Sisley Huddleston — Back to Montparnasse

London; Bombay; Sydney, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1931. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated look at the contemporary Paris social scene. A first edition, bound in the original smart navy cloth. With illustrated endpapers. Published as a sequel to the earlier title Bohemian Literary and Social Life in Paris. 'Bohemian' is an insightful first-hand account of Parisian literary and artistic circles in the 1920s. British journalist Sisley Huddleston edited a British Forces newspaper throughout the First World War. He lived in Paris throughout the 1930s and was arrested by the Free French in 1944 as a collaborator with the Vichy regime. Featuring a monochrome frontispiece and thirty-one further monochrome plates. Collated, complete. Bound in original blue cloth. Externally, very smart. Moderate bumping to head and tail. Mild fading to spine. Mild creases to spine. and front board. The odd mark to boards. Moderate age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound, with occasional mild strain. Pages generally bright and clean. The odd minor spot to text block edges. Very Good . Ill.: Frank M. Armington; Various. Very Good .