Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

73 c JEAN GENET (1910-1986) Chants Secrets. Printed in red and black. 4to, original printed wrappers with a design by Emile Pico, very faint spotting/tanning to wrapper edges; separation at gutter between title-page and divisional title, publisher’s prospectus laid in. [Lyon]: L’Arbalète, [1945]. [600/900] limited edition , number 19 of 400 copies . presentation copy , inscribed : “Toute mon amitié et mon admiration pour cette Galetie, et aussi beacoup d’amité pour Scarlett. Jean Genet.” 74 c JEAN GENET (1910-1986) Notre-Dame des Fleurs. Printed in red and black. 8vo, publisher’s wrappers, spine leaning and darkened with small tear at foot; glassine overwrap (also supplied plain brown paper wrapper over glassine signed by recipient, tattered); partly unopened, page edges browned. [Lyon]: L’Arbalete, [1948]. [600/900] first trade edition , presentation copy inscribed : “A William Miller / mon cher Bill / Je suis heureux d’avoir l’occasion / de te redire mon amitié / et aussi mon amitié pour / Cesare. Je vous aime beaucoup / [?] / Jean Genet.” Miller was a model, acquaintance and/or companion of many luminaries of the gay social scene of New York City in the 1940s, including many leading literary figures, among them W.H. Auden, W. Somerset Maugham, Gore Vidal, and Genet. 73 74