DURAS (Marguerite). Set of 4 volumes in-8 and in-12, half-chagrin with bands of different shades, cover and spine (Abbaye de Maumont). L'Empire français. Paris, Gallimard, 1940. First edition of Marguerite Donnadieu's first book, before she took the pseudonym Marguerite Duras, co-written with Philippe Roques. Press copy. Les Impudents. Paris, Plon, 1943. First edition of Marguerite Duras's first novel, rejected by Gallimard before being published by Plon. There was no large paper. Fictitious mention of 8th mile on the cover. Hiroshima mon amour. Screenplay and dialogues. Paris, Gallimard, 1960. First edition illustrated with black and white photographs, complete with illustrated dust jacket. Not printed in large paper. La Vie matérielle. Paris, P.O.L., 1987. In-8, grey half-chagrin with bands, cover, first edition. No large paper copies printed. 2 volumes in similar bindings are enclosed: PORTE (Michelle). Les Lieux de Marguerite Duras. Paris, Éd. de Minuit, 1977. First edition illustrated with black and white reproductions. One of 92 copies on vellum, the only large paper. ARMEL (Aliette). Marguerite Duras. Les trois lieux de l'écrit. [Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire], Christian Pirot, 1998. First edition illustrated with photographs by Alain Guillon.