Voyage au Pays de la Manie

Béarn, Pierre; Ray Bret Koch (Illustrated by). Voyage au Pays de la Manie. Paris: Editions du Pavois, 1945. Limited first edition. 1/900. Quarto. 121, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Delightful work on the psychology of collecting with a splendid chapter on book-collectors, enlivened with hilarious hand-colored [pochoir] illustrations by Ray Bret Koch. One of 900 copies printed on Vélin Supérieur, of which this is No. 314. Some age wear on wrappers with tail of spine chipped, rubbing along edges, and creasing on back cover. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Text in French. Wrappers in overall fair to good-, interior in good+ to very good condition. g. Softcover. (34158) $75