*L'Homme et les Îles*

Aubert de la Rüe, Edgar

Photographs by the author

Paris

Librairie Gallimard

Géographie Humaine, edited by Pierre Deffontaines

Imprimerie F. Paillart, Abbeville

1935

Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1935

French

Eighth edition

French

Commercial edition

194 pages

Black-and-white photographs by the author, printed on separate plates

None

Large octavo (8vo)

22 × 16 cm

Not identified

Wove paper

Not identified from the available images

Letterpress printing in black ink on wove paper, with excellent print quality and well-preserved text and photographic plates.

Half-leather binding over cloth-covered boards.

Dark brown (mahogany) leather spine and dark burgundy cloth-covered boards.

Spine with gilt rules, title and the initials “A.G.” stamped in gilt; marbled endpapers.

Dark brown (mahogany) leather spine with false raised bands, gilt title and gilt initials “A.G.”.

A geographical and anthropological study of the world's island populations. The author examines the geological origin of islands, their historical development, physical characteristics, settlement patterns, economic activities, trade, tourism, strategic importance and political organisation. The work is illustrated with original photographs taken by Edgar Aubert de la Rüe during his travels.

Eighth edition published in the same year as the first edition.

Part of the Géographie Humaine series, edited by the French geographer Pierre Deffontaines.

All photographic illustrations are original works by the author.

Preserves an elegant half-leather binding with the gilt initials “A.G.” at the foot of the spine, corresponding to Alfred Gallart.

Preserves Alfred Gallart's handwritten ownership signature on the title page.

Human geography

Island geography; islands; anthropology; physical geography; colonisation; island economies; exploration; documentary photography.

0466

Very good overall condition. Sound binding, complete and clean text block, with only minor signs of age and use.

Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis

Copy bound in dark brown (mahogany) half leather with dark burgundy cloth-covered boards, marbled endpapers and the gilt initials “A.G.” on the spine. It retains Alfred Gallart's handwritten ownership signature on the title page and is preserved in excellent overall condition.