Boyhood Photos of J.-H. Lartigue The Family Album of a Gilded Age by Lartigue, Jacques Henri - 1966

Switzerland: Ami Guichard, 1966 0 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo bound in burgundy cloth. Gilt spine and front cover floral art deco decoration as well as gilt front cover lettering. An oval picture of artist as boy tipped on. A wonderful book!.

Lausanne: Edita S.A., 1966. First edition thus. Hardcover. Orig. burgundy cloth, decorated in floral art deco designs, front cover pictorial inset. Fine. Lartigue, Jacques Henri. 128 pages. Landscape 4to, 24 x 30 cm. Plethora of tipped-in reproductions of photographs by Lartigue who began picture taking at the age of seven, during the frivolous spirit of France's Belle Époque -- the Paris of an upper middle class family. Fresh, crisp copy.

(Lausanne, 1966): Ami Guichard. First Edition. Oblong Octavo. 126pp. Illustrated by Jacques Henri Lartigue. An enchanting book of images of the early 20th century, with various sized photographs hand-mounted of early bicycles, gliders, airplane flight in France, and clothing fashions. and more. All captions penned in the humorous glib of a young boy. Bound in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, childhood photograph in black and white mounted to front cover. A near fine copy.

Switzerland: Ami Guichard., 1966.. A fine example. . Binding: contemporary pebbled cloth, title in gilt on flat spine, upper board with decorative gilt title and ruling and a photograph., Notes: Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and female Parisian fashion models. He photographed his friends and family at play – running and jumping; racing home-built race cars; making kites, gliders as well as aeroplanes; and climbing the Eiffel Tower. He also photographed sport events, such as the Coupe Gordon Bennett and the French Grand Prix, early flights of aviation pioneers such as Gabriel Voisin, Louis Blériot, Hubert Latham, Louis Paulhan and Roland Garros. He also captured in his camera, tennis players such as Suzanne Lenglen at the French Open tennis championships. Many of his initial, famous photographs were originally captured through stereo, but he also produced a vast number of images in all formats and… Read More