"Claudel And Gide - Correspondence (1899-1926). Gallimard, 1949, Hardcover By Paul Bonet."
CLAUDEL AND GIDE (Paul and André) - Correspondence (1899-1926). Paris, Éditions Gallimard, 1949; octavo, 400 pp., publisher's illustrated hardcover based on a design by Paul Bonet, smooth spine (very slightly faded). Frontispieces by Paul Claudel and André Gide. Numbered copy. First edition. Paul Claudel was a French writer who converted to Catholicism. He pursued a diplomatic career that took him from Prague to China and Japan. He was also the brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. Preface and notes by Robert Mallet. Informative on the literary and publishing world at the beginning of the 20th century.