First edition, one of 85 numbered copies on handmade laid paper reserved for the Friends of Fine Books. A handsome full-margined copy in double wrappers.
The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Autograph inscription dated and signed by Julia Kristeva to Ulrike (Bergweiler): "... qui fait partie de l'esprit des samouraïs..." ["... which is part of the spirit of the samurai..."]