Proses Et Bois Originaux (Prose with Original Woodcuts)
Paris: A. Vernant and Ed. Bernard, 1919. First Limited edition. Softcover. 168/347 on Rives paper. Unpaginated (60pp). Original salmon wraps with square cutout revealing printed title with decorative frame and pochoir coloring to Rives paper. Title page with decorative frame as on cover in black. Dedication page printed in red and black with vignette. "I dedicate the prose and these woodcuts to all the men of good will, to the humbles, to those who suffer, to those who, above all, know how to stay upright! I say to them: you will listen to the music of your childish soul and the paradise of humble things will be given to you." (Gabriel Belot). Decorative initials in red. Woodcut head and endpieces, including drawings. With seven exquisite full-page woodcuts and prose pieces. Drawn, handwritten and laid out by Gabriel Belot from his manuscript and printed at the presses of Frazier-Soye. With blank proof sheets, some of them closed double pages. Text in French. Wraps with light wear along edges, spine with three inch closed tear at front joint and some light fraying at head and tail. Front cover cutout with some small closed tears and light creasing along edges. Small circular library stickers on lower left corner of cover and upper right corner of title page. Library stamp of Bibliotheque Antonienne Quebec on title page with stamped number. Wraps in overall good-, interior and prints in very good+ to near fine condition. g- to near fine. Item #47919
Price: $125.00