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Lot n° 343

CARCO FRANCIS (1886-1958)

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Verlaine poète maudit, autograph manuscript signed in 1939. 217 pages in-8 on blue paper, in titled cardboard folder and clasped case, paper cover titled by Carco. Important manuscript complete with numerous erasures and corrections, a few autograph words on verso. "In this old man, the child survived and as, in most cases, the genius puts in great part that the childhood found, that of Verlaine imposes itself with difficulty since his of childhood - the marvellous poet that he was is that he remains never lost it". A signed and dedicated photograph of the author and two autographed letters from correspondents concerning the book are enclosed. Verlaine poète maudit was published in the weekly magazine Gringoire and was published in 1939 by the Nouvelles Revue Critique.