[Lardanchet Selections] A collection of 16 in-12 volumes in - Lot 28

[Lardanchet Selections] A collection of 16 in-12 volumes in first edition or French first edition, copies from the Lardanchet Selections. Half-maroquin with corner pieces, gilt head, covers and spine preserved (bindings by Kauffmann-Horclois). Scattered foxing, particularly on the edges. 1/ BOULENGER (Jacques). Corfou, l'île de Nausicaa. Paris, N.R.F. - Gallimard, 1932. A numbered edition limited to 317 copies; this one is bound in Lafuma Navarre pure-thread vellum. 2/ GERVAIS (Albert). The Shadow of Ma-Koui. Paris, N.R.F. - Gallimard, 19326. A numbered edition limited to 295 copies; this one printed on Alfa mousse paper. 3/ GOUDGE (Elizabeth). *The Ark in the Storm*. Paris, Plon, 1938. A limited, numbered edition of 350 copies; this one printed on Alfa paper. 4/ DE LA ROCHE (Mazo). *Jalna*. Paris, Plon, 1934. A limited, numbered edition of 330 copies; this one printed on Alfa paper. 5-6/ MAURIAC (François). *Journal* – *Journal II*. Paris, Grasset, 1934–1937. Copy printed on Alfa paper. 7/ MAURIAC (François). *Plongées*. Paris, Grasset, 1938. One of the 220 copies printed on Alfax paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 8/ MAUROIS (André). Édouard VII et son temps. Paris, Les Éditions de France, 1933. A numbered edition limited to 2,267 copies; this one printed on Alfa paper. 9/ MAUROIS (André). The Instinct for Happiness. Paris, Grasset, 1934. A numbered edition limited to 4,194 copies; this one on Alfa satin paper. 10/ MAUROIS (André). Here Are My Dreams. Paris, Grasset, 1934. One of the 220 copies on Alfax reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 11/ MAUROIS (André). *Le cercle de famille*. Paris, Grasset, 1932. One of the 262 copies on Alfax reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 12/ MORGAN (Charles). *Portrait dans un miroir*. Paris, Stock, 1932. A numbered edition limited to 1,700 copies; this one printed on Alfa paper. Paris, Stock, 1937. A numbered edition limited to 1,700 copies; this one printed on Alfa paper. 13/ MORGAN (Charles). *Sparkenbroke*. Paris, Stock, 1936. One of the 220 copies reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 14/ OUDARD (Georges). The Allure of Moscow. Paris, Plon, 1933. A numbered limited edition of 550 copies; this one printed on satin-finished Alfa paper. 15/ ROUSSEL (Romain). *La vallée sans printemps*. Paris, Plon, 1937. One of the 260 copies on Alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 16/ WASSERMANN (Jacob). *Gaspard Hauser*. Paris, Grasset, 1933. A numbered limited edition of 282 copies; this one printed on Alfa Navarre paper.