Lot n° 482
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COCTEAU (Jean) - Lot 482
COCTEAU (Jean)
Le Grand écart.
Novel. Paris, Librairie Stock, 1923. In-12, burgundy morocco
maroquin, gilded fillets framing the covers, ribbed spine with
gilt edges, untrimmed, burgundy morocco lining and
burgundy morocco lining and endpaper, pink cover preserved
(1928 binding).
ORIGINAL EDITION of Cocteau's first novel.
Issued in an edition of 625 copies, this one (no. 17), ONE OF 25 HEADERS ON IMPERIAL JAPON.
IMPERIAL.
From the Charles Hayoit library, with bookplate.
ENVOI DE L'AUTEUR sur le faux-titre, to Louis Brun, bibliophile and
director of Editions Grasset between 1909 and 1939.
Talvart, III, 181.
Provenance: Charles Hayoit sale, Sotheby's Poulain-Le Fur, Paris November 30-December 1, 2001, lot 962.
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