Le Livre ouvert. 1938-1940 * Le Livre ouvert. 1939-1941 **
Paris, aux Éditions Cahiers d'art, (October) 1940 and (January) 1942.
2 vols. (120 x 195 mm) of 51 p. and 2 f.; 64, [2] p. and 1 f. In wrappers.
First edition. One of 250 and 500 copies on alfa Hélio paper.
Presentation copy inscribed by the author: “Ex Libris René Char. René, mon ami invincible. Paul Éluard.”
Presentation copy inscribed by the author: “Ex Libris René Char. René, mon ami invincible. Paul Éluard.”
Each of these two collections comprises some forty poems, most of them written before German troops entered Paris on 14 June 1940. The final poem, closing the second volume, was later published separately and included in Poésie et vérité 1942 under the title Sur les pentes inférieures.
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