Benoït, Pierre. — A collection of 16 volumes and a biographi - Lot 461

Benoït, Pierre. — A collection of 16 volumes and a biographical pamphlet. — 13 in-12 volumes bound in red half-shagreen, ribbed spines, gilt titles, gilt heads. Original covers preserved. Published by Albin Michel. All in first edition on Alfa Mousse Navarre paper unless otherwise noted. *Le Lac salé* (1921), corner-bound, untrimmed. One of the 125 limited-edition copies on Japanese paper (no. 115); *Alberte* (1926); *Axelle* (1928), foxing; *Cavalier 6*, followed by *L'Oublié* (1933), one of 80 copies on Vincent Montgolfier pure-fiber laid paper (No. 48); *Boissière* (1935); *La Dame de l’Ouest* (March 1936); *Saint Jean d’Acre*, followed by *La Ronde de nuit* (October 1936); *Les Compagnons d’Ulysse* (1937), some foxing; Bethsabée (1938); Notre-Dame de Tortose (1939); Les Environs d'Aden (1940); Jamrose (1945), corner-bound, one of the top LX copies on Holland paper (no. XXII); *Aïno* (1948), bound with corner pieces, one of the 150 copies on Marais vellum (no. 69). - 3 paperback volumes in-12. First edition of *Alfa Diadumène. Poems (1914), published by G. Oudin. An autographed copy sent to Mr. Malot, dated August 1956: “This little book, of which five copies were sold, and which I preferred to withdraw from circulation...will be safer in his hands...”, accompanied by an unpublished poem, “Néron” (1910) (top of page cut off); The Gobi Desert (1941), published by Albin Michel. Signed “To Mrs. Eugénie Malot, in memory of a son whom I love very much…”; The Commander (1960), printed at Alfama. - André Moulis. - Pierre Benoit, writer from Saint-Céré. Cahors, Coueslant, (ca. 1953–1955). E.A.S. on the cover—8vo paperback booklet, 16 pp.