Duret Guy Georges (3 results)

Oeuvres Françaises, 1946, 49 p., broché, environ 34x27cm, avec le sceau, couverture en mauvais état, première et dernière pages insolées, sinon intérieur propre.

Couverture souple. Condition: Satisfaisant. Lebon (caricatures), Harvec, Jore (dessins) (illustrator). [Description] Numéro spécial de la revue Chantecler en hommage à Georges Merry, chansonnier et résistant, mort en déportation. [État] Couverture en feutrine bleu râpée et jaunie par endroits (pas de cachet), première page jaunie. Autres pages belles.

Special issue of the magazine Chantecler in homage to Georges Merry, songwriter and resistance fighter, who died in after being deported during the occupation. A lovely collection of prose, poems and satire, each accompanied by a very art deco portrait of the author by the caricaturist Lebon. Blue felt covers embossed with silver text. Generally in very good, clean condition, but with rubbing and felt loss to the top edge of the rear cover. There is a faux wax seal (on plastic) attached to a velvet tab which hangs from the volume. Internally clean and attractive throughout. A very stylised Art Deco work full of Lebon's striking portraits. Offsetting / browning to the contents page, Otherwise clean and tidy throughout. Much of the material is dealing with the second world war and the occupation. 50 pages. 34.5cm x 27cm. André Lebon (1918-1996) was a French caricaturist and journalist. He became known primarily for his caricatures of theatre actors and political personalities. .