682 - SCHWOB, Marcel *Imaginary Worlds*. Compositions by George Barbier, woodcuts by Pierre Bouchet. [Paris] Le Livre contemporain, 1929. In-4° (slight and minimal pinholes or slight foxing; faint transfer of the cover illustrations onto the white endpapers). Art Deco Lavallière morocco leather, signed Weckesser et fils; covers adorned with a wide frame of interlaced rings formed of inlaid root-grain calfskin set with gilt fillets, the whole bordered by two garnet-colored morocco leather strips; smooth spine decorated with a similar frame, double gold fillet on the edges, inlays of grained calfskin set with gold fillets on the panels, gold edges on small corner pieces, covers in good condition (minor scuffing and a few minor chips in the gilding). In a marbled paper slipcase (slightly worn). A fine copy. A superb edition adorned with 88 color illustrations: frontispiece, 13 half-titles, 2 cover illustrations, headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. A single print run of 120 copies on Rives vellum (no. 41 for General Willems). Enriched with 6 original watercolors signed by George Barbier (on 5 leaves): compositions for the title page, the 4 illustrations for “Paolo Uccello,” and the tailpiece for the table of contents, as well as the illustrated menu for the “Vies imaginaires” banquet (June 1929) with autograph signatures by Louis Barthou, George Barbier, and P. Bouchet. Ref. Carteret IV:361 (“a very fine publication, rightly highly prized”).—Monod 10223. Formerly owned by General Jacques Willems (inscribed copy).