HARRY, Myriam. Sonia in Paris. - Lot 195

HARRY, Myriam. Sonia in Paris. The first edition on Holland paper, bound by Yseult in red half-maroquin with decorated corners. Paris, Arthème Fayard & Cie, 1919. In-8, red half-maroquin with coarse-grained corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, interlacing, and embossed fleurons, gilt top edge, covers and spine intact, untrimmed. Binding signed “Yseux ss. [successor] to Simier.” 282 pp. Very slight normal wear on the corners and top cap; the first white endpaper has browned. Rare first edition of *Sonia à Paris*, the third volume of an autobiographically inspired tetralogy. A short print run limited to 55 copies; this one is one of the 30 numbered copies on Holland paper (No. 22). Myriam Harry (1869–1958), a reporter specializing in the Middle East, achieved success with her short stories and novels. The Goncourt jury’s refusal to award its prize to a “woman” led to the creation of the Femina Prize in 1904, of which she was the first winner. Our copy features an elegant red half-maroquin binding with ornamented corners, signed “Yseux ss. [successor] to Simier.” The copy is in excellent condition.