202 - Jacques PRÉVERT. Letter from the Baladar Islands. Illustrations by André François. Paris, Le Point du Jour, 1952. Oblong 8vo, illustrated cardboard binding by the publisher, modern slipcase.

Jacques PRÉVERT. Letter from the Baladar Islands. Illustrations by André François. Paris, Le Point du Jour, 1952. Oblong 8vo, illustrated cardboard binding by the publisher, modern slipcase. First edition, not printed on large-format paper. A precious copy from the publisher René Bertelé, with a handwritten dedication by Prévert on the cover. The inside front cover is adorned with a beautiful drawing by André François, signed in blue ink, and on the facing endpaper, an original collage by Prévert with a signed autograph dedication: To René of Le Point du Jour / his / friend / Jacques of the Gates of the Night René Bertelé boasts superb provenance; he was the publisher who became the friend to whom Jacques Prévert owed his success, thanks to the publication of *Paroles* in December 1945. Overnight, the poet went from being unknown to the one everyone was reading. (René Bertelé Collection Auction, 1997, lot 286.)