Paris

Third edition, partly original, revised and considerably amended.
Contemporary half chocolate-brown morocco-grained shagreen, spine with four raised bands, gilt double panels, marbled paper boards, hand-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, minor split at foot of one joint, speckled edges, contemporary binding.
Scattered light foxing, not affecting the text.
A particularly attractive copy, handsomely bound in a period binding.

First edition, one of the advance (service de presse) copies.
Handsome autograph inscription from Louis Aragon : "A francis Carco, ma petite chanson de soldat..."
A good copy.