Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Bury, Pol. La boule et le trou.

With punched cover leaf in front of title and with 5 perforated (“Ponctuation“) or embossed plates (3 black paper, 2 white paper). No pag. 8vo. Full black chagrin, front cover with a pattern of sillver fillets and gold points, with a circular white onlay. Top edge gilt. (Sign. Fryns). Slipcase. – Bruxelles, Stella Smith, 1961.

No. 9 of 30 numbered copies of the de luxe edition on Grand Velin Blanc, containing 5 plates, these repeated in a second suite. The present copy unsigned. From the collection of Marie-Louise and Samuel Robert Rosenthal with their joint bookplate on inner front board. The Rosenthals were major benefactors of cultural institutions in Chicago. The total limited edition was 530, the ordinary edition of 500 having only two plates. – Outer hinges cracking in parts. A fine copy in all in a matching handcraft binding by Fryns. – Best.-Nr. 26062