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First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only copies issued on deluxe paper.
A rare and handsome copy.
First edition, one of 50 copies numbered on alfa paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
Bound in full beige sheepskin, spine ruled in black, gilt date at foot, minor rubbing to the edges of the boards, marbled endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Pencil annotations relating to the reading of the work.
Gift inscription by a former member of the José Corti publishing house: "A monsieur Marchaux en témoignage de sympathie ce tout premier livre publié par José Corti."
Above all else Damas's writing theatened conventional society. This pamphlet Retour de Guyane was bought in big numbers by the colonial authorities and burnt.
...First edition, one of 25 numbered copies on pur fil, the only deluxe copies.
A rare and fine copy.
"A thunderclap of a title, a bitter draught that rings out like "Blue Note" in jazz, like "Cuba libre" among Caribbean cocktails. Damas, the stammerer, sings of solitude, the fear of being abandoned by the woman he loves and waits for, the sorrow and cowardice of "whitening," as do the jazz musicians he venerates" (Kathleen Gyssels)
