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Description
[POETRY – SONGS].
Set of 10 volumes:
- HELLENS (Franz). Ode to Bass Bassina Boulou. Liège: Pierre Aelberys, 1962. Printed in a run of 20 copies. 1/18 on Holland Van Gelder paper (no. 13). — MATHIEU (André). Double Équateur. Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1954. Author’s autographed copy sent to Henri Pichette. — *Le Nègre qui chante*. Songs translated and with an introduction by Eugène Jolas. Paris: Cahiers libres, 1928. 1/500 copies on Outhenin-Chalandre paper (no. 328). — PARNY (Évariste). Chansons madécasses… with six illustrations by Jacques Dupont. Paris: GLM, 1937. 1 of 70 copies on pannekoek-style Dutch laid paper, containing 8 illustrations (no. 41). — PARNY (Évariste). Madagascar Songs… with six illustrations by Jacques Dupont. Paris: GLM, 1937. 1 out of 500 copies printed on cream alfa paper (no. 242). — Petrus Borel, the traveller who mends his shoes. Introduction, notes and glossary: J. L. Steinmetz. Afterword: Alain Borer. La Chaux: F. A. Parisod, 1978. Printed in a run of 550 copies (no. 259). — PICHETTE (Henri). *Les Épiphanies*. n.p.: K Éditeur, 1947. 1 out of 200 copies on ‘Marais Crève-cœur’ paper (no. 24). — PICHETTE (Henri). *Apoèmes*. With a gris-gris by Antonin Artaud. Paris: Fontaine, 1947— PICHETTE (Henri). *Le Point vélique*. Paris: Mercure de France, 1950. Autographed copy signed by the author and sent to André Maurois. — PLEYNET (Marcelin). *Provisoires amants des nègres*. 1957–1959. Poetry. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1962. Press copy, with an autograph dedication by the author.
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Claude Mozis Library – Black Africa and the African diaspora
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10/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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