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1966JC9282New York: Grove Press 1966. First Edition First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 344. Spine tips and corners gently rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly scratched; a little wrinkled along the edges; VG in mylar. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
19939009937Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Previous owner's embossment on the title page. <br/><br/> Ecco Press hardcover books
1993WRCLIT32520New York: Knopf 1993. Cloth and boards. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket. Knopf hardcover books
196356919Paris: Marc Barbezat 1963. First edition. 92 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Paris: Marc Barbezat unknown books
194958733Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. First edition. . 50 pp. Trivially light crease to corner of rear cover else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Paris: Paul Morihien unknown books
194458732Monte Carlo: Aux Depens d'un Amateur 1944. First edition. Small 4to. 265 pp. Covers unevenly tanned a few light reading creases to spine; in all near fine in wrappers and original slipcase which is a little foxed and soiled but otherwise solid. Genet's first novel second book. One of 350 numbered copies. Monte Carlo: Aux Depens d'un Amateur unknown books
196369830NY: Grove Press 1963. First US edition. 318 pp. A few small spots to fore-edge inked name to front free endpaper; in all near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Introduction by Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman. NY: Grove Press unknown books
196472005NY: Grove Press 1964. First US edition. 268 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Foreword by Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated from the original French by Bernard Frechtman. Clipped photograph of Genet pasted inside the front cover. Poet-publisher Doug Blazek’s copy SIGNED by him on the first leaf. A present from his father “Push right to the extreme / and it becomes wrong: / press all the juice from / an orange and it becomes / bitter / Baltasar Gracián / 12/64 / con amore / Dad.†NY: Grove Press unknown books
1970263170London: Panther Books 1970. Paperback. 349p. ads lightly-used reprint mass-market paperback in pictorial wraps. The British first edition 1966 is Young 1390 Panther 0274767. Basis of the Fassbinder film. Panther Books paperback books
1954D16536New York: Grove Press 1954. First Edition First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Original cloth in DJ. 8vo; pp. 166. Nice copy in sunfaded and lightly edgeworn DJ. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
199327562New York: Knopf 1993. Hardcover. xlii 728p. introduction chronology reference editions notes works by Genet index illustrated with 20 pages of b&w photos very good first US edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Knopf hardcover books
197053671San Francisco: City Lights Books 1970. First Edition. First printing. Staple-bound photo-pictorial wrappers; 253pp. Hint of dusting to lighter portions of wrappers else Fine - a clean and well-preserved copy. <br/><br/>Text of Genet's speech made on the occasion of the Yale student strike of May 1st 1970. With a six-page introduction by Ginsberg who calls Genet the ".most eminent prosateur of Europe and saintly thinker of France." Genet issued a declamatory endorsement of the New Haven Panthers and a sweeping denigration of American institutions including the Press the Church charitable institutions the unions the universities - and above all the police. An oddly elusive City Lights title. City Lights Books unknown books
196615362New York: Grove Press 1966. Hardcover. 344p. very good first US edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Young 1388 GP-357. Genet's second novel written in a prison cell in the 1950s and his third book to be published in the US. Grove Press hardcover books
196531548London: Anthony Blond 1965. Hardcover. 291p. very good first UK edition in boards and unclipped dj. Young 1388. Anthony Blond hardcover books
1970170961New York City: Committee to Defend the Panthers 1970. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill printed front and back formerly folded horizontally into thirds .5 inch tear along left side upper fold slight yellowing at edges. Originally appeared in Ramparts June 1970. Genet's appeal to defend Bobby Seale against murder charges in New Haven CT reprinted by Committee as fundraiser for the case. Committee to Defend the Panthers unknown books
1950WRCLIT82484Paris: Transition Press 1950. Whole number four of six published. Pictorial wrappers. Text block browned as usual short snag at crown of upper joint but a good c. Edited by Georges Duthuit with an advisory board including Char Bataille Gilbert Jolas Sartre et al. An important venue for the introduction of then contemporary French writing to the English reading public. Contributions to this number by the editors Genet excerpt from THIEF'S JOURNAL Gide Michaux et al. Transition Press unknown books
1993254003Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1993. Hardcover. xvi 462p. remainder mark top edges light soiling otherwise good first edition stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. The Ecco Press hardcover books
199333514Hopewell NJ: The Ecco Press 1993. Hardcover. xvi 462p. very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. The Ecco Press hardcover books
1999153464Zurich: Art Focus 1999. Softcover. VG- Slightly aged overall; page margins are tanning; text and illus. are good. White & illus. wraps French flaps 96 pp. color and BW illus. Text is in German and English. Issued in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition of work by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti 1901-1966. Begins with a descriptive narrative. The catalogue includes sculpture paintings and drawings. Art Focus paperback books
1957170871Paris: Maeght 1957. Paperback. VG- light wear to edges and corners minor soiling and scuffing. White and illustrated folio with black lettering containing seperate booklet. 25 pp. BW illustrations. Text in French. Essay by Jean Genet "L'Atelier D'Alberto Giacometti." Maeght paperback books
1990WRCLIT37382Paris: Gallimard 1990. Printed wrappers. First edition trade issue after thirty-five copies on velin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. One of Edmund White's copies with his unrelated notes on the rear free endpaper. Near fine. Gallimard unknown books
1947604Paris: Cinéastes-Bibliophiles 1947. First Edition First Printing. Actor Charles Boyer's copy of Jean Genet's startling play about three prisoners in the same cell. Octavo 103 pages. Original cream wrappers. The pages are slightly age-toned and the heavy card wrappers are somewhat tanned. But overall this is an excellent copy of an hors-commerce edition that amounted to only 60 copies. The justification page states: "Exemplaire de Monsieur CHARLES BOYER." Rare. <br/><br/>Haute Surveillance Deathwatch was Jean Genet's earliest play and was first performed in Paris in 1949. As drama critic Martin Esslin notes in "The Theatre of the Absurd" the play "is largely a dramatized form of the type of story Genet tells in his lyrical narratives about the lives of criminals and convicts." Cinéastes-Bibliophiles unknown books
1949265887Paris: aux dépens d'un ami Albert Skira 1949. First edition Number 302 of 410 copies SIGNED by Genet sur vélin de Lana. 310 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. Loosely laid in as issued printed white wrappers. Fine in publisher's slipcase very slightly soiled. First edition Number 302 of 410 copies SIGNED by Genet sur vélin de Lana. 310 2 pp. 1 vols. 4to 11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches. aux dépens d'un ami [Albert Skira] unknown books
1949015745Geneve: Aux Depends d'un Ami 1949. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Quarto 4to. 310 pages of text. Full leather binding; red morocco with four exagerated raised bands on the spine and author's name on a diagonal on the front cover. The spine is lightly to moderately sunned with minor chipping at the top and there is quite a bit of scuffing rubbing and a bit of peeling at the extremities with some re-coloring to match/blend; the binding remains reasonably attractive and fully intact. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The original wrappers are bound-in including the spine. One of 400 copies in this format signed by Genet. There are a few pages with minor browning to the edge but the text is clean and attractive. First and limited edition signed by the author. Aux Depends d'un Ami Hardcover books
1949107110Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. Paperback. 51p. 5.5x7.5 inches text in French very good first trade edition in pictorial wraps with full-length photo of a young Genet in prison garb smaller portrait-photo on the first page of the first of the two stories slightly worn on spine. The Criminal Child Genet's study of juvenile prisons and his ballet 'Adame Miroir. Paul Morihien paperback books
