La Force des choses

First edition, one of the few copies on Holland paper, the only deluxe copies.
Bradel binding in red half-cloth, smooth spine, black morocco title-label with small lack at head, original wrappers preserved, binding signed by Henry-Joseph, typical of copies from the Goncourt library.
Autograph inscription signed by the author to Edmond de Goncourt: "Au Maître Edmond de Goncourt hommage attentionné."
The first endleaf of the binding is probably missing. Paul Margueritte, member of the first Goncourt Academy and naturalist writer, was close to Edmond de Goncourt. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Five against Zola's La Terre and one of the regulars at the Grenier d'Auteuil.