Lot no. 124
CENDRARS (Blaise). Le Panama ou les Aventures de mes sept oncles. Paris, La Sirène, 1918. In-8 square, paperback. First edition of this prose poem illustrated with twenty-five "tracings of American railways" interspersed in the text. There were 580 copies printed.
One of 50 copies on Arches vellum signed by the author (second paper after 4 chines). Unlike the ordinary edition, the first copies on Arches and on chine have not been folded in half widthways.
Autograph signed letter from the author to Léopold Zborowski (1889-1932), a Polish poet and art dealer who was close to Modigliani and the artists of Montparnasse: avec Zborowski / sans Zborowski / contre Zborowski / et pour lui aussi / son ami / Blaise Cendrars / 1er mai 1922.
Copy as issued very well preserved.
Fouché, La Sirène, n°10.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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