African Poetry and Prose

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Spine very lightly sunned, otherwise a handsome copy.
Contributions by Martin Luther King "Lettre de la prison de Birmingham", Alain Husson-Dumoutier "Moi qui voulais devenir noir", Kateb Yacine "Aventures de Nuage de fumée", Marthe Meyer "René Habachi", Khar Ndofène and Habib Thiam "Dia, Senghor et le socialisme africain (II)" and also a critical article on "Le feu follet" adapted for cinema by Louis Malle...

First edition of this issue of the important humanist review founded by Emmanuel Mounier, one of 50 numbered copies on alfa mousse paper, the only deluxe copies.
Some worming to the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
Contributions by Norman Mailer "Le blanc-nègre. Réflexions superficielles sur le hipster", Joseph Ben David "Nouvelle classe dans les pays sous-développés", André Neher "Réflexions sur Israël", Casamayor "Lettre à un ultra", Hélène Carrère d'Encausse "U.R.S.S. en Chine en Orient"...

First edition on current paper.
Text preceded by a popular song adapted by Sembène Ousmane.
Autograph dedication dated and signed by Pierre Bamboté to Armand Monjo.

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Autograph dedication signed by Edouard Glissant to Charles Dobzynski.
Nice copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
A nice copy.

first edition for which it was not taken from large papers.
Signed autograph signed by Jean-Marie Gibbal to his friends Françoise and Pierre Dumayet.
Pleasant copy.

First collected edition published under the direction of Pierre-Francis Lacroix.
Manuscript signature of Pierre-Francis Lacroix on the half-title page of the first volume.
Handsome copies complete with their dust jackets which have small marginal tears.

First French edition.
In original wrappers. Uncut copy, the last third of the book with conjugate leaves. One corner slightly creased. Handsome copy.
The foreword emphasizes the state of slavery in French colonies. The work provides a report on the abolition of slavery in British colonies. The details and documents (letters, etc.) are drawn from official documents printed by order of the House of Commons. First part: Jamaica. Second part: Barbados. Third part: British Guiana. Numerous pieces of information and testimonies, notably on sugar production before and after slavery... The abolition of slavery dates from 1833 in England, 1848 in France, with greater tolerance in Africa.

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First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Spine and covers marginally faded, not serious, as usual.

First edition of which there were no large paper copies, one advance (service de presse) copy.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by Michel Leiris to Jeanine and Raymond (Queneau) : "... avec toute l'affection de leur ami..."
Spine and covers faded in the margins as usual.

First edition of the French translation established by Hippolyte Vattemare.
Half green shagreen binding, spine with five fine raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments enhanced at corners with gilt vegetal motifs, light scratches of no consequence to spine, frame of blind fillets on green paper boards, gilt laurel leaf with gilt inscription stamped at center of front board "Offert par la société de protection des enfants du papier peint", cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Work illustrated with 56 engravings in text and 2 maps including 1 folding colored map at rear.
Handsome copy almost entirely free of foxing.

First edition, one of 500 numbered copies on vellum, the only deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Janine Raynond to art critic and novelist Gerhard Weber: "... je voudrais que pour vous, mes vers n'éveillent qu'un désir de voyage tout en rêvant d'un monde où fleurirait la sagesse..." ["... I would wish that for you, my verses awaken only a desire to travel while dreaming of a world where wisdom would flourish..."]
Photographs by Georges Raynond, preface by Alisaona Raharinarivonirina.

Les Mémoires de Joséphine Baker recueillis et adaptés par Marcel Sauvage
Corrêa | Paris 1949 | 12 x 19 cm | original wrappers
New edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin Johannot, the only grand papier (deluxe) copies.
Illustrated cover.
Illustrations, some press clippings tipped in, which caused a clear fading, on half-title page.
A rare and good copy.

First edition.
Illustrated covers.
Pencil annotations in margins of some pages.
Small angular fold marks on covers, one light harmless tear at foot of spine.

First edition in French, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Photographic cover.
Gift inscription in ballpoint pen at the head of the half-title page, handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Handsome autograph inscription from Blaise Cendrars to Jules supervielle : " à supervielle, voleur d'enfants."
A tiny marginal lack, not serious, on the first free endpaper, lacks to head of a leave (less than skillfully cut), small traces of folding to lower cover.
A handsome and rare copy.

First edition, one of 100 numbered advance (service de presse) copies on alfa du Marais paper.
Half brown morocco Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, gilt date to foot of spine, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns , advertising band preserved and mounted on guards.
A rare and poetic autograph inscription from Aimé Césaire to the Pataphysician Maurice Saillet.
Light dampstain to foot of covers, a trace of folding to upper cover, foxing to covers and the first few leaves.
A nicely bound copy.

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Autograph inscription signed by Léopold Sédar Senghor with an additional fine inscription by Geneviève Lebaud.
Some reading marks in black ink in the text, photographic cover.

First edition.
Plain paper cover. Rare.

First edition.
Lacking spine and boards, a small stain and slight marginal lack to the second board, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.