Izis Bidermanas, Jacques Prévert — Grand bal du printemps

Lausanne, Suisse: La Guilde du Livre. First edition, first printing. 144 pp., 28,5 x 22,5. Condition: Very Good (VG). Very nice copy, glassine paper jacket missing. Inside: first title page has a fold, last title page has a small stain on the bottom, else nice and clean. Cover has some wear along the edges, front cover has a small tear (5 mm) on the edge and a fold at the top left corner and bottom right. Front cover also has a repaired tear at the top, but this is at the inside. With dust jacket. Grand bal du printemps is a collaborative work featuring the photography of Izis Bidermanas and the text of French poet Jacques Prévert. Published in Lausanne in 1951 by La Guilde du Livre, this first edition (hors-commerce) was originally limited to members of the guild. The book contains 62 black-and-white heliogravure reproductions of Paris street scenes from around 1950, each accompanied by verse by Prévert and excerpts from other authors such as Baudelaire and Melville. It serves as a poetic celebration of the city of Paris, capturing its humanity through 'poetic realist' imagery.