A Gascon Pilgrim: Limited Edition with Author Manuscripts

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DERENNES (Charles) Le Pèlerin de Gascogne. Paris, L'Edition Française Illustrée, 1918. Octavo, half shagreen binding with corners, gilt edges, cracked joints, wear to headcaps, fresh interior, in publisher's slipcase, original dust jacket preserved, with full margins, XII-316 pages. First edition. Limited print run of 15 copies on Dutch paper, of which only the first seven were not sold commercially; this is copy no. 7. Includes 4 pages entirely handwritten by the author from April 1914 (manuscript preface to this book) and 2 autograph letters from the author to his friend Marcel, to whom he presents these 4 manuscript pages. Charles Derennes (1882-1930) was a French writer born in Villeneuve-sur-Lot and associated with Gascon literary circles.