APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume). - Lot 106

APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume). L'Hérésiarque & Cie. Paris: P.-V. Stock, 1910. - In-18, paperback. First edition dedicated to Thadée Natanson. Under the title "L'Hérésiarque et compagnie", Apollinaire presents a series of short fantastical tales influenced by Hoffmann, Poe, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and Nerval, among others, featuring drunkards, alchemists, heretical priests and more. This work is considered Apollinaire's masterpiece as a prose writer. Copy on publisher's paper, very well preserved. Enclosed is a reproduction of the card Apollinaire used to pin to his door, stating: "On est prié de ne pas emmerder le Monde S. V. P." (Please don't piss off the World). Also by the same author: - LA FEMME ASSISE. Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920. - In-12, paperback First edition. 1/800 copies reserved for friends of the original edition. Cover browned, small tears to hinges. Encloses a second reproduction of the card Apollinaire used to pin on his door, stating: "On est prié de ne pas emmerder le Monde S. V. P.".