La perle de l’amour

Paris: Les Bijoux Typographiques, La Connaissance, 9, Galerie de la Madeleine, 1926. Bijoux typographiques, no. 7. Out-of-series copy, edition of 150 printed on Canson-Montgolfier by Ducros & Colas. Ornamental initials printed in blue. [2 ff.] [4], 5-21, [3] pp., [2] ff. First two and last leaves blank. 1 vols. Stitched in off white wrappers printed in blue. Minor soiling, one bifolium loosened. Very good plus. Signed by the author on the half-title. Bijoux typographiques, no. 7. Out-of-series copy, edition of 150 printed on Canson-Montgolfier by Ducros & Colas. Ornamental initials printed in blue. [2 ff.] [4], 5-21, [3] pp., [2] ff. First two and last leaves blank. 1 vols. The H.G. Wells story, “The Pearl of Love,” translated by the “amusing & interesting Levantine writer” Odette Keun, at the peak of Wells’ infatuation with her, published here in this elegant edition. Wells dedicated The World of William Clissold (1926) to her, and built a house in the south of France for himself and Odetteto Keun, but their nine-year liaison came to an end after a “diabolically bitter row.” Wells subsequently portrayed her in unflattering light in Apropos of Dolores (1938).

Uncommon signed.