first edition Decorated Stiff Paper Wraps with Glassine Dust Jacket
(1948) · Paris, France
by COCTEAU, JEAN
JEAN COCTEAU'S ONLY CHILDREN'S BOOK - WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY HIM
A PLAYFUL MARRIAGE OF POETRY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Cocteau's 30 Color Lithographic Designs, Wonderfully Interwoven With The Text, Are A Great Example Of An Avant-Garde Artist's Book for Children. Limited Ed of 720 copies of which this is No. 278 on Velin de Rives. Printed by Mourlot Freres.
Mr. Sun and Madame Moon leave their children's upbringing to TOM, the dog. Uh-Oh!
Large 4to, stiff paper wraps with the glassine dj. VG+ condition of both book and dj.
A BEAUTIFUL COPY. (Inventory #: 46)
A PLAYFUL MARRIAGE OF POETRY AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Cocteau's 30 Color Lithographic Designs, Wonderfully Interwoven With The Text, Are A Great Example Of An Avant-Garde Artist's Book for Children. Limited Ed of 720 copies of which this is No. 278 on Velin de Rives. Printed by Mourlot Freres.
Mr. Sun and Madame Moon leave their children's upbringing to TOM, the dog. Uh-Oh!
Large 4to, stiff paper wraps with the glassine dj. VG+ condition of both book and dj.
A BEAUTIFUL COPY. (Inventory #: 46)