VALÉRY (Paul). - Lot 427

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VALÉRY (Paul). - Lot 427
VALÉRY (Paul). La Jeune Parque. Paris, Émile-Paul Frères, 1925. In-4°, dark green jansenist morocco, spine ribbed, gilt edges on witnesses, mosaic lace inside, lining and endpapers of blue moire, double endpapers, illustrated cover in colors kept (Ch. Septier). Brasswork by Jean-Gabriel DARAGNÈS. Printed at 225 copies, this one (n° 19), ONE OF THE 25 HEADSTANDERS ON OLD JAPAN, including, unjustified, a triple additional suite of illustrations, one of which is in pure etching and the other on china. ENVOI FROM THE AUTHOR TO SACHA GUITRY on the title page: "To Sacha Guitry who lends a generous ear to my Faustian babblings and who dresses the Young Parque as no one else does, with all my feelings of admiration and - may he allow me - of young friendship. Paul Valéry". EXAMPLE WITH TWO ORIGINAL PIECES - a sheet of the typescript (with two handwritten corrections) & -- a L. A. S. addressed to his publisher, October 28, 1917 (4 pp. in-12). Spine slightly faded.
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