Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Farrère, Claude. Arnoux, Guy. Vieille Marine. 12 images de Guy Arnoux présentées é la Lanterne Magique par Claude Farrère.

With orig. watercolour, coloured title and 11 coloured full-page illus. by G. A. 41 unn. leaves. 4to. Private painted cloth, orig. wrappers bound-in. – Paris, Devambez à l’enseigne du masque d’or, (1920).

Edition originale. One of 450 numbered copies on vergé paper of a total limited edition of 500. With printed dedication to Pierre Louys. This copy truffled with an original signed watercolour by the French illustrator Guy Arnoux (1886–1951) and with a painted artistic hand-craft binding by the same. The front cover shows a wind rose, while the back cover depicts a windjammer on the sea – Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 20633