first edition
1945 · Paris
by Taslitzky, Boris; Julien Cain [Preface]
Paris: La Bibliothèque Francaise, 1945. First edition. First edition. No. 491 of 510 copies on vélin pur fil de Marais from a total edition of 3200. Loose sheets as issued, 111 plates of drawings, the first 100 relating to Buchenwald, plus 6 portraits, and 5 aquarelles. Captions in French, English, and Russian. Complete with preliminary sheets, including title page, colophon, table of contents and 11 pp. preface; housed in original pictorial folding chemise. Outer chemise worn with soiling and toning, some tears and slitting to spine and edges, one folding flap detached but present. Contents Near Fine with some toning at edges.
French Social (truncated)
French Social (truncated)