Inscribed Books

Collected edition of the French translation, no deluxe copies issued.
Boards slightly and marginally soiled, two small spots on the edges not affecting the leaves.
Very rare presentation copy signed and inscribed in Arabic by Mahmoud Darwish, the poet of the Palestinian condition, on the half-title page.
 

Autograph letter dated and signed (25 lines in black ink) from the illustrator and caricaturist Sennep, addressed to his friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim, thanking him while teasing him after having been decorated with the Legion of Honor: "Merci, gros jaloux ! mais, d'abord, je n'ai pas les cheveux aussi blancs ! ensuite, ma cravate est d'un bleu de ciel, qui évoque le ruban des "Enfants de Marie", beaucoup plus que l'ordre du Saint-Esprit..." ["Thank you, big jealous one! but, first, I don't have hair that white! then, my tie is sky blue, which evokes the ribbon of the "Children of Mary", much more than the order of the Holy Spirit..."]

A self-portrait in black felt-tip pen and heightened with blue pencil represents the illustrator, freshly honored, with his decoration around his neck.

Fold inherent to mailing.

Carlo Rim was a Provençal writer, author of "Ma belle Marseille", a caricaturist, a filmmaker and was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol but also of Max Jacob and André Salmon whom he met in Sanary.