TOURNIER (Michel). - Lot 203

TOURNIER (Michel). *La Goutte d’or*. Novel. Paris: Gallimard, [1985]. — In-8, 211 x 144: 261 pp., (1 f.), printed cover. Dark blue Jansenist morocco leather, smooth spine, linings and endpapers of yellow paper sprinkled with gold, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine preserved (contemporary binding). First edition of this philosophical and coming-of-age novel. Michel Tournier tells the story of Idriss, a young Berber, who decides to leave his oasis after a stolen photograph shatters his innocence. His journey to France confronts him with the exploitation and illusions of the West. He loses his drop of gold, a symbol of purity, but rediscovers his soul through music and calligraphy. The novel ends when he smashes a store window to retrieve his golden drop, an act of rebellion and rebirth. One of the first 55 copies on white Van Gelder laid paper (no. 42). A very fine copy, beautifully bound. Also included, by the same author: - Gaspard, Melchior & Balthazar. Paris: Gallimard, [1980]. — In-8, paperback. First edition. Press copy, featuring this autograph dedication signed by the author on the half-title page: “For André // Taithe // with warm regards // his neighbor // Mr. Tournier.” Complete copy of the illustrated trailer. Stain marks on the cover, the first leaf, and the edges.