COCTEAU (Jean). Set of 3 works by Jean Cocteau in first edition: - Bacchus. Play in three acts. Paris : Gallimard, [1952]. -In-12, black half-chagrin, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). One of the first 30 copies on Hollande van Gelder. - La Corrida du premier mai. Paris: Bernard Grasset, Les Cahiers vers XXXIX, 1957. - In-12, black half-chagrin, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). One of the 52 first copies on Montval laid paper, this one justified "Montval" but not numbered. - Le Requiem. Paris : Gallimard, [1962]. - In-4, black half-chagrin, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). One of the first 25 copies on Hollande vellum. Very fine copies in uniform modern bindings.
Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
€538
Buyer's premium
30%
COCTEAU (Jean).
Set of 3 works by Jean Cocteau in first edition:
- Bacchus. Play in three acts. Paris : Gallimard, [1952]. -In-12, black half-chagrin, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding).
One of the first 30 copies on Hollande van Gelder.
- La Corrida du premier mai. Paris: Bernard Grasset, Les Cahiers vers XXXIX, 1957. - In-12, black half-chagrin, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding).
One of the 52 first copies on Montval laid paper, this one justified "Montval" but not numbered.
- Le Requiem. Paris : Gallimard, [1962]. - In-4, black half-chagrin, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding).
One of the first 25 copies on Hollande vellum.
Very fine copies in uniform modern bindings.
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