Max PAPART

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on handmade paper, ours being one of 100 containing a signed and unused engraving by Max Papart, the only issue with 10 Chapelle copies.
Work illustrated with 11 original engravings by Max Papart which he signed in pencil.
Manuscript signatures of Jacques Prévert and Max Papart on the justification page.
Autograph inscription signed by Max Papart to Jean-Pierre Chauvency enhanced with an original signed drawing depicting a stylized bird flying toward a sun.
A pale dampstain of no consequence to the heads of the slipcase boards, fine interior condition.

First edition, one of 120 numbered copies on grand vélin d'Arches, the only copies after 15 japon and 10 hors commerce.
Work illustrated with two original linocuts by Max Papart, one in colors, as well as 10 photographs reproduced in phototype by André Villers.
Preface and poem by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes.
At the head of the work, autograph signatures of Andrée Caraire, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Max Papart and André Villers.
Some minor worming to boards and endpapers, otherwise handsome copy complete with its full saffron cloth slipcase.

First edition, one of 135 numbered copies on marbled paper, this one of 100 with a signed engraving (one not used) by Max Papart, the only printing alongside 10 on Chapelle paper
With 11 original engravings by Max Paprt, signed in pencil
Autograph signatures of Jacques Prévert and Max Papart to the justification page
Autograph inscription from Max Papart to Jean-Pierre Chauvency, enriched with a signed original drawing of a stylized bird flying towards the sun
Faint dampstain (not serious) to top of slipcase, internally very good.