Collective Work — Jacques Bainville, Éditions de la Revue Le - Lot 57

Collective Work — Jacques Bainville, Éditions de la Revue Le Capitole, 1927 [BAINVILLE (Jacques)]. Jacques Bainville. Paris, Éditions de la Revue Le Capitole, 1927. Square 8vo, paperback; beige cloth-covered board with pink and blue printing; portrait of Jacques Bainville on the frontispiece based on an unpublished drawing by André Szekely de Doba; 163 pp. Printed on April 1, 1927. First edition, published in the series dedicated to “Today’s Writers and Poets.” The volume includes texts by Lucien Dubech, Jacques Bainville, René Brécy, René Groos, Abel Manouvriez, André Rousseaux, and Paul Gilson, among others. The colophon is of interest: Total print run: 990 numbered copies, divided as follows: 15 on Imperial Japan paper, nos. 1–15; 65 on Madagascar paper, nos. 16–80; 910 on Alfa satin-finished vellum, nos. 81–990. This copy: no. 151 on Alfa satin-finished vellum, featuring a reproduction of Bainville’s portrait. It therefore belongs to the regular numbered print run. Very good apparent condition: original filled cover preserved, clean binding, wide margins, only a few isolated foxing spots. The overall appearance is significantly more appealing than that of many paperback copies in this collection.