Le solitaire

The first edition, of which there were no deluxe copies.
Handsome copy complete with its dust jacket.
Autograph inscription dated and signed by Eugène Ionesco to his friend the director, playwright and writer Simone Benmussa: "Pour Simone Benmussa, son soupirant éternel, parfois furieux. Eugène Ionesco Juin 1973." (For Simone Benmussa, her eternal suitor, sometimes furious. Eugène Ionesco June 1973.)
Literary advisor 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 stage works by her friend Nathalie Sarraute, Pierre Klossowski, Jean Cocteau, Gertrude Stein... She was the companion of the actress Erika Kralik.