DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (André) - DORGELÈS (Roland). The Wooden Crosses. - La Boule de gui. Paris : La Banderole, [1921-1922]. - 2 works in one volume in-4, 250 x 184: frontispiece, (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 278 pp. (3 ff. last blank), 9 plates, printed cover; frontispiece, (4 ff. first 2 blanks), 86 pp. (5 ff. last 3 blanks), 4 plates, printed cover. Grey morocco, cross on gilt background on the upper part of the boards, projecting a shadow in hollow three times, the one in the center going down to the lower edge of the boards, ribbed spine decorated with cold crosses, two bold gilt fillets framing the inside, grey moiré silk lining and endpapers, double guards, gilt head, untrimmed, covers and spine preserved, slipcase (René Kieffer) During the First World War, André DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC (1884-1974) was mobilized in the infantry before being assigned to the group of artist-camouflagers, which allowed him to travel the lines. The numerous drawings he made on the spot have a recognized artistic and documentary value, and are a unique testimony to this conflict. He used them to illustrate three of the main novels about the Great War by Roland Dorgelès: Les Croix de bois (1921), La Boule de Gui (1922) and Le Cabaret de la belle femme (1924). Are gathered here the first two novels. The edition of Les Croix de bois is the first illustrated one; it is decorated with 50 compositions by Dunoyer de Segonzac, including ten original drypoints out of the text and 40 drawings reproduced in the text. Boule de gui is an original edition, illustrated with forty-seven compositions by Dunoyer de Segonzac, including forty-two drawings reproduced in the text and five original drypoints out of the text including the frontispiece. Limited edition of 600 copies. These two are part of the 519 numbered copies on tinted Lafuma paper, bearing the same number 432. Superb copy bound by René Kieffer who took over a decoration designed by Pierre Legrain on another copy of Les Croix de bois . It is enriched with an original unsigned drawing by Dunoyer de Segonzac, representing a wounded soldier lying on a stretcher. Spine slightly faded.