Softcover volume 218 x 155 mm, French flapped wrappers in glassine jacket, with red lettering to front “UNE JEUNE FILLE | À LA PAGE”; pp.: [1-8] 9-139 [140] [4], i.e. 72 leaves total, incl. those in the wrapper, plus 10 photomechanically printed colour plates after Paul-Émile Bécat. Limited edition of 400 copies with 350 printed on vélin surfin paper numbered from 51 to 400; this is copy № 254.
Title-page (red and black): HELENA VARLEY | UNE JEUNE FILLE | A LA PAGE | {fleuron} | A LA VILLA BRIGITTE | COLLECTION DES DEUX HÉMISPHÈRES ||
Imprint/Limitation: CETTE ÉDITION, NON MISE DANS LE COMMERCE | ET RÉSERVÉE A DES AMATEURS, A ÉTÉ TIRÉE | A 400 EXEMPLAIRES, TOUS NUMÉROTÉS A LA | PRESSE, A SAVOIR : | 50 EXEMPLAIRES SUR VELIN PUR FIL LAFUMA, | NUMÉROTÉS DE 1 A 50 ; | 350 EXEMPLAIRES SUR VELIN SURFIN, |NUMÉROTÉS DE 51 A 400. | EXEMPLAIRE N° 254 | Exemplaire sur vélin surfin. ||
Catalogue raisonné: Dutel III № 2564, p. 401. Honesterotica.
Contributors:
Nicolaï, Michèle [Varley, Helena] (French, 1896 – 1950) – author.
Bécat, Paul-Émile (French, 1885 – 1960) – artist.
Duflou, Maurice (French, 1885 – 1951) – publisher.
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | 20th century , Clandestine edition , Erotica , Fictional diary , French erotic fiction , French literature , Illustrated books , Limited editions , Literature , Sex , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexual life , Sexuality |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Photomechanical , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1939 |
| Binding | Original , Wrappers |
| Edition | Clandestine edition , Limited , Re-print |
| Catalogue raisonne | J.-P. Dutel |
| Location | Bookshelf 15.1. |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
