Hellé, André. - Alphabet of the Great War, 1914–1916. For th - Lot 188

Hellé, André. - Alphabet of the Great War, 1914–1916. For the Children of Our Soldiers. Paris, Nancy, Berger-Levralt, [1917]; large quarto, publisher’s color-illustrated cardboard binding—stains on the cover, scattered foxing, endpapers reattached, page “N” with a small marginal tear—15 leaves. Complete set of 26 letters from “Alsace” to “Zouave,” all illustrated with a large central image and a four-line text. Included: Allard L’Olivier. *Alphabet of War for Young and Old*. National League of Remembrance. Brussels, Maurice Lamertin, 1918. Large quarto, publisher’s color-illustrated hardcover - [26 pp.]. Illustrated with the 26 letters of the alphabet and a color drawing with a caption. Inside, stamped “Sold for the Benefit of the National League of Remembrance. 22 R. de la Pépinière, Brussels. After the war, Allard L’Olivier became a leading painter of the “Belgian School of the Congo” (where he died in 1933).