Soccer / Cartoons - Lot 102

Soccer / Cartoons XIM (Raoul), *The Knights of the Round Ball*. The R.C.P. in cartoons by XIM. Paris, 1939 Album of 10 plates of caricatures of the players and officials of the Racing Club de Paris, lithographed in black and hand-enhanced. Each plate is numbered and signed in pencil in the lower left corner. Limited edition of 50 copies (certification at the end of the album). At the time, the Racing Club de Paris was one of the leading clubs in French soccer: winner of the League and French Cup double in 1936, it won the Cup again in 1939. Its roster included international players such as Émile Veinante, Auguste Jordan, and Raoul Diagne, the first Black player selected for the French national team. Plates in fine condition. Original cover is heavily damaged, split along the fold halfway up, with stains