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APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume Tendre comme le souvenir. (Paris) Gallimard (1952) In-12. Fawn jansenist morocco signed G. Claes, smooth spine titled with ivory oeser, paper counterpanes and endpapers in light grey tones speckled with gold, gilt tr. with witnesses, cover and spine cons. In black elephant paper covered slipcase. Nice copy. First edition. Edition of 1560 copies, among 61 on Hollande laid paper (3rd paper), 1 of 50 placed in the market (n. 34). The work contains the important correspondence addressed by Apollinaire to Madeleine Pagès, a young Oranese woman he met on a train and with whom the poet was briefly engaged. His erotic poems written at the front from August to December 1915 were also published in 1949 under the title "Poèmes secrets à Madeleine". Impeccable binding by Gabrielle Claes, designed by Vladimir Tchékéroul.
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APOLLINAIRE, Guillaume Tendre comme le souvenir. (Paris) Gallimard (1952) In-12. Fawn jansenist morocco signed G. Claes, smooth spine titled with ivory oeser, paper counterpanes and endpapers in light grey tones speckled with gold, gilt tr. with witnesses, cover and spine cons. In black elephant paper covered slipcase. Nice copy. First edition. Edition of 1560 copies, among 61 on Hollande laid paper (3rd paper), 1 of 50 placed in the market (n. 34). The work contains the important correspondence addressed by Apollinaire to Madeleine Pagès, a young Oranese woman he met on a train and with whom the poet was briefly engaged. His erotic poems written at the front from August to December 1915 were also published in 1949 under the title "Poèmes secrets à Madeleine". Impeccable binding by Gabrielle Claes, designed by Vladimir Tchékéroul.
