First edition, one of 45 numbered copies on alfa paper, the only deluxe copies after 23 on pur fil. Neuf et une consists of a collection celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Prix Renaudot (first awarded in 1926), bringing together a text from each of the first ten winners: Marcel Aymé with "Knate", Germaine Beaumont with "Cinquième acte", Charles Braibant with "La cagoule" - Louis-Ferdinand Céline with "Secrets dans l'île", Louis Francis with "Les Cyclamens", Philippe Hériat with "En présence de l'ennemi", Armand Lunel with "Les assiettes", Bernard Nabonne with "La double Gervasie", André Obey with "Vénus et Adonis" and François de Roux with "Mirage". Some light foxing to endpapers, handsome and rare copy.