MON SANG DANS TES VEINES : ROMAN D'APRÈS UNE IDÉE DE JOSÉPHINE BAKER.

Paris : Les Editions Isis, 1931. First edition : a presentation copy, warmly inscribed to Pierre Varenne (Pierre-Georges Battendier) (1893-1961), the novelist and lyricist, and signed by all three co-authors - Josephine Baker, the first black superstar and later Resistance heroine; the Czech director and screenwriter, Felix de la Cámara, and Baker's Sicilian husband and manager, the self-styled Count Abatino - "the no-account count". A story of selfless giving, involving a millionaire's son and the maid's daughter. Illustrated with stylish Jazz Age images by the Russian artist Georges de Pogedaieff (1897-1971). Post 8vo (20cm). [viii],(176),[iv]pp. Six plates. Vignettes in text. Original pictorial wrappers; slightly chipped at foot; some mild wear; text just lightly tanned, but overall a very good and largely unopened copy of a scarce and fragile item.