Guillevic, EugèneExécutoire. Paris, Gallimard,... Lot 1256

Guillevic, EugèneExécutoire. Paris, Gallimard, 1947. 218 p., 1 vol. 8°. Half morocco with gilt-stamped spine and cover title, red geometric marocco inlays and gilt-stamped fillets, gilt edges (capitals and corners inconspicuously rubbed). Signed: P.-L. Martin, 1949. Bindings Guillevic, Eugène Exécutoire. Paris, Gallimard, 1947. 218 p., 1 vol. 8°. Half morocco with gilt-stamped spine and cover title, red geometric marocco inlays and gilt-stamped fillets, gilt head edge (capitals and corners inconspicuously rubbed). Signed: P.-L. Martin, 1949. first edition. - One of 13 Roman numbered copies of the special edition on vélin pur Lafuma Navarre. - According to a label on the flyleaf, the binding was shown at the Jean Hugues bookshop in 1955 on the occasion of the exhibition of Pierre-Lucien Martin's bindings. - The French poet Eugène Guillevic (1907-1997) became a communist sympathizer during the Spanish Civil War and joined the Communist Party in 1942. During this time, he became friends with Paul Éluard, to whom the present work is dedicated, and participated in the publications of the underground press. This collection of poems, "Exécutoire", is deeply rooted in the Resistance and offers the most militant poetry Guillevic ever wrote. Among other prizes, he won the Grand Prix de Poésie of the Académie Française in 1976 and the Prix Goncourt de la Poésie in 1988 - Original cover and spine bound in. Paper slightly browned in the margins. A good copy. Half morocco with gilt title on spine and cover, red geometric maroquin inlays and gilt fillets, gilt top edge (capitals and corners inconspicuously rubbed). Signed: P.-L. Martin, 1949 - First edition. - One of 13 Roman numbered copies of the special edition on vélin pur Lafuma Navarre. - According to a label on the endpaper, the binding was shown at the Jean Hugues bookshop in 1955 on the occasion of the exhibition of Pierre-Lucien Martin's bindings. - The French poet Eugène Guillevic (1907-1997) became a communist sympathiser at the time of the Spanish Civil War and joined the Communist Party in 1942. During this period he became friends with Paul Éluard, to whom he dedicated the present work, and participated in the publications of the underground press. The present collection of poems is deeply rooted in the Resistance and offers the most militant poetry Guillevic ever wrote. Among other prizes, he won the Grand Prix de Poésie of the Académie Française in 1976 and the Prix Goncourt de la Poésie in 1988. - Original cover and spine bound in. Due to the paper, slightly browned in the margins. Good copy. This work is taxed. There is a 23.95% surcharge on the hammer price and 7% (books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union.