ILLUSTRATED. - Set of 4 volumes. - BUTOR (Michel).... Lot 37

ILLUSTRATED. - Set of 4 volumes. - BUTOR (Michel). Autograph manuscript signed entitled " L'Espérance de l'encre ". Autograph colophon: "This work, produced in Thionville and Lucinges in the year 2000, is registered in the Écart catalogue [personal inventory of his works] under number 890... ». Work produced at 4 numbered copies signed by the author and the artist. Small square in-4 with folding collars, in a cardboard slipcase. Text originally published in 1988 under the title Victor Hugo écartelé : l'espérance de l'encre ". Original illustration drawn in color by Joël LEICK. - GIDE (André). Thésée. Paris, Gallimard (Nrf ), 1947. In-folio, blue half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine, gilt head, covers and spine preserved, binding a little faded with small tears (Bellevallée). PARTLY ORIGINAL EDITION, one of 316 numbered copies on vellum pur fil à la forme de Lana. Lithographed illustration by Mariano ANDREU. - YAMATA (Kikou). Les Huit renommées. Paris, André Delpeuch, 1927. In-16 square, grey-brown box, smooth spine, red box lining, grey suede endpapers, slipcase lined, spine slightly faded (A. Butré). FIRST EDITION. AUTOGRAPHICALLY SIGNED MAILING (mailing in French, signed in French and Japanese, ????, "Yamada Kikuko"). Illustration by FOUJITA. - VALÉRY (Paul). Odes. Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle revue française, 1920. Large in-4 (34,5 x 25,5 cm), black morocco decorated on the boards and on the spine with a rich decoration of cold filets, lining of red box, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved, lined case (Semet & Plumelle). ORIGINAL EDITION, ISSUED AT ONLY 150 NUMBERED COPIES on Whatman paper.the poem "Aurore" had already been published in 1917 as an offprint in the Mercure de France, with strong variants. AUTOGRAPHIC SENT FROM PAUL VALÉRY to Count Sanche de Béarn. Illustration engraved on wood by Paul VERA.