Jacques Prevert — Paroles, Edition Revue Et Augmentee

Paris, NRF, Le point du jour, 1951 . Cloth. A scarce limited edition, 'revue et augmentee' of Jacques Prevert's important poetry collection. In the original French.A scarce revised and updated limited edition, with this copy being number 4844 of 4500 copies printed on Alfama Marais paper, which were numbered 1051 to 5050, and bound according to a design by Prevert and Pierre Faucheux.First published in 1946, this landmark collection of French poetry helped define mid-20th-century French literary culture. With the former owner's inscription of John Farthing to the front pastedown, and an inscription to Farthing to the verso of the front free endpaper.Prevert"s direct style made his poetry accessible to a broad audience and cemented his place as one of France"s most beloved modern poets. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, otherwise externally fine. Inscription to front pastedown and verso of front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .