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COCTEAU Jean

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The Massacred Wedding (Memories) - 1. Visits to Maurice Barrès (Paris, À La Sirène, 1921); in-12, paperback, cover filled, partially uncut. Original edition with the mention "second edition", on publishing paper. Autograph signed to André GIDE: "to Gide who loved the "gendarme" this other little game of Massacre Jean Cocteau June 1921". The letter refers to the misunderstood Gendarme, "a playlet mixed with songs for residential schools" that Cocteau had written in collaboration with Raymond Radiguet, given in May 1921 at the Michel Theatre.