Le Cercle de Famille

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 0188
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Maurois, André
Title
Le Cercle de Famille
Statement of responsibility
Par André Maurois
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Éditions Bernard Grasset
Printer
F. Paillart, Abbeville (Somme)
Date
1932
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Éditions Bernard Grasset, 1932
Language
French
Tirage
First edition; issue printed on several papers, including copies on Japon nacré, Japon impérial, Montval, vélin d'Arches, vélin pur fil Lafuma, and an ordinary issue on Alfax Navarre
2. Physical description
Collation
339 pages
Illustrations
None
Format
Octavo
Dimensions
18 x 12 cm
Typographic signatures
Not identified
Paper type
Good-quality cream paper, probably corresponding to the ordinary issue on Alfax Navarre paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
French serif typography; clean and legible letterpress printing; uniform inking
3. Binding
Binding type
Private half-leather rebinding with boards covered in embossed cloth
Colours
Black and brown
Decoration
Boards covered in embossed cloth; gilt titles and gilt rules on the spine
Spine
Black leather spine with gilt titles and gilt A.G. initials at foot
4. Content
Content description
Novel by André Maurois divided into three parts, centred on family relationships, memory, inner life and emotional conflicts within the French bourgeois milieu; includes the printed dedication "A Simone"
5. General notes
Note 1
First edition published by Éditions Bernard Grasset in 1932
Note 2
The limitation statement mentions copies on Japon nacré, Japon impérial, Montval, vélin d'Arches, vélin pur fil Lafuma and Alfax Navarre
Note 3
The copy probably belongs to the ordinary issue on Alfax Navarre; no large-paper copy number is visible
Note 4
Table of contents with three parts: Première partie, Deuxième partie and Troisième partie
Note 5
Colophon: "Achevé d'imprimer le 30 janvier 1932 par F. Paillart à Abbeville (Somme), sur Mac Prioux"
6. Subjects
Main subject
French literature
Subsubjects
French novel; psychological fiction; family; French society; twentieth-century literature
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
0188
Condition
Good overall condition; clean and well-preserved interior; spine with wear, abrasions and superficial leather losses, especially on the raised bands and at the foot
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Privately rebound copy; preserves marbled endpapers in blue, grey and black tones; gilt A.G. initials at the foot of the spine corresponding to Alfred Gallart i Genis