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Petithuguenin, Jean

Petithuguenin, Jean; Samba. Roman abondamment illustré par les photographies du film des sélections Maurice Rouhier. Editions Jules Tallandier, 1930.
Hardbound 4o in a nice clothbacked paperbinding with marbled boards. Text in gilt on spine. A few repaired tears on the last pages, not concerning the text. A few weak spots.This novel illustrated with12 pages black and white photographs from the film with the same name. 80 pages + illustrations.
According to a text on the title-page is this the first film to be interpreted totally by the black French ("des noirs français de l'Afrique Occidentale).