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HUIDOBRO Vicente (1893-1948)

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HUIDOBRO Vicente (1893-1948)

Gilles de Raiz. Play in four acts and an epilogue. Paris, Éditions
Totem, 1932.
In-8, 3 ff. bl., cover, ff. dedication, 232 pp., 2 ff., cover, 3 ff.
bl. with an oblong typed paper on orange paper mounted on tabs. Striped black half calf with red varnish panels in snake print, long spine, red edges, preserved cover and spine, folder and slipcase (Binding Georges Leroux).
Original edition in a very nice binding signed Leroux whose red edges evoke the bloody memory of Gilles de Raiz. The book, illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Pablo Picasso and 2 full-page drawings by Sima, is enriched with an autograph signed French letter from the author addressed to Lady Rothermere.
PROVENANCE Collection J.M.B Georges Simenon.
HUIDOBRO Vincent (1893-1948) - ARP Hans (or Jean) (1886-1966). Three new copies. Paris, Fontaine, 1945. In-16, 51 pp. Square paperback, cover with flaps.
First edition of the French translation by Rilka Walter. Cover illustrated by Mario Prassinos. One of the 25 head copies on vergé d'Arches (n° XV).