La Belle en Dormant.
by MARCOUSSIS, Louis. Hugnet, Georges
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- Signed
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About This Item
Paris.: Les Editions des Cahiers Libres. , 1933. 30 janvier 1933. . Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black.. 8vo. (192 x 148 mm).. Half-title with 'Du Même Auteur' verso, leaf with original monochrome etching by Louis Marcoussis verso as frontispiece, printed title with copyright verso, leaf with dedication, Hugnet's verse and final leaf with justification. An excellent copy of the édition de tête limited to 10 copies, in the original wrappers, and with Marcoussis' original frontispiece.From the edition limited to 510 numbered copies, with this one of 10 from the édition de tête on Japon Ancien signed in black ink by Georges Hugnet and with the original etching as frontispiece by Louis Marcoussis.Hugnet’s presentation is in black ink: 'A mon père, / Seigneur des Folies St. Antoine, / en souhaitant que les semaines / aient quatre jeudis, avec toute l'affection / de / La Belle en dormant [printed half-title] / et de Georget, / 1933'.Together with a manuscript poem by Hugnet, one not included in the printed book, in black ink on white paper and pasted into the book: ‘Ce que nous avons appris dans la vie du sommeil / s’attache à nous comme une chevelure / Et nous savons les jours de la nuit par coeur / Epelle les noms des voyages et des certitudes / je te répondrais comme toi-même et tout sera dit / car tout est hors de propos / Et rien de trop.'Also included, loosely inserted, is the folded subscription sheet for the book.
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- Bookseller
- Sims Reed Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47723
- Title
- La Belle en Dormant.
- Author
- MARCOUSSIS, Louis. Hugnet, Georges
- Format/Binding
- Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Les Editions des Cahiers Libres.
- Place of Publication
- Paris.
- Date Published
- 1933. 30 janvier 1933.
- Pages
- [38 leaves; pp. 66, (i), (i)].
- Size
- 8vo. (192 x 148 mm).
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