special double-issue of Verve,
profusely illustrated by Georges Braque

"The illustrations in this volume are reproduced from
the sketch-books,- carnets de travail,- which Georges
Braque has been keeping up for thirty years and more,
and which constitute a daily record of fragments of
the visible world that have caught his attention and
ideas for paintings that have occurred to him. In fact
the only difference between these sketch-books and the
diaries kept by so many writers is that here the
entries are not written but take the form of gouache
or watercolor sketches..."

(BRAQUE, Georges). Grohmann, Will and Antoine Tudal.  The Intimate Sketchbooks of G. Braque. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1955. Folio, original boards. $500. 

First American Edition of Verve 31/32, “Carnets Intimes de G. Braque.”  Profusely illustrated with 148 lithographic plates (including 20 full-page in colors) by Mourlot after Braque; cover designed by Braque. Lower corners bumped with boards showing; light wear to spine ends and joints; inscription to front free endpaper; generally very good.