221 - MAUROIS, André. Byron. Volumes I and II.

MAUROIS, André. Byron. Volumes I and II. First edition, not for sale, printed on Arches paper. A rare copy printed for Gérald Maurois and enhanced with a signed autograph dedication from his father, in superb full morocco bindings signed by Victor Granghaud. Paris, Grasset (the “Les Cahiers Verts” collection, edited by Daniel Halévy, No. 7), 1930. 2 in-4 volumes, full red morocco, smooth spine embossed with a design featuring embossed fleurons and gold dots surrounded by embossed scrolls bearing the author’s name and the title in gold lettering, central blind-stamped fleur-de-lis and geometric blind-stamped and gilt decoration framing the covers, guilloché-embossed caps and edges, inner edge in the same morocco leather set with a border and the bookbinder’s name in gilt tools, linings and endpapers of textured paper, gilt head, original green and white covers and spine preserved, untrimmed (see Granghaud). 365 and 361 pp. Spine slightly darkened, minimal scuffing. First edition. Uncommercial copy on Arches vellum (No. II), printed especially for Gérald Maurois, the son of André Maurois. It features a signed autograph dedication by André Maurois to his son on the half-title page of the first volume: “For Gérald, who wants beautiful dedications and who should be content with a beautiful friendship, André Maurois.” There is also a handwritten dedication by the author on the half-title page of the second volume. A very fine copy, partially uncut, in beautiful embossed bindings by Victor Granghaud.