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Shelfmark	C108w8
Held By	BL
Country	France
Period	20c
Cover Material	Goatskin (includes morocco, turkey etc)
Decorative Technique	Tooled in gold; Onlaid
Style	All over design; Art deco
Edges	Plain
BookBinder	Legrain, Pierre (1889-1929)
Owner
Author	Colette, 1873-1954, author.
Title	La vagabonde / Colette ; lithographies en couleurs de Marcel Vertès. Paris : A la cité des livres, 1927.
Place of Publication	Paris
Date of Publication	1927
References
Notes	Smooth spine. Endleaves lined in blue reversed leather, large turn ins, tooled in gold and onlaid. Marbled free endleaves. Signed on upper turn in Pierre Legrain. Book plate of J R Abbey. Ms notes of J R Abbey on lower endleaf; J A 7243 / 22.10.1963 in green.

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