Jean PUGET, Jacques BAINVILLE (Pref.)
Notes de campagne du lieutenant Jean Puget (août 1914 - mars 1919)[Campaign Notes of Lieutenant Jean Puget (August 1914 – March 1919)]
chez Briquet|Paris s. d. [1924]|13 x 18.5 cm|Relié
First edition, one of the 10 numbered and justified copies on japon paper, the only large-paper issue announced.
Contemporary half brown morocco binding in the Bradel style, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, handmade endpapers, bookplate affixed to the front pastedown, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, period binding.
Signed and dated autograph inscription from Jean Puget to his publisher Pierre Briquet: "... en souvenir des jours héroïques..."
Provenance: from the personal library of publisher Pierre Briquet, with his bookplate affixed to the front pastedown.
Exceptionally rare copy featuring the censored passages restored in black ink, likely by the publisher, on pages 92 and 118.
€800