GUITRY (Sacha). Petite Hollande. Comedy in three acts. Preface by Octave Mirbeau. The Cuckold who almost spoiled everything. Small act in verse. Paris : P.-V. Stock, 1908. - In-16, 181 x 121 : XII, 211 pp. illustrated cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept, case (Alix). First edition gathering Petite Hollande, a comedy first performed at the Odéon theatre on March 25, 1908, followed by Le Cocu qui faillit tout gâter, a short act in verse first performed at the same theatre on December 21, 1905. It is illustrated on the cover with a portrait of Charlotte Lysès, wife of Sacha Guitry and creator of the role of Lisbeth in the play. ONE OF 7 COPIES ON HOLLANDE PAPER, THE ONLY ONE ON LARGE PAPER, NUMBERED AND INITIALLED BY THE PUBLISHER. COPY NUMBER 1, THAT OF THE STOCK PUBLISHER, BEARING THIS LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR ON THE FALSE TITLE : A P. V. Stock // Yours sincerely // Sacha GuitryPrecious copy enriched with a beautiful correspondence of 8 L.A.S. from Guitry to Stock, related to the book, a pencil model made by Sacha Guitry of the title and the cover, a reproduction in black of the portrait of Charlotte Lysès, and the original photograph of the latter, the one used for the cover, including the title and the name of the publisher written in ink . A very nice copy bound by Alix.
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€3,338
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GUITRY (Sacha).
Petite Hollande. Comedy in three acts. Preface by Octave Mirbeau. The Cuckold who almost spoiled everything. Small act in verse.
Paris : P.-V. Stock, 1908. - In-16, 181 x 121 : XII, 211 pp. illustrated cover. Red half-maroquin with corners, gilt filets, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept, case (Alix).
First edition gathering Petite Hollande, a comedy first performed at the Odéon theatre on March 25, 1908, followed by Le Cocu qui faillit tout gâter, a short act in verse first performed at the same theatre on December 21, 1905. It is illustrated on the cover with a portrait of Charlotte Lysès, wife of Sacha Guitry and creator of the role of Lisbeth in the play.
ONE OF 7 COPIES ON HOLLANDE PAPER, THE ONLY ONE ON LARGE PAPER, NUMBERED AND INITIALLED BY THE PUBLISHER.
COPY NUMBER 1, THAT OF THE STOCK PUBLISHER, BEARING THIS LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR ON THE FALSE TITLE :
A P. V. Stock // Yours sincerely // Sacha GuitryPrecious
copy enriched with a beautiful correspondence of 8 L.A.S. from Guitry to Stock, related to the book, a pencil model made by Sacha Guitry of the title and the cover, a reproduction in black of the portrait of Charlotte Lysès, and the original photograph of the latter, the one used for the cover, including the title and the name of the publisher written in ink
.
A very nice copy bound by Alix.
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