Metropolitan Museum. Poeme par Robert Choquette
Montreal: Herald Press, for the author, 1931. Edwin Holgate. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. Very Good. Item #49696
4to. pp. 29, [1] blank, [1] colophon, [7] blank, with half-title. First edition, limited to 450 numbered copies on Medway paper, plus 25 copies marked "HC"; this copy no. 319. Illustrated with 13 woodcuts, including the title page. Loose gatherings in the original plain wrappers. Wrappers worn; interior clean and bright, pages uncut. Presentation copy from Choquette to James T. Shotwell. Provenance: James Thomson Shotwell (1874-1965), Canadian-born American historian and professor. He played an instrumental role in the creation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 1919 and was influential in promoting the inclusion of a declaration of human rights in the UN Charter.
Price (CAD): $1,500.00