Matisse's Jazz (1983)

Henri Matisse. JAZZ. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1983. First trade edition (reprint of the 1947 edition published by Verve, Paris); second printing, Nov. 1983. Black cloth-covered boards stamped in red on upper board and white and red on spine, in illustrated jacket, and presented in cardboard slipcase. Folio; XVIII, [2], 146, [10]pp. With an introduction by Riva Castleman, translation by Sophie Hawkes, and illustrations by Matisse.

15 1/2 x 12 in.

Private North Carolina Collection

Boards with extremely subtle sunning to spine ends; interior with one very minor area of edge wear, otherwise a beautiful, clean, and bright copy; jacket with light edge wear, a few mostly minor scattered marks to front and back cover, and scuffing and mild creasing along the spine; slipcase with some light overall handling wear, sunning, and small minor damp stains. A near fine copy in a very good to near fine jacket.