Bonjour Cinema by Epstein, Jean - 1921

Paris: Siren Publishing, 1921. First Printing . Small Paper. TEXT IN FRENCH. Very rare book that is a poem by the important French filmmaker Jean Epstein on cinema with amazing illustrations using text, photographs and drawings in a strong Art Deco style by Claude Dalbanne and designed as a movie. Includes the original paper wrap around band that is laid in the book. As fine a copy one could hope for.

Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1921. First Edition. First Edition. Includes three original illustrations: two are primarily typographic layouts, one centered around Charlie Chaplin (each is lacking the applied paste-up elements, in the case of the Chaplin image, it lacks the photographic image that was pasted on and that appears in the finished illustration), and the third and most interesting is the original drawing for the illustration that appears on page 85, of three men. An seminal text on cinema, a reflection on then-current films by Epstein, one of the earliest and most important French critics. But just as importantly, a spectacular example of deco era typography and design by Claude Delbanne, utilizing elements of film culture, variations on posters, popular film culture, and Russian Constructivist design. Saddle stapled two-color wrappers, with illustrations laid in. A single tiny chip, else Near Fine.