Les Civilises
Claude Farrere, Henri Le RicheParis: Librairie de la Collection des Dix, 1926.
First Illustrated Edition.
30.5cm x 23.5cm. [vi], 226, [2] pages, 17 black and white plates, 36 colour etchings in the text. Half leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, slipcase. Text is in French.
French colonizers indulge in fornication, opium, and general debauchery in late 19th century Saigon (then French Cochincina, modern day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). One of 200 numbered copies of Arches vellum (of a total edition of 300), bound with the original wrappers.
Minor shelf wear. Very minor discolouration to spine, minor tan at tail of lower joint. Tissue guard of first plate creased. Some rubbing to slipcase. Very Good Condition.
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AU$800