Alain BOSQUET

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Dated manuscript signature by Salvador Dali on the half-title page.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Two bookplates pasted on the endpaper.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to bibliophile Jacques Bredèche: "... que je remercie d'amier les beaux livres et de me croire digne de sa collection..." ["... whom I thank for loving beautiful books and for believing me worthy of his collection..."]

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on Arches vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to bibliophile Jacques Bredèche: "... que je remercie chaleureusement de collectionner les "grands papiers"..." ["... whom I warmly thank for collecting the 'deluxe copies'..."]

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure wove paper, deluxe copy.
Very handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted on the first endpaper.

First collected edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.
Two bookplates pasted to the front endpaper.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket, a small stain on the lower edge.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... qui s'y connait mieux que moi..." ["... who knows more about it than I do..."]

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine very lightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.
Signed autograph inscription by Alain Bosquet to Véronique and Georges Charaire.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Fine copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski: "... en amitié, admiration et gratitude, depuis quelques décennies." ["in friendship, admiration and gratitude, for some decades."]

first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Autograph signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski.

first edition on current paper.
Pleasant copy.
Affectionate autograph signed by Alain Bosquet to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski and his wife Eliane.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 40 numbered copies on pure rag paper, deluxe copies.
A very fine copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy despite a slight crease mark of no importance at the head of the front cover.

First edition, one of 38 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pure linen paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours being one of 18 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag paper, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Fine copy.

First edition, one of 8 numbered copies on Lafuma paper, deluxe copy.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours being one of 15 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

Collective edition, one of the numbered copies on "bouffant" paper.
A small spot on the back of the head, full copy of his trailer that includes a small tear.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet to Pierre and Luce Bosquet: "... in the hope that they will find here some spiritual relationship with the author."

First edition, one of the numbered copies, only draw after 10 Holland paper.
Illustrated book of drawings by André Masson.
Insolated back, nice interior state.
Autograph signed by Alain Bosquet: "To the poet Dobzynski."

First collected edition of which no deluxe copies were printed.
Fine autograph inscription signed by Alain Jouffroy to Charles Dobzynski ending with an eleven-line poem.
A small tear at head of slightly sunned spine, a stain on the edges of some leaves.

Collective first edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Bosquet: "To the poet Charles Dobzynski, his devoted friend and (soon) his publisher ..."
Back slightly insolated.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Autograph signed by Marina Bosquet to Charles and Eliane Dobzynski.
Nice copy.

First edition on current paper.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Alain Bosquet to Charles Dobzynski: "Affectionately in poetry, in prose and in town, to Charles Dobzynski who is my business -" and it is not overcrowded "as Louis Aragon told me."
Nice copy.

First edition, one of the review copies service.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Bosquet: "To the poet Charles Dobzynski in real esteem."
Yellowed paper.

First edition on current paper.
Autograph signed by Alain Bosquet: "To Charles Dobzynski his devoted friend and friend of his books."
Nice copy.

First edition on current paper.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Alain Bosquet: "To Charles Dobzynski who knows how the future is no longer singing, this end announced a long adventure, with all my friendship and that I vow to his poems."
Nice copy.

First edition on current paper.
Bel autograph signed Alain Bosquet: "A Charles Dobzynski attentive sympathy, this test of redefinition cosmic."
Back and flat marginally insolated, nice interior state.

first edition on paper current, fourth edition of mention.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet Yves Bayer.
Illustrated book of drawings by Gus Bofa.
A small tear in foot glued back.

first edition on the current paper.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet Paul Aveline.
Nice copy.

First collected edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only large paper copies.
Two small traces of sunning to head and foot of spine.

Edition, a numbered on puffing.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet Professor Georges Blin.
Tiny marginal minor bites on the plate.

First edition on ordinary paper.

Autograph inscription from Alain Bosquet to Daniel Leuwers.
A good copy.

Edition of wich no leading copies exists.
Signed autograph of Alain Bosquet Professor Georges Blin: "... to thank him for the defense of poetry ..."
illustrated book of drawings of André Masson.
Back slightly insolated, nice interior state.

First collected edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription by the author.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only issue with 20 on Arches.
Author's inscription.
Minor foxing to spine, front cover and first endpaper, otherwise a handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe copies.
Three tiny tears without loss to spine, otherwise handsome copy.

Collective first edition on current paper.
Small spots on the first board.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Jouffroy to Charles Dobzynski on a cardboard: "... always present to the heart and mind, his friend and the one, fervent, his poems, this obstacle course ..."

First edition on current paper.
Autograph dedication signed by Alain Jouffroy to Charles Dobzynski: "... to speak clearly and scream just those sidewalk poems ..."
Two small snags in the foot of the back.

First edition on current paper.
Beautiful autograph dedication signed by Alain Bosquet to Charles Dobzynski: "In poetry as in prose to Charles Dobzynski, his friend and admirer ..."
Nice full copy of his trailer.

New edition.
Bel autograph signed by Alain Bosquet: "A Charles Dobzynski for three decades, more than poetically ..."
Book decorated with illustrations by Fernand Léger and André Masson.
Nice copy.

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Handwritten signature of Salvador Dali on the page of false title.
Pleasant copy.

First edition, one of the Service de Presse (advance) copies.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author to Jean Paulhan.
Pleasant copy complete with publisher's (advertising) slip.

First edition, one of 49 numbered copies on Alfa paper, the only deluxe copies.
Signed and inscribed by Alain Bosquet.
A small tear and a crease mark at the foot of the back cover.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Only 8 copies were printed on Holland paper in deluxe format.
Fine inscription from Robert Goffin.
Cover illustrated with an oil portrait by Liliane Barbin, reproduced in black and white.
Iconography.
Spine very slightly pinched at head and tail, handsome copy.

New edition.
Autograph inscription from the author.
Illustrated.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Inscribed by the author.
Handsome copy complete with its publisher's wraparound band.

First edition of which there were no deluxe copies.
Inscribed by the author.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription by the author.
Spine very slightly sunned.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on "bouffant" paper, the only printing with 40 copies on handmade paper.
Autograph inscription from the author to a couple of his friends in which he confesses his sadness at having lost his cat.
Spine very slightly faded, without significance.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from the author.

First edition, one of the numbered copies on bouffant paper, the only printing with 25 on pur fil.
Author's inscription.
Spine very slightly sunned, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition in part, one of 45 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 17 numbered copies on Arches vellum, deluxe issue.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag wove paper, ours bearing number 1, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag wove paper, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on pure wove paper, deluxe issue.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 20 numbered copies on pure rag paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 49 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours being one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 29 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours one of 5 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
A very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 24 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours being one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 26 numbered copies on alfa paper, ours being one of 14 hors commerce copies, the only deluxe copies.
Very handsome copy.

First edition, one of 15 numbered copies on Johannot paper, ours bearing No. 1, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this offprint from the March 1980 issue of Europe magazine, one of 30 numbered copies, the only deluxe copies.
Handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number, only 80 deluxe copies were printed.
A trace of fold at head of back board.