Ce formidable bordel !

First edition, of which there were no deluxe copies, a Service de Presse (advance) copy.
Some occasional light worming to the edges.
Autograph inscription signed by Eugène Ionesco to his friend the director, playwright and writer Simone Benmussa: "Pour Simone Benmussa, avec ma vieille amitié et pourtant toujours jeune, fidèlement, affectueusement, Eugène Ionesco Janvier 1974."
Literary adviser to the Jean-Louis Barrault - Madeleine Renaud Company, then, in 1957, editor-in-chief of the Cahiers Renaud-Barrault, Simone Benmussa also directed, from the Odéon theatre, the cultural service and the Cahiers of the Renaud-Barrault company. She adapted for the theatre works by her friend Nathalie Sarraute, Pierre Klossowski, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein... She was the companion of the actress Erika Kralik.