Jean COCTEAU. Thomas the impostor. History and drawings by Jean Cocteau. Paris, …

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Jean COCTEAU.

Thomas the impostor. History and drawings by Jean Cocteau. Paris, NRF, 1927. In-4, paperback, filled cover, folder, case. Deluxe edition illustrated with 40 full-page heliogravure drawings, one of which is colored. Limited edition of 373 copies. One of 15 copies on Japon impérial (n° XVI), second paper after 8 old japon blanc.

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