Amiel ou La Noix Creuse. Les Cahiers Romands Deuxieme Serie. No. 2
Lausanne: Librairie Payot et Cie, 1931. Numbered. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. Item #010725
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#9 of 35 copies SIGNED by the author. Blue marbled paper covered boards with a blue leather spine (not as issued). Original wraps bound in. 84 pp. All text in French. An apparent work on the Swiss philosopher Henri-Frederic Amiel, including the reaction of Switzerland and Swiss authors/critics on the centenary of his birth. By Rene De Weck, perhaps best known for his work as a member of the Swiss consul in Bucharest, Romania, where he helped in stopping the deportation-due to Nazi persecution-of 2000 Jewish orphans in Moldavia in 1942 (see biography on the International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation website). GOOD+ condition. Heavy scuffing/fading to the leather along the spine. Minor fading and edgewear to the book. Some browning to the paper.
Price: $40.00