THE WHITE PAPER. [Le Livre Blanc].
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1957. Original printed wrappers. Light shelfwear. Back cover bears a black and white sticker indicating a price increase to NF 18. Very good.
Item #3616
93pp. With preface and illustrations by 'Jean Cocteau de L'Académie Français'. No. 51 of The Traveller's Companion Series. First Edition. Translated, without credit, by Austryn Wainhouse. LE LIVRE BLANC was first published 'under the rose' in 1928, at Paris. Cocteau never placed his name on the book, but he provided illustrations for some of its editions. Kearney-Carroll 5.51. Note: back cover new price sticker merits mention in Kearney's bibliography.
Price: $150.00