GENET (Jean). - Lot 123

GENET (Jean). Œuvres complètes. Paris : Gallimard, [1951- 1979]. - 5 in-8 volumes, paperback, first and last volume with lined covers. Collective edition, partly original, of Jean Genet's works. This copy includes the first 5 volumes published between 1952 and 1979 (the sixth will not appear until 1991), as follows: I. SARTRE (Jean-Paul). Saint Genet comédien et martyr. 1952. One of 162 copies on pur fil. II. Notre-Dame des fleurs. - Le Condamné à mort. - Miracle de la rose. - Un chant d'amour. 1951. One of 53 copies on vellum pur fil, the only edition on large paper. III. Pompes funèbres. - Le Pêcheur du Suquet. - Querelle de Brest. 1953. One of 55 copies on vellum pur fil, the only edition on large paper. IV. L'Étrange mot d'... - Ce qui est resté d'un Rembrandt déchiré en petits carrés... - Le Balcon. - Les Bonnes. - High surveillance. - Letters to Roger Blin. - How to play "Les Bonnes". - How to play "Le Balcon". 1968. One of 65 copies on vellum pur fil, the only large paper edition. V. Le Funambule. - Rembrandt's Secret. - L'Atelier d'Alberto Giacometti. - Les Nègres. - The Screens. - The Criminal Child. 1979. One of 45 copies on Arches vellum, the only large paper edition. Well-preserved copies, partly uncut.