DUHAMEL (Georges). Vie des Martyrs (1914-1916). Paris, Mercure de France, 1917. In-12, first edition. Bound in full brown morocco, spine with 4 raised bands, all edges gilt, gilt fillet lining at corners, silk moire endpapers, double marbled paper endpapers, covers and spine preserved, signed L. Lévêque. In a slipcase lined with the same morocco. Copy numbered 964 and enriched with an important autograph letter signed by the author to Elvire Choureau, dated February 27, 1939: "ma chère ami, ce petit livre est bien vieux, bien laid, bien fragile. May it nevertheless be a token of my friendship, that is, of a feeling that grows stronger every day through work and hardship." Provenance: Elvire Choureau Library. Expert: Mr. Nicolas Asvisio