Description
YOURCENAR (Marguerite).
Deep River, Dark River. ‘Negro Spirituals’, commentaries and translations.
Paris: Gallimard, [1964]. — In-8, 204 x 140: 251 pp., (2 ff.), printed cover. Paperback, with illustrated dust jacket.
First edition.
Press copy, accompanied by a business card from the novelist bearing the following autograph dedication: ‘To Françoise Giroud / as a token of my appreciation // and in thanks for the // publication by *L’Express* // of a few pages from this book // Marguerite Yourcenar.”
A perfectly preserved copy.
Included:
- *Revue de Paris*. Paris: Revue de Paris, 1964. — In-8, paperback.
The July 1964 issue of the *Revue de Paris* featuring Marguerite Yourcenar’s text *Fleuve profond* in its pre-publication version.
- *Mercure de France*. Paris: Mercure de France, 1952. — 8vo, paperback.
Issue 1066 dated 1 June 1952, featuring, amongst other works, Marguerite Yourcenar’s ‘Chants noirs’.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 10/12/2026 at 5:42 PM
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