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Edition published in the same year as the first edition, stated eighteenth edition.
Spine sunned.
Dated and signed autograph inscription from Henri Calet to Claude Couffon, a scholar and translator of the leading Spanish-language writers of the second half of the twentieth century: "... ce roman-promenade..."
First edition, one of the review copies.
Slight sunning at head and foot of spine, without seriousness.
Precious signed presentation from Francis Ponge: "Pour Marthe et Henri Calet leur ami. Francis Ponge."
First edition, one of the review copies.
Spine and covers faded, small chips to the corners of the covers and margins of some leaves, brittle and yellowed paper, front free endpaper detached, a delicate copy.
Exceptional and moving signed autograph inscription by Raymond Guérin: "Pour vous mon cher Calet ces Poulpes où vous savez tout ce que j'ai mis de foi et de désespoir. avec l'admiration et l'amitié du grand Dab. R. Guérin 11.5.53. P.S. Nous sommes au Madison jusqu'au 15 mai, puis, du 29 mai au 5 juin. R.G."
Photograph depicting Henri Calet with his young son Louis Nordmann seated on his lap.
Contemporary print.
Minor tears without significance to the left margin of the photograph.
The photograph was taken by Jean-Nicolas De Boé, the writer's nephew.
Complete set of uncorrected galley proofs dating from August–September 1935, comprising 65 pages on as many leaves numbered in pencil from 1 to 65.
First set of galley proofs for Henri Calet's debut novel La Belle Lurette (Gallimard, October 1935), forwarded to the author by Gallimard in the summer of 1935.
"On 15 June 1935, in a small room on the rue Edgar-Poe, close to the Buttes-Chaumont, Calet completed the writing of his first book, La Belle Lurette, which appeared in November of that same year with Gallimard, with the support of Jean Paulhan. The book met with little commercial success, yet Calet earned the esteem of distinguished...
First edition, one of 33 numbered copies on white Rivoli wove paper, the only deluxe issue.
Our copy is complete with the accompanying CD featuring excerpts from Huit quartiers de roture, radio broadcasts adapted from the work and aired on the Programme parisien in 1952.
The wrapper is illustrated with the reproduction of two postcards depicting the 19th and 20th arrondissements by Joseph Porphyre Pinchon, creator of Bécassine, taken from the series entitled "Les arrondissements de Paris illustrés en 20 cartes postales."
We are also including with our copy the complete set of 20 postcards, lacking only the original protective sleeve.
A handsome...
First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Ingres d'Arches paper, this being one of 10 hors commerce copies.
Text established, with notes and preface by Jean-Pierre Barril; unpublished texts, letters and documents selected by Léon Aichelbaum and Jean-Pierre Barril.
A very fine copy.
First edition on ordinary paper.
Publisher’s full cloth binding, flat spine, minor inconsequential wear to headcaps and corners.
Illustrations.
Rare and valuable presentation copy to Odette and Francis Ponge.
Final set of corrected proofs of Henri Calet's most important work: Le Tout sur le tout, 136 leaves in 17 unbound quires, with the "ready for press" manuscript inscription dated June 1, 1948. The pages are numbered from 10 to 271 (and, in pencil, from 9 to 274).
"In 1947, Henri Calet began writing "Aux vingt arrondissements", commissioned by Éditions de Minuit, ultimately published by Gallimard in 1948 under the title "Le Tout sur le tout". On 6 December 1948, Calet received for this book – considered by many to be his best – the first Prix de la Cote d'amour, awarded by an exclusively female jury. It honored a sad and...
Set of 10 original photographs taken at Fresnes prison in April 1945, reproduced in Henri Calet’s Les Murs de Fresnes, except for one unpublished print. Numerous editorial notes and measurements on the versos in preparation for publication, two bearing the stamps “Bernès, Marouteau & Cie”; black felt-tip retouching visible on five prints, pencil retouching marks on the two photographs of the food tins.
A set of images taken at Fresnes prison in April 1945, which give voice to a place where under the Occupation too many lives came to an end. These photographs reveal the mute history of the imprisonment of French and...
