KESSEL (Joseph). Belle de jour. Paris : Nouvelle Revue Française, 1929. - In-4 tellière, 217 x 165 : 235 pp, (2 ff. last blank), printed cover. Paperback, in grey half-box cover with overlapping bands and slipcase (D.-H. Mercher). First edition of this famous and sulphurous novel by Joseph Kessel, which provoked violent reactions from readers at the time of its first publication in the newspaper Gringoire. One of the first 110 copies reprinted in the in-4 format on Lafuma-Navarre laid paper, this one, among the 100 destined for the Bibliophiles of the Nouvelle Revue Française, specially printed for the poet and writer Joë Bousquet (1897-1950). A very well preserved copy, protected by a folder and a case made by Daniel-Henri Mercher. Rubbing on the back of the folder. Provenance : Joë Bousquet. - Ex-libris M.D.