Gigi; Illustre de 15 pointes seches (dry points) de Mariette Lydis

Paris: Georges Guillot, Editeur, 1948. Hardcover. Gray board portfolio, spine lettered in red housed in matching very good nicked slipcase. 96 pages. Folio. 32 x 25 cm. One of 45 copies on Arches paper, with an extra suite of plates, hors commerce for the artist and collaborators -- and numbered XI of a total edition of 325 copies. The extra suite housed in original glassine wrapper. Letterpress printed in black and white and color by Joseph Zichiere with drypoints printed in black & white and color by Georges Leblanc. The author was the talented and prolific chronicler of the female experience in the first half of the twentieth century. She was admired by André Gide and Truman Capote. Gigi title printed in mauve and lavender. Interior contents and images fresh and clean. MONOD 3006.