260 - SZEKELY-KOVACS (Olga, ill.), VERCORS (Jean BRULLER, pseudonym). *The Silence of the Sea*. n.p., *Á la Croisée des chemins*, 1947. In-4, loose-leaf, slipcase. 16 color lithographs in the text by Olga Székely-Kovács.

SZEKELY-KOVACS (Olga, ill.), VERCORS (Jean BRULLER, pseudonym). *The Silence of the Sea*. n.p., *Á la Croisée des chemins*, 1947. In-4, loose-leaf, slipcase. 16 color lithographs in the text by Olga Székely-Kovács. Limited edition of 500 copies; this one is one of 475 printed on vellum. Slipcase heavily scuffed. Also included: (Various Authors). *Palmes*. Paris, n.p. (printed by Haumont), 1945. A collective edition, largely original. It is illustrated with a frontispiece by Goerg. Print run of 1,000 copies. The proceeds from the sale of this book are intended to create a solidarity fund to support war widows and orphans until they begin receiving a pension. The texts are by Colette, Aragon, Arnoux, Aveline, Billy, Camus, Cassou, Claudel, Dorgelès, Duhamel, Éluard, Guehenno, Malraux, Mauriac, Morgan, Schlumberger, Maurice Schumann, the Tharaud brothers, t’Serstevens, Valéry, and Vercors. Only the contributions by Aragon and Camus are not original. Experts: Loup Axmann and Jean-Luc Boisseau