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"Avec une Introduction de Paul Bourget."
Crowned book by l'Académic Français. Binder's (Levaux) job number at top right corner of wrapper.
Bound in quarter brown morocco leather.
Copy owned by Henry James, contains an inscription that reads "à Henry James son ami Paul Bourget"; features wrappers; contains a moroccan label and preserved in slip-case made of cloth; Ramsden notes that "Alice Gray, the rich young American widow…
Contains an inscription that reads "respectueux hommage de l'auteur à Mrs. Edith Wharton. Paul Bourget."; bound in blue morocco (half); large octavo, volume 1 (of 2)
Contains an inscription that reads "à Madame Edith Wharton respectueux homage de l'auteur Paul Bourget."; bound in gray cloth and contains a moroccan label