MAUROIS (André). “Bernard Quesnay—Manuscript.” Typescript of - Lot 138

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MAUROIS (André). “Bernard Quesnay—Manuscript.” Typescript of - Lot 138
MAUROIS (André). “Bernard Quesnay—Manuscript.” Typescript of 138 ff. in one in-4° volume, red morocco leather, double gilt fillet framing and a mosaic green morocco leather band adorning the covers, ribbed spine decorated with the same design, green moiré silk endpapers and lining, slipcase (Ch. Septier). Original typescript of Bernard Quesnay, consisting of 138 ff. of various formats mounted on tabs, including several printed pages of corrected proofs, all with numerous revisions. Bernard Quesnay is André Maurois’s fourth novel, first published in July 1922 under the title *La hausse et la baisse* (74 pp., paginated 305–379, published in issue XIII of the monthly literary anthology *Les Oeuvres libres* by Arthème Fayard), then as a separate first edition by Gallimard in 1926 (253 pp.). Here, the corrected proof sheets bear the running title *La Hausse et la baisse* with the pagination of the pre-original edition. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT by André MAUROIS PRESENTED IN A RED MOSAIC-PATTERNED MOROCCAN LEATHER BINDING.
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