Roger VERCEL

First edition, one of 150 numbered copies on vélin de Rives, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome full-margined copy.

Illustrated edition with drawings by Mathurin Méheut, one of 440 numbered copies on vélin du marais.
Spine and front cover partially and lightly browned, handsome interior condition.

New edition.
Light foxing to edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Vercel to Félicien Rage.

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Occasional light foxing.
Autograph inscription signed by Roger Vercel to Guy Haumet.

Edition adorned with 26 original illustrations by Charles Fouqueray, one of the numbered copies on vellum astra.
Pleasant copy despite two small traces of sunstroke in the head and foot of the back.
Signed autograph dedication of Vercel to Mr. and Mrs. Emile Ehrbar: "... these boreal images as a kind of sympathy ..."

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Vercel Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "
Some foxing mainly affecting the front cover and the guards.

First edition printed on alfa paper.
A trace of folding to head of lower cover, a good copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Holland paper, head print.
Nice copy at all margins.
Signed autograph dedication of Vercel to detective novelist Jean Bonnefond: "... this story of brave people, with the author's thanks for an approval, to which he attaches a great price."

First edition printed on alfa paper.
A good copy despite two small traces of sunning to head and foot of spine.

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies on alfa paperma reserved for the Lardanchet selections.
A good copy.

First edition, review copy.
Signed autograph of Roger Vercel Robert Garric.
Catholic reformist, he was the founder of "social Teams" in 1920, which aimed to establish a social elite and bring the good word about the brotherhood born of the trenches to the workers, in the tradition of patronage. Simone de Beauvoir, then student of Robert Garric in philosophy at Sainte-Marie Institute of Neuilly, remembers him in his "Memoirs of a Tidy Wench" "Garric appeared; I forgot everything else and myself; the authority of his voice subdued me. In twenty years we he explained, he had discovered in the trenches the joys of camaraderie that removed social barriers. [...] To deny all limits and all separations, get out of my class, out of my skin: this slogan electrified me. [...] Must serve my life! Must serve all my life! "

First edition, one of the copies on Corvol l'orgueilleux under special wrapper printed specially for the Séquana collection.
Spine slightly faded, handsome interior condition.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Beautiful signed autograph signed full page of the author to General Weygand.
Nice copy.