VALÉRY (Paul). Eupalinos. Paris : NRF, 1924. - In-8, dark green morocco, gilt filets in frame and gilt snake forming the letter R in the center on the boards, spine ornamented, gilt filets in frame inside, gilt head, cover and spine kept (Gruel). New edition published one year after the original. Unnumbered copy, printed on pure laid paper of the Lafuma paper mills of Voiron with the watermark of the NRF, under a special cover. EXAMPLE OF THE WRITER AND POLITICAL MAN GASTON RIOU (1883-1958), covered with a very beautiful original binding by Gruel, decorated with a snake drawing the figure R of Riou in the center of the boards. It has been enriched with an ORIGINAL DRAWING IN COLOR BY PAUL VALÉRY, visibly representing Robinson Crusoe, signed and dated of Bénerville on September 1st, 1922. It also includes a sheet of paper with an autograph copy signed by Valéry of a sentence from "Eupalinos", accompanied by this ex-dono in the hand of the American philanthropist and friend of Gaston Riou, Florence Blumenthal (1873-1930): "For my deared friend // Gaston Riou // from his devoted // Florence Blumenthal // June 25the 1925". Spine faded, upper corners dull.