Paul VAILLANT-COUTURIER

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Montgolfier vellum, deluxe issue.
Small marginal tears to boards, a vertical crease in margin of front board.
A full-margined copy.

First edition established by Paul Vaillant-Couturier, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Paul Vaillant-Couturier to Henri Béraud: "... ce livre de quelqu'un qui a vu la terre "russe"..." ["... this book from someone who has seen the "Russian" land..."]
Spine slightly sunned, minor foxing on covers and endpapers.
Provenance: from Henri Béraud's Ré Island library.

First edition on ordinary paper, only 50 deluxe copies were printed.
A photographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A good copy.