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Georges-Marie HAARDT and Louis AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL. ...

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Georges-Marie HAARDT and Louis AUDOUIN-DUBREUIL. The Black Cruise. The Citroën Centre-Africa Expedition. Paris, Plon, 1927. Fort in-4, buff morocco, central iron and red and black spandrels in African style, spine with 4 ornate nerves, inner border with gilt lace, gilt head, first cover, case (Publisher's binding). (3f.)-VII-261-(2f.)-81 pl.-4 maps. A frontispiece representing the members of the expedition, 76 photographic reproductions out of text printed in rotogravure, 4 portraits after drawings by Alexandre Iacovleff, 3 folding maps in colours, a double-page map of the hunts drawn by Uriet and numerous decorative compositions in bistre and black of African inspiration in the text by Georges Tscherkessoff. One of the 2500 copies on esparto, this one not justified. Spine a little darkened with stains, minimal spotting or faint freckling on a few leaves and on the edges.