jackson andr (2 Ergebnisse)

Staplebound. Zustand: Near Fine in Wraps. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. Later Printing. Later Printing. Staplebound. Andr? Cajun (1893-1957) is the pseudonym for Andrew Jackson Navard. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and moved to New Orleans as a riverboat captain as a young man. Unhappy in this vocation, he soon found a more suitable career as an entertainer, delighting crowds of visitors awaiting transport on the Mississippi with his historical parodies of Louisiana's rich traditions. Light shelf/edgewear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Illustrated color wrappers. 8vo. 56pp. Illus. (b/w).

Hardcover/softcover. Zustand: Near Fine/Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition thus, limited. Burgundy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title and decoration, deckled edges, B&W prints on cream-colored paper, text in English (Salome/Beardsley). White paper wraps in folded black paper covers with pink and white titles, deckled edges, illus. gouache/pochoir prints to black paper, text in French (Salom?/Derain). Together in maroon slipcase. Signed by Derain to colophon and hand-numbered 1270 of 1500 copies. Subscription card present (IX). Previous owner's bookplate to both books. Heavily warped black paper covers (from original vinyl encasement, not extant), foxing to textblock edge and endpapers (Salom?/Derain). Slipcase: spine faded, heavy edgewear, foxing.