SEGALEN (Victor). - Lot 147

SEGALEN (Victor). Equipée. Voyage au pays du réel. Paris: La Palatine, Librairie Plon, 1929. - In-8, paperback, embossed orange paper-covered folder, slipcase. Posthumous first edition, published by Jean Lartigue. "Previously mentioned, as early as 1914, in a note in Feuilles de route that announced the plan, Equipée - whose title "is underlined by irony, without prejudging the result" - is a work that blends evocations of things seen, aesthetic reflections and accounts of emotional experiences. This work, which seeks to answer the question "Does the imaginary disintegrate or become stronger when confronted with the real?", offers a double journey, both exterior and interior, in the real - that of China, "a country of the real realized for 4,000 years" - and in thought" (Association Victor Segalen website). One of 75 numbered copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper (H54), the third paper after 10 Chine and 30 Japon. A very well preserved copy. Spine of dust jacket faded. Jointly with 2 other works by Segalen: - IMAGINAIRES. Three short stories followed by unpublished fragments. Presentation by Henry Bouillier. [Mortemart]: Rougerie, [1972]. -In-8, paperback, lined cover. Largely original edition. The three short stories are: "La Tête", "Le Siège de l'âme", and "Un grand fleuve". The unpublished fragments are entitled: "Moi et moi", "Le Germe", "Les Chasseurs et la Bête", "Jardin mystérieux", "Vent des Royaumes", "Le Philosophe dans la vie", and "Cosmogonie". One of 175 copies on Alfa-Mousse Navarre, the only edition on large paper. A very well preserved copy, largely uncut. - GAUGUIN DANS SON DERNIER DÉCOR et autres textes de Tahiti. [Montpellier]: Fata Morgana, [1974]. -In-8, paperback, lined cover. First edition of these texts by Segalen, collected, presented and annotated by July Segalen and Dominique Lelong. Limited edition of 1,200 copies. This is one of the 30 first copies on colored vellum mahoris. An uncut, perfectly preserved copy. Not numbered.