Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs

by Jean Genet

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, number 242 of 350 copies constituting the first edition and printed for subscribers. 265, 3 pp. 4to. Original wrappers in glassine jacket and slipcase. Fine, a touch of chipping to the glassine at spine ends but overall fresh with preliminaries unopened. Item #378201 Genet's first novel, printed in 1943 by Paul Morihen while Genet was still in prison. The second edition was not issued until

• Binding: Wrappers

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