Le Feu

(Journal d'une Escouade)
Paris, E. Flammarion, (August 30) 1924.
2 vols. (150 x 195 mm) of 275 and 293 p. In wrappers, with all margins.
Numbered printing on vélin pur fil Lafuma (no. 1837).

Signed presentation inscription: “à Marcel Granoux, fraternellement. Henri Barbusse.”

The copy is enriched with:

- a photographic portrait of the author by the Atelier G. L. Manuel: 1 gelatin silver print (90 x 140 mm), photographer's stamp on the back;

- two typed letters signed, dated 28 April and 2 July 1930, 2 leaves on Barbusse's letterhead.

One inscription concerns a contribution to a review: “My dear comrade, I was traveling when your letter arrived here […] it is now too late to send you the article…”; the other concerns Le Feu: “I shall be very happy to inscribe the copy of Le Feu which you do me the honor and kindness of holding particularly dear….”

A handsome two-volume edition of Barbusse’s great novel, awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1916.

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