Edmond de Goncourt; Paul-Louis Guilbert — La Fille Elisa
Le Livre du Bibliophile, George Briffaut Paris First Thus Near Fine Condition Signed by person(s) connected with book 28.5cm x 21.5cm. [iv], viii, 202, [2] pages, frontispiece, 18 drypoint etchings within the text, etched wrappers. Text is in French. Goncourt's prostitute-prisoner novel, here published for the first time with original drypoints by Paul-Louis Guilbert, a preface by J. -H. Rosny Aine, and an afterword by Jean Ajalbert. Edition of 425 numbered copies, this copy on Arches vellum, unnumbered but inscribed by the publisher, likely to the Belgian publisher Albert Parmentier of Les Editions du Nord. Text is in French. Very minor foxing to edges. Category: Literature & Fiction; Sexuality::Sex Work; 20th Century: 1920s; French Language; Sexuality. Signed by person(s) connected with book. Inventory No: 0036120.
