Ladislas Kijno

First edition of the French translation.
Handsome copy.
Publisher's full cardboard binding, smooth spine, one tear at foot of spine, complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Iconography.
Fine signed autograph inscription, in red felt pen, from Ladislas Kijno to his friend the poet Charles Dobzynski enriched with an original drawing representing the eyes and nose of a woman: "Merci mon cher Charles pour ton intense analyse de ma spéléologie mentale (page 84) qui m'interroge, que j'interroge par l'intermédiaire du "merveilleux" photographe André Villers. Merci aussi pour ton texte sur St Petersbourg dans "Aujourd'hui Poème". Tout cela nous rapproche de plus en plus ! Bonne année à vous deux de nous deux + un coeur dessiné..." ["Thank you my dear Charles for your intense analysis of my mental speleology (page 84) which questions me, which I question through the intermediary of the "marvelous" photographer André Villers. Thank you also for your text on St Petersburg in "Today Poem". All this brings us closer and closer! Happy New Year to both of you from both of us + a drawn heart..."]