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PAULHAN (Jean). Les Fleurs de Tarbes ou la Terreur dans les lettres. Paris, NRF, Gallimard, s.d. [1941]. In-8, brown half-chagrin, smooth spine with gilt title, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine (A. Lobstein). First edition. Les Fleurs de Tarbes is the (provisional) culmination of research into the enigma of language and expression. [...] It seems that a new rhetoric must be invented. [...] This enigmatic and disturbing text brings together elements of reflection slowly developed through Jacob Cow le pirate ou si les mots sont des signes (1921), La Demoiselle aux miroirs (1938) or Lettres à M. de Hohenhau (1935) (En français dans le texte, n°381). Press copy. Signed letter from the author to Paul and Nush Éluard: À Paul Éluard, son ami d'enfance, à Nush Éluard, avec l'amitié de Jean P, preceded by a quotation from Katha-Upanisad, as for the copy kept in the BnF Reserve, which bears a signed letter to Louis Aragon. Small chip to upper cover.
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PAULHAN (Jean). Les Fleurs de Tarbes ou la Terreur dans les lettres. Paris, NRF, Gallimard, s.d. [1941]. In-8, brown half-chagrin, smooth spine with gilt title, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine (A. Lobstein). First edition. Les Fleurs de Tarbes is the (provisional) culmination of research into the enigma of language and expression. [...] It seems that a new rhetoric must be invented. [...] This enigmatic and disturbing text brings together elements of reflection slowly developed through Jacob Cow le pirate ou si les mots sont des signes (1921), La Demoiselle aux miroirs (1938) or Lettres à M. de Hohenhau (1935) (En français dans le texte, n°381). Press copy. Signed letter from the author to Paul and Nush Éluard: À Paul Éluard, son ami d'enfance, à Nush Éluard, avec l'amitié de Jean P, preceded by a quotation from Katha-Upanisad, as for the copy kept in the BnF Reserve, which bears a signed letter to Louis Aragon. Small chip to upper cover.
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