Giraudoux, JeanJudith. Tragedy in three acts.... Lot 981

Giraudoux, JeanJudith. Tragedy in three acts. With 12 sheet-sized original color lithographs by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. Stuttgart, manus presse, 1972. 49 p., 1 sheet. Folio (41.5 x 29.5 cm). Loose in yellow OLwd. portfolio with printed cover and spine title (lower joint minimally chipped). Ernst, Max Giraudoux, Jean Judith. Tragedy in three acts. With 12 sheet-sized original color lithographs by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. Stuttgart, manus presse, 1972. 49 p., 1 sheet. Folio (41.5 x 29.5 cm). Loose in yellow OLwd. portfolio with printed cover and spine title (lower joint minimally chipped). First edition. - Spies/Leppien A 28 C. Spindler 161, 14 - One of 401 numbered copies (GA 500). Signed by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in the printer's imprint. Printed on Vélin d'Arches. - The six lithographs by Ernst show set designs for the drama, the other six by Tanning show costume designs. - Slightly browned in the margins, some of the text pages with slight flaking of the lithographs. Well preserved with colorful impressions of the prints. With 12 full-page original color lithographs by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning. Loose quires in yellow orig. cloth portfolio with printed cover and spine title (lower joint minimally cracked). - First edition. - One of 401 numbered copies (total ed. 500). Signed by Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in the imprint. Printed on Vélin d'Arches. - The six lithographs by Ernst show set designs for the drama, the other six by Tanning show costume designs. - Slightly browned in the margins, some of the text pages with slight offsetting of the lithographs. Well preserved with colorful impressions of the prints.