AMANTS ET VOLEURS. Signed.
Paris: Editions De La Roseraie, 1927.
Dignimont. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed. Bernard, Tristan., Illustrated by André Dignimont. AMANTS ET VOLEURS. Paris: Editions De La Roseraie, 1927. Limited 350 numbered copies on Vélin de Rives [of 420 copies], this being a Hors Commerce copy lettered A/C & signed by the editor. Illustrated with 16 original Dignimont eaux-fortes en coleurs with a second suite of engravings in black. Original brown wrappers in the original glassine & patterned copper paper covered box. A fine copy showing light use. Folio, 217pp. Benezit 3, 584. Carteret. Livres Illustres Moderne IV, 70. The best of Bernard, Amants et Voleurs remains his most acclaimed books. Tristan Bernard [1866 - 1947] French playwright, novelist, journalist & lawyer, prolific author of plays, short stories, novels & radio scripts. Amants et Voleurs was published several times during the first two decades of the 20th century but only once in a deluxe limited edition. André Dignimont [1891 - 1965] Noted French painter, illustrator & engraver - certainly one of the great book illustrators of the 20th century. A superb production with extraordinarily fascinating coloured engraving by the artist.
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