GUY ARNOUX (1886-1951) RENÉ KERDYK (1885-1945) LES FEMMES DE CE TEMPS, 1920. [WOMEN OF THIS ERA, 1920] 1 VOLUME. IN FRENCH. COMES WITH: THE BOOK ‘LECLERC’ BY CHARLES PICHON, ILLUSTRATED BY GUY ARNOUX, PUBLISHED IN 1948. 1 VOLUME. IN FRENCH.

i) René Kerdyk (1885-1945) Les Femmes de ce Temps Paris, A l’enseigne du Masque d’or, Devambez, 1920. Essays by René Kerdyk, illustrations by Guy Arnoux. Quarto, (24) leaves. 10 plates. Illustrated Bradel binding by the publisher. First edition illustrated with 10 plates by Guy Arnoux, printed on grey laid paper, coloured by stencil, each depicting a woman in 1920s Paris (The Fickle One, The Wild Dancer, The Sportswoman, The Consolable, The Sentimental One, The Snob, The Flirt, The Strange One, The Self-Interested One, The Indifferent One). Printed in an edition of 500 copies, this one being no. 157, one of 450 on laid paper. Printed on 30 August 1920. Binding slightly worn, scuffing, discolouration, a few light stains on the covers, scattered small foxing. ii) Charles Pichon (1893-1963) Leclerc Villeurbanne–Paris, S.E.F.I. Éditeur, 1948. Foreword by Jean Nohain (Adjutant Jean-Marie Legrand, 2nd Armoured Division) Illustrations by Guy Arnoux 8vo paperback, 115 pages, publisher’s hardback cover illustrated in colour, full-page illustrations, headpieces and tailpieces by Guy Arnoux. A print run of 500 copies on Rives vellum, numbered from 1 to 500. Printed on 29 February 1948. Worn cardboard cover. Guy Arnoux French artist, illustrator, picture book illustrator, poster artist and graphic designer. Official painter to the Navy, whose patriotic and decorative works left their mark on the First World War. Book illustration constitutes the bulk of his work. René Kerdyk French writer, poet, journalist, music critic and librettist, author of novels, poems and songs. He published several works during the 1920s, sometimes using the pseudonym René Caire. His works are characterised by a humorous approach and a poetic sensibility. Charles Pichon A committed Catholic journalist, he was the general secretary of the French Journalists’ Union. He is also known as a French Esperantist.