[ANNENKOFF (Georges)] - COURTHION (Pierre). Georges Annenkoff. Paris: Chroniques du jour, [1930]. - In-4, 283x225: 31 pp, (3 ff.), 32 plates, illustrated cover. Blue jansenist buffalo skin, smooth spine, buffalo skin framing inside, untrimmed, first cover retained, slipcase (L. Strid). One of the references concerning the Russian artist Georges Annenkoff, illustrated with 17 china ink reproductions, 15 in the text and two full-page, and 32 plates, including one in color reproducing a gouache by the artist. Edition of 351; this is one of 51 first copies on Arches paper, with an original etching signed by Annenkoff, here numbered 7/65 and dated 1931. Numbered 5, it is supposed to be one of the first 6 to also include an original gouache, unfortunately missing here. A fine copy in a binding by Swedish bookbinder Lars Strid. Spine faded. Restored tears to last 19 plates and last two leaves, sometimes reaching reproductions and text. First cover only preserved, showing a small lack and a slight wetness in the inner margin. Provenance: ex-libris signed "A. Somogy".