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GARY (Romain).

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Charge d'âme. Paris, Gallimard, 1977. In-8, black jansenist morocco, smooth spine, blue suede lining and endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine, lined slipcase (Loutrel - Delaporte). French first edition. One of the 20 first copies on white laid paper of Hollande. Charge d'âme was first published in English, in New York in 1973, under the title The Gasp. It is the last book written in this language by the author, who also translated The Promise of Dawn into English in 1961 and The Dance of Genghis Cohn in 1969. A sumptuous copy in black jansenist morocco.