Le Chemin de Fer Metropolitan de Paris : book issued in connection with the L'Exposition Coloniale Internationale de 1931 : Paris, 1931 : Les Ateliers ABC
A remarkable book issued by the Department de la Seine et Ville de Paris and the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Métropolitan de Paris in 1931 and that appears to be in connection with the Colonial Exhibition that was staged in the city that year. Lavishly produced and illustrated this copy was a special presentation copy, printed on 'Chesterfield Paper' and given to C W Duncan, the Publicity Manager of the Underground Electric Railways of London. As can be seen it ended up in the London Transport Library and I obtained it legally when it was withdrawn from the LT Museum Library many years ago. The publishers are Les Ateliers ABC - which, thanks to Étienne (below), I think we can now assume were also involved in the design and production of the book.
The Underground Library bookplate is quite something in itself - "Swift and Sure" being one of the early advertising straplines and the plate is by no less than George Kruger Gray (1880 - 1943), a well known British designer of things such as coins and stained glass windows. There also appears to the side what appears to be the initials "WG".
Le Chemin de Fer Metropolitan de Paris : book issued in connection with the L'Exposition Coloniale Internationale de 1931 : Paris, 1931 : Les Ateliers ABC
A remarkable book issued by the Department de la Seine et Ville de Paris and the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer Métropolitan de Paris in 1931 and that appears to be in connection with the Colonial Exhibition that was staged in the city that year. Lavishly produced and illustrated this copy was a special presentation copy, printed on 'Chesterfield Paper' and given to C W Duncan, the Publicity Manager of the Underground Electric Railways of London. As can be seen it ended up in the London Transport Library and I obtained it legally when it was withdrawn from the LT Museum Library many years ago. The publishers are Les Ateliers ABC - which, thanks to Étienne (below), I think we can now assume were also involved in the design and production of the book.
The Underground Library bookplate is quite something in itself - "Swift and Sure" being one of the early advertising straplines and the plate is by no less than George Kruger Gray (1880 - 1943), a well known British designer of things such as coins and stained glass windows. There also appears to the side what appears to be the initials "WG".