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230 - [ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY].
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Estimate €300 - €400
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[ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY]. Set of 7 volumes: - BALZAC. A Passion in the Desert. Illustrations by Guyot. Paris: Éditions Valère, 1938. 1 of 500 copies on Rives paper (no. 333). — BROWN (A.). Lost in the Sands. A volume featuring 50 illustrations by A. Robida. Paris: Boivin & Cie, n.d. — CARPENTIER (Alejo). Baroque Concert. Original etchings by Jacques Ramondot. Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1978. A print run of 200 copies on Arches vellum (no. 15 for Bernard Lasserre). — GUILLEVIC. From the Meadow. Original engravings by Staritsky. n.p.: Jean Petithory, 1970. A print run of 60 copies, one of the 50 on Lana pure-fibre vellum (no. 56). — MARAN (René). Mbala the Elephant. Illustrations by André Collot. Paris: Éditions Arc-en-ciel, 1943. 1 of 951 copies on vellum (no. 280). — POYNDER (Macha). Black Poems based on and featuring ‘black poems’ adapted by Tristan Tzara. Afterword by Marc Dachy. n.p.: Mouvement art libre, transédition & MJS, 1993. Printed in an edition of 77 copies (no. 45). — REBELL (Hugues). *Les Nuits chaudes du Cap français*. Original drypoint engravings by Ch.-A. Edelmann. No place: At the expense of an amateur, 1936. 1 of 75 copies on pure Marais rag paper, supplemented by a suite of the final state in black on Marais rag paper and a suite of the 34 etched compositions, with notes and printed in green on Lana (unused engraving proof) (no. 114). Accompanied by a handwritten letter from Edelmann.
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About the sale Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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