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180 - BLONDIN (Antoine). SET OF 2 BOOKS inscribed to the Parisian …
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BLONDIN (Antoine). SET OF 2 BOOKS inscribed to the Parisian bookseller Robert Vivien. MY LIFE BETWEEN THE LINES. Paris: La Table Ronde, 1982. In-8, paperback, with spine intact. FIRST EDITION on publishing paper. A BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION signed on the half-title page: ‘For you, dear and great Robert, this large yet small collection of writings which will spare you the trouble of reading me, but which will inspire a deep friendship that I ask you to share with Claude. Antoine Blondin. That said, 20 September 1982, it goes without saying that, at your request alone, I am prepared to add below (on the same page) an affectionate letter, in the hope of a smile from you.” THE TOUR DE FRANCE IN TWENTY-FOUR DAYS. P., Denoël/La Table Ronde, 1984. In-4, hardback with the publisher’s colour illustrations. FIRST EDITION of this selection of columns written by Blondin between 1951 and 1982 and published in the newspaper *L’Équipe*. Full-page and in-text colour ILLUSTRATIONS by BLACHON. AUTOGRAPHED DEDICATION on the first blank page: ‘For you, Robert, this book which doesn’t amount to much [?], except that it never stops thinking of you. You would be a wonderful friend to its author, though above all I wish you were both the hero and the author. In that case, you would be the very best. Yours, Antoine (Blondin)”.
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