COCTEAU Jean
Les Enfants Terribles, novel (Paris, Grasset, collection "Pour mon plaisir", 1929); in-4, brown morocco binding mosaic with red and green morocco arabesques, gold fillets and gold dotted lines and red and green dotted lines; smooth back mosaic with red, green and gold dots, gold title; on the counterplates, a wide brown morocco border mosaic of green morocco dots and bands and gold dotted lines, red moire guards, brown and gold marbled counterguards; large margins, gold edges, double covers and preserved backs, case (Semet & Plumelle).
Original edition, one of the 112 copies re-imposed on Lafuma pure vellum yarn (out of trade n° XI).
We have linked to the following: Sixty Drawings for "Les Enfants Terribles" ([Paris], Grasset,[1935]).
Original edition on Arches vellum (No. 98 of 100). 62 drawings reproduced in black, one of them in title, the others numbered from 1 to 61, each with their legend on the back.
Beautiful copy.
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COCTEAU Jean Les Enfants Terribles, novel (Paris, Grasset, collection "Pour mon plaisir", 1929); in-4, brown morocco binding mosaic with red and green morocco arabesques, gold fillets and gold dotted lines and red and green dotted lines; smooth back mosaic with red, green and gold dots, gold title; on the counterplates, a wide brown morocco border mosaic of green morocco dots and bands and gold dotted lines, red moire guards, brown and gold marbled counterguards; large margins, gold edges, double covers and preserved backs, case (Semet & Plumelle). Original edition, one of the 112 copies re-imposed on Lafuma pure vellum yarn (out of trade n° XI). We have linked to the following: Sixty Drawings for "Les Enfants Terribles" ([Paris], Grasset,[1935]). Original edition on Arches vellum (No. 98 of 100). 62 drawings reproduced in black, one of them in title, the others numbered from 1 to 61, each with their legend on the back. Beautiful copy.

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Result
€1,000
Buyer's premium
30%
COCTEAU Jean Les Enfants Terribles, novel (Paris, Grasset, collection "Pour mon plaisir", 1929); in-4, brown morocco binding mosaic with red and green morocco arabesques, gold fillets and gold dotted lines and red and green dotted lines; smooth back mosaic with red, green and gold dots, gold title; on the counterplates, a wide brown morocco border mosaic of green morocco dots and bands and gold dotted lines, red moire guards, brown and gold marbled counterguards; large margins, gold edges, double covers and preserved backs, case (Semet & Plumelle). Original edition, one of the 112 copies re-imposed on Lafuma pure vellum yarn (out of trade n° XI). We have linked to the following: Sixty Drawings for "Les Enfants Terribles" ([Paris], Grasset,[1935]). Original edition on Arches vellum (No. 98 of 100). 62 drawings reproduced in black, one of them in title, the others numbered from 1 to 61, each with their legend on the back. Beautiful copy.
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