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Cinq cartonnages décorés par Mario Prassinos

1947120 x 180 mm

FINE SET OF BOUND NRF PAPERBACKS
BASED ON MODELS BY MARIO PRASSINOS

550 

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

"The castle
1947 255 pp.
Translated from the German by Alexandre Vialatte.
One of 2,040 copies on Alpha mousse from Papeteries Navarre, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos.
(Huret, 283).
Boards slightly faded, headband a little marked, rubbing at the jaws, dusty head.

"La colonie pénitentiaire and other stories" ("Un champion du jeûne", "Le terrier", "La taupe géante").
1948, 186 pp. 
FIRST EDITION,
 translated from the German by Alexandre Vialatte.
One of 1,040 copies on Alpha mousse from Papeteries Navarre, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos. (Huret, 284).
Boards in good condition, headband a little marked, spotting on edges, dusty head.

"The trial
1950, 283 pp.
Translated from the German by Alexandre Vialatte. Preface by Bernard Groethuysen.
One of 1,040 copies on Alpha mousse from Papeteries Navarre, bound according to the design by Mario Prassinos. (Huret, 288).
Boards in good condition, headband a little marked, head dusty.

"The metamorphosis
1955, 219 pp.
Translated from the German by Alexandre Vialatte.
One of 1,590 copies bound to a design by Mario Prassinos, this is one of 100 copies hors commerce.
(Huret, 286).
Spine slightly faded, head dusty.

"Letters to Milena
1956, 277 pp.
FIRST EDITION.

One of 550 copies bound on vélin labeur after the design by Mario Prassinos (unnamed but attributed by BNF) (Dec 1956, p. 24).
Number 285 in the Huret catalogue. Translated from the German by Alexandre Vialatte.
Spines slightly marked, head dusty.

Paris,Gallimard,1947-1956.5In-8,120 x 180 mm,

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Franz Kafka

(Prague: 3 July 1883 - Kierling: 3 June 1924)

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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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