GAY, John

THE BEGGAR'S OPERA

Paris: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Mariette Lydis. Hardcover. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13-1/2") bound in gilt-decorated full blue buckram. Preface by A. P. Herbert. Illustrated with 15 full-page ORIGINAL MONOCHROME LITHOGRAPHS drawn on the stone by Mariette Lydis and pulled in Paris by F. Mourlot. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. This copy is marked "Office Copy" by the publisher and has the LEC Presentation blindstamp on the colophon page stating, "This is one of 15 Presentation Copies. Out of Series." Near Fine in a worn slipcase missing the bottom edge. Item #015026

Price: $85.00