DORGELÈS (Roland). *The Awakening of the Dead*. Paris: Éditi - Lot 332

DORGELÈS (Roland). *The Awakening of the Dead*. Paris: Éditions Mornay, 1924. Quarto, black morocco leather; on the front cover, two white morocco crosses set at an angle bear a tricolor cockade, with four gilded wheat stalks and ears of wheat in front, evoking a wheat field and following the angle of each cross, at their intersection, pieces of white morocco leather adorned with a gold dot and black morocco leather with a white dot—the same as the horizontal frieze at the top and bottom of the covers; the interior frame is decorated with ears of wheat and small pieces of white morocco leather on black or white and gold, lining and endpapers of gold lurex, gilt edges on endpapers, cover and spine, half-black morocco slipcase, case (Marie-Madeleine Lorthiois). 12 hors-texte etchings and numerous illustrations in the text by Pierre Falké. A beautiful contemporary binding from the library of the bookbinder Marie-Madeleine Lorthiois, bearing her bookplate. One of 57 copies bound in Madagascar leather, 7 of which were not for sale.

Estimate:£500.79

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