855 - George Sand: *Elle et lui* (1929) with a personal dedication by Paul Éluard (1895–1952)

George Sand: *Elle et lui* (1929) with a personal dedication by Paul Éluard (1895–1952) George Sand, *Elle et lui*, Editeurs Calmann-Lévy, Paris 1929. French edition. On the endpaper is a handwritten, signed dedication by the Surrealist poet Paul Éluard: “To Mauricette Legrand / Your audacity has made you / what you are today. / Paul Éluard.” Copy no. 374 of 1,500. Bordeaux-red, marbled half-leather binding with gold-stamped title on the spine. 8° format (20.4 cm x 14.5 cm). Mauricette Legrand is presumably a figure from the wider circle of the Parisian Surrealist scene with ties to the poet Gérard Legrand. Here, Éluard highlights the recipient’s boldness and independence in a very personal way. George Sand, *Elle et lui*, Editeurs Calmann-Lévy, Paris 1929. French edition. With a handwritten and hand-signed dedication by Paul Éluard to Mauricette Legrand. No. 374 of an edition of 1,500 copies.