first edition Stiff Wraps
1932 · Paris
by Miomandre, Francis de
Paris: Flammarion, 1932. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine. Gazan, Henri. 82 pages. 24 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 182 of 450 (of 525 total) on Rives paper, the lithographs hand-printed printed by Desjobert, 23 original lithographic drawings (crayon) by Henri Gazon, the latter with tissue guards. Front cover color lithograph in dazzling neon motif accompanies Gazan's jazz age illustration -- with a salute to Josephine Baker. Vicente Escudero, and The Temple of Tango. Clean, bright copy, nick to backstrip foot.
(Inventory #: 20818)