Two works by André Maurois

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. MAUROIS, ANDRÉ. Ariel ou la vie de Shelley. Paris (Bernhard Grasset, Les Cahiers Verts) 1923.8vo (200x125 mm). Uncut and untrimmed in original printed wrappers, double, both white and green, dustjacket in paper, marbled hard covers, spine with gilt title and year at the end, with blue marbled case (dustjacket with small damage, note on upper part, covers and case partly worn and with small damages, antiquarian note mounted on inside of cover).  One of 50 numbered copies on Imperial Japan paper (No. AO), 15 second paper after China. Inscribed by Maurois dated 1923 (translating the dedication by William Blake). +MAUROIS, ANDRÉ. Aspects de la Biographie au Sans Pareil. 1928.8vo (190x143 mm). Uncut and untrimmed. Original blue wrapper, dustjacket in paper (wrapper with slight fold, minor soiling, small damage to lower spine, dustjacket with minor damages, note on upper part). One of 25 numbered copies on paper deluxe edition of Japan (No. 5). 2 volumes.First editions