Sur Talons Rouges

Paris: G. Briffaut, Editeur, 1929.
First Edition.

29cm x 19.5cm. [iv], 152, [4] pages, 12 colour plates. Lettered wrappers, illustrated jacket. Text is in French.

Art Deco Paris in powdered wigs and red heels, with colour plates by Danish illustrator Gerda Wegener, known for her distinctive lesbian erotica. One of 400 numbered copies on Arches from a total edition of 449. Wegener’s spouse, Lili Elbe, was among the first to undergo gender-affirming surgery (1930-31), and from the 1900s was crossdressing as her primary model.

Creasing to wrapper spine, with closed tears at head and tail repaired with tape, concealed beneath a custom paper wrapper mounted with a Wegener illustration, the wrapper with spine discoloured and old tape marks to its flaps. Interior clean. Two of the plates loose, laid in place. Good Condition.

AU$1,000