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First French edition of this score for voice and piano, the upper wrapper colour-illustrated by Roger de Valério (1886-1951), then the exclusive cover artist for Éditions Salabert. A fine copy.

First edition of this waltz for piano, with the upper wrapper illustrated in colour by the Clérice Frères studio, at that time most probably the work of Victor Clérice alone, the last representative of this dynasty of Montmartre poster artists.

A fine copy.

First edition of this piano score, with the front cover colour-illustrated by an unidentified artist with two stylised, caricatural children’s heads. An attractive copy despite the front cover being partly detached.

First edition of this song for voice and piano, with a colour-illustrated front cover in a geometric Art Deco style by Roger de Milos. A very fine copy.

First edition of the French adaptation of this song for voice and piano, the front cover illustrated with a large two-colour composition signed by Paul Colin.

The song originated as a Viennese schlager in 1929, with music by Karl M. May and lyrics by Charles Amberg, published in Berlin by Karl Brüll. It was adapted into French the following year by André Mauprey and Louis Lemarchand for the revue Un Coup de folie, first performed at the Folies-Bergère in 1930.

A very fine copy.

First edition which was not printed on deluxe paper (grand papier).
A beautiful copy, illustrations.
Publisher's binding with full black boards, photographic first board.
Sting's handwritten signature accompanied, underneath, with the printed stamp of the “Fondation Forêt Vierge” led by Sting and Jean-Pierre Dutilleux.