VALÉRY (Paul). Le Cimetière marin, poem. Paris: Émile Paul frère, 1920. - In-8, 208 x 155 : (10 ff. first and last blank), printed cover. Black morocco, cold fillet framing the boards, ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet inside, gilt head, untrimmed, cover preserved, case (L. Malcorps). First edition. Limited edition of 556 copies, this being ONE OF FORTY-NINE ON VELIN PAPER IN THE FORM OF ARCHES, the second paper after seven copies on chine. A very fine copy, entirely mounted on tabs, bound in full morocco by Belgian master bookbinder Louis Malcorps.

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