RÉGNIER, Henri de, RACHILDE, and NERVAT, Marie et Jacques. S - Lot 266

RÉGNIER, Henri de, RACHILDE, and NERVAT, Marie et Jacques. Set of three books: Sujets et Paysages - Contes et Nouvelles, suivis du Théâtre - Célina Landrot, roman calédonien. Composed as follows: - RÉGNIER, Henri de. Sujets et Paysages, Paris, Mercure de France, 1906. In-12 paperback, yellow cover printed in black. 328 pp. and 1 f. d'achevé d'imprimer. Spine slightly rubbed, small tear at edge of front cover. First edition on current paper, with a signed autograph letter from the author to the poet Charles Guérin on the title page. A good copy. - RACHILDE. Contes et Nouvelles, suivis du Théâtre. Paris, Mercure de France, 1900. In-12 paperback, yellow cover printed in black. 327 pp, 3 ff. (table, printed copy) and 2 ff. (publisher's catalog). Spine rubbed, small losses to headpieces and slight tears to edges of boards. First edition of this collection of tales, short stories and plays by Marguerite Eymery (1860-1953), known as Rachilde, a French woman of letters long considered an eccentric and now recognized as one of the leading literary figures of the late 19th century. Autograph letter signed by the author on the title page "À Charles Guérin, le Poète. Souvenir et hommage de l'auteur. Rachilde". A good copy. - NERVAT, Marie and Jacques. Célina Landrot, roman calédonien. Paris, Mercure de France, 1904. In-12 paperback, 239 pp. yellow cover printed in black, pages partly uncut. Tears to spine and edges of boards, minor loss to headpieces and corners, beginning of split to 3 spine ends. First edition of this "Caledonian novel" by Marie and Jacques Nervat, a true study of a colonial milieu: that of the concessionaires of the "La Nouvelle" penal colony. Copy N°293, enriched with an autograph letter signed by the author on the false-title to Charles Guérin. Fresh interior. Provenance: Charles Guérin by descent.