"Benjamin - The Soldiers Of The War. Gaspard. Imprimerie Nationale, Devambez, 1917. Lefort."
BENJAMIN (René) - The Soldiers of the War. Gaspard. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Devambez, 1917; in-4, 244 pp., full jansenist bordeaux red morocco binding signed Saulnier, spine with four nerves, interior lace, lined guards, gilt head, preserved cover and casing. Text preceded by an unpublished foreword by the author. Illustrated with 16 unpublished drawings by Jean Lefort reproduced in facsimiles. One of 300 numbered copies on vellum in the form of the Blanchet frères & Kléber N ° 301 (total edition 335 numbered copies). René Benjamin won the Goncourt Prize in 1915.