GUITRY (Sacha). From Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain. Paris : Sant' Andrea et Lafuma, 1944. - In-folio, 374 x 275 : 394 pp, (9 ff last blank), printed cover. Dark blue morocco, irregular pieces of red morocco with gilt fillet at the head and foot of the boards and spine, smooth spine, blue suede lining in a dark blue morocco frame with red morocco listel at each corner, blue suede endpapers, gilt edges, cover and spine preserved, slipcase (Gras) First edition at 675 copies, of this work conceived, composed and commented by Sacha Guitry, containing unpublished texts by Pierre Benoît, Maurice Donnay, Georges Duhamel, Abel Hermant, Paul Valéry, René Benjamin, Léo Larguier, Colette, Jean Cocteau, Jean Giraudoux, Paul Morand, etc. The edition is illustrated with works reproduced in the text and on full page by Guy ARNOUX, Pierre BONNARD, Lucien BOUCHER, DIGNIMONT, DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, Georges LEPAPE, Aristide MAILLOL, UTRILLO, etc. The lettering, the headbands, the culs-de-lampe and the drawings of the frontispieces are by GALANIS. One of the 650 copies on pure rag paper watermarked à la Francisque (n° 625), specially printed for Mr Roger-Pierre Lefèvre. It is enriched with the printed letter from the publisher to the buyer, about the gala given at the Opera for the presentation of the book, as well as an AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT SIGNED BY SACHA GUITRY, 1 page in-4, for the letter to the subscribers. Splendid mosaic binding by Madeleine Gras. Spine very slightly faded. Cracks at the hinges. First two pages of text browned. Provenance: Roger-Pierre Lefèvre. - Ex-libris G.G.B.