Henri CHARRIÈRE

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.

Autograph inscription signed by Henri Charrière to journalist and historian Gilbert Guilleminault.

Henri Charrière, known as Papillon, ward of the state and petty criminal, had been sentenced to the penal colony in 1931 for a murder he always denied. More than thirty years later, he recounts his terrible experience in this autobiographical text. He describes the violence, injustice, diseases and escape attempts, crowned by years of exile in South America: « Pure of all contact, his publisher noted, and of all literary ambition, what he writes is "as he tells it to you", you see it, you feel it, you...

New edition published a few months after the first.

A handsome copy.

Fine signed autograph inscription by Henri Charrière to René Lafon, founder in 1927 of the legendary Montparnasse restaurant "La Coupole": "René Lafon, to be named Lafon may not always carry much resonance, but that this Latour should be the founder of 'La Coupole' is a title of great distinction. For at 'La Coupole', one not only eats well, but the service, the welcome, the spirit, and the attentiveness are exceptional — and all of that, the public owes to you. I congratulate you. Papillon."