COCTEAU, Jean

Essai de critique indirecte - Le Mystère laïc - Les Beaux Arts considérés comme un assasinat [INSCRIBED limited edition]

Paris: Editions Bernard Grasset, (1932). Limited Edition. Printed wrappers. 12mo. Pp. 262. Frontis. b&w reproduction of a de Chirico painting from Cocteau's collection. Text in French. Introduction by Bernard Grasset. Ninth volume in the second series of the publisher's "Pour Mon Plaisir" collection. Half title inscribed in ink "A monsieur Levasseur reconnaissance anticipé de Jean Cocteau [star]." The inscribee's name has been partially erased.

Jacket printed in black and green over pale green wraps, pale green leaves. This copy stamped number XXIII of sixty on "vert lumière H. C." Green color has faded from the leaf margins and the head edges are minimally soiled, else crisp and unmarked. Leaves are uncut after p. 8. Very Good+ / Near Fine. Item #12935

"Le Mystère laïc" was first published in 1928 in a limited edition with de Chirico etchings.

Price: $400.00