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MARIËN, Marcel Le radeau de la mémoire. [Pirate edition because complete]. (Brussels) Éditions de l'auteur (Les Lèvres nues 1988) Gr. in-8°. Br. with ornamented mauve cover. Nice copy, uncut. Partly first collective edition (for the final chapter "Il ne manqueait plus que ça"). Illustrated at the end with a few reproductions of press cuttings. 500 copies. Although not numbered nor signed, one of the untrimmed copies under a different cover (mauve, 15 copies announced, the ordinary copies are under orange cover). Contains "Le radeau de la mémoire" (1983) "augmented here and there by paragraphs and notes", "Le radeau au radoubou" (1983) and "Le jumeau d'Amérique" (1984). The book caused a scandal in 1983: "The revelation of a forger and counterfeiter Magritte caused a scandal. The book, banned at the request of Georgette Magritte, gave rise to legal proceedings in Brussels and Paris, and to a trial that Mariën won" (Marcel Mariën Foundation). Joint: 1. Under Magritte's coat. Fleury-Mérogis, Éditions Fantômas, 1984. In-12. Br., purple cover ill. (small soiling on the 1st plate). Small number of copies printed "in consideration of the damages paid by Madame Georgette Magritte at the unfortunate outcome of the lawsuits she thought she had to bring against [Mariën]". Contains some illustrations by Magritte and texts by R. Magritte, Chr. Bussy, etc. - 2 Mariën, Marcel - Le chemin qui ne mène pas à Rome. Preface by Alain Delaunois. Frontispiece by André Stas. (Bassac), Plein Chant, Le Tête reposée, (1995). In-12. Br. (cover def.). Posthumous first edition. Ex. on publisher's paper, enriched with a few press clippings. - 3. tout reste à dire. A [radio] interview with Christian Bussy. Brussels, Devillez, (1997). In-8°. Br. First edition. 1/900 (of 1000) non-b. on publisher's paper. - 4 Debord, Guy - Letters to Marcel Mariën. Edition [...] by François Coadou. (France), La Nerthe, (2015). In-12. Br. - 5-6. 2 other works by Mariën, in German or Croatian. (7 vols.)

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MARIËN, Marcel Le radeau de la mémoire. [Pirate edition because complete]. (Brussels) Éditions de l'auteur (Les Lèvres nues 1988) Gr. in-8°. Br. with ornamented mauve cover. Nice copy, uncut. Partly first collective edition (for the final chapter "Il ne manqueait plus que ça"). Illustrated at the end with a few reproductions of press cuttings. 500 copies. Although not numbered nor signed, one of the untrimmed copies under a different cover (mauve, 15 copies announced, the ordinary copies are under orange cover). Contains "Le radeau de la mémoire" (1983) "augmented here and there by paragraphs and notes", "Le radeau au radoubou" (1983) and "Le jumeau d'Amérique" (1984). The book caused a scandal in 1983: "The revelation of a forger and counterfeiter Magritte caused a scandal. The book, banned at the request of Georgette Magritte, gave rise to legal proceedings in Brussels and Paris, and to a trial that Mariën won" (Marcel Mariën Foundation). Joint: 1. Under Magritte's coat. Fleury-Mérogis, Éditions Fantômas, 1984. In-12. Br., purple cover ill. (small soiling on the 1st plate). Small number of copies printed "in consideration of the damages paid by Madame Georgette Magritte at the unfortunate outcome of the lawsuits she thought she had to bring against [Mariën]". Contains some illustrations by Magritte and texts by R. Magritte, Chr. Bussy, etc. - 2 Mariën, Marcel - Le chemin qui ne mène pas à Rome. Preface by Alain Delaunois. Frontispiece by André Stas. (Bassac), Plein Chant, Le Tête reposée, (1995). In-12. Br. (cover def.). Posthumous first edition. Ex. on publisher's paper, enriched with a few press clippings. - 3. tout reste à dire. A [radio] interview with Christian Bussy. Brussels, Devillez, (1997). In-8°. Br. First edition. 1/900 (of 1000) non-b. on publisher's paper. - 4 Debord, Guy - Letters to Marcel Mariën. Edition [...] by François Coadou. (France), La Nerthe, (2015). In-12. Br. - 5-6. 2 other works by Mariën, in German or Croatian. (7 vols.)

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