Les Têtes de Stéphanie
Paris, Gallimard, (July 3) 1974.
1 vol. (150 x 220 mm) of 289 p. and [1] f. In wrappers, with illustrated cover.
July reprinting under a new dust jacket, which acknowledges Gary's identity as the author.
Press copy, stamped as such.
Press copy, stamped as such.
Once the secret was revealed, the July reprinting of the book featured a new cover: on the front, Gary’s face appears on a fictitious postage stamp; on the back, the following text: “One would be wrong to think that I chose a pseudonym for Les Têtes de Stéphanie because it is what is sometimes grudgingly called ‘a spy novel’. I did it because I sometimes feel the need to change my identity, to separate myself from myself, for the space of a book. (…) I am revealing my true identity today because, in any case, certain critics have already uncovered the secret of this ‘reincarnation’…”
Rare as a review copy.
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