L'ESSOR Monthly, Literary, Philosophical and Scientific Publication from the Northern Region, Absolutely Independent N° 1, December 25, 1897-N° 12, November-December 1898. Lille, Editor-in-chief: Eugène Perdu, Editorial secretary: A. Gonthier de la Roche, then Théodore Varlet. Texts by René d'Avril, Maurice Bécue, Marie-Louise de Cardelus, A.-M. Gossez, Jean Goudezki, Émile Langlois, Raymond Lesage, Stéphane Mallarmé ("Sur l'Été", published in autograph facsimile), Camille Mauclair, Jean Richepin, Armand Silvestre, Théodore Varlet, Georges Verdier, etc. 12 issues in 11 deliveries in 1 vol. in-8 bound (covers preserved). The cover of no. 1 is torn. No. 6 is missing pages 185-186 and No. 9/10 pages 273-274. Pages 183-184, repaired, are bound in reverse order. The flyleaf bears this autograph letter from Théo Varlet (summer 1939): "Very rare. I'll provide you with the pseudonyms in hindsight, let me think. "