[Rarebooks] BATOUALA Illustrated & SIGNED by Miguel Covarrubias with a proof of one of the pages

[Charles Agvent]

MARAN, Rene (Miguel COVARRUBIAS). BATOUALA. New York: Limited Editions 
Club, 1932. Small folio (8-1/2" x 13") bound in full blind-stamped brown 
leather. Illustrated with beautiful line drawings and full-page color 
plates by Miguel Covarrubias. The first great novel about Africa by a 
black writer. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, one of France's highest 
literary awards, making Maran the first black author to win that honor. 
Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, 
this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in ink 
"Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 
presentation copies. Laid in is the proof of one of the pages with a 
penciled comment in the upper corner in an unidentified hand about the 
page's appearance. Slight rubbing to the spine and corners with a small 
strip of leather peeled off on the rear cover. Near Fine in a Fine 
slipcase specially made for this copy by the publisher. (#016376) $425

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