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220 - [LEIRIS (Michel)].
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[LEIRIS (Michel)]. A collection of 15 books or journals: - *L’Afrique fantôme* (illustrated with 32 photographic plates). Fourth edition. Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1934. — *Race et civilisation*. Paris: UNESCO, 1951. Signed copy by the author. — *La Possession et ses aspects théâtraux chez les éthiopiens de Gondar*. Paris: Plon, 1958. — *Brisées*, with a portrait of the author by Picasso. Paris: Mercure de France, 1966. 1/40 Rives vellum, the only large-format paper (no. 3). — Words without Memory. Simulacrum. The Cardinal Point. Glossary: I gather my glosses here. Vegetable Trifles. Carved Chestnuts for Miró. Paris: Gallimard, 1969. Author’s autographed copy sent to Suzon Merleau-Ponty. — On the Reverse of the Images. Marseille: Fata Morgana, 1980. 1/955 on tinted laid paper. — *The Ribbon Around Olympia’s Neck*. Paris: Gallimard, 1981. 1/37 on Arches Arjomari-Prioux vellum, the only large-format paper (no. 22). — *Abyssinian Graffiti*. No place, 1990. Unpublished copy for Claude Oterelo. — *Mirror of Africa*. Paris: Gallimard, 1996. — *Wifredo Lam*, edited and annotated by Jean Jami, with a foreword by Pierre Vilar. Brussels: Didier Devillez, 1997. Journals and miscellaneous: - *Aethiopica*. A philological journal edited by Sylvain Grébaut. New York: Alma Egan Hyatt Foundation, October 1934 and April 1935. Two rare issues, each containing a text by Michel Leiris; the first includes a signed autograph dedication by the author. — NADEAU (Maurice). Michel Leiris and the Quadrature of the Circle. Paris: Julliard, 1963. Autographed copy from the author. — L’Éphémère no. 4. Saint-Paul: Fondation Maeght, 1967. — PAULME (Denise). *Letters from Sanga to André Schaeffner*, followed by *Letters from Sanga* by Deborah Lifchitz and Denise Paulme to Michel Leiris. Paris: Fourbis, 1992.
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About the sale Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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