Pichon (Léon) The New Book-Illustration in France.
£75
Translated from the French by Herbert b. Grimsditch
London, The Studio, 1924.
First edition. Small 4to. Original blind-tooled cloth stamped in gilt. Dust-jacket.
The special ‘Winter Number’ of art periodical The Studio, uncommon in the original dust-jacket.
In stock
Some mild foxing; cloth VG; jacket with light rubbing, some wear to head of spine.
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