Gaston Leroux - Le Mystère de la chambre jaune - Édition originale - 1908

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Gaston Leroux’s illustrated first edition of *Le Mystère de la chambre jaune* was published in French in 1908 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie and has 452 pages.

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Gaston Leroux, The Mystery of the Yellow Room. The Extraordinary Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille, reporter. Rouletabille's first adventure, one of the foundational novels of the locked-room mystery.

Edition: Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Co., 90 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, s.d. [1908].

Print run: first edition in volume, published January 1908 after serial publication in L’Illustration in 1907. Unnumbered copy, on ordinary paper (no large-paper issue announced). The volume contains the printed dedication “To Robert Charvay. Grateful remembrance of the beginnings of young Rouletabille.”

Engravings: a black frontispiece, portrait of Joseph Rouletabille after a drawing by José Simont. Initial caps and typographic headpieces.

Binding: blue-night half-leather, spine with 5 raised bands adorned with gold fleurons, gilt title, boards of blue marbled paper, endpapers of blue marbled paper.

- Dimensions: 12.5 x 18.1 cm
- Condition: Binding: good condition; Interior: good condition.
- Pencil annotation on a white sheet. See photos for more details.
- Number of pages: 452 pages

Careful shipment in a rigid and watertight carton.

Seller's Story

L'Art Délivré offers autograph letters, manuscripts, and carefully selected ancient books. Expertise, authenticity, and seriousness at the service of demanding collectors.
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Gaston Leroux, The Mystery of the Yellow Room. The Extraordinary Adventures of Joseph Rouletabille, reporter. Rouletabille's first adventure, one of the foundational novels of the locked-room mystery.

Edition: Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Co., 90 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, s.d. [1908].

Print run: first edition in volume, published January 1908 after serial publication in L’Illustration in 1907. Unnumbered copy, on ordinary paper (no large-paper issue announced). The volume contains the printed dedication “To Robert Charvay. Grateful remembrance of the beginnings of young Rouletabille.”

Engravings: a black frontispiece, portrait of Joseph Rouletabille after a drawing by José Simont. Initial caps and typographic headpieces.

Binding: blue-night half-leather, spine with 5 raised bands adorned with gold fleurons, gilt title, boards of blue marbled paper, endpapers of blue marbled paper.

- Dimensions: 12.5 x 18.1 cm
- Condition: Binding: good condition; Interior: good condition.
- Pencil annotation on a white sheet. See photos for more details.
- Number of pages: 452 pages

Careful shipment in a rigid and watertight carton.

Seller's Story

L'Art Délivré offers autograph letters, manuscripts, and carefully selected ancient books. Expertise, authenticity, and seriousness at the service of demanding collectors.
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Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Literature
Book title
Le Mystère de la chambre jaune - Édition originale
Author/ Illustrator
Gaston Leroux
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1908
Height
18.1 cm
Edition
1st Edition, 1st Edition Thus, Illustrated Edition, Limited edition, Special edition
Width
12.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Paris, Pierre Lafitte & Cie, 90 avenue des Champs-Élysées
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
452
FranceVerified
1610
Objects sold
100%
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