Description
FIRST EDITION.
Current edition after 50 copies on Hollande and 60 copies on pur chiffon.
AUTOGRAPHIC SENTENCE SIGNED to André Bay, Chardonne's son-in-law, writer and director of Stock:
"to André Bay,
with many
of faithful affection
Jean "
Interspersed with an autograph letter signed to the same :
"Paris, Sunday
Thank you for your letter, my dear André!
It gave me great pleasure - and honour. So almost nothing
on almost everything hasn't disappointed you, I haven't completely wasted my time.
A letter like yours is the best reward for me.
And I was delighted with both sketches.
With much gratitude and best wishes,
to you with all my heart.
Jean d'Ormesson."
André Bay has marked a few passages and added, above the title of the first part "Being"the autographed phrase: "or almost everything about almost nothing, the whole of nothing"and, at the beginning of theMonologue at all". : comets with sparks of words and things"
Nice provenance.
Printed publisher's cover. A few stains on the front cover.