First edition, a Service de Presse (advance) copy. Minor rubbing to spine, a tiny hole at head of first cover, clear marks from adhesive paper on endpapers. On the half-title page, autograph inscription signed by Jacques Prévert to his friend the Resistance fighter Pierre Hervé enriched with a small multicolored drawing in black felt-tip pen and red colored pencil depicting a little figure holding a placard framing the title of the work.