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Hans le marin with Un scandale au XVIIIe siècle with La femme et le pantin with Le manchot. Eaux-fortes originales de Paul-Louis Guilbert

1943 · 3575 — Paris: Inter Nos" 1943-1945. A COMPLETE SET--PERHAPS UNIQUE--OF THE FOUR BOOKS PUBLISHED BY "INTER NOS" IN PARIS DURING WORLD WAR TWO THE FIRST TWO OF WHICH WERE ISSUED DURING THE OCCUPATION. The first three are EXTREMELY RARE because of the tiny edition sizes by the time the fourth was published the Germans had surrendered so a somewhat larger edition could be printed. While many livres d'artiste were printed in France under the Occupation they were subject to Nazi censorship and thus limited themselves to uncontroversial subject-matter. "INTER NOS" as the name implies "among us" in Latin was the only organization in fact a small group of friends that published clandestine livres d'artiste with texts and illustrations depicting graphic sex and sadistic violence. 1 Edouard Peisson "Hans le marin" 1943 with 22 origlnal etchings by Paul-Louis Guilbert. EDITION LIMITED TO 17 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE WOVE PAPER OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FIVE "EXEMPLAIRES DE COLLABORATEURS" "collaborators" in a positive sense we must assume. THIS COPY WAS SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR EDOUARD PEISSON THE AUTHOR. This copy includes a second suite of the 22 etchings in second remarque state as well as a suite of the three "planches refusées" and an additional proof without text of one of the etchings. One of the subversive remarques features a small portrait of a German officer complacently smoking a cigarette with the etched text "26 MARS 1943 / 1.005e jour / DE L'OCCUPATION_". Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps housed in a custom clamshell box. FINE AND BRIGHT. 2 Frédéric Boutet "Un scandale au XVIIIe siècle" 1943 with 20 original etchings by Guilbert. EDITION LIMITED TO 17 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE WOVE PAPER OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF FIVE COPIES WITH A REMARQUE SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS AND TWO SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. This copy additionally has two etchings justified "épreuve unique" a working proof of one of the etchings two additional drawings the "planche refusée" two signed letters from Guilbert and a signed original drawing opposite the half-title. This book and the following one have an extremely unusual feature: many of the etchings in the suites are actually other versions of the etchings in the book rather than merely other states in other words they were not printed from the same plate. In some cases the etchings used in the book are "decent" and the etchings in the suites are most certainly not. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Board chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT. ONE COPY IN WORLDCAT BN. 3 Pierre Louÿs "La femme et le pantin" 1945: completed April 25 two weeks before VE Day with 41 original etchings by Guilbert. EDITION LIMITED TO 30 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE BFK RIVES WOVE PAPER OF WHICH THIS IS ONE OF 13 WITH THREE SUITES OF THE ETCHINGS AND TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. This copy additionally has four drawings in addition to the two announced in the justification; two additional proofs of etchings including one signed and annotated "épreuve unique"; twelve pages of typographical proofs including two with etchings; a proof of the title-page with an original drawing; and two additional proofs of the spine label. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT in the slightly worn original chemise and slipcase. NO COPIES IN WORLDCAT. EVEN THE BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DOESN'T HAVE THIS ONE. 4 Charles-Théophile Féret "Le manchot" 1945 with 21 original aquatints by Guilbert. Edition limited to 66 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine Arches wove paper of which this is ONE OF TEN WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED GOUACHE PAINTING IN FULL COLOR. In this copy the gouache is the preliminary design for the aquatint on p. 37. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps board chemise and slipcase. A bit of light foxing else FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare. COMPLETE SETS LIKE THIS ONE ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY: EVEN THE INDIVIDUAL BOOKS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND I HAVE FOUND NO REFERENCE TO THE EXISTENCE OF ANY OTHER COMPLETE SET. <br/><br/> Inter Nos" paperback