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Lot n° 263

Jean-Paul Sartre.

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Huis clos. Play in one act. Paris, Gallimard, 1945. In-12 : brown jansenist morocco, smooth spine, gold filleted edges, brown morocco lining, red silk guard, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved, case (Tchekeroul). First edition. One of the 20 first copies on Madagascar paper (nº XIX). Famous play, first performed in May 1944 at the Théâtre du Vieux Colombier. "So, this is Hell. I would never have believed... You remember: sulphur, the stake, the grill... Ah, what a joke. No need for the grill, Hell is the others." A very nice copy. The spine is very slightly insolated.