180 - BLONDIN (Antoine). SET OF 2 BOOKS inscribed to the Parisian bookseller Robert Vivien.

BLONDIN (Antoine). SET OF 2 BOOKS inscribed to the Parisian bookseller Robert Vivien. MY LIFE BETWEEN THE LINES. Paris: La Table Ronde, 1982. 8vo, paperback, dust jacket intact. FIRST EDITION on publication paper. BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION signed on the half-title page: “For you, dear and great Robert, this large and small collection of writings that will spare you from having to read me, but which will inspire a deep friendship that I ask you to share with Claude. Antoine Blondin. That said, September 20, 1982, it goes without saying that, at your request alone, I am ready to add below (on the same page) an affectionate letter, hoping for your smile.” THE TOUR OF FRANCE IN TWENTY-FOUR DAYS. P., Denoël/La Table Ronde, 1984. In-4, hardcover with the publisher’s full-color illustrations. FIRST EDITION of this selection of columns written by Blondin from 1951 to 1982 and published in the newspaper *L’Équipe*. Full-page and in-text color ILLUSTRATIONS by BLACHON. AUTOGRAPHED DEDICATION on the first blank page: “For you, Robert, this book that doesn’t amount to much [?], except that it never stops thinking of you. You would be a wonderful friend to your author, though I especially wish you were both the hero and the author. In that case, you would be the best. To you, Antoine (Blondin).”