Ferme La Nuit
Paris: Edition NRF, 1925. J. Pascin. 3/4 leather. Bound in a sumptuous, custom 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, with the original dark-red wrappers bound-in. A clean, Near Fine example of the 1st thus (the 1st appearance of the J. Pascin illustrations), with just a touch of light scuffing along the spine. Wonderfully illustrated throughout, with the 5 etchings and the 36 pen-and-ink drawings by Pascin complementing Paul Morand's text. Matching marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Octavo, top-edge gilt, one of 370 exemplaires (this one unnumbered) "sur velin pur Fil Lafuma-Navarre". "Acheve d'imprimer a Argenteuil, sur les presses du maitre imprimeur R. Coulouma, H. Barthelemy etant directeur. Impression des tailles-douces par les ateliers de la Roseraie, a Paris" (from the colophon). Near Fine. Item #19248
Price: $1,500.00