BUCQUOY (Eugène Louis). The Uniforms of the French Army. Land. Sea. Air. Preface by Marshal Pétain. Foreword by General Mariaux. Paris : Les éditions militaires illustrées, 1935. - In-4, dark blue half-chagrin, spine ribbed, speckled head, untrimmed, cover and spine kept (Favre-Petit-Mermet). First edition printed at 1000 copies, illustrated with numerous black compositions in the text and 124 plates in colors under captioned serpente, including 15 of decorations, flags, armbands, stripes, etc., and 109 of military costumes after compositions by Maurice TOUSSAINT. Prefaced by Marshal Pétain and composed by Major Eugène Louis Bucquoy, founder of the "Société d'étude des uniformes de France", it describes in detail all the uniforms of the French army at the time of the publication of the book, i.e. in the inter-war period, including those of the colonial troops ONE OF THE FIRST 30 NUMBERED COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPON, perfectly preserved.