[ILLUSTRATED MODERN] - Lot 174

[ILLUSTRATED MODERN] Set of three well-bound illustrated works of modern literature: -ROSTAND (Edmond), DRIAN (Etienne)] Cyrano de Bergerac, Éditions Pierre Lafitte, Paris, 1939 In-4 format in red half-basane with corner pieces, ribbed spine, title and borders gilded, XXVII, (1), 299 pages One of 700 numbered copies printed on Lafuma Pure Fil Vellum (No. 230). Illustrations in two versions (black-and-white and color). Illustrations by Etienne Derain; decorative headpieces and tailpieces by Sylvain Sauvage; woodcuts by Gilbert Poilliot. Frontispiece in two versions, engraved with a burin by Pierre Gandon. A small tear on the spine (above the author’s name), edges slightly rubbed, interior fresh. -CONRAD (Joseph), CORNEAU (Eugène)] TYPHON, translated by André Gide, Paris, Rombaldi, Maitrise Collection, 1946. 8vo in blue half-basane with bands, plain spine richly decorated, 205 pages. Copy no. 733 of 950 printed on pure-thread vellum, Rives-dyed. Binding slightly scuffed; interior fresh. -D'ANNUNZIO (G.), SAUVAGE] The Triumph of Death (.) Translated by G. Hérelle. Bois de Sauvage, Paris, Mornay, 1923 In-8 in black half-basane, spine richly decorated with red and gold motifs, 444 pages, Copy no. 692/942, printed on Rives vellum. Binding rubbed, corners worn. Pages in fresh condition.