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ROUSSEL, Raymond

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04.11.2022 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 81 | ROUSSEL, Raymond
ROUSSEL, Raymond

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique

ROUSSEL, Raymond

Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique

Paris, Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1932. Achevé d’imprimé “trente juin dix neuf cent trente deux”



EXEMPLAIRE DE TÊTE SUR JAPON, À TOUTES MARGES. LONG ENVOI. COUVERTURE EN PREMIER ÉTAT. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. In-8 (190 x 140mm). Avec le petit cahier “La Critique et Raymond Roussel”. TIRAGE : exemplaire de tête sur japon. Un des très rares exemplaires, avec la couverture en premier état, sans la mention imprimée “Suivies de L’Âme de Victor Hugo”, ajoutée ici à la main, par Raymond Roussel. ILLUSTRATION : reproduction de 59 dessins à pleine page de Henri-Achille Zo



ENVOI autographe signé : "Page 73. Pour un rouleau clos qui débute comme ex-bobine à neuf ruban [sic], un poussiéreux Tambour après l’étape ; à ma chère Madame Mac Lellan, qui m’a donné sur les bobines à ruban des renseignements qui m’ont servi pour les vers cités ici ; avec toute la vieille affection de Ray. Décembre 1932” [et, en tête de “La Critique et Raymond Roussel” :] “Chère Madame, ne prenez pas la peine de lire ces critiques, ce sont absolument les mêmes que celles qui figuraient dans la Poussière de Soleils, sauf les deux premières pages et les trois dernières”. BROCHÉ



[Avec, du même:] Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique. Suivies de L’Âme de Victor Hugo. Paris, Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, 1932. Achevé d’imprimé 1933. EXEMPLAIRE DE TÊTE SUR JAPON, À TOUTES MARGES. ÉTAT DE NEUF DE L'ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Avec le petit cahier “La Critique et Raymond Roussel”. In-8 (190 x 140mm). TIRAGE : exemplaire de tête sur japon. ILLUSTRATION : reproduction de 59 dessins à pleine page de Henri-Achille Zo. BROCHÉ, non coupé



Two deluxe copies of the first edition.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Book
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