Léon BLOY. [Diary, 1898-1920]; set of 8 first-edition volumes; in-8, large-margin paperbacks, in black half-chagrin folders, ribbed spines with gilt fillet frames, slipcases. A very fine set of eight volumes of Bloy's Journal on large paper. Le Mendiant ingrat (Bruxelles, Edmond Deman, 1898); one of 30 copies on Hollande (no. 38), signed by Léon Bloy and Edmond Deman; uncut. Mon Journal (Paris, Mercure de France, 1904); one of 3 first copies on Japon (no. 2). Quatre ans de captivité à Cochons-sur-Marne (Paris, Mercure de France, 1905); one of 21 copies on Hollande (no. 15). L'Invendable (Paris, Mercure de France, 1909); one of 21 copies on Hollande (justification omitted); autograph dispatch from Bloy to his publisher: "à Alfred Vallette mon vieil ami toujours fidèle nonobstant Léon Bloy". Le Vieux de la Montagne (Paris, Mercure de France, 1911); one of 21 copies on Hollande (no. 23). Le Pèlerin de l'Absolu (Paris, Mercure de France, 1914); one of 22 copies on Hollande (no. 4). Au seuil de l'Apocalypse (Paris, Mercure de France, 1916); one of 35 copies on Hollande (no. 9). La Porte des Humbles (Paris, Mercure de France, 1920); one of 49 first copies on Chine (no. 25).