CENDRARS (Blaise). - Lot 115

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CENDRARS (Blaise). - Lot 115
CENDRARS (Blaise). How White People Are Former Black People. [Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1930]. — In-16, 164 x 127: (4 blank folios at the beginning), 127 pp., (3 blank folios at the end), printed cover. Paperback, covered binding. First edition published in the “Plaisir du Bibliophile” collection. This collection brings together tales and stories inspired by African oral traditions, in which Cendrars poetically reimagines myths, legends, and stories circulating within Black cultures. The book is illustrated with five two-tone woodcut compositions by Alfred LATOUR (1888–1964), inspired by African masks and motifs. A single print run of 500 numbered copies on vellum paper, plus a few copies for contributors. This copy bears the number 25. Tears on the spine. Included, by the same author: - *Feuilles de route. I. le Formose*. Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1924. — In-16, 163 x 128: 75 pp., (2 blank leaves at the end), illustrated cover. Dark green Bradel-style leather, gilt title on the front cover, smooth spine, untrimmed, cover preserved (modern binding). First edition of this travel journal in free verse, in which Cendrars records his impressions during his journey from Le Havre to São Paulo, via Bilbao and Dakar. It is illustrated with 8 drawings by the Brazilian painter Tarsila do AMARAL (1886–1973), one of the iconic figures of Brazilian modernism. Printed in a run of 800 copies; this one is one of 750 printed on Bulky laid paper (no. 336). Well-bound copy. Provenance: Georges Flore and Geneviève Dubois, with bookplate.
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