HENNING (Paul). A French alphabet. Twenty-six color photographic compositions by Paul Henning. Hachette (The Continental Publishers & Distributors Ltd.) 16, William IV street. London. [1946]. Small oblong in-8 (17 x 21 cm). (56) pp: publisher's half black cloth boards, red grained paper boards, the first stamped in gold, paper dust jacket, illustrated with photo: gold letters on blue, white, red background, on the first board, publisher's advertisement on the second. First edition of a sought-after ABC, entirely illustrated by color photography, by Paul Henning (1911-2005) and published in London under the name Hachette in 1946. Bilingual explanations (English-French) of the author on the difficult creation of the book during the "Blitz" and compositions photographed with "the means of the edge". One photo per letter, double pages with the initial in gray, the name of the occurrence in black and the amazing color photo opposite. Rare dust jacket with creases and small lacks. Sent by a Granny "wishing a merry Christmas to David" on the reverse of the first flyleaf.