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564. A Final Lot of Six French Illustrated Books.

L'enfer (illustrated by D' Elie Grekoff)
Les Carnets du Major Thompson (illustrated after Walter Goetz)
Une Tenebreuse Affaire (illustrated by Jean-Marie Granier)
Le Medecin de Campagne (illustrated after Charles Genty)
Le Fee Aux Miettes (illustrated by Pierre Gandon)
La Fille Elisa (illustrated by Paul-Louis Guilbert)

Tour du Pin, Patrice da la. "L'enfer." Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1949. Limited #214/325 copies. Octavo, wraps in publisher' slipcase. 14 original lithographs by Grekoff. pp. 87. Slipcase shows minor wear, internally Fine.
Pierre, Daninos. "Les Carnets du Major Thompson." Paris: Pierre de Tartas, 1954. Limited 1/1990 copies. Octavo, wraps in publisher's slipcase. 12 colour phototypes of illustrations and 17 lettrines after Goetz. pp. 172. Minor wear to slipcase, internally fine.
Balzac, Honore de. "Une Tenebreuse Affaire." Paris: Les Bibliolatres de France, 1956. Limited 1/1600 copies. Tall octavo, unsewn wraps in publisher's slipcase. 30 woodcuts by Granier in 2 shades of blue, of which 4 are hors-texte. Printed by E. Baudelot on BKF Rivers paper. Slipcase shows wear, internally Fine.
Balzac, Honore de. "Le medecin de Campagne." Paris: Editions Litteraires de France, n.d. Limited #334/350 copies. Octavo, wraps in publisher's slipcase. 30 etchings, signed in the plate, by Louis Maccard after illustrations by Genty. pp. 218. Slipcase shows minor wear, internally Fine
Nodier, Charles. "Le Fee Aux Miettes." Paris: la Tradition, 1938. Limited #425/550 copies. Thick octavo, wraps in publisher's slipcase. pp. 232, uncut. 20 etchings in colours, 26 lettrines. Printed by J. Dumoulin. Slipcase shows wear, some light foxing to prelims, else very good.
Goncourt, Edmond de. "La Fille Elisa." Paris: Georges Briffaut, 1929. Limited #375/425 copies. Quarto, wraps in publisher's slipcase. Etchings by Guilbert. pp. 201. Slipcase shows minor wear, internally Fine.

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