LES JEUNES VISITEURS (The Young Visitors). First French Edition Tirage unique à 20 exemplaires numérotés sur Auvergne, hors commerce.
by Ashford, Daisy (translated by Maurice Sachs, preface by Jean Cocteau)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
Lausanne: Mermod , 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Bischoff, Henry. Although published in 1926 in a French magazine, this is the first French-language edition in book form. Translated by M. Sachs and with a preface by Jean Cocteau. Illustrated with woodcuts by Henry Bischoff including 6 plates coloured by hand. The edition was limited to only 262 copies, of which 30 were hors commerce, 20 of these being printed on Auvergne a la cuve and numbered in Roman numerals from xii to xxxi. This is one such example. Full leather gilt with raised bands at the spine and decorated, colour-dyed covers, t.e.g and elaborate decorations to the pastedowns, untrimmed. An extraordinary contemporary binding in decorative slipcase with leather trim at the fore-edges. The original green wrappers are bound-in and thus perfectly preserved. The binding is firm and in Fine condition. Very occasional and single spots internally, minor off-setting from a couple of the coloured plates. An impressive example of this early 20th Century classic.
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- Bookseller
- Northern Lights Rare Books (FI)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1901200324
- Title
- LES JEUNES VISITEURS (The Young Visitors). First French Edition Tirage unique à 20 exemplaires numérotés sur Auvergne, hors commerce.
- Author
- Ashford, Daisy (translated by Maurice Sachs, preface by Jean Cocteau)
- Illustrator
- Bischoff, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Mermod
- Place of Publication
- Lausanne
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- the young visitors, love and marriage, fine bindings, limited editions, numbered editions, hors commerce copies, jean cocteau, j.m. barrie, illustrated books, hand-coloured plates
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Wrappers
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