Francis Carco — Romance de Paris: Lithographies Originales de Pierre Eugãƒâ¨Ne Clairin

Paris , Societe des Francs-Bibliophiles, 1949 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce collection of poetry on the topic of Paris written by French author, Francis Carco, accompanied by beautiful and colourful lithographs by Pierre Eugène Clairin. Limited edition. This copy is No. 68 of 180 copies printed. Internally, in gatherings of four leaves, held in a pictorial dust wrapper and housed in the publisher's green hardback wrap and slipcase. Written in French. A collection of poetry on the topic of Paris written by Francis Carco, a French poet and playwright who belonged to the Fantaisiste school. Carco marvelled at the beauty of life in Paris, providing inspiration for much of his work. This particular collection contains poems including 'Bonjour, Paris!', 'Dimanche', 'Neige', 'Cafard' and many more. Beautifully illustrated with thirty four colourful lithographs by French painter, illustrator and French resistance fighter, Pierre Eugène Clairin. Collated, complete. With an A3 sheet of paper loosely inserted containing a note to Linda from Huber. Internally, leaves are held in a pictorial dust wrapper and housed in the publisher's green hardback wrap and slipcase. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to the extremities and a little darkening to the spine. Internally, disbound in small gatherings, as issued. Pages are bright and clean with light shelf wear and minimal creasing to the extremities. Slip case is smart with light rubbing and the odd mark. Near Fine . Ill.: Pierre Eugène Clairin. Near Fine .