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Limited Editions Club, 1941-01-01. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Signed by Illustrator. #459 of 1500, signed by illustrator Jean Charlot on the colophon. The slipcase is open at one bottom edge, heavy wear and darkening to all edges, damage to head of spine and darkening. Bound in colorful Spanish silk with buckram spine, spine is darkened, all else fine condition. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

4to. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. 4to. 143 pp. Color lithographs throughout. Quarter cloth, and colorful patterned cloth boards, backstrip and upper board with slight sunning, lacking slipcase, internally a fine copy. § Copy #1290 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. Introduction by Konrad Bercovic. Illustrated with lithographs in color by Jean Charlot. The translation by Lady Mary Lloyd. "Due to the exigencies of that bastard musical form known as opera, and the lack of respect librettists the world over have shown for their 'inspirers' Mérimée's tale will be a great surprise to those who know Carmen only from this side of the opera's footlights." (Introduction)