(Corti) PONS, Max (Textes recueillis et présentés par) : Connaissance de Pierre ALBERT-BIROT. Saint-Front-sur-lémance : Editions du Cercle culturel et artisanal de Bonaguil, " La barbacane ", 1968. One volume in-8° paperback under printed covers. Untrimmed. 4 photographic reproductions out of text and 6 full page drawings. Printed at 755 numbered copies. 1 of 250 (2nd paper) on chiffon de Mandeure. Marginal browning on the cover, otherwise a good copy, with a beautiful and long handwritten letter from Max Pons to José Corti.

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