308 - NORGE, Geo.

NORGE, Geo. Les Râpes. Paris, Pierre Seghers, 1949. Small 12mo (18 x 12 cm), (2)-32 pp., (2) ff., including 1 blank page. Modern tan Bradel box, author’s name and title running lengthwise across the spine, abstract marquetry of three varnished, veined wood pieces accented by a cold-pressed broken-line motif on the covers, bronze-colored laid endpapers, illustrated cover with flaps preserved, under Rhodoïd with flaps and stained wooden slipcase with box-style beveled edges [C. Giard, 2003]. Description: First edition in a delicate contemporary binding signed by Christine Giard. It was not printed on heavy paper. Poems by the unclassifiable metaphysical—yet humorous—author Georges Mogin, known as Norge (1898–1990), several of whose verses were adapted by Brassens, Juliette, Jeanne Moreau.... Dedication by the author in blue ink: “To Madame Germaine Beaumont, my warmest regards. And this brief note for all the wonderful moments I owe her,” written at “44 av... des arts, Brussels.” A copy that belonged to the French journalist and novelist Germaine Beaumont (1890–1983), the first woman to win the Prix Renaudot in 1930. “Poésie 49” collection.