La retraite. Récit d'un soldat (22 Août - 6 Septembre 1914)

first edition on the current paper.
Binding to bradel half percaline indigo, slightly insolated smooth back with a gold central floral motif, double net gilded tail, as part of shagreen brown, marbled paper boards, preserved covers, contemporary binding feature those that made the library of Henri Beraud.
Signed autograph Emile Zavie: "To my dear Henri Beraud - since it seems to be - this novel where, in the words of Goethe, there is" Poetry and reality "At least I tried ... . His friend."
Provenance: the Henri Beraud rétaise library.