ROUSSEL (Raymond). Locus Solus. Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1914. In-12, paperback, untrimmed, uncut. First edition. Locus Solus was as unsuccessful as Roussel's previous books La Doublure, La Vue and Impressions d'Afrique. If the relentlessness of the critics earned it scandalous fame in its day, it was thanks to the recognition of the Surrealists that it found its place in posterity. One of only a few copies on Japon, whose edition is unknown. Copy as issued, with full margins, as new. Without the insert La critique et Raymond Roussel, which is often missing.