Lot no. 113
MANDIARGUES (André Pieyre de). La Motocyclette. Paris, Gallimard, 1963. In-16, black half-box with bands, boards decorated with a photographic composition in black printed on white cloth, where the image of a motorbike wheel is repeated 3 times, and a detail of two crossed legs, those on the upper board are healthy and those on the lower board marked with a scar, gilt head, untrimmed, smooth spine, cover and spine, folder and slipcase (Leroux). First edition. One of 80 copies on vellum pur fil Lafuma Navarre (the only paper after 20 Hollande). A fine copy in a binding signed by Georges Leroux and dated 1965, whose original decoration reflects the dynamics of the novel.
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