first edition Wraps
1929 · Paris
by Elder, Marc. Illustrations by Guy Arnoux
Paris: Les Éditions Pittoresques, 1929. Limited First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. With an original signed full page watercolor by Arnoux of eighteenth century man wearing a red coat. Accompanied by an inscription to Ralph Esmerian, "qui me fait l'honneur d'aimer mes dessins, et le plaisir de me le dire." No. 128 of 428, from tranch with paper of vélin de Rives. 4to. 26.5 by 19.5 cm. 179 pp. Pochoir plates, and pochoir illustrations at start of each chapter. Wraps with light soiling, closed tear by upper front joint, vertical crease lines on spine. Generally clean inside. Without original glassine.
(Inventory #: 005908)