La Chanson des Poilus (inscribed by author to Edmond and Jeanne Roze with drawings, etc.) - Recueil des Chansons et Poems dits par l'Auteur en France et an Macédoine aux Armées de la République
Paris: Francis Salabert, 1918. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, very good, wraps bound into quarter green morocco gilt and marbled boards, handsome art deco gilding and red inlays on spine, which is slightly rubbed and mellowed. Inscribed to Jeanne Roze in May 1918 with pencil inscription on half title, signed, 'T.S.V.P.' in pencil at bottom of title page, then frontispiece and blank filled out with various notes to the Rozes, including a pencil self portrait, a four line poem, etc. Boyer became famous for entertaining soldiers during WWI at the fronts, and wrote over 1,000 songs, some of which were very well known. Boyer was a music hall singer as well a comic actor who wrote and staged various theatrical pieces and operettas; Edmund Roze was resonsible for the mis en scene of a number of these, so an excellent association copy. Very Good. Item #H2786
Price: $450.00