VERLAINE (Paul). [Les Amies] In: La Revue indépendante. Volume 1 (From May to October 1884). Paris, 1884. - 6 issues in one volume in-18, light brown half cloth, smooth spine, speckled edges, cover preserved (period binding). Set of the first 6 issues, constituting the whole of the first year of this famous artistic and literary review edited by Félix Fénéon. It includes in particular the reprint of Paul Verlaine's "Amies", published in the October issue (pp. 456-461). There are also texts by Joris Karl Huysmans ("La Genèse du Peintre", "Le Salon de 1884" and "Un Dilemme"), Edmond de Goncourt ("Une Passionnette" and "Idées et Sensations d'un vieux civilisé"), Émile Zola ("Théâtre de campagne"), Stanislas de Guaïta ("À Charles Baudelaire"), Jean Moréas ("Sensualité"), etc. A good copy in contemporary binding, complete with title and front cover. Traces of wetness on the first cover and edges. Dark marks on the last leaves.