L'HOMME TOMBE DU PARADIS. (SIGNED)

FORT, Paul. Ginette D'yd (Illustrator). Alwyn Mant

Published by Armand Jules Klein,, A Paris,, 1932

About this Item

First Edition. Card Covers. Limited edition. No. 25 of 30 copies printed on Japon Imperial paper with printed dedication stating this example was for Alwyn Manton. Narrow 4to. pp. [viii], [48]. Coloured frontispiece and vignettes in the text by Ginette d'Yd. French text. Original publishers printed card covers lettered green and black on upper cover. Presentation copy: 'A Monsieur Alwyn Manton, avec mes hommages les plus distingues & en tres amical souvenir, ce Conte feerique, mais un peu espiegle, ou Dieu - et meme le diable et les gendarmes de Normandie - out raison du dernier Fou. Paul Fort. Le 12 Novembre 1932.' With an additional list of names in Fort's hand. Single page prospectus for the book and an additional one for another title by Paul Fort entitled 'L'Arche de noe'. Handwritten envelope addressed to Alwyn Manton in Paris postmarked 1938 loosely inserted. Paul Fort (1872-1960) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He founded the Theatre d'Art and two literary reviews Livre d'Art and Vers et Prose, the latter with Apollinaire. Internally clean and sound. Small tears at head and foot of spine, upper hinge weak, covers slightly foxed otherwise near very good. Slight wear, otherwise near very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: L'HOMME TOMBE DU PARADIS. (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Armand Jules Klein,, A Paris,
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signedes