La Petite Jeanne Pale; Suivi de, La Petite Sirene du Pont des Arts

Tinan, Jean de

Published by L. Delteil, Paris, 1922

About this Item

White wraps with black lettering; Glassine DJ; number 229 and signature of Chimot opposite title page; tissue guards with plates; 116 pp., 1 unnumbered page; 8 unnumbered leaves of plates; some pages are uncut; richly illustrated. Text is in French. 224 copies were printed on Dutch vellum by Van Gelder; these are numbered 161-385; This is copy no. 229. Signature by Chimot is seen on this page. Several of the plates are presented in both bw and hand-colored; This is an exceedingly rare copy. Good (Wraps are heavily smudged and shelfworn; front cover is ripped near the spine; the spine is chipped and torn; DJ is barely holding on and huge pieces are missing; hand-numbered with signature by Chimot on edition page; text block edges are darkened and shelfworn; some pages show mild foxing and age-toning around edges; tissue guards are cockled; the top left corner of the text block has been bent; inner hinge is broken; page 76 and 77 have glue remnants near hinge; pages 85-89 are torn at the top, including the plate entitled "Elle etait toute blanche") One of 224 printed on Dutch Vellum by Van Gelder. Seller Inventory # 192494

Bibliographic Details

Title: La Petite Jeanne Pale; Suivi de, La Petite ...

Publisher: L. Delteil, Paris

Publication Date: 1922

Binding: Paperback

Illustrator: Chimot, Edouard