Comité national des écrivains, Centre des intellectuels

First public edition of this foundational text of the intellectual Resistance.

Handwritten ownership inscription recording the volume as a gift, small tears and one snag to the spine, rear cover creased along the right-hand edge.

First deluxe edition of this masterpiece of Resistance literature, one of 100 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
A small fold at the foot of the first cover also affecting the following leaves, minute foxing in the right margin of the first cover.
First published, probably simultaneously, in the northern zone as a leaflet by "Les éditions de Minuit" and in the southern zone, as a handmade brochure (the cover was wallpaper) inaugurating the famous "Bibliothèque française," this long poem would subsequently appear for the first time in volume form in October 1943 before it was decided to finally produce a deluxe edition (sold for 100 francs...

First public edition, published two years after the original clandestine edition, and first edition for which a deluxe issue was printed, one of 100 numbered copies on coated paper, the only deluxe copies.
This edition precedes the first public edition from Éditions de Minuit which also includes a deluxe issue.
Minor foxing to covers lightly and marginally sunned without consequence, handsome interior condition.

First edition, of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription from Tristan Tzara to Raymond Queneau : "... poète du langage et la liberté...[…the poet of language and liberty…]"
Covers and spine lightly and marginally sunned as usual.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Tristan Tzara to Raymond Queneau : "... avec toute la grande sympathie...[with all great good wishes…]"
Tiny insignidficant marginal tears to covers.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
A very good copy considering the fragility of the paper.