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1949600Paris: Paul Morihien 1949. First Edition Trade Issue. Octavo 51 pages paperback. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition of 50 copies also appeared. Wrappers age-toned and nicked at the edges. Overall a nice copy with a striking cover image. <br/><br/>French radio commissioned "L'Enfant Criminel" but refused to broadcast it because of its controversial nature it concerned young criminals and the French justice system. The other work here " 'Adame Miroir" is an opera. Paul Morihien paperback books
1956WRCLIT74652Lyon: L'Arbalète Marc Barbezat 1956. Sq. octavo. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrapper the former bearing a lithograph by Giacometti printed by Mourlot. About fine largely unopened. First edition ordinary issue. One of 3000 numbered copies on Lana from a total edition of 3265 copies. Perhaps Genet's most widely known play adapted to an English language film in 1963 directed by Joseph Strick based on a script by Ben Maddow and starring Shelley Winters Lee Grant Peter Falk Ruby Dee Leonard Nimoy et al. L'Arbalète Marc Barbezat unknown books
1956300241Paris: Marc Barbezat 1956. Copy # 1338 of a limited edition of 3000 copies printed on Lana paper. With original pictorial wrapper illustrations by Alberto Giacometti. 195 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Fine with original glassine. Giacometti. Copy # 1338 of a limited edition of 3000 copies printed on Lana paper. With original pictorial wrapper illustrations by Alberto Giacometti. 195 3pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Marc Barbezat unknown books
1958WRCLIT25745Decines: Barbezat/L'Arbalete 1958. Lithographed wrappers. First edition. One of 3200 numbered copies on Lana. Short snag to upper joint otherwise a very good copy. Barbezat/L'Arbalete unknown books
196023583Paris: L'Arbalete 1960. First edition thus. Wraps. Very good. 8vo. Photographic wraps. Moderate scuffing and wear to wraps with some chipping to edges and corners. Pages toned; light foxing to inside covers and scattered throughout; scuffing to inside back cover. Ownership signature to ffep. Most pages still unopened. Very good. <br/><br/>Genet's play first published in 1958 and reissued with 33 black and white photographs by Ernest Scheidegger of the 1959 Paris production. In French. L'Arbalete paperback books
1958300243Paris: L'Arbalate Marc Barbezat Décines Isère 1958. First Edition. One of 3200 copies #1884. 8vo. Printed cream wrappers. Fine in glassine. First Edition. One of 3200 copies #1884. 8vo. L'Arbalate Marc Barbezat, Décines Isère unknown books
1969WRCLIT83877New York: Grove Press 1969. Stiff pictorial wrapper. First US edition of Richard Seaver's translation published as Evergreen Original E-479. Small ink name otherwise very good or better. Grove Press unknown books
194635093Lyon: L'Arbalète 1946. First edition number 256 of 475 copies "in-quarto coquille sur pur fil rives filigrané 'L'ABALETE.'. Printed in maroon and black. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Original white cloth. Fine copy of perhaps Genet's most famous work. First edition number 256 of 475 copies "in-quarto coquille sur pur fil rives filigrané 'L'ABALETE.'" Printed in maroon and black. 1 vols. 4to 11 x 8-1/2 inches. L'Arbalète unknown books
1966UGENMIR00jknGrove Press 1966. Very Good. Genet Jean. Miracle of the Rose. New York: Grove Press 1966. 1st edition. 344pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Slight shelf wear and chipping to foot of spine. Grove Press hardcover books
19661095New York: Grove Press Inc. 1966. First American Edition 1st Printing. <br /><br />Octavo 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm 344 pages in tan cloth black titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket. <br /><br />Jean Genet's second novel a partly autobiographical account of prison life during the German occupation of France. Genet spent many years in and out of prison; this was written in 1943 in La Santé and Tourelles prisons. "How much is true or how much is invented ceases to be of account. It has a psychological rightness of tone that is overpoweringly persuasive." Thomas Lask The New York Times February 20 1967 page 35. <br /><br />Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman and originally published in 1951 by Gallimard. Striking jacket photo of Genet by Jerry Bauer. The unclipped dust jacket shows the original $7.50 price. <br /><br />CONDITION: Near Fine with slight splaying of boards. Internally clean bright and unmarked. The unclipped dust jacket has a bit of soiling to the spine and lower panel. Overall a beautiful copy. <br /><br /><br /> Grove Press, Inc. hardcover books
1965151057New York: Grove Press 1965. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. Genet's second novel. Translated by Bernard Frechtman. A very near fine copy with a couple of faint spots to the foredge in a very near fine copy. Grove Press unknown books
196651218New York: Grove Press Inc 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Grove Press 1966. First American edition. This nightmarish account of prison life during the German occupation of France is dominated by the figure of the condemned murderer Harcamone who takes root and bears unearthly blooms in the ecstatic and brooding imagination of his fellow prisoner Genet. Light brown cloth binding with black titles. Some general minor rubbing to the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp and clean very good or better copy. <br/><br/> Grove Press, Inc hardcover books
19660104662Grove Press 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Published in New York by Grove Press in 1966. First Printing stated on copyright page. Book fine. DJ near fine. DJ price reads $7.50. Grove Press hardcover books
19669021809New York: Grove Press 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards spine stamped in black. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
1966445381966. GENET Jean. MIRACLE OF THE ROSE. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. New York: Grove Press Inc. 1966. First American edition. 8vo. beige cloth. Ink ownership to fpd. Slight stain to fore-edge. Near fine in a like dust jacket with a touch of edgewear. unknown books
1966WRCLIT56220New York: Grove Press 1966. Cloth. First American edition of the Frechtman translation. Top edge dust marked otherwise fine in dust jacket. Grove Press hardcover books
1966WRCLIT25191New York: Grove Press 1966. Cloth. First American edition of the Frechtman translation. Neat ink ownership inscription otherwise fine in dust jacket. Grove Press hardcover books
1966702680NY: Grove Press. 1966. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Grove Press hardcover books
1966702679NY: Grove Press. 1966. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Grove Press hardcover books
196612115ENew York: Grove Press 1966. First Edition - American. Ownership signature. Fine clean copy in a near fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears and a slight hint of dust soiling to the spine. Genet’s second novel. Grove Press unknown books
196646981NY: Grove Press 1966. First US Edn. 8vo pp. 344. A nice copy in little chipped and soiled dj. A novel by the author of The Blacks The Balcony etc. Grove Press unknown books
1968WRCLIT48715Paris: Gallimard 1968. Stiff printed wrappers printed bellyband. First edition trade issue after 65 copies on vélin. The fourth volume and the first devoted to drama. Poet/translator Cid Corman's copy with his 1970 ownership inscription. Light foxing to wrappers most noticeable to the spine panel otherwise very good. Gallimard unknown books
1957WRCLIT71440Paris: The Traveller's Companion Series / The Olympia Press 1957. Printed wrappers. Trace of slight rubbing at edges else near fine. First printing in this format of the revised Frechtman translation based on the 1951 Gallimard text. Published as TC #36. In spite of the explicit date on the colophon the wrappers bear a printed price in NF so are indicative of a later state if not printing. KEARNEY 1987 111. KEARNEY & CARROLL 5.36.1. The Traveller's Companion Series / The Olympia Press unknown books
1948166160Lyon: L'Arbalete 1948. Limited. paperback. very good-. Handsomely printed throughout in red & black. 110pp. 4to original wrap-around photogravure collage wrappers by Douchan Stanimirovitch under printed mylar mylar is chipped at edges with clumsy tape repairs; collage is just a bit edgeworn otherwise in very nice shape save for 2 unfortunate punctures at rear that continue through the last 25 pages. Lyon: L'Arbalete 1948. A very good- copy.<br/><br/> Limited edition. Number 124 of 1000 copies printed all reserved for subscribers.<br/><br/> L'Arbalete unknown books
D16539Onan City: City Lights. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo; original white staplebound wraps printed in red and black. "Pirate edition by Lola Pozo" printed on the back. Nice copy. <br/><br/> City Lights paperback books
