MORAND (Paul). USA 1927. Album of lyrical photographs. Paris: Published for the pleasure of “Plaisir de bibliophile,” 1928. — In-16, 165 x 125: 139 pp., (2 blank leaves at the end), typographic cover. Paperback, padded cover. First edition of this collection of free-verse poems recounting Morand’s 1927 journey across the United States. In this work, the Black presence plays a significant role, through the discovery of Harlem and Black American culture. The collection includes poems inspired by jazz, the cakewalk, and the vibrancy of the Harlem Renaissance. At the Pennsylvania Hotel, Morand recorded his “certificates of life” on a dictaphone—some of which focus on Black neighborhoods and the music that captivated him. The edition was printed landscape-oriented, in the style of a railroad timetable, evoking the movement of a train crossing the country. It is illustrated with 18 two-tone brown ornaments by the decorator and bookbinder Pierre Legrain (1889–1929). The print run was limited to 650 copies, plus a few non-commercial copies, printed on vellum paper. This copy bears the number 538 and is in very good condition. Also included, by the same author: - *Syracuse (U.S.A.)*. Paris: Grasset, 1928. — In-12, 191 x 142: 54 pp., (5 ff., last page blank), typographic cover. Paperback, padded cover. First edition of this novella. It is the first of only two titles published in the deluxe collection “Les 4 M,” the second being Montherlant’s *Les Iles de la Félicité*, published in 1929. One of the first 36 numbered copies printed in Madagascar (No. 27). Scattered foxing.