111 Dessins faits à Buchenwald 1944-1945
Paris: La Bibliothèque Francaise, 1945.
First edition. No. 491 of 510 copies on vélin pur fil de Marais from a total edition of 3200. Loose sheets as issued, 111 plates of drawings, the first 100 relating to Buchenwald, plus 6 portraits, and 5 aquarelles. Captions in French, English, and Russian. Complete with preliminary sheets, including title page, colophon, table of contents and 11 pp. preface; housed in original pictorial folding chemise. Outer chemise worn with soiling and toning, some tears and slitting to spine and edges, one folding flap detached but present. Contents Near Fine with some toning at edges.
French Social Realist Boris Taslitzky's sketches of the harsh indignities of Buchenwald concentration camp, drawn on stolen paper.
Price: $1,600.00