Joseeph Kessel - La Femme de maison ou Mariette au désert-É.O

Joseph Kessel The Housekeeper or Mariette in the Desert Paris, Kra, 1928, 8vo of 79 pp. - (2) leaves (colophon and printer's imprint). FIRST EDITION printed in 825 copies, 1 of 750 on Rives vellum (no. 229) 3rd volume of the Femmes collection. Half green morocco binding, smooth spine ornamented with a series of six mosaic rounds, 4 red and two brown, gold square at the center of the rounds, gold lines suggesting a skyscraper, author and title gilded, boards of green marbled paper, top edge gilt, covers and spine preserved. Perfect copy in a lovely Art Deco binding executed by Antoine LAUCOURNET, famous binder of Limoges.

Estimation:€150

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