[Rarebooks] FS: Jean Charlot's PICTURE BOOK, 1/32 annotated artist's copies with an Original Sketch and Proofs
Charles Agvent
agvent at erols.com
Wed Nov 10 09:44:26 EST 2004
CHARLOT, Jean. PICTURE BOOK. New York: John Becker
1933. Quarto. Copy #13 of only 32 annotated artist's copies
(there were also 500 numbered copies) containing an ORIGINAL
SKETCH and a set of 12 progressive proofs of a plate--all
SIGNED in pencil and labeled by Charlot. This is #1 of 5
sets of these proofs of Plate 13: Builder and contains an
original sketch by Charlot with the same title. SIGNED on
the colophon page as well by Charlot, typesetter Lynton R.
Kistler, and designer Merle Armitage. The white wraps are
lighty soiled with very small tears at the spine tips. The
contents are fine and largely unopened. Lacking the scarce
wrapper, which it probably never had. About Fine in recent
half morocco slipcase. $10,000.00
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