Oratorio Pour La Nuit De Noel (Oratorio for Christmas Eve) -- Illustré de seize portraits de l'auteur par Pablo Picasso (Signed by Author)
by Sabathier-Leveque, Marc; (Picasso, Pablo)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
Paris: Les Éditions De Minuit, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by the author. Near-fine with a bit of sunning to spine, otherwise clean and tight (351 pages). Laid in is a four-page Editor's Note. Number 121 of a first printing of 1,000 sold to subscribers, of which half were eaten by rats while in storage in Normandy. The author, French poet and painter Marc Sabatier-Leveque, began writing this massive poem at the age of 14; he rewrote it when he was 22 and it was published in 1955 thanks to André Malraux. Illustrated with 16 portraits of the author by Pablo Picasso, who was the initiator of the subscription and said to the poet: "You are the one who brought French literature out of its Louis-Philippard style." Malraux, who considered this text to be "one of the major works of the 20th century," wrote to its young author: "You will be discovered in 30 years." Sabathier-Leveque died at the age of 37 without publishing another book. A scarce title, made rare (perhaps unique) by the author's signature at the top of the half-title page.
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- Bookseller
- Magus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008582
- Title
- Oratorio Pour La Nuit De Noel (Oratorio for Christmas Eve) -- Illustré de seize portraits de l'auteur par Pablo Picasso (Signed by Author)
- Author
- Sabathier-Leveque, Marc; (Picasso, Pablo)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Les Éditions De Minuit
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1952
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