MADRUS, J. C. & F. L. SCHMIED (illustrator). Ruth et Booz, Paris: F. L. Schmied, 1930, 2°, limited to 179 copies, this one of 155 on Madagascar paper signed by Schmied, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Schmied to Georges Desonby on front free endpaper, 28 coloured woodcut illustrations, in 2 states, the second a suite of black and white plates on old Japan paper, one plate with a colour progressive suite of 23 impressions on old japan (very light spotting to a few leaves), unbound as issued in original wrappers (spotted), cloth-backed boards (cloth rubbed at head and tail of spine), slipcase (split, rubbed).