Henry de Montherlant — The Death of Peregrinos, 1927 - Lot 133

Henry de Montherlant — The Death of Peregrinos, 1927 MONTHERLANT (Henry de). The Death of Peregrinos. Full text. Paris, Émile Hazan, 18 rue de Condé, 1927. Square 8vo (approx. 19.5 × 14.5 cm), paperback, embossed cover printed in black and bistre, decorated with a woodcut by Lucien Boucher, also featured on the title page. 56 pp. Printed on September 6, 1927, by Ducros and Colas in Paris. The BnF confirms this 1927 Hazan edition and the illustration by Lucien Boucher. First edition. Limited print run of 855 copies. Copy no. 500, one of 750 printed on Rives laid paper in the standard format, numbered 51 through 800. The print run also includes 20 Imperial Japan prints, 30 Van Gelder Holland prints, and 55 non-commercial prints. This breakdown of the print run is also confirmed by bibliographic references and auction catalogs that have been found. A fine copy: the cover is particularly fresh, the interior is clean, with wide margins and preserved watermarks; very slight signs of wear at the corners. Very good condition for this edition.