CHAR (René). Moulin premier. Paris, Guy-Levis Mano, 31 December 1936. In-16 (161 x 125 mm ?). Royal blue morocco, multiple gilt fillets forming on each cover two inverted abstract figures extending over the spine, smooth spine, lining and endpapers in smooth royal blue morocco, gilt tr. cover and spine, half blue morocco jacket, slipcase (Pierre-Lucien Martin). FIRST EDITION. Char's second book printed by GLM, after Dépendance de l'Adieu (May 1936). Edition of 120 numbered copies: 20 on arches (from 1 to 20) and 100 on tinted alfa (21 to 120), plus a few copies. HC. ONE OF 4 EXEMPLIES OF THE OFF-COMMERCE HEAD EDITION, on Arches heavyweight vellum, justified 1/4 HC, bearing the handwritten mention "Pour l'auteur". This is most likely René Char's personal copy (the words "Pour l'auteur" do not appear on the copies he gave to GLM and Éluard). SOMPTUOUS BINDING BY PIERRE-LUCIEN MARTIN, PROBABLY COMMISSIONED BY RENÉ CHAR, who gave the bookbinder a lot of work (cf. the list of books he gave him to bind in a Carnet offered to Anne Reinbold, Char exhibition 2007, n°264). Provenance: René Char - Sale of Fine Modern Books, Paris, Ricqlès, 29 November 2000, no. 28. Spine of slipcase lightened and rubbed. Les Éditions GLM, n°120; P. A. Benoit, Bibliographie des œuvres de René Char, n°11.