Alain-Fournier, Henri

Le Grand Meaulnes [No.85 of 150 copies - complete with the 30 additional plates]

Brussels: Editions du Nord, 1943. Nelly Deguoy (Illus.). Limited edition, text in French, No. 85 of 150 (one of 100 copies, numbered 50 to 150, on Japon Mitsu paper), original illustrated wraps (Holland Van Gelder Paper), glassine wrapper, colour illus, pp 262, iv. Includes the extra suite of 30 colour plates by Nelly Deguoy on velin blanc paper. In original card slipcase, fraying to edges. Book darkened to spine, otherwise near-fine condition. The loose plates are also in near-fine condition.

Classic autobiographical novel, originally published a year before the author's death in WWI. The title has various translations, including The Wanderer and The Lost Domain. Item #100461

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