Bernard Grasset|Paris 1930|17 x 22.50 cm|broché sous double couverture, chemise et étui
First edition with double cover, one of 186 numbered copies on vélin de Rives paper re-imposed in Tellière quarto. Slipcase slightly rubbed. A very good copy.
First edition, one of numbered copies on vélin paper reserved for the press. Autograph inscription from Paul Morand to Raymond Escholier to first free endpaper.
Editions des Cahiers Libres|Paris 1928|14.50 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of 1200 numbered copies on Lafuma, the only printing with 30 Japan paper. With a frontispiece portrait of the author by Adolf Hoffmeister. A very good copy.
New edition, first in part, one of 30 numbered copies on Japon ancien, tirage de tête. Including 'Lampes to Arc', 'Feuilles de température', '25 poèmes sans oiseaux'. A tiny lack to foot of spine, slightly and partly sunned, not serious. Good copy with edges preserved.
First and pre-original edition of M. U. Numerous contributions, including those by P.Claudel (Hangtcheou), J.de Lacretelle (Lettres espagnoles), P.Valery (Litterature), P.Morand (Mr U.), V.Larbaud (Divertissement philologique), H.Pourrat (le mauvais garçon IV) Some foxing to covers otherwise handsome copy.
First edition of the French translation, of which there were no deluxe copies. Preface by Paul Morand. Spine sunned with two small tears, marginal tear to back board.
Editions des Cahiers Libres|Paris 1928|15 x 19.50 cm|broché
First edition, one of the numbered copies on Lafuma paper, the only deluxe copies after 30 Japan. Portrait of the author by Adolf Hoffmeister, cover foxed. Interior foxing.