Salut au Kentucky
Paris, Robert Laffont, (July 9) 1947.
1 vol. (120 x 190 mm) of 318 p. and [1] f. In wrappers.
First edition.
One of the first 100 copies on alfa paper (no. 44).
Bound in at front, 1 leaf from the ordinary printing with a signed presentation inscription: “Pour Louis Guitard, qui a si bien parlé de Mauriac, ce vieux roman où l'on voit finir la jeunesse. Avec le souvenir très sympathique de Kléber Haedens, La Bourdette, le 8 février 1970.”
One of the first 100 copies on alfa paper (no. 44).
Bound in at front, 1 leaf from the ordinary printing with a signed presentation inscription: “Pour Louis Guitard, qui a si bien parlé de Mauriac, ce vieux roman où l'on voit finir la jeunesse. Avec le souvenir très sympathique de Kléber Haedens, La Bourdette, le 8 février 1970.”
The award of the 1947 Prix Goncourt to Jean-Louis Curtis was marked by a turbulent controversy: Sacha Guitry and René Benjamin, reinstated to the jury after their suspension, challenged the Academy’s legitimacy and created a rival prize — which Guitry dubbed “le prix Jules et le prix Edmond” — awarded to Salut au Kentucky.
The dissident prize saw only a single edition, in 1947: a lawsuit put an end to the venture, Benjamin died the same year, and Guitry eventually resigned.
From the “Prix Goncourt” library of Gérard Pouguet, with bookplate.
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