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Paris: Published by the authors, 1949. Limited First edition. Softcover. g. 1/450. Folio. 39pp (text) [16] loose lithographic plates, as issued. Uncut. Original printed stiff paper portfolio. Color frontispiece portrait of a Buchenwald inmate by L. Templier. This work is a moving homage paid by the author to a fellow inmate met in the living hell of Buchenwald. A compilation of song lyrics sung by Chanoir, a French inmate who entertained his fellow companions during their captivity at the hands of the Nazis. "Chansonnier à Buchenwald" is superbly illustrated with 16 lithographic plates (9 b/w and 7 duotone) by Jardel. This copy is one of 450 printed on Pur Fil du Marais, of which this is No.293. Portfolio slightly sunned along edges. Text in French. Portfolio in overall good+, interior in very good condition.
Chansonnier à Buchenwald: Chanoir by Jardel, P., L. Templier, & Rémy
by Jardel, P., L. Templier, & Rémy
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Chansonnier à Buchenwald: Chanoir
by Jardel, P., L. Templier, & Rémy
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Paris: A. Sirot/Editions Henry, 1949. Small folio. Original printed dust-jacket over stiff wrappers; 39 [7] pp. collecting the lyrics of 8 songs composed and sung in Buchenwald by Chanoir, a French political prisoner, illustrated with 16 original hors texte lithographic plates (7 in duotone, 9 in black and white) by P. Jardel as well as a full-color frontispiece portrait of a Buchenwald inmate by Templier. The text includes a preface by Rèmy as well as the poignant transciptions of Chanoir's song lyrics. Chanoir was known to entertain his fellow prisoners during their captivity in the Nazi concentration camp. Strikingly illustrated with highly skillful and expressionistic images by Jardel interpreting the horrors of daily life as experienced at Buchenwald. One of 500 copies total, this being one of 50 hors commerce examples. Very scarce; as of March 2021, OCLC locates only a single holding in a North American institution and only 3 total holdings worldwide.
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Chansonnier à Buchenwald: Chanoir
by Templier, L.; P. Jardel (Illustrator); Rémy (Preface)
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