Georges Duhamel / Illustrations de Berthold Mahn - Vie et aventures de Salavin - 1955





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Georges Duhamel’s Vie et aventures de Salavin, a five-volume edition bound in auburn morocco with a slipcase, illustrated by Berthold Mahn and published by Union Latine d'Éditions in 1955, in French as the original language, a numbered edition (No. 3505) totaling 1244 pages.
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Georges Duhamel, Life and Adventures of Salavin, Union Latine Editions, Paris, 1955, magnificent illustrations by Berthold Mahn, 5 volumes, I. Midnight Confession, 221 pages, II. Two Men, 240 pages, III. Salavin's Journal, 161 pages, IV. The Lyonnais Club, 243 pages, V. As in Himself, 224 pages. Color frontispiece in each volume.
In-4°, publisher’s binding, full mahogany morocco, smooth spine decorated with floral and gold motifs, gilt title and volume number, Duhamel’s signature in gold on the front cover, gilt head edge. Under a marbled cardboard case edged with leather.
Interior in perfect condition of freshness, beautiful edition in excellent condition, cases included.
Limited edition of six thousand one hundred copies, all numbered to volume V, plus some out-of-commerce collections for collaborators. It was reserved: for L'Union Latine d'Éditions, five hundred copies on pure Alaska silk (No. 1 - 500) and four thousand nine hundred on vellum chiffon (No. 501 - 5,400); for African bibliophiles, five hundred copies on vellum chiffon (No. A 1 - A 500); for Belgian bibliophiles, one hundred copies on vellum chiffon (No. B 1 - B 100); and for Swiss bibliophiles, one hundred copies on vellum chiffon (No. S 1 - S 100).
Copy No. 3505
Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 20 x 4
Weight (kg): 6.415
Georges Duhamel, Life and Adventures of Salavin, Union Latine Editions, Paris, 1955, magnificent illustrations by Berthold Mahn, 5 volumes, I. Midnight Confession, 221 pages, II. Two Men, 240 pages, III. Salavin's Journal, 161 pages, IV. The Lyonnais Club, 243 pages, V. As in Himself, 224 pages. Color frontispiece in each volume.
In-4°, publisher’s binding, full mahogany morocco, smooth spine decorated with floral and gold motifs, gilt title and volume number, Duhamel’s signature in gold on the front cover, gilt head edge. Under a marbled cardboard case edged with leather.
Interior in perfect condition of freshness, beautiful edition in excellent condition, cases included.
Limited edition of six thousand one hundred copies, all numbered to volume V, plus some out-of-commerce collections for collaborators. It was reserved: for L'Union Latine d'Éditions, five hundred copies on pure Alaska silk (No. 1 - 500) and four thousand nine hundred on vellum chiffon (No. 501 - 5,400); for African bibliophiles, five hundred copies on vellum chiffon (No. A 1 - A 500); for Belgian bibliophiles, one hundred copies on vellum chiffon (No. B 1 - B 100); and for Swiss bibliophiles, one hundred copies on vellum chiffon (No. S 1 - S 100).
Copy No. 3505
Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 20 x 4
Weight (kg): 6.415

