Signed Limited Edition of Nancy Cunard's Nous Gens D'Espagne

Nancy Cunard. NOUS GENS D'ESPAGNE 1945-1949. Perpignan: Imprimerie Labau, December 1949. Limited edition; no. 168 of 500 copies; numbered and signed by the author on the rear limitation page. Stitched light purple wraps plain printed in red. Thin 8vo; [12]pp. Text in French.

9 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.

Nancy Cunard (British, 1896-1965) was a poet, publisher, journalist, and activist. While born in London, she spent most of her life in France. She established the Hours Press in Normandy in the late 1920s, wrote for a variety of newspapers, and published several collections of poetry. Nous Gens D'Espagne [We People of Spain] is a collection of poems Cunard wrote in French at the end of WWII following her time as a freelance journalist during the Spanish Civil War working in both Spain and Perpignan, France.

Wraps with toning and edge wear, including some small tears and chipping at one corner; area of ink transfer to back cover; leaves with darkening at edges and spotting throughout.