Colours : Faithfully Rendered from the French of Remy De Gourmont by Frederic Reeves Ashfield with Two Supplementary Colours by the Translator
New York: Blue Faun Publications, 1929.
Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine; Aubrey Beardsley, et al. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- with no dust jacket. Item #17130
Paste-on and spine label darkened, light shelfwear, otherwise light wear; lacks slipcase. Solid hardcover. ; Limited Edition, #399 of 1950. "The entire edition of Colours is limited to 1950 copies; 1900 copies numbered and registered, for sale; and 50 copies, lettered A to XX, for review only. Type has been distributed, and Colours will not be reprinted." "Sole authorized and complete translation." Translation of Couleurs, Contes Nouveaux Suivi de Choses Anciennes (1908). Front paste-on label by Mahlon Blaine. Borders and frontispiece by M Leslie. Two Aubrey Beardsley grotesqes for Introduction and Note. Several grotesques after Julius Diez. Endpapers and grotesque after Heinrich Vogeler. Initials from the sixteenth century woodcuts of Peter Flötner. Blue Faun Publications was a 1920s small press by bookseller and translator Bernard Guilbert Guerney. Additional crisp front paste-on and spine labels attached to rear flyleaf. Delightful collection of Gourmont short stories with two additions by the translator Ashfield. ; The Renaissance Series; 203 pages.
Price: $49.95