La Libre Belgique

Description:

La Libre Belgique. [January 1915-12 November 1918].
Issues one through 171 bound in a single volume, half red leather and buckram boards, ex libris Brand Whitlock (1869-1934),with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, copies of this periodical are printed on various paper stocks throughout, some edges are chipping, some are brown, and others are good, condition varies greatly, 8 1/2 x 12 in., with a letter from 1942 by Whitlock's widow to Harry Flagler (1870-1952) inserted, and L'Histoire Merveilleuse de La Libre Belgique, Brussels: Dewit, 1919, preface by Whitlock, second edition, in original publisher's paper covers, printed in three colors, with surface abrasion and slight tear to spine, 4 1/2 x 7 in.
Brand Whitlock served as the American ambassador to Belgium through the German occupation of World War I. He was appointed by Woodrow Wilson in 1913. (2)
Estimate $600-800


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