Charles-Louis Philippe — Bubu de Montparnasse
Paris, Aux Editions du Sagittaire, 1924. Leather. A limited edition of this French Novel. Illustrated with fifteen watercolours by Charles Laborde. Limited to 500 copies. Number 489, printed on vellum paper. Charles-Louis Philippe was a French novelist. This is his best known novel, which was inspired by his encounter with a prostitute and serves as a study on Parisian lower class society. In a quarter morocco binding. Externally, in excellent condition with just some marks to the leather. Bookplate of Mark Dineley to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .