CENDRARS, Blaise.
Moravagine. Novel. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1926.
In-8 [181 x 115] of 362 pp, (1) f. : burgundy half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept (modern binding).
First edition.
ONE OF 30 COPIES ON JAPON (N° 24), SECOND PAPER AFTER 8 CHINE.
Spine faded.
In French in the text, Paris, BN, 1990, nº 344: "OEuvre touffue, insolente, extravagante, échevelée, inclassable, tantôt roman d'aventures, tantôt rapport psychiatrique, tantôt prophétie visionnaire, tantôt poème en prose."
Attached is a second work by Blaise Cendrars published the same year:
- L'Eubage aux antipodes de l'unité . Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 1926.
In-8, blue half-maroquin by Semet et Plumelle, cover and spine kept.
First edition: it is illustrated with 5 engravings in burin out of text of Joseph Hecht.
One of 950 copies on Montgolfier vellum (n° 438). A good copy.
