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R. F. Ouvrage édité par le gouvernement français à l'occasion de la visite en France de Leurs Majestés Britanniques, le roi George VI et la reine Élisabeth, 19-22 juillet, 1938
Claudel, Paul; André Maurois; Paul Jamot; Paul Valéry; Georges Duhamel; Jean-Louis Vaudoyer; Général Gouraud; Raoul Dautry; Léon-Paul Fargue (Text); Laure Albin-Guillot; Giraudon; Jacques Seligmann; Bulloz; L. Rothier; Henry de Ségogne; Paul Chevalier; Le Boyer, et al. (Photographs by)
Published by Georges Lang, Paris, 1938
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Contact seller4-star sellerPaperback. Condition: g to g+. Limited First edition. 1/1,000. Folio. Unpaginated. Original glassine over blind dust-jacket and wrappers. Book housed in its half cloth over paper covered portfolio. Decorative initials. This splendid work was published on the occasion of the July 1938 official visit of King George VI and Queen El…izabeth to France. It contains a collection of striking photographs, drawings, and essays by various authors illustrating the life and rich culture of France (paintings, sculptures, architecture, etc.). Introduction by Edouard Daladier, then President of the Council (Prime Minister). Prestigious contributions by Paul Claudel, André Maurois, Paul Jamot, Paul Valéry, Georges Duhamel, Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, Général Gouraud, Raoul Dautry, and Léon-Paul Fargue. Photographs by Laure Albin-Guillot, Giraudon, Jacques Seligmann, Bulloz, L. Rothier, Henry de Ségogne, Paul Chevalier, Le Boyer, etc. Each photographic plate is reproduced in glorious photogravure. This homage to France and French culture celebrating the Entente Cordiale is a tour de force of the printer's art by maitre-imprimeur Georges Lang who records that this book was produced in 20 days in a limited edition of 1,000 of which this is number 844. Portfolio sunned and slightly water-stained. Glassine slightly age-toned with minor and sporadic abrasion. Lower inner margin of pages water-stained. Text in French. Portfolio in overall good, glassine in good to good+, wrappers and interior in good+ condition.
More imagesR. F. Ouvrage édité par le gouvernement français à l'occasion de la visite en France de Leurs Majestés Britanniques, le roi George VI et la reine Élisabeth, 19-22 juillet, 1938. [SIGNED BY 16 CONTRIBUTORS]
Claudel, Paul; André Maurois; Paul Jamot; Paul Valéry; Georges Duhamel; Jean-Louis Vaudoyer; Général Gouraud; Raoul Dautry; Léon-Paul Fargue (Text); Laure Albin-Guillot; Giraudon; Jacques Seligmann; Bulloz; L. Rothier; Henry de Ségogne; Paul Chevalier; Le Boyer, et al. (Photographs by)
Published by Georges Lang, Paris, 1938
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: g+ to vg-. Limited First edition. 1/1,000. Folio. Unpaginated. Original protective glassine wrappers over off-white paper wrappers. Book housed in its half cloth over paper covered portfolio. Decorative initials. Pages uncut. #80 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. Signed in ink on the front free endpape…r by 16 of the contributors, including Jamot, Valery, Vaudoyer, Fargue, Dautry, Claudel, Maurois, and Duhamel. This splendid work was published on the occasion of the July 1938 official visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to France. It contains a collection of striking photographs, drawings, and essays by various authors illustrating the life and rich culture of France (paintings, sculptures, architecture, etc.). Introduction by Edouard Daladier, then President of the Council (Prime Minister). Prestigious contributions by Paul Claudel, André Maurois, Paul Jamot, Paul Valéry, Georges Duhamel, Jean-Louis Vaudoyer, Général Gouraud, Raoul Dautry, and Léon-Paul Fargue. Photographs by Laure Albin-Guillot, Giraudon, Jacques Seligmann, Bulloz, L. Rothier, Henry de Ségogne, Paul Chevalier, Le Boyer, etc. Each photographic plate is reproduced in glorious photogravure. This homage to France and French culture celebrating the Entente Cordiale is a tour de force of the printer's art by maitre-imprimeur Georges Lang who records that this book was produced in 20 days in a limited edition of 1,000 of which this is number 80. Portfolio with minor scratches and smudges to the covers, including a small abrasion on the back cover. Protective glassine wrappers chipped and torn at the head and tail of the spine. Paper wrappers with some light rubbing, tearing and chipping to the front hinge at the head and tail of the spine. Spine with some light foxing. Interior with some light sporadic foxing to the text pages, including the introductory text, and the edges of numerous pages throughout. Most of the text itself, as well as all of the photographic plates throughout are clean and unaffected. Starting at the number of points throughout. Portfolio in good+, binding and interior in very good- condition overall.
