CARCO (Francis), DORSENNE (Jean) and JANKOVIC (Dusan). Le No - Lot 110

CARCO (Francis), DORSENNE (Jean) and JANKOVIC (Dusan). Le Nouveau Dominique. Preface by Francis Carco. Original woodwork by Dusan Jankovic. Unique copy including Francis Carco's handwritten preface. Paris, Les Éditions du monde moderne (collection "Le Geste d'Éros"), 1925. In-8 (140x210 mm), cream vellum, smooth spine with black title, gilt head, covers and spine preserved, untrimmed. 6 handwritten pages, 156 pages and 1 f.n.ch., several original woodcuts by Dusan Jankovic, including 1 frontispiece and a number of culs-de-lampe. Very slight browning on the vellum. First edition of this novel by Jean Dorsenne, pseudonym of Étienne Troufleau (1892-1945), a poet and novelist specializing in exotic and colonial literature, inspired by numerous stays in Oceania and Polynesia. It is illustrated with original woodcuts by Dusan Jankovic and accompanied by a preface by Francis Carco: "I personally have a great liking for this little novel of perfect art. It has tone, character, a fine melancholy and such right impulses that one retains the memory of it for a long time". Limited edition of 300 numbered copies, this being the only copy on Japon impérial (N°1), including Francis Carco's handwritten preface (6 pages in black ink, each page numbered, with certain passages highlighted in blue felt-tip pen). A fine and rare copy.