533 - DAC (Pierre). This Is London, Pierre Dac Speaking. Illustrations by Maurice VAN MOPPÈS. Paris, Pierre Trémois, 1945.

DAC (Pierre). This Is London, Pierre Dac Speaking. Illustrations by Maurice VAN MOPPÈS. Paris, Pierre Trémois, 1945. In-12 (17.5 x 16.5 cm), paperback, illustrated color cover, untrimmed copy. First edition, one of 250 copies printed on Marais vellum (no. 160). A collection of texts delivered on the BBC, followed by articles published in the London-based newspaper *France* and poems written in prison. Black-and-white illustrations within the text. Cover and endpapers partially browned, with small tears and marginal creases; otherwise a fine copy, enhanced by an AUTOGRAPHED DEDICATION signed: “To President Vincent Auriol, as a modest token of my deep respect and no less deep affection. Pierre Dac, 1950.” Included is an accompanying letter (1 p.) dated March 20, 1950, and signed by Pierre Dac. It bears the stamp of the Presidential Mail Service and a handwritten note reading “I have replied.” Two figures of the French Resistance are brought together here: Pierre Dac (1893–1975), the legendary voice of Free France, and the first President of the Fourth Republic, Vincent Auriol (1884–1966), himself a prominent member of the Resistance who joined General de Gaulle in London in 1943.