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the front cover of a book with a picture of a woman ' s face on itan open book with a handwritten letter on it and a picture of a birdan image of a drawing of a woman ' s face with a fish in her mouthdrawing of a picture of a bird in a tree with flowersan image of a black and white drawing of a man and a woman
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56 - BRETON (André). Lise DEHARME, Julien GRACQ and Jean TARDIEU.
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Estimate €4,000 - €5,000
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BRETON (André). Lise DEHARME, Julien GRACQ and Jean TARDIEU. *Farouche à quatre feuilles*. Paris, Grasset, 1954. Small quarto, burgundy half-maroquin with bands, plain spine with decoration, gilt head, cover and spine (contemporary binding). First edition bringing together four texts: *Alouette du parloir* by André Breton, *Le Vrai jour* by Lise Deharme, *Les Yeux bien ouverts* by Julien Gracq and *Madrépores ou l’architecte imaginaire* by Jean Tardieu. The volume is illustrated with four original etchings signed by Max Walter Svanberg, Vieira da Silva, Simon Hantaï and Wolfgang Paalen. A print run of 77 copies; this is one of 43 printed on Montval laid paper. An extraordinary letter from the author to Edmond Bomsel concerning John Fitzgerald Kennedy. From the Edmond Bomsel library, with bookplate.
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About the sale Eros & Thanatos – Selected extracts from the L-D S library
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Auction time 10/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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