Lot 204
Mercier (Daniel-Henri, binder).- Morand (Paul) Fermé la Nuit, bound in intersecting blocks of dark coloured goatskin with plastic onlays, Paris, 1925
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Mercier (Daniel-Henri, binder).- Morand (Paul) Fermé la Nuit, number 19 of 370 copies, from an edition limited to 407, 5 colour etchings and many illustrations by Jules Pascin, some double-page, bound in intersecting rectangular blocks of dark blue, green, purple and black goatskin, by Daniel-Henri Mercier, with 5 plastic coloured vertical strips lettered "Pascin" onlaid on covers (3 to upper, 2 to lower), upper cover with author's name in blind curving across at head, spine titled in green and gilt, purple or japanese paper doublures and endpapers, signed at foot of front turn-in, original glazed red wrappers bound in, g.e., preserved in half dark blue goatskin chemise and slip-case, small 4to (binding c.245 x 200mm.), Paris, 1925.
Description
Mercier (Daniel-Henri, binder).- Morand (Paul) Fermé la Nuit, number 19 of 370 copies, from an edition limited to 407, 5 colour etchings and many illustrations by Jules Pascin, some double-page, bound in intersecting rectangular blocks of dark blue, green, purple and black goatskin, by Daniel-Henri Mercier, with 5 plastic coloured vertical strips lettered "Pascin" onlaid on covers (3 to upper, 2 to lower), upper cover with author's name in blind curving across at head, spine titled in green and gilt, purple or japanese paper doublures and endpapers, signed at foot of front turn-in, original glazed red wrappers bound in, g.e., preserved in half dark blue goatskin chemise and slip-case, small 4to (binding c.245 x 200mm.), Paris, 1925.