La connaissance du soir

First Gallimard edition, one of 13 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only deluxe copies after a single hors commerce copy on Holland paper and 12 copies on coloured paper, likewise hors commerce.

A pleasant copy complete with the publisher's review slip.

Half black shagreen binding with bands, smooth spine, title and author's name gilt-lettered, boards, endpapers and pastedowns of cat's-eye paper, original wrappers and spine preserved.

Fine signed autograph inscription from Joë Bousquet: "Au camarade attentif dont le nom flotte sur des pensées, et flatte mes longs espoirs, avec mon amitié reconnaissante à Monsieu Hirsch. JoeBousquet Carcassonne le 5 juin 1947."