Alfred Jarry - Gestes suivis des Paralipomènes d’Ubu - 1920

First collected edition in book form. A beautiful copy of this illustrated work. Softback, covers with red titles and gilt illustration. A touch of nicking to the head and tail of the spine only. 7 etchings with aquatint by Géo A. Drains: a colour frontispiece and 6 full-page plates printed in sanguine. The text pages and chapter headings carry a repeated decoration in red and black. Edition of 1040 copies, this one of 940 copies on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen paper. 152 pages of text, followed by approximately eight unnumbered pages. 15.5 x 15.5 cm. The covers are in excellent condition, with just a slight nick to the bottom edge of the wrapper. Inside, there is mild to moderate offsetting from the plates. The edition was produced under the direction of the young André Malraux, this was the start of his career. Jarry died in 1907. This is the first edition in book form of a posthumous gathering of his texts: Paralipomènes d’Ubu: “things left out”, fragments and pieces from Ubu Roi. The illustrator. Géo A. Drains is an intriguing, little-known figure. He also illustrated Lautréamont and, under the pseudonym “Couperyn”, erotica

Estimate:£184.69

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