Les Alsaciens Dans La Garde Imperiale et Dans Les Corps D'Elite, Henry Ganier, 1914

Les Alsaciens Dans La Garde Imperiale et Dans Les Corps D'Elite; Publication Illustree. Texte par Henry Ganier. Planche par Tanconville et Maurice Toussaint.

Published by Imprimerie Alsacienne, Anct G. Fischbach, 1914, 1st edition. A lovely book with text with black and white illustrations followed by a large section of high quality full colour plates. Uncommon.

A good hardback with brown leather spine and corners. Leather is worn and scuffed and paper over boards is also rubbed and scuffed. Spine with raised bands and gilt titles, with worn leather, particularly at head of spine, but all soundly bound. Blue marbled endpapers.

Previous owner's bookplate to first pastedown - Max Weil. Text is bright and clean throughout, with the contents really striking.

Text in French.

Text sections are numbered individually, followed by 50 unnumbered colour plates.

Dimensions: Approximately 360mm high x 288mm wide x 35mm deep.

Weight: Approximately  2.89kg.