Elder (Marc) - Savignon (André), *The People of the Sea*. Pa - Lot 184

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Elder (Marc) - Savignon (André), *The People of the Sea*. Pa - Lot 184
Elder (Marc) - Savignon (André), *The People of the Sea*. Paris: Les Editions nationales, 1946. 1 volume, in-4° format, bound in brown half-maroquin with corner caps; spine featuring a geometric embossed pattern, author’s name and title in gold lettering, a gold-stamped design depicting a ship, and a gold-stamped title head. Minor scuffs from use, spine very slightly sun-faded, no foxing. Covers and spine intact, no. 275, one of 300 copies on pure-fiber paper. Lithographs and drawings by André Michel. Included is one in-4° volume in loose sheets, housed in a folder and a green cardboard slipcase, titled *Filles de la pluie, scènes de la vie ouessantine*. The slipcase and folder have some damage. A clean copy with no foxing; copy no. 375/600 on Marais chiffon vellum. These two novels won the Prix Goncourt—in 1912 for *Filles de la pluie* and in 1913 for *Le Peuple de la mer*— a prize won over *Le Grand Meaulnes* by Alain-Fournier and *Du côté de chez Swann* by Marcel Proust. 2 volumes
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