DE LA MONTAGNE AU DESERT. BOUND WITH: L'ERMITE DES NEIGES. by Mathuisieulx, Mehier de - 1917

Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1917. 224 pp, 4to (11" H), no date but with presentation label dated 1917, gray cloth with gilt lettering/decoration on spine, gilt lettering/banding and picture pastedown on front board. All edges gilt. B&w illustrations. FRENCH TEXT. Two adventure stories, one set in Mexico and Algeria, where the hero joins the Foreign Legion, the other in the far north of Canada and Alaska. Table: De La Montagne au Desert - Preface - Premiere Partie: La Fuite - La Canada; La Chapelle Ardente; Le Frere et la Soeur; Le Post Suspendu; La Frontiere; Hospitalite Mexicaine. Deuxieme Partie: A L'Assaut d'une Carriere - Le Naufrage; La Bombe; Les Souterrains de la Villa Nebrozzini; La Masure; Les Idees Superstitieuses de Fiorina; Le Drame de Sidi-Ben-Keilah. L'Ermite des Neiges: Prisonnier sur un yacht; Au poste; Halte en pleine voie; Et de sept. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, light edgewear to boards, very light rubbing, faint liquid mark on top of textblock, two smaller marks on bottom of textblock, light wrinkling and wear at top/bottom of spine, several tiny ink marks at bottom of spine and rear hinge area, three small soiling marks on rear board, a few small light liquid marks on front board, minor loss of gilding on lettering and decoration. . Hard Covers. Good+/No Jacket.