[SINGIER] - GRACQ (Julien) - Un balcon en forêt. Paris, Beau - Lot 1012

[SINGIER] - GRACQ (Julien) - Un balcon en forêt. Paris, Beaux Livres Grands Amis, 1973; folio, 188 pp. paperback, in green cloth slipcase. Julien Gracq, real name Louis Poirier, born in 1910 in Saint-Florent-le-Vieil (Maine-et-Loire) and died in 2007 in Angers, was a French writer. Julien Gracq is famous for winning the Prix Goncourt for "Le Rivage des Syrtes", as well as for his loyalty to his publisher José Corti. Julien Gracq's work should not be reduced to his Prix Goncourt, but should be read. Nominative copy numbered in Roman numerals, on Lana vellum pur fil (total edition of 497 copies). Typography by Robert Blanchet. Lithographs by Gustave Singier (including one on the cover and 21 full-page lithographs), and 40 woodcut vignettes and ornate letters in color, were printed by André Bresson at Mourlot. The slipcases were made by the ateliers Jean Duval. Complete with a presentation of Julien Gracq by Claude Cherier. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY