MON VILLAGE, CEUX QUI N’OUBLIENT PAS

Paris: H. Floury, 1913. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong quarto; in the publisher’s blue boards decorated in a pattern reminiscent of calico, with titling in gilt and in black, and a charming image of a young girl in Alsatian costume and in a variety of colors.; 31, [5] pages, with evocative illustrations, many of them full page. Laid in is a manuscript translation of the text into English -- 25 pages, plus a title leaf, in beautiful handwriting. Bottom corner is bumped, but this is a more than presentable copy, with no marks of any kind. With promotion of the Edition de Luxe on the verso of the title page. ~~“Images et commentaires” by “L’Oncle Hansi”, otherwise known as Jean-Jacques Waltz, an Alsatian artist and staunchly pro-French activist. As only the French can do, he started publishing in the early 1900’s satirical works making fun of the German tourists. His drawings for children’s books are charming, none more so than in Mon Village. “There is a little village deep in the countryside of Alsace in France. To find it, get off the train at a small station decorated with flowers, and walk down a narrow road between some orchards...” Need we say more? Very Good binding.