The White Paper de Cocteau, Jean - 1958

The Macaulay Company, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Good condition in acceptable dust jacket. Dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover. Interior is unmarked. Spine is well-bound. Overall a beautiful copy.

Macaulay, 1958. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. A couple short tears to jacket. .

N.Y: MACAULAY, 1958. FIRST. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. COCTEAU JEAN. LIGHT RUBBING TO JACKET OTHERWISE NICE IN EVERY WAY TRULY FINE TIGHT CLEAN AND BRIGHT

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Good+/Good. Jean Cocteau. 12mo. Pp. 88. Frontis. line drawing by Jean Cocteau. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Jean Cocteau. Bound in light blue cloth with black lettering stamped on spine. Some fading to cover; leaves age-toned. In the dust jacket, price of $3.50 intact on front flap. Dust jacket rubbed faded, with small tear at head of spine. A work of gay fiction, purportedly written anonymously, but with Cocteau playing coy in the preface, speculating, "... who wrote it? Did I?" Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Book has nice sharp corners, unmarked text block, tight spine. Some very light foxing to top edge. Dust jacket has some shelf-wear and chips. Full cloth. First published anonymously in 1928, this edition also has a preface by Cocteau, who never denied authorship of this homoerotic novella. Includes lots of reproductions of Cocteau's racy drawings and a blind-stamped, nearly abstracted, image of a barrier between two people kissing on the front board. Beautifully designed and letterpress printed. 88 pp.

Paperback. Very Good.

Macaulay, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macaulay, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1958. Hardcover. Illustrations by Cocteau. 12mo. Black blind-embossed cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 88pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Very good/very good. Bit of age toning to endpapers; mild jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome first American edition of this supposedly "Anonymous" but not really classic of gay fiction. YOUNG 709.

The Macaulay Co. NY. 1958. 1st Am. ed. Cl.w.dj.. Cocteau's sly homoerotic novella, that was at one time credited as "anonymous." Illus. w. 10 drawings. The dj. has minute chipp. along edges, soft crease to back panel. Fine/vg. Also included is a small paperback "Cocteau" also by Andre Fraigneau that was published by Grove Press in 1961. Illustrated with many photos. and artwork. Some wear to some of the corners of the book. Vg.