Paul MORAND & Chas LABORDE - Streets and Faces of New York Chez Lacourière, Paris, 1950 - First edition of this handsome portfolio devoted to New-York, illustrated with 15 original color engravings out of text, protected by a captioned serpente, engraved by Lacourière and 33 black drawings in the text by Chas Laborde. Leaves in laced cardboard portfolio, boards in bluish cardboard. Some light rubbing, very good condition overall for this porfolio which is often seen in fragile condition, a fine copy. Limited edition of 220 numbered copies, this one on Arches vellum. In-folio, 39pp unpaginated)

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