Recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage. Avec 30 dessins inédits de Paul Colin.
Paris, Kra, 1927
Limited edition of Josephine Baker's memoirs, with evocative illustrations after Paul Colin. Baker was an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress, working primarily in France and Europe. She was the first black woman to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant.
First edition, number 5 of 300 copies; square 8vo; portrait frontispiece, 28 illustrations after Paul Colin, mostly full-page, ink inscriptions to frontispiece and illustration facing p20, 4pp of Joséphine Baker ephemera and manuscript notes bound at end, short closed tear to title, light dampstaining to lower edge; rebound in full brown morocco gilt, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly marked, overall a very good copy.
First edition, number 5 of 300 copies; square 8vo; portrait frontispiece, 28 illustrations after Paul Colin, mostly full-page, ink inscriptions to frontispiece and illustration facing p20, 4pp of Joséphine Baker ephemera and manuscript notes bound at end, short closed tear to title, light dampstaining to lower edge; rebound in full brown morocco gilt, gilt lettering to spine, spine slightly marked, overall a very good copy.
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