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Barreaux Bars
1945Best.-Nr. 55715Paris: Edition de minuit et demi 1945. Fine. Edition de minuit et demi Paris 1945 13.50 x 21.50 cm relié First edition published under the pseudonym Robert Chénier one of 330 numbered copies on Arches paper the only printing after 25 on Japan and 70 on Marais paper. Elegant contemporary black gauffered leather by J. Anthoine-Legrain small repairs to joints covers with gilt fillet and blindruled fillet patterns and small squares making up the bars of a prison cell a verse from this collection of poems in gilt letters to top of upper cover ""Et nos barreaux seigneur ne cachent pas le ciel And our bars Lord cannot hide the sky"" moiré-effect paper endpapers and pastedowns covers and spine preserved top edge gilt. Slipcase edged in black gauffered leather black paper boards. A very good copy in a charming binding by J. Anthoine-Legrain. Edition de minuit et demi hardcover
