Books and Documents

The "other" great literary review of the interwar period, Commerce ran for twenty-nine issues over eight years under the guidance of Valéry, Fargue and Larbaud, assisted by Saint-John Perse, Giuseppe Ungaretti and Bernard Groethuysen.In 1924, the same year that saw the first issue of La Révolution surréaliste, Commerce moved eclectically and without fanfare among the…

Genevoix's own copy, one of 5 on Japan paper

The author's own copy

Maurice Genevoix's own copy, on Holland paper

Genevoix's third war narrative, inscribed

From the author's own library, unopened alfa copy

No. 1 on China paper, Genevoix's own copy, bound by Renaud Vernier

One of 13 on Japanese paper, in a decorated binding

First printing, with a soldier's portrait drawing

The author's own copy, with autograph bookplate

Unpublished preface: his own copy

The rear front, by Genevoix

The Henri Barbusse copy

A nominative deluxe copy

His own copy of his final publication

The companion to Ceux de 14: copy no. 1

First edition in boards, author's copy

Maurice Genevoix's own copy

First illustrated editions

Genevoix's own copy: one of the first ten on Hollande

Author's copy, with autograph corrections

Genevoix's own numbered copy on alfa paper

Copy no. 1, the author's own

Genevoix's own copy, with censored passage restored

Genevoix's own copy, from the illustrator

Genevoix's annotated working copy

The author's own copy, on China paper

Raboliot in braille, for Genevoix

Genevoix's working copy of Raboliot

Genevoix's own hors commerce copy