MODIANO (Patrick). Rue des boutiques obscures. Paris, Gallimard, 1978. In-8, light brown half-maroquin, boards covered with painted paper, smooth spine, gilt head, untrimmed, cover and spine (Devauchelle). First edition. One of 35 copies on Arches vellum, the only large paper. The author's sixth novel, Rue des boutiques obscures won the 1978 Prix Goncourt against Diane Lanster by Jean-Didier Wolfromm and La Vie mode d'emploi by Georges Perec.