Gallimard | Paris 1959 | 14,5 x 21 cm | original wrappers under custom box and outer paper flap folder
First edition of the French translation, one of 86 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only
grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Our copy is housed in a black decorated custom clamshell case, square spine with the author's name and title in red and pink respectively, first panel decorated with a white spotted motif reminiscent of Lolita's scarf, title printed in red, with the quote "Mon péché, mon âme" (
My sin, my soul) at foot, repeated twice in red and pink, panel hollowed in its center and filled with a plexiglass medallion framed...