Jean QUEVAL

An autograph letter signed with a page in which Jean Queval thanks Georges Raillard for his letter while gently mocking his difficulty in understanding his writing: "Delighted by your letter, as much as I could have read it. not calligraphy, it's torturing for those who value your correspondence. "
After having transmitted to him all his friendly thoughts and alluded to his intra-Héricy move (City of Seine-et-Marne where the Queval live), Jean Queval seeks the criticism of Georges Raillard for two of his books: "I would like to have your opinion on my Georges Sadoul (a true Benedictine) and on my little book . "(probably his essay...

First edition, one of the publisher’s press copies.

Some light spotting to the boards and spine.

Exceptional signed autograph inscription from Raymond Queneau to his very close friend and biographer Jean Queval, himself a leading figure and co-founder of Oulipo.

This dedication is followed by a second one — in English and heavily corrected — by Jean Queval: "To the [?], in friendship. NB. I smoke no more. This is a rather nice book, one on which I worked. There's also Beowulf. There is a university in Limoges. Untest uncheck ! Nan is none too well."

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Signed autograph signed by Jean Quéval to Pierre Dumayet.
Iconography.
Pleasant copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Spine and boards marginally discolored.