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1938A SET OF 28 MAGNIFICENT FOLIO WOOD-ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING THE SCENERY, PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, including Ceylon, Weh (Sabang), Sumatra, Singapore, Java, and Bali. Also includes title-page, 8 pages of text describing the author / artist's travels (SIGNED IN INK BY THE AUTHOR / ARTIST), list of wood-engravings, and justification / colophon. From a total edition of 40 sets, THIS IS SET NUMBER 1, printed for Maurice Blum, ONE OF ONLY TEN SETS PRINTED ON JAPON NACRE. Folio. Loose as issued in custom-made folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT. Extremely rare, especially on Japanese paper.
FIRST EDITION of this novel about colonial life in Java. ONE OF ONLY SIX (6) COPIES PRINTED ON FINE ANNAM PAPER, THIS ONE JUSTIFIED AS THE "EXEMPLAIRE D'ARCHIVE" (file copy) BY LOUIS BRUN, DIRECTOR OF THE GRASSET PUBLISHING HOUSE, AND INITIALED BY HIM. 8vo. Original printed wraps, with an attractive color image of the tropics printed on the front cover. Light wear to wraps and fading to spine, else UNCUT AND UNOPENED, FINE AND BRIGHT.