André Dunoyer de Segonzac | Tristan Bernard

André Dunoyer de Segonzac ─ Tristan Bernard

Tableau de la boxe.

Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1922.

8vo (237 x 189 mm). Brown morocco, the covers decorated with a central lozenge inlaid in tan morocco, intersected by further lozenges formed of interlacing gilt fillets, the vertical points of these lozenges inlaid with dark brown morocco, the borders of the covers decorated with a blind-tooled checkerboard pattern; smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind-tooled fillets; inner border of morocco with a gilt fillet; brown suede doublures and end leaves, gilt edges, original wrappers and spine, chemise and slipcase (Georges Cretté).

First edition.

Illustrated with 29 original etchings by Dunoyer de Segonzac, including 8 full-page plates.

Limited edition of 333 copies, this being one of 318 copies on Lafuma Navarre pur fil wove paper (n° 210).

[With :]

DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC, André. Autograph note signed to a “dear friend,” concerning an invitation to dinner.

Following the sensational Carpentier–Dempsey boxing match in New York in July 1921, the N.R.F. decided to devote a book to this fashionable sport. They subsequently called upon Tristan Bernard and Dunoyer de Segonzac to produce it.

A student at the École Estienne and the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Georges Cretté joined the workshop of Marius Michel in 1911, before taking over its direction in 1925.