First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on laid Holland paper, ours unnumbered, the only deluxe copies. Boards and spine slightly and marginally shaded, two press clippings included having left a shadow on the endpapers and half-title, small foxing on some deckled edges. Rare full-margined copy. Autograph inscription signed by Alphonse Séché to Gustave Colson who served, during the 1914-1918 war, as battalion commander and lieutenant-colonel in army staff and who became chief of staff of the rear direction.