MIRBEAU (Octave). Le Journal d'une femme de chambre. Paris : Bibliothèque-Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle, 1900. - In-12, 181 x 115 : (2 ff.), 519 pp. printed cover. Dark green half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Canape et Corriez). First edition of this famous novel by Octave Mirbeau. Copy on edition paper, enriched with a L.A.S. from the author addressed to G. Mourey, September 4, 1900, one page in-8: "I am sending you my new book - poor book! I fear for it to appear in the middle of general indifference ". Good copy, well bound. Spine faded. Attached, by the same author : - Lettres de Ma Chaumière. Paris : A. Laurent, 1886. - In-18, 187 x 118 : (2 ff.), 434 pp. printed cover. Half red morocco, gilt fillet, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (early 20th century binding). First edition. Copy on publisher's paper, enriched with a L.A.S. from Octave Mirbeau, "this 26th of January 1905", to a colleague, 1 page in-12. Stained and browned cover, some tears on the edges . Scattered foxing. Provenance: Ex-libris Hirch Nobel.