Janot-Poète

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Janot-Poète

1928119 x 188 mm

FIRST EDITION
ONE OF 11 COPIES ON JAPON IMPÉRIAL

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Description

FIRST EDITION.

One of 11 press numbered copies on japon impérial, first paper, followed by 99 copies on hollande van gelder, 525 copies on vergé pur fil montgolfier and a few off-market copies.

More prolific as a poet than as a novelist, Jammes here presents his avatar "Janot". Underlining the hybrid nature of this work of prose dedicated to "to those who still believe in poetry"one critic says: "It's a novel, but one where the warblers are chirping"..

Paris,Mercure de France,1928.In-8, Softcover119 x 188 mm,246 [6] pp.

Slightly yellowed.

Bio

Francis Jammes

(Tournay: 2 December 1868 - Hasparren: 1 November 1938)

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