Maison basse

First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Half bottle green shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands slightly browned, moiré paper boards, marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns, modest contemporary binding.
Small worming to top edge.
Provenance: from the library of Marcel Augagneur with his curious bookplate pasted on a pastedown.
Signed autograph inscription from Marcel Aymé to journalist Marcel Augagneur ("Gringoire" and "L'écho de Paris") who used the pseudonym Marc de Saligny for his writing.