Vassily PHOTIADÈS

Edition, a 750 numbered copies on Arches paper.
Signed autograph of Joseph Kessel Max-Philippe Delatte.
Bookplate pasted it on a guard.
Book illustrated with a frontispiece designed and engraved on wood by Vassily Photiades.
Guard slightly and partially shaded, rare spots.

First edition, one of 750 numbered copies on Arches paper, this one of a few hors commerce copies reserved for the author.
Affectionate, handsome autograph inscription signed by Joseph Kessel to his friend Henri (Béraud) : "A toi, mon cher Henri, sans phrases et fraternellement [To you, my dear Henri, without grand words, but in brotherhood]."
With a frontispiece drawn by, and wood-engraved by, Vassily Photiadès.
Endpapers lightly and partially sunned, the occasional wormhole.