MONTHERLANT (Henry de). The love life of Monsieur de Guiscar - Lot 289

MONTHERLANT (Henry de). The love life of Monsieur de Guiscart. Drypoints and burins by Jean Traynier. Paris, les Presses de la cité, 1946. One of the 30 ex. (n°37) comprising a suite in bistre on white Malacca vellum, a suite in black with remarks of the crossed-out copperplates on tinted Malacca vellum and an original unsigned drawing which should not be in the justification. - Believe in souls. Paris, Vigneau, 1944. With an etching and 4 compositions by Yves Brayer. One of 800 copies on Auvergne paper (n°124). - La cueilleuse de branches. Frontispiece and lettering by Jean Garcia engraved on wood by C. Poilliot. Paris, Horay. One of 50 numbered copies on Hollande van Gelder (n°I) with a suite of engravings. - Without remedy. Frontispiece by Gorvel. Paris, Trémois, 1927. One of 300 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma (n°112). Set of 4 vol. in-12 and in-8, red half-rel. mar. with bands, smooth spine, boards lined with a grey paper giving the appearance of wood, gilt head, cover and spine preserved. (D.M. Mercher).