ORIEUX (Jean). Souvenirs de campagnes. Paris: Flammarion, [1979]. -In-8, 251x163: (1 blank f.), 388 pp, (1 f.), printed cover. Havana morocco, boards decorated with a composition of real tree leaves glued together, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, lined case (J.-P. Miguet). First edition. Novelist Jean Orieux recounts his memories of the Limousin region in the late '30s and early '40s: "I knew the Limousin people in the towns and hamlets. I roamed their moors and forests with them, I followed the fairs and markets, I frequented the town halls, the schools, the priests, the socialists and the hobereaux almost every day for years. My life was a melting pot of Limousin lives. These are the people who come alive in these Souvenirs." One of 25 numbered copies on Arches paper, the only large paper edition. A perfect copy, very well bound by Jean-Paul Miguet.