BERNARD TRISTAN [Charles Genty] - Lot 158

BERNARD TRISTAN [Charles Genty] Le cercle enchanté - Scenes from the life of a boxer Paris, 1924, le Goupy, in-8, half-basane with alternating burlap bands, cover boards preserved. (Pesqué binding) 52pp. two-tone printed volume, 12 color compositions by poster artist and caricaturist Charles Genty (1876-1956). Edition of 976 copies, this one is ONE OF 50 ON VELIN DU MARAIS ACCOMPANIED WITH A SUITE OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK (ONLY LARGE PAPER AFTER A SINGLE EXEMPLAIRE CONTAINING THE ORIGINALS). Mahé I-238. / Talvart et Place I-403 N°68. First edition of the illustrations and first edition of the text. Tristan Bernard (1866-1947), a great sports enthusiast (he began his career as editor-in-chief of the Journal des Vélocipédistes), had published "Tableaux de la boxe" in 1923, reprinted as "Autour du Ring" in 1925.