Henri Béraud

First edition, one of 300 numbered copies bound in full cloth, the only deluxe copies.
Publisher's binding in full brown cloth, smooth spine, with a photographic portrait of Henri Béraud in a medallion on the first cover.
Precious dated and signed autograph inscription from Jean Butin to Germaine Béraud, Henri's widow: "A Germaine Béraud, qui, après les derniers beaux jours, partagea le pain noir de l'épreuve et de l'injustice. En souhaitant que ce livre puisse contribuer à servir la mémoire du grand écrivain. Le 3/8/79." ["To Germaine Béraud, who, after the last beautiful days, shared the dark bread of hardship and injustice. Hoping that this book may help serve the memory of the great writer. 3/8/79."]