LEBLOND (Marius-Ary). - Lot 243

LEBLOND (Marius-Ary). King Mandjar's Christmas. Mystère. Paris: Au lys rouge, 1926. -In-folio, leaves, filled cover, slipcase. Original edition of only 216 copies by Léon Pichon. Marius-Ary Leblond was the pen name of two Reunionese writers, also cousins, namely Georges Athénas (1877-1953) (aka Marius Leblond) and Alexandre Merlo (1880-1950) (aka Ary Leblond). They won the Prix Goncourt for their novel "En France", published in 1909. The edition is illustrated with 14 fine out-of-text watercolors by Ary LEBLOND, i.e. Alexandre Merlo, stenciled by J. Saudé. A fifteenth, used as a vignette, appears on the cover. One of 200 copies on vellum, very well preserved. Wear to the slipcase.