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First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Andreï Schaikevitch to Maryelle Krempff who completed her brilliant career as a dancer as principal dancer at the Opéra Comique before teaching dance at the Conservatoire National de région de Saint-Maur des Fossés from 1969 to 1989: "A mademoiselle Maryelle Krempff avec toute mon admiration pour son talent." ["To Miss Maryelle Krempff with all my admiration for her talent."]

First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on handmade Arches laid paper, the only deluxe copies.
Beautiful cover illustrated by Edouard-Louis Cousyn.
Two minor tears of no consequence on the second cover.
Handsome full-margined copy.

First edition of the French translation, one of 25 numbered copies on vélin crèvecoeur, deluxe copy after 10 pur fil
Gift inscription dated in black ink from bookseller Claude Buffet at head of first endpaper.
Handsome copy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on wove paper, the only deluxe copies with 60 on laid paper.

first edition, one of the 315 copies numbered on vellum crèvecoeur du Marais, only large papers after 25 pure fil Marais.
Late autograph shipment dated 1970 and signed by Marcel Béalu to Paul Aveline enriched with a drawing in the manner of Jean Cocteau representing a fantastic creature with two faces.
Back and boards slightly and marginally insolated without gravity, otherwise pleasant copy.

First edition and pre-first edition of poems and letters by Stéphane Mallarmé as well as a letter by Paul Valéry.
With studies by Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Valéry, Albert Béguin, Joe Bousquet, Jean Starobinski...
Portrait of Mallarmé by Pablo Picasso and unpublished quatrain to Mery Laurent hors texte.
A few lines underlined in ballpoint pen otherwise handsome copy.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vélin bouffant, the only deluxe copies with 25 on vélin du Marais.
A handsome copy.