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629 - ALAIN-FOURNIER *Le grand Meaulnes*. Paris: Émile-Paul frères, 1913. In-12. Half-maroquin with midnight blue corners, signed by Dubois d'Enghien-Dooms; ribbed spine with gilt lettering on raised bands; cover boards in good condition (spine slightly faded). A fine copy. First edition. First issue, first thousand, Category 1 (error: “Chapter I” on p. 133; printing completed 9/13/15822; cover 10/13/15824). Copy on OCF Paris watermarked vellum paper (i.e., the satin-finished alfa paper from the print run estimated at 300 or 400 copies), bearing no. 506 with a printed note on the reverse of the title page similar to that on the Japanese paper copies: "Justification of the print run // No. ...". Ref. Talvart & Place 47. - R. Desprechins in "Le livre et l'estampe" nos. 39–40 (1964), 63–64 (1970), and 69–70 (1972). From the collection of Raoul Simonson (bookplate).
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ALAIN-FOURNIER *Le grand Meaulnes*. Paris: Émile-Paul frères, 1913. In-12. Half-maroquin with midnight blue corners, signed by Dubois d'Enghien-Dooms; ribbed spine with gilt lettering on raised bands; cover boards in good condition (spine slightly faded). A fine copy. First edition. First issue, first thousand, Category 1 (error: “Chapter I” on p. 133; printing completed 9/13/15822; cover 10/13/15824). Copy on OCF Paris watermarked vellum paper (i.e., the satin-finished alfa paper from the print run estimated at 300 or 400 copies), bearing no. 506 with a printed note on the reverse of the title page similar to that on the Japanese paper copies: "Justification of the print run // No. ...". Ref. Talvart & Place 47. - R. Desprechins in "Le livre et l'estampe" nos. 39–40 (1964), 63–64 (1970), and 69–70 (1972). From the collection of Raoul Simonson (bookplate).
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