ROMAINS, Jules. KNOCK ou le triomphe de la médecine. Le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche.
Paris, Nrf, 1924.

In-8 (219 x 174 mm), 249 pp, (3) ff, covers and spine preserved.
Red half-maroquin with corners, separated by gilt fillet, spine ribbed with gilt author, title and date, gilt head (C. Dreneau).

First edition, first print run.
One of 100 deluxe copies reprinted in In-4 format on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, reserved for NRF bibliophiles and numbered from I to C; ours is No. XXXII.

Two comedies that have become emblematic of Jules Romains' theatre: Knock, a biting satire of medical power, and Le Trouhadec, a jubilant pastiche of university mores.

Minor rubbing to corners, otherwise a superb copy.