1st edition, limited to 52 copies of which 7 copies on Japon paper (№ 1-7) and 45 copies on Rives paper (№ 8-52); printed by Maurice Daratiere; this copy is № 50.
“Ladies only” – a pictorial album, unbound, printed by Maurice Darantiere, with 15 black and white lithographs by Edouard Duchâtel (French, 19th-20th century) after drawings by Marcel Vertès on cream wove paper 38 x 28 cm; French flapped wrappers, with the lithographed manuscript title “Dames seules” in a grey clamshell box 40 x 30 cm; printed by Maurice Darantiere, title with vignette pasted to box cover, one image on a double sheet; all illustrations with tissue guards.
Bookplate “From the Library of | Vance Gerry | The Weather Bird Press | pasted inside the box cover (see Vance Gerry and The Weather Bird Press).
Provenance: Vance Bryden Gerry (American, 1929 – 2005)
Contributors:
Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist.
Francis Carco [François Carcopino-Tusoli] (French, 1886 – 1958) – author.
Edouard Duchâtel (French, 19th-20th century) – artist, lithographer.
Maurice Darantiere (French, 1882 – 1962) – printer.
Louis Godefroy (French, 1885 – 1934) – publisher.
Other names: Marcel Vertès, Marcel Vertes, Marcell Vértes
