542 - MALAPARTE (Kurt-Erich Suckert, known as Curzio). The Volga Begins in Europe. Paris, Domat, 1948. Large 8vo, 349 pp., red half-shagreen, flat-ribbed spine, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (contemporary binding).

MALAPARTE (Kurt-Erich Suckert, known as Curzio). The Volga Begins in Europe. Paris, Domat, 1948. Large 8vo, 349 pp., red half-shagreen, flat-ribbed spine, gilt fillet on the covers, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (contemporary binding). First edition of the French translation by Juliette Bertrand. Preface written in French by the author. Printed in a run of 550 copies, no. 35/50 on Johannot Pur Fil, the only high-quality paper used. Spine slightly sun-faded, otherwise a very fine copy. A collection of chronicles by Malaparte (1898–1957) as a war correspondent on the Eastern Front in 1941. He drew upon this wartime experience to write his novel *Kaputt*. From the library of Vincent AURIOL (1884–1966), former President of the French Republic, with his engraved bookplate.