1949 ZGp

PRINCESS MARTHE BIBESCO | [next 3 lines in red] THE | VEILED | WANDERER | MARCEL PROUST | LETTERS TO THE DUC DE GUICHE AND | UNPUBLISHED PAPERS | TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY | ROLAND GANT | [rule] | LONDON | THE FALCON PRESS

[A]⁸ B⁴ C-F⁸; inserts, conjugate pairs around C and E and after D2 D6.

[1-4] 5-87 [+1].

Crown 8^o: 7¼" × 4½", trimmed, white laid, Glastonbury, inserts white laid no mark; 12(+1)pt. Bembo; collotype illustrations on inserts; casing, blue cloth, spine gold-blocked: ‘[at head] PRINCESS | MARTHE | BIBESCO | [then down spine in script] The Veiled Wanderer | [then at foot] THE | FALCON | PRESS’; printed dust-jacket.

• Bembo
• Bembo, 12pt.
• Bibesco, Marthe, 1886–1973 NPG
• Gant, Roland NPG
• Gramont, Armand de, 1879–1962
• Proust, Marcel, 1871–1922 IMDb