35 - René CHAR. *Retour amont*. Illustrated by Giacometti. Paris, GLM, 1965. Large in-8, tab-bound, mastic box, smooth spine, covers covered with a raised mosaic design of wood strips, cold-stamped, gray suede endpapers, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, gray half-box slipcase (N. Kiyomiya 2018).

René CHAR. *Retour amont*. Illustrated by Giacometti. Paris, GLM, 1965. Large in-8, tab-bound, mastic box, smooth spine, covers covered with a raised mosaic design of wood strips, cold-stamped, gray suede endpapers, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, gray half-box slipcase (N. Kiyomiya 2018). First edition. Limited edition of 188 copies on Rives vellum: no. 49, signed by the author and dated January 11, 1966. This copy includes the printed insert announcing: “Alberto Giacometti died on January 11, 1966. *Retour amont*, completed at the time of his illness, could not be signed by him.” The book includes four original full-page black-ground etchings by Alberto Giacometti. “Giacometti’s negative etchings—among the finest he ever produced—were his last. This book, which perfectly matched René Char’s vision at the time for an illustrated collection of this scope, reflected a special relationship between the author and his publisher. Guy Lévis Mano shared with Pierre-André Benoit the privilege of serving as a sort of private printer for the poet, entrusted with his complete confidence” (Coron, 50 Illustrated Books Since 1947, 1988, no. 35.- Coron, Les Éditions GLM, bibliography, no. 489.) An autograph letter signed by the poet, dated August 21, 1965, regarding manuscript corrections—notably for *Retour amont* (2 pages, oblong in-8 format, on Busclats letterhead)—has been bound at the end.