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PAULHAN (Jean) - WOLS. The Shepherd of Scotland. The Philosopher’s Stone. The Passengers. [Paris, 1948]. — In-8, 243 x 160: 30 pp., (5 ff., first page blank), illustrated cover. Paperback, padded cover. First edition, printed in a run of 120 copies, of this collection of three short stories—three of the texts that would later comprise *Les Causes célèbres*, published in 1950. It is illustrated with 5 original full-page drypoint engravings by the German painter and draftsman Wols (1913–1951). One of 100 numbered copies on Ingres laid paper (no. 94), signed by Wols and inscribed “for Anne” by Jean Paulhan on the margin. The dedication, dated March 7, 1949, is addressed to Jean Paulhan’s wife, Anne Desclos, known as Dominique Aury (1907–1998), a critic, translator, and author of the famous novel *Histoire d’O* (1954), published under the pseudonym Pauline Réage with a preface by Paulhan. Cover slightly discolored. Missing the double cover on Japanese paper.
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