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Grandgoujon
Author: Ren Benjamin (Prix Goncourt Winner, 1915)
Publisher: Arthme Fayard & Cie, Paris Year: 1919 (True First Edition)
Binding: Premium period half-leather with beautiful marbled boards and matching marbled endpapers. Features 5 raised bands to the spine and bright gilt lettering.
Author Signed & Inscribed Presentation Copy
This is a highly desirable, authentic first-edition association copy featuring a complete, full-page handwritten dedication and signature by the author, Ren Benjamin.
The inscription is beautifully penned in original ink on the flyleaf page and is dated \"Juin 1919\" (June 1919), matching the exact month and year of the book\'s initial publication.
The French inscription translates to: \"To Georges Plante, who, twenty times already, has managed to be charming to me - I offer with joy this modest proof of my gratitude. Ren Benjamin. June 1919.\"
An original presentation copy (envoi autographe) from the immediate launch of the book makes this a premium literary collectible for enthusiasts of 20th-century French literature.
Bibliographic Details Features a gorgeous, vintage Ex Libris (bookplate) on the front pastedown belonging to a previous owner, Ren Petit, adding great historical character.
Standard 1919 title page and publisher details (18-20, Rue Du Saint-Gothard) preserved fully intact. Text entirely in French.
Condition Report Interior: Pages are remarkably clean, crisp, and tightly bound with very light, natural age-toning. No modern ink markings or severe stains. Binding: Structurally sound and solid. The elegant leather spine and marbled paper boards show minor, attractive shelf wear and light cosmetic rubbing to the leather edges, consistent with a well-preserved century-old volum
