BLIND, Adolphe. Les Automates Truques. Paris: Bossard, 1927. Publisher’s wrappers with illustration of Ajeeb the chess-playing automaton laid down, as issued, retained in quarter morocco gilt, binding for the magician Erix (Marcel Laureau) (small bookplate design stamped to upper cover). Introduction by Alfred Chapuis. Inscribed and signed by Chapuis to Laureau on the half-title, in 1945. Portrait frontispiece. Illustrated with plates and drawings. 8vo. Raised bands and joints rubbed, otherwise fine. A handsome association copy.