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1454 - ARTAUD (Antonin). *L’Ombilic des limbes*. With a portrait of…
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ARTAUD (Antonin). *L’Ombilic des limbes*. With a portrait of the author by André MASSON, wood-engraved by G. Aubert. Paris, NRF – Gallimard, 1925. In-12, softback, 69 pp. First edition. 1/750 numbered copies on imitation Navarre vellum. Also included, by the same author: - Correspondence with Jacques Rivière. With a portrait of the author by Jean de Bosschère, wood-engraved by G. Aubert, as a frontispiece. Paris, NRF – Gallimard, 1927, in-12, softback, untrimmed, 65 pp. First edition. 1 of 620 numbered copies on Navarre vellum. - *Le Pèse-nerfs* followed by *Fragments d’un Journal d’Enfer*. With a frontispiece by André MASSON. Marseille, Les Cahiers du Sud, ‘Critique’ series, 1927, in-8, softback, 84 pp. Partially first edition, comprising *Fragments d’un Journal d’Enfer* (approximately a quarter of the volume), printed in a run of 553 copies, 1/500 numbered on alfa paper. A few small foxing spots. - Preamble - Address to the Pope - Address to the Dalai Lama - Correspondence with Jacques Rivière - The Navel of Limbo - The Nerve-Weigher - Art and Death - Early Poems (1913–1923) - Early Prose - Tric trac du ciel - Bilboquet - Poems (1924–1935). Complete Works, Volume I. Paris, NRF, 1976, in-8, softback, 322 pp. New, revised and corrected edition.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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