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First edition for which was no grand papier (deluxe) copy.
Pleasant copy of this work which received the Prix Fémina in 1984.
Rare and precious handwritten inscripttion, dated and signed by Tchicaya U Tam'si to Régine Deforges: “Pour Régine Deforges qui a écrit quelques mots que j'aurais voulu mettre en guise de dédicace mais ma mémoire est moins fidèle que moi. à elle toute la poésie de ce 'roman'.” (“For Régine Deforges who wrote some words that I would have liked to include as a dedication but my memory is less faithful than me. To her, all the poetry of this 'novel'.”)

Provenance: from the library of Régine...

First edition, no deluxe paper copies were issued.
 With a precious signed autograph inscription by Jacques Higelin to Régine Deforges : “To my lady Régine Deforges, the tender greeting of my twenty springs, which I lay today at the doorstep of your heart's secret garden.”
Provenance: the library of Régine Deforges.
 A handsome copy.

First edition, one of 796 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the only grands papiers (deluxe copies) after 109 reimposed.
Full green board Bradel binding, title piece in glazed yellow calf, covers and spine preserved, contemporary binding.
Presentation copy inscribed by André Breton: “à Edmond Jaloux, hommage très dévoué. André Breton” “To Edmond Jaloux, a very devoted tribute. André Breton”.
Edmond Jaloux, who was one of the earliest promoters of surrealism, wrote at the release of this atypical novel and misunderstood by most of his contemporaries, the most laudatory article of the time, concluding with this admiring admission of the impotence of...

First edition printed in 500 numbered copies on Japan paper.
Work illustrated with drawings by Job after pencil sketches.
Handsome copy despite light worming of no consequence to the boards.
Manuscript signatures of Job and Stéphen Liégeard below the justification page.

First edition, strictly hors commerce and printed in a small number of copies.
Rare and handsome copy. 
Beautiful autograph inscription signed by Pierre Guyotat:

"B
 E
 A
Pour Francis Ponge, ce B.A. = BA de l'écriture, où s'intercale le "E" de l'étouffement, Pierre Guyotat, le 19 Avril 1973." ["For Francis Ponge, this B.A. = the ABC of writing, where the "E" of suffocation intercedes, Pierre Guyotat, 19 April 1973."]