First edition, a service de presse (advance) copy. Some worming to boards, a small stain at foot of spine which is slightly sunned. Autograph inscription signed by André Salmon to his close friend the Provençal writer, caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim who was notably the friend of Fernandel, Raimu and Marcel Pagnol as well as Max Jacob: "Ce conte à rebours pour alice et Carlo quand ils sont, pour notre joie, à la Hune leur vieil André Salmon 1966" ["This backwards tale for Alice and Carlo when they are, to our joy, at La Hune their old André Salmon 1966"].