Title-page: ROBERT GANZO | DU DANCING | OU | LE DANSEUR SENTIMENTAL | avec un Frontispice et un Bandeau originaux | de | MARCEL VERTES | {publisher’s device} | Editions LEMARGET | 43, rue Madame, PARIS (VIe) | 1930.||
Description: 20.7 x 14.9 cm, French flapped cream wrappers with black and green lettering similar to title, lettering to spine “DU DANCING”; [1-13] incl. leaf in wrapper, 1st blank leaf, h.t. / limitation, frontispiece, t.p. / copyright, dedication to Gaston Guillot / blank, 14-106 [4] colophon / blank, and one leaf in wrapper; frontispiece and first chapter headpiece lithography by Vertès, plus inset of the same. Collation: 4to; [1,2]4 3-134 143; total 55 leaves.
Printing: June 10, 1930, by Presses Modernes in Reims.
Edition: 15 copies on Japon Impérial numbered I-XV, 20 colies on Hollande Van Gelder numbered XVI-XXXV, 250 copies on Vélin de Rives numbered 1-250, 20 of which reserved for the bookstore of H. Champion, and 25 presentation copies numbered A-Z. This copy is № XVI.
Contributors:
Robert Ganzo (French, 1898 – 1995) – author.
Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist.
Gaston Guillot (French, 1889 – 1960) – dedicatee.
Editions Lemarget (Paris) – publisher.
Presses Modernes (Reims) – printer.
Other names: Marcel Vertès, Marcel Vertes, Marcell Vértes
Additional Information
| Collection | Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Subject | French literature , Illustrated books , Literature , Lithography , Modern literature |
| Media/Technique | Lithography , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1930 |
| Creation / Publishing date | 10-JUN-1930 |
| Edition | 1st edition , Limited |
| Binding | Softcover , Wrappers |
| Size | 4to |
| Acquisition year | 2021 |
