ALLEF1 Allain, Maurice: L'EMPIRE FRANCAIS D' OUTRE-MER. (The French Colonies). Montpellier, 1939. 3, 430, 5 pp. 4 colour folded maps; 416, 6 pp. A number of tipped-in colour plates. Numerous colour and b/w text illustrations. 2 vols. 31x25 cm. Half cloth. Some wear to covers. GBP 180.00 A good period piece describing and depicting life in the French colonies in the mid and late 1930s. The illustrations range from reproductions of colour paintings by Jacques Simon and others to black-and-white photographs. Includes much detail on the economy of the colonies, their products and exports. One section in Volume Two covers French Indochina. In French. Subjects: Travel Available, as of: 03/07/2008 Was item 394 in printed List 145. Record produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.