Grigorieff. Boris. Boui Bouis

Texte de Claude Farrère, S. Makovsky et B. Schloezer. N.pl., Petropolis, 1924, printed in 175 numb./ lettered copies (this copy 76/125 numb.), 61,(2) p., w. 28 plates (incl. frontisp.) and head- and tailpieces by Grogorieff, orig. gilt overlapping wr., folio. Protective flimsies to the plates, slightly foxed, a few w. folds or minor other imperfections. Wr. sl. faded, worn at spine-ends and frayed in margins. A good copy.

Not to be confused w. the obviously much more common edition of 500 copies published in the same year. The book depicts harbour scenes like sailors, prostitutes, dockers, and others, referred to in France as 'Boui Bouis'.