, Maurice. *La Chute des corps. La Fin des hommes*. First edition, press copy, featuring a beautiful autographed dedication to André Maurois. Paris, Julliard, 1950. Large in-12, red half-shagreen, spine with four raised bands, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved. 345 pp. Some scuffing and small scratches on the spine; paper slightly yellowed. First edition of the second volume of the trilogy *La Fin des hommes*. A copy from André Maurois’s library, bearing his bookplate, and featuring a beautiful signed autograph dedication. “To Mr. André Maurois, whose important judgment on *Les Grandes Familles* I have not forgotten / as a tribute of admiration to my most illustrious senior from the *Concours Général*.” The copy contains four newspaper clippings at the beginning of the volume relating to Maurice Druon, including André Maurois’s review of this second installment and an interesting joint interview with Joseph Kessel. In good condition.
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Rare and valuable books from the 16th to the 20th centuries (manuscripts, curiosities, Art Deco-illustrated books, the André Maurois collection, etc.).Auction house
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