REF. 0958

Journal I. - Journal II. - Journal III.

François Mauriac
Publisher
Grasset
Place
Paris
Date
1934
Format
In-8 (188 x 125 mm)
Binding
Bound
Collation
T1 - (4) ff., 226 pp., (3) ff., T2 - 230 pp., (2) ff., T3 - 218 pp., (2) ff.
Language
French
Century
20th century
Distinctive features
From the library of Jacques-Émile Blanche

Condition report

Very good

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MAURIAC, François. Journal I. - Journal II. - Journal III.
Paris: Grasset, 1934.

Octavo (188 x 125 mm). Vol. I: (4) ff., 226 pp., (3) ff.; Vol. II: 230 pp., (2) ff.; Vol. III: 218 pp., (2) ff., original spine and wrappers preserved.
Burgundy half-shagreen with corners, spine with raised bands, author, title and volume number gilt, top edge gilt (modern binding).

First editions, each volume with an autograph presentation inscription from the author to JACQUES-ÉMILE BLANCHE and his wife.
François Mauriac met Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1915, beginning a friendship with him that would last until the painter's death. A correspondence between the two men exists and was published by Harmattan in 2025, edited by Jean-Pierre Constant.


Inscription in vol. I: "a madame Blanche / à Jacques Blanche / en ? et affectueux hommage / leur ami / François M."
Inscription in vol. II: "a madame Blanche / et à mon cher Jacques Blanche / après une journée de "signatures" / à la vente des chantiers du / cardinal. / leur ami [abruti mais] qui les aime bien / François Mauriac".
Inscription in vol. III: "à mon cher J. E. Blanche / Me fonds (?) de ces longs d'?, / au lond (?) de ce même chemin / où je l'ai connu, il y a / 18 (?) ans. / De tout mon coeur / F. M."

Spines slightly faded; the rear wrapper of volume II is split for a few millimetres.