1946 · Paris
by Martin du Gard, Roger
Paris: Ides et Calendes, 1946. One of 1500 on verge blanc, from a total issue of 1566. 8vo, handsomely rebound in 3/4 purple morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Original wrappers (front wrapper adorned with a vignette designed by Henri Matisse) and backstrip bound in, stain at head of foreedges, else fine. With a frontispiece reproducing a map of part of Paris, original hand-drawn in pencil by the author. (Inventory #: 2571)