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Auction archive: Lot number 45

Paul Verlaine

Auction #76
18 Jul 2019
Estimate
US$300
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 45

Paul Verlaine

Auction #76
18 Jul 2019
Estimate
US$300
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Paul Verlaine
Hombres (Hommes) - 1st. ed. 1903
Published: Albert Messein, Paris, 1903
Edition: First Edition
Published by Albert Messein although the title page states: 'Imprimé sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part' (printed under the cloak and not for sale anywhere). Softcover. Book is in good condition. Contents clean. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is #75. Incorrect page numbers starting from page 44 corrected by hand as called for. Contains "Le Sonnet au trou du cul". Top fold-over of the front panel is torn but still attached. Overall still very good condition. This is the original first edition of this book of poems written to glorify homosexual love. It ends with "Le Sonnet au Trou du Cul" (Sonnet for the ****hole) which Verlaine wrote together with Arthur Rimbaud. Binding Condition: Good Overall Condition: Good

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Clarke's Africana & Rare Books Paul Mills
P.O. Box 186
7848 Constantia
South Africa
support@antiquarianauctions.com
+27 (0)21-794-0600
Beschreibung:

Paul Verlaine
Hombres (Hommes) - 1st. ed. 1903
Published: Albert Messein, Paris, 1903
Edition: First Edition
Published by Albert Messein although the title page states: 'Imprimé sous le manteau et ne se vend nulle part' (printed under the cloak and not for sale anywhere). Softcover. Book is in good condition. Contents clean. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is #75. Incorrect page numbers starting from page 44 corrected by hand as called for. Contains "Le Sonnet au trou du cul". Top fold-over of the front panel is torn but still attached. Overall still very good condition. This is the original first edition of this book of poems written to glorify homosexual love. It ends with "Le Sonnet au Trou du Cul" (Sonnet for the ****hole) which Verlaine wrote together with Arthur Rimbaud. Binding Condition: Good Overall Condition: Good

Auction archive: Lot number 45
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Clarke's Africana & Rare Books Paul Mills
P.O. Box 186
7848 Constantia
South Africa
support@antiquarianauctions.com
+27 (0)21-794-0600
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