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Livre-album. Program of the 2nd great week of...

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Livre-album. Program of the 2nd great week of champagne flying, 3-10 July 1910 by G.H. Laignier. 80 pp of texts plus the 19 of the photographic report (2 photos edited and captioned per page). Superb full-colour hardcover from the publisher (vine leaves, arms and motto of Reims : "Dieu en soit garde". Volume dedicated to the Marquis de Polignac retracing this historic meeting: cameras, results, photographers' comments (pp 43-78), portraits of the organizers (Mumm etc) and aviators by Mich. Colour openings by E. Auger. 29X38. Very rare. Corner wear, stains on the cover, some wet spots on the edges, otherwise inside in good condition.