VALLES, JULES. - DES MOTS... Bois dessines et graves par Desligneres [with] Suite de bois de Desligneres pour illustrer Des Mots de Jules Valles.
Paris: Edouard-Joseph, 1920. 2 parts, 8vo, 32pp, woodcut frontispiece, 6 woodcut illus. in text; (16)pp, duplicate suite of 6 woodcut illus. Tan wrappers, lettered in red and black, vignette, text printed in red and black with enlarged initials throughout, initial leaf and final suite of woodcuts lightly embrowned, a nearly fine, unopened copy. ¶ First Edition limited to 400 numbered copies 'sur papier de Hollande Van Gelder.' The present work contains two previously unpublished poems by Jules Valles (1833-85), who rose from humble origins to become a politically controversial author and journalist, noted for his sketches of bohemianism and his searing autobiographical trilogy in which he described the struggles of his youth and later years of revolt.
USD 71.50 [Appr.: EURO 47.75 | £UK 43 | JP¥ 6310] Booknumber: 2403.
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