International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques. Official guestbook of the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life. Paris 1937. Paris, SPEC, 1938. Large in-4 red chagrin, spine ribbed, gilt title, gilt head (publisher's binding). A vast gathering of 44 nations including Germany, the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Siam with their achievements in the field of Industry and Arts. Many photos of Art Deco architecture. Probably the last tribute of France to the Germany of Hitler and Speer. Brittle spine, missing upper cover, otherwise fine copy.

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