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(Haarlem, Holland): The Pleiad, 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. Pale rose silk linen gilt, small 4to., 57, (1) pages, 10 lithographs and two hand colored plates by Giauque. One of 550 numbered copies designed by Frederic Warde and printed in Lutetia by Joh. Enschede en Zonen. Small area of front board near spine irregularly lightened, else a fresh, clean near fine copy in archival mylar.

Haarlem: The Pleiad, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. chocolate brown cloth backstrip lettered in gilt and slightly faded. Near fine. 57 pages, 27.4 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 476 of 550 designed by Frederic Warde and printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Holland. Twelve plates, ten are lithographs, two are full page and hand-colored. Pages are unopened.

[Haarlem]:: The Pleiad,, 1929.. No. 97 of 550 copies designed by Frederic Warde.. publisher's gilt-lettered rose silk.. Internally fine; the cloth is lightly sunned at the spine and edges.. Small folio,. Translated by Maurice Baring. Twelve illustrations, ten in lithography and two hand-colored, by Fernand Giauque.

Haarlem: The Pleiad, 1929 . Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 8". Fernand Giauque; Frederic Warde. A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Alfred de Musset humorous play, designed by Frederic Warde. Limited to five-hundred and fifty hand numbered copies, of which this is number one-hundred and thirty-five.Translated from the original French by Maurice Baring.Illustrated with two hand coloured plates and a further ten monochrome lithographs by Fernand Giauque. Collated, complete.A beautiful copy of this entertaining French play, designed and arranged by book designer, editor, and typography designer Frederic Warde, considered to be one of the greatest book designers of the twentieth century.With the name plate of F. R. Furber to the head of the front pastedown, and the armorial bookplate of Geoffrey P. Shakerley, a Lieutenant Colonel in the King's Rifle Corps also to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine head and tail, with fading to back strip. Two… Read More

[New York] : The Pleiad, 1929. 1st Edition in this form. Hardback. Near fine in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. ; 57 pages; Description: 57, [1] p. : col. Front. , ill. , col. Pl. ; 28 cm. Subject: Plays -- French -- 19th century. Limited to 550 copies of which this is number 462. Pages unopened.

Paris: The Pleiad, 1929. Hardcover. Fine. Giauque, Fernand. 57, [1] p., 1 hand-colored frontispiece, 1 addition leaf of a hand-colored plate, and 10 in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-rooled spine title. Burgundy slipcase with printed paper label on front section, with handwritten copy number. Designed by Frederic Warde. This is no. 172 of a limited edition of 550. "The twelve illustrations, ten in lithography and two hand-coloured, have been made by Mr. Fernand Giauque. The Lutetia type used for the text, designed by Mr. J. van Krimpen, has been composed and printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland." -- Colophon. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, Theodore W. Bozarth, dated 1946. Inscribed (by same hand?) at lower edge of back fixed endpaper: "S-- Trenton, N.J." Theodore W. Bozarth (1918-2005) was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who served overseas in England and Japan. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Slipcase is in Very Good-… Read More

Haarlem: The Pleiad, 1927. First edition thus. Number 388 of 550 copies. Designed by Frederic Warde & Printed by Jon Enschedé. Twelve Illustrations, ten in Lithography and two hand-coloured, have been made by Mr. Fernand Giauque. 57, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Mulberry cloth. Fine. First edition thus. Number 388 of 550 copies. Designed by Frederic Warde & Printed by Jon Enschedé. Twelve Illustrations, ten in Lithography and two hand-coloured, have been made by Mr. Fernand Giauque. 57, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to.