GHEERBRANT (Alain). Congo in Black and White. Paris: Gallimard, [1955]. — In-16, 184 x 116: 241 pp., (3 ff.), 8 plates, printed cover. Dark green half-maroquin, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (Ateliers Laurenchet). First edition of this essay by the poet and adventurer Alain Gheerbrant (1920–2013), which examines the West’s ability to reestablish dialogue with others. Through encounters with Africans and Europeans, he denounces a Western culture in crisis while celebrating the richness of others—particularly Black people—who have managed to preserve their integrity. The edition is illustrated with 8 out-of-text photographs by Dominique Darbois and Alain Gheerbrant. One of 58 copies printed on Lafuma-Navarre pure-fiber vellum, the only print run on large-format paper, this copy being one of the 8 not for sale. Spine faded. Included is another copy, in paperback, from the press edition, featuring an autographed dedication by the author addressed to the journalist and man of letters Étienne Lalou.