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Lot n° 1277

ARAGON, Louis.

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The Travelers of the Imperial. Novel. Paris, Gallimard, [1942]. In-8 [206 x 138] of 610 pp, (1) f. : cherry box, boards decorated with black fillets, as well as polygonal patterns of red velvet and light red paper, forming a stylized decoration representing a sun and a view of Paris with the Eiffel Tower, smooth spine decorated with polygonal patterns of red velvet and light red paper, light red paper lining, red velvet endpapers, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, spine folder and overlapping bands of cherry box, slipcase (Leroux) First edition. Third volume of the novelistic cycle of Real World; a vast fresco of French society between 1889 and June 1940. ONE OF THE FIRST 29 COPIES ON PURE WIRED VELIN FROM NAVARRE PAPER STORES (N° 4). Beautiful copy bound by Georges Leroux.