Maurice Magre - Le Mystère du tigre - 1927

Maurice Magre. The Mystery of the Tiger. Novel. Paris, Albin Michel, [1927]. 1 volume in-12 of 254 pages. 13x19 cm. Original edition of this novel by Maurice Magre (1877-1941), Toulouse-born poet and novelist fascinated by the Orient, Buddhism, and esotericism, whose fiction blends adventure and spiritual quest. Copy of the original edition on alfa paper, enriched with a SIGNED AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION by the author: “For Fernande Cabanel, for the solitaire of Saint-Paul, his faithful friend Maurice Magre.” Printed yellow cover and preserved spine. Half-binding in violet morocco, spine with raised bands and gilded title, boards in marbled paper with motifs of copper foliage. Condition: spine slightly faded; very good copy.

Estimate:£1.67

View all items fromCatawikiorBooks, Maps & Manuscripts