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Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes
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[MacOrlan, Pierre] – An ABC Book for Girls and Beloved Child…
See original version (French)
538
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[MacOrlan, Pierre] – An ABC Book for Girls and Beloved Child…
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €180
Voluntary lot
Description
[MacOrlan, Pierre] – An ABC Book for Girls and Beloved Children. No place, no date. In-12, paperback with a pink cloth-covered board illustrated with a repeating red alphabet (16 x 14.9 cm) and an illustrated slipcase – [32 leaves, including 2 blank leaves at the front, the first of which has foxing] - Each letter of the alphabet, set within a double brick-coloured frame against a background of varying shades, is adorned with a freehand illustration and followed by a quatrain opposite. Printed in a run of 200 numbered copies; this is one of the 150 printed on Lafuma pure-fibre vellum (no. 117). (Pia, *Les Livres de l’Enfer*, p. 26).
This reprint of the 1924 edition differs from it in its presentation under a different cover, and in drawings that are more explicit regarding the virile nature of ‘l’Enfant chéri’. The print run is also different. One might conjecture a later date [1930?]. The attribution to Pascin, sometimes put forward, is entirely unjustified here.
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
Auction location
Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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