VERCEL, Roger and JEAN-HAFFEN, Yvonne. En dérive. - Lot 117

VERCEL, Roger and JEAN-HAFFEN, Yvonne. En dérive. Published in Paris by Au Moulin de Pen-Mur in 1945. In quarto / In-4 paperback, in filled cover, titled in green on spine and front cover. 215 pages, 7 hors-texte including 1 frontispiece, 39 in-texte and 16 culs-de-lampe, lettrines and headbands. Headbands worn, small cracks at spine ends, corners worn. A very fine edition of Roger Vercel's novel, the first to be dedicated to the world of the sea, beautifully illustrated with 62 compositions, mostly in color, by the painter and illustrator Yvonne JEAN-HAFFEN (1895-1993). Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, this one of 300 copies printed on deluxe vellum, bearing N°706. Handwritten bookplate on first flyleaf. A fine copy, intact inside.