Maurice ROCHE

First edition of this pamphlet, one of 33 numbered copies on pure rag paper from the Larroque mill, ours being one of the hors commerce copies distributed to friends of Editions Unes.
This so-called "correspondence" is actually a poetic exchange of savory aphorisms facetiously attributed to various exotic traditions.
The half-title includes a whimsical volume statement: Correspondance complète (I). A second volume obviously never appeared.
Handsome copy.

Cher Roche,
« Si la pierre tombe sur l'œuf,
malheur à l'œuf,
Si l'œuf tombe sur la pierre,
malheur à l'œuf. »
(Proverbe bulgare) ["If the stone falls on the egg, woe to the egg, If the eg

First edition on current paper.
Back insolated, page 7 is removed.
Precious autograph dedication signed by Maurice Roche to Georges Mathieu enriched, on the page opposite, a drawing.

First edition.
Pleasant illustrated copy of 24 reproductions of works by Arman.
Autograph signed by Maurice Roche Georges Raillard.

First edition on current paper.
Pleasant illustrated copy of drawings by the author.
Autograph signed by Maurice Roche Georges Raillard.