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CEARD, Henry. Land for sale by the sea. Paris,...

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CEARD, Henry. Land for sale by the sea. Paris, Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1906. In-12 (177 x 113 mm) of 2 ff.n.ch. 775 pp.; hazelnut half sorrow, yellow cover preserved (contemporary binding). Talvart-Place, II, 330:5. Original edition. "... a total novel - a novel of ideas, an art novel, a poem novel... especially, and in every sense of the word, a musical novel - this remarkable book could be compared to Thomas Mann's novels". (Jean-Louis Cabanes in Romantisme,2002, pp.110-112) Copy carrying a letter: "To my old friend Gauthier a big book and a big literary friendship, Henry Céard". The volume is enriched by a long unpublished autograph poem written on the fake title, as well as a letter addressed to the same dated July 19.