[BOFA]. Pierre MAC ORLAN. À l'hôpital Marie Madeleine. Paris - Lot 87

[BOFA]. Pierre MAC ORLAN. À l'hôpital Marie Madeleine. Paris, Les Amis de Nandette, 1928. In-4, blood-red half-maroquin with corners, vignette in red and black by Bofa embedded in the first cover, smooth spine with Chinese-style title, first cover (Marquet). San Millan, 16 /// 112-(2f.) Illustrated first edition of this curious short story in which a horrible assassin is transformed into a being capable of producing phenomenal quantities of blood. Cover vignette, frontispiece, 7 black and red plates and 7 culs-de-lampe by Gus Bofa. Limited edition of 110 copies, this one of 15 on Hollande containing 2 black suites, one with remarks. The frontispiece is printed here in 2 states. A copy in a binding well suited to Mac Orlan's text, with the front cover featuring the cover vignette. Printed copy bound upside down, small marginal defect on one leaf.