This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/25/2024
[FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [BLAINE, Mahlon (1894-1969), artist]. BAILLEUL, L. Le Jeune Naufragé. Paris: Librairie Théodore Lefevre et Cie, [ca. 1890s]. 8vo. Illustrated throughout. 236 pp. Publisher’s full red cloth over beveled boards, front board and spine decoratively stamped in black and gilt, rear board stamped in black, greenish-gray endleaves, all edges gilt (binding worn, front joint partially starting, hinges starting, some wrinkling in text). Very good. WITH A FINE ORIGINAL EROTIC FORE-EDGE PAINTING BY BLAINE DEPICTING A NAKED COUPLE IN A FOREST GLADE. Although unsigned, this painting is similar to other such paintings brought to market in recent years. Like many fore-edge paintings, this one has no relation to the subject of the book it is painted upon.