Œdipe. Drame en trois actes.
Paris: Editions de la Pléiade, 1931
First edition. Quarto (24 x 17.5 cm). Copy no. 25 of 25 Arabic-numbered
(with 6 Roman-numbered) copies on Hollande, signed by Gide, after 5 on japon
ancien and 19 on japon impérial, of the entire edition of 480 numbered
copies (only the copies on japon and Hollande were signed). Wood-engraved
frontispiece by Demetrios Galanis. Printed throughout in black and blue.
Original beige wraps over self-covers, “Œdipe par André
Gidé” printed in black on front wrap, spine lettered in black,
entirely uncut and unopened. Collates [1 l. (self-cover)], [1 l.], 4 ll.
(half-title and colophon, frontispiece plate, title, dedication and personages),
pp. [13]-[126], 1 l. (colophon), [1 l.], [1 l. (self-cover)]. Fine (in apparently
original glassine with little wear, priced on front). Naville CXLVI, no.
302; Talvart et Place 7:50, no. 60 (“Ce triage constitute l’édition
originale”).
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