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GILBERT RENAULT "COLONEL REMY"

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
GILBERT RENAULT  COLONEL REMY
(1904 - 1984) French Resistance fighter, known during the war as "Colonel Rémy" . He is one of the most famous secret agents of occupied France during the World War II, and was known under various pseudonyms such as Raymond, Jean-Luc, Morin, Watteau, Roulier, Beauce and Rémy. Rare signed book, his Memoirs of a Secret Agent of the Free French, (Paris: Raoul Solar), 1946, in French. 194pp. soft-bound, uncut, illustrated by EMILE COMPARD (1900-1977). The front flyleaf bears a lengthy inscription signed by the author as "Remy", and also bears an original ink-wash illustration similar to the cover illustration, painted and signed by the artist Compard. Near fine.