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COCTEAU, Jean (1889-1963, illustrator) & Jean GENET (1910-1986). Querelle de Brest. [?Paris: ?1947]. 4° (305 x 232mm). Lithographed frontispiece and 28 plates by and after Cocteau, title border after Cocteau, initial printed in red. One-page letterpress leaf [?to subscribers] beginning 'Une brusque lassitude ...' bound in before the title. Contemporary half black crushed morocco gilt, lettered in gilt on the spine, original printed wrappers after Cocteau bound in, top edge gilt, others uncut (extremities a little rubbed, small scuffmark on spine). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. LIMITED TO 525 COPIES 'STRICTEMENT HORS-COMMERCE', THIS NUMBER 393 OF 460 ON VéLIN à LA FORME. Querelle de Brest was issued in both illustrated and unillustrated editions in 1947.
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