Guitry, Sacha. Andre Dignimont, illus — Des Gouts Et Des Couleurs

Paris, Edition de la Galerie Charpentier, 1943. First edition. Loose signatures in paper wrappers in portfolio. Illus. with 14 [of 15] watercolors and 24 [of 27] drawings. Plus one original drawing laid in. Folio. One of 23 copies with an original drawing (14 had original watercolors) of a run of 1042. Lacking one folded leaf (of four pages) containing one watercolor and three drawings. Andre Dignimont (1891-1965) was a French painter, draftsman, decorator, and book illustrator, perhaps most famous as the last, having illustrated the works of Colette, P. Louys, Margaret Mitchell, and many others. Scarce even lacking the plate. OCLC shows only one copy and the BN, 3. Small tear to heel of spine of paper wrappers, attached glassine wrappers a bit soiled with a small tear, in a worn paper- covered card portfolio with some splits at the joints, but quite solid.