Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
Limited Edition 26-Volume Set

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La Collection des Prix Nobel de Litterature
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La Collection des Prix Nobel de Littérature
[The Collection of Nobel Prize Winners for Literature]

Paris, Rombaldi: c. 1969
Octavo, faux white vellum
Twenty-six volume set. Limited edition.
36 linear inches on bookshelf
Each book 9.25 inches high, 7 inches deep, about 1.75 inches thick
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Set of various volumes of Nobel Prize winning literature, special French edition text edited for L'Academie Suedoise and La Foundation Nobel. Illustrated by famous artists, and with full vellum bindings. Covers and internally very good with the usual light toning, wear, soiling.

Set includes:

1901: Prudhomme. Journal Intime Pensees. Illustrated by Andre Hambourg
1902: Mommsen. Histoire de Rome. Conquete de la Gaule et avenement de Cesar. Illustrations by Decaris
1903: Bjoernson. Au-Dela des Forces. Illustrated by Gaston Barret
1908: Rudolf Eucken. Le Sens et la Valeur de la Vie. Illustrated by Maurice Frantz Pointeau
1909: Selma Lagerloef. Le Merveileux Voyage de Nils Holgersson. Illustrated by Pierre Leroy
1910: Heyse. L'Arrabbiata. Le Garde-Vignes. Resurrection. Illustrated by Aime d. Steinlen
1912:Hauptmann. Le Mecreant de Soana. Illustrated by R. Savary
1916:von Heidenstam. Les Carolins. Chronique de Charles XII. Illustrated by Gaston Barret
1917: Pontoppidan.Le Visiteur Royal. Illustrated by Leonor Fini
1917:Gjellerup. Minna. Illustrated by May Neama
1919: Spitteler. Promethee et Epimethee. Illustrated by R. Martial
1920:Hamsun. La Faim. Illustrated by G.Lambert
1921:France. Le Crime de Sylvestre Bonnard. Illustrated by Clauss
1922:Benavente. Les Interets Crees Roses d'Automne. Illustrated by Toussaint d'Orcino
1924:Reymont. L'Apostolat du Knout. Nouvelles. Illustrated by Stanislas Lepri
1926:Deledda. Les Tentations. Illustrations by Bordeaux le Pecq
1928: Undset. Printemps. Illustrations by Hermine David
1931:Karlfeldt.Poemes. Illustrated by Postma
1933:Bunin. Le Sacrement de l'Amour. L'Affaire du Cornette Elanguine. Illustrations by Terechkovitch
1939: Sillanpaa. Sainte Misere. Illustrations by Maurice Frantz Pointeau
1944:Jensen. Histoires du Himmerland. Illustrated by Gineyts
1951: Lagerkvist. Barabas. Illustrations by Paulette Humbert
1955:Laxness.Station Atomique. Illustrations by Gerard Economos
1966:Sachs. Brasier d'Enigmes et Autres Poemes. Illustrations by Jean-Michel Perche
1966:Agnon. Contes de Jerusalem. Illustrations by Pierre Leroy
1968: Kawabata. Nuee d'Oiseaux Blancs. Illustrated by Lucien Davige