Commerce.

(Commerce.) VALÉRY (Paul), Léon-Paul Fargue et Valery Larbaud (Edit and Contribute).

Commerce.

Cahiers Trimestriels. Cahier IV, Printemps.

Description: FIRST EDITION, 895/1,400 COPIES (from an edition of 1,600 copies), the first poem Claudel's 'Le Viellard sur le Mont Omi', this printed in red and black on a large tipped-in fold-out, a few leaves with some faint spots or browning to borders, pp. 185, [1], 4to, original green wrappers, a little browned to backstrip and borders, untrimmed, the first quarter of textblock uncut, very good

Publication Details: Paris: The Editors, 1925

Notes: The issue includes the first printing of Claudel's prose-poem, bearing the typographic influence of his time as an Ambassador to Japan; other contributions include Ungaretti's 'Appunti per una poesia' (the dedication to Mussolini), and translations of Sir Thomas Wyatt by Annie Hervieu and Auguste Morel (followed by an essay on the same by Larbaud).

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Price: £60

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1925

Stock Number: 68792

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