Nouvelles éditions Debresse|Paris 1960|13.50 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies. Half green shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands set with black fillets, title and author labels in red shagreen, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved. Fine signed autograph inscription from Auguste Pieplu to the great Gaullist resistance fighter Gilbert Grandval.
First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Japan paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies. Half purple morocco with corners, sunned spine with five raised bands set with black fillets, gilt date at foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, top edge gilt retaining deckled edges, contemporary binding signed by Lancelin. Handsome copy skilfully bound. Provenance: from the library of Paul Ollendorff.