MONTHERLANT, Henry de.

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MONTHERLANT, Henry de.
Les Garçons. Paris, Gallimard, [1969]. In-8 [204 x 138] of 377 pp, (3) ff. the last one blank : raspberry jansenist morocco, smooth spine, grey box lining with gilt fillet, grey box endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, spine folder with raspberry morocco cover bands, case (J.-P. Miguet). First edition. One of the first 50 numbered copies on japon Torinoko Kozy (n° 5). "There is a large part of autobiography in Les Garçons. It is the novel of the life of Montherlant (1895-1972). Fiction of which the author drew the first sketches in 1914, he carried it with him all his life; he waited for old age to finish writing it" (Michel Raimond). Autograph letter signed on the false title: To Mr. René Veaux // these dramas of the past about which the question // arises whether they would be the same today. // The opinions of competent people (directors (?), // priests) are quite opposed. // Montherlant // October 2, 1969 Perfect copy. One page of the typescript of the preface of the work is attached, containing the last three paragraphs typed with autograph additions. Provenance: René Veaux, with a letter from the author - Jean and Jérémie Lebrun, with bookplate.
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