REF. 0288

Le Retour.

Place
Neuchatel et Paris
Date
1946
Format
In-8 (230 x 164 mm)
Binding
Paperback
Collation
112 pp., (3) ff.
Language
French
Century
20th century
Distinctive features
From the library of Robert Mallet

Condition report

Very good

€300
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GIDE André. Le Retour.
Neuchatel et Paris, Ides et Calendes, 1946.

In-8 (230 x 164 mm): 112 pp., [3] ff. In wrappers, uncut.

Original edition, one of 75 copies not for sale, printed on vergé crème paper.
Presentation copy with an autograph dedication from Gide to Robert Mallet on the half-title page.

Robert Mallet (1915–2002) was a poet, academic, and radio personality. He received his first literary award, the Fabien Prize, in 1942 for Le Retour à la terre, along with a prize of 3,000 francs. He founded the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tananarive in Madagascar and served as its first dean.