Jean Drault / Gerbault et Guydo - Le Wagon de 3e classe - 1900

Exciting illustrated edition in its pretty blue cloth binding by Alfred Mame of this work which belongs to popular literature aimed at youth and family readers, combining narrative, social observation and moral or educational function - The title immediately places the action in a very particular space of Belle Époque France, namely the railway and more precisely the third-class carriage, a place of collective travel where travelers from different social backgrounds meet - The train then constitutes one of the most visible symbols of modernity, mobility and the transformation of the country, while the third class represents the universe of modest travelers, families, workers, small merchants, peasants and all those for whom the railway provides an accessible means of transport - Jean Drault / Gerbault et Guydo - Le Wagon de 3e classe - SD (circa 1900) - Maison Alfred Mame et Fils - 150 pages - Good condition of the binding, the work in its full blue binding ornamented by the publisher, superb polychrome color plate, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, small stains on the rear cover, headcaps and corners a little worn, speckled edges, smooth spine titled in gold letters, superb black motif at the center of the rear cover - Good interior condition, browning, some leaves tend to detach, beautiful vignette on the title page, the work enriched with numerous black engravings interleaved in the text, after drawings by Gerbault and Guydo, modern endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy - Delivery service assured within a few days -

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