Roland Dorgeles — Les Croix de Bois

Paris, A La Cite des Livres, 1928. Paperback. Scarce limited edition copy of Roland Dorgeles's significant First World War novel. In French. One of 500 numbered copies, this being number 342. Roland Dorgeles (1885 in Amiens, Somme – 1973), was a French novelist and a member of the Academie Goncourt. A prolific author, he is most renowned for the Prix Femina-winning Wooden crosses ("Les croix de bois"), a moving study of World War I, in which he served. It was published in 1919 (in English in 1921). In paper wraps. Externally generally sound although rubbed with marks, joints just starting. Internally, generally firmly bound although tender in places with several leaves working slightly loose. Beautifully bright and clean throughout. Several unopened pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .