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Huysmans, Joris-Karl
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
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À Rebours. Paris: G. Charpentier, 1884
12mo (7 1/4 4 1/2 in.; 185 x 115 mm). Light toning to margins. Half green morocco, spine in 6 compartments lettered gilt, top edge gilt; spine faded to brown, pencil notes by Mr. Auchincloss on binder's blank. Original yellow wrappers bound in.
12mo (7 1/4 4 1/2 in.; 185 x 115 mm). Light toning to margins. Half green morocco, spine in 6 compartments lettered gilt, top edge gilt; spine faded to brown, pencil notes by Mr. Auchincloss on binder's blank. Original yellow wrappers bound in.
Provenance
Pierre Lambert (library ticket, according to Mr. Auchincloss's note, Lambert collected Huÿsmans and edited his letters to Zola) — Louis Auchincloss (bookplate)
Literature
Connolly, One Hundred Modern Books 4
Catalogue Note
First edition, presentation copy. Huÿsmans has inscribed his most famous and notorious novel on the half-title to French bibliophile and writer, Octave Uzanne: "À Octave | Souvenir de l'ami | JKHuysmans."