First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, deluxe issue. Bound in half fawn morocco with corners, spine with five raised bands, date at foot, marbled paper boards, combed paper endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers and spine preserved, top edge gilt, binding signed Devauchelle. Work illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Blaise Cendrars by Robert Doisneau. Handsome copy handsomely bound.