GERALDY PAUL [Pierre Laprade] - Lot 224

GERALDY PAUL [Pierre Laprade] Toi et Moi Paris, Librairie Stock - Delamain, Boutelleau et Cie, 1924. In-12, (6)-83-(6) pp. box vieux rose, smooth spine, semis of gilt dots decorating boards and spines with gilt hearts intertwined in the center of the boards, gilt head on witnesses, gray box lining and endpapers, a wide-margined copy, box vieux rose spine and covers lined with white basane, bottom board slightly rubbed, spine of folder faded (Thérèse Moncey). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Numbered copy on Arches vellum, justified by the author. Drawings by Paul LAPRADE in the text, including 11 in color (one full-page). Elegant binding by Thérèse Moncey (active from 1946 to 1965). Awarded the Grand Prix de la reliure française in 1950. Spine of dust jacket cracked.