Bove Emmanuel
Bécon-les-BruyÄres. Portrait de la France
Paris: Emile-Paul FrÄres 1927. #14 of 50 copies on Japon and with frontis in two states: Japon and Holland. Entire edition: 1650: 50 on Japan imperial with frontis is two states as ours. 100 of van Galder; 1500 on Lafuma. Printed by R. Coulouma.<br /><br /> 8vo. Blue morocco inlaid with center panels of light-blue polished calf ruled in gilt. Blue and gold patterned endpapesr. Open leather-tipped slipcase. Original cover bound in. By Alix. <br /><br />One of a series Portraits de la France published by Émile-Paul FrÄres and illustrated by such painters as Dufy Dunoyer de Segonzac and Friesz in the 1920s. Garvey notes of Utrillio's frontispeice. "At his time Utrillio's Paris views had a freshness later lost." Artist and the book in France #308.<br /><br />Emmanuel Bove Emmanuel Bobovnikoff. Paris b. 1898. d.1945 Paris Wrote popular novels under the name of Jean Vallois. In the 1920s his work came to the attention of Colette who helped him publish his first novel under his own name Mes amis in 1924. The novel became a success and he consistently published until the the Second World War winning the prix FiguiÄre in 1928. Emile-Paul FrÄres hardcover books
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