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297 - KIPLING, Rudyard. SCHMIED.
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KIPLING, Rudyard. SCHMIED. Kim. Lausanne, Gonin et Cie, (1930). 2 substantial volumes, large quarto, 267-(2) pp. and 263-(3) pp. Contemporary black morocco, smooth spine, author’s and title labels in brown morocco, silver lettering, bordered by gilt fillets forming chevron patterns, covers adorned with a mosaic-style geometric design featuring a central diamond-shaped medallion, enhanced by gold and silver bands; inside covers lined with green morocco and framed by a gold band and a gold fillet, endpapers lined with green tabis, edges gilt on endpapers, cover and spine preserved, marbled slipcase [Canape and Corriez] (spine slightly faded, leather on the slipcase slightly scuffed). Description: A very fine edition in a perfectly bound, mosaic-patterned and lined morocco leather binding. French translation by Louis Fabulet and Ch. Fountaine-Walker. Illustrated with 30 woodcuts printed in color after F. L. Schmied, including a frontispiece, 15 headpieces, and 14 plates. Limited edition of 160 signed copies; this one is no. 23 on Japanese paper. One of the 30 copies featuring a double set of engravings in black and in color. A fine copy, signed by the publisher. “A fine illustration by the artist, highly prized” (Carteret).
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