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CHÉVRILLON, A[ndré] (introduction), Lettres d'un Soldat. (Août 1914-Avril 1915). [Édition originale/orig. edn.].
Paris, Librairie Chapelot, 1916 Small 8°., original private full vellum, title in gilt on front boards and spine, with small gilt tooled ornament on front boards, repeated at foot of spine and in centre of lower outer boards, top edge gilt. Hftitle (verso with publ. imprint/provenance). (xxxiv), 164pp. Orig. decorated endpapers.
Collection of letters by a youn french soldier, a painter, written at the Argonne-front, up till April 1915 when he was reported missing after a battle. A small part of the letters have earlier been published in "Revue de Paris", 1st. and 15th of April, 1915. A moving "document humain", in a private full vellum binding, untrimmed. Very good copy. Rare.
See also our catalogue:
- GEMILANG 140: The First World War; or, The Great War 1914-1918 (2013).
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EUR 275.00
Book nr.: 46783
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