APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume). There is. Preface by Ramon Gomez de La Serna. Paris : Albert Messein, 1925. - In-8, paperback, untrimmed, burgundy half-chagrin folder with cover and case by Devauchelle. Posthumous first edition published by Jean Royère in the collection "La Phalange", gathering poems written between 1895 and 1918 to which are added various writings on painting and some painters (Henri Matisse, Picasso, Le Douanier Rousseau, Pablo Picasso and Van Dongen) and on 3 writers who are Jean Royère, Paul Fort and Alfred Jarry. The first poem entitled "Midnight" is set in a schoolboy drawing by the author. Preface by Ramon Gomez de La Serna "who prides himself on considering himself a Spanish Apollinaire", translated by Jean Cassou. ONE OF THE 100 NUMBERED COPIES ON ARCHES GREEN PAPER, second paper after 30 chine, this one not justified. Copy enriched with a L.A.S. from A. Freyens, professor at the École Normale, dated July 1, 1938, addressed to a lady, about the inauguration of a commemorative plaque in memory of the poet Paul Gérard. According to the indication at the bottom of the back cover, this copy comes from the library of Jacqueline Apollinaire (18..-1967), wife of the poet. The enclosed letter could be addressed to her. Spine slightly browned and partly detached. Perfect condition inside.