PONGE (Francis). Set of 5 volumes with dispatch. Le Carnet du bois de pins. Lausanne, Mermod, 1947. In-8, paperback. First edition, 1500 numbered copies on vergé chiffon. Long autograph signed letter to the poet and translator Claude Couffon (1926-2013): "with pleasure I sign today 30 April 1984, for Claude Couffon, this old book (which moreover I do not disown, retaining from surrealism the principle of accepting everything that comes from my mind)...". Proêmes. Paris, Gallimard, 1948. In-16, paperback. First edition. Numbered copy on chestnut paper. Autograph signed letter: "It is good, dear Claude Couffon, that you were able to acquire this copy: I congratulate you and thank you...". Pour un Malherbe. Paris, Gallimard, 1965. In-4, paperback. First edition. One of 64 copies on vellum pur fil. Autograph signed letter: "to Claude Couffon, from Caen like Malherbe (and as I am also by adoption) with the admiring homage of the author". Nouveau recueil. Paris, Gallimard, 1967. In-8, paperback. First edition. One of 79 copies on vellum pur fil. Autograph signed letter: "to my friend Claude Couffon, faithful collector of my best editions...". La Fabrique du Pré. Genève, Skira, 1971. In-8, paperback. Illustrated first edition. Autograph signed letter: "With pleasure and at his pleasure (as Montaigne said) I copy here, for Claude Couffon, a sentence from my introduction to this "Fabrique"...".