Signé ; Francis Jammes - Choix de poèmes (avec dédicace à Julia Alphonse Daudet) - 1922

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Francis Jammes — Choix de poèmes, Édition numérotée tirage de tête n°104 (1922), Mercure de France, French language original, 254 pages, 19.5 × 14 cm, bound in demi‑cuir, with a handwritten dedication to Julia Alphonse Daudet and a frontispiece portrait by Jacques‑Émile Blanche, including Léon Moulin’s study and a bibliography.

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Francis Jammes — Choice of Poems (1922)
Proof copy no. 104, inscribed to Julia Alphonse Daudet

With a study by Léon Moulin and a bibliography.
Portrait of the author by Jacques-Émile Blanche.
Paris, Mercure de France, 1922.
In-8.

Tirage & copy
Proof copy of the deluxe issue, numbered 104.
Untrimmed volume, in keeping with Mercure de France’s luxury copies, featuring the irregular edges characteristic of uncut issues.

Manuscript dedication
Beautiful autograph inscription:
« to my faithful friend Julia Alphonse Daudet »,
followed by the author's signature.

Dedication addressed to Julia Allard-Daudet, wife of Alphonse Daudet, a woman of letters and a major figure of the literary salon frequented by Jammes, Gide, Mallarmé, Mirbeau, Léon Daudet, etc.
First-rate provenance.

Description of the copy
Well-preserved volume, old half-leather binding, sturdy but with a few signs of wear, untrimmed edges, clean paper. A seal and a pencil mark on the free endpaper and a signature in ink on the following page.
Frontispiece portrait.
Pages showing the irregularity typical of Mercure de France untrimmed copies.

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Francis Jammes — Choice of Poems (1922)
Proof copy no. 104, inscribed to Julia Alphonse Daudet

With a study by Léon Moulin and a bibliography.
Portrait of the author by Jacques-Émile Blanche.
Paris, Mercure de France, 1922.
In-8.

Tirage & copy
Proof copy of the deluxe issue, numbered 104.
Untrimmed volume, in keeping with Mercure de France’s luxury copies, featuring the irregular edges characteristic of uncut issues.

Manuscript dedication
Beautiful autograph inscription:
« to my faithful friend Julia Alphonse Daudet »,
followed by the author's signature.

Dedication addressed to Julia Allard-Daudet, wife of Alphonse Daudet, a woman of letters and a major figure of the literary salon frequented by Jammes, Gide, Mallarmé, Mirbeau, Léon Daudet, etc.
First-rate provenance.

Description of the copy
Well-preserved volume, old half-leather binding, sturdy but with a few signs of wear, untrimmed edges, clean paper. A seal and a pencil mark on the free endpaper and a signature in ink on the following page.
Frontispiece portrait.
Pages showing the irregularity typical of Mercure de France untrimmed copies.

Careful sending by tracked mail

Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Poetry
Book title
Choix de poèmes (avec dédicace à Julia Alphonse Daudet)
Author/ Illustrator
Signé ; Francis Jammes
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1922
Height
19.5 cm
Edition
Numbered edition
Width
14 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Mercure de France
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Extras
Signed by author
Number of pages
254
FranceVerified
50
Objects sold
100%
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