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SAINT-JOHN PERSE Amers (Paris) Gallimard, nrf (Dijon, Darantière April 4, 1957) In-4°. Bottle-green morocco with frame signed P.L. Martin 1965, dark-green suede boards, top cover decorated with a crisscross of iridescent green leather mos. letters and green and mauve camaiëu forming the repeated title "Amers", smooth spine titled in Chinese style with iridescent green leather mos. letters, same suede lining surrounded by a gilt fillet, same suede endpapers, gilt tr. covers and spines cons. (catalog leaflet pasted on top flyleaf). In bottle-green half-maroq flap folder with green paper boards, lined slipcase (slight wear). Original edition (fragments had previously been published in reviews). Edition of 690 copies, 60 of which are uncut; of 105 on Lafuma-Navarre vellum pur fil, 1/100 commercially available (no. 116). Ref. Pléiade, Oeuvres, p. 1362. - Huret 477.

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SAINT-JOHN PERSE Amers (Paris) Gallimard, nrf (Dijon, Darantière April 4, 1957) In-4°. Bottle-green morocco with frame signed P.L. Martin 1965, dark-green suede boards, top cover decorated with a crisscross of iridescent green leather mos. letters and green and mauve camaiëu forming the repeated title "Amers", smooth spine titled in Chinese style with iridescent green leather mos. letters, same suede lining surrounded by a gilt fillet, same suede endpapers, gilt tr. covers and spines cons. (catalog leaflet pasted on top flyleaf). In bottle-green half-maroq flap folder with green paper boards, lined slipcase (slight wear). Original edition (fragments had previously been published in reviews). Edition of 690 copies, 60 of which are uncut; of 105 on Lafuma-Navarre vellum pur fil, 1/100 commercially available (no. 116). Ref. Pléiade, Oeuvres, p. 1362. - Huret 477.

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