[VERTÈS (Marcel) - GÓMEZ DE LA SERNA (Ramón).
The Circus. Translation by Adolphe Falgairolle.
Paris : M.-P. Trémois, [1929]. - In-folio, 450 x 329 : 32 pp, (5 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. In leaves, filled cover, publisher's gilt-backed cardboard folder, label bearing the title of the book stuck on the first cover.

New edition of this remarkable work on the circus, illustrated with 35 black compositions in the text as well as 5 superb original full-page etchings by Marcel VERTÈS (1895-1961).
Limited edition of only 103 copies. This one is one of the 16 on Hollande paper (n° 1), second paper after 5 on japon, which lacks the suites mentioned in the justification.
This copy is enriched with a large original drawing in pencil by Vertès on the false title, representing a trapeze artist, dedicated to Colonel Sicklès. Jacques Crépineau has also added two watercolours by the artist on the theme of the circus, reproduced in colour.
The slipcase is missing. Tears without missing on the cover.
Provenance: Sicklès, with a dedicated drawing by Vertès.

Attached:
- VERTÈS (Marcel). It's All Mental. With a foreword by Anita Loos. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1948. - In-folio, 356 x 280 : (44 ff. first blank). Publisher's boards, in illustrated dust jacket.
Album dedicated to Paul Louis Weiller, printed at 3500 copies, including 45 black compositions by Marcel VERTÈS, one on the cover, repeated on both sides, one at the head of the preface and 43 full page.
Copy including a letter from the dedicatee Paul Louis Weiller on the dedication page:

New York March // 1948 // For Christina // with the friendship // of // Paul LouisExemplaire

très bien conservé malgré quelques salissures et de petites déchirures à la jaquette



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[VERTÈS (Marcel) - GÓMEZ DE LA SERNA (Ramón). The Circus. Translation by Adolphe Falgairolle. Paris : M.-P. Trémois, [1929]. - In-folio, 450 x 329 : 32 pp, (5 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. In leaves, filled cover, publisher's gilt-backed cardboard folder, label bearing the title of the book stuck on the first cover. New edition of this remarkable work on the circus, illustrated with 35 black compositions in the text as well as 5 superb original full-page etchings by Marcel VERTÈS (1895-1961). Limited edition of only 103 copies. This one is one of the 16 on Hollande paper (n° 1), second paper after 5 on japon, which lacks the suites mentioned in the justification. This copy is enriched with a large original drawing in pencil by Vertès on the false title, representing a trapeze artist, dedicated to Colonel Sicklès. Jacques Crépineau has also added two watercolours by the artist on the theme of the circus, reproduced in colour. The slipcase is missing. Tears without missing on the cover. Provenance: Sicklès, with a dedicated drawing by Vertès. Attached: - VERTÈS (Marcel). It's All Mental. With a foreword by Anita Loos. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1948. - In-folio, 356 x 280 : (44 ff. first blank). Publisher's boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Album dedicated to Paul Louis Weiller, printed at 3500 copies, including 45 black compositions by Marcel VERTÈS, one on the cover, repeated on both sides, one at the head of the preface and 43 full page. Copy including a letter from the dedicatee Paul Louis Weiller on the dedication page: New York March // 1948 // For Christina // with the friendship // of // Paul LouisExemplaire très bien conservé malgré quelques salissures et de petites déchirures à la jaquette .

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[VERTÈS (Marcel) - GÓMEZ DE LA SERNA (Ramón). The Circus. Translation by Adolphe Falgairolle. Paris : M.-P. Trémois, [1929]. - In-folio, 450 x 329 : 32 pp, (5 ff. last 2 blank), illustrated cover. In leaves, filled cover, publisher's gilt-backed cardboard folder, label bearing the title of the book stuck on the first cover. New edition of this remarkable work on the circus, illustrated with 35 black compositions in the text as well as 5 superb original full-page etchings by Marcel VERTÈS (1895-1961). Limited edition of only 103 copies. This one is one of the 16 on Hollande paper (n° 1), second paper after 5 on japon, which lacks the suites mentioned in the justification. This copy is enriched with a large original drawing in pencil by Vertès on the false title, representing a trapeze artist, dedicated to Colonel Sicklès. Jacques Crépineau has also added two watercolours by the artist on the theme of the circus, reproduced in colour. The slipcase is missing. Tears without missing on the cover. Provenance: Sicklès, with a dedicated drawing by Vertès. Attached: - VERTÈS (Marcel). It's All Mental. With a foreword by Anita Loos. New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1948. - In-folio, 356 x 280 : (44 ff. first blank). Publisher's boards, in illustrated dust jacket. Album dedicated to Paul Louis Weiller, printed at 3500 copies, including 45 black compositions by Marcel VERTÈS, one on the cover, repeated on both sides, one at the head of the preface and 43 full page. Copy including a letter from the dedicatee Paul Louis Weiller on the dedication page: New York March // 1948 // For Christina // with the friendship // of // Paul LouisExemplaire très bien conservé malgré quelques salissures et de petites déchirures à la jaquette .
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