PEYRE (Joseph). L'Escadron blanc. Grenoble, Grésivaudan, 1973. In-folio, leaves, publisher's sand cloth slipcase. Edition decorated with 16 original lithographs by Nathalie Chabrier and prefaced by Joseph Kessel. Edition strictly limited to 299 copies, this being one of the 16 first copies on Japon nacré (No. 3). This copy includes in its portfolio - the original gouache on paper for one of the sixteen lithographs (32.5 x 50 cm) and an original watercolour drawing by the artist on paper on the theme of the book (26 x 35 cm), all signed by the artist; - three suites of 16 signed colour lithographs (34 x 53 cm): on silk, Japon nacré and Arches vellum. Silk suite edges frayed.