CHAR René (1907-1988). Lot n° 28

Seuls demeurent (Paris, Gallimard, 1945); in-8; dark green half-chagrin with corners, smooth spine titled in full, gilt head, cover and spine kept (Semet & Plumelle). Collective edition, largely original, printed at 1013 copies. One of the 13 on vellum pur fil Lafuma Navarre (n° II). Signed autograph letter to the publisher Louis BRODER, on the title page: "To Louis Broder. From "L'avant-monde" to "Visage nuptial" by the road of impossible lands. In very friendly memory. René Char". Copy enriched with two autograph poems (1 p. small in-4 each) : Force clémente : " Je sais où m'entravent mes insuffisances, vitrail si la fleur se détache du sang du jeune été "..., signed " R.C. ". "Standing, growing in the duration, the poem, mystery that enthrones. In the distance, following the alley of the common vine, the poet, great beginner, the intransitive poet, any in its intra-veinous splendors, the poet drawing the misfortune of its own abyss, with the Woman/at its side - inquiring about the graperare " (Formal sharing LIV), sSigned "René Char".