Raymond Queneau. Lot n° 253

The Fatal Moment. Poems. Paris, Gallimard, 1948. In-12 : red half calf embossed "vermiculé" with mention "La belle reliure parisienne", spine and corners in red calf embossed "petits carrés", boards in grey medium, red nubuck lining, anthracite paper endpapers, entirely untrimmed, cover and spine preserved, folder, slipcase (Jean de Gonet, 2000) First edition: press copy. Autograph letter signed on the title page: to Paul Eluard who welcomed me His friend Queneau A very amusing autograph postcard addressed to Paul Eluard from L'Isle-sur- Sorgue (1946) is bound in at the head of the book. My dear Paul, I have learned that you have been seeing my b.f. Collinet in Neuilly. I hope that you are completely recovered. I have also had this experience. Char is absent from his fiefdom. Larronde passed by here. Nice people and good pastis. But the weather is getting bad. See you soon. My respects to Nusch and greetings from both of us. Queneau. Michel Collinet had married André Breton's ex-wife, Simone Kahn; the latter's sister, Janine, had been married to Raymond Queneau since 1926. A fine copy. A second work given by Raymond Queneau to Paul Eluard is enclosed: Raymond QUENEAU. Bucoliques. Gallimard, 1947. In-12 : grey jansenist box by B. Bichon. First edition. Numbered copy on alfa Navarre. Autograph signed on the false-title: to Paul Eluard/who lives with us/his friend/Queneau.