SIGNÉ Robert Doisneau SIGNÉ James collection Sage Le Garçon et la Colombe Oisneau Paris 1er PB

Robert Doisneau

James Sage

The Boy and the Dove

SIGNED Robert Doisneau

SIGNED James Sage

The Boy and the Dove. Story by James Sage. Photographs by Robert Doisneau, with the artistic collaboration of Pierre Derlon. Workman Publishing Company, New York, 1978. Softcover. Unpaged. Small oblong quarto. First edition, first printing. SIGNED by Robert Doisneau and Signed by James Sage on a card affixed to the half title page. Stiff photo illustrated wrappers. Black and white reproductions.

Children were one of Robert Doisneaus favorite subjects, and this photo story is a true story about a family he befriended and photographed. In it, a young boy whose father trained birds for the theatre always dreamt about having a dove of his own. His father takes him to a bird market in Paris and buys him a dove, and the warm hearted story of the boy and the dove progresses. The photographs tell the story with Doisneaus usual charm and lyrical sense.

Very good. Light wear to the edges with some delamination to the edges and to the upper right hand corner back cover. Slight curl. Internally, crisp, clean and bright. Hint of tanning to page edge. Nice tight binding.

SIGNED by Robert Doisneau

SIGNED by James Sage

Scarce.