Maurois, Andre (engravings by J.-E. Laboureur) — Les Silences Du Colonel Bramble

Paris, Societe d'edition "le livre", Emile Chamontin, directeur, 1926. No. 10 of 20 of this edition. Paperback. Printed wraps with glassine remnants on inside flaps. 24 pp. 15 engravings (etchings) withing the text, and two extra sets of these illustrations, each set representing a different state, are included (only 20 such sets were issued of the overall edition of 430 copies. Text is in French. The book itself has been printed on Imperial Japon, and the extra engraving printed on Imperial Japon and on Holland Van Gelder (it appears from the colophon and limitation at the rear of the book). Quite rare as a result of this limited configuration. Each set of plates is wrapped in glassine, and the extremities of these plates show age-toning or light soiling. VG+ but with soiling to covers where glassine was lacking, minor age toning to extremities of some pages not bad overall a tight copy that could have been stored better. The front cover is slightly cattywampus from the two extra sets of engravings being inserted in the front of the book, as might be expected .