La steppe rouge

first edition of the first book by Joseph Kessel, one of 750 numbered copies on "pur-fil" paper, only large paper after 108 reimposed.
Binding half chocolate brown sheepskin, smooth back with a gold cartridge embellished with gilded finials, marbled paper plates, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, preserved covers, corners lightly bumped, modest contemporary binding.
Signed autograph of Joseph Kessel to Jacques Darnetal: "... that I" discovered "one of the first in gratitude and sincere sympathy ..."