First edition, one of 100 numbered advance (service de presse) copies on alfa du Marais paper. Half brown morocco Bradel binding over marbled paper boards by P. Goy & C. Vilaine, gilt date to foot of spine, yellow paper endpapers and pastedowns , advertising band preserved and mounted on guards. A rare and poetic autograph inscription from Aimé Césaire to the Pataphysician Maurice Saillet. Light dampstain to foot of covers, a trace of folding to upper cover, foxing to covers and the first few leaves. A nicely bound copy.