Le cantique sur la colline
Back and marginally insolated boards, nice interior state.
Autograph dedication signed by François-Paul Alibert to André Nadal: "... these poems which were mostly designed under the sign of music".

Copies inscribed by the author, i.e. a handwritten dedication to a close friend. As moving accounts of the genesis of the book and the writer's links with the people of his time, inscriptions are a unique record of the author's life.
First edition, one of the publisher’s press copies.
Some light spotting to the boards and spine.
Exceptional signed autograph inscription from Raymond Queneau to his very close friend and biographer Jean Queval, himself a leading figure and co-founder of Oulipo.
This dedication is followed by a second one — in English and heavily corrected — by Jean Queval: "To the [?], in friendship. NB. I smoke no more. This is a rather nice book, one on which I worked. There's also Beowulf. There is a university in Limoges. Untest uncheck ! Nan is none too well."