Paul de Sémant - Le dernier Raid de Nelly Sanders - [EO]...

Magnificent publisher's binding from the Belle Époque, in its original edition, illustrated by the author himself. Paul de Sémant (pseudonym of Paul Cousturier) signs here a grand novel of adventure and exploration in the vein of Jules Verne's works. ** Features & Condition : - Cover & Front board: Original polychrome plate depicting the heroine, a tiger, and a servant in an orientalist-fantastical setting. The colors remain very fresh and the gilding gleams brightly. - Back board: Red percaline with a central round label stamped in relief. - Edges: Fully gilded, preserving a beautiful shine. - Interior: Complete book with its frontispiece under serpentine, its title page engraved, and its numerous in-text and out-of-text illustrations. Paper clean, with very rare foxing from use. A very beautiful collectible copy, rare in this condition for a youth binding of this era. Fast and careful shipping.

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