GARY (Romain). Lot n° 45

Beyond this limit, the ticket is no longer valid. Paris, Gallimard, 1975. In-8, brown jansenist morocco, smooth spine, grey suede lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, lined slipcase (Loutrel - Delaporte). First edition. One of the 15 first copies on white laid paper of Holland. A bitter novel, but also a love novel, which had an important repercussion at its publication, Au-delà de cette limite... tackles a taboo subject: the fear of sexual decline in men and the repercussions of the "myth of virility". A sumptuous copy bound in chocolate jansenist morocco by Patrick Loutrel and Mathilde Delaporte.