L’Amour la poésie
Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, (March 19) 1929.
1 vol. (160 x 215 mm) of 133 pp. and [1] f. Half havana and black morocco with bands, mosaic fillet designs running across the spine, mosaic title on spine, doublures and endleaves of decorated paper, top edge gilt, original wrappers and spine preserved (binding signed Paul Bonet).
First edition.
One of 12 hors commerce copies on green paper, reserved for the author, this copy no. 2.
Signed presentation inscription: “Qui es-tu, André ? Celui que je ne peux perdre qu'en me perdant moi-même, mon droit à penser, à vivre, Paul Éluard.”
One of 12 hors commerce copies on green paper, reserved for the author, this copy no. 2.
Signed presentation inscription: “Qui es-tu, André ? Celui que je ne peux perdre qu'en me perdant moi-même, mon droit à penser, à vivre, Paul Éluard.”
Bound into this copy:
5 autograph poems (fair copies) bound at the front.
12 autograph poems (first drafts) bound in their respective places in the volume.
Paul Bonet recorded this binding in his notebooks among those executed “on works by Breton and Éluard for Mrs. Gaffé Breton et Éluard,” under the heading “Quelques demi-reliures surréalistes” (Carnets, no. 204A + plate 22).
A similar design is found on Capitale de la douleur. Bonet later bound (in 1934), for himself, another copy of L’Amour la poésie (Carnets, no. 269 + plate 39) — copy IV.
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