Albert Lamorisse, Jacques Prévert — Bim, le petit âne
Switzerland: Guilde du Livre. First edition, first printing. 40 pp., 28x22. Condition: Very Good (VG). Small bump to top right corner; else fine Without dust jacket (as issued). Numerous helio plates, taken from the film. This work, illustrated with photos taken from Albert Lamorisse's film, will reappear in 1952 in a slightly larger format at Hachette (with some photo cropping and a lower quality of printing), it is a particular case since it is not strictly speaking an author's album. The most popular poet of the 20th century, Prévert, needs no introduction, whose wind of freedom blew into the cinematic domain, the text of the book being taken from his screenplay. Albert Lamorisse was a filmmaker born in 1922 in Paris and died in 1970, known for his works intended for a young audience: "Crin-Blanc" and "The Red Balloon" are the most famous
