first edition
1945 · Paris
by Jean-Aubry, G.
Paris: Editions de la Revue Musicale, 1945. First Edition, one of 200 on Alfa Surfin Navarre, from a total issue of 1670; 4to; handsomely rebound in 3/4 plum morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with gilt lettering, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., original wrappers bound in, near fine. Illustrated with reproductions of three portraits of Gide and with a facsimile page from the autograph manuscript of a study on Chopin which was published in the December 1931 issue of the Revue Musicale. (Inventory #: 2498)