First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on vélin pur chiffon de Lana, the only deluxe issue (grands papiers). A very fine copy. Moving and beautiful inscription by Daniel Pennac to his great friend Franklin Rist (to whom he dedicated Comme un Roman) added below the printed dedication: "Et grâce à ton amitié, Franklin, qui nourrit chaque ligne, et dont un lecteur attentif trouverait même la trace entre les mots. D. Pennac" [And thanks to your friendship, Franklin, which influenced each line, an observant reader would even find its trace between the words. D. Pennac] with a drawing of a little man carrying, like Atlas or Sisyphus, a fountain pen.