Vadala R., "Samsun, Passe-Present-Avenir", Paris, 1934. First and only edition. 4to, (26x17cm), pp.131. Complete, 131p. and all the rare and beautiful early photographs of Samsoun (Σαμψούντα). Original publishers binding. Slightly frayed in two edges, otherwise fine. This is the first book published especially for the Pontic city of Samsounta. Vadala was the French consul there from 1925, and in that time, this important city was almost ruined and abandoned after the departure/escape of its Greeks inhabitants. He had investigated carefully all the events of 1914-22 and gathered photographs, forming today a precious testimony. As a consul, he gives precise and detailed economic, commercial and ethnographic information.