Anciens Et Modernes. Picasso Par Gertrude Stein. Soixante-Trois Reproductions Dont Huit En Couleurs. Paris, Librairie Floury, 1938.
Ancients and Moderns. Picasso by Gertrude Stein. Sixty-Three Reproductions, Eight of Which are in Colour. Paris, Librairie Floury, 1938.
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Provenance:
Ink gift inscription reading "Catherine R. Hawword from Franklin, Christmas 1938."
Binding blind-stamped "Malcolm Rogers"
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Size: 150 x 205 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[(1), original paper binding, (1), h.t./frontis, t.p., 169pp., h.t., 11pp., (1), original paper binding, (1)]
Rebound in full morocco with the original paper board bound in at the front and rear. Gilt title, date and bands to the spine, somewhat dulled. Binding with the very minor wear, mostly rubbing, and blind-stamped "Malcolm Rogers" to the bottom of the front board. Both boards securely attached. New and original endpapers present. Page edges lightly dulled, and the side edge rough due to having to be cut upon purchase, and so some of the gatherings remain uncut. Original paper boards toned, lightly creased in places, with a few marks, and with some small edge tears. Text block very clean with edge toning and occasional foxing. New endpapers somewhat offset at the edge by the original paper boards. All illustrations present as according to the list of plates. Stamp reading "Printed in France" to the bottom of the last page of the list of illustrations.
[OCLC 3305622].
