Author: ROSTAND, Edmond
Title: Cyrano de Bergerac
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. Tall octavo (7-1/8" x 10-1/2") bound in a fine satin French brocade with a gilt-lettered leather spine label; 210 pages. With a new translation by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrated with 25 plates by Pierre Brissaud reproduced by gravures and hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Also laid in is a pamphlet (4" x 8-1/4") titled "Cyrano Composes A Ballade," consisting of one sheet folded to make ten pages and including eight versions of the ballade Cyrano composes while duelling with Valvert. An interesting piece assumed to be issued by the Limited Editions Club and not seen previously by us. Ill.: Pierre Brissaud. Fine in torn glassine and a Very Good slipcase with a small gouge on the rear panel .

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