286 - TROYAT, Henri. *Le Sac et la cendre*.

TROYAT, Henri. *Le Sac et la cendre*. A copy belonging to André Maurois, a first edition, featuring a signed autograph dedication and accompanied by a signed autograph letter from Henri Troyat. Paris, Éditions de la Table ronde, 1948. Fort in-8, light-colored half-basane with corners, spine with four raised bands, gilt fillet framing the panels, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved. 756 pp. Some scuffing and minor scratches on the binding; yellowed paper. First edition, press copy, of the second volume of the historical epic *Tant que la Terre durera* (*As Long as the Earth Endures*), recounting the fate of a family caught up in the fall of the Russian Empire. A copy belonging to André Maurois, featuring his ex-libris vignette, and bearing an autographed dedication addressed to the writer and his wife: “This fictionalized evocation of an era that, in so many ways, seems to foreshadow the days that lie ahead .” It includes a signed autograph letter from Henri Troyat addressed to Madame André Maurois, in which he declines an invitation (1 page, in-4 format, April 19, 1947, with envelope), and a newspaper clipping (an article by Robert Kremp about the novel). In good condition.