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A large-paper copy of the first edition of "Terre de Chanaan" WITH CHADOURNE'S EXTENSIVE MANUSCRIPT TREATMENT ("scénario") FOR "LA FORCE ENSEVELIE", an adventure novel that he apparently never completed, and that certainly was never published. ***** The book itself (312 pp) is one of 100 numbered large-paper copies printed on fine Lafuma laid paper. Bound in is the synopsis, an autograph manuscript neatly written out on 9 numbered leaves, for an adventure novel, "La force ensevelie", very much in the style of Conrad. The final leaf is signed by Chadourne. Preceding the manuscript a signed autograph letter from Chadourne to M. Malesi, director of the publishing firm "L'Édition Française Illustrée", in which Chadourne explains why he is submitting the treatment. Laid in is a signed autograph postcard from Chadourne to Malesi, postmarked in early 1919. This was undoubtedly Malesi´s copy of "Terre de Chanaan", and he decided to have the manuscript of "La force ensevelie" bound in because of the similarity of the two narratives, both of which were surely composed in 1918. 8vo. Bound in decorated boards with a leather spine label. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Tiny traces of wear to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.