153 - Henri MICHAUX. *Nous deux encore*. 1948. Paris, J. Lambert & Cie [Jacques-Olivier Fourcade], 1948.

Henri MICHAUX. *Nous deux encore*. 1948. Paris, J. Lambert & Cie [Jacques-Olivier Fourcade], 1948. In-12, black half-box binding, covers inlaid with four black-stained wooden triangles and a red inlaid rectangle in the center, untrimmed, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (Miguet). First edition published by his collaborator Jacques-Olivier Fourcade under the pseudonym J. Lambert & Cie. Printed in a run of 750 copies on Marais Crèvecœur vellum, including 100 non-commercial copies (no. 81). A memorial to Marie-Louise, the wife of Henri Michaux, who died in February 1948 as a result of a domestic accident that left her with excruciating burns. The book was printed in a limited number of copies, before its author, overcome with remorse at what suddenly struck him as an inappropriate confession, attempted to buy back the copies in circulation. “A Song of Death and Love” (Jean-Pierre Martin). A moving autographed dedication signed on the half-title page: André Gide, To help you recall a few moments of the one who admired you so much. A friendly tribute from H. Michaux André Gide is the author of *Découvrons Henri Michaux*, a seminal text published in July 1941 by Gallimard, in which he set out to shed light on the poet, who was still little known to the public. This text is based on a lecture he was scheduled to deliver in Nice on May 21, 1941, but which the French Legion of Veterans prevented him from giving. In 1995, in an article titled *Gide, Reader of Michaux*, Jean-Pierre Martin noted that only two letters from Henri Michaux to André Gide are known to exist. The second, dated late 1947, is a postcard sent in response to a note of condolence from Gide following the death of Marie-Louise. Perfect condition. From the Bernard Loliée collection, with bookplate (2019, no. 47). (Imbert, no. 149.—BnF, Henri Michaux, 1999, no. 102: “This text, written for a few friends under a pseudonym, intrigued bibliophiles, who long wondered about the identity of the mysterious publisher. Michaux’s desire for anonymity was not violated until after his death. The pamphlet then became the subject of several pirated editions.”)