Mérimée prosper

1896 · 4844 — <p>First edition thus. Octavo. Translated and illustrated by Edmund H. Garrett. Memoir of Merimee by Louise I. Guiney. Full gilt stamped yellow morocco by Blackwell spines with raised bands and gilt stamped floral designs within gilt stamped compartments cover with decorative gilt stamped borders and floral designs gilt stamped inner dentelles heavy patterned endpapers t.e.g. uncut. Fine. Black cloth slipcase. Number 47 of 50 numbered copies signed by Garrett on limitation page; also signed and inscribed on third preliminary page by Garrett to Paul Lemperley November 1986 with an original color drawings of several playing cards one pierced by a dagger. Publisher's prospectus laid in loose. Bookplate of Paul Lemperly on the front pastedown. From the library of noted Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front free endpaper.</p> Devinne Press hardcover