GRACQ (Julien). Literature to the stomach. Paris: José Corti, [1950]. - In-16, 161 x 109: 73 pp., (1 f. white), printed cover. Black half-maroquin with bradel, smooth spine, golden head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (modern binding). Original edition of this essay by Julien Gracq first published in Empédocle, Albert Camus' magazine. The author denounces the different systems of modern promotion of literature and studies the attitude of the public towards this literature and those who make it. The writing is clear and lively, and the text offers some fine phrases: "In short, a French writer enjoys two sometimes vastly different specifications in relation to the public: he has a situation and an audience - we will make this clear to everyone by saying that, for example, Mr Georges Duhamel has a situation and Mr Henri Michaux has an audience" (p. 45). ONE OF 40 NUMBERED EXAMPLES ON LAFUMA PAPER, ONLY ON LARGE PAPER ( No. 2). Copy in modern binding.