ROSNY AINE, J. H. - Lot 220

ROSNY AINE, J. H. On the Streets. A Novel of Apache Life. Paris, Charpentier, Eugène Fasquelle, 1913. Square 8vo, (4)-VI-416 pp. Contemporary fawn morocco, plain spine, gilt title, covers cold-stamped with a border featuring scrolls in the spandrels; yellow cover and spine preserved (spine slightly faded, a minor tear on the cover, some transfer from the cover onto the first and last leaves). A fine copy. First printing of the original edition, 10 copies on Dutch laid paper. Copy No. 1, on laid paper. With full margins and proof marks. *Dans les rues* is the second novel in J.-H. Rosny aîné’s *Rafales* series, offering a realistic and social portrayal of the Parisian underworld intertwined with bourgeois society in the early 20th century. Ex libris by François Pigé, engraved in green by Stern. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of bookbindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Arts Décoratifs and its schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.