176- [MANUSCRIT] - DAUDET (Léon). La Guerre Totale. S.l., 1918, in-folio, 32 lines on beautiful page of 1 title leaf and 170 ff., jansenist blue morocco, red morocco linings framed with triple gilt fillet, moiré and dominoté endpapers, ribbed spine, untrimmed, slipcase (Semet & Plumelle).  	
Autograph manuscript dated March 27, 1918, signed Léon Daudet.
	
First appearance of the expression "Total War".
The last handwritten copy still retouched by the author, Léon Daudet included in his text numerous press clippings and typescript passages that the publisher reproduced in full in the 1918 publication (pagination and editorial notes in blue pencil); however, three passages were censored (pages 118, 123 and 129 of the printed version) relating to the German embassy, "Mr. Malvy's services at the Sureté Générale and the Préfecture de police" (handwritten leaves 82, 85 and 88).
	
Attached: 2 busts of Léon Daudet on loose sheets 1. dated 1926, engraved by André de Székély de Doba (Hungarian painter, 1877-1945), 2. in pencil, signed Pazzi (22 x 28 cm, Ruggero Pazzi 1927-2010), Italian painter, sculptor and engraver. Spine very slightly faded.
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Lot no. 176

176- [MANUSCRIT] - DAUDET (Léon). La Guerre Totale. S.l., 1918, in-folio, 32 lines on beautiful page of 1 title leaf and 170 ff., jansenist blue morocco, red morocco linings framed with triple gilt fillet, moiré and dominoté endpapers, ribbed spine, untrimmed, slipcase (Semet & Plumelle). Autograph manuscript dated March 27, 1918, signed Léon Daudet. First appearance of the expression "Total War". The last handwritten copy still retouched by the author, Léon Daudet included in his text numerous press clippings and typescript passages that the publisher reproduced in full in the 1918 publication (pagination and editorial notes in blue pencil); however, three passages were censored (pages 118, 123 and 129 of the printed version) relating to the German embassy, "Mr. Malvy's services at the Sureté Générale and the Préfecture de police" (handwritten leaves 82, 85 and 88). Attached: 2 busts of Léon Daudet on loose sheets 1. dated 1926, engraved by André de Székély de Doba (Hungarian painter, 1877-1945), 2. in pencil, signed Pazzi (22 x 28 cm, Ruggero Pazzi 1927-2010), Italian painter, sculptor and engraver. Spine very slightly faded.

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176- [MANUSCRIT] - DAUDET (Léon). La Guerre Totale. S.l., 1918, in-folio, 32 lines on beautiful page of 1 title leaf and 170 ff., jansenist blue morocco, red morocco linings framed with triple gilt fillet, moiré and dominoté endpapers, ribbed spine, untrimmed, slipcase (Semet & Plumelle). Autograph manuscript dated March 27, 1918, signed Léon Daudet. First appearance of the expression "Total War". The last handwritten copy still retouched by the author, Léon Daudet included in his text numerous press clippings and typescript passages that the publisher reproduced in full in the 1918 publication (pagination and editorial notes in blue pencil); however, three passages were censored (pages 118, 123 and 129 of the printed version) relating to the German embassy, "Mr. Malvy's services at the Sureté Générale and the Préfecture de police" (handwritten leaves 82, 85 and 88). Attached: 2 busts of Léon Daudet on loose sheets 1. dated 1926, engraved by André de Székély de Doba (Hungarian painter, 1877-1945), 2. in pencil, signed Pazzi (22 x 28 cm, Ruggero Pazzi 1927-2010), Italian painter, sculptor and engraver. Spine very slightly faded.
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