Daurignac Romain (4 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book split in two; each portion appears intact, no loose pages; slight foxing and some soiling to wraps. Fair condition. Heavy tanning, scuffing, creasing, and edgewear. Some foxing throughout but intact overall. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 483 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fair condition in Fair glassine dust jacket. Heavy tanning, scuffing, creasing, and edgewear. Some foxing throughout but intact overall. Profusely illustrated in b/w. 483 pp.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. D'Aurignac, Romain: Trois ans chez les Argentins. In 4º, 483 p. Illustrations de Riou. Gravure de Ch. Guillaume et Cie. Encuadernación en tela conservando tapa original. [J-9].

FIRST EDITION. 4to. (24.5 x 10 cm). pp.483+[1, colophon]. Publisher's original decorative blue cloth, the spine and corners of a paler blue cloth with flora motifs, red morocco to corners and spine, blue and gold decorative endpapers, all edges gilt. Title-page printed in black and red. Numerous full-page illustrations and vignettes in the letterpress by Riou. Provenance: 'Offer par Mr. Frédéric Humbert ancien député de Seine-en-Marne, 1891' inscribed to flyleaf. Some light shelfwear along extremities, spine a bit faded, contents with some occasional foxing, generally a very good copy in the striking original cloth. Romaine d'Aurignac, brother of the notorious Mme. Therese Humbert, the Paris swindler. In 1877 he embarked at the age of nineteen for Argentina where his quarrelsome temperament got him thrown in prison in Montevideo and then in Buenos Aires. Released, he discovered the life of the gauchos, was taken prisoner by the Patagonian Indians and later by the Tobas, was tortured, miraculously escaped, took part in the Argentine civil wars, participated in punitive expeditions against the Chaco Indians, hunted wild animals, climbed the Andes, explored Bolivia, and returned to Buenos Aires and then to France after three years of incessant adventures.