The French Colonies in Word and Picture. Volume 2 - 1931

Preface by M. Paul Doumer. Introduction by M. Louis Proust. Translated from the French by Charles Houpert. Blind-embossed red leather binding with gold-embossed title on cover and spine, 4to, 416 pages, red top edge and patterned endpapers. Very numerous photographs in copperplate rotogravure, some color illustrations, drawings and maps in the text and on plates. Binding rubbed, front hinge partially open and sections up to p. 44 loose, additionally some images cut out of the book (therefore not complete!!). Nevertheless, a good working copy of this monumental representation of the French colonies. Volume 2 covers: French West Africa / Senegal / French Guinea / Ivory Coast / Dahomey / Upper Volta / Niger Colony / Sudan / Mauritania / French Equatorial Africa / Mandate territories / Togo / Madagascar / Reunion / Comoros / Somali Coast / Mandate territories in the Levant / French establishments in India / Indochina / Saint-Pierre and Miquelon / Guadeloupe / Martinique / Guiana / New Caledonia / New Hebrides / Tahiti and neighboring territories.