Jouhandeau, Marcel — Marie Laurencin

Paris, Editions des Quatre Chemins, 1928. Hardcover. burgundy buckram boards w/ gilt spine printing. approx 70 unpaginated pgs w/ 4 color plates, 32 BW plates; no frontispiece. numerous bw tipped in bw illustrations, a packet of bw illustrations; 2 color plates adhered to pastedowns & endpapers; approx 9x12 color plate taped to opening endpapers. If photo accompanies this entry, it is from a previous copy. A sturdy, professionally bound copy. Frontispiece missing. An interesting and unique copy of this edition filled with additional color plates, black/white illustrations taped to free pages and a packet of black/white illustrations cut from other editions devoted to the aritst. Front pastedown and enpaper are each adhered with a color illustration of the artist's work and the free endpapers taped with 9x12 color plate. Many of the additional illustrations have fallen from their old tape mounts and are laid-in. Text is in French. Presents some of the work of French painter and printmaker Marie Laurencin (1883-1956). With 37 examples of her work reproduced here. Copy 277. Scarce, especially in any kind of hardback format. Good+ (boards have light scratches & scores. corners have light rubbing & some bumping. front hinge nearly cracked; joint intact; board is firm. back hinge cracked; joints intact; board firm. pgs/plates tanned; tanning does alternate in hue. pgs/plates may have instances of light marks, smudges) .