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Huit cartonnages décorés par Mario Prassinos

120 x 180 mm

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HANDSOME SET OF BOUND NRF PAPERBACKS BASED ON THE MARIO PRASSINOS DESIGNS.

"Les Pincengrain
1948, 237 pp.
One of 550 copies on Alpha Navarre bound after the design by Mario Prassinos 
(Huret, 277).
Boards in good condition, head dusty.

"Domestic Menagerie - Scenes from married life 1
1948 (dated 1951 on spine), 221 pp.
FIRST EDITION.
One of 340 copies on Alpha Navarre, here one of 50 ex. hors commerce, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos.
 (Huret, 273).
Boards in good condition, head slightly dusty.

"A world
1950, 266 pp.
FIRST EDITION.
One of 550 copies on Alpha mousse Navarre, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos.
(Huret, 274).
Binding in good condition, spine slightly marked. Dusty head.

"The Butcher's Son - Memorial II
1951, 211 pp.
FIRST EDITION.
One of 750 copies on vélin labeur paper produced by Papeteries Navarre in Voiron, this is one of 50 off-the-shelf copies, bound after a design by Mario Prassinos. (Huret, 270).
Boards in good condition, head slightly dusty.

"Monsieur Godeau Marié
1952, 254 pp.
One of 750 copies on Vélin Labeur bound to a design by Mario Prassinos
 (Huret, 270)
Spine faded, dusty head.

"Apprentices and boys - Memorial IV
1954, 161 pp + table. 
FIRST EDITION.
One of 550 copies on Vélin Labeur bound to a design by Mario Prassinos
(Huret, 268).
Boards in good condition, head dusty.

"The youth of Theophilus - An ironic and mystical story
1948 dated 1952, 239 pp.
FIRST EDITION.
One of 540 copies on Alfa Navarre, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos
(Huret, 271).
Boards in good condition, head dusty.

"The parish in days gone by - Memorial III
1952, 199 pp. 
FIRST EDITION.
One of 750 copies on Vélin labeur, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos.
(Huret, 276).
Boards in good condition, head dusty.

Paris,Gallimard,N.R.F,8In-8, Bound,120 x 180 mm,

Bio

Marcel Jouhandeau

(Guéret: July 26, 1888 - Rueil-Malmaison: April 7, 1979)

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Bio

Mario Prassinos

(Constantinople: 30 July 1916 - Avignon: 23 October 1985)

Greek-born French non-figurative painter of the New School of Paris. In 1942, he became friends with Raymond Queneau and collaborated with the NRF publishing house, for which he created book models and NRF cartonnages, sometimes known as cartonnages Prassinos or "reliés Bonet-Prassinos".

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