Alphonse DAUDET / Tartarin of Tarascon Signed Limited Editions Club 1930

Author: DAUDET, Alphonse Title: Tartarin of Tarascon Publication: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1930. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering/decorations and pink/green decorated paper over boards. Faintest of edgewear (mainly spine head/tails); lacks slipcase. A tight and nice copy of this early LEC production, a French fiction originally published in 1872. The ninth title in the LEC's first series, with colophon at rear of second volume citing 1500 numbered copies (this #1240) signed boldly by illustrator Dwiggins. Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts. Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts deals in out-of-print and antiquarian books, autographs and historic documents, ephemera, maps and pre-1900 newspapers. Member: ABAA, MWABA, The Manuscript Society. We take great pride in the quality of our stock and clean and cover all hardbound books in dust jacket sleeves or mylar. Every effort has been made to describe each item and any defects accurately. Large or heavy items may require that additional charges be invoiced separately. All autographs are guaranteed authentic without time limit to the original purchaser. William Butts, co-owner, apprenticed under a well-known Chicago dealer in the 1980s. For years he authored two columns in.

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