CHAR (René). Arrière-histoire du poème pulvérisé. Paris, Jean Hugues, 1953. In-12, paperback, untrimmed. First edition, decorated with an original lithograph by Nicolas de Staël in colour on the frontispiece. Edition of 120 copies on hollande, justified by the author and the artist. Enclosed is an autograph letter signed by the author, dated 30 November 1953, addressed to Bernard Gheerbrant (French bookseller, publisher, art critic and collector). Slight transfer of the frontispiece to the title.