Description
FIRST EDITION.
ONE OF 80 FIRST COPIES ON ALFA-FOAM ; follow 412 on Bouffant Sélect.
FRANÇOIS MITTERAND'S COPYfrom lot n°529 of the Piasa sale (2018).
Binding attributable to Danielle Mitterand.
Pinget won the Prix des Critiques in 1963 for this novel, written in the space of a few months following a bet with publisher Jérôme Lindon. The author then adapted it for the stage. The play, directed by Joël Jouhanneau, premiered at the Théâtre au bord de l'eau in Vidy, Lausanne, on 5 March 1992.
Paris,1962.In-8, Bound,150 x 223 mm,489 pp..
Red half-maroquin with corners, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt title, gilt head, bookmark. Cover preserved.