TOULET (Paul-Jean). THE GREEN GIRL. - Lot 456

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TOULET (Paul-Jean). THE GREEN GIRL. - Lot 456
TOULET (Paul-Jean). THE GREEN GIRL. Paris, Emile-Paul, 1920. In-12, emerald morocco crossed with a black morocco band, cover decorated with an important gilt fillet and white morocco decoration representing the heroine of the book, stylized, holding a gilt bicycle, black morocco lined boards, gilt t., slipcase (Robert Bonfils, rel.). First edition of this famous and pleasant novel. One of the 50 numbered copies on green Smaragdin paper, covered with an ornate and witty binding by Robert Bonfils (1886-1971), illustrator, painter, engraver and bookbinder whose fellow students were Pierre Legrain and Robert Delaunay. A handwritten note indicates that this binding would have appeared at the 1942 Salon des Decorateurs. Light stain on several leaves, spine uniformly faded otherwise a wide-margined copy, untrimmed.
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