[CURIOSA - VALOTAIRE (Marcel), under the pseudonym of Nelly and Jean]. The two of us. Simple papers from the secret drawer. Engraved and printed for the authors and their friends, [1929]. - 2 volumes in-8, 227 x 148 : (40 ff. first 3 and last 2 blank), illustrated cover ; (54 ff. first 3 and last 3 blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, publisher's folders and slipcase. Dutel, 2054: "the most expensive underground edition of the time". First edition not put on the market, drawn at 295 copies, illustrated with 46 free compositions, engraved with burin and coloured by Jean DULAC, including 2 on the covers and 2 in the frontispiece. One of 240 copies on Arches vellum (n° 59). Dirt and wear to the folders and the slipcase.
Estimate
€600 - €800
Result
€875
Buyer's premium
28%
[CURIOSA - VALOTAIRE (Marcel), under the pseudonym of Nelly and Jean].
The two of us. Simple papers from the secret drawer.
Engraved and printed for the authors and their friends, [1929]. - 2 volumes in-8, 227 x 148 : (40 ff. first 3 and last 2 blank), illustrated cover ; (54 ff. first 3 and last 3 blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, publisher's folders and slipcase.
Dutel, 2054: "the most expensive underground edition of the time".
First edition not put on the market, drawn at 295 copies, illustrated with 46 free compositions, engraved with burin and coloured by Jean DULAC, including 2 on the covers and 2 in the frontispiece.
One of 240 copies on Arches vellum (n° 59).
Dirt and wear to the folders and the slipcase.
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