[Lardanchet Selections] Set of 15 in-12 volumes in first edi - Lot 40

[Lardanchet Selections] Set of 15 in-12 volumes in first edition, copies from the Lardanchet Selections. Half-maroquin with corner pieces, gilt head, covers and spines preserved (bindings by Kauffmann-Horclois). Scattered foxing, particularly on the edges; a few spines slightly sun-faded. 1/ CHADOURNE (Marc). *Absence*. Paris, Plon, 1933. One of 220 copies in alfa reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 2/ CHAMPION (Pierre). Mon vieux quartier. Paris, Grasset, 1932. One of 220 copies on Navarre alfa reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 3/ CHANSON (André). L'année des vaincus. Paris, Grasset, 1934. One of 210 copies on Navarre alfa reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 4/ CHATEAUBRIANT (Alphonse de). *The Lord’s Answer*. Paris, Grasset, 1933. One of 220 copies printed on satin-finished alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 5/ CHATEAUBRIANT (Alphonse de). *La gerbe des forces*. *Nouvelle Allemagne*. Paris, Grasset, 1933. One of 220 copies printed on satin-finished alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 6/ CHAZOURNES (Félix de). *Jason*. Paris, N.R.F. Gallimard, 1935. A numbered edition limited to 225 copies, all on alfa paper. 7/ DAUDET (Léon). *The Stormy Life of Clémenceau*. Paris, Albin Michel, 1938. One of 200 copies on mousse alfa reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 8/ DAUDET (Léon). Panorama of the Third Republic. Paris, N.R.F. Gallimard, 1936. One of 200 copies printed on Navarre alfa paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 9/ DAUDET (Léon). A Love of Rabelais. Paris, Flammarion, 1933. One of 250 copies printed on alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 10/ DAUDET (Léon). The Tragic Life of Victor Hugo. Paris, Albin Michel, 1938. One of 200 copies printed on Alfa Mousse paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 11/ HENRIOT (Émile). My Father’s Book. Paris, Plon, 1938. One of 200 copies printed on Alfa paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 12/ LA VARENDE (Jean de). *The Centaur of God*. Paris, Grasset, 1938. One of 220 copies printed on Navarre alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections. 13/ LUNEL (Armand). *The Witch’s Broom*. Paris, N.R.F. Gallimard, 1935. A print run of 250 copies, all on Navarre alfa paper; this one is one of the 200 reserved for the Sélections Lardanchet. 14/ RINGUET. 30 arpents. Paris, Flammarion, 1938. A numbered edition limited to 380 copies; this one is one of the 220 printed on Alfa paper reserved for Sélections Lardanchet. 15/ VANDÉREM (Fernand). Gens de qualité. Paris, Plon, 1938. A numbered limited edition of 278 copies; this one is one of the 200 printed on alfa paper reserved for the Lardanchet Selections.