BILLY (André). Farewell to the fortifications. S.l.Société de Saint-Eloy, 1930. - In-4, 276 x 217: (5 ff. first blank), 177 pp. (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. In sheets, filled cover, publisher's folder and slipcase. First edition, illustrated with 51 original etchings, eleven of which are full-page, by Auguste BROUET, Pierre GUSMAN, Charles HALLO, Georges GOBÔ, Albert DECARIS, Eugène VÉDER, André DAUCHEZ, Paul-Adrien BOUROUX, Georges LE MEILLEUR, Henri CHEFFER, Tigrane POLAT, Edgar CHAHINE, Louis WILLAUME, Georges JEANNIOT, Charles JOUAS and Amédée FÉAU. Limited edition of 127 copies on wove paper; this one, nominative, was printed especially for Georges de Frick. This copy bears the title and the artist's name marked in pencil under each engraving. It is enriched with an original etching signed by Eugène Véder, captioned "Zone Porte de Bagnolet", an original etching signed by Charles Jouas, numbered 9 / 10, and 2 menus of the Société de Saint-Eloy, one for the dinner of June 11, 1929, illustrated with an etching signed by Georges Gobô, the other for the dinner of June 26, 1930, illustrated with an etching by Pierre Gusman numbered 52 / 60. A well preserved copy despite some wear to the slipcase.