Les barricades mystérieuses. (One of 20 copies on special paper)

A$250 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Paris : Bernard Grasset, 1922. Series: Les Contemporain s. Cet ouvrage a eté tiré a 20 exemplaires sur Japon impérial numérotés de 1 a 20 et 800 exemplaires sur papier vergé corvol antique numérotés de 21 à 820; plus 50 exemplaires hors commerce numérotés de A à AZ. EXEMPLAIRE 18 (limitation page). Octavo (225 x 160 mm), half green crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, spine with raised boards and gilt lettering (spine sunned); marbled endpapers; original wrappers bound in, pp. 106, colophon to inside lower wrapper; a very fine example of the first edition on special paper, and in a deluxe binding. Romantic novella by Edmond Jaloux (1878-1949), inspired by François Couperin’s piece for harpsichord Les barricades mystérieuses , and dedicated to Jean de Pierrefeu.

• Binding: Hardcover

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