227. GUITRY (Sacha). From MCDXXIX to MCMXLII, from Joan of A - Lot 227

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227. GUITRY (Sacha). From MCDXXIX to MCMXLII, from Joan of A - Lot 227
227. GUITRY (Sacha). From MCDXXIX to MCMXLII, from Joan of Arc to Philippe Pétain. Paris, Raoul Solar, 1951. In-folio, 396 p., [12] f., pastiche binding in the medieval taste, stiff vellum with laces, smooth spine decorated with a title on morocco, gilt edges, gold cover (Raymonde Mompès-Durrens). Edition limited to 675 copies, this one being one of the main copies on pur chiffon watermarked with the francisque, reserved for Madame Pierre Dastarac. The texts gathered by Guitry are by P. Benoît, G. Duhamel, P. Valéry, Colette, J. Cocteau, etc. and are illustrated with original works by G. Arnoux, P. Bonnard, Dignimont, Dunoyer de Segonzac, A. Maillol, Utrillo, etc. The lettering, the headbands, the culs-de-lampe and the frontispieces are by Galanis. Copy containing the solidarity voucher of 5000 francs for the Secours national proposed by the publisher as well as the receipt from the publisher. Remarkable binding signed by the Bordeaux bookbinder Mompès-Durrens.
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