Tardieu | Le demon de l'irrealite, Neuchatel, 1946, binding by Thérèse Moncey

Jean Tardieu

Le demon de l'irréalité. Neuchâtel: Ides et Calendes, 1946

4to (249 x 184mm.), copy number 9 of a limited edition of 1025 copies, one of 25 copies on papier à la cuve puisé à la main, contemporary smooth beige calf with coloured onlays and small gilt fillet designs on covers by Thérèse Moncey, lettered in gilt on spine, gilt edges, smooth beige calf endleaves, chemise and slipcase, original printed wrappers bound in, joints slightly rubbed, chemise and slipcase broken

PROVENANCE:

Sale, Parke-Bernet, 12 April 1955, lot 450 ("a brilliantly conceived and executed binding by the recent laureate of the Grand Prix de la Reliure Française")