84 - CAILLAVET, Gaston Arman de, and FLERS, Robert de. *L'amour veille*. A comedy in four acts.

CAILLAVET, Gaston Arman de, and FLERS, Robert de. *L'amour veille*. A comedy in four acts. A very fine copy of the original edition, featuring an autographed dedication by the authors to the actress Marie Leconte, presented in a lovely Art Nouveau binding by Lahaye. Paris, Librairie Théâtrale, 1908. In-8 (200 x 140 mm), full red morocco, spine with four raised bands framed by blind-stamped fillets extending onto the covers, floral composition inlaid with brown morocco, ochre, and ecru on the spine and front cover, double gilt fillet on the edges, wide interior border of the same morocco leather adorned with a gilt framing design featuring mosaic flowers at the corners, light brown moiré silk linings and endpapers, double endpapers, edges gilt on endpapers, covers preserved (M. Lahaye). 300 pages. Scuffing at the bands and on the covers; linings and endpapers slightly detached. First edition of this comedy of manners by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers, first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de la Comédie-Française on October 1, 1907. It was adapted for the cinema in 1937 by Henry Roussel. This copy is enhanced by an autographed dedication from the authors to Marie Leconte, who played Jacqueline in the play’s original cast: “To Marie Leconte, as a token of our admiration and gratitude, this play that earned her stars… of stardom, and which owes its success to her.” A very fine copy in an Art Nouveau binding signed by Georges Lahaye.