Le Pont de la rivière kwaï
Le Pont de la rivière kwaï
Le Pont de la rivière kwaï
Le Pont de la rivière kwaï
Le Pont de la rivière kwaï
Le Pont de la rivière kwaï
Le Pont de la rivière kwaï

Le Pont de la rivière kwaï

Paris: Le Club du Meilleur Livre, 1953. Edition of 5,000 of which this is no. 300. Hardcover 8vo bound in red linen boards foil stamped in white and black on recto and verso. Text in French.

Massin’s art direction of Boulle’s classic novel about POW’s being forced by their captors to build a bridge during World War II. The novel is in French, but has an opening quote by Joseph Conrad in English.

Massin, who trained under Pierre Faucheux, was taught that books should have an opening title sequence like in movies. Therefore, most of the books Massin designed while at the publisher Le Club du Meilleur Livre embody this philosophy. A timeless concept in book design to this day.

Very good with sunning to spine and light foxing to top and fore edge of text block. Item #175

Price: $50.00

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