Raymond Hesse - Le Poilu pacifiste - rare exemplaire sur hollande

Raymond Hesse, The Pacifist Poilu. Paris, Léopold Martin, 1920. 8vo, 167 pages. Original edition, “special luxury print” limited to 250 copies, ours one of 22 on Hollande paper (No. 18), second paper after 12 Jap. Edition illustrated with wood engravings by Antonio Galbez, sometimes in the text, sometimes full-page. Copy signed by the author and the illustrator (not indicated in the colophon). The work will also have a print run of 1,000 copies (in a smaller format). Copy enriched with a set of 56 wood engravings on chine. Half-murg? burgundy half-leather binding with corners, spine with raised bands, gilded top, covers and spine preserved. Joints cracked at the ends, beginning of separation about 2 cm, cover repaired. Beautiful copy in a tête de tirage (deluxe) edition.

Estimate:£169.22

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