Osip Emilievitch MANDELSTAM

First collected edition of Paul Celan’s German translation of the poems of Ossip Mandelstam, whom he deeply admired.

Publisher’s original full white cloth, smooth spine, a copy complete with its dust jacket, which shows a few small tears at the head of the spine.

Valuable dated and signed autograph inscription from Paul Celan to his friend, the poet and translator of his works Lydia Kerr: "Für Lydia Kerr, herzlich, 12.2.1963. Paul Celan."

First edition published in 2,900 copies, ours being one of the Alfa paper copies reserved for the press service.
Spine slightly faded.
Literary contributions by Ossip Mandelstam "Le timbre égyptien", René Daumal "Poèmes", Paul Valéry "Moralités", Valery Larbaud "Du sel ou du sable"...
Commerce, a literary review founded by Marguerite Caetani, appeared as twenty-nine "quarterly notebooks published under the supervision of Valéry, Fargue and Larbaud" between 1924 and 1932. Its publication forms part of the competitive tradition of French reviews of the 1920s and was not content merely to promote the most prominent authors of French literature: it played the role of "discoverer" of young talents and unearthed forgotten seminal texts.

First edition of the French translation prepared by François Kérel and for which it was not drawn from great papers.
A small tear in the back of the head.
Autograph dedication signed by François Kérel to Charles and Eliane (Dobzynski): "... this translation, as a mark of my friendship from before and now, irreplaceable friendship in poetry, to both of you, François."