Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Jean GENET (1910-1986) 
Querelle de Brest. 
[Paris: Paul Morihien, 1947]. - In-4, 31.2 x 23.6 cm: 305 pp, (3 ff. last two blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, both covers in publisher's hardback folder. 

Original clandestine edition, published without date or publisher by Paul Morihien. It is illustrated with 30 lithographs by Jean Cocteau, including a frame on the title, repeated on the cover, and 29 full-page erotic compositions.
Edition of 525 copies. One of 500 on vellum, this being one of 460 numbered in Arabic numerals (no. 346).

Copy complete with the author's note on a flyleaf beginning: "A sudden weariness made us abandon 'Querelle', which was already unraveling."
Folder repaired but very fragile. Staining in the upper margin of several leaves.
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Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Jean GENET (1910-1986) Querelle de Brest. [Paris: Paul Morihien, 1947]. - In-4, 31.2 x 23.6 cm: 305 pp, (3 ff. last two blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, both covers in publisher's hardback folder. Original clandestine edition, published without date or publisher by Paul Morihien. It is illustrated with 30 lithographs by Jean Cocteau, including a frame on the title, repeated on the cover, and 29 full-page erotic compositions. Edition of 525 copies. One of 500 on vellum, this being one of 460 numbered in Arabic numerals (no. 346). Copy complete with the author's note on a flyleaf beginning: "A sudden weariness made us abandon 'Querelle', which was already unraveling." Folder repaired but very fragile. Staining in the upper margin of several leaves.

Estimate
€400 - €600
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€1,390
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30%
Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963) - Jean GENET (1910-1986) Querelle de Brest. [Paris: Paul Morihien, 1947]. - In-4, 31.2 x 23.6 cm: 305 pp, (3 ff. last two blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, filled cover, both covers in publisher's hardback folder. Original clandestine edition, published without date or publisher by Paul Morihien. It is illustrated with 30 lithographs by Jean Cocteau, including a frame on the title, repeated on the cover, and 29 full-page erotic compositions. Edition of 525 copies. One of 500 on vellum, this being one of 460 numbered in Arabic numerals (no. 346). Copy complete with the author's note on a flyleaf beginning: "A sudden weariness made us abandon 'Querelle', which was already unraveling." Folder repaired but very fragile. Staining in the upper margin of several leaves.
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