La Jeunesse De Theophile. Histoire ironique et Mystique

Paris: Editions de La Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1921. Paper Wrappers. Very Good in Very good Minus dj. Paper Wrappers. 379 of 800 copies. Inscribed to Alfred Rosset, who often used the pseudonym of Blaise Allan. Rosset was a writer and translator. This was Jouhandeau's (1888 - 1979) first book. Marcel Jouhandeau (was a French writer who studied at the Lycée Henri-IV, and the Sorbonne in Paris. He was tormented by his homosexual tendencies and vacillated between practicing them and denying them. After a personal crisis during which he destroyed his manuscripts, he returned to writing. During World War I, he was a secretary in his hometown of Guéret, and In 1924, he published Les Pincegrain, a chronicle of the inhabitants of Guéret, which brought him his first literary success. Unfortunately Jouhandeau became a Nazi sympathizer, and in 1938, he published four anti-Semitic articles in a volume titled, "Le Péril Juif" (The Jewish Peril).

Beige paper wrappers with red title to spine. Minor foxing throughout. Tight binding. In original glassine wrapper. Glassine is chipped along spine and edges, as is common with this fragile material. 234 pages. FRE/080706.