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Hotel Le Provencal reception book - Reception book of the Hotel 'Le Provencal' on the Côte d'Azur. 252 pages with handwritten tabular entries from January 1, 1931 to April 14, 1932. Folio. Original cloth binding with cover label 'Reception' and remnants of an old spine cover (somewhat scuffed and bumped). The former luxury hotel 'Le Provencal' in the seaside resort of Juan-les-Pins was considered the most fashionable hotel on the French Riviera. Opened in 1927 by the American multimillionaire Frank Jay Gould, it symbolizes the creation of the Côte d'Azur myth like no other. It has stood empty for almost 50 years and remains the largest hotel ruin in the world. - With entries of: arrival date, name, address, price, nationality, etc. Among the registered guests are Charles (Charly) Chaplin (on April 27, 1931) from Hollywood, Lady Clementine Churchill from Chestwell, Willy Fritsch from Berlin, Count and Countess Finkenstein from West Prussia, George Ross Ford from Ohio, Roland von Faber-Castell, Count and Countess Dohna, and many others. - Rebound with 27 blank, checkered pages with thumb index. - Enclosed is a slightly later advertising brochure for the hotel. - Binding broken, some sections loose.