Souvenirs Pieux

Paris, France: Gallimard, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo (20.5cm); dustjacket; 302pp. Text in French. Pictorial card laid-in, with gift inscription written in French and dated 1976. Lightly tanned with light shelf-wear, and creases to right margin of text; Very Good. Dustwrapper, lightly tanned, with light shelf-wear, sticker residue to lower rear panel, and tiny tears to lower spine panel; Very Good.

Memoir by first woman elected to Academie Francaise (1980). Winner of French literary award, Grand Prix national de la culture, and later translated to English as Dear Departed: A Memoir by Maria Loiuse Ascher. [88929].