Musset, Alfred de

Fantasio: A Comedy in Two Acts; by Alfred De Musset; translated by Maurice Baring [with slipcase]

Paris: The Pleiad, 1929. Giauque, Fernand. Hardcover. 57, [1] p., 1 hand-colored frontispiece, 1 addition leaf of a hand-colored plate, and 10 in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-rooled spine title. Burgundy slipcase with printed paper label on front section, with handwritten copy number. Designed by Frederic Warde. This is no. 172 of a limited edition of 550. "The twelve illustrations, ten in lithography and two hand-coloured, have been made by Mr. Fernand Giauque. The Lutetia type used for the text, designed by Mr. J. van Krimpen, has been composed and printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland." -- Colophon. Former owner's name on front free endpaper, Theodore W. Bozarth, dated 1946. Inscribed (by same hand?) at lower edge of back fixed endpaper: "S-- Trenton, N.J." Theodore W. Bozarth (1918-2005) was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who served overseas in England and Japan. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Slipcase is in Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; minor separation at opening; otherwise solid; label is intact. Fine. Item #004149

Price: $115.00