"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (1882-1970). Boutiques, Paris, 1925, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine plates by L. Boucher, FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX. FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 169 OF 520 COPIES. With another BOUND BY LEROUX. RARE. (2)

"MAC ORLAN, Pierre" (pseudonym of Pierre DUMARCHEY, 1882-1970, writer), Lucien BOUCHER (1889-1971, illustrator) & Georges LEROUX (1922-99, binder).  Boutiques. Paris: Editions Marcel Seheur, 1925. 4to (226 x 190mm). Half title, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine coloured lithographed plates of Parisian shopfronts by Lucien Boucher (plates lightly offset onto the text). FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX in full polished fuschia morocco, 2 motifs of 4 and 6 circles of onlaid brown marbled calf on each cover, onlaid title to spines, gilt edges, felt-lined chemise, original wrappers bound in, stamped "Leroux ... 1990". FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 169 OF 520 COPIES "SUR ARCHES". "Boutiques paired the jewel-like illustrations of Lucien Boucher with the surreal text of Pierre Mac Orlan. Snapped up by collectors, Boutiques sold out on publication and is a classic of the art deco period. The book was also coveted by artists, including Eric Ravilious, whose High Street (1938) owes a great debt to Boucher's style" (from the introduction to Mainstone Press's 2023 facsimile reprint of the present first edition). With the same author's, artist's and binder's Boutiques de la Foire (Paris, 1926, 4to, coloured lithographed frontispiece, title and 36 fine coloured lithographed plates of Parisian fairground rides and stalls by Lucien Boucher, FINELY BOUND BY GEORGES LEROUX in full polished blue morocco, with an identical design to the first named work, stamped "Leroux ... 1990" (both chemise spines lightly rubbed and scuffed). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 373 OF 545 COPIES. These companion works, contained in a double slipcase, bring together the varied talents of the French novelist, surrealist and song-writer "Pierre Mac Orlan" (one of many pseudonyms of Pierre Dumarchey); French artist, cartoonist and writer Lucien Boucher; and Georges Leroux, one of the most accomplished and original French bookbinders of the 20th-century. BOTH WORKS ARE RARE. Talvart & Place Bibliographie des Auteurs Modernes de Langue Française (1801-1975) XII, p.363. (2)