Le Bósquet (Charles Henry) Joppert and Son
£95
London, Bodley Head, 1923.
First edition. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, without price.
Great jacket artwork by Canadian–British illustrator and commercial artist Austin Cooper (not the car).
In stock
Some writing to extreme top edge of text block, no front free endpaper (as issued?); VG; a little minor chipping to corners and spine ends, but overall VG.
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